Raise Dead

Name	Raise Dead
Length	Short (2 Minutes)
Range	10ft / 3m
Duration	Instantaneous
Cost	2-4 magic points
Material Cost	1 unit of powdered bone, material link
Key Words	NECROMANCY
Description	This rite must be performed over the body of a dead creature who has not previously been raised as an undead. The level of the rite is equal to the magic points spent in its casting. As well as drawing a circle or symbols in powdered bone, the magician must incorporate some material link to the target into the rite, such as blood, flesh or grave mold. At the conclusion of this rite, the target creature’s body or spirit rises as a supernatural creature whose powers derive from the Plane of Undeath (per Discern Nature of Undead) of a type specified by the caster, such as a skeleton, zombie or phantom, with a level equal to the level of the rite. The undead is not under the caster’s control when raised; for this reason, most casters raise undead in the middle of an active ward (see Necromantic Ward). If the creature has been protected against being raised (see Lay to Rest, p. 00), this rite automatically fails.