A note on Undead Creation with a Rod of Undead Mastery

Remember that undead creation is an instant effect that only checks your “max HD controlled” when you cast the spell, meaning you can cast the spell with the rod, then put down the rod to go to sleep and you won’t have to worry about undead becoming uncontrolled. You can pull similar tricks with temporary bonuses to your caster level, such as with Deathknell.

Noo. I don't neccesarily need to be in control. Nekhy's idea is great. Basically waht I would do with the item then would be:

Activate it and run like hell.

And I don't want huge armies under my control, no way. Just wanting to know would it be possible to create the item to cause havoc at some places. Meaning that my necromancer wouldnt need to be there to create the undead but the item would do it even though I couldnt control them.

Edit: If I would want to control them, I would go for this:

Now only proplem I have is how I start all this. Someone mentioned I should request first. But.. eh.. I ain't requesting a DC item, or am I? <.<

Edit: As it wouldnt be a item which I would control in the end.

also can anyone link the no custom summons rule, I cant find it.

That depends. Are you a bad enough dude?

He is so bad he saved the President from Ninja's.

Anycase, to the topic. I like it. Very much. Awesome for making traps, or just irritating people with it.


And in PnP you ca control up to your HD in undead creatures. As in, you are 30, and you can control 1 30 HD creature, or 2 15 HD creatures, etc.
Undead mastery raises the whole thing, but that is another matter entirely.

It's a staff internal rule regarding DC requests, essentially. There's a lot of those that aren't posted to players, because it doesn't matter if players read it somewhere on an "official rules page" or not. They can't get a custom summon without a dev adding it into the module, anyway. The less rules we need to post as lists, the better.

No, because it's a proper summon that requires proper AI and all to function, too.

well the DM changed the summons like epic mummy...eect right?

so does that mean the NWN basic one is still around and could be a not so custom summon?

I don't understand what you mean now. But no, you can't get even the default models as extra summons.

ok, yeah I was asking if custom summons just ment ones you picked the stats on and made, or if it also ment the old summons.

what about the amia summons.

could a player of Evil alignment (Efreet summon), request something that summons the Neutral alignment: Juggernaut as a request of building a golem?

You can get an item with the spell that casts the summon. But anything that would give an additional summon, despite it being already in the game, is a no go.

I believe it is a spoken only rule. It only comes up when people request for custom or something that resembles a custom summon. Same goes for L9/Epic spell requests on a widget.