Animate Dead/Create Undead/Create Undead,Greater allows for the control of up to 2 HD per caster level of the cleric.
Just how does the cleric know how close he is to that particular limit? He can keep track manually to keep from going over, but if one of the undead under his control dies, is he in any way informed that he has more "space to control additional undead"?
Nope
|
Animate Dead/Create Undead/Create Undead,Greater allows for the control of up to 2 HD per caster level of the cleric.
Just how does the cleric know how close he is to that particular limit? He can keep track manually to keep from going over, but if one of the undead under his control dies, is he in any way informed that he has more "space to control additional undead"?
Up to the GM, I suppose, but I lean towards "no."
Though for practicality, being able to control undead really only matters while they are in close proximity. Losing control of distant undead isn't really a problem for the cleric, so I suspect that most clerics just assume loss of control(death or otherwise) when their undead get too far away. Destruction of nearby undead should be realitively obvious (a hearing-based perception check if they are near, but not in line of sight).
There should be some spells (likely divinations) to keep track of your allies. I'd imagine that some of those could be employed to keep track of your undead minions if your cleric felt the need to micromanage their undead.
Nope. Even Status only works on the living. Maybe a Detect Undead will give you a hint if nearby but out of sight.