I am working on the next villain for my party (4 man, 6th level gestalt with 20 point buy. I am treating them as a CR10 encounter while building, rather than an APL 6 party).
I want to staff the villain (siabrae(druidic lich) necromancer) with a host of undead lieutenants, which will be his acting arms throughout the country.
I have ZERO idea what undead are more vs less powerful (or over/under CRed). I would love some advice on building undead encounters in general, and more specifically suggestions for more interesting undead outside of Zombified/Skeletized X.
I have the first encounter planned, as an example of the types of fights I have considered.
Party is seeking ruins in a swamp. They encounter a Giant Anaconda Zombie(CR 7), left by the enemy as a guard dog.
Reaching the ruins, there are 8 Advanced 4arm Mudra Skeletons wielding 3 swords and a board (CR 10) guarding the outer ruins against intrusion.
Inside single standing building, large church space with 4 more Mudra and the LT, a Skeletal Champion Ice Troll close to a mountable Deathweb (CR 8), who may or may not be on the ceiling waiting to ambush, depending on how much noise they make outside
EDIT: My other ideas for LTs include a Vampire Dread Lord as the master of a small city and a Grave Knight(which may or may not be a captured NPC the party likes)
