Okay, I have a question about Filge's ability to release and subsequently control the four zombies that he has created with animate dead. Under animate dead, it states,
"No matter how many times you use this spell, however, you can control only 4 HD worth of undead creatures per caster level. If you exceed this number, all the newly created creatures fall under your control, and any excess undead from previous castings become uncontrolled."
Filge is only 3rd level so that means he can only control 12HD worth of creatures. Each troglodyte is 4HD and the bugbear is 6HD. That is a total of 18HD. Is there something else that I am missing here? Basically, he would only be able to tell the 3 troglodytes to break out of their containment shells and attack. This does not even take into account the Gertia Land skeleton (1HD) that follows him around protecting him.
I'm not much of a rules lawyer - and I haven't even cast a 3rd edition Animate Dead spell yet - but couldn't the use of a higher caster level scroll of animate dead to create these creatures allow him to control them?
Riley, that is actually a good point since I just noticed that Animate Dead is a 4th level Wizard spell. So he would not even be able to cast it without using a scroll. Using an Animate Dead scroll created by a 5th level caster (over 1200gp), he would have had to perform a caster level check of 5 or 6. So that sounds doable.
Command Undead: 2nd Level Spell - it's in Filge's spell book. Check it out.
Cheers,
C.
Dungeon magazine specifically states that "Filge's proudest accomplishments, hulking undead monstrosities created with animate dead scrolls and preserved for later use". I read right over the "scroll" part and focused on the "animate dead". Basically, this thread should be deleted. :)