Hello forums!
Two questions really.
1)Creating a basic skeleton via the animate dead spell. Is it possible to increase HD by adding the needed material component for the desired increase? i.e. the body of a first level commoner is "obtained" by a seventh level cleric. This cleric wants to invest some resources into this blank canvas and make a masterpiece, he wants to create a six hit dice skeleton. Could he use 150 gp worth of onyx in creation to obtain this (enough onyx for a 6 hd skeleton)? Or would this cleric need to "obtain" a body of sixth level or higher?
Is there a limit to how this can be used if it can be done, could that seventh level cleric create a skeleton of 14 HD because it is double his level and within what he can control?
2)In Libris Mortis there are templates such as nimble skeletons, fast zombies, unkillable zombies. How do you apply a template to the undead to create one? Can it be done using the Animate Dead spell? Or is this just a house rule. If so how have people ruled on it in the past.
Thanks in advance
Yes using the 150 gp onyx to create your 6 hd skeleton, for 14 hd you use the x gp in onyx cast spell and spell check DC 24 (10+14 hd) fail spell check 5 ore more a mishap happens,
create undead or gtr.create undead spell will work better,for the Libris mortis templates just as long the DM approves it