Where can I find a list of Monsters that can Create or Raise Dead?

[Icy Turbo]

I am leading my group through some Necromantic encounters, and want to be able to use official monsters and not have them all be human clerics. Any idea how I can find a list?

[LazarX]

Have them be monster clerics or necromancers instead.

[Gilarius]

Do you mean 'Raise Dead' or do you mean 'Create Undead'?

They are not quite the same thing...
For the first, take a look at the Summon Good Monster list. From memory, you need 9th level spells.

Otherwise, quite a few undead monsters can make spawn. Vampires, ghouls, etc.
How about a plague of zombies?

[Icy Turbo]

Gilarius wrote:

Do you mean 'Raise Dead' or do you mean 'Create Undead'?

They are not quite the same thing...
For the first, take a look at the Summon Good Monster list. From memory, you need 9th level spells.

Otherwise, quite a few undead monsters can make spawn. Vampires, ghouls, etc.
How about a plague of zombies?

Sounds pretty awesome :)! I mean creatures that can either create OR raise dead. I know they are different, but kinda want to see what my options are, the only book I have access to doesn't have all that many choices for me. The main enemies in this specific campaign are monstrous creatures, so more of those are preferred. At this time my group is level 7.

[Gilarius]

Icy Turbo wrote:

Sounds pretty awesome :)! I mean creatures that can either create OR raise dead. I know they are different, but kinda want to see what my options are, the only book I have access to doesn't have all that many choices for me. The main enemies in this specific campaign are monstrous creatures, so more of those are preferred. At this time my group is level 7.

Well, 'create dead' is pretty simple: hit a living creature (repeatedly, if necessary) and kill it. :)

To Create Undead, using a monster/creature which normally can't, is also easy for a GM.
Have the creature worship a god/goddess of undeath which has been blessed by that god/goddess so that every creature slain by it rises as an undead version of itself in thrall to the god/the monster.
Result: a plague of all sorts of undead!

If you prefer to use the rules, than LazarX is correct - give any monster you like levels of cleric or wizard or oracle or etc with the necromancy specialisations.

[Icy Turbo]

Gilarius wrote:

Icy Turbo wrote:

Sounds pretty awesome :)! I mean creatures that can either create OR raise dead. I know they are different, but kinda want to see what my options are, the only book I have access to doesn't have all that many choices for me. The main enemies in this specific campaign are monstrous creatures, so more of those are preferred. At this time my group is level 7.

Well, 'create dead' is pretty simple: hit a living creature (repeatedly, if necessary) and kill it. :)

To Create Undead, using a monster/creature which normally can't, is also easy for a GM.
Have the creature worship a god/goddess of undeath which has been blessed by that god/goddess so that every creature slain by it rises as an undead version of itself in thrall to the god/the monster.
Result: a plague of all sorts of undead!

If you prefer to use the rules, than LazarX is correct - give any monster you like levels of cleric or wizard or oracle or etc with the necromancy specialisations.

Good direction so far, I'll have to look into that. What about monsters that are not a class, but have those spells? I know that Lich has them, but they are wayyyyy too high for this party to fight. What monsters would have those spells without Cleric or Wizard levels?

[Dreaming Psion]

Here's what I found from searching the prd and the d20pfsrd.com for monsters that can cast animate dead or create undead as a spell-like ability

B1:
Devil (Pit Fiend)
Devourer
Hag covens

B2:
Daemon (Thanadaemon)
Witchfire covens

B3:
Div (Sepid)
Pukwudgie
Zuvembie

B4:
Tanniver
tzitzimitl

Pathfinder Adventure Path 57: Tempest Rising
Zombie, Voidstick

This doesn't include the many undead with the create spawn ability (for example, some from B1: bodak, ghast/ghoul, mohrg, shadow, spectre, vampire (and vampire spawn) wraith, wight

[Icy Turbo]

Dreaming Psion wrote:

Here's what I found from searching the prd and the d20pfsrd.com for monsters that can cast animate dead or create undead as a spell-like ability

B1:
Devil (Pit Fiend)
Devourer
Hag covens

B2:
Daemon (Thanadaemon)
Witchfire covens

B3:
Div (Sepid)
Pukwudgie
Zuvembie

B4:
Tanniver
tzitzimitl

Pathfinder Adventure Path 57: Tempest Rising
Zombie, Voidstick

This doesn't include the many undead with the create spawn ability (for example, some from B1: bodak, ghast/ghoul, mohrg, shadow, spectre, vampire (and vampire spawn) wraith, wight

Woah that is awesome! Thanks a bunch for the list, I will take some time to go over them.

[Dreaming Psion]

In addition, if you're pressed for time and need a custom spellcaster without having to add class levels, you could add the simple class templates (cleric, sorcerer, or wizard) from the Monster codex, and then just give them the appropriate spells that would fit a necromancer

Quick paizo reference document link

[Val'bryn2]

Liches aren't that overly powerful for your party. Level 10, CR 9 +2 for lich template, 11 is good for a end boss. And is there any reason you can't level down the lich, make it a level 8, CR 9 creature. Then there's also converting an item from the old Sunless Citadel adventure, from 3rd edition. Animates one dead body per week, I believe.