PFS Legal Undead Summoner / Raise Dead Character Questions

[Krell44]

I am wanting to build a character for PFS that either:

1. Uses Summon Monster to summon skeletons or skeletal monsters.
2. Uses Raise Dead etc to have an undead minion.

My questions revolve around which classes could best accomplish this, required feats, and last but not least, a template to use to create skeletal creatures.

Is there a Player Companion book that focuses on summoning undead that will have easy ways to stat up your risen ally or skeletal summon?

[Drahliana Moonrunner]

Krell44 wrote:

I am wanting to build a character for PFS that either:

1. Uses Summon Monster to summon skeletons or skeletal monsters.
2. Uses Raise Dead etc to have an undead minion.

My questions revolve around which classes could best accomplish this, required feats, and last but not least, a template to use to create skeletal creatures.

Is there a Player Companion book that focuses on summoning undead that will have easy ways to stat up your risen ally or skeletal summon?

Keep in mind that magical effects do not persist between scenarios. So you can raise undead... but you can't keep them once the module is done.

[Krell44]

Yup.

Basically, I am hoping to create a bunch of premade skeletons/creatures/ghouls of varying CR/HD so that when I do summon/raise them I can quickly have everything I need and do not slow down gameplay. But, Im hoping to find an easy way to do this.

[Drahliana Moonrunner]

Krell44 wrote:

Yup.

Basically, I am hoping to create a bunch of premade skeletons/creatures/ghouls of varying CR/HD so that when I do summon/raise them I can quickly have everything I need and do not slow down gameplay. But, Im hoping to find an easy way to do this.

Herolab lets you do this quite effectively... or just print out the stat blocks ahead of time.

[plaidwandering]

looks up skeleton summoner feat from ultimate magic

that's the cheapest way and easiest way to get this flavor

animate dead comes online much later and costs a decent chunk of gold, since first you have to find an appropriate corpse in scenario, then have a ton of onyx on hand to animate it. Another downside is if the scenario is filled with humanoid opponents, you can only animate a 1hd creature which will be worthless

[Krell44]

I do not have Herolab, and am wanting to print up the stat blocks ahead of time. I am just wanting to find a place I can go to where it has a list of stat blocks for a 1HD skeleton, 2HD skeleton, etc. I am simply hoping to not do this all manually.

Yes, Skeleton Summoner is one of my options, but it lets me do it once per day I believe. Also, looking fro an easy way to stat a Dire Lion as undead. I am still a bit hazy on applying the template.