Negative Energy Flood

• Level: 5th
• School: Necromancy
• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, M (a broken bone and a square of black silk)
• Duration: Instantaneous

Description

Negative Energy Flood is a powerful necromantic spell that channels dark energy to damage living creatures and potentially raise them as undead.

Effects:

• Target:

  • Choose one creature you can see within range.

• Damage:

  • The target must make a Constitution saving throw.
  • On a failed save, the target takes 5d12 necrotic damage.
  • On a successful save, the target takes half as much damage.

• Undead Creation:

  • If the damage kills the target, it rises immediately as a zombie under your control at the start of your next turn.
  • The zombie uses the game statistics provided in the Monster Manual.
  • The zombie is permanently under your control, following your verbal commands to the best of its ability.

Special Interactions:

• Undead Target:
  • If the target is an undead creature, it does not make a saving throw.
  • Instead, the target gains temporary hit points equal to the necrotic damage dealt.

Strategic Applications:

• Versatile Use Against Living and Undead:

  • This spell is potent against living targets, both as a damaging spell and a way to raise additional undead minions.
  • Against undead creatures, it serves as a buff, granting them temporary hit points.

• Battlefield Control:

  • Use the zombie created by Negative Energy Flood to bolster your forces, control a point on the battlefield, or create additional threats for your enemies.

• Synergy with Other Spells:

  • Combine this spell with effects that lower Constitution saves or that benefit from having additional undead minions, such as Animate Dead or Danse Macabre.

Roleplaying Opportunities:

• Dark Influence:

  • A character using this spell might be seen as increasingly tainted by dark powers, especially if they habitually raise the dead in this manner.

• Moral Dilemma:

  • The use of Negative Energy Flood to create undead could cause friction with more morally inclined party members or NPCs, offering rich roleplaying challenges.

Notes:

• Material Components:

  • The spell requires a broken bone and a square of black silk, which could be roleplayed as tokens from the necromancer's grim collection of relics.

• Permanent Control:

  • The zombie created is under the caster's control indefinitely, unlike some other undead-creating spells that have a limited duration.

• Ideal For:

  • Negative Energy Flood is particularly useful for necromancers and warlocks who wish to expand their undead forces or deal significant necrotic damage.