Necronomicon

This tome is the collection of millenia of secrets and unspeakable horrors of the dark arts. It contains manuscripts of rituals, spells, and undead monsters that no entity less unholy than a lich may comprehend. Should any living creature dare to even graze its pages, they'll find their soul begin to wither away.

Its contents are written in Abyssal, which all liches can read. There are only a limited number of copies in existence, and the curse affects all of them. It prevents copies from being procured by non-liches and magically keeps the contents of all copies identical.

Necronomicon

Wondrous Item, legendary

Any creature that is neither undead nor construct that touches this book becomes cursed unless it is affected by a divine effect, such as hallow (level 5), or enters any area of holy power within 24 hours. If cursed, it suffers the following effects, none of which can be removed until the curse itself is removed.

Its maximum hit-points is reduced by 1d10 after every 24 hours. If reduced to 0, the creature dies.

Its Channel Divinity features have a 50% chance to fail outright when used.

It has disadvantage on all Charisma saving throws and ability checks

As long as its corpse is cursed, it is immune to gentle repose (level 2) and its soul cannot reconvene with it. Thus, it cannot be resurrected with anything short of true resurrection (level 9) or wish (level 9), both of which will end the curse.







































The Necronomicon "Book of Vile Darkness" by Wizards of the Coast

The curse can be removed with magic, such as a remove curse (level 3) spell, but the caster must succeed a DC 20 Wisdom (Religion) ability check unless they used a 9th level spell. If unsuccessful, the curse will have no chance of being removed without a 9th level spell for the next 24 hours or if conditions improve. The check has advantage if the caster is affected by or is in an area of holy, divine power.

Create Servitor

5th-level necromancy

Casting Time: 10 minutes (Ritual)

10 minutes (Ritual) Range: 15 feet

15 feet Components: V, S, M (300gp of onyx or black pearl, which the servitor will carry)

V, S, M (300gp of onyx or black pearl, which the servitor will carry) Duration: Instantaneous

Target a corpse, pile of bones, or urn of ashes within range that has the mass of approximately one medium humanoid and place the onyx or black pearl within it. After casting, it becomes a servitor under your control. It can be any undead creature of your choice, as long as its size is no larger than medium, its CR is no more than 5, and its species is appropriate to the biotic mass it came from. For example, corpses turn into zombies, ghouls, or wights; bones turn into skeletons; and ashes turn into ghosts, wraiths, or banshees. If its Intelligence score is below 12, it increases to 12.

You can communicate with this servitor telepathically as long as it is in the same realm as you. As a bonus action on each of your turns, you can issue a command telepathically to all servitors created from this spell. You decide what action the servitor will take and where it will move during its next turn, or you can issue a general command, such as to guard a particular chamber or corridor.

The servitor is more intelligent than most other undead. If you issue no formal commands, it will continue to act based on its environment and your behest. It has a will of its own and can find optimal methods and solutions for whatever challenge it faces.

It remains under your control for 24 hours or indefinitely if it stays within an area of unholy power, such as unhallowed ground (level 9). You can reassert or renew your control by casting this spell on the servitor again before those 24 hours expire, without needing any material components. If you lose control of it or it dies, it reverts back into a corpse, pile of bones, or pile of ashes with the onyx or black pearl resting within it (unless emulated via the Consummation invocation).

As an action, you can deactivate the servitor, which will polymorph into the onyx or black pearl used to create it. While in this form, the gem exudes an unholy aura within 10 feet. If the gem is broken or if a creature spends an action to interact with it, the servitor will reactivate, appearing in the nearest unoccupied space.

You can cast this spell using more biotic material to increase its size, 2 additional medium humanoids' worth per increment, to a maximum size of huge. You can also add another 100g worth of onyx or black pearl to increase its CR by 1 to a maximum of CR 10. Whether or not the creature of that size and CR exists or is even available to you is determined by your DM.