Imbue Undead with Spell Ability (Wizard Spell)

The wizard using this spell grants an undead creature the use of a particular spell the wizard has learned. That spell is left with the creature and can be used by the creature. A ghoul can be invested with a lightning bolt or a skeleton guard with a dimension door and the location of its master's throne room.
Once this spell has been given to a creature, it remains with that creature until it discharges the spell or is destroyed. The wizard who provides the spell loses the use of one spell of that particular level until the spell is discharged or the undead creature is destroyed. (If a fireball is imbued into a skeleton, for example, the wizard has one less 3rd-level spell available to him.) A wizard can imbue as many different undead as he has imbue spells or spells to give away. No spells above 5th level can be imbued upon an undead creature. No more than a single spell can be imbued to a single undead creature at any time.
Once discharged, the spell takes effect as if it were cast by the wizard for purposes of range, duration, area of effect, and damage. No material, verbal, or somatic materials are required, and the casting time of the released spell is 1.
The material component of imbue is a small scroll of paper upon which is written the name of the imbued spell in squid ink.
Notes: Uncommon for necromancers; other­wise very rare. From the Forgotten Realms setting, it is known to be in the lich Kyristan's tome, Studies in Death.
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