# Animate Ghoul

- Level: 2 necromancy
- Classes: Cleric, Sorcerer, Wizard
- Casting Time: 1 action
- Range: Touch
- Components: V, S, M (piece of rotting flesh and an onyx gemstone worth 100 gp)
- Duration: Instantaneous
- Source: Deep Magic 5e

You raise one Medium or Small humanoid corpse as a ghoul under your control. Any class levels or abilities the creature had in life are gone, replaced by the standard ghoul stat block.

Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. When you cast this spell using a 3rd-level spell slot, it can be used on the corpse of a Large humanoid to create a Large ghoul. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, this spell creates a ghast, but the material component changes to an onyx gemstone worth at least 200 gp.

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