Control Undead

Control Undead is an Action available to those that have chosen the path of the Oathbreaker Paladin. This ability allows these Paladins to gain control over the undead.

Description

Use the power of your Oath to gain control over an undead creature. The undead will follow you around and attack your enemies.

The target's level must be lower than yours.

Properties

Cost:

Action + Channel Oath Charge

Details:

 Range: 6 m / 20 ft

WIS Save (Spell save DC)

Condition: Controlled

 Controlled

Duration: Until Long rest

Spell save DC  Wisdom saving throw

• This undead is under the control of a Paladin. It will follow the Paladin and attack their enemies.

Condition: Controlling Undead

 Controlling Undead

Duration: Until Long rest

• This paladin has control over an undead creature. The creature will follow them and attack their enemies.

How to learn

Classes:

• Class level 3: Oathbreaker

Notes

• Despite the name, this does not allow the player to control the targeted creature. It causes the creature to become an allied NPC that will simply attack the nearest enemy of the caster, or follow the caster around if there are no enemies nearby.
• Control of the target is lost if the Paladin is Downed, and does not come back if the Paladin recovers.
• This can be used on several undead creatures including some bosses so long as they are "alive", Undead, a lower level than the caster, and don't have the  Immune to Control Undead passive.
• NPCs that die due to the  Shadow Curse will revive a turn or two later as a  Shadow-Cursed Undead, gaining the Undead type making them susceptible to this ability. This interestingly can be exploited to capture certain NPCs as a "pet" of sorts until the next Long Rest.
• You can Control Undead any  Shadow-Cursed Undead NPC and pickpocket them without turning them hostile until you succeed. This means that you can kill and then carry or push any Act 1 or Act 2 vendor to the Shadow-Cursed Lands and then pickpocket all of their equipment for free.