Necromancy Reanimated (Formerly Animate Dead Plus Plus)

⭐ ⭐⭐ (3,757 endorsements) 📥 1.1M downloads 📌 v1.44.00 📅 8/7/2023
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⬇ Download Mod Source: Nexus Mods ↗ 📅 Updated: 9/16/2026 📅 Created: 8/7/2023

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📋 About This Mod

Your premier source for necromancy fixes, quality of life changes, and 5e adjustments. A patch by necromancers for necromancers.

Necromancy Reanimated

Changes necromancy spells, creatures, class features, and items

to allow for fixed, smoother, and expanded gameplay.

September 2024 Mod of the Month!

Fix: Denotes fixes strictly in the context of BG3.

5e: Changes that follow D&D Fifth Edition, upon which BG3 is built.

The Rest: Mainly quality of life or optional extensions.

Yeah, someone cast Feeblemind on bullet point spacing.

Animate Dead.

  • []5e: Supports 5th-level and higher upcasting. Two additional undead per slot.[/]

    []Can now animate spear-and-shield toting flaming fist skeletons.[/]

    []Added Skeletal Wizard as an alternative to the Ghoul and Flying Ghoul when upcasting at 5th-level and higher. [/]

    []Added an arcane glyph effect to each undead's point of origin at the time of casting for better transition.[/]

    []AI given Animate Dead will now feel compelled to cast it.[/]

    []Also includes an AI version of AD, "Target_Sailor_AnimateDead_NPC".[/]

Create Undead.

  • []5e: Supports 7th-level and higher upcasting. One additional undead when using a 9th-level spell slot.[/]

    []Added Death Knight and Shadow as alternative options to the usual Mummy.[/]

Reanimation Spells and Features.

  • []Fix: Adds info missing from some spells, such as 4th-level Animate Dead, that would break them in free reanimation areas.[/]

    []Fix: Danse Macabre now informs players that its ghouls explode on death.[/]

    []5e: Creatures killed by fire, radiant, necrotic, acid or any other particular damage type are no longer invalid targets for Animate Dead, Crawling Gnaw, Create Undead, Fungal Infestation.[/]

    []5e: Removed limit. Can reanimate as many undead as your spell slots allow.[/]

    []5e: Upcasting support for mods that add spell slots of 7th level and higher.[/]

    []Can no longer reanimate non-skeletal corporeal creatures from skeletons.[/]

Reanimated Undead.

[]Fix: Various undead that couldn't jump before can now jump.[/]

[]Fix: Shadow Lantern Wraith has Dark Currents for above reason, is in line with other shadows and wraiths.[/]

[]Fix: Ghoul's Devour recovers HP.[/]

[]Fix: Ranged skeleton now has a base AC of 10.[/]

[]Fix: Mummy's multiattack checks for all frightened conditions.[/]

[]5e: Benefit from short rests.[/]

[]5e: Can be healed by sources that don't specifically exclude undead, such as potions.[/]

[]5e: Bipedal undead can now interact with doors and certain other objects.[/]

[]5e: Skeletons using crossbows have proficiency with them.[/]

[]5e: Added missing immunities, such as exhaustion for skeletons and necrotic/poison damage for mummies.[/]

[]Pathing is now more tailored to undead creatures' immunities, which also gives them less to process.[/]

[]Most can jump, shove, help, dash, disengage, throw, and hide.[/]

[]Ranged skeletons' clothing appearance changed to leather armor.[/]

[]Ranged skeletons' shortbows no longer ignore piercing resistance. Necrotic damage reduced to owner's prof bonus.[/]

[]Skeletons' equipped weapon skills are no longer disabled.[/]

📊 Mod Details

Game
Baldursgate3 Mods
Author
Sailor Cat
Version
1.44.00
Downloads
1,081,426
Endorsements
3,757
Category
Spells
Created
8/7/2023
Updated
9/16/2026

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