# Danse Macabre > [!info] Spell Details > | | | > |---|---| > | **Level** | 5th | > | **School** | [[Necromancy]] | > | **Casting Time** | 1 Action | > | **Range** | 60 feet | > | **Components** | V, S | > | **Duration** | Concentration, up to 1 hour | > | **Classes** | Warlock, Wizard | --- ## Description Threads of dark power leap from your fingers to pierce up to five Small or Medium corpses you can see within range. Each corpse immediately stands up and becomes undead. You decide whether it is a **zombie** or a **skeleton** (the DM has the statistics), and it gains a bonus to its attack and damage rolls equal to your spellcasting ability modifier. You can use a bonus action to mentally command the undead you make with this spell, issuing the same command to all of them. To receive the command, an undead must be within 60 feet of you. You decide what action the undead will take and where it will move during its next turn, or you can issue a general command, such as to guard a chamber or passageway against your foes. If you issue no commands, the undead only defend themselves against hostile creatures. Once given an order, the undead continue to follow it until their task is complete. --- ## At Higher Levels When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, you can animate **two additional corpses** for each slot level above 5th.