The answer is yes, Animate object would work on a corpse. The exact effect would depend on the size of the corpse. While there are specific defined terms in D&D 5e there are also a equal number of that rely on what the word means in English. Object – a material thing that can be seen and touched.
Can you dimension door a corpse?
Justification: if ‘object’ is taken broadly enough, then ‘physical things’ are objects, including creatures. Better justification: if someone is unconscious, and you can carry them, you can dimension door with their body, even though, being unconscious, they cannot be ‘willing’.
Is a dead body an object?
The central puzzle of the law of the dead is that a corpse is both a person and a thing. A dead human body is a material object—a messy, maybe dangerous, perhaps valuable, often useful, and always tangible thing.
How many undead creatures can you animate with animate dead?
This use of the spell reasserts your control over up to four creatures you have animated with this spell, rather than animating a new one. At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th Level or higher, you animate or reassert control over two additional Undead creatures for each slot above 3rd.
What happens when you use animate dead spell?
Your spell imbues the target with a foul mimicry of life, raising it as an undead creature. The target becomes a skeleton if you chose bones or a zombie if you chose a corpse (the GM has the creature’s game statistics).
How does animate dead work in RuneScape?
Choose a pile of bones or a corpse of a Medium or Small humanoid within range. Your spell imbues the target with a foul mimicry of life, raising it as an undead creature. The target becomes a skeleton if you chose bones or a zombie if you chose a corpse (the GM has the creature’s game statistics).
When do you use a bonus action in animate dead?
On each of your turns, you can use a bonus action to mentally command any creature you made with this spell if the creature is within 60 feet of you (if you control multiple creatures, you can command any or all of them at the same time, issuing the same command to each one).
