Can clerics animate dead?

Since all clerics can get the Animate Dead at level 5, (this is when Clerics get their first lvl3 spell slot), one of my players -who plays a Death Domain Cleric- is asking if it means that he can have Animate Dead twice on his spell list, and thus cast it twice before doing a long rest.
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Can cleric learn Animate dead?

Who can cast animate dead? The only two classes that have animate dead on their spell list are clerics and wizards.
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What classes can cast Animate dead?

Animate Dead
  • Casting Time: 1 minute.
  • Range: 10 feet.
  • Components: V, S, M (A drop of blood, a piece of flesh, and a pinch of bone dust)
  • Duration: Instantaneous.
  • Classes: Cleric, Wizard.
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Can sorcerers animate dead?

Beginning at 6th level, you learn the animate dead spell, which counts as a Sorcerer spell for you. This does not count against your number of spells known, and when you cast it, you can animate one additional corpse or skeleton than normal.
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Do clerics get Animate dead in BG3?

Animate Dead can be acquired by the following classes: Cleric. Paladin (Oathbreaker) at level 9. Circle of the Spores (Druid Subclass)
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Baldur's Gate 3: Necromancy in a nutshell

What classes get Animate dead BG3?

Classes: Class Level 5: Cleric , Wizard , Circle of the Spores Druid (Circle Spell), Bard (via Magical Secrets), and Warlock (via Pact of the Tome once per long rest)
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Can clerics revive the dead?

True Resurrection is a 9th-level spell accessible to Clerics and Druids. For an hour of casting time, the spellcaster can bring back anyone from a time span of 200 years, without needing a body and completely restoring them to their original form.
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Do sorcerers get Animate Dead BG3?

Namely, You can cast animate dead as a Level 1 Sorcerer / Level 4 Wizard if you have the scroll and learned the spell.
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Is Animate Dead a permanent?

Animate Dead is a 3rd level spell in the School of Earth Magic. It permanently reanimates killed undead, allied units similar to Resurrection spell.
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Why can't Gale learn to speak with dead?

It can be a little confusing if you are not familiar with D&D, but there are various spell lists - speak with dead is only on the cleric one. Meaning it's only clerics ( and some bards ) that can learn it.
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Who gets Animate Dead?

Animate Dead is a 3rd-level spell that is available to Death Domain Clerics, Wizards, Circle of Spores Druids, and Oathbreaker Paladins. Basically anyone who can leverage spooky necromancy magic.
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Does Animate Dead require a corpse?

Effects. This spell was a staple of the necromantic arts and saw many incarnations as magic evolved over time. The earliest version of this spell treated zombies and skeletons equally and a caster could animate one of either kind of undead per experience level, but only from human remains.
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Can Animate Dead be cast as a ritual?

Not under rules as written. The DM is free to allow the caster to do it if they feel it is appropriate. Animate dead, by logic should be a ritual. Its a 1 minute (10 rounds) casting time already Most spells that require more than 1 round are rituals.
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Can clerics cast speak with dead?

A cleric of up to 7th level can speak with a corpse dead up to 4 days. Up to 14th level, the caster can speak with a corpse dead up to 4 months. Above 20th level, there is no limit on the length of time the body has been dead.
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Can clerics cast rituals?

Ritual casting allows players to cast spells as rituals, which increases the spell's casting time by 10 minutes but doesn't consume a spell slot. Wizards, bards, druids, clerics, and artificers can all do ritual casting as part of their class abilities, but other classes can do it by taking the Ritual Caster feat.
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Can all clerics use turn undead?

Turn undead is a channel divinity cast by nearly all clerics. When a cleric casts turn undead he or she pushes any undead within a nearby area of five feet in radius back at least fifteen feet, perhaps further depending on the cleric's strength of personality.
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Can you end Animate dead?

Can you dispel animated dead in D&D 5E? No. As a rule, you cannot dispel any spells which have a duration of “instantaneous.” Instantaneous means that the effect of the spell happens immediately after it is cast.
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Can you animate dead twice?

The only way you can control more than one undead at a time is using the Zombie's ability. Using Animate Dead multiple times just replaces the summon you already have, so no building an army unless you use the Zombie gimmick unfortunately.
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Can you cast animate dead in combat?

Animate Dead may only be cast during combat, for a basic Casting Cost of 50. Upon its successful casting, the game will display a list of all valid targets (see above for exceptions) to select from, listed in the order in which they died - the first unit that died is listed at the top.
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Can Astarion turn you?

As a non-vampire himself, Astarion doesn't have the ability to turn people completely, either, but that all changes in one very specific path in the game. During "The Pale Elf" quest, upon killing his former master, Cazador Szarr, Astarion will be granted the choice to finally ascend to full vampire status.
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Is animate dead useful in BG3?

Animate Dead in Baldur's Gate 3 allows you to summon zombies, skeletons, and ghouls to fight for you. Zombies are good damage sponges and can distract multiple enemies, while skeletons are ranged fighters with high damage potential.
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Who can you sleep with in BG3?

Companions you can romance as in have a relationship with:
  • Shadowheart.
  • Astarion.
  • Wyll.
  • Lae'zel.
  • Gale.
  • Karlach.
  • Halsin (only starts in Act 3)
  • Minthara (least content and you might want to be evil for this one)
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Are death clerics evil?

Considering that many Death Domain Clerics may fall into a more ominous category than other Clerics, many of them walk an incredibly dark path. On the other hand, simply practicing Necromancy doesn't necessarily make someone evil, as their studies could lead to understanding and perhaps even transcendence.
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Can a cleric lose his powers?

Can a cleric lose their powers like a Paladin in D&D 5E? There is literally no provision for doing so. This is because paladin-hood has always been a special, privileged status from its first appearance in the 1e Players Handbook.
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Can death clerics still heal?

Healing Word

A ranged healing spell. Even on the damage-focused death cleric, this will help. The spell casts a bonus action and provides d4 to the healing.
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