#NECROMANCY OF THE UNDEAD LORD MANUAL#

It's largely dependent on the undead in question, and at times on the DM.ДЄs you mentioned a necromancer being involved, I will first address undead minions available to playable necromancer wizards through spells: ghasts, ghouls, mummies, skeletons, wights, and zombies.

So if an undead was given a hat of disguise and told to act like a human, would they be able to at least pass by with the disguise? Rules as written are not very specific about how far a necromancer can order their undead around, only that they understand simple commands (in the case of undead like zombies or skeletons) and that other intelligent undead, while they can be put under the thrall of a master necromancer, often fall into habits from life despite having some autonomy. I know it'd be difficult for the undead in question, as they may not know how they acted in life, but if the way they acted was disclosed to them, could they act in that way? And supposing that the necromancer dies, would they continue to act in such a way with the original order? Would a necromancer be able to, more or less, tap into that and perhaps make a skeleton that acts in the way it would have normally in life? And is the same true for other undead? Independent skeletons temporarily or permanently free of a masterвЂ™s control sometimes pantomime actions from their past lives, their bones echoing the rote behaviors of their former living selves.

#NECROMANCY OF THE UNDEAD LORD MANUAL#

It's already mentioned in the 5e Monster Manual in the entry for skeletons that uncontrolled skeletons will do things they would often do in life:

Necromancy of the undead lord