Not-So-Eternal Slumber

Stance [Summoning]

Level:Narrow Bridge 5
Prerequisites:Two Narrow Bridge techniques
Action:1 standard action
Range:Personal
Target:You
Duration:Stance

The ground parts and an zombie crawls to the surface as you wake a recently deceased creature from its rest to serve as your temporary companion.

When you enter this stance as a standard action, you summon a human zombie with Hit Dice equal to half your initiator level, and it gains bonus hit points equal to your initiator level. You must spend a move action to issue a command to the zombie, and it understands and obeys your commands to the best of its ability.

While you are in the Land of the Living, this zombie gains a sacred bonus to attack and damage rolls with its natural weapons equal to your initiation modifier. While you are in the Land of the Dead, this zombie instead gains fast healing equal to your initiation modifier.

The zombie remains for as long as you maintain this stance. If the zombie is destroyed, you may summon a new one by ending this stance and initiating it again.