Spellbook of turn undead
| spellbook of + turn undead 
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| Appearance | random |
| Base price | 600 zm |
| Weight | 50 |
| Turns to read | 48 |
| Ink to write | 30–59 |
| Spell type | [[clerical spells|clerical]] |
| Level | 6 |
| Power cost | 30 Pw |
Allows you to learn the turn undead spell. This is the knight's special spell. It produces a beam which works like that from a wand of undead turning.
Turn undead creates a beam which deals 1d8 damage (doubled for a knight with the Magic Mirror of Merlin) to undead monsters it hits, and causes them to flee if they fail a resistance check.
The beam has a second, less obvious, but arguably more useful function: unturn dead [1]. This will revive corpses and rejuvenate eggs.
Strategy
As the spell causes very little damage and costs a lot of Pw to cast, its offensive function is of very limited use.
The corpse reviving ability can be quite useful, however. It can be used to revive a dead pet if it leaves a corpse (though it may have to be retamed). It can also be used to freshen a corpse for eating or sacrificing on an altar (by reviving the monster then killing it again), although this runs the risk of the monster not leaving a corpse.
