Undead Empathy

(Eberron Campaign Setting, page 61, DnD 3.5)

[General]

You are adept at communicating with and infl uencing the undead.

Prerequisite

Charisma 13

Benefit

You gain a +4 bonus on Diplomacy checks made to infl uence the reactions of intelligent undead. You can also use Diplomacy to infl uence the actions of mindless undead, though in this case you do not gain the +4 bonus on your check. Generally, mindless undead begin an encounter with a hostile attitude; a Diplomacy check sufficient to make them indifferent is usually enough to stave off attack. If the undead have been specifically commanded to guard something, a Diplomacy check sufficient to make them friendly is required to make them back off from combat, and a check sufficient to make them helpful is needed to make them abandon what they are guarding. To influence the behavior of a mindless undead, the character and the undead must be within 30 feet of one another. Generally, influencing an undead in this way takes 1 minute, but as with infl uencing the living, it might take more or less time.