After several failed attempts to drag the corpse of someone who admitted to carrying far too much silver I figured I would try to animate and have them walk themselves home which is not something my sorcerer does normally. A few more failed casts later and:
>prep 730
You begin drawing a faint, twisting symbol while softly intoning the words for Animate Dead...
Your spell is ready.
>cast victim
You gesture at victim.
d100: 44 + Modifiers: 9916 == 9960
You intone deeply over victim's body as slender glowing wisps gather around your body like a swarm of moths to a lantern. After a few moments you begin to take on a slight glow and victim's body starts to show subtle signs of movement. Finally, the glow surrounding you envelops the body and flares brightly before fading out, revealing an upright animated victim.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.
I can't say I know how this modifier works but it jumped from 40 in the first two casts to that which took me a little by surprise.
