Ju-ju zombie. These hardy undead make the best undying servants. They can be created once a necromancer reaches at least 14th level by first slaying a victim with finger of death (or once the wizard is more powerful, by casting energy drain) and then animating the dead body. Because of the manner in which they were slain, ju-ju zombies retain a surprising amount of their original personality and intellect - far more than the ordinary zombie. They are capable of independent, reasoned thought, although their undying mind is heavily clouded with a sleepy, dreamlike stupor (hence their effectively low intelligence). Ju-ju zombies are not self-willed, however, and as long as their creator lives, they will follow his or her commands with faithful obedience.

If their master dies, they become completely self- willed, carrying out (as much as possible) any ambitions they may have followed in life. In one of his short stories ("Necromancy in Naat"), dark Ashton Smith writes about how a pair of zombies who were once lovers while they were alive return to their romantic courtship after their necromantic master dies. Most ju-ju zombies, however, are filled with a latent hatred of the life they were denied by their creator.

Kazerabet once relied heavily on ju-ju zombies to help run an entire dictatorship, long before she embraced the lifestyle of a sage and wrote the Art of Necromancy. Ju-ju zombies were at the top of her undead bureaucracy, serving as her chief lieutenants and messengers. Each ju-ju zombie was given command or authority over a number regular zombies and skeletons and set to perform a specific task, which they performed with tireless efficiency. An appendix in the Art of Necromancy includes a few secrets about preserving a ju-ju zombie's original living appearance. Kazerabet admits to employing ju-ju zombie masseurs in her boudoir, and she always liked her handsome body servants to be as aesthetically pleasing and lifelike as possible.