Originally Posted by
Sstoopidtallkid
Don't raise an Army. That's very slow. Raise a couple Poweful undead, and once you pass about 3 characters, start having them obey the other party members(make one of your tanks listen to the Wizard he guards rather than you, for example). Low-HD undead aren't very useful, other than as mounts.
20 point buy hurts, so you'll want something like 16 Wis, 10 Dex, 8 Str, 14 Con, 8 int, 10 Cha.
Is it core only because you don't have the books, or because your DM banned it?
What level, what's the rest of the party playing, what do you know about the campaign path, what houserules are there?