Finger of death

Finger of death was a spell where the caster would attempt to cause instant death to a target.

Effects
The oldest version of the spell would just attempt to kill the target. The caster would incant the spell while pointing their finger at the target.

A later version would also seek to destroy a person's life force, but it had the ability to also raise a human killed with the spell and, with an expensive ceremony, turn them into a ju-ju zombie under the caster's command. The victim could not to resurrected or raised from the dead in any other way. Only a limited wish could end this effect, or a wish that would fully resurrect the target.

A newer version would again attempt to try and kill the target outright, unless the target managed to resist it, in which case they would take damage instead.

The post-Sundering version would attempt to cause a catastrophic amount of damage and if a target died they would after a few seconds be raised as a zombie, under the caster's command.

Components
Only verbal and somatic components were required to cast this spell. Early druids also needed their holy symbol.