Apparently, from the way I read it is you click on the skull and that is it. If it works, the lesser undead will simply die and the others will run away. That is pretty much it. Granted, if you have a low level Cleric, there is no way you are gonna make a Mummie run from you, maybe a skeleton or two, but that is about it.
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