u/plaugedoctorforhire

I'm looking at the options for undead that can be raised with the level 3 animate dead spell. It looks like ghouls and ghosts both only cost 2 HD to raise, despite being significantly more powerful than the 3HD Zombie?

Also there isn't a listed Vampire or Lich, while I can feasibly write up some abilities and such, what should their hit die be?

Unfortunately I am not one of those people who can intuit how to run a new game from rules and roll tables alone. Can anyone suggest an adventure or scenario of some sort that I can run in order to get a feel for how the game is ideally supposed to be played?