Necromancy

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The Necromancy school of magic focuses on calling upon the unsavory power of death itself. It also influences how much bonus damage you can inflict with a pain branded weapon. Characters under the influence of the Necromutation spell (itself of the Necromancy school) receive a bonus to the power of Necromancy spells, as do mummies upon reaching levels 13 and 26.

The most obvious use for Necromancy is the creation of derived undead allies, though there are also several offensive and defensive spell options. It contains a very diverse spell set, and is widely considered one of the most useful schools of magic to study.

Using Necromancy has more consequences than other magical schools, however, as certain Necromancy spells have risks or side effects for the caster beyond the usual chance of miscasts. Necromancy is also considered unholy, and the good-aligned gods punish its use severely, as does Fedhas Madash when it is used on corpses.

Aptitudes

Ba	Ce	DD	DE	Dg	Ds	Dr	Fe	Fo	Gr	Gh	Ha	HE	HO	Hu	Ko	Mf	Mi	Mu	Na	Op	Og	Sp	Te	Tr	Vp	VS
-1	-1	1	2	-1	1	0	0	0	-2	0	-2	-2	0	0	0	-2	-3	0	0	0	-1	-1	1	-2	1	0

The average aptitude of all species, excluding coloured draconian, is -0.444.

Spells

Icon	Name	Schools	Level	Power cap	Range	Noise	Flags	Books
Level 1
	Animate Skeleton	Necromancy	1	N/A		1	Corpse violating, Utility	Book of Cantrips Book of Necromancy
	Pain	Necromancy	1	25	5	2	Dir or target, MR check, Needs tracer	Book of Necromancy
Level 2
	Corpse Rot	Necromancy	2	N/A		2	Area, Neutral, Unclean	Book of Death Fen Folio
	Sublimation of Blood	Necromancy	2	200		2	Utility	Book of Alchemy Book of Death
Level 3
	Regeneration	Charms/Necromancy	3	200		3	Selfench, Utility	Book of Battle Book of Necromancy
	Vampiric Draining	Necromancy	3	200	1	3	Dir or target, Emergency, Not self, Selfench	Book of Necromancy
Level 4
	Animate Dead	Necromancy	4	N/A		3	Area, Corpse violating, Neutral, Utility	Book of Necromancy Book of Unlife
	Control Undead	Necromancy	4	200		3	MR check	Book of Necromancy Book of Unlife
Level 5
	Agony	Necromancy	5	50	LOS	4	Dir or target, MR check, Needs tracer, Not self	Book of Death
	Bolt of Draining	Conjuration/Necromancy	5	50	5	2	Dir or target, Needs tracer	Book of Death
	Cigotuvi's Embrace	Necromancy	5	200		4	Chaotic, Corpse violating, No ghost, Utility	Book of Unlife
	Dispel Undead	Necromancy	5	50	4	4	Dir or target, Needs tracer	Book of Death
	Excruciating Wounds	Charms/Necromancy	5	200		15	Helpful	Book of Death
Level 6
	Death Channel	Necromancy	6	200		5	Helpful, Utility	Book of Unlife
	Simulacrum	Ice/Necromancy	6	200		5	Corpse violating	Book of Ice Book of Unlife
Level 7
	Haunt	Necromancy/Summoning	7	200	LOS	6	Mons abjure, Not self, Target	Necronomicon
Level 8
	Borgnjor's Revivification	Necromancy	8	200		6	Utility	Necronomicon
	Death's Door	Charms/Necromancy	8	200		6	Emergency, No ghost, Utility	Necronomicon
	Infestation	Necromancy	8	200	LOS	8	Target, Unclean	Necronomicon
	Necromutation	Necromancy/Transmutation	8	200		6	Chaotic, Corpse violating, Helpful	Necronomicon

Sources

Main Texts

Book of Necromancy: Pain, Animate Skeleton, Vampiric Draining, Regeneration, Animate Dead, Control Undead

Book of Death: Corpse Rot, Sublimation of Blood, Agony, Dispel Undead, Excruciating Wounds, Bolt of Draining

Book of Unlife: Animate Dead, Control Undead, Cigotuvi's Embrace, Death Channel, Simulacrum

Necronomicon: Haunt, Borgnjor's Revivification, Death's Door, Infestation, Necromutation

Other Texts

Book of Alchemy: Sublimation of Blood

Book of Battle: Regeneration

Book of Cantrips: Animate Skeleton

Fen Folio: Corpse Rot

Book of Ice: Simulacrum

See Also

• Necromancer