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 this skill, as do mummies upon reaching levels 13 and 26.

Using Necromancy has more consequences than other magical schools, 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.

List of Necromancy Spells

Lvl 1
Animate skeleton.png Animate Skeleton Necromancy
Fulsome distillation.png Fulsome Distillation Necromancy/Transmutations
Pain.png Pain Necromancy
Lvl 2
Corpse rot.png Corpse Rot Necromancy
Lethal infusion.png Lethal Infusion Necromancy/Charms
Sublimation of blood.png Sublimation of Blood Necromancy
Lvl 3
Regeneration.png Regeneration Necromancy/Charms
Vampiric draining.png Vampiric Draining Necromancy
Lvl 4
Animate dead.png Animate Dead Necromancy
Lvl 5
Agony.png Agony Necromancy
Cigotuvi's degeneration.png Cigotuvi's Degeneration Necromancy/Transmutations
Dispel undead.png Dispel Undead Necromancy
Excruciating wounds.png Excruciating Wounds Necromancy/Charms
Twisted resurrection (player spell).png Twisted Resurrection Necromancy
Lvl 6
Bolt of draining.png Bolt of Draining Necromancy/Conjurations
Control undead.png Control Undead Necromancy
Death channel.png Death Channel Necromancy
Simulacrum.png Simulacrum Necromancy/Ice Magic
Lvl 7
Borgnjor's revivification.png Borgnjor's Revivification Necromancy
Haunt.png Haunt Necromancy/Summonings
Lvl 8
Death's door.png Death's Door Necromancy
Necromutation.png Necromutation Necromancy/Transmutations

Sources of Necromancy spells

Main Texts
Book of Necromancy (Pain, Animate Skeleton, Lethal Infusion, Vampiric Draining, Regeneration, Dispel Undead, Animate Dead)
Book of Death (Corpse Rot, Sublimation of Blood, Agony, Excruciating Wounds, Bolt of Draining)
Book of Unlife (Recall, Animate Dead, Twisted Resurrection, Control Undead, Simulacrum, Death Channel)
Necronomicon (Borgnjor's Revivification, Haunt, Death's Door, Necromutation)
Other Texts
Book of Cantrips (Animate Skeleton)
Book of Changes (Fulsome Distillation)
Book of Alchemy (Fulsome Distillation, Lethal Infusion, Sublimation of Blood)
Book of Control (Control Undead)
Book of Ice (Simulacrum)
Book of Morphology (Cigotuvi's Degeneration)
Book of Power (Animate Dead)
Book of Stalking (Fulsome Distillation)
Book of War Chants (Regeneration)

Necromancy Aptitudes

From Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup 0.8.0 in-game documentation:

Hu Ce Dg Ds Dr DD DE HE SE Fe Gh Ha Ko Mf Mi Mu Na Op Og HO Sp Te Tr Vp
0 -1 {{{Dg}}} {{{Ds}}} 0 +1 +2 -2 +1 0 0 -2 0 -2 -3 0 0 0 -3 0 -1 +1 -2 {{{Vp}}}

See Also

Skills
Weapons Short BladesLong BladesRanged Weapons

AxesMaces & FlailsPolearmsStavesUnarmed CombatThrowing

Physical FightingArmourDodgingStealthShields
Magical SpellcastingInvocationsEvocationsShapeshifting
Spell Schools AirAlchemyConjurationsEarthFireHexesIceNecromancySummoningTranslocations