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.

List of Necromancy Spells

Lvl 1
Animate skeleton.png Animate Skeleton Necromancy
Pain.png Pain Necromancy
Lvl 2
Corpse rot.png Corpse Rot Necromancy
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
Control undead.png Control Undead Necromancy
Lvl 5
Agony.png Agony Necromancy
Bolt of draining.png Bolt of Draining Necromancy/Conjurations
Cigotuvi's embrace.png Cigotuvi's Embrace Necromancy
Dispel undead.png Dispel Undead Necromancy
Excruciating wounds.png Excruciating Wounds Necromancy/Charms
Lvl 6
Death channel.png Death Channel Necromancy
Simulacrum.png Simulacrum Necromancy/Ice Magic
Lvl 7
Haunt.png Haunt Necromancy/Summonings
Lvl 8
Borgnjor's revivification.png Borgnjor's Revivification Necromancy
Death's door.png Death's Door Necromancy/Charms
Necromutation.png Necromutation Necromancy/Transmutations

Sources of Necromancy spells

Main Texts
Book of Necromancy (Pain, Animate Skeleton, Vampiric Draining, Regeneration, Control Undead, Animate Dead)
Book of Death (Corpse Rot, Sublimation of Blood, Agony, Dispel Undead, Excruciating Wounds, Bolt of Draining)
Book of Unlife (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 Alchemy (Sublimation of Blood)
Book of Control (Control Undead)
Book of Ice (Simulacrum)
Book of Battle (Regeneration)

Necromancy Aptitudes

From Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup 0.15 in-game documentation:

At Ba DE Dg Ds Dj Dr Fe Fo Gr Gh Gn HO Hu Ko Mf Mi Mu Na Op On Sp Te Tr Vp VS
-2 -1 2 -1 1 11 0 0 0 -2 0 6 0 0 0 -2 -3 0 0 0 -1 -1 1 -2 1 0

The average necromancy aptitude of whole species, excluding coloured draconian, is -0.500. However, the highest aptitude is +1.

See Also

Skills
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