Questions tagged [necromancy]
For questions primarily about necromancy in RPGs, the art/magic of raising the dead to fight again in a limbo of undeath. (For questions about undead themselves, use the [undead] tag.)
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Playing a Necromancer wizard using the 2024 rules
We are starting a new D&D 2024 campaign in a few weeks, which I will be DMing, as we are just now finishing our most recent campaign, D&D 2014 with a lot of homebrew. We're starting at Level 1....
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What happens if the black onyx used in an Animate Dead spell isn't expensive enough?
Consider the following situation: The group kills a monster, and one PC wants to use Animate Dead to turn it into an skeleton under his control. But the players have no idea what the monster is, much ...
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Can I use Gentle Repose to skip dealing with a lich's phylactery?
Gentle repose has three key bits of information that interact with a lich's rejuvenation. Relevant text follows. Gentle Repose... Duration: 10 days You touch a corpse or other remains. For the ...
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What happens to an abandoned army of the undead?
I had two high-level necromancers summon close to an army of undead and now they have left the area and not re-asserted control. I know a lot if not all of the undead will wander now but how many ...
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Can a dispelled zombie's remains be reanimated? [closed]
How the animate dead spell works in the video game Baldur's Gate 3 has me wondering: Can I reanimate the remains of a dispelled zombie? Does it remain a zombie (undead creature) after dispelling, and ...
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What are the limitations for targets of Sylvan Necromancy?
Sylvan Necromancy (Dual Sphere) states: You can use your (plant) geomancing abilities on corpses instead of plants. In addition, you can reanimate dead plant life as zombies (or skeletons, if they ...
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When you use the Clone spell, will the command of Undead minions transfer to the clone?
I am currently playing in 5e campaign and a question came up regarding the transferable of command of undead servants. My Necromancer wants to live forever but not be a lich, so naturally the idea is ...
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Limits of undead control
I was doing some theory crafting on a necromancer. Of course a player character with an army of undead isn't very good for gameplay but our DM is interested in using the character as an enemy. So I ...
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How to build a necromancy Druid?
I'm joining a D&D game with a group of friends. Some have been playing for years, while others have just started like myself. I'm joining halfway through, coming in at level 6 or 7. I intend to ...
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Can Necromancers repeatedly animate skeletons which have been defeated? [duplicate]
One of my players is saying they can use animate dead (3rd level, Necromancy) to repeatedly bring back their skeleton minions. This spell creates an Undead servant. Choose a pile of bones or a corpse ...
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What are all the spells that create one or more undead creatures?
Since trying to Google this just keeps finding the specific spell called Create Undead... What are all of the spells in D&D 5e that can be used to make an undead creature? I can think of Animate ...
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How do summons interact with soul-affecting effects?
For reasons of my own, I need a trapped soul for at least a couple of hours. The exact type of soul doesn't matter: so long as I have a soul in a "jar" for, say, 8 hours, I'm good. I'm a ...
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What is the most amount of election fraud I can commit using necromancy?
I have deemed the ignorant masses of several nearby regions to be unfit to rule themselves. Unfortunately, they've established a democracy to determine leadership of their region and continuously ...
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Is this homebrew Necromancer class balanced?
Is this necromancer class balanced, compared to a warlock or cleric? One of my players would like to use it. The goal is for it to be roughly balanced compared to a cleric, since that’s what I believe ...
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Are there any effects in the game that would cause a necromancer to lose control over the undead he created with animate dead?
Animate Dead says: The creature is under your control for 24 hours, after which it stops obeying any command you've given it. To maintain control of the creature for another 24 hours, you must cast ...
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