Necromancer

Description

Necromancers are masters of life and death, utilizing fire, magic, poison, and disease based spells to overwhelm their foes and assist their allies. Their choice to descend into necromancy has alienated them from most old-world civilizations, being killed on sight by most guards and shunned by many merchants. As such, the necromancer is very independent; few support classes are able to offer anything that the necromancer does not already have, and items and gear do not carry the same weight as they do for other classes.

The necromancer's power comes from a deep understanding of the powers of life and death. This grants them a number of abilities, including the ability to mezmerize, snare, and fear their enemies, to transfer mana and health to their allies, and lastly to assert their dominance over the undead with a number of efficient direct damage, charm, root and lull spells. The necromancer is classified as anti-natural and has some unique spells to attack animals and plant based mobs.

Class Titles

Level 1-50	Level 51-54	Level 55-59	Level 60
Necromancer	Heretic	Defiler	Warlock

Creation Guide

Picking the right race

The first thing you have to pick then is your race. Which race you pick will determine the foundation of you character for the rest of your life in Norrath, so it is kind of important you pick one you like and that you will be happy with.

Now in terms of faction, Necromancers are generally hated everywhere, some races are hated more then others, Gnomes and Humans and Erudites are neutral races and will have an easier time building faction (especially gnomes being the least evil of all the necromancer race choices) vs a Dark Elf or Iksar so there is some difference in the races in that respect.

Human

• Well rounded statistics
• No low-light vision
• Low starting Intelligence

Erudite

• A number of quests available to them that no other race can do with some decent items
  • Paineel Quests for a list to get you started Noclin's Femur being of particular note
• Like humans, no low-light vision
• Highest starting intelligence

Dark Elf

• Hated everywhere but a couple of other evil towns
• Harder time building up faction in comparison to the neutral race choices
• Access to the Thex Mallet and Reaper of the Dead questline (which is believed to be possible to do if you are not a Dark Elf, but requires incredibly high faction)
• Only necromancer race that can use "hide." If you combine a successful hide while you feign death then you can clear your aggro list safely
  • Keep in mind some enemies can see through hide. But, this is a very useful combination of spell + ability and it shouldn't be overlooked.
• High starting Intelligence.

Gnome

• Least hated Necromancer/race combination
• Easier to build faction with good races to access their areas faster and more efficiently
• Generally have more access to cities/hubs/zones than other necromancer races
• Access to the Tinkering skill which can offer some interesting crafting options
• High Starting Intelligence.

Iksar

• Hated in all cities besides their own, even those of other evil races.
• An experience penalty of 20% other races have no penalty.
• Health regeneration bonus (chart below)
• A natural AC bonus
• Access to Forage for food and water
• Low Starting Intelligence

Froglok

• +15 Poison Resistance
• +5 Magic Resistance
• Swimming (125)

If you are concerned with min/maxing, Iksar regeneration should not be underestimated. As the chart below shows, the Iksar Necromancer will lose health slower, which ultimately means that an Iksar Necromancer can kill more things, faster. This will mean increased experience gain so long as the Iksar Necromancer levels up in places with plenty of enemies to kill (which helps to mitigate the 20% penalty). The chart shows the differences between Iksar and Non-Iksar, for each spell under the Lich spell line in the rows, while across the top of the chart in columns, it offers the different positions that effect the rate of health regeneration.

Starting Statistics

RACE	STR	DEX	AGI	STA	INT	WIS	CHA	BONUS
Dark Elf	60	85	90	65	109	83	60	30
Erudite	60	80	70	70	117	83	70	30
Froglok	70	100	100	85	110	75	50	30
Gnome	60	95	85	70	108	67	60	30
Human	75	85	75	75	85	75	75	30
Iksar	70	95	90	70	85	80	55	30

Religion

Religion is not of a huge concern to Necromancers as they are already hated. Most choose to worship either Cazic-Thule, or Innoruuk the Prince of Hate, as it ties in well their role. The other choice is Bertoxxulous. Necromancers cannot be agnostic, as their dark powers are directly linked to their worship of their god.

Spells

Spells List

Level 1
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Cavorting Bones	15	Conjuration	Self only
Coldlight	15	Conjuration	Self only
Disease Cloud	10	Conjuration	Single target
Invisibility versus Undead	40	Divination	Single target
Lifetap	8	Alteration	Tap
Locate Corpse	5	Divination	Self only
Minor Shielding	10	Abjuration	Self only
Reclaim Energy	5	Conjuration	Caster's pet
Sense the Dead	5	Divination	Self only
Siphon Strength	5	Alteration	Single target
Level 2
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Fear	40	Alteration	Single target
Numb the Dead	20	Abjuration	Undead only
True North	5	Divination	Self only
Level 3
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Endure Cold	20	Abjuration	Single target
Grim Aura	25	Alteration	Self only
Lifespike	13	Alteration	Tap
Level 4
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Clinging Darkness	20	Alteration	Single target
Gate	70	Alteration	Self only
Leering Corpse	40	Conjuration	Self only
Poison Bolt	18	Conjuration	Single target
Level 5
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Deadeye	35	Divination	Self only
Shadow Step	10	Alteration	Self only
Level 6
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Dark Empathy	20	Alteration	Single target
Dark Pact	5	Alteration	Self only
Ward Undead	5	Evocation	Undead only
Level 7
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Gather Shadows	35	Divination	Self only
Mend Bones	15	Alteration	Undead only
Vampiric Embrace	30	Alteration	Self only
Level 8
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Bone Walk	80	Conjuration	Self only
Impart Strength	15	Alteration	Single target
Lesser Shielding	25	Abjuration	Self only
Level 9
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Leech	72	Alteration	Single target
Sight Graft	10	Divination	Caster's pet
Wave of Enfeeblement	40	Alteration	Area of effect around the caster
Level 10
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Heat Blood	88	Alteration	Single target
Scent of Dusk	50	Alteration	Single target
Spook the Dead	10	Alteration	Undead only
Level 11
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Endure Disease	20	Abjuration	Single target
Engulfing Darkness	60	Conjuration	Single target
Focus Death	35	Alteration	Caster's pet
Level 12
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Bind Affinity	100	Alteration	Single target
Convoke Shadow	120	Conjuration	Self only
Lesser Summon Corpse	100	Conjuration	Self only
Lifedraw	86	Alteration	Tap
Level 13
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Cure Disease	20	Alteration	Single target
Heart Flutter	41	Alteration	Single target
Level 14
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Shieldskin	41	Abjuration	Self only
Level 15
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Banshee Aura	60	Abjuration	Self only
Cancel Magic	30	Abjuration	Single target
Infectious Cloud	78	Conjuration	Area of effect around the target
Voice Graft	10	Divination	Caster's pet
Level 16
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Feign Death	60	Abjuration	Self only
Hungry Earth	30	Alteration	Undead only
Restless Bones	160	Conjuration	Self only
Shielding	50	Abjuration	Self only
Spirit Armor	75	Abjuration	Single target
Level 17
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Identify	50	Divination	Single target
Shackle of Bone	80	Alteration	Undead only
Shadow Compact	10	Alteration	Single target
Level 18
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Allure of Death	5	Alteration	Self only
Dominate Undead	100	Alteration	Undead only
Track Corpse	15	Divination	Self only
Level 19
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Expulse Undead	36	Evocation	Undead only
Shadow Vortex	40	Alteration	Single target
Tiny Companion	50	Alteration	Caster's pet
Level 20
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Animate Dead	200	Conjuration	Self only
Harmshield	85	Abjuration	Self only
Siphon Life	115	Alteration	Tap
Word of Shadow	85	Evocation	Area of effect around the caster
Level 21
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Breath of the Dead	45	Alteration	Self only
Rapacious Subvention	200	Alteration	Single target
Scent of Shadow	100	Alteration	Single target
Shock of Poison	99	Conjuration	Single target
Level 22
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Leatherskin	83	Abjuration	Self only
Screaming Terror	60	Alteration	Single target
Shadow Sight	50	Divination	Self only
Level 23
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Intensify Death	50	Alteration	Caster's pet
Rest the Dead	75	Abjuration	Undead only
Level 24
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Haunting Corpse	240	Conjuration	Self only
Major Shielding	80	Abjuration	Self only
Resist Cold	50	Abjuration	Single target
Level 25
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Defoliate	100	Evocation	Plant
Panic the Dead	50	Alteration	Undead only
Level 26
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Renew Bones	64	Alteration	Undead only
Spirit Tap	152	Alteration	Tap
Level 27
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Dooming Darkness	120	Conjuration	Single target
Eternities Torment	140	Alteration	Undead only
Word of Spirit	133	Evocation	Area of effect around the caster
Level 28
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Boil Blood	136	Alteration	Single target
Dismiss Undead	63	Evocation	Undead only
Level 29
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Summon Dead	290	Conjuration	Self only
Vampiric Curse	144	Alteration	Single target
Level 30
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Invoke Fear	100	Alteration	Single target
Level 31
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Beguile Undead	170	Alteration	Undead only
Call of Bones	5	Alteration	Self only
Resist Disease	50	Abjuration	Single target
Level 32
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Steelskin	149	Abjuration	Self only
Surge of Enfeeblement	100	Alteration	Area of effect around the caster
Torbas' Acid Blast	147	Conjuration	Single target
Level 33
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Greater Shielding	120	Abjuration	Self only
Invoke Shadow	340	Conjuration	Self only
Level 34
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Root	30	Alteration	Single target
Venom of the Snake	172	Conjuration	Single target
Level 35
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Augment Death	200	Alteration	Caster's pet
Scourge	130	Conjuration	Single target
Summon Corpse	700	Conjuration	Self only
Level 36
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Chilling Embrace	172	Alteration	Single target
Counteract Disease	50	Alteration	Single target
Word of Souls	171	Evocation	Area of effect around the caster
Level 37
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Nullify Magic	50	Abjuration	Single target
Scent of Darkness	150	Alteration	Single target
Level 38
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Expel Undead	93	Evocation	Undead only
Shackle of Spirit	175	Alteration	Undead only
Level 39
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Dark Soul	200	Conjuration	Single target
Drain Spirit	213	Alteration	Tap
Malignant Dead	390	Conjuration	Self only
Level 40
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Asystole	98	Alteration	Single target
Summon Companion	50	Conjuration	Self only
Level 41
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Arch Shielding	200	Abjuration	Self only
Dead Man Floating	150	Abjuration	Single target
Level 42
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Ignite Bones	210	Evocation	Single target
Incinerate Bones	210	Evocation	Single target
Level 43
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Corporeal Empathy	200	Alteration	Single target
Covetous Subversion	400	Alteration	Single target
Diamondskin	236	Abjuration	Self only
Level 44
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Bounce	100	Abjuration	Self only
Cackling Bones	450	Conjuration	Self only
Pact of Shadow	10	Alteration	Single target
Level 45
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Auspice	300	Alteration	Single target
Dead Men Floating	375	Abjuration	Group
Level 46
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Banish Undead	118	Evocation	Undead only
Insidious Retrogression	210	Conjuration	Single target
Paralyzing Earth	100	Alteration	Single target
Level 47
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Cajole Undead	245	Alteration	Undead only
Cascading Darkness	300	Conjuration	Single target
Ignite Blood	218	Alteration	Single target
Level 48
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Drain Soul	248	Alteration	Tap
Invoke Death	490	Conjuration	Self only
Lich	5	Alteration	Self only
Level 49
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Bond of Death	360	Alteration	Single target
Torbas' Poison Blast	186	Conjuration	Single target
Ward of Calliav	200	Abjuration	Caster's pet
Level 50
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Envenomed Bolt	202	Conjuration	Single target
Improved Invisibility to Undead	75	Divination	Self only
Level 51
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Dread of Night	100	Alteration	Undead only
Splurt	237	Alteration	Single target
Level 52
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Comatose	80	Abjuration	Self only
Defoliation	250	Evocation	Plant
Degeneration	300	Alteration	Single target
Manaskin	330	Abjuration	Self only
Plague	172	Conjuration	Single target
Scent of Terris	200	Alteration	Single target
Level 53
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Annul Magic	75	Abjuration	Single target
Convergence	700	Alteration	Target's corpse
Instill	60	Alteration	Single target
Minion of Shadows	525	Conjuration	Self only
Level 54
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Deflux	299	Alteration	Tap
Imprecation	290	Conjuration	Single target
Shadowbond	10	Alteration	Single target
Shield of the Magi	300	Abjuration	Self only
Succussion of Shadows	350	Alteration	Single target
Thrall of Bones	300	Alteration	Undead only
Torbas' Venom Blast	251	Conjuration	Single target
Level 55
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Augmentation of Death	250	Alteration	Caster's pet
Chill Bones	210	Evocation	Single target
Conglaciation of Bone	210	Evocation	Single target
Dark Rune	200	Conjuration	Self only
Infusion	1	Alteration	Self only
Levant	500	Alteration	Self only
Skin of the Shadow	85	Alteration	Self only
Level 56
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Cessation of Cor	203	Alteration	Single target
Crippling Claudication	300	Alteration	Single target
Demi Lich	1	Alteration	Self only
Eidolon Voice	125	Alteration	Undead only
Sedulous Subversion	600	Alteration	Single target
Servant of Bones	525	Conjuration	Self only
Trepidation	200	Alteration	Single target
Level 57
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Conjure Corpse	700	Conjuration	Self only
Exile Undead	210	Evocation	Undead only
Unholy Voice	250	Alteration	Single target
Vexing Replenishment	495	Alteration	Single target
Level 58
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Guard of Calliav	350	Abjuration	Caster's pet
Immobilize	80	Alteration	Single target
Mind Wrack	1000	Alteration	Single target
Pyrocruor	295	Alteration	Single target
Quivering Veil of Xarn	135	Abjuration	Self only
Reflect	150	Abjuration	Self only
Level 59
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Devouring Darkness	400	Conjuration	Single target
Emissary of Thule	650	Conjuration	Self only
Touch of Night	382	Alteration	Tap
Level 60
Spell Name	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Ancient: Lifebane	310	Alteration	Single target
Ancient: Master of Death	1	Alteration	Self only
Arch Lich	1	Alteration	Self only
Banishment of Shadows	750	Evocation	Undead only
Death Peace	120	Abjuration	Self only
Enslave Death	500	Alteration	Undead only
Funeral Pyre of Kelador	470	Alteration	Single target
Gangrenous Touch of Zum`uul	360	Alteration	Tap
Trucidation	375	Alteration	Tap
Zevfeer's Theft of Vitae	800	Alteration	Single target