Necromancy

Overview

Title: Necromancer
Trained By: Alchemist, Apothecary, Mage, Scribe

The Necromancer studies the dark arts - raising the dead, creating zombies out of lifeless corpses to do their bidding and attempting to create the unnatural.

Most necro spells are difficult to cast - in addition to necromancy, you will also require a magery skillcheck (magery is checked first). If you fail the magery check, you do not lose reagents but if you fail the necromancy, check you will lose the reagents.

Codex Damnorum

The Codex Damnorum is the necromancer's spellbook. Unlike the druid's runebag which can be made, the necro's Codex can only be found, typically on undead-type monsters. Necromancers will also require a lich staff if they want to cast the spells from their powerwords instead of from the Codex. This is also found on the undead, typically liches.

Necro scrolls are found on typically undead loot. They can not be crafted. Once you have found the correct scroll, you must use Inscription to put it into the Codex. If you fail the inscription skillcheck, the scroll will be destroyed.

To use a powerword instead of opening the Codex to cast, you must be holding a lich staff and say the word exactly. Your codex must be on your top level of your backpack.

You can perform other actions while the Codex is open.

The Codex is not newbified. If you die, it will have to be retrieved from your corpse.

Lesser Chants

Chant	Power Words	Skill Req'd	Mana Used	Reagents	Effect
Animate Dead	Corpus Sine Nomine Expergefaceret	31	6	Blood, Bone, Fertile Dirt	Creates a zombie from a corpse. The better the corpse you cast this on, the more poweful the zombie will be.
Commune	Dice	31	6	Bone, Brimstone	Speak with the dead - instead of seeing OoOoOoo from a knocked-out player, you will actually understand them.
Control Undead	Nutu Magistri Supplicare	31	6	Bone, Bloodspawn, Mandrake Root	Tame undead depending on your skill. May have to be cast twice to control harder undead (like daemons).
Darkness	Nox	31	6	Brimstone	Blinds target and reduces line of sight.
Sacrifice	Animus Ex Corporis Resolveretur	54	11	Bloodspawn, Dead Wood, Mandrake Root, Black Pearl	Explodes a tamed creature (damage based on the strength of the target).
Spectre's Touch	Enervare	54	11	Brimstone, Daemon Bone, Executioner's Cap	Transfers stats from target to you with a longer buff period depending on your necromancy.
Wraith's Breath	Manes Sollicti Mi Compellere	66	14	Brimstone, Bloodspawn, Daemon Bone	Drains mana from creatures around you.
Frost Field	Umbrae Tenebrae Venarent	66	14	Serpent Scale, Spider Silk, Black Pearl	Similar to fire field but is ice damage.

Greater Chants

Chant	Power Words	Skill Req'd	Mana Used	Reagents	Effect
Kill	Ulties Manum Necarent	88	44	Dragons Blood, Executioner's Cap, Blood, Daemon Bone	Attempts to kill your target based on their resistance and life else does a lot of damage, depending on your necromany skill.
Liche	Umbrae Tenebrae Miserere Animi Non Digna Ferentis	100	50	Blackmoor, Blood, Daemon Bone, Dragon's Blood, Executioner's Cap	Similar to polymorph but with a much longer timer. Turns your skin red.
Plague	Fluctus Puter Se Aresceret	100	50	Blood, Nightshade, Dragon's Blood, Serpent's Scale	Casts a deadly poison cloud in a large area.
Release	Nutu Magistri Se Resolvere	54	11	Bat Wing, Blood, Executioner's Cap	Attempts to send an undead back to the afterlife.
Raise Dead	Manes Turbidi Sollictique Vocam	66	14	Blood, Bone, Brimstone, Fertile Dirt	Raises weak undead from the earth.
Transfusion	Nutu Magistri Se Compellere	77	20	Blood, Mandrake Root, Ginseng	Transfers health from one target to another. The amount of health gained is based on the target's amount of health lost.
Summon Spirit	Manes Turbidi Sollictique Resolverent	88	40	Bloodspawn, Brimstone, Dragon's Blood, Daemon Bone	Summons powerful undead from the earth.
Wraithform	Manes Sollicti Mihi Infundite	77	20	Bloodspawn, Brimstone, Daemon Bone	Transforms the caster into a Wraith.