The Necromancer - Retro Adventure Game - Introduction - Necromantic Magic and Spell List

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Retro Adventure Game: The Necromancer introduces a necromancer adventurer focused on death and undeath magic, outlining its core domains: undead control, offense through pain and disease, and control over crypt doors, barriers, traps, and possession. The text explains how to add necromancers to new or ongoing campaigns as characters or NPC villains, offers an option to expand the magic-user class with these spells, and provides a necromancer spell list by level (1st through 6th), plus class requirements and key mechanical details.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

FormatPDF

Pages12

Reading Time18 min

AccessFree to download

Introduction

Necromantic Magic

Introducing the Necromancer Class

Expanding the Magic-User

Preview Content

Necromancer Spell List

1st Level

2nd Level

3rd Level

4th Level

5th Level

6th Level

Requirements and Class Details

RETRO ADVENTURE GAME The Necromancer RETRO ADVENTURE GAME The Necromancer October 2024 Credits Writing, editing, layout: Gavin Norman. Cover art: Justine Jones. Interior art: David Hoskins, Aaron Howdle, Chris Huth, Justine Jones, Mark Kosobucki, Adrian Landeros, Mark Lyons, Chris Malec, Peter Mullen, Juan Ochoa, Peter Pagano, Frank Scacalossi, Del Teigeler, Simon Underwood, Letty Wilson. Legal Text and design © Necrotic Gnome 2024. Cover illustration © Justine Jones 2024. Heading background image © Peter Mullen 2024. Unless noted otherwise, all interior illustrations © Necrotic Gnome 2024. Dimitri © Fontalicious – Derivative Versions © Font Bros.– [www.fontbros](www.fontbros). com. Economica © TipoType – Derivative Versions © Font Bros.– www. [fontbros.com. Published by Exalted Fu](fontbros.com. Published by Exalted Fu)neral Press, 1740 E. Fairview Ave \#1052, Meridian, ID, 83642, United States, www. [exaltedfuneral.com](exaltedfuneral.com). Old-School Essentials is a trademark of Necrotic Gnome. This work includes material taken from the System Reference Document 5.1 (“SRD 5.1”) by Wizards of the Coast LLC and available at [https://dnd.wizards.com/resources/sys](https://dnd.wizards.com/resources/sys)tems-reference-document. The SRD 5.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License available at [https://creativecommons.org/](https://creativecommons.org/)[ ](https://creativecommons.org/)[licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.](licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.) Introduction JUAN OCHOA The Necromancer Wizards who deal with the macabre mysteries of death and undeath are a staple of sword and sorcery fiction and fantasy gaming. While the Old-School Essentials magic-user class has access to some spells within the necromantic domain (for example, horrid classics such as animate dead and death spell), such magic is not the class’ primary focus. Enter the necromancer... Necromantic Magic Necromancers wield magic in the following main areas: ▶ Undead: Detecting, commanding, summoning, and creating undead monsters of all kinds. ▶ Offence: Inflicting pain, disease, and injury, paralysing by touch, cursing, and even killing outright. ▶ Control: Opening and sealing crypt doors, conjuring necrotic barriers, placing horrid traps, and possessing the bodies of unwitting victims. Introducing the Necromancer Class If starting a new campaign, the necromancer may simply be included in the roster of character types players may choose from when creating a character. Necromancers can easily be introduced into ongoing campaigns as NPCs, making especially compelling villains. A powerful necromancer whose lair is warded with fiendish magic and populated with undead minions makes a formidable enemy. Expanding the Magic-User Groups that do not wish to add a new spell-casting character class to their games may instead consider adding the new spells in this book to the purview of the magic-user class. Preview Content The necromancer and spells are excerpts from a much larger Old-School Essentials supplement focusing on necromancy and the undead. Seep32 for more details on this necrotic tome. 2 Necromancer Spell List 1st Level 1. Chill Touch 2. Command Dead 3. Corpse Visage 4. Decay ( Ward Against Decay) 5. Deathlight 6. Detect Undead 7. Marionette 8. Pass Undead 9. Protection From Evil 10. Read Magic 11. Skull Speech 12. Undead Servitor 2nd Level 1. Bone Armour 2. Choke 3. Death Recall 4. Detect Magic 5. Feign Death 6. Paralysing Touch 7. Seal Tomb (Open Tomb) 8. Skeletal Steed 9. Skull Sight 10. Silence 15′ Radius 11. Speak With Dead 12. Spectral Hand 3rd Level 1. Animate Dead, Temporary 2. Bone Staff 3. Carrion Stench 4. Crypt Sight 5. Death Ward 6. Drag From Death’s Door 7. Fear 8. Grave Breath 9. Hold Person 10. Protection From Evil 10′ Radius 11. Skull Trap 12. Vampiric Touch 4th Level 1. Command Undead

FAQs

What main areas does necromantic magic cover?

It covers Undead (detecting, commanding, summoning, creating), Offence (inflicting pain, disease, injury, paralysis, cursing, killing), and Control (opening/sealing crypt doors, necrotic barriers, traps, and possession).

How can players include necromancers in a campaign?

For new campaigns, necromancers can be added as a selectable character type. In ongoing campaigns, they can be introduced as NPCs, especially compelling villain characters.

What spells are included in the necromancer spell list (1st to 6th level)?

The document lists spells by level, including 1st-level options like Chill Touch and Command Dead, progressing through 2nd-, 3rd-, 4th-, 5th-, and 6th-level spells such as Death Spell and Necrotic Gaze.

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