True Necromancer

                                          True Necromancer
  A group of ill-prepared adventurers delve into dungeon’s deep
and are greeted by a malignity of goblins. All hope for the ill-
fated adventurers seems lost as torchlight fades amidst their
hopeless struggle. A momentary gust of chilled wind
embraces the now beaten and battered huddle of
adventurers, extinguishing all form of light they had left. For
what feels like minutes of uncertainty in the unknowing dark
only the sound of incoherent groaning, flesh tearing, and
screams of terror can be heard. The gruesome sounds of the
quarrel fade swiftly, and there in the newfound torchlight a
half-giant surrounded by scores of undead awaiting his
command stands in the bloody aftermath.
In cloths of black, lined in white silk, a lone blonde-haired
figure stands atop a hill overlooking the encroaching
enemies. With swift gestures and the mumbling of a few
unintelligible phrases he sends a maelstrom of spells hurtling
towards a swathe of foes. Upon impact a bright light shoots
outwards and with a flick and twist of the wrists the light is
redirected to one of their unseen allies, all wounds vanishing
in an instant.
Necromancers, unlike wizards who study necromancy,
observe nothing other than the facts of death and the
machinations for which the umbral energy of the realm can
be used to their advantage. Where those within the school
simply dabble, true necromancers thrive on and, in some
cases, choose to succumb to the powers of necrotic energies
wholly. In some rare instances, a true necromancer will
choose to teach wizards interested in the arts of necromancy
the basics at which the operations of undeath and its powers
make the world tick.
Mastery Over Life and Death
Scrutinized, sequestered, and most of all vilified, true
necromancers are vastly misunderstood spellcasters due to
their association with beings such as liches and gods of
undeath. While many are drawn to this class by the allure of
immortality and other self-serving means, many others are
persuaded by the prospects of helping the dead find peace
through retribution or helping a loved one move on. Though
the casting of a typical spell requires merely the utterance of
a few strange words, fleeting gestures, and sometimes a
pinch or clump of exotic materials, these surface components
barely hint at the expertise attained after years of
apprenticeship and countless hours of study.
True necromancers, like other casters of their caste, live
and die by their spells, sometimes quite literally. They learn
new spells as they experiment and grow in experience. They
can also learn them from other necromancers, from ancient
tomes or inscriptions, and ancient feys that are steeped in
magic.
The Lure of the Macabre
A necromancer's life is generally a bleak, lonesome existence.
Necromancers often face seclusion or rejection from society,
given that they are usually alone, seldom within any company
other than their undead minions. It is because of this that
convening with a necromancer is often seen as shady
business.
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The True Necromancer
True Necromancer
Proficiency
Cantrips
─Spell Slots per Spell Level─
Level Bonus Features Known 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
1st +2 Spellcasting, Dark Replenish 3 2 – – – – – – – –
2nd +2 Necromantic Sects 3 3 – – – – – – – –
3rd +2 Undead Affinity 3 4 2 – – – – – – –
4th +2 Ability Score Improvement 4 4 3 – – – – – – –
5th +3 – 4 4 3 2 – – – – – –
6th +3 Umbral Physique, Sects feature 4 4 3 3 – – – – – –
7th +3 – 4 4 3 3 1 – – – – –
8th +3 Ability Score Improvement 4 4 3 3 2 – – – – –
9th +4 – 4 4 3 3 3 1 – – – –
10th +4 Sects feature, Undead Affinity improvement 5 4 3 3 3 2 – – – –
11th +4 – 5 4 3 3 3 2 1 – – –
12th +4 Ability Score Improvement 5 4 3 3 3 2 1 – – –
13th +5 – 5 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 – –
14th +5 Sects feature 5 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 – –
15th +5 – 5 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 –
16th +5 Ability Score Improvement 5 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 –
17th +6 Undead Affinity improvement 5 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1
18th +6 Puppeteer of Death 5 4 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1
19th +6 Ability Score Improvement 5 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1
20th +6 Necromantic Perfection 5 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1

Many people are under the delusion that necromancers can
simply bring back the dead, and others say they’re simply a
scam. True necromancers do not delve into these forbidden
arts simply on a whim, but because they seek power,
extended life, or the ability to preserve the lives of the ones
they love even at the cost of their own.
Even so, the call of power and knowledge coaxes even the
most separated of necromancers out of the safety of their
cemeteries and laboratories and into crumbling ruins, lost
cities, and decaying woodlands.
Creating A True Necromancer
When creating a true necromancer it is important to think
about what drew your character to the necromantic arts.
How multiclass in or out of this class.
did your character come into contact with the first callings?
What event led you to realize you had the faculty for
commanding the more taboo of magical arts? Is your talent
one that came naturally or one that took years of training, of
incessantly checking your notes and perfecting each of your
spells until they were ingrained in your memories. Maybe you
Quick Build
You can make a true necromancer quickly by following these
suggestions. First, Intelligence should be your highest ability
score, followed by Constitution or Dexterity. Second, choose
either the Inheritor or Charlatan background. Third, choose
the light, sapping sting, and toll the dead cantrips, along with
the following 1st-level spells for your spellbook: arms of
hadar, charm person, disguise self, inflict wounds, ray of
sickness, and shield.
Multiclassing Prerequisite
You must have a Intelligence score of 13 or higher in order to
Class Features
As a necromancer, you gain the following class features.
Hit Points
Hit Dice: 1d6 per necromancer level

had a mentor, or perhaps you taught yourself in seclusion? Hit Points at 1st Level: 6 + your Constitution modifier

What event led you from your life of seclusion? Did your Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d6 (or 4) + your Constitution
curiosity leave you thirsty for more knowledge and power? modifier per necromancer level after 1st
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 Proficiencies
Armor: None
spell to master it, as well as the fine inks you need
Weapons: Daggers, darts, slings, quarterstaffs, light
crossbows
money, you can prepare the spell just like your other
Tools: Disguise Kit
spells.
Saving Throws: Intelligence, Wisdom
Skills: Choose two from Arcana, Investigation, Nature,
Deception, Medicine, Perception, Religion, Survival, and
Stealth
Equipment
You start with the following equipment, in addition to the
equipment granted by your background:
(a) a component pouch or (b) an arcane focus
(a) a light crossbow and 20 bolts or (b) two daggers
(a) a scholar's pack or (b) an explorer’s pack
A spellbook
If you are using starting wealth, you have 2d4x10 gp in
funds.
Spellcasting
As a practitioner of arcane arts, you have a spellbook
containing spells that show the first emergence of your grim
power. See chapter 10 in the PHB for the general rules of
spellcasting and the end of this book for the necromancer
spell list.
Cantrips
At 1st level, you know three cantrips of your choice from the
necromancer spell list. You learn additional necromancer
cantrips of your choice at higher levels, as shown in the
Cantrips Known column of the True Necromancer table.
Your Spellbook
The spells that you add to your spellbook as you
gain levels reflect the arcane research you conduct
on your own, as well as intellectual breakthroughs
you have had about the nature of the multiverse.
You might find other spells during your adventures.
You could discover a spell recorded on a scroll in an
evil wizard’s chest, for example, or in a dusty tome
in an ancient library.
Copying a Spell into the Book. When you find a
necromancer spell of 1st level or higher, you can
add it to your spellbook if it is of a spell level you
can prepare and if you can spare the time to
decipher and copy it.
Copying that spell into your spellbook involves
reproducing the basic form of the spell, then
deciphering the unique system of notation used by
the necromancer who wrote it. You must practice
the spell until you understand the sounds or
gestures required, then transcribe it into your
spellbook using your own notation.
For each level of the spell, the process takes 2 hours
and costs 50 gp. The cost represents material
components you expend as you experiment with
the
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to record it. Once you have spent this time and
Replacing the Book. You can copy a spell from your
own spellbook into another book—for example, if
you want to make a backup copy of your spellbook.
This is just like copying a new spell into your
spellbook, but faster and easier, since you
understand your own notation and already know
how to cast the spell. You need spend only 1 hour
and 10 gp for each level of the copied spell.
If you lose your spellbook, you can use the same
procedure to transcribe the spells that you have
prepared into a new spellbook. Filling out the
remainder of your spellbook requires you to find
new spells to do so, as normal. For this reason, many
necromancers keep backup spellbooks in a safe
place.
The Book’s Appearance. Your spellbook is a unique
compilation of spells, with its own decorative
flourishes and margin notes. It might be a plain,
functional leather volume that you received as a gift
from your master, a finely bound gilt-edged tome
you found in an ancient library, or even a loose
collection of notes scrounged together after you
lost your previous spellbook in a mishap.
Spellbook
At 1st level, you have a spellbook containing six 1st-level true
necromancer spells of your choice.
Preparing and Casting Spells
The True Necromancer table shows how many spell slots you
have to cast your spells of 1st level and higher. To cast one of
these spells, you must expend a slot of the spell’s level or
higher. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a
long rest.
You prepare the list of necromancer spells that are
available for you to cast. To do so, choose a number of
necromancer spells from your spellbook equal to your
Intelligence modifier + your necromancer level (minimum of
one spell). The spells must be of a level for which you have
spell slots.
For example, if you're a 3rd-level necromancer, you have
four 1st-level and two 2nd-level spell slots. With an
Intelligence of 16, your list of prepared spells can include six
spells of 1st or 2nd level, in any combination, chosen from
your spellbook.
If you prepare the 1st-level spell magic missile, you can
cast it using a 1st-level or a 2nd-level slot. Casting the spell
doesn't remove it from your list of prepared spells.
You can change your list of prepared spells when you finish
a long rest. Preparing a new list of necromancer spells
requires time spent studying your spellbook and memorizing
the incantations and gestures you must make to cast the
spell: at least 1 minute per spell level for each spell on your
list.
Spellcasting Ability
Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for your necromancer
spells. You use your Intelligence whenever a spell refers to
your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Intelligence
modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a
necromancer spell you cast and when making an attack roll
with one.
Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus +
your Intelligence modifier
Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus +
your Intelligence modifier
Ritual Casting
You can cast a necromancer spell as a ritual if that spell has
the ritual tag and you have the spell in your list of spells for
the day. You don’t need to have the spell prepared.
Spellcasting Focus
You can use an arcane focus (found in chapter 5 of the PHB)
as a spellcasting focus for your necromancer spells.
Expanded Spell List
Each subclass comes with a predetermined set of spells, this
is your expanded spell list. Even if the spells in your
expanded spell list are not necromancer spells according to
the original spell list, they are for you and are added to your
spellbook.
Learning Spells of 1st Level and Higher
Each time you gain a necromancer level, you can add two
necromancer spells of your choice to your spellbook. Each of
these spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots,
as shown on the Necromancer table. On your adventures, you
might find other spells that you can add to your spellbook.
Dark Replenish
You have taught yourself how to regain some of your necrotic
essence through draining the umbral energies from the decay
of the realm. Using the bodies of the dead around you, you
can choose expended spell slots to recover. You can draw
energy from a corpse or pile of bones within 30 feet of you
(no action required) to add a number of points equal to the
creature's size to a dark pool of energy that is used to fuel
your spell slot recovery. A Medium or smaller creature grants
1 point, a Large or Huge creature grants 2 points, and a
Gargantuan creature grants 3 points. You can draw from this
pool at any time, recovering one spell slot level per each point
used. The spell slots can have a combined level that is equal
to or less than half your true necromancer level (rounded up),
and none of the slots can be 6th level or higher.
For example, if you’re a 5th-level true necromancer, you can
recover up to three levels worth of spell slots by spending 3
dark pool points. You can recover either a 3rd-level spell slot
or a 2nd-level spell slot and one 1st-level spell slot.
Corpses or piles of bones you target with this feature
cannot be raised, controlled, resurrected (such as by the
animate dead spell or revivify spell), or drained again for this
feature. Only a wish spell can bring life back to a drained
husk. Once you've recovered your maximum number of
spell slot levels allowed for your level, you must finish a long
rest before you can do so again. Any points remaining in the
dark pool vanish after you finish a long rest.
In addition, you can sacrifice any undead you control for
this feature, such as those created or controlled by the create
undead spell.
Necromantic Sect
When you reach 2nd level, you choose a sect. Choose
between the War Liege, the Ghoulish Beckoner, the Soul
Lord, or the Death Reverend. Your choice grants you features
at 2nd level and again at 6th level, 10th level, and 14th level.
Undead Affinity
Starting at 3rd level, you begin to manifest a likeness to
undead that cause them to otherwise ignore you and your
allies. This manifestation grows stronger as you level in this
class, becoming physical over time. You and allies within 10
feet of you gain a protective aura that causes undead with an
Intelligence of 8 or lower to see you as one of their own.
Undead will not attack unless you or your allies attack them
first. Undead that are attacked or are being controlled by a
target other than you are not affected by this feature. For
example, zombies controlled by a wight's life drain are not
affected by this feature.
At 10th level, your affinity with undead manifests physically,
you have resistance to necrotic damage, your hit point
maximum can't be reduced, and the range of undead affinity
increases to 30 feet.
At 17th level, you are akin to the undead in such a way that
you take on their hardy nature. You are immune to the
exhaustion and poisoned conditions.
Ability Score Increase
When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 12th, 16th and
19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice
by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by
1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20
using this feature.
Umbral Physique
By 6th level, your time spent dabbling in the necrotic magics
of the realm has gifted you a hardier physique that makes you
immune to disease.
Puppeteer of Undeath
At 18th level, your necrotic indulgence allows you to bring
undead under your control through your umbral influence. As
an action, you can choose one undead that you can see within
60 feet of you. That creature must make a Charisma saving
throw against your necromancer spell save DC. If it succeeds,
you can't use this feature on it again for 24 hours. If it fails, it
becomes friendly to you and obeys your commands until you
use this feature again.
Intelligent undead are harder to control in this way. If the
target has an Intelligence of 8 or higher, it has advantage on
the saving throw. If it fails the saving throw and has an
Intelligence of 12 or higher, it can repeat the saving throw at
the end of every hour for 24 hours until it succeeds and
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 breaks free, or it remains under your control if 24 hours has
passed and it has not succeeded on breaking free.
Necromantic Perfection
When you reach 20th level, you no longer age or need to eat
or drink, and you gain the Undead Fortitude trait (see the
zombie stat block MM pg.316).
In addition, your perfection allows you to summon
additional types of undead when casting animate dead and
create undead.
When you cast animate dead as a 7th-level spell you can
choose a pile of bones or a corpse of a large or medium
creature. The target becomes a minotaur skeleton if you
chose bones or an ogre zombie if you chose a corpse. When
you cast this spell using a spell slot of 8th level or higher, you
animate or reassert control over one additional minotaur
skeleton or ogre zombie for each slot above 7th. Each of the
creatures must come from a different corpse or pile of bones.
When you do so, you can’t do so again until you finish a long
rest.
When you cast create undead as a 9th-level spell, you can
choose to animate or reassert control over one beholder
zombie. When you do so, you can’t do so again until you
finish a long rest.
Undead created by this feature are friendly to you and your
allies and have their own stat blocks which uses your
proficiency bonus (PB) in several places, listed below.
Minotaur Skeleton
Large undead
Armor Class 12 (natural armor; 18 with plate armor)
Hit Points 45 + your intelligence modifier + 5 times
your necromancer level (the skeleton has a
number of Hit Dice [d10s] equal to your
necromancer level)
Speed 40 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
18 (+4) 11 (+0) 15 (+2) 6 (-2) 8 (-1) 5 (-3)
Saving Throws Str +4 plus PB, Dex +0 plus PB, Con
+2 plus PB
Skills Perception -2 plus PB × 2
Damage Vulnerabilities bludgeoning
Damage Immunities poison
Condition Immunities exhaustion, poisoned
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 8 + (PB
× 2)
Languages understands the languages you speak but
can't speak
Challenge ─          Proficiency Bonus (PB) equals your
bonus
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Charge. If the skeleton moves at least 10 feet
straight toward a target and then hits it with a gore
attack on the same turn, the target takes an extra 9
(2d8) piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it
must succeed on a DC 16 Strength saving throw or
be pushed up to 10 feet away and knocked prone.
Armored Gore. The skeleton gains proficiency in
plate armor. You must provide this equipment.
Great Weapon Fighting. When the skeleton rolls a 1
or 2 on a damage die for an attack it makes with a
melee weapon that it is wielding with two hands, it
can reroll the die and must use the new roll even if
the new roll is a 1 or a 2. The weapon must have the
two-handed or versatile property for it to gain this
benefit.
Actions
Multiattack. The skeleton makes two greataxe
attacks. It can use its Gore in place of one greataxe
attack.
Greataxe. Melee Weapon Attack: your spell attack
modifier to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 2d12 +
PB slashing damage.
Gore. Melee Weapon Attack: your spell attack
modifier to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 2d8 + PB
piercing damage.
Ogre Zombie
Large undead
Armor Class 8 (16 with ring mail and shield)
Hit Points 57 + your intelligence modifier + 5 times
your necromancer level (the zombie has a
number of Hit Dice [d10s] equal to your
necromancer level)
Speed 30 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
19 (+4) 6 (-2) 18 (+4) 3 (-4) 6 (-2) 5 (-3)
Saving Throws Str +4 plus PB, Dex -2 plus PB, Con
+4 plus PB, Wis -2 plus PB
Skills Perception -2 plus PB × 2
Damage Immunities poison
Condition Immunities poisoned
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 8 + (PB
× 2)
Languages understands the languages you speak but
can't speak
Challenge ─          Proficiency Bonus (PB) equals your
bonus
Undead Fortitude. If damage reduces the zombie to
0 hit points, it must make a Constitution saving
throw with a DC of 5 + the damage taken, unless the
damage is radiant or from a critical hit. On a
success, the zombie drops to 1 hit point instead.
Accoutred Bulwark. The zombie gains proficiency in
ring mail armor and shields. You must provide this
equipment.
Dueling. When the zombie is wielding a melee
weapon in one hand and no other weapons, it gains
a +2 bonus to damage rolls with that weapon
(included in the attack).
Actions
Multiattack. The zombie makes two morningstar
attacks.
Morningstar. Melee Weapon Attack: your the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on
spell attack modifier to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 2d8 + PB bludgeoning damage.
Beholder Zombie
Large undead
Armor Class 15
Hit Points 63 + your intelligence modifier + 5 times
your necromancer level (the zombie has a
number of Hit Dice [d10s] equal to your
necromancer level)
Speed 0 ft., fly 20 ft. (hover)
Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: your spell attack
modifier to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 4d6 + PB
piercing damage.
Eye Ray. The zombie uses a random magical eye ray,
choosing a target that it can see within 60 feet of it.
1. Paralyzing Ray. The targeted creature must
succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or
be paralyzed for 1 minute. The target can repeat the
saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending
the effect on itself on a success.
2. Fear Ray. The targeted creature must succeed on
a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened for
1 minute. The target can repeat the saving throw at
itself on a success.
3. Enervation Ray. The targeted creature must make
a DC 15 Constitution saving throw, taking 36 (8d8)
necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much
damage on a successful one.
4. Disintegration Ray. If the target is a creature, it
must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or
take 45 (10d8) force damage. If this damage
reduces the creature to 0 hit points, its body
becomes a pile offine gray dust
  If the target is a Large or smaller nonmagical object
or creation of magical force, it is disintegrated
without a saving throw. If the target is a Huge or
larger nonmagical object or creation of magical
force, this ray disintegrates a 10-foot cube of it.

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA

10 (+0) 8 (-1) 16 (+3) 3 (-4) 8 (-1) 5 (-3)

Saving Throws Str +0 plus PB, Dex -1 plus PB, Con

+3 plus PB, Wis -1 plus PB
Skills Perception -1 plus PB × 2
Damage Immunities poison
Condition Immunities poisoned, prone
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 9 + (PB
× 2)
Languages understands the languages you speak but
can't speak
Challenge ─          Proficiency Bonus (PB) equals your
bonus

Undead Fortitude. If damage reduces the zombie to

0 hit points, it must make a Constitution saving
throw with a DC of 5 + the damage taken, unless the
damage is radiant or from a critical hit. On a
success, the zombie drops to 1 hit point instead.

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Necromantic Sects
The machinations and practices of necromancy specifically,
or rather the sole focusing on the necromantic arts, has been
considered taboo for ages. These practices have led most
practitioners to lives of evil, consumed by the greed and
power that comes when you study that which can sustain a
form even beyond the grave.
Commonly, necromancers are known to be macabre
summoners, relying on droves of undead to do the hard work
for them, though in some rare cases a necromancer may seek
a life of piety, seeking to be a frontline medic to help protect
home and country from those that would invade. A
necromancer takes no solace in a place like a tower, a temple,
or church. The learnings of a necromancer's arts come from
places where death is most common: disease ridden towns,
morgues, cemeteries, and the like. While rare, a
necromancer may take on an apprentice. In these rare
instances an apprentice typically has similar goals to those of
the teacher, and in light of this the necromancer is reluctant
to teach the student different methods for how best to use the
umbral energies of the realm to their advantage.
War Liege
War Lieges seek to rule the undead under their command
with an iron fist, turning even the most common zombie into
a capable fighter. War Lieges are one of the most infamous
sects of Necromancy, using brute force and a never-ending
army to swarm enemies when the light of day is no more. As
a War Liege, you keep the undead you summon on a much
tighter leash than an average necromancer would and bolster
them in ways unheard of. You strive to not only properly arm
yourself to be on the battlefield with your legion, but to learn
new spells and acquire the knowledge to make your
underlings a formidable force to be reckoned with.
War Liege Expanded Spells
Necromancer Level Spells
2nd hex, wrathful smite
3rd branding smite, warding bond
5th animate dead, crusader's mantle
7th aura of life, staggering smite
9th banishing smite, steel wind strike
Amass the Legion
Beginning when you select this sect at 2nd level, when you
reduce a humanoid creature to 0 hp with necrotic damage
you can choose to have that creature roll a Constitution
saving throw against your spell save DC. A creature that fails
the saving throw rises at the start of your next turn as a
zombie that is under your control, unless the humanoid you
killed is CR 9 or higher at which point it rises as a wight. On
a successful save, the creature is immune to this effect for 24
hours. You can raise one wight at a time with this feature, in
addition to a number of zombies equal to half your
proficiency bonus (rounded up). Raising another zombie or
wight beyond your limit using this feature releases your
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control over the previous one(s) (oldest to new).
Hellish Training
Starting at 2nd level, you have taught yourself how to
effectively prepare for battle. You gain proficiency with
medium armor, shields, and martial weapons.
Your time spent hardening yourself for combat has allowed
you to apply your intellect to your fighting. Whenever you
finish a long rest, you can touch one weapon that you are
proficient with and that lacks the two-handed weapon
property. When you attack with that weapon, you can use
your Intelligence modifier, instead of Strength or Dexterity,
for the attack and damage rolls. This benefit lasts until you
finish a long rest.
War Sage
At 6th level, you and the undead you control are enforced by
your growing strength in the necrotic arts and friendly to you
and your allies. See their game statistics in their respective
stat blocks at the end of the subclass description, which uses
your proficiency bonus (PB) in several places.
Wights created or subdued via any mind-altering affect
(such as the create undead spell or the necromancer's
puppeteer of undeath feature) created by the war liege
automatically become martial wights, a new variant of the
wight listed at the end of the subclass description. Martial
wights become wights again when they are no longer under
your control. Zombies controlled by the martial wight are
treated as though they are under your control and are friendly
to you and your allies.
At level 10, and again at 14, zombies, skeletons, and martial
wights gain additional traits and bonuses, which will be listed
in their stat blocks. Undead lose all benefits gained if they are
no longer under your control.
In addition, animate dead no longer requires components
to cast.
Undead Militia
After an immense amount of training and experimenting,
your mastery of resurrecting the undead is nearly
unparalleled. Beginning at 10th level, animate dead no longer
requires a pile of bones or a corpse to cast. You may chose
whether the undead summoned are either zombies,
skeletons, or a mixture of both. Undead summoned with
animate dead will now crawl their way to the surface in an
unoccupied space in a 60 foot radius centered on you.
Liege’s Presence
At 14th level, your presence amongst your undead legions
bolsters them against outside influences as your mastery
over the necrosis of the realm acts as a commanding
presence for your undead legion. Undead you control now
automatically succeed on saving throws against mind-altering
effects not created by you, such as the wizard's command
undead feature or the charm person spell.
Undead lose this benefit if they are no longer under your
control.
In addition, animate dead is always prepared, and it doesn't
count against your number of spells prepared.
Zombie
Medium undead
Armor Class 8
Hit Points 16 + your intelligence modifier + three
times your necromancer level (the zombie has a
number of Hit Dice [d8s] equal to your
necromancer level)
Speed 20 ft. (+10 ft. at level 6 necromancer)
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
13 (+1) 6 (-2) 16 (+3) 3 (-4) 6 (-2) 5 (-3)
Saving Throws Wis +0 plus PB, Str +1 plus PB, Dex
-2 plus PB, Con +3 plus PB
Skills Perception -2 plus PB
Damage Immunities poison
Condition Immunities poisoned
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception +8 + PB
Languages understands the languages you speak but
can't speak
Challenge ─          Proficiency Bonus (PB) equals your
bonus
Undead Fortitude. If damage reduces the zombie to
0 hit points, it must make a Constitution saving
throw with a DC of 5 + the damage taken, unless the
damage is radiant or from a critical hit. On a
success, the zombie drops to 1 hit point instead.
Bolstered Vanguard. The zombie gains proficiency in
shortswords, shields, and an armor type of your
choice. You must provide this equipment.
Protection (14th level). When a creature the zombie
can see attacks a target other than it that is within 5
feet of it, it can use its reaction to impose
disadvantage on the attack roll. The zombie must be
wielding a shield.
Actions
Multiattack (10th level). The zombie makes two
shortsword attacks. It can use its Slam in place of
one shortsword attack.
Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: your spell attack
modifier to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1d6 + PB
bludgeoning damage.
Shortsword. Melee Weapon Attack: your spell attack
modifier to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1d6 + PB
piercing damage.
Skeleton
Medium undead
Armor Class 13 (armor scraps)
Hit Points 8 + your intelligence modifier + three
times your necromancer level (the skeleton has a
number of Hit Dice [d8s] equal to your
necromancer level)
Speed 30 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
10 (+0) 14 (+2) 15 (+2) 6 (-2) 8 (-1) 5 (-3)
Saving Throws Str +0 plus PB, Dex +2 plus PB, Con
+2 plus PB
Skills Perception -1 plus PB
Damage Vulnerabilities bludgeoning
Damage Immunities poison
Condition Immunities exhaustion, poisoned
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 9 + PB
Languages understands the languages you speak but
can't speak
Challenge ─          Proficiency Bonus (PB) equals your
bonus
Proficient Armorer. The skeleton gains proficiency in
an armor type of your choice. You must provide this
equipment.
Archery (14th level). The skeleton gains a +2 bonus
to attack rolls it makes with ranged weapons.
Actions
Multiattack (10th level). The skeleton makes two
shortsword attacks or two shortbow attacks.
Shortsword. Melee Weapon Attack: your spell attack
modifier to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1d6 + PB
piercing damage.
Shortbow. Ranged weapon attack: your spell attack
modifier to hit, range 80/320 ft., one target. Hit:
1d6 + PB piercing damage.
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Martial Wight
Medium undead
Armor Class 14 (studded leather)
Hit Points 30 + your intelligence modifier + five
times your necromancer level (the wight has a
number of Hit Dice [d8s] equal to your
necromancer level)
Speed 30 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
16 (+3) 14 (+2) 18 (+4) 12 (+1) 13 (+1) 15 (+2)
Saving Throws Str +3 plus PB, Dex +2 plus PB, Con
+4 plus PB
Skills Perception +1 plus PB × 2, Stealth +2 plus PB
Damage Resistances necrotic; bludgeoning, piercing,
and slashing from nonmagical attacks that aren't
silvered
Damage Immunities poison
Condition Immunities exhaustion, poisoned
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11 +
(PB × 2)
Languages understands and speaks the languages
you speak
Challenge ─          Proficiency Bonus (PB) equals your
bonus
Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the wight has
disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom
(Perception) checks that rely on sight.
Advanced Armorer (10th level). The wight gains
proficiency in shields and an armor type of your
choice. You must provide this equipment.
Dueling (14th level). When the wight is wielding a
melee weapon in one hand and no other weapons, it
gains a +2 bonus to damage rolls with that weapon
(included in the attack).
Actions
Multiattack (10th level). The wight makes two
longsword attacks or two longbow attacks. It can
use its Life Drain in place of one longsword attack.
Life Drain. Melee Weapon Attack: your spell attack
modifier to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 2d6 +
2 + PB necrotic damage. The target must succeed
on a Constitution saving throw against your spell
save DC or its hit point maximum is reduced by an
amount equal to the damage taken. This reduction
lasts until the target finishes a long rest. The target
dies if this effect reduces its hit point maximum to
0."
A humanoid slain by this attack rises 24 hours later
as a zombie under the wight's control, unless the
humanoid is restored to life or its body is destroyed.
The wight can have no more than two zombies
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under its control at one time.
Longsword. Melee Weapon Attack: your spell attack
modifier to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1d8 + 2
+ PB slashing damage, or 1d10 + PB slashing
damage if used with two hands.
Longbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: your spell attack
modifier to hit, range 150/600 ft., one target. Hit:
1d8 + PB piercing damage.
Ghoulish Beckoner
Ghoulish Beckoners call to the more rancid, powerful, and
evil of undead. If there could be a sect more infamous than
the War Liege then the Ghoulish Beckoner would be next in
line. Ghoulish Beckoners are not known for the sheer
numbers they command but rather the strength of the few
they have under their control. As a Ghoulish Beckoner you
have sought to summon an army whose strength is built on
skill and strength, not numbers. Your studies and training
have led you to control and manifest the might of ghouls and
ghasts, undead known for being ravenous, cannibalistic
fiends.
Ghoulish Beckoner Expanded Spells
Necromancer
Level Spells
2nd bane, chaos bolt
3rd find traps, crown of madness
5th haste, hunger of hadar
freedom of movement, shadow of
7th
moil
9th contagion, insect plague
Howl of the Damned
Beginning when you select this sect at 2nd level, when you
reduce a humanoid creature to 0 hp with necrotic damage
you can choose to have that creature roll a Constitution
saving throw against your spell save DC. A creature that fails
the saving throw rises at the start of your next turn as a ghoul
that is under your control, unless the humanoid you killed is
CR 8 or higher at which point it rises as a ghast. On a
successful save, the creature is immune to this effect for 24
hours.
You can keep one ghoul or ghast under your control with
this feature. At 10th level, you can control one ghoul and one
ghast. Raising another ghoul or ghast beyond your limit using
this feature releases your control over the previous one.
Ghastly Defense
At 2nd level, you inherit the ghoulish nature and manifest it
physically. Your skin becomes grayish, and your figure more
gaunt. While you are wearing no armor and not wielding a
shield, your AC equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your
Intelligence modifier.
Ghoulish Sage
Starting at 6th level, the undead you control are enforced by
your growing strength in the necrotic arts and friendly to you
and your allies. See their game statistics in their respective
stat blocks at the end of the subclass description, which uses Ghoul
your proficiency bonus (PB) in several places. Medium undead
At level 10, and again at 14, ghouls and ghasts gain new
traits and bonuses which will be listed in their stat blocks.
Undead lose all benefits gained if they are no longer under Armor Class 12
your control. Hit Points 16 + your intelligence modifier + five
In addition, you and allies within 10 feet of you now times your necromancer level (the ghoul has a
automatically succeed on saving throws against the stench number of Hit Dice [d8s] equal to your
trait of ghasts. At 14th level, the range of this feature necromancer level)
Speed 30 ft.
increases to 30 feet.
Ghastly Battalion STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
When you reach 10th level, your necrotic potency influences
your learning. You can choose to expend a number of spell 13 (+1) 15 (+2) 10 (+0) 7 (-2) 10 (+0) 6 (-2)
slots with a combined level that is equal to or more than six
(for example, you can spend a 5th level spell slot and a 1st Saving Throws Str +1 plus PB, Dex +2 plus PB, Con
level spell slot, or a 2nd level spell slot and a 4th level spell +0 plus PB
slot or any other combination) to cast create undead. Once Skills Perception +0 plus PB
you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a Damage Immunities poison
long rest. Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion,
poisoned
Master's Calling Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10 + PB
Starting at 14th level, as an action, you can resurrect four Languages understands the languages you speak
ghouls or one ghast within unoccupied spaces in a 60 foot Challenge ─          Proficiency Bonus (PB) equals your
radius centered on you. Creatures summoned this way share bonus
your initiative but take their turn after yours, are friendly to
you and your companions, and remain under your control for Undead Fortitude. If damage reduces the ghoul to 0
5 minutes. After 5 minutes you must use any other feature or Hit Points, it must make a Constitution saving throw
spell that allows you to control the undead if you wish to with a DC of 5 + the damage taken, unless the
continue controlling the undead created by this feature, at damage is radiant or from a critical hit. On a
which point they count normally for those features. Once success, the ghoul drops to 1 hit point instead.
used, you can't use this feature again until you finish a long Ghoulish Armorer. The ghoul gains proficiency in a
rest. light armor of your choice. You must provide this
equipment.

Actions
Multiattack (10th level). The ghoul makes two bite
attacks or two claws attacks.
Corpse Feast (14th level). The ghoul feeds on a
corpse within 5ft. of it. A medium or smaller
creature is consumed whole, leaving a pile of bones.
A large or huge creature takes 30 seconds, and a
gargantuan creature takes 60 seconds or more. For
each round it feeds on the corpse, it heals for an
amount equal to double the creature's challenge
rating.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: your spell attack
modifier to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 2d6 +
PB piercing damage.
Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: your spell attack
modifier to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 2d4 + PB
slashing damage. If the target is a creature other
than an elf or undead, it must succeed on a DC 12
Constitution saving throw or be incapacitated and
its movement speed is reduced to 0 for 1 minute.
The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of
each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a
success.

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Ghast
Medium undead
Armor Class 13
Hit Points 25 + your intelligence modifier + five
times your necromancer level (the ghast has a
number of Hit Dice [d8s] equal to your
necromancer level)
Speed 30 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
16 (+3) 17 (+3) 10 (+0) 11 (+0) 10 (+0) 8 (-1)
Saving Throws Str +3 plus PB, Dex +3 plus PB, Con
+0 plus PB
Skills Perception +0 plus PB × 2
Damage Resistances necrotic
Damage Immunities poison
Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion,
poisoned
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10 +
(PB × 2)
Languages understands and speaks the languages
you speak
Challenge ─          Proficiency Bonus (PB) equals your
bonus
Undead Fortitude. If damage reduces the ghast to 0
Hit Points, it must make a Constitution saving throw
with a DC of 5 + the damage taken, unless the
damage is radiant or from a critical hit. On a
success, the ghast drops to 1 hit point instead.
Stench. Any creature that starts its turn within 5 feet
of the ghast must succeed on a Constitution saving
throw against your spell save DC or be poisoned
until the start of its next turn. On a successful
saving throw, the creature is immune to the ghast's
Stench for 24 hours.
Turning Defiance. The ghast and any ghouls within
30 feet of it have advantage on saving throws
against effects that turn undead.
Ghastly Armorer (10th level). The ghast gains
proficiency in a medium armor of your choice. You
must provide this equipment.
Actions
Multiattack (10th level). The ghast makes two bite
attacks or two claws attacks. It can use its
Corrupting Claws in place of one bite or claws
attack.
Corpse Feast (14th level). The ghast feeds on a
corpse within 5ft. of it. A medium or smaller
creature is consumed whole, leaving a pile of bones.
A large or huge creature takes 30 seconds, and a
gargantuan creature takes 60 seconds or more. For
each round it feeds on the corpse, it heals for an
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amount equal to double the creature's challenge
rating.
Corrupting Claws (10th level). Melee Weapon Attack:
your spell attack modifier to hit, reach 5 ft., one
creature. Hit: 2d6 + PB necrotic damage. The target
must succeed on a Constitution saving throw
against your spell save DC or its hit point maximum
is reduced by an amount equal to the damage taken.
This reduction lasts until the target finishes a long
rest. The target dies if this effect reduces its hit
point maximum to 0.
A humanoid slain by this attack rises 24 hours later
as a ghoul under the ghast's control, unless the
humanoid is restored to life or its body is destroyed.
The ghast can have no more than 2 ghouls under its
control at one time.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: your spell attack
modifier to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 2d8 +
PB piercing damage.
Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: your spell attack
modifier to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 2d6 + PB
slashing damage. If the target is a creature other
than an elf or undead, it must succeed on a DC 12
Constitution saving throw or be incapacitated and
its movement speed is reduced to 0 for 1 minute.
The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of
each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a
success.
Soul Lord
Soul Lords convey the spirits of the dead, using the
incorporeal to fuel their dark magics. Unknown to most
common folk, mediums are more often than not a
necromancer that chose the path of the Soul Lord. Much like
the Death Reverend, these necromancers are well known for
assisting people through grief and pain. Through séances a
Soul Lord is able to assist the grief-stricken by allowing the
deceased to speak their final piece with their loved ones.
While mostly helpful to the mourning they are not without
their danger. As a Soul Lord you command the spirits of the
dead, a much more potent form of necromancy than the other
sects. Your path has led you to not only seek new ways to
practice your arts and build your battalion but how to
separate spirit from body.
Soul Lord Expanded Spells
Necromancer Level Spells
2nd dissonant whispers, feather fall
3rd see invisibility, pass without trace
5th revivify, spirit guardians
7th spirit shroud, guardian of faith
9th commune, summon draconic spirit
Forceful Manifestation
Beginning when you select this sect at 2nd level, when you
reduce a humanoid creature to 0 hp with necrotic damage
you can choose to have that creature roll a Constitution
saving throw against your spell save DC. A creature that fails
the saving throw rises at the start of your next turn as a
specter that is under your control, unless the humanoid you
The spirit guardian remains for 1 minute, until
killed is CR 12 or higher at which point it rises as a wraith.
You can keep two specters or one wraith under your control
with this feature. At 10th level, you can control three specters
or one wraith, and four specters or two wraiths at 14th level.
Raising more specters or wraiths than you can control using
this feature releases your control over the previous one(s)
(oldest to newest).
Incorporeal Supremacy
Starting at 2nd level, you can use an action to turn yourself
incorporeal for a number of minutes equal to your
necromancer level, regaining all used minutes daily at dawn.
While incorporeal, you gain the following effects:
You can move through other creatures or objects as if they
were difficult terrain.
Other incorporeal creatures cannot pass through you.
You have advantage on attack rolls against undead spirits.
You take 1d10 force damage if you end your turn inside an
object.
Spirits that would normally be invisible to most you can
still see, unless it successfully hides from you.
Your incorporeal form ends after you have used all of your
available minutes or when you end it as a bonus action.
Once you reach 10th level, you gain resistance to
nonmagical bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage
whenever you are in your incorporeal form. At 14th level,
these resistances apply to your corporeal form as well.
Soul Sage
At 6th level, specters and wraiths you control are enforced by
your growing strength in the necrotic arts and friendly to you
and your allies. See their game statistics in their stat blocks
at the end of the subclass description, which uses your
proficiency bonus (PB) in several places. At level 10, and
again at 14, specters and wraiths gain new new traits and
bonuses which are listed in their stat blocks. Undead lose all
benefits gained if they are no longer under your control.
Soul Food
When you reach 10th level, you've discovered that the
essence of a creature holds knowledge and vitality from prior
to death. As an action, you can consume the soul of a
creature within 5 feet of you that has died within the last
minute. Upon consumption of a creature's soul, you gain
advantage on the next attack roll you make, you gain a
number of temporary hit points equal to three times the
creatures CR, and you gain the knowledge the creature held
1 hour before its death. A creature whose soul is devoured by
this feature cannot be resurrected. Only a wish spell can
return a devoured soul back to its body. You can use this
feature a number of times a day equal to half your proficiency
bonus. You regain all expended uses after you finish a long
rest.
Unquieted Spirit
Beginning at 14th level, you've learned how to leave your
flesh behind and call upon the spirits of the dead. You can use
an action to summon one spectral guardian that you project
your soul into, leaving your body behind. The spectral
guardian uses the wraith stat block, except that it does not
have the create specter action. Your body is considered
unconscious while your soul remains in the guardian.
Your body gains 10d10 temporary hit points while you are
outside of it.
you use an action to return to your body, or if your body's
temporary hit points are reduced to 0. You can use this
feature a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier,
regaining all expended uses after finishing a long rest.
Specter
Medium undead
Armor Class 12
Hit Points 9 + your intelligence modifier + five times
your necromancer level (the specter has a number
of Hit Dice [d8s] equal to your necromancer level)
Speed 0 ft., fly 50 ft. (hover)
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
1 (-5) 14 (+2) 11 (+0) 10 (-2) 10 (+0) 11 (+0)
Saving Throws Str -5 plus PB, Dex +2 plus PB, Con
+0 plus PB
Skills Perception +0 plus PB
Damage Resistances acid, cold, fire, lightning,
thunder; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from
nonmagical attacks
Damage Immunities necrotic, poison
Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion,
grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone,
restrained, unconscious
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10 + PB
Languages understands the languages you speak but
can't speak
Challenge ─          Proficiency Bonus (PB) equals your
bonus
Incorporeal Movement. The specter can move
through other creatures and objects as if they were
difficult terrain. It takes 5 (1d10) force damage if it
ends its turn inside an object.
Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the specter has
disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom
(Perception) checks that rely on sight.
Emboldened Vanguard. (10th level) The specter gains
proficiency in scimitars, shields, and a light armor of
your choice. You must provide this equipment.
Actions
Multiattack (10th level). The specter makes two
scimitar attacks. It can use its Life Drain in place of
one scimitar attack.
Life Drain. Melee Spell Attack: your spell attack
modifier to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 3d6 +
PB necrotic damage. The target must succeed on a
Constitution saving throw against your spell save DC
or its hit point maximum is reduced by an amount
equal to the damage taken. This reduction lasts until
the
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 the creature finishes a long rest. The target dies if
this effect reduces its hit point maximum to 0.
Scimitar (10th level). Melee Weapon Attack: your
spell attack modifier to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 1d6 + PB slashing damage.
Wraith
Medium undead
Armor Class 13
Hit Points 50 + your intelligence modifier + five
times your necromancer level (the wraith has a
number of Hit Dice [d8s] equal to your
necromancer level)
Speed 0 ft., fly 60 ft. (hover)
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
6 (-2) 16 (+3) 16 (+3) 12 (+1) 14 (+2) 15 (+2)
Saving Throws Str -2 plus PB, Dex +3 plus PB, Con
+3 plus PB
Skills Perception +0 plus PB × 2
Damage Resistances acid, cold, fire, lightning,
thunder; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from
nonmagical attacks that aren't silvered
Damage Immunities necrotic, poison
Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion,
grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone,
restrained
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10 +
(PB × 2)
Languages understands and speaks the languages
you speak
Challenge ─         Proficiency Bonus (PB) equals your
bonus
Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the wraith has
disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom
(Perception) checks that rely on sight.
Incorporeal Movement. The wraith can move through
other creatures and objects as if they were difficult
terrain. It takes 5 (1d10) force damage if it ends its
turn inside an object.
Martial Commander (10th level). The wraith gains
proficiency in battleaxes, shields, and a medium
armor of your choice. You must provide this
equipment.
Actions
Multiattack (10th level). The wraith makes two
battleaxe attacks. It can use its Life Drain in place of
one battleaxe attack.
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Life Drain. Melee Spell Attack: your spell attack
modifier to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 4d8 +
PB necrotic damage. The target must succeed on a
Constitution saving throw against your spell save DC
or its hit point maximum is reduced by an amount
equal to the damage taken. This reduction lasts until
the creature finishes a long rest. The target dies if
this effect reduces its hit point maximum to 0.
Battleaxe (10th level). Melee Weapon Attack: your
spell attack modifier to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 1d8 + PB slashing damage, or 1d10 + PB
slashing damage if used with two hands.
Create Specter. The wraith targets a humanoid within
10 feet of it that has been dead for no longer than 1
minute and died violently. The target's spirit rises as
a specter in the space of its corpse or in the nearest
unoccupied space. The specter is under the wraith's
control. The wraith can have no more than two
specters under its control at one time.
Spectral Guardian
Medium undead
Armor Class 15
Hit Points 67 + your intelligence modifier + five
times your necromancer level (the spectral
guardian has a number of Hit Dice [d8s] equal to
your necromancer level)
Speed 0 ft., fly 60 ft. (hover)
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
6 (-2) 16 (+3) 16 (+3) 12 (+1) 14 (+2) 15 (+2)
Saving Throws your saving throws
Skills your skills
Damage Resistances acid, cold, fire, lightning,
thunder; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from
nonmagical attacks that aren't silvered
Damage Immunities necrotic, poison
Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion,
grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone,
restrained
Senses darkvision 60 ft., your passive perception
Languages the languages you know
Challenge ─         Proficiency Bonus (PB) equals your
bonus
Incorporeal Movement. The spectral guardian can
move through other creatures and objects as if they
were difficult terrain. It takes 5 (1d10) force damage
if it ends its turn inside an object.
Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the spectral
guardian has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as
on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on
sunlight.

Actions
Life Drain. Melee Spell Attack: your spell attack
modifier to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 6d8 +
PB necrotic damage. The target must succeed on a
Constitution saving throw against your spell save DC
or its hit point maximum is reduced by an amount
equal to the damage taken. This reduction lasts until
the creature finishes a long rest. The target dies if
this effect reduces its hit point maximum to 0.

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 Death Reverend true necromancer spell of 1st level or higher that deals
A Death Reverend seeks to balance their usage of life and necrotic damage against a single target you can cause an
death, choosing to use the pain of another to heal themselves outburst of necrotic energies to exude from your target.
or their allies. Often times death reverends are found on the When you do so, creatures within a 5 foot radius of your
frontlines of battle, using the injuries of the enemy to keep target must make a Constitution saving throw against your
their allies alive. You have chosen a path that uses the spell save DC. Creatures take 2d6 necrotic damage on a
suffering around you to heal, effectively becoming a cleric of failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. You
death towards foe and a cleric of life towards friend. Your can use this feature three times per day, regaining all
research and knowledge has shown you to new spells and expended uses after you finish a short or long rest.
powers to expand yourself in this dark medical field you seek. At 14th level, this damage increases to 4d6.
Death Reverend Expanded Spells Leeching Wave
Necromancer When you reach 14th level, you can use your dark power to
Level Spells maim foe and heal friend. As an action, you can expend one
spell slot to emanate a wave of necrotic energy in a 60-foot
2nd
cure wounds, detect poison and
disease
radius centered on you. Choose one or more targets within
the radius that you can see. Each target must make a
3rd aid, lesser restoration Constitution saving throw against your spell save DC. On a
5th beacon of hope, mass healing word
failed save, a target takes necrotic damage equal to the
expended spell slot's level times 1d8 + your necromancer
7th aura of purity, death ward level, or half as much damage on a successful one. Damage
dealt by this feature ignores resistance and treats immunity
9th mass cure wounds, reincarnate as resistance. Additionally, yourself and allies you can see in
Potent Agony
the radius are healed for a total amount of hit points equal to
Beginning when you select this sect at 2nd level, whenever the necrotic damage dealt, divided as you see fit. This feature
you expend a spell slot to cast a true necromancer spell of 1st can restore a creature to no more than half of its hit point
maximum. Once you use this feature, you must finish a long
level or higher that deals necrotic damage you can expend a rest before you can use it again. Undead can be healed by this
number of Hit Dice equal to or less than your proficiency feature, but this feature has no effect on constructs.
bonus to have that spell deal an additional 1d6 necrotic
damage for each Hit Dice expended. You regain all expended
Hit Dice used for this feature after you finish a long rest. The
damage of this feature increases to 1d8 at 6th level, 1d10 at
10th level, and 1d12 at 14th level.
Scholar of Death
Starting at 2nd level, you've learned how to turn a blessing for
some into a curse for others and vice versa. When you
expend a spell slot to cast a spell of 1st level or higher that
heals a single target, you can choose a creature within 30 feet
of you that you can see and deal necrotic damage to it equal
to the amount healed.
Additionally, whenever you expend a spell slot to cast a true
necromancer spell of 1st level or higher that deals necrotic
damage, choose a creature within 30 feet of you that you can
see. That creature gains a number of hit points equal to half
the necrotic damage dealt.
Reverend's Aura
At 6th level, whenever you or a friendly creature within 10
feet of you makes a skill check, the creature gains a bonus to
the skill check equal to your Intelligence modifier (with a
minimum bonus of +1). You must be conscious to grant this
bonus. You can use this feature a number of times a day
equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining all expended uses
after you finish a long rest.
At 14th level, the range of this aura increases to 30 feet.
Deathly Studies
Your proficiency in the art of necromancy has made you a
fearsome caster. By 10th level, spell attacks you make when
you use your potent agony feature ignores resistance and
treats immunity as resistance.
Additionally, whenever you expend a spell slot to cast a
15 True Necromancer | Subclass Features
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Mordenkainen's Magnificent  
Gaseous Form
  Mansion
 
Necromancer Glyph of Warding
Power Word: Pain
 
Spells Intellect Fortress
Resurrection
 
Leomund's Tiny Hut
Tether Essence  
Cantrips (0 Level)
Life Transference
 
Magic Circle
8th Level
Blade Ward
Remove Curse
 
Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting
 
Chill Touch
Speak With Dead
Clone

Green-Flame Blade
Spirit Shroud
Control Weather
 
Light Summon Undead
Maddening Darkness
 
Mage Hand
Vampiric Touch Mighty Fortress
 
Mending
Power Word: Stun
 
Message
4th Level Sunburst  
Minor Illusion
Blight
 
Prestidigitation
Charm Monster
9th Level  
Ray of Frost
Confusion
Astral Projection
 
Sapping Sting
Divination
Imprisonment
 
Spare the Dying
Dimension Door
Power Word: Kill
 
Toll the Dead Evard's Black Tentacles
Time Ravage
 
1st Level
Greater Invisibility
True Resurrection  
Hallucinatory Terrain
   
Alarm
Ice Storm
   
Cause Fear
Polymorph
   
Charm Person
Shadow of Moil
   
Comprehend Languages
Sickening Radiance
 
Detect Evil and Good
Stoneskin  
Detect Magic
   
Disguise Self
5th Level    
Expeditious Retreat
Contagion
   
False Life
Danse Macabre
   
Frost Fingers
Destructive Wave
   
Inflict Wounds
Dominate Person
   
Ray of Sickness
Enervation
   
Shield
Far Step
 
Unseen Servant Geas
 
2nd Level
Hold Monster

Mislead

Alter Self
Modify Memory

Augury
Negative Energy Flood

Blindness/Deafness
Raise Dead

Blur
Seeming

Crown of Madness
Teleportation Circle
Darkness

Darkvision
6th Level
Gentle Repose
Arcane Gate

Hold Person
Chain Lightning

Invisibility
Circle of Death

Mirror Image
Disintegrate
Misty Step
Eyebite

Phantasmal Force
Guards and Wards

Rime's Binding Ice

Harm

Suggestion
Magic Jar

Wither and Bloom Mass Suggestion

3rd Level
Scatter

Soul Cage

Animate Dead
Tasha's Otherworldly Guise

Bestow Curse
Wall of Ice
Counterspell

Dispel Magic
7th Level
Fear
Crown of Stars
Feign Death
Etherealness

Fly Finger of Death

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Necromancer
By Sarkhon
This is unofficial Fan Content permitted under
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are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards
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This has been a passion project for far longer

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who has given me input and has helped me
create what I, and a few others, have considered
a 5e macabre version of the Summoner. If you
would like to see more unique classes or
possibly converted classes, or have critiques or
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