NECROMANCER

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D
ark tendtrils of negative energy leapt from the deep
dwarf’s fingers, digging up old bones from the
earth. The skeleton’s form, creaking with unlife,
shambled forward, filling the invading dark elves
with fear.
The pounding grew louder against the decrepit
wooden door, its hinges beginning to splinter. A
noxious stench of death and the wordless moans of the
undead emanated from behind it. A rotten hand smashed
through the window, unhindered by the broken glass. Its
elvish master would have the have their revenge.
Spreading his arms in a sacred ritual, the lizardfolk
beckoned his ancestors back to the material plane. Their
spirits surrounded him, swirling for a moment before
charging the warriors of their rival tribe.
Necromancers are mages who focus their efforts entirely
on controlling negative forces to raise the dead and enervate
their enemies. Using energy from the lower planes, they
masterfully raise undead thralls on a whim. The unfeeling,
unthinking necrotic soldiers of a practiced necromancer can
be a horrific threat on the battlefield. The most powerful
necromancers can raise entire legions at a time, or resurrect
the bones of giants and dragons.
Negative Energy and Souls
It takes more than simply being a spellcaster to become a Necromancers typically have a solitary lifestyle, expanding
necromancer. Necromancers use their intense force of their skillset with necromantic experiments in whatever lair
presence to wield negative energy and bind the souls of the they can manage to carve for themselves. The call to
dead to their will. A necromancer’s iron temperament is what adventure often comes from an opportunity to test their
shields them from the fatal backlash most mortals would skills, expand their knowledge, or gain greater powers over
encounter when dealing with negative energy. the dead.
The outcome of a necromancer’s experimentation with
negative energy and soul binding magic is their undead thrall, Creating a Necromancer
which they use for a variety of purposes. The results of these
experiments can vary wildly from one necromancer to When creating a necromancer, decide first what it is about
another, though like-minded necromancers often create the art of necromancy that draws your character towards it.
Orders to share their knowledge and further the craft. Some Are they driven to impose their will upon the world, and see
see themselves as artists, creating magnificent, war- necromancy as a means to do so? Do they have a natural
mongering behemoths. Others approach necromancy from a affinity with negative energy, their necromancy simply a
more scientific perspective, trying and combining multiple natural extension of that connection? Or do they perhaps
methods in search of the optimal thrall. have a genuine fascination with the undead, reveling in the
When challenged, a necromancer’s first line of defense is artistic expression of necromancy?
their thralls, which mercilesses cary out their master’s Carefully consider the alignment of your character. A
commands. Necromancers can also utilize the essence of necromancer does not have to be evil, though it takes a
souls to fuel their magical abilities, using them to cast spells specific kind of mindset to see the eternal soul of a creature
and revitilize their thralls in the midst of battle. as being fundamentally less valuable than its living body; a
Power over Death
disposition one would require to not view disturbing the dead
as an act of evil. Such a mindset would typically come from
Necromancers are often ostricized for their work, which in the culture yoru character was raised in, therefore it helps to
most societies would be considered taboo at best, and worthy flesh out where your necromancer is from and how that
of immediate execution at worst. Not all societies have such society viewed necromancy.
taboos however. Some cultures utilize necromancers as their
foremost generals, raising the ancestoral dead to honor their Quick Build
eternal oath of defending the homeland. Governments on
warpaths often employ necromancers as a fear tactic, turning You can make a necromancer quickly by following these
the fallen soldiers of their opponents against them. suggestions. First, put your highest ability score in Charisma,
followed by Dexterity or Constitution. Second, choose the
hermit background.

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 The Necromancer
Level Proficiency Bonus Features Spells Known Spell Slots Slot Level Summon Limit
1st +2 Necromancy, Macabre Fascination — — — 1
2nd +2 Soul Magic, Rapid Reanimation 2 1 1st 1
3rd +2 Necromantic Order 3 2 1st 1
4th +2 Ability Score Improvement 3 2 1st 1
5th +3 Grave General 4 2 2nd 2
6th +3 Dark Mantle, Undead Artistry 4 2 2nd 2
7th +3 Order Feature, Soul Siphon (1) 5 2 2nd 2
8th +3 Ability Score Improvement 5 2 2nd 2
9th +4 — 6 2 3rd 2
10th +4 Resilient Binding 6 2 3rd 2
11th +4 Order Feature, Soul Siphon (2) 7 2 3rd 3
12th +4 Ability Score Improvement 7 2 3rd 3
13th +5 — 8 2 4th 3
14th +5 Versatile Reanimator 8 2 4th 3
15th +5 Order Feature, Soul Siphon (3) 9 2 4th 3
16th +5 Ability Score Improvement 9 2 4th 3
17th +6 — 10 2 5th 4
18th +6 Dread Harbinger, Dark Mantle (60 feet) 10 2 5th 4
19th +6 Ability Score Improvement 11 2 5th 4
20th +6 Reaper 11 2 5th 4

Class Features
Hit Points
Hit Dice:1d6 per necromancer level
6 + your Constitution modifier
Hit Points at 1st Level:
1d6 (or 4) + your Constitution
Hit Points at Higher Levels:
modifier per necromancer level after 1st
Proficiencies
Armor: Light armor
Weapons: Simple weapons
Tools: Choose one type of artisan’s tools
Saving Throws: Wisdom, Charisma
Skills:Choose two skills from Arcana, Deception, History,
Intimidation, Investigation, Nature, Medicine, and Religion
Equipment
You start with the following equipment, in addition to the
equipment granted by your background:
(a) A light crossbow and 20 bolts or (b) any simple
weapon
(a) A scholar’s pack or (b) a dungeoneer’s pack
Leather armor, any simple weapon, and two daggers
Necromancy
As an adept of the necromantic arts, you easily bind souls to
your will. You can spend 1 minute channeling energy from
the lower planes to create Undead Thralls, each of which
appear in an unoccupied space of your choice within 30 feet
of you. If you already have one or more Thralls when you use
this feature, those Thralls regain all of their hit points, so
long as they are within 30 feet of you for the full minute.
You can create a number of these Thralls at once up to
your Summon Limit, as shown in the Necromancer class
table, but you can never have more than that amount at one
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time. A Thrall crumbles to dust when it drops to 0 hit points,
when you die, or when you dismiss it (no action required).
Your Thrall’s game statistics are described in the Undead
Thrall stat block on the next page. Many of its traits are
determined by your Macabre Fascination, and it uses your
proficiency bonus (PB) and Charisma modifier (CM) in
several places.
When your Thralls make an attack roll or force a creature
to make a saving throw, they use your Necromancy attack
modifier (NM) and save DC, calculated as follows:
Necromancy save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus +
your Charisma modifier
Necromancy attack modifier = your proficiency bonus +
your Charisma modifier
Your Thralls are allies to you and your companions. In
combat, they share your initiative count, but take their turns
immediately after yours. Your Thralls can move and use their
reaction on their own, but the only action a Thrall takes on its
turn is the Dodge action, unless you use the following action:
Command Thralls. As an action, you can mentally issue a
single Command to each of your Undead Thralls. A
Command must be a specific action against a specific target
or for a specific goal, such as “Dash to the bandit”. That
action can be one in its stat block or some other action, and
the actions you command each Thrall to take can be
different. The Thrall will then take that action with that target
each turn.
For example, if you Command an Undead Thrall to attack
a creature, you do not need to use this action on your
following turn to repeat that Command; the Thrall will attack
that creature until it is no longer a valid target, after which
you will need to issue it a new Command. If you tell it to
“Dash to the bandit”, it will do so until it can no longer
percieve the bandit. You cannot give general Commands
such as “Attack every creature until they are all dead.”
Macabre Fascination
Necromancers begin their journey experimenting with the
medium that fascinates them the most. Choose Bone, Flesh,
or Soul to be your Macabre Fascination. Your choice
determines the type of Undead Thrall you raise with your
Necromancy feature, and grants you certain benefits as
described below:
Bone
You bind souls to the bones of dead creatures, raising them
to do your biding. You can create one extra Undead Thrall
that doesn’t count toward your Summon Limit. You cannot
have more than one of these extra Thralls at a time.
Flesh
You lace dead flesh together to create hulking monsters, and
you embolden your own flesh as well. You have resistance to
poison damage and advantage on saving throws to avoid or
end the poisoned condition. Your hit point maximum also
increases by 1, and it increases by 1 again each time you gain
a level in this class.
Soul
Rather than reanimating corpses, you anchor souls to the
material realm with sheer will. You have advantage on
Wisdom saving throws while you are not unconcious.
Undead Thrall
Medium undead, unaligned
Armor Class 10 (Flesh and Soul) or 12 (Bone) + PB (natural
armor)
Hit Points 5 (Bone and Soul) or 10 (Flesh) + CM + your
necromancer level (the thrall has a number of Hit Dice [d8s]
equal to your necromancer level)
Speed 30 ft. (Bone and Flesh) or fly 40 ft. (hover) (Soul)
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
12 (+1) 16 (+3) 14 (+2) 4 (-3) 10 (+0) 9 (-1)
Saving Throws DEX +3 plus PB, CON +2 plus PB
Damage Resistances Necrotic (All), Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning,
Thunder; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from
Nonmagical Attacks (Soul only)
Damage Immunities Poison
Condition Immunities Exhaustion, Poisoned (All); Grappled,
Prone, and Restrained (Soul only)
Senses Darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
Languages Understands the languages you speak
Challenge PB
Breathless. The thrall cannot gain temporary hit points from
sources that do not specifically mention your undead thralls.
Mindless. The thrall can understand and obey the commands of
its creator, but is not intelligent enough to communicate, wield
or activate objects, or perform tasks more complex than taking a
single action at a specified time. A thrall cannot make
opportunity attacks unless you can see the thrall and the target,
and you use your reaction to allow them to do so.
Fractured (Bone Only). When the thrall takes bludgeoning
damage, it takes an additional 1d4 force damage.
Incorporeal (Soul Only). The thrall cannot interact with objects. It
can move through other creatures and objects as if they were
difficult terrain. If it ends its turn inside an object, it is shunted
to the nearest unoccupied space and takes 1d10 force damage
for every 5 feet traveled.
Undead Fortitude (Flesh Only). If damage reduces the thrall 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 thrall drops to 1 hit point instead.
Undead Nature. A thrall doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.
Actions
Assault. Melee Weapon Attack: +NM to hit, reach 5ft., one target.
Hit 1d6 (Bone and Soul) or 1d8 (Flesh) + PB necrotic damage.
The target must also succeed on a Constitution (Flesh) or
Wisdom (Soul) saving throw or become poisoned (Flesh) or
Frightened of the thrall (Soul) until the end of its next turn. A
creature that succeeds on the saving throw is immune to this
effect from any thrall for 24 hours.
Necroblast (Bone Only). Ranged Spell Attack: +NM to hit, range
120 ft., one target. Hit: 2d4 necrotic damage.
Reactions
Overwhelm. In response to another one of your thralls within 5
feet of it being hit by a melee attack from a creature also within
5 feet of it, the thrall partially intercepts the attack, splitting its
damage evenly between both thralls (round down).
 Soul Magic
Your necromancer training has taught you to wield the power
of souls to cast spells.
Cantrips
You know two necromancer cantrips of your choice.
Spell Slots
The Necromancer table shows how many spell slots you have
to cast your necromancer spells of 1st through 5th level. The
table also shows what the level of those slots is; all of your
spell slots are the same level. To cast one of your
necromancer spells of 1st level or higher, you must expend a
spell slot. You regain all expended Soul Magic spell slots
when you finish a short or long rest.
Spells Known of 1st Level and Higher
At 1st level, you learn two 1st-level spells of your choice from
the Necromancer Spell List at the end of this class
description.
The Spells Known column of the Necromancer table
shows when you learn more necromancer spells of 1st level
and higher. Any spell you choose must be of a level no higher
than what’s shown in the table’s Slot Level column for your
level. For example, when you reach 7th level in this class you
learn a new necromancer spell, which can be 1st or 2nd
level.
Additionally, when you gain a level in this class, you can
choose one of the necromancer spells you know and replace
it with another necromancer spell, which also must be of a
level for which you have spell slots.
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Spellcasting Ability
Charisma is your spellcasting ability for your necromancer
spells, so you use your Charisma whenever a spell refers to
your spellcasting ability. You use your Charisma modifier
when setting the saving throw DC for a necromancer spell
you cast and when making an attack roll with one, as shown
below:
Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus +
your Charisma modifier
Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus +
your Charisma modifier
Spellcasting Focus
You can use a necromantic focus as a spellcasting focus for
your necromancer spells, which is an arcane focus you create
from bones by expending a Soul Magic spell slot while in
contact with a bone of sufficienct size for the type of focus
you want to imitate (such as a skull for an orb or a rib for a
wand). Your necromantic focus has no gold value.
Optional Rule: Multiclassing
If you use the optional multiclassing rule in the Player’s
Handbook, here’s what you need to know if you choose
necromancer as one of your classes.
Ability Score Minimum. As a multiclass character you must
have a Charisma score of at least 13 to take a level in this
class, or to take a level in another class if you already are a
necromancer.
Proficiencies Gained. If necromancer is not your initial class,
you only gain proficiency with light armor and simple
weapons.
Rapid Reanimation
Also at 2nd level, you can expend a Soul Magic spell slot to
creature Undead Thralls with your Necromancy feature as an
action, instead of taking 1 minute. When used this way, the
Thralls appears with half their maximum hit points, and any
Thralls you already have regain half their maximum hit
points, instead of all of them. You can then use Command
Thralls as part of the same action.
Necromantic Order
Collections of necromancers who specialize in specific
techniques are known as Necromantic Orders. At 3rd level,
choose a necromantic order whose teachings you will follow.
Your options are detailed at the end of the class description.
Your chosen order grants you features at 3rd level and again
at 7th, 11th, and 15th level.
Ability Score Improvement
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.
Grave General
Your skill with commanding Thralls has improved. At 5th
level, you gain the following benefits:
While you have two Thralls within 5 feet of you, you gain a
+2 bonus to your AC.
You can use Command Thralls as a bonus action, though
you can only issue a single Command to one Thrall when
you do.
When a creature you can see hits you with an attack, you
can use your reaction to have a Thrall make an attack
against that creature.
Also, your Thrall’s maximum hit points increase by 5
(Bone and Soul) or 10 (Flesh).
Undead Artistry
At 6th level, when you create new Undead Thralls, you can
reduce your Summon Limit to Empower them, though you
cannot reduce it below 1. For each 1 you reduce it by, one
Thrall you create gains the following benefits:
Its size increases by one stage, i.e., from Medium to
Large.
Its reach with Assault becomes 10 feet if it’s Huge, or 15
feet if it’s Gargantuan.
Its hit point maximum increases by 5 (Bone and Soul) or
10 (Flesh) + your necromancer level.
Its movement speed increases by 10 feet.
Its Strength and Consitution scores increase by 4.
It gains a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls.
It rolls 1 additional damage die for its damage rolls when
it hits with an attack. I.e., a Bone Thrall rolls an extra 1d4
when it hits with its Necroblast.
You can Empower the same Thrall with these benefits for
each 1 you reduce your Summon Limit by, or you can
Empower multiple. I.e., if your Summon Limit is 4, you can
reduce it by 3 to create create one Gargantuan Thrall, or
reduce it by 2 to create two Large Thralls. Your Summon
Limit remains reduced for as long as you control those
Thralls.
Additionally, if you have a fresh corpse that is Large or
bigger within 5 feet of you while creating your Thralls, you
can use it as material for a new Thrall, destroying the corpse
in the process. When you do, you Empower the new Thrall
once for each size above Medium the corpse is, up to your
Summon Limit minus 1, without needing to reduce your
Summon Limit. You can still Empower another Thrall by
reducing your Summon Limit, but you cannot empower the
Thrall you used the corpse for.
You can only have one Thrall Empowered by a corpse at a
time. Creating another one causes the previous to crumble to
dust.
 Dark Mantle
Your work with death has inured you to it, and honed your
craft. Also at 6th level, you have resistance to necrotic
damage, and whenever one of your Thralls makes a saving
throw while within 30 feet of you, it has advantage on the roll
if you are not unconscious. At 18th level, the range of this
effect increases to 60 feet.
Additionally, undead creatures with an Intelligence score
of 6 or less that would be normally be hostile towards you by
default are instead indifferent to you. This effect extends to
your allies as long as they remain within 10 feet of you.
Soul Siphon
At 7th level, when a creature you can see within 60 feet of
you dies, you can use your reaction to trap its soul and refuel
your Soul Magic. If the creature was not a construct or
undead, you regain an expended Soul Magic spell slot, so
long as its Challenge Rating was greater than or equal to
your Soul Magic spell slot level. If its Challenge Rating was
lower, you can instead cause one Thrall you can see within
30 feet of you to regain hit points equal to the number of hit
dice the target had.
You can use this feature once at 7th level, twice at 11th,
and three times at 15th level. You regain all expended uses
when you finish a long rest.
Resilient Binding
By 10th level, your necromancy has strengthened
significantly, granting your Thralls the following benefits:
They gain proficiency in Wisdom saving throws (use your
proficiency bonus).
They are immune to necrotic damage.
They are immune to being charmed or frightened.
Versatile Reanimator
At 14th level, you’ve broadened your horizons to advance
your art. When you create your Undead Thralls, you can
make one Thrall be of any type (Bone, Flesh, or Soul). You
can only have one Thrall that does not match your Macabre
Fascination at any time, and you cannot make it bigger than
large with your Undead Artistry feature.
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Dread Harbinger
Few necromancers have ever held such power over undeath
as you. At 18th level, you can use your action to raise an
Undead Legion, which appears in a space within 60 feet of
you.
Your legion’s game statistics are described in the Undead
Legion stat block below. Many of its traits are determined by
your Macabre Fascination. An Undead Legion does not count
as a Thrall for the purpose of your class features.
You must use your action on each of your turns to decide
what the Legion will do. If you don’t, the Legion takes the
Dodge action and does not move. Your Legion crumbles to
dust after 1 hour, when it drops to 0 hit points, when you die,
or when you dismiss it (no action required).
While you control an Undead Legion, your Thralls will
automatically move to you, taking the Dash action if
necessary, until they fill an unnoccupied space within 5 feet
of you (the space of your Undead Legion does not count as
occupied). They then take the Dodge action. You can use
Command Thralls as a bonus action to have one Thrall take a
different course of action, but once their Command is
complete or no longer possible, they will resume moving
towards you.
Once you use this feature, you must finish a long rest
before you can do so again.
Reaper
By 20th level, your necromantic abilties are legendary, and
you can bind souls with little more than a touch. As an action,
you can touch a creature that is not a construct or undead
and force them to make a Constitution saving throw against
your Spell save DC. A creature with more than 100 hit points
succeeds automatically.
On a failure, the creature dies as its soul is bound to your
will, causing you to regain an expended Soul Magic spell slot
and turning the target into an Undead Thrall of the same size
as the creature (the thrall is Empowered once for each size it
is above Medium). This Thrall doesn’t count against your
Summon Limit, but you can only have one Thrall created this
way at a time. Creating another causes the previous to
crumble to dust.
Once you use this feature, you must finish a short or long
rest before you can use it again.
Undead Legion
Gargantuan swarm of Medium undead, unaligned
Armor Class 12 (Flesh and Soul) or 14 (Bone) (natural armor)
Hit Points 75 (Bone and Soul) or 100 (Flesh)
Speed 30 ft.; fly 40 ft. (hover) (Soul only)
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
12 (+1) 16 (+3) 16 (+2) 4 (-3) 10 (+0) 9 (-1)
Saving Throws DEX +9, CON +9, WIS +6
Damage Resistances Bludgeoning, Piercing, Slashing (All), Acid,
Cold, Fire, Lightning, Thunder (Soul Only)
Damage Immunities Necrotic, Poison
Condition Immunities Charmed, Exhaustion, Frightened,
Grappled, Paralyzed, Petrified, Poisoned, Prone, and
Restrained
Senses Darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
Languages Understands the languages you speak
Challenge 10
Hoard. The legion can occupy another creature’s space and vice
versa, and the legion can squeeze through any opening large
enough for a medium humanoid. The legion’s space counts as
difficult terrain for other creatures. The legion cannot regain hit
points or gain temporary hit points, and when it drops to half its
hit points, its size becomes huge and any damage it deals is
halved.
Mindless. The legion can understand and obey the commands of
its creator, but is not intelligent enough to communicate, wield
or activate objects, or perform tasks more complex than taking a
single action at a specified time.
Strength of the Grave (Bone and Flesh Only). The legion has
advantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws.
Deafening Clatter (Bone Only). Creatures are deafened while in the
legion’s space.
Undead Fortitude (Flesh Only). If damage reduces the legion 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 legion’s hit points are instead set to
20.
Noxious Stench (Flesh Only). When a creature enters the legion’s
space for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there, the
creature must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or become
poisoned until the beginning of its next turn.
Aetherstorm (Soul Only). When a creature enters the legion’s
space for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there, the
creature must make a Constitution saving throw, taking 4d8
necrotic damage damage on a failed save, or half as much
damage on a success.
Incorporeal (Soul Only). The legion cannot interact with objects. It
can move through other objects as if they were difficult terrain. If
it ends its turn inside an object, it is shunted to the nearest
unoccupied space and takes 1d10 force damage for every 5 feet
traveled.
Targeted Immunity. If the legion would be affected by a spell or
effect that targets individual creatures and does something other
than damage, such as banishment or power word kill, it is instead
unaffected and takes 10 damage. If such an affect would also
deal damage, the legion takes that damage as normal.
Undead Nature. A legion doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.
Actions
Multiattack (Bone and Flesh Only). The legion does the following a
combined total of two times: It uses Overwhelming Assault
against each creature in its space or within 5 feet of it (make a
separate attack roll for each creature), or it uses Necroblast
Barrage.
Overwhelming Assault. Melee Weapon Attack: your Necromancy
attack modifier to hit, reach 5ft., one target. Hit 4d8 (Bone and
Soul) or 4d10 (Flesh) necrotic damage. The target must also
succeed on a Wisdom saving throw (Soul) or become frightened
of the legion until the end of its next turn.
Necroblast Barrage (Bone Only). Blasts of necrotic energy fill a 20-
foot-radius sphere centered on a point within 120 feet of the
legion that it can see. Each creature in the affected area must
make a Dexterity saving throw, taking 4d6 necrotic damage on a
failed save, or half as much damage on a success.

Order of the Aetherleech
Specializing in the cursed art of Aethermancy, the Order of
the Aetherleech drains the life from their enemies to
empower themselves and their allies. Their dread powers
excel at turning the living into the undead, and the near-dead
into tireless soldiers thirsty for blood.
Aethermancy
3rd-level Aetherleech feature
You learn additional necromancer spells when you reach
certain levels in this class, as shown on the Aethermancy
Spells table. These spells don’t count against the number of
necromancer spells you know.
You can cast your Aethermancy spells without requiring a
spell slot, at a level equal to your Summon Limit if the spell’s
level is lower. When you cast one this way, you must finish a
long rest before you can cast that spell in this way again.
Aethermancy Spells
Necromancer Level Spells
3rd bane, siphon essence
5th ray of enfeeblement, tether souls
9th leeching aura, vitality burst
13th aura of death, mass siphon essence
17th antilife shell, mass tether souls
Vital Surge
3rd-level Aetherleech feature
As an action, you can create a Vital Surge, causing any of
your Undead Thralls within 30 feet of you regain hit points
equal to your Charisma modfiier. Any hit points gained this
way beyond their hit point maximum become temporary hit
points. When you cast an Aethermancy spell, you can use
Vital Surge as part of the same action.
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When a creature regains hit points from one of your
Aethermancy spells, any hit points gained beyond the
creature’s hit point maximum become temporary hit points if
the creature is within 30 feet of you.
While a creature has temporary hit points from either of
these effects, they become Surged, dealing an additional 1d4
necrotic damage when they hit with an attack. The necrotic
damage increases at 7th, 11th, and 15th level to 1d6, 1d8,
and 1d10, respsectively.
At 15th level, the range of this feature increases to 60 feet.
Aetherbolt
3rd-level Aetherleech feature
When a single creature would regain hit points from one of
your Aethermancy spells, you can instead redirect that
energy to deal necrotic damage to another creature you can
see within 60 feet of you equal to half the amount of hit
points the creature would have regained.
Death Knell
7th-level Aetherleech feature
When a Surged creature hits another creature with an
attack, that creature has disadvantage on the next saving
throw it makes against one of your Aethermancy spells.
Arbiter of Essence
11th-level Aetherleech feature
Your Aethermancy spells ignore resistance and immunity
to necrotic damage.
Additionally, when you use your Aetherbolt feature, the
creature that would have regained hit points now regains hit
points equal to the damage dealt with Aetherbolt.
Aethermaster
15th-level Aetherleech feature
You can cast siphon essence at will as a 1st level spell
without expending a spell slot. Your Aetherbolt feature also
deals damage equal to the full amount of hit points that
would have been gained, rather than half.
Order of the Bound Soul
The Order of the Bound Soul specializes in capturing and
commanding the spirits of dead creatures. They bind souls to
their armor and weapons, leeching the life experience of
those souls to bolster their own abilities. They can even
capture the soul of a downed opponent mid combat,
releasing it as a spectre to slay their foes.
Soulbound Armor
3rd level Bound Soul feature
By binding the souls of ancient warriors to your person,
you gain proficiency with martial weapons. You gain an
additional benefit based on your Macabre Fascination:
Bone
You gain proficiency with medium armor. As part of a short
or long rest you can create Bone Armor, which is medium
armor that lets you calculate your AC as 13 + your Summon
Limit + your Dexterity modifier (max 2) while wearing it.
You can also create a Bone Weapon as part of the same
rest, which is a magical martial weapon. The weapon can be
any martial melee weapon that deals bludgeoning or piercing
damage. You can also use your bone weapon as your
necromantic focus.
While wielding your Bone Weapon, you can use your
Charisma modifier in place of Strength or Dexterity for the
attack and damage rolls, and you gain a bonus to attack and
damage rolls made with it equal to your Summon Limit - 1. If
you create a second Bone Weapon, the first crumbles to dust.
Flesh
You bolster your flesh with undead strength, granting you
proficiency with heavy armor. Your hit point maximum also
increases by 3, and it increases by an additional 1 each time
you gain a level in this class.
Soul
You use trapped souls to create spectral armor. While not
wearing any armor, you can calculate your AC as 13 + your
Charisma modifier. At 7th level, you can use your action to
gain a flying speed of 40 feet for 1 minute. You can do so a
number of times equal to you Charisma modifier, and you
regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.
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Executioner
3rd level Bound Soul feature
When you use Command Thralls, you can make one
weapon attack as a bonus action. Also, when you hit a
creature with a weapon attack, your Thralls have advantage
on attacks they make against that creature until the
beginning of your next turn.
Lashing Spirits
3rd level Bound Soul feature
When a creature hits you or one of your Thralls with a
melee attack, the creature that was hit can use its reaction to
release angry spirits against them. The attacking creature
takes necrotic damage equal to 1d4 + your Summon Limit.
The damage die increases at 7th, 11th, and 15th level to 1d6,
1d8, and 1d10, respsectively.
Spirit Seal
7th level Bound Soul feature
When you use Soul Siphon, you can make a Charisma
check against the Charisma score the target had in life. On a
success, you bind their soul to your will rather than just
trapping it. While the soul is bound to you, you can use your
action to release it, causing a spectre version of the creature
to appear in a space you can see within 30 feet of you. The
creature then uses one action of your choice from its stat
block (including multiattack if it has one), afterwhich it is
released. When the soul is released, roll a die the size of the
Hit Die it had in life. Your thralls regain hit points equal to
the number rolled. You roll 2 of these dice at 11th level, and
3 at 15th level.
You can only have one soul bound this way at a time.
Graven Vengeance
11th level Bound Soul feature
When you (not one of your thralls) would use Lashing
Spirits, you can release the soul you have bound with Spirit
Seal in place of dealing damage.
Collector of Souls
15th level Bound Soul feature
You can have two souls bound with Spirit Seal at once,
though you can only release one of them at a time.
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 Order of Eternal War
Necromancers that hail from the Order of Eternal War are
the more selective with the souls they snare. Often serving as
warlords, they call back long dead warriors that still hunger
for blood, giving their undead shells a more effective
presence on the battlefield.
Warrior Thralls
3rd-level Endless War feature
Your Undead Thralls are raised with the souls of fallen
warriors, granting them the following benefits:
Their AC increases by 1.
The damage die for their Assault action increases to 1d8
(Bone and Soul) or 1d10 (Flesh).
They can make Opportunity Attacks without requiring you
to use your reaction.
Baleful Charge
3rd-level Endless War feature
When you use Command Thralls, you can have each of
your Undead Thralls within 60 feet of you that can see you
use their reaction to move up to their speed, then use their
Assault action.
You can use this feature a number of times equal to your
Charisma modifier. You reagin one expended use when you
finish a short rest, and you regain all expended uses when
you finish a long rest.
Dread Rally
3rd-level Endless War feature
As a bonus action, you can choose one of your Undead
Thralls that you can see within 60 feet of you. That Thrall
gains temporary hit points equal to your Charisma Modifier.
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Commander of the Fallen
7th-level Endless War feature
When you use Command Thralls as a bonus action, you
can use Dread Rally as part of the same action, targeting the
Thrall you command.
Addtionally, when one of your Undead Thralls is affected
by Baleful Charge, they gain temporary hit points equal to
your necromancer level.
You also regain an expended use of Baleful Charge when
you regain a Soul Magic spell slot with your Soul Siphon
feature.
Warcry
11th-level Endless War feature
When you use Dread Rally, each of your other Undead
Thralls within 30 feet of you that can see you gain temporary
hit points equal to your Charisma modifier.
The range of this feature increases to 60 feet at 15th level.
Dread Warlord
15th-level Endless War feature
When one of your Thralls is affected by Baleful Charge
while they have temporary hit points, they can use Assault
twice instead of once. Also, the temporary hit points your
Undead Thralls gain from Dread Rally is doubled.
Finally, your Thralls gain the following benefits:
Their AC increase by 1
The damage die for their Assault action increases to 1d10
(Bone and Soul) or 1d12 (Flesh).
They no longer need to use their reaction for Baleful
Charge
Order of the Necrovoltist
Necromancers of the Necrovoltist’s Order utilize evocation
magics to supercharge their thralls. The lightning imbued in
their dead flesh increases their speed and electrifies their
foes. Necrovoltists also specialize in black lightning, a fusion
of evocation and necromancy that delivers payloads of
negative energy at the speed of a lightning bolt.
Necrovolt Spells
3rd level Necrovoltist feature
You learn additional spells when you reach certain levels in
this class, as shown on the Necrovolt Spells table. These
spells count as necromancer spells for you, but they don’t
count against the number of necromancer spells you know.
You also gain an additional Soul Magic spell slot which you
can only use to cast Necrovolt spells.
Necrovolt Spells
Necromancer Level Spells
3rd absorb elements, witch bolt
5th black lightning, shatter
9th haste, lightning bolt
13th elemental bane, storm sphere
17th antilife shell, necrostorm
Energize
3rd level Necrovoltist feature
You learn the
shocking grasp cantrip, or another
necromancer cantrip of your choice if you already know it.
When you cast shocking grasp, your reach is 10 feet, and you
can target two creatures with it, so long as one of them is one
of your Undead Thralls.
When one of your Undead Thralls takes lightning damage,
it is Energized until the end of its next turn. If the damage
was dealt by you, the Thrall instead takes no damage and
regains hit points equal to half the amount of lightning
damage it would have taken (before resistance).
Moreover, when you target one of your Thralls with an
attack or force them to make a saving throw against an effect
that deals lightning damage, you can choose to automatically
hit or have the Thrall automatically fail the saving throw.
Necrovoltage
3rd level Necrovoltist feature
When an Energized Thrall deals damage with an attack, it
deals an additional 1d6 lightning damage and is no longer
Energized. This damage increases at 7th, 11th, and 15th
level to 1d8, 1d10, and 1d12, respectively.
Lightning Rod
7th level Necrovoltist feature
You and your Thralls have resistance to lightning damage,
and when you use Rapid Reanimation, lightning courses
from your hands, Energizing any of your Thralls within 30
feet of you (including newly created thralls).
Additionally, when you use Soul Siphon and regain a Soul
Magic spell slot, you also regain the Soul Magic spell slot
from your Necrovolt Spells feature if it is expended.
Voltage Overload
11th level Necrovoltist feature*
When one of your Thralls becomes Energized, lightning
leaps from that Thrall to another creature of your choice that
you can see within 10 feet of it. That creature takes lightning
damage equal to half the amount of lightning damage that
Energized the Thrall (before resistance). If the creature is
another one of your Thralls, it becomes Energized but takes
no damage, and this feature is not triggered again. At 15th
level, the range of this feature increases to 30 feet.
Additionally, any speeds your Thralls have are increased by
10 feet while they are Energized.
Ionizing Death
15th level Necrovoltist feature
You can cast without expending a spell slot.
chain lightning
When cast this way, creatures that aren’t a construct or
undead take necrotic damage instead of lightning damage.
Once you cast chain lightning this way, you must finish a long
rest before you can do so again.
Also, when one of your Thralls would take lightning
damage from a source other than you, they instead take no
damage and regain hit points equal to half the amount of
lightning damage they would have taken.
 Order of the Osteomancer
One of the darker collections of necromancers, the Order of
the Osteomancer focuses less on commanding thralls than
utilizing negative energy for powerful spells. They conjure
constructs of sharpened bone to impale their enemies, and
the most powerful can summon a portion of the death god
Ukthulus; a blood soaked skeleton of endless appendages.
Osteomancy
3rd level Osteomancer feature
You learn additional necromancer spells when you reach
certain levels in this class, as shown on the Osteomancy
Spells table. These spells don’t count against the number of
necromancer spells you know.
You can cast your osteomancy spells without requiring a
spell slot, at a level equal to your Summon Limit if the spell’s
level is lower. When you cast one this way, you must finish a
long rest before you can cast that spell in this way again.
Osteomancy Spells
Necromancer Level Spells
3rd bone spurs, drag under
5th aether skull, briar bones
9th grasp of the damned, spine of ukthulus
13th command skeleton, rib cage of ukthulus
17th fingers of ukthulus, wall of bones
Additionally, when you cast a necromancy spell that affects
other creatures that you can see, you can choose to have your
Undead Thralls automatically succeed on their saving throws
against the spell, and they take no damage if they would
normally take half damage on a successful save.
Marked for Death
3rd level Osteomancer feature
You learn the chill touch cantrip, or another necromancer
cantrip of your choice if you already know it. When you cast
chill touch, the skeletal hand is real rather than ghostly, and
when you hit a creature of any type with chill touch, not just
undead, that creature has disadvantage on attack rolls
against both you and your Undead Thralls until the end of
your next turn.
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Skeletal Familiar
3rd level Osteomancer feature
You learn the spell, except your material
find familiar
components for casting it are the skeleton of the form your
familiar will take, rather than the usual components.
Your Skeletal Familiar appears as the reanimated skeleton
of the form you chose, retaining its normal statistics, except it
is undead rather than any other type. It also gains the
following benefits:
Its hit point maximum equals 5 + your necromancer level.
It has resistance to necrotic damage.
It is immune to poison damage and being poisoned.
It counts a Thrall for the purpose of your necromancer
feautres, but does not count against your Summon Limit.
You cannot have your Skeletal Familiar take on a form that
does not have a skeleton, such as an octopus.
Additionally, you can cast chill touch and your Osteomancy
spells as if you were in your Skeletal Familiar’s space.
Blackened Bones
7th level Osteomancer feature
When one of your Thralls starts its turn or drops to 0 hit
points, you can use your reaction to cause it to explode,
destroying it and forcing each creature within 10 feet of it—
other than you and your thralls—to make a Dexterity saving
throw. A creature takes a number of d12s equal to your Soul
Magic spell slot level as necrotic damage on a failed save, or
half as much damage on a success.
Once you use this feature, you must finish a short or long
rest before you can use it again. You also regain the use of
this feature when you regain a Soul Magic spell slot with
your Soul Siphon feature.
Skeletal Reinforcement
11th level Osteomancer feature
You conjure plated bone armor for your Undead Thralls,
increasing their AC by 2.
Lord of Bones
15th level Osteomancer feature
When you roll initiative, you regain an expended Soul
Magic spell slot and the use of your Blackened Bones feature.
Necromancer Spell List
Cantrips (0 Level) Shadow Blade
Chill Touch Silence
Dancing Lights Tether Souls
Frostbite
Lightning Lure 3rd Level
Mage Hand Animate Dead
Mold Earth Bestow Curse
Poison Spray Couterspell
Ray of Frost Dispel Magic
Shocking Grasp Fly
Toll the Dead Grasp of the Damned
Haste
1st Level Leeching Aura
Alarm Lightning Bolt
Bane Speak with Dead
Bone Spurs Spine of Ukthulus
Cause Fear Spirit Shroud
Detect Evil and Good Stinking Cloud
Detect Magic Summon Undead
Disguise Self Vampiric Touch
Drag Under Vitality Burst
False Life
Floating Disk 4th Level
Fog Cloud Aura of Death
Identify Blight
Inflict Wounds Command Skeleton
Protection from Evil and Death Ward
Good Dominate Undead
Ray of Sickness Greater Invisibility
Siphon Essence Mass Siphon Essence
Private Sanctum
2nd Level Rib Cage of Ukthulus
Aether Skull Shadow of Moil
Arcane Lock Stoneskin
Black Lightning
Blindness/Deadness 5th Level
Briar Bones Antilife Shell
Darkness Cloudkill
Darkvision Contagion
Dust Devil Danse Macabre
Enhance Ability Fingers of Ukthulus
Invisibility Mass Tether Souls
Knock Necrostorm
Pass without Trace Negative Energy Flood
Ray of Enfeeblement Seeming
Wall of Bones
 Necromancer Spells
1 st-Level
Bone Spurs
1st-level necromancy
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self (15-foot cone)
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous
Spell Lists: Druid, Necromancer, Warlock
Shards of broken bone shoot from your fingertips in a 15-foot
cone. Each creature in that area must make a Dexterity
saving throw, taking 3d4 piercing damage on a failed save, or
half as much damage on a successful one.
A creature that fails the saving throw and can bleed also
has its speed reduced by 10 feet and takes an additional 1d4
necrotic damge at the start of each of its turns. That creature
makes a Constitution saving throw at the end of each of its
turns, ending these effects on itself on a success.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell
slot of 2nd level or higher, the damage (both initial and later)
increases by 1d4 for each slot level above 1st.
Drag Under
1st-level necromancy
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 90 feet
Components: V, S, M (Wood from a coffin and a bone from
its occupant)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Spell Lists: Necromancer
A skeleton rises from the ground beneath the target, which
must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a successful save, a
Large or smaller target has its speed halved as the skeleton
grabs onto them. It crumbles to dust at the start of your next
turn, ending the effect. A Huge or bigger creature succeeds
automatically.
On a failed save, the target is restrained by the skeleton,
which begins to pull it underground. A restrained creature
can use its action to make a Strength check against your
Spell save DC, freeing itself on a success. A Large creature
has advantage on the check.
The skeleton can also be attacked. It has an AC of 10 and 5
hit points. If the skeleton drops to 0 hit points, the spell ends
early.
At the beginning of each of your turns while the spell
persists, the target is pulled further into the ground, taking
2d8 bludgeoning damage and increasing the DC of the
Strength check by 1. If you concentrate on the spell for the
full duration, the target is pulled completely underground,
where it stays and begins to suffocate. If it manages to free
itself before then, it is shunted harmlessly back above
ground.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell
slot of 2nd level or higher, the number of skeletons that
appear to grab the target increase by 1 for each slot level
above 1st. For each additional skeleton, the DC of the
Strength check increases by 1, and the spell only ends early if
all skeletons are destroyed.
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Siphon Essence
1st-level necromancy
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S, M (A leather funnel)
Duration: Instantaneous
Spell Lists: Necromancer
You leech the essence from a creature you can see within
range. Constructs are immune to this effect. The target must
make a Charisma saving throw, taking necrotic damage
equal to 2d8 + the target’s own Constitution modifier on a
failed save, or half as much damage on a success. Another
creature of your choice within range that is not a construct
regains hit points equal to the necrotic damage dealt.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell
slot of 2nd level or higher, the damage increases by 2d8 for
each slot level above 1st.
2 nd-Level
Aether Skull
2nd-level necromancy
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 120 feet
Components: S, M (Three miniature skull-shaped candles)
Duration: Instantaneous
Spell Lists: Necromancer
You summon 3 hovering skulls wreathed in aetherflame. The
skulls are tiny objects and they appear in your space. Choose
up to three targets of your choice that you can see within
range. The skulls slowly begin to fly towards the targets,
divided as you choose between them. On their turn, if a target
can see a skull flying towards it, it recognizes the danger
posed by the skull.
At the beginning of your next turn, each skull moves in as
direct a path as possible towards their target, or to their
target’s last known location if you can no longer see them.
Once a skull has moved 120 feet or comes within 5 feet of its
target, it explodes, forcing each creature within a 5-foot-
radius sphere centered on the skull to succeed on a Dexterity
saving throw or take 3d4 necrotic damage. The skulls
explode sequentially, each requiring their own saving throw
to avoid damage. If an ally is near the target and there is
movement to spare, the skulls will attempt to explode in a
space that doesn’t affect the ally.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell
slot of 3rd level or higher, the damage of each skull increases
by 1d4 for each slot level above 2nd.
Black Lightning
2nd-level necromancy
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 90 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous
Spell Lists: Necromancer, warlock, wizard
Bolts of black lightning leap from both your hands. Make a
spell attack roll against up to two creatures within range (you
cannot target the same creature twice). On a hit, a target
takes 3d6 lightning damage. If a target is not a construct or
undead, they also take 1d6 necrotic damage.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell
slot of 3rd level or higher, the damage (both lightning and
necrotic) increases by 1d6 for each slot level above 2nd.
Briar Bones
2nd-level necromancy
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 90 feet
Components: V, S, M (A birdcage made of bone)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Spell Lists: Druid, necromancer, warlock
A 10-foot-radius circle of bone spikes erupt from the ground,
centered on a point you can see within range and pointing
inward. Each creature whose space the circle intersects must
make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature is
impaled by the spikes, becoming restrained by them and
taking 3d8 piercing damage. A creature can use its action to
remove themselves from the spikes, so long as there is an
unoccupied space within 5 feet of them inside the circle,
which the creature then moves to. On a successful save, a
creature takes half as much damage and moves to an
unoccupied space within 5 feet of its current location that the
circle is not touching.
A creature inside the circle that tries to walk outside it
takes 1d6 piercing damage and is prevented from doing so.
Creatures can attmpt to jump over the spikes, which are 5
feet tall. If it fails the attempt, it takes damage and is impaled
and restrained as if it had failed the saving throw. Creatures
outside the circle treat spaces intersected by the circle as
difficult terrain when trying to enter it.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell
slot of 3rd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for
each slot level above 2nd.
Tether Souls
2nd-level necromancy
1 action
Casting Time:
Range: 30 feet
Components: V, S, M (The skeleton of a two-headed rodent)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Spell Lists: Necromancer
You attempt to link the essence of two creatures you can see
within range. Constructs are immune to this effect. You
choose the effect of the tether from the options below:
Draining Tether. Choose one of the target creatures to
make a Charisma saving throw. On a success, the creature
takes 1d8 necrotic damage and the spell ends. On a failure,
the creature takes necrotic damage equal to 2d8 + the
creature’s own Constitution modifier, and the other creature
regains hit points equal to the damage dealt. Until the spell
ends, you can use your action to deal this damage again to
the same creature, causing the other creature to regain hit
points in the same way.
Whithering Tether. Both creatures must make a Charisma
saving throw. If either creature succeeds, they both take 1d8
necrotic damage and the spell ends. If both fail, their essence
becomes linked. Each time one of the creautres takes
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amount as necrotic damage.
The spell ends if both target creatures are ever more than
120 feet apart.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell
slot of 3rd level or higher, the damage on a successful save
and the damage of Draining Tether on a failed save increases
by 1d8 for each slot level above 2nd.
3 rd-Level
Grasp of the Damned
3rd-level necromancy
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 120 feet (20-foot square)
Components: V, S, M (Three finger bones from a mass
grave)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Spell Lists: Necromancer, Warlock
Your raise a slugish swarm of skeletons in a 20-foot square
on the ground within range. For the duration, the skeletons’
bodies stick halfway out of the ground, turning the area into
diffuclt terrain for other creatures that are not undead.
When a creature other than you that is not undead enters
the affected area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn
there, the creature must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw
or take 3d4 bludgeoning damage and be grappled by a
skeleton until the spell ends. A creature that starts its turn in
the area and is already grappled by a skeleton takes 3d4
bludgeoning damage.
A creature grappled by the skeletons can use its action to
make an Acrobatics or Athletics check (its choice) against
your spell save DC. On a success, it frees itself. Attacking the
skeletons is pointless, as more constantly rise to replace
damaged ones.
On each of your turns after you cast this spell, you can use
an action to move the swarm up to 30 feet in any direction.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell
slot of 4th level or higher, the damage increases by 2d4 for
each slot level above 3rd.
Leeching Aura
3rd-level necromancy
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self (30-foot sphere)
Components: V
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Spell Lists: Necromancer
You manipulate the life essence of creatures in an aura with
a 30-foot radius. Until the spell ends, the aura moves with
you, centered on you. You can use a bonus action to force one
creature in the aura to make a Charisma saving throw, taking
necrotic damage equal to 1d8 + the target’s own Constitution
modifier on a failed save, or half as much damage on a
success. Constructs are immune to this effect.
Another creature of your choice within the aura that is not
a construct regains hit points equal to the necrotic damage
dealt.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell
slot of 5th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8.
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 Spine of Ukthulus Command Skeleton
3rd-level necromancy 4th-level necromancy
Casting Time: 1 action Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self (100-foot line) Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S, M (The spine of a rat) Components: S
Duration: Instantaneous Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Spell Lists: Necromancer Spell Lists: Necromancer
An endless blood-soaked spine bursts from your palm in a You attempt to seize control of the skeleton of a Medium or
direction you choose, affecting a line 100 feet long and 5 feet smaller creature. It must succeed on a Consitution saving
wide. Each creature in the line must make a Dexterity saving throw or have its skeleton be controlled by you for the
throw. On a failed save, a creature is impaled by the spine, duration. A construct or creature with no skeleton
taking 2d10 piercing damage. On a successful save, a automatically succeeds.
creature is not impaled and takes half as much piercing When the creature fails its save, and as your action on each
damage. of your turns while the creature’s skeleton is controlled by
A creature impaled by the spine that is not a construct or you, you can choose to control the creature on its turn. When
undead also has its life siphoned, taking 2d10 necrotic you do, you determine how the target moves on its turn, up to
damage. The spine then returns to your hand, and you regain half its speed, and you can force the creature to use its action
hit points equal to half the total necrotic damage dealt to to make one weapon attack or unarmed strike at
creatures this way. disadvantage against a creature of your choice within reach.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell If you don’t use your action to control the creature, it is
slot of 4th level or higher, the necrotic damage dealt to an restrained and incapacitated during its turn. Regardless, the
impaled creature increases by 1d10 for each slot level above creature is still able to speak freely.
3rd. At the end of the creature’s turn, it takes 2d12 necrotic
damage and repeats the Constitution saving throw. On a
Vitality Burst success, the spell ends.
3rd-level necromancy At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell
1 action slot of 5th level, the damage increases by 1d12, and you can
Casting Time:
Range: 150 feet target a Large or smaller creature.
Components: V, M (A glass marble filled with blood) Dominate Undead
Duration: Instantaneous
Spell Lists: Necromancer 4th-level necromancy

You agitate the essence of a creature within range and cause
it to explode. Constructs are immune to this effect. The target
must make a Charisma saving throw, taking necrotic damage
equal to 5d8 + the target’s own Constitution modifier on a
failed save, or half as much damage on a success.
Each creature of your choice within 20 feet of the target
that is not a construct regains hit points equal to half the
necrotic damage dealt.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell
slot of 4th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for
each slot level above 3rd.
4 th-Level
Aura of Death
4th-level necromancy
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self (30-foot sphere)
Components: V direction from you, it defends and preserves itself to the best
Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes
Spell Lists:Cleric, Necromancer, Warlock
Enervating energy radiates from you in an aura with a 30-foot
radius. Until the spell ends, the aura moves with you,
centered on you. Each time a hostile creature in the aura
takes necrotic damage, the damage is increased by 1d10, and
the creature’s hit point maximum is reduced by the damage
taken. In addition, a nonhostile undead creature regains
1d10 hit points when it starts its turn in the aura.
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Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
Spell Lists: Cleric, Necromancer, Warlock, Wizard
You attempt to seize control of an undead that you can see
within range. It must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or
be charmed by you for the duration. If you or creatures that
are friendly to you are fighting it, it has advantage on the
saving throw.
While the target is charmed, you have a telepathic link with
it as long as the two of you are on the same plane of
existence. You can use this telepathic link to issue
commands to the creature while you are conscious (no action
required), which it does its best to obey. You can specify a
simple and general course of action, such as “Attack that
creature,” “Run over there,” or “Fetch that object.” If the
creature completes the order and doesn’t receive further
of its ability.
You can use your action to take total and precise control of
the target. Until the end of your next turn, the creature takes
only the actions you choose, and doesn’t do anything that you
don’t allow it to do. During this time you can also cause the
creature to use a reaction, but this requires you to use your
own reaction as well.
Each time the target takes damage, it makes a new
Wisdom saving throw against the spell. If the saving throw
succeeds, the spell ends.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot
of 5th-level or higher, the duration is concentration, up to 8
hours.
Mass Siphon Essence
4th-level necromancy
1 action
Casting Time:
120 feet (20-foot cylinder)
Range:
V, S, M (Blood, poured into a skull as the spell
Components:
is cast)
Duration: Instantaneous
Spell Lists: Necromancer
Choose a creature you can see within range that is not a
construct. You create a swirling vortex of life essence
siphoned from other creature of your choice in a 20-foot-
radius, 40-foot-high cylinder centered on the target, each of
which must make a Charisma saving throw. Constructs are
immune to this effect.
A creature takes necrotic damage equal to 5d8 + the
target’s own Constitution modifier on a failed save, or half as
much damage on a success. The target then regains hit
points equal to the necrotic damage dealt.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell
slot of 5th level or higher, the radius of the cylinder increases
to 30 feet, and the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot
level above 4th.
Rib Cage of Ukthulus
4th-level necromancy
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 90 feet (10-foot cube)
Components: V, S, M (The skeleton of small bird preserved
in corpse wax)
Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes
Spell Lists: Necromancer
Choose a 10-foot cube within range. A giant, bloody rib cage
appears in that space and wraps around any creatures within.
A creature inside the cube must make a Dexterity saving
throw, moving to an unoccupied space outside the rib cage
on a successful save. On a failed save, the creature is trapped
within the rib cage.
The rib cage is a Large object with an AC of 15, 100 hit
points, immunity to necrotic, poison, and psychic damage,
and resistance to piercing damage. The top of it is blocked by
a large skull attached to a long spine. The rib cage blocks
melee attacks and provides half cover against ranged attacks
made by creatures outside the rib cage against creatures
inside it. Tiny creatures can fit throught the ribs and escape,
but larger creatures cannot move outside the rib cage.
As a bonus action while the spell persists, you can have the
skull face inside the ribcage, or you can have it extend up to
15 feet, facing a direction of your chocie. It then releases a
blast of necrotizing gas from its mouth in a 15-foot cone,
forcing each creature in the affected area to make a
Constitution saving throw. A creature takes 3d8 necrotic
damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a
successful one.
The portion of Ukthulus’ spirit bound to the ribcage
prevents a creature inside it from leaving by magical means
as well. If the creature tries to use teleportation or
interplanar travel to leave the cage, it must first make a
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Charisma saving throw. On a success, the creature can use
that magic to exit the rib cage. On a failure, the creature
takes 4d8 necrotic damage and can’t exit the rib cage,
wasting the use of the spell or effect. A shadow of the rib
cage also extends into the Ethereal Plane, blocking ethereal
travel.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell
slot of 5th level or higher, the damage dealt from the gas and
attempting to teleporting increases by 1d8, and the rib cage
has an additional 50 hit points.
5 th-Level
Fingers of Ukthulus
5th-level necromancy
1 action
Casting Time:
Self (60-foot cone)
Range:
V, S, M (A freshly severed hand)
Components:
Instantaneous
Duration:
Necromancer
Spell Lists:
Gigantic, blood-soaked finger bones erupt from the ground in
front of you. Each creature of your choice in a 60-foot cone
must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a
creature takes 5d10 bludgeoning damage and is knocked
prone and restrained by the fingers as they smash onto them.
On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage
and sufferes no other effects.
The finger bones retract back into the ground at the start
of your next turn.
Mass Tether Souls
5th-level necromancy
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 feet (30-foot sphere)
Components: V, S, M (A tangled knot of blood vessels from
different creatures)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Spell Lists: Necromancer
You attempt to link the essence of multiple creatures you can
see in a 30-foot-radius sphere centered on a point within
range. Constructs are immune to this effect. You choose the
effect of the tether from the options below:
Draining Tether. Choose one creature within the sphere.
Each other creature of your choice within the sphere must
make a Charisma saving throw. On a success, a creature
takes 3d8 necrotic damage. On a failure, a creature takes
necrotic damage equal to 4d8 + the creature’s own
Constitution modifier. The targeted creature then regains hit
points equal to half the total necrotic damage dealt to
creatures that failed. Until the spell ends, you can use your
action to deal this damage again to each creature that failed
the saving throw, causing the chosen creature to regain hit
points in the same way.
Whithering Tether. Each creature of your choice in the
sphere must make a Charisma saving throw. On a success, a
creature takes 3d8 necrotic damage. On a failure, a
creature’s essence becomes linked with each other creature
that failed. Each time one of those creatures takes damage,
except from this spell, you can choose one of the other
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affected creatures to take half that amount as necrotic A creature restrained by the wall and in its space is deafened
damage. and takes 4d6 piercing damage at the start of each of its
If an affected creature is ever more than 120 feet away turns. Destroying a section of the wall a restrained creature
from every other affected creature, it is no longer affected by is in only frees it if the creature is no longer within 5 feet of
this spell. another part of the wall, otherwise the wall pulls the creature
back into it at the start of the restrained creature’s next turn.
Necrostorm A restrained creature can use its action to make a Strength
5th-level necromancy check against your Spell save DC, freeing itself on a success.
1 action It can then move out of the wall’s space, spending 4 feet of
Casting Time:
Range: 120 feet (30-foot cylinder) movement for every 1 foot it moves.
Components: V, S, M (A humanoid skull blackened from a
lightning bolt)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Spell Lists: Necromancer
Choose a point within range. Rifts of neegative energy open
up in a 30-foot-radius, 20-foot-high cylinder centered on that
point, sending bolts of black lightning to creatures within the
cylinder.
When the area appears, each creature in it must make a
Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes
3d12 lightning damage, and if it is not a construct or undead,
it takes an additional 1d12 necrotic damage and is poisoned
for the duration of the spell. A creature must also make this
saving throw when it enters the spell’s area for the first time
on a turn or ends its turn there.
Creatures poisoned by this spell have disadvantage on the
saving throw. A poisoned creature can make a Constitution
saving throw each time it ends its turn outside the sphere,
ending the effect on itself on a success.
Wall of Bones
5th-level necromancy
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 120 feet
Components: V, S, M (A mud brick filled with humanoid
teeth)
Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes
Spell Lists: Necromancer, Warlock
You raise a wall of tangled, restless skeletons on a solid
surface within range. You can make the wall up to 60 feet
long and 20 feet high, or you can make a ringed wall up to 20
feet in diameter and 20 feet high. In any form, the wall is 5
feet thick. The wall is opaque and prevents creatures from
moving through it, and it lasts for the duration. If the wall
cuts through a creature’s space when it appears, the creature
is pushed to one side of the wall (your choice).
The wall is an object made of undead that can be damaged
and thus breached. It has an AC of 15, 60 hit points per 10-
foot section, resistance to piercing damage, and vulnerability
to radiant damage. Reducing a 10-foot section of the wall to 0
hit points destroys it.
A hostile creature that moves within 5 feet of the wall or
starts its turn within 5 feet of the wall must make a Dexterity
saving throw. On a failed save, the creature is restrained by
the wall and takes 4d6 piercing damage as skeletal hands
pull it into the wall’s space. A Large creature has advantage
on the saving throw, and Huge or bigger creatures succeed
automatically .
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A class that wields souls and raises the dead to

overwhelm their enemies.