A handsome Elf male in a white robe takes pause in the middle of a battle to survey the scene before him. Seeing a nearby footman having trouble fighting a bloodlusting Orc, he touches the corpse of a nearby Worg, which rises from the afterlife and lunges at the green beast.
A Tiefling in black leather armor raises her sword to parry the wild swing of a cackling Gnoll. As her free hand grabs the creature’s unarmored wrist, it lets out a yelp as a green misty substance flows into the Tiefling’s palm and out of a cut on her forearm - a cut that slowly starts to close.
As the Ogre’s giant club is about to come down on him, a warrior closes his eyes and awaits death. A howl sounds, and the fighter opens his eyes: he sees the giant flailing around wildly, grasping its face. Standing behind it is a Gnome, grinning through his beard, holding an open tome.
No matter the approach to combat, necromancers seek to control life and death in all their forms. A natural knack for manipulating the life essences that flow in every living being is what drives each necromancer to commit their nefarious or honorable deeds.
hit dice:
1d6
hit points at 1st level:
6 + your Constitution modifier
hit points at higher levels:
1d6 (or 4) + your Constitution modifier per Necromancer level after 1st.
armor proficiencies:
Light Armor
weapon proficiencies:
Daggers, Quarterstaffs, Sickles
tools:
None
saving throws:
Wisdom, Intelligence
skills:
Choose two from Arcana, Deception, History, Investigation, Medicine, and Religion.
starting equipment:
spellcasting:
As a necromancer, the skill to manipulate the life essence of any living being comes naturally to you. Though this skill requires natural talent, the techniques for doing so can be enhanced by studying spells and the arcane.
See chapter 10 of the official player handbook for the general rules of spellcasting and the end of this document for the necromancer spell list.
class features:
subclass options:
Multiclassing
In order to qualify for a multiclass combination including the necromancer class, you must meet the following requirement:
Have a wisdom of score of 13 or higher
You gain proficiency in light armor when doing so.
Cantrips (0 Level) | 1st Level | 2nd level | 3rd Level | 4th Level | 5th Level | 6th Level | 7th Level | 8th Level | 9th Level |
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Acid Splash | Bane |
Chill Touch | Cause Fear (XG) | Aid | Animate Dead | Arcane Eye | Antilife Shell | Circle of Death | Divine Word | Abi Dalzim’s Horrid Wilting (XG) | Astral Projection |
Dancing Lights | Command | Augury | Beacon of Hope | Aura of Life | Cloudkill | Create Undead | Etherealness | Clone | Power Word Heal |
Frostbite (XG) | Cure Wounds | Blindness / Deafness | Bestow Curse | Blight | Contagion | Disintegrate | Finger of Death | Demiplane | Power Word Kill |
Green-Flame Blade (SC) | Detect Evil and Good | Blur | Blink | Death Ward | Danse Macabre (XG) | Eyebite | Regenerate | Feeblemind | True Resurrection |
Infestation (XG) | Detect Poison and Disease | Darkness | Fear | Find Greater Steed | Dream | Harm | Resurrection | | |
Mold Earth (XG) | Disguise Self | Find Steed | Feign Death | Locate Creature | Enervation (XG) | Heal | Symbol | | |
Poison Spray | False Life | Gentle Repose | Gaseous Form | Mordenkainen’s Faithful Hound | Greater Restoration | Magic Jar | | | |
Ray of Frost | Find Familiar | Lesser Restoration | Magic Circle | Phantasmal Killer | Hallow | Move Earth | | | |
Spare the Dying | Healing Word | Moonbeam | Mass Healing Word | Shadow of Moil (XG) | Insect Plague | Soul Cage | | | |
Sword Burst (SC) | Inflict Wounds | See Invisibility | Phantom Steed | Sickening Radiance (XG) | Mass Cure Wounds | True Seeing | | | |
Thaumaturgy | Protection from Evil and Good | Shadow Blade (XG) | Remove Curse | | Negative Energy Flood | | | | |
Toll the Dead (XG) | Shield | Phantasmal Force | Revivify | | Raise Dead | | | | |
True Strike | Ray of Sickness | Prayer of Healing | Speak With Dead | | Rary's Telepathic Bond | | | | |
| | Ray of Enfeeblement | Spirit Guardians | | Reincarnate | | | | |
| | | Vampiric Touch | | | | | | |
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