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Necromancer
BF-Necromancer r12Magic-Users of the darker arcane (bokors, Death Masters), haunting graveyards and burial mounds. Begin with read magic + one 1st-level spell; learn like other MUs. Tend to be persecuted outsiders.
NOTES
Treated as Magic-User except where noted. Supplement details new spells (Black Tentacles, Blight, Control Undead, Undeath, etc. — see PDF).
Prime Requisite
Intelligence 11, Wisdom 9
Hit Die
d4
Attacks As
Magic-User
Saves As
Magic-User
Armor
No armor or shields
Weapons
Dagger, walking staff, sickle, scythe, spade, scimitar, plus magical versions
ABILITY MINIMUMS
INT 11+WIS 9+
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Own necromantic spell list (shared spells learnable both ways with MUs). See New Equipment in the supplement (sickle/scythe/spade/scimitar).
SPELLCASTING — necromancer
| Lvl | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — |
| 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 15 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 16 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 17 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 19 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 20 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Level 1: Call Poltergeist, Chill, Corpse Servant, Decay Flesh*, Detect Magic, Light*, Locate Corpse, Protection from Undead*, Read Languages, Remove Fear*, Stench, Ventriloquism
Level 2: Boneskin, Command Undead, Continual Light*, Detect Invisible, Fireskull Familiar, Ghoulish Hands, Invisibility, Knock, Locate Object, Maggot Spray, Minor Warding, Wizard Lock
Level 3: Darkvision, Dispel Magic, Drainblade, Ectoplasm, Fossilize, Halt Undead, Protection from Undead, 10' Radius*, Ray of Exhaustion, Speak with Dead, Spirit Wrack, Summon Spirit, Vampiric Touch
Level 4: Black Tentacles, Corpse Feast, Cure Disease*, Dimension Door, Enervation, Grave Sanctuary, Greater Fear, Re-Animation, Remove Curse*, Rot Flesh, Wall of Bones, Wizard Eye
Level 5: Blight, Cloudkill, Magic Jar, Mask of Life, Mummify, Passwall, Symbol of Pain, Wall of Stone, Waves of Fatigue, Word of Recall
Level 6: Anti-Magic Shell, Control Undead, Death Spell, Disintegrate, Eyebite, Projected Image, Symbol of Fear, Undeath, Undeath to Death, Wall of Iron
EXPERIENCE & HIT DICE
| Lvl | XP | HD |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1d4 |
| 2 | 2,500 | 2d4 |
| 3 | 5,000 | 3d4 |
| 4 | 10,000 | 4d4 |
| 5 | 20,000 | 5d4 |
| 6 | 40,000 | 6d4 |
| 7 | 80,000 | 7d4 |
| 8 | 150,000 | 8d4 |
| 9 | 300,000 | 9d4 |
| 10 | 450,000 | 9d4+1 |
| 11 | 600,000 | 9d4+2 |
| 12 | 750,000 | 9d4+3 |
| 13 | 900,000 | 9d4+4 |
| 14 | 1,050,000 | 9d4+5 |
| 15 | 1,200,000 | 9d4+6 |
| 16 | 1,350,000 | 9d4+7 |
| 17 | 1,500,000 | 9d4+8 |
| 18 | 1,650,000 | 9d4+9 |
| 19 | 1,800,000 | 9d4+10 |
| 20 | 1,950,000 | 9d4+11 |
Source: BF-Necromancer r12 • Transcribed from your supplements, no hallucination.