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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 9157017" data-attributes="member: 7006">There's a large number of players who play D&amp;D but do not play those specific video games that include Necromancers (myself included).&nbsp; So I personally think it is stretching it to think that the Necromancer has made this tremendous pop culture shift away from being evil sorcerers who raise and control the dead to just now being &quot;another spellcaster&quot;.&nbsp; Yes, you're absolutely right that there will be some who treat them that way... but I personally do not feel that is the predominant opinion (although, hey, I could be wrong.)&nbsp; The name 'Necromancer' still has cache as an evil caster type, and indeed the actions of the Necromancer of animating the dead still have connotations of evil for what I believe is a wide swathe of society.So my point still stands-- this could be (again, not saying it definitely is, but only could be) a reason why Necromancers are not being played as much as PCs in D&amp;D.&nbsp; If you or someone else wishes to believe that it's for a different reason, that's cool.&nbsp; I wouldn't agree, but it's not like either of our opinions on the matter are going to change things anyway.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 9157017, member: 7006"] There's a large number of players who play D&D but do not play those specific video games that include Necromancers (myself included). So I personally think it is stretching it to think that the Necromancer has made this tremendous pop culture shift away from being evil sorcerers who raise and control the dead to just now being "another spellcaster". Yes, you're absolutely right that there will be some who treat them that way... but I personally do not feel that is the predominant opinion (although, hey, I could be wrong.) The name 'Necromancer' still has cache as an evil caster type, and indeed the actions of the Necromancer of animating the dead still have connotations of evil for what I believe is a wide swathe of society. So my point still stands-- this could be (again, not saying it definitely is, but only [I]could be[/I]) a reason why Necromancers are not being played as much as PCs in D&D. If you or someone else wishes to believe that it's for a different reason, that's cool. I wouldn't agree, but it's not like either of our opinions on the matter are going to change things anyway. :) [/QUOTE]

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