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<blockquote data-quote="Falling Icicle" data-source="post: 6272754" data-attributes="member: 17077">I can think of more benign uses for necromancy than I can for schools like enchantment and evocation. Seriously. The entire enchantment school is about robbing people of their free will, arguably the most precious thing anyone has (I would say that without free will, life itself is meaningless). Evocation is almost entirely about causing destruction and death as violently and explosively as possible. It's better at causing death than necromancy is! There's like, what, three or four spells in the entire evocation school that aren't about killing or destruction? Sending, contingency, wall of force, and gust of wind (and even that can be destructive). That's about it. There are a few others here and there, but you get the point. Plus, I'd rather be a victim of a curse than have third degree burns over much of my body, something I hear is excruciatingly painful. The nicest way evocation has of killing people is electrocution, which isn't very nice.Necromancy, on the other hand, can be used to extend life. It can provide temporary hit points. It can preserve the dead for proper burial (or later resurrection). It can restore people to life by making a clone. It is an excellent weapon against the very undead that people fear so much. It can be used to solve murders by speaking with the bodies of the dead, so that they can have justice. It can strike fear into a violent mob, dispersing them without harming anyone. Dragon Magazine #348 has an excellent article on curses: &quot;Despite their unpleasant image, curses are not solely the domain of villains, nor are they inherently evil. In contrast, a well-used curse can be a powerful weapon on the side of good, offering an alternative to killing a criminal or monster outright when the possibility exists it might find redemption.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Falling Icicle, post: 6272754, member: 17077"] I can think of more benign uses for necromancy than I can for schools like enchantment and evocation. Seriously. The entire enchantment school is about robbing people of their free will, arguably the most precious thing anyone has (I would say that without free will, life itself is meaningless). Evocation is almost entirely about causing destruction and death as violently and explosively as possible. It's better at causing death than necromancy is! There's like, what, three or four spells in the entire evocation school that aren't about killing or destruction? Sending, contingency, wall of force, and gust of wind (and even that can be destructive). That's about it. There are a few others here and there, but you get the point. Plus, I'd rather be a victim of a curse than have third degree burns over much of my body, something I hear is excruciatingly painful. The nicest way evocation has of killing people is electrocution, which isn't very nice. Necromancy, on the other hand, can be used to extend life. It can provide temporary hit points. It can preserve the dead for proper burial (or later resurrection). It can restore people to life by making a clone. It is an excellent weapon against the very undead that people fear so much. It can be used to solve murders by speaking with the bodies of the dead, so that they can have justice. It can strike fear into a violent mob, dispersing them without harming anyone. Dragon Magazine #348 has an excellent article on curses: "Despite their unpleasant image, curses are not solely the domain of villains, nor are they inherently evil. In contrast, a well-used curse can be a powerful weapon on the side of good, offering an alternative to killing a criminal or monster outright when the possibility exists it might find redemption." [/QUOTE]

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