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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6125401" data-attributes="member: 7006"><p>The point is that the word 'necromancer' right now has become too geared towards working just with the undead, and not all spells dealing with the life and death cycle. When you say 'necromancer', you are implying a very specific type of individual-- one who doesn't deal with healing people. If you want to get technical... the Lifegiving cleric could be called a Necromancer, because the healing spells have fallen into the necromancy spell school. But does anyone in the game who heals people really want to be called a Necromancer? I think not.</p><p></p><p>Which is the reason why I think the term for the school of 'necromancy' should be changed to something else. One that potentially implies the entire group of lifegiving spells, deathbringing spells, and undead-bringing spells (like Biotics or Biomancy). That way... those casters who ONLY deal with the undead-bringing aspect can be called Necromancers like they should be and how they have always been treated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 6125401, member: 7006"] The point is that the word 'necromancer' right now has become too geared towards working just with the undead, and not all spells dealing with the life and death cycle. When you say 'necromancer', you are implying a very specific type of individual-- one who doesn't deal with healing people. If you want to get technical... the Lifegiving cleric could be called a Necromancer, because the healing spells have fallen into the necromancy spell school. But does anyone in the game who heals people really want to be called a Necromancer? I think not. Which is the reason why I think the term for the school of 'necromancy' should be changed to something else. One that potentially implies the entire group of lifegiving spells, deathbringing spells, and undead-bringing spells (like Biotics or Biomancy). That way... those casters who ONLY deal with the undead-bringing aspect can be called Necromancers like they should be and how they have always been treated. [/QUOTE]
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