Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
White Dwarf Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Nest
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
EN Publishing
Twitter
BlueSky
Facebook
Instagram
EN World
BlueSky
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Twitch
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Enchanted Trinkets Complete--a hardcover book containing over 500 magic items for your D&D games!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Evil Spells
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Bigwilly" data-source="post: 1844337" data-attributes="member: 16730"><p><strong>Some suggestions from an NPC necromancer's spellbook</strong></p><p></p><p>Cantrips </p><p>Disrupt Undead - to keep your undead servants in line</p><p>Touch of Fatigue - nice when in melee or via spectral hand / familiar</p><p></p><p>1st level </p><p>Cause Fear - for use against underlings / lesser enemies</p><p>Ray of Enfeeblement (ideally empowered) - use on enemy fighters before you go hand to hand with them</p><p>Spectral Hand - for all those nasty necromancer touch spells </p><p>Chill Touch, Detect Undead, Obscuring Mist - suitably necromantic</p><p>Enlarge Person, Mage Armor, Shield - all useful for melee </p><p></p><p>2nd level</p><p>Bull's Strength, False Life - on self of course </p><p>Ghoul Touch - use with spectral hand or in melee</p><p>Command Undead, Scare - just because you can</p><p></p><p>3rd level</p><p>Gentle Repose - for nicely preserved zombies</p><p>Ray of Exhaustion - combine with ray of enfeeblement for maximum effect</p><p>Vampiric Touch (empowered) - as needed to top up your hps</p><p>Halt Undead - just in case</p><p></p><p>4th level </p><p>Animate Dead - obviously</p><p>Black Tentacles - especially on those Str reduced opponents, nyuk, nyuk.</p><p>Enervation - level drain always causes a bit of panic</p><p>Bestow Curse, Contagion, Fear - for a bit of colour (black of course)</p><p> </p><p>5th level</p><p>Cloudkill - not necromantic but who cares</p><p>Magic Jar - possess your enemies and get them killed instead</p><p>Symbol of Pain - make them hurt</p><p>Teleport - just in case things go bad</p><p>Waves of Fatigue - yet more Str reducing badness</p><p></p><p>Bigwilly</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bigwilly, post: 1844337, member: 16730"] [b]Some suggestions from an NPC necromancer's spellbook[/b] Cantrips Disrupt Undead - to keep your undead servants in line Touch of Fatigue - nice when in melee or via spectral hand / familiar 1st level Cause Fear - for use against underlings / lesser enemies Ray of Enfeeblement (ideally empowered) - use on enemy fighters before you go hand to hand with them Spectral Hand - for all those nasty necromancer touch spells Chill Touch, Detect Undead, Obscuring Mist - suitably necromantic Enlarge Person, Mage Armor, Shield - all useful for melee 2nd level Bull's Strength, False Life - on self of course Ghoul Touch - use with spectral hand or in melee Command Undead, Scare - just because you can 3rd level Gentle Repose - for nicely preserved zombies Ray of Exhaustion - combine with ray of enfeeblement for maximum effect Vampiric Touch (empowered) - as needed to top up your hps Halt Undead - just in case 4th level Animate Dead - obviously Black Tentacles - especially on those Str reduced opponents, nyuk, nyuk. Enervation - level drain always causes a bit of panic Bestow Curse, Contagion, Fear - for a bit of colour (black of course) 5th level Cloudkill - not necromantic but who cares Magic Jar - possess your enemies and get them killed instead Symbol of Pain - make them hurt Teleport - just in case things go bad Waves of Fatigue - yet more Str reducing badness Bigwilly [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Evil Spells
Top