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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mouseferatu" data-source="post: 1798556" data-attributes="member: 1288">See comments above. The True Necromancer is flexible, but not powerful (except where it comes to actual necromancy).As I said before, it's the Mystic Theurge all over again. People see the numbers and assume "Look at all those spells they can cast! They're overpowered!" But people don't think about the fact that they're massively weaker than single class casters--at 20th level, their five levels behind in spell power and in number of spells in any specific class. They still only have the hit points, saves, and BAB of a single individual.Look at a 20th-level TN vs. a 20th-level wizard. The TN  can also cast cleric spells, and that's potent. He can rebuke undead. He's got a few spell-like abilities.The wizard has more spells of each level. The wizard's spells are more powerful (longer duration, more damage, etc.), except for necromantic spells. The wizard has an additional bonus feat. The wizard has 9th-level spells; the TN does not.Compared to a 20th-level cleric. The cleric has 9th-level spells, the TN does not. The cleric's got a better attack bonus. The cleric's got better hit points. The cleric's spells are more powerful, as above.The TN has two essential spellcasting stats. Assuming the TN was created with the same rolling or point buy system as the straight wizard or straight cleric, he's not likely to have as many bonus spells or as high a save DC against most of his spells, because he's dividing his bonus attribute points and enhancement items between two stats.Most important, remember that the TN can still only cast one spell per round. It's the same reason Gestalt characters (from Unearthed Arcana) are only an EL of a few levels higher than a standard character of their level. Basically, the TN has more options of what he can do in a given round, but in any given round, he's going to be less mechanicaly effective than a straight caster.</blockquote>

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