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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Messageboard Golem" data-source="post: 2008469" data-attributes="member: 18387">Nearly as good as “Demonology” this book continues exploring both the, non-Vacnian alternatives for d20 magic and the game mechanics reasons behind the fantasy stereotypes; in this case, the reclusive Necromancer with unsavory appearance and habits.One thing that I really like about the Mongoose books is that they make fantasy feel… well, fantastic. Too frequently when playing DnD magical spells and items start feeling, after a while, just like so much technology. With their total predictability and uninteresting prerequisites spells start to feel like every day gadgets, not mysterious and dangerous energies they largely are in most of the fantasy fiction, not to mention mythology. “Necromancy” goes a long way to show us how to rectify this. By making its spells relatively powerful and then introducing the hard-to-come-by and evocative components it enriches a game by making each casting somewhat of a special and memorable event. Digging out the graves of dead Clerics and Paladins to obtain material components does tend to give a distinct flavor to what would otherwise be a rather bland 1st level protection from undead spell. Furthermore, such much needed high level necromantic practices as raising an undead hulk of a ship and making an old deserted city into a necropolis of living dead are all covered, filling many holes in d20 corpus of rules.Finally there are necromantic feats, another application of non-Vancian “magic for a price” theme, very expertly done. Although it would not be able to stand on its own ike the one from Demonology, this system of magic does supplement the Necromantic magic and gives this kind of wizard a specific unsavory feel that it was always supposed to have. Once again, a great product from Mongoose (no I am not on their payroll, I just happened to have very similar taste to Mr. Sprange). It does not surpass the “Demonology” but is still among the best of d20.</blockquote>

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