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What is the most amount of election fraud I can commit using necromancy?
I have deemed the ignorant masses of several nearby regions to be unfit to rule themselves. Unfortunately, they've established a democracy to determine leadership of their region and continuously ...
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Does Summon Undead "create" an undead?
A School of Necromancy Wizard at 6th level gains the Undead Thralls ability, which reads:
At 6th level, you add the animate dead spell to your spellbook if it is not there already. When you cast ...
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Are there RAW mechanics that a Necromancy Wizard can use to animate dead with consent?
I want to create a necromancer in the Forgotten Realms setting. One that gets some kind of consent for their necromancy when it comes to using other creatures' corpses, be it from each creature that ...
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Ways to learn Antilife shell on a Necromancy wizard?
Is there a RAW way to learn the spell Antilife shell on a wizard of the necromancy school without taking more than 3 levels of any other class? Any feats or magic items or features that would make ...
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If the Bestow Curse spell causes me to do extra damage, does the target's death trigger the Necromancy wizard's Grim Harvest feature?
In D&D 5e using a wizard of the School of Necromancy:
If I cast bestow curse on a monster, then kill it with a crossbow, would it trigger the Grim Harvest feature due to the extra 1d8 damage? Does ...
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Can you use animate dead on something that was previously animated by the same spell? [duplicate]
If a zombie or skeleton that you have animated with Animate Dead is reduced to 0 hit points, can you reanimate it using Animate dead?
The spell description only says:
Choose a pile of bones or a ...
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Can a Necromancy wizard raise a Spawn of Kyuss?
Are there any spells out there that would allow a necromancy school Wizard to specifically raise a Spawn of Kyuss?
Or would controlling one only be achievable through turning it?
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What are the options for animated undead for a Necromancer?
I have just moved to 5e from 3.5e.
I've read up about the Necromancy Wizard subclass in 5e, and from what I have seen so far there are only three possible undead that they can possibly animate: ...
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Can a controlled ghast be a leader of a pack of ghouls?
I'm creating a necromancer wizard player character and searching for the most optimal amount of undead to control. I searched for the lore of the monsters, and found that Ghasts tend to be leaders in ...
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Can the Necromancy wizard's Command Undead feature be used on the Nightwalker from Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes?
The School of Necromancy wizard has the Command Undead feature (PHB, p. 119):
Starting at 14th level, you can use magic to bring undead under your
control, even those created by other wizards. As ...
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What can a level 10-12 Necromancer do and bring to a party? [closed]
What can a level 10-12 Necromancer do and bring (by himself) to a party?
Just asking in general because I'm new to D&D and want to see my necromancer fight hordes of goblins and/or other monsters ...
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Does feeblemind change the effect of Command Undead on high intelligence targets?
The School of Necromancy wizard has the 14th-level feature Command Undead (PHB, p. 119):
Starting at 14th level, you can use magic to bring undead under your control, even those created by other ...
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What is the value of a low-level Necromancer in a party?
I'm having difficulty understanding how Necromancers (as in the Wizard subclass) can pull their weight at lower levels. Necromancy spells are few, vary in ranges (often require melee range), provide ...
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Can a necromancer True Polymorph to get an arbitrary CR 9-or-less companion?
According to If you True Polymorph a zombie you create via Finger of Death, does it remain under your command? after a necromancer polymorphs an undead they control, it is still under their control. ...
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Can I command both Ghouls and Zombies/Skeletons with one bonus action?
Let's say I play a necromancer and have raised some Skeletons or Zombies using Animate Dead and some Gouls, Ghasts, Wights or Mummies using Create Undead.
When I use a bonus action to command them ...
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