Questions tagged [necromancy]
For questions primarily about necromancy in RPGs, the art/magic of raising the dead to fight again in a limbo of undeath. (For questions about undead themselves, use the [undead] tag.)
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Can you separate a flesh golem and make two separate people?
I'm running Descent into Avernus and two characters died at one point. They were morphed together as a flesh golem by an NPC.
The players wanted to stay in the game with their (flesh golem-ified) ...
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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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How many undead skeletons can a PC command and/or control?
Fantasy novels are rife with evil necromancers controlling hordes of undead...and they also make great BBEGs! But what if a player wanted to do the same thing?
I'd like to see how big of an army a 5e ...
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Can Undead created via 'Animate Dead' be dismissed?
In the 5e D&D PHB, the spell 'Animate Dead' states that:
The creature is under your control for 24 hours,
after which it stops obeying any command you’ve given
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Would a sentient creature that agreed to be resurrected via Animate Dead be less agressive than normal undead?
If a necromancer were to make a deal with like 4 people before a fight that the necromancer could animate them if they die during the fight, and then those same 4 people were to die, would those 4 ...
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How are the skeletons in Tresendar Manor created? And by whom?
Under Tresendar Manor,
It looks like the animate dead spell only works for 24 hours at a time. However,
Who made the skeletal guards in Tresendar Manor, and how were they constructed?
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Can you chain Night Caller whistlers?
You, a 13th-level wizard, go to a graveyard and blow your Night Caller. Then you cast Awaken Undead on the zombie, and one week later have it blow on the Night Caller and order the new zombie to obey ...
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Does anyone have a good way to allow a Necromancer to summon more powerful undead at the cost of summoning less of them? [closed]
I have a Necromancer that is starting to get a decent size army of undead going. It works great, he mainly uses his other spells to fill the support/buff/debuff role and uses the undead as his main ...
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How can an Undead Necromancer make other Humanoids detect as Evil Undead?
I am planning an encounter in which a cabal of evil undead necromancers fortify inside an important building with some commoner hostages, disguising the commoners in the same clothes as them to ...
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How would uncontrolled zombies react to a zombie raised by a necromancer?
If a necromancer raises a zombie, then orders the zombie to cross into area containing non-controlled zombies, how would the non-controlled zombies react? I've always assumed 'wild' undead don't ...
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How many Hit Dice of undead does an acquired scroll of Animate Dead raise?
Animate dead is one of the few spells which has a variable cost to its casting, as it's based entirely on the amount of HD you are going to raise with the casting, which is partly dependent on the CL.
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If I animate and control a zombie, does it benefit from Undead Fortitude when it's reduced to 0 HP?
I have been thinking over this and couldn't find anything about it online so far.
If I animate a corpse into a zombie to be my undead follower using the spell animate dead, when it is reduced to 0 HP ...
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What is the maximum number of PC-controlled undead?
I decided to make an unreasonable demand from nearby town and to gain an advantage in upcoming dispute I want an undead horde reinforcing my arguments. I am not looking for quality (after all, those ...
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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 the spell "Sticks and Stones" create ANY humanoid Skeleton?
Sticks and stones, a 3rd-level necromancy spell from the Shining South, animates a pile of sticks, rocks and rubble to form a crude, humanoid shape. Effectively creating a skeleton out of none-bone ...
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