Necromancer classes tend to focus on death, undead, and necromancy.
Necromancer Classes[edit]
Classes based on the necromancer archetype.
| Name |
Summary |
Spellcasting |
Hit Die
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| Atlira Setting Spirit Bond |
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6
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| Blood Caster |
You're not a regular Mage, you are a Caster. You are what those pesky Wizards are striving to be. What those Mages do with their Charisman you do with pure Intelligence.
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10
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| Blood Caster, Variant |
You're not a regular Mage, you are a Caster. You are what those pesky Wizards are striving to be. What those Mages do with their Intelligence you do with pure uncut Life Essence.
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12
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| Blood Caster, Variant 2 |
You're not a regular Mage, you are a Caster. You are what magic users are striving to be. What those Mages do with their Intelligence you do with pure uncut Life Essence.
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10
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| Blood Cursed |
A cursed individual that uses blood-and unholy-magic to defeat it's opponents and maybe seeks vengeance.
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12
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| Blood Mage |
A magic-user that utilizes their vitality as a conduit for their powers.
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8
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| Crucifix |
Semi-Immortal soldier that specializes in reanimating itself and continuing battle by leaching life force from his enemies or using their expanded internal reserves
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4
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| Dark Necromancer |
The dark necromancer is a mage who can use its own will and essence to suck the soul of recently killed creatures, using these souls as fuel to their macabre powers, tearing them apart to build necrotic energy.
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6
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| Death Dealer |
Life is so overrated...why not cause more death to flourish
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full
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6
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| Death Monarch |
A spellcaster able to draw power from the shadowfell, using this dark energy as a weapon, a refuge and to exert control over dead creatures.
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half
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8
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| Deathslinger |
A mercenary for the grave to ensure that no one escapes when death comes knocking
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half
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8
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| Demon's Embodiment |
a cultist that uses demons for power
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third
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12
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| Departed |
A hardy individual wizened by several lifetimes of experience that draws power from a closeness to death
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half
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12
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| Fleshwarper, Variant |
You manipulate and augment living tissue, including your own, to become a terrifying being of flesh and bone.
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8
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| Medium |
Command armies of ghosts from the rear or from the frontlines of battle (Spirit Commander Variant).
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third
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6
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| Necromancer |
A person who wields magic of life and death.
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full
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6
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| Necromancer, 3rd Variant |
A master of life and death can be a wonderful companion or a terrible enemy
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full
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6
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| Necromancer, 6th Variant |
A master of life and death can be a wonderful companion or a terrible enemy
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full
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6
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| Nekomancer |
Those who form contracts with the Ancient fey Nekomata aren’t warlocks but instead Nekomancers
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8
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| Night Blood |
A Night Blood is a vampire cousin: fewer weaknesses at the tradeoff of being less powerful.
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half
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8
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| Pure Necromancer |
A dedicated student of the secrets of death.
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6
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| Reaper of Souls, Variant |
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1d4
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| Shadow Lord |
Death's representative, given authority to reap souls at will.
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half
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8
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| Shadow Stalker |
Death's representative, given authority to reap souls at will.
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full
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8
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| Soul Keeper |
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8
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| Spirit-Bond |
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6
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| Vileblood |
A fearsome creature whose strengths lie in shadows
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8
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| Zombie |
You were dead, but you're getting better.
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8
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Necromancer Mashup Classes[edit]
Mashup classes with multiple themes, one of which is the necromancer archetype.
| Name |
Summary |
Spellcasting |
Hit Die
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| Apocalypse Knight |
Dark knights that are choosen by dark powers.
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half
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10
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| Athcana Lich, Variant |
Even death cannot stop you now; explore the new possibilities given to you in undeath.
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full
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8
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| User:Austain/Big Crack |
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10
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| Blood Sampler |
A spellcaster who takes blood from others and uses it in magical ways, empowering their spells with the blood of dragons.
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full
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8
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| Bloodguard |
A dark knight who receives powers through sacrifice to a higher being
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half
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10
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| Bone Collector |
Memory of the party, connections to past encounters, takes on the big bad, animates skeletons.
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full
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8
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| Dark Omen |
Grim knights that are fueled by dark powers.
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half
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10
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| Death Incarnate |
Beings beyond reasoning of normal people, that embrace Death as their life, goal and means of justice.
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10
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| Death Knight |
Ever wanted to play a Warcraft style Death Knight in 5E? I have amalgamated the previous versions into this more vanilla variant.
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half
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10
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| Death's Servant |
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full
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10
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| Death's Servant, variant |
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full
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8
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| Devil User Rebalanced |
A rebalance of the original Devil User class, based on the manga series Chainsaw Man.
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12
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| Ghost Caller |
Support your allies, become a ghost
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8
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| God's Descendant |
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10
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| Gravekeeper |
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10
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| Infector |
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1d12
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| Lich |
A spellcasting warrior that's hard to put down but must power their phylactery.
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half
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8
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| Lich, 3rd Variant |
Even death cannot stop you now, explore the new possibilities given to you in undeath.
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full
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10
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| Lich, 4th Variant |
Even death cannot stop you now, explore the new possibilities given to you in undeath.
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full
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10
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| Lich, Variant |
Even death cannot stop you now, explore the new possibilities given to you in undeath.
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full
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8
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| Lifedrinker |
Creatures of mystique and unholy wonder that move in the night and feed on unsuspecting victims.
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10
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| Martyr, Variant |
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12
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| Masked Hunter |
Hunters wielding a knife and a bow, sacrificing lives for eldritch creatures.
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8
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| Necromancer, 4th Variant |
A spellcaster who uses the corpses of friend or foe to aid him.
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full
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8
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| Necromedic |
A cleric who didn't care if they were too late.
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full
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8
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| Saboteur |
Saboteurs are blessed combatants who take blessings from light and dark celestials or deities.
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10
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| Sanguimancy |
You are no normal caster. What other achieve by various difficult methods you reach by utilizing the essence of life itself.
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full
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12
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| Stitchpunk |
A gruesome second cousin to surgeons who uses surgical knowledge for many helpful and harmful purposes.
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10
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| Vampire |
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8
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| Vampire, 2nd Variant |
You were once alive, but now this blessed curse rules your life.
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half
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8
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| Vampyr |
A Pure-blooded vampire who's heart still beats.
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12
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| Vampyre |
You are a night walker. One who glides through oceans of blood. Beyond human. A monster whose power radiates with a darkness. One that casts a shadow on darkness itself.
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8
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| Vampyre Knight |
You are one of the last descendants of old these Vampyre's use their blood to empower them selves and show true fear.
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half
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10
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| Wendigo |
The Wendigo is seen as the embodiment of gluttony, greed, and excess: never satisfied after killing and consuming one person, they are constantly searching for new victims.
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12
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Necromancer Classes Based on Existing Fiction[edit]
Necromancer classes which are based on characters or archetypes from other works of fiction.
| Name |
Summary |
Spellcasting |
Hit Die
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| Dark Ranger |
Ruthless hunters of the living, Dark Rangers are murderous trackers, that employ necromantic magic to deliver death to their victims. The Dark Ranger is a Variant of the Ranger class.
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half
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10
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| Ghoul, Variant |
A Humanoid monster with powerful Natural weapons that have plenty of power, and utility. Very helpful especially when you need to sate a diet that consists of human flesh.
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12
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| Overlord Magician |
The ultimate Magician with Powerful spells
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full
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8
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| Ruined King |
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8
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| Tager |
A person who has inextricably bonded themself with a being from the Far Realm, gaining a shifted form in the process.
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10
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| Vampire, Hellsing |
Use the souls of your enemies to gain great power.
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10
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| Vampire, Stone Mask Variant |
A normal creature, twisted by an artifact of great power.
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10
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Necromancer April Fools Classes[edit]
Necromancer classes with a more comedic twist.
| Name |
Summary |
Spellcasting |
Hit Die
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Incomplete Necromancer Classes[edit]
Necromancer classes with one or many improving, reviewing, or removing templates present. Please help work on the problem presented on the template.
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