5e Necromancer Classes
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Classes of the necromancer archetype focus on death, undeath, and necromancy, and often include becoming undead.
Necromancer Variant Classes
| Name | Summary | Spellcasting |
|---|---|---|
| Death Dealer | Life is so overrated...why not cause more death to flourish | full |
| 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. | half |
| Deathslinger | A mercenary for the grave to ensure that no one escapes when death comes knocking | half |
| Devil User Rebalanced | A rebalance of the original Devil User class, based on the manga series Chainsaw Man. | |
| Ghost Caller | Support your allies, become a ghost | |
| Martyr, Variant | ||
| Medium | Command armies of ghosts from the rear or from the frontlines of battle (Spirit Commander Variant). | third |
| Necromancer, 3rd Variant | A master of life and death can be a wonderful companion or a terrible enemy | full |
| Necromancer, 6th Variant | A master of life and death can be a wonderful companion or a terrible enemy | full |
| Necromedic | A cleric who didn't care if they were too late. | full |
| Nekomancer | Those who form contracts with the Ancient fey Nekomata aren’t warlocks but instead Nekomancers | |
| Night Blood | A Night Blood is a vampire cousin: fewer weaknesses at the tradeoff of being less powerful. | half |
| Pure Necromancer | A dedicated student of the secrets of death. | |
| Ruined King | ||
| Sanguimancy | You are no normal caster. What other achieve by various difficult methods you reach by utilizing the essence of life itself. | full |
| Shadow Lord | Death's representative, given authority to reap souls at will. | half |
| Shadow Stalker | Death's representative, given authority to reap souls at will. | full |
| Soul Keeper | ||
| Vampire, Hellsing | Use the souls of your enemies to gain great power. |
Necromancer Mashup Classes
| Name | Summary | Spellcasting |
|---|---|---|
| Apocalypse Knight | Dark knights that are choosen by dark powers. | half |
| Athcana Lich, Variant | Even death cannot stop you now; explore the new possibilities given to you in undeath. | full |
| User:Austain/Big Crack | ||
| Blood Sampler | A spellcaster who takes blood from others and uses it in magical ways, empowering their spells with the blood of dragons. | full |
| Bloodguard | A dark knight who receives powers through sacrifice to a higher being | half |
| Bone Collector | Memory of the party, connections to past encounters, takes on the big bad, animates skeletons. | full |
| Dark Omen | Grim knights that are fueled by dark powers. | half |
| Death Incarnate | Beings beyond reasoning of normal people, that embrace Death as their life, goal and means of justice. | |
| Death Knight | Ever wanted to play a Warcraft style Death Knight in 5E? I have amalgamated the previous versions into this more vanilla variant. | half |
| Death's Servant | full | |
| Death's Servant, variant | full | |
| Devil User Rebalanced | A rebalance of the original Devil User class, based on the manga series Chainsaw Man. | |
| Ghost Caller | Support your allies, become a ghost | |
| 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. | |
| God's Descendant | ||
| Gravekeeper | ||
| Infector | ||
| Lich | A spellcasting warrior that's hard to put down but must power their phylactery. | half |
| Lich, 3rd Variant | Even death cannot stop you now, explore the new possibilities given to you in undeath. | full |
| Lich, 4th Variant | Even death cannot stop you now, explore the new possibilities given to you in undeath. | full |
| Lich, Variant | Even death cannot stop you now, explore the new possibilities given to you in undeath. | full |
| Lifedrinker | Creatures of mystique and unholy wonder that move in the night and feed on unsuspecting victims. | |
| Martyr, Variant | ||
| Masked Hunter | Hunters wielding a knife and a bow, sacrificing lives for eldritch creatures. | |
| Necromancer, 4th Variant | A spellcaster who uses the corpses of friend or foe to aid him. | full |
| Necromedic | A cleric who didn't care if they were too late. | full |
| Saboteur | Saboteurs are blessed combatants who take blessings from light and dark celestials or deities. | |
| Sanguimancy | You are no normal caster. What other achieve by various difficult methods you reach by utilizing the essence of life itself. | full |
| Stitchpunk | A gruesome second cousin to surgeons who uses surgical knowledge for many helpful and harmful purposes. | |
| Tager | A person who has inextricably bonded themself with a being from the Far Realm, gaining a shifted form in the process. | |
| Vampire | ||
| Vampire, 2nd Variant | You were once alive, but now this blessed curse rules your life. | half |
| Vampire, Hellsing | Use the souls of your enemies to gain great power. | |
| Vampire, Stone Mask Variant | A normal creature, twisted by an artifact of great power. | |
| Vampyr | A Pure-blooded vampire who's heart still beats. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | half |
| 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. |
Incomplete Necromancer Classes
| Name | Summary | Spellcasting |
|---|---|---|
| Clan Eshin Acolyte | A master assassin and cutthroat for hire the skaven of clan eshin are monsters when left to their own devices. | |
| Death Knight, 3rd Variant | Ever wanted to play a Warcraft style Death Knight in 5E? I have amalgamated the previous versions into this more vanilla variant. | half |
| Ghostblade | Buff your allies Debuff your enemies | |
| Harrowblade | ||
| Necromancer, 7th Variant | Some call them glorified graverobbers, some fear them, and others despise them. The Necromancer raises undead minions for use on the battlefield. | half |
| Reaper of Souls | ||
| Scourge | Scourges are forces of destruction. Being a scourge does not necessitate being evil or notorious, but rather that you pull from a pool of energy, devoted to light, death, blood, fire, or frost. Some scourges could be in another category, but those are the major 5. | |
| Soul Herald | Your power comes from your soul, the more you grow the stronger it gets. | full |
| Spirit Weaver | full | |
| Sword Soul-Eating | ||
| The Inscribed, Epithet Variant | Every Inscribed has a word attached to their soul. | |
| True Formula Mage | Decompose magic and use it to your advantage | full |
| True Lich | Even death cannot stop you now, explore the new possibilities given to you in undeath. | full |
| True Necromancer | Build your army of Darkness | full |
| Vampire Assassin | third | |
| Vampire Lord | Ancient Vampires of great power and influence. | |
| Vampire, Hellsing, Variant | Use the souls of your enemies to gain great power. | |
| Yorick Mori |
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