Necromancy

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This page is about the magic type. For the subclass, see Necromancy School.

Necromancy is a type of magic. Necromancy magic involves the undead, be it negative energy used to harm others or the resurrection of corpses as servants.

The Necromancy School is a Wizard subclass that specializes in Necromancy spells.

List of Necromancy spells

Name	Level		Cast time	Duration	Range/Area	Attack/Save	Damage/Effect
Bone Chill	C			1 turn	18m / 60ft	Attack roll	1d8Necrotic
File:Toll The Dead Icon.webp Toll The Dead	C			-	18 m / 60 ft	Attack roll	1d8Necrotic
False Life	1			Long Rest	Self	-	-
Inflict Wounds	1			-	1.5 m / 5 ft	Attack roll	3d10Necrotic
Ray of Sickness	1			2 turns	18 m / 60 ft	Attack roll CON save	2d8Poison
Blindness	2			10 turns	18 m / 60 ft	CON save	-
Ray of Enfeeblement	2			10 turns	18 m / 60 ft	Attack roll	-
Animate Dead	3			-	3m / 10ft	-	-
Bestow Curse	3			-	1.5 m / 5 ft	WIS save	-
Feign Death	3			10 turns	1.5m / 5ft	-	-
Revivify	3			-	9m / 30ft  9m / 30ft (Radius)	-	-
Speak with Dead	3			Long Rest	9m / 30ft	-	-
Vampiric Touch	3			10 turns	1.5 m / 5 ft	Attack roll	3d6Necrotic
Blight	4			-	9m / 30ft	CON save	8d8Necrotic
Contagion	5			-	1.5 m / 5 ft	Attack roll CON save	-
Circle of Death	6			-	18m / 60ft  9m / 30ft (Radius)	CON save	8d6Necrotic
Create Undead	6			Long Rest	3m / 10ft	-	-
Eyebite	6			-	18m / 60ft	WIS save	-
Harm	6			Long Rest	18 m / 60 ft	CON save	14d6Necrotic

Item/Variant spells

Name	Level		Cast time	Duration	Range/Area	Attack/Save	Damage/Effect
Sacrifice Soul				-	30m / 100ft	-	-
Ghoulish Touch	1			2 turns	1.5 m / 5 ft	Attack roll	-
Animate Dead: Skeleton	3			-	3m / 10ft	-	-
Animate Dead: Zombie	3			-	3m / 10ft	-	-
Bestow Curse: Additional Damage	3			10 turns	1.5 m / 5 ft	WIS save	-
Bestow Curse: Attack Disadvantage	3			10 turns	1.5 m / 5 ft	WIS save	-
Bestow Curse: Charisma Disadvantage	3			10 turns	1.5 m / 5 ft	WIS save	-
Bestow Curse: Constitution Disadvantage	3			10 turns	1.5 m / 5 ft	WIS save	-
Bestow Curse: Dexterity Disadvantage	3			10 turns	1.5 m / 5 ft	WIS save	-
Bestow Curse: Dread	3			10 turns	1.5 m / 5 ft	WIS save	-
Bestow Curse: Intelligence Disadvantage	3			10 turns	1.5 m / 5 ft	WIS save	-
Bestow Curse: Strength Disadvantage	3			10 turns	1.5 m / 5 ft	WIS save	-
Bestow Curse: Wisdom Disadvantage	3			10 turns	1.5 m / 5 ft	WIS save	-
Paralyzing Ray	3			2 turns	18m / 60ft	CON save	-
Ray of Fear	3			2 turns	18 m / 60 ft	WIS save	-
Recast Speak with Dead	3			-	9m / 30ft	-	-
Wounding Ray	3			-	18 m / 60 ft	CON save	2d8Necrotic
Animate Dead: Skeleton Squad	4			-	3m / 10ft	-	-
Animate Dead: Zombie Batallion	4			-	3m / 10ft	-	-
Beckoning Darkness	4			2 turns	4m / 13ft	CHA save	-
Animate Dead: Flying Ghoul	5			-	3m / 10ft	-	-
Animate Dead: Ghoul	5			-	3m / 10ft	-	-
Contagion: Blinding Sickness	5			-	1.5 m / 5 ft	Attack roll CON save	-
Contagion: Filth Fever	5			-	1.5 m / 5 ft	Attack roll CON save	-
Contagion: Flesh Rot	5			-	1.5 m / 5 ft	Attack roll CON save	-
Contagion: Mindfire	5			-	1.5 m / 5 ft	Attack roll CON save	-
Contagion: Seizure	5			-	1.5 m / 5 ft	Attack roll CON save	-
Contagion: Slimy Doom	5			3 turns	1.5 m / 5 ft	Attack roll CON save	-
Dethrone	5			-	30m / 90ft	CON save	10d6 + 20Necrotic
Animate Dead: Flying Ghoul Flock	6			-	3m / 10ft	-	-
Animate Dead: Ghoul Pack	6			-	3m / 10ft	-	-
Conjure Shadow Lantern Wraith	6			-	3m / 10ft	-	-
Eyebite: Asleep	6			10 turns	18m / 60ft	WIS save	-
Eyebite: Panicked	6			10 turns	18m / 60ft	WIS save	-
Eyebite: Sickened	6			10 turns	18m / 60ft	WIS save	-

NPC Only

Name	Level		Cast time	Duration	Range/Area	Attack/Save	Damage/Effect
No Rest for the Wicked	3			-	3m / 10ft	-	-
The Dead Wastes	3			-	18 m / 60 ft	-	4d6Necrotic 4d6hit points
Animate Dead	4			-	22m / 73ft  8m / 26ft (Radius)	-	-
Mark of Putrefaction	4			2 turns	12m / 40ft	-	-
Overwhelming Grief	4			10 turns	6m / 18ft  3m / 10ft (Radius)	CON save	1d8Necrotic
Withering Gift	4			Long Rest	18 m / 60 ft	-	-
Withering Theft	4			Long Rest	18 m / 60 ft	Attack roll	2d8Necrotic
Withering Touch	4			-	1.5 m / 5 ft	Attack roll	4d8 + 3Necrotic
Carrion's Explosive Cloudkill	5			-	18m / 60ft	DEX save	4d6Slashing
Lovely Assistant	5			-	8m / 27ft	-	-
Animate Dead	6			-	m / ft	-	-
Mystic Carrion's Vile Curse	6			3 turns	18m / 60ft	WIS save	2d10Necrotic
Finger of Death	7			-	30m / 100ft	CON save	7d8+30Necrotic