Spells Known of 1st Level and Higher

At 1st level, you know two 1st-level spells of your choice from the necromancer spell list.

The Spells Known column of the necromancer table shows when you learn more necromancer spells of your choice of 1st level and higher. A spell you choose must be of a level no higher than what’s shown in the table’s Slot Level column for your level. When you reach 6th level, for example, you learn a new necromancer spell, which can be 1st, 2nd, or 3rd level.

Additionally, when you gain a level in this class, you can choose one of the spells you know and replace it with another spell from the necromancer spell list, which also must be of a level for which you have spell slots.

Although you have 9th level spell slots when you reach level 18, you may not cast an 8th or 9th level spell more than once per long rest.

Spellcasting Ability

Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for your necromancer spells, since the power of your magic relies on your knowledge of the cryptic arts of previous necromancers.

You use your Intelligence whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Intelligence modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a necromancer spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one.

Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence Modifier

Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier

The Necromancer

Level	Proficiency Bonus		Features	Cantrips Known		Spells Known	Spell Slots	Slot Level
1st	+2		Spellcasting, Minor Necromancy	1		2	1	1st
2nd	+2		Necromancy	1		3	2	1st
3rd	+2		Path of Darkness Feature(s), Undead Affinity	2		4	2	2nd
4th	+2		Ability Score Improvement	2		5	2	2nd
5th	+3		Aura of Death	2		6	2	3rd
6th	+3		Life Siphoning, Path of Darkness Feature(s)	2		7	2	3rd
7th	+3		—	3		8	2	4th
8th	+3		Ability Score Improvement	3		9	2	4th
9th	+4		—	3		10	2	5th
10th	+4		Path of Darkness Feature(s), Undead Affinity Feature(s)	3		10	2	5th
11th	+4		—	4		11	3	5th
12th	+4		Ability Score Improvement	4		11	3	6th
13th	+5		—	4		12	3	6th
14th	+5		Path of Darkness Feature(s)	4		12	3	7th
15th	+5		Negative Energy Barrier	5		13	3	7th
16th	+5		—	5		13	3	8th
17th	+6		Undead Affinity Feature(s)	5		14	4	8th
18th	+6		Undead Control Expertise	6		14	4	9th
19th	+6		Ability Score Improvement	6		15	4	9th
20th	+6		Master of Death, Legendary Magic	6		15	4	9th

Minor Necromancy

You have begun to understand the simple mechanics of necromancy. As such you are now able to deal pure death to your enemies through the darkness of necromancy. Also you can raise them and others from the dead to act as your lowly servants.

Necromancy Touch

You now have the ability to bleed life out of your enemies through dark means. You can use an action to attempt to touch a creature via a melee attack roll, upon a hit deal 1d8 necrotic damage, if this damage reduces a creature's hit points to zero then it dies. The damage dealt increases to 2d8 at 5th level, 3d8 at 10th, 4d8 at 15th, and 5d8 at 20th level. When you kill a creature using this ability it is raised from the dead for 24 hours and is under your command for the duration, once this time is up the creature will turn to dust and die. You regain any expended uses when you finish a long rest.

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Undead Servant

Medium Undead, Chaotic Neutral

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• Armor Class 10 + prof. bonus
• Hit Points 15 (3d8+3) + 5x necromancer level
• Speed 25 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
13 (+1)	8 (-1)	16 (+3)	3 (-4)	7 (-2)	5 (-3)

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• Saving Throws WIS +0
• Damage Immunities Poison
• Condition Immunities Poisoned
• Senses Darkvision 60 ft., Passive Perception 8
• Languages Understans languages it knew in life but cannot speak
• Challenge 1/4 (25XP)

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• Undead Fortitude. If damage reduces the zombie to 0 hit points, it must make a Constitution saving throw with a DC of 5 + the damage taken, unless the damage is radiant or from a critical hit. On a success, the zombie drops to 1 hit point instead.

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Actions

Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: (prof. bonus)d6+1 bludgeoning damage

Necromancy

At 2nd level, you have gained the ability to summon stronger undead. As an action you can summon undead by using any soul points that you have stored. The undead will rise through the ground within 30 ft. of you to come to your aid. You start with 1/2 your necromancer level worth of soul points and can regain them by absorbing them from recently killed creatures. You absorb the amount equal to the creature's half of it's CR rating. The total amount of soul points you can have stored are shown on the table. You can never summon more CR 1 or below undead then half your level. All monster stats are at the bottom of the document.

Tip for DM's

This class can become very unbalanced at a moments notice if a player finds any loophole or misinterpretation of rules. Review the Undead table and Necromancy feature carefully to make sure everyone participating understands how this system works.

Undead Affinity

Beginning at 3rd level, you begin to manifest a likeness to undead and cause them to see you as one of their own. You gain a 10 ft. protective aura around you that causes undead with an intelligence of 8 or lower to see you as one of their own. Undead in this aura will not attack you unless you harm it first. Undead that are attacked or are being controlled by a target other than yourself aren’t affected by this feature.

At 10th level, your affinity with undead manifests physically, you are immune to diseases, your hit point maximum can't be reduced, and the range of your protective aura increases to 30 feet and protects your friends too.

At 17th level, you are similar to the undead so much that you take on their undead nature. You are immune to the exhaustion and poisoned conditions.

Path of Darkness

Starting at level 3, you can follow the Path of Darkness. Your choice grants you features at 3rd level, and again at 6th, 10th and 14th levels. The features are detailed at the end of the class description.

Ability Score Improvement

When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 12th, 16th and 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

Aura of Demise

Starting at 5th level, you learn how to release a flow of dark energy that enhances your undead minions. As a bonus action you can activate one aura that you know and turn them off with no action cost on your turn.

You learn one aura when you gain this feature, and again at 11th and 18th levels. When your Aura of Demise is turned on, you can maintain all auras simultaneously until you dismiss the effect(s). Aura effects require you to take damage at the beginning of each of your turns to maintain them. This cost is noted on each Aura effect.

On future turns you may use a bonus action to activate an additional Aura. Your Aura of Demise has a radius of 30 ft, and affects all undead creatures under your control within the radius.

Aura of Ferocity

Costs 2 hit points per turn.

Affected creatures can add your Charisma modifier to their damage rolls with weapon attacks.

Aura of Resilience

Costs 2 hit points per turn.

Affected creatures can add your Charisma modifier to any saving throws they make.

Aura of Retaliation

Costs 2 hit points per turn.

Affected creatures can make an attack of opportunity against any creature that attacks them within 5 feet.

Aura of Tenacity

Costs 2 hit points per turn.

Affected creatures take less damage from non magical bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage equal to your Charisma Modifier.

Aura of Terror

Costs 3 hit points per turn.

Affected creatures become more menacing. Any creature other than you that starts its turn within 5 feet of them must make a Wisdom saving throw against Spell save DC or become frightened for 1 minute. They can repeat this saving throw at the end of each of their turns. If they succeed on their saving throw, they become immune to this effect for 24 hours. Any creatures that are frightened when this aura ends stops being frightened.

Life Siphoning

At 6th level, your dark powers can heal you at the cost of an undead sacrifice. As an action you can cause one of the undead within 120 ft. of you, that you control, to die. You gain hit points equal to its current hit points. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency. You regain any expended uses when you finish a long rest. You also gain proficiency in arcana, if you already have proficiency, then you instead gain Expertise.

Negative Energy Barrier

Beginning at 15th level, you have figured out how to channel negative energy into an arcane shield around you. You can now use your Intelligence modifier to determine your AC instead of Dexterity. In addition you can channel through yourself to guide your strikes, you can now use your Intelligence modifier for your attack bonus and damage modifiers for attacks.

Class Restrictions

Much of this class draws off of the Dm's willingness to play this class. You might want to consult if any abilities, if even all of them, must go for the purpose of balancing the class.

Undead Control Expertise

When you reach 18th level, your power over death strengthens you and your summoned minions. All undead creatures under your control have advantage on Saving Throws against Turn Undead and cannot be destroyed by Destroy Undead.

In addition any Undead creature which enters a range of 200ft, is of CR8 or lower, and has an Intelligence of 5 or lower becomes friendly and obeys your commands. You may also use an action to attempt to exert your control over more powerful undead, any undead above CR8 within the aura must succeed a contest of their Wisdom saving throw vs your Arcana check, on a Success they are now under your control. If they have an Intelligence higher than 5 then they make this check with advantage and if their Intelligence is over 15 then they can remake the Contest every hour. If you fail they are immune to this effect for 24 hours. Any undead creature above CR18 is immune to this effect. You can use this effect a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus. You regain any expended uses when you finish a long rest

Master of Death

When you reach the 20th level, you achieve full mastery over Death. Your creature type becomes undead and you become immune to necrotic damage and to exhaustion. In addition, as an action, you can further boost the ability: The Goal of All Life is Death. When you use this ability; you no longer require a spell slot to be used and the time to cast is immediate. Alos, on a success, it takes 150 points of necrotic damage instead of 100. Once you use this ability, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest. You also gain the Undead Fortitude trait (see the zombie stat block MM pg.316).

Legendary Magic

At 20th level you have reached the apex of mortality magic. You can use an action to cast one type of Legendary Magic per day as it requires the manipulation of a colossal portion of the Weave and further attempts will only succeed with a DC 28 arcana check.

On a failed save you take 1 level of exhaustion, roll on the wild magic table twice, and take 4d12 damage as a magical backlash. Legendary Magic can not be stopped and all effects that try to dispel the magic or counter it are immediately nullified including Anti Magic zones.

Lord of Undead

Once cast, this super-tier spell allows you to summon forth 2 Adult Black Dracoliches under your full command. These creatures disappear after 24 hours or at the casters whim.

Eternal Darkness:

Choose a point within 200ft, upon casting the spell, you call down a huge pillar of pure darkness from the sky. Nothing can be seen through or around it. After a few seconds, it will leave behind an area burned to a cinder, devoid of life. Each creature you choose in a 40-foot-radius and 1000 ft high cylinder takes 15d20 necrotic damage and 15d20 bludgeoning damage, this damage bypasses all resistances and immunities.

Immortal Sacrifice:

Choose a point within 200ft, a black cyclone of 40 ft radius appears at this point that instantly kills all creatures below CR5 and all creatures above CR5 must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failure, they take 10d20 necrotic damage and become vulnerable to necrotic damage on the following rounds or half on a success. If this damage reduces a creature to 0 hit points then it dies and is unable to be resurrected by anything less than True Resurrection or Wish as their soul is used in the next stage of the spell. Undead and Construct creatures are not affected by this spell.

Additionally, the fallen victims caught in the cyclone are sacrificed in order to summon monsters known as "Dark Ones." The number of summoned Dark Ones depends on the total CR of the creatures killed added together divided by 10 (rounded up). These creatures will disappear after 24 hours or whenever the caster releases them.

Mummy

Medium undead, lawful evil

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• Armor Class 11 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 58 (9d8 + 18)
• Speed 20 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
16 (+3)	8 (−1)	15 (+2)	6 (−2)	10 (+0)	12 (+1)

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• Saving Throws Wis +2
• Damage Vulnerabilities fire
• Damage Resistances bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks
• Damage Immunities necrotic, poison
• Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, poisoned
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
• Languages the languages it knew in life
• Challenge 3 (700 XP)

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Actions

Multiattack. The mummy can use its Dreadful Glare and makes one attack with its rotting fist.

Rotting Fist. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3) bludgeoning damage plus 10 (3d6) necrotic damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or be cursed with mummy rot. The cursed target can’t regain hit points, and its hit point maximum decreases by 10 (3d6) for every 24 hours that elapse. If the curse reduces the target’s hit point maximum to 0, the target dies, and its body turns to dust. The curse lasts until removed by the remove curse spell or other magic.

Dreadful Glare. The mummy targets one creature it can see within 60 feet of it. If the target can see the mummy, it must succeed on a DC 11 Wisdom saving throw against this magic or become frightened until the end of the mummy’s next turn. If the target fails the saving throw by 5 or more, it is also paralyzed for the same duration. A target that succeeds on the saving throw is immune to the Dreadful Glare of all mummies (but not mummy lords) for the next 24 hours.

Flameskull

Tiny Undead, Neutral Evil

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• Armor Class 13
• Hit Points 40 (9d4 + 18)
• Speed 0 ft., 40 ft. (hover)

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
1 (-5)	17 (+3)	14 (+2)	16 (+3)	10 (+0)	11 (+0)

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• Skills Arcana +5, Perception +2
• Damage Resistances Lightning, Necrotic, Piercing
• Damage Immunities Cold, Fire, Poison
• Condition Immunities Charmed, Frightened, Paralyzed, Poisoned, Prone
• Senses Darkvision 60 ft., Passive Perception 12
• Languages Common
• Challenge 5 (1,100XP)

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• Illumination. The flameskull sheds either dim light in a 15-foot radius, or bright light in a 15-foot radius and dim light for an additional 15 feet. It can switch between the options as an action.

• Magic Resistance. The flameskull has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

• Rejuvenation. If the flameskull is destroyed, it regains all its hit points in 1 hour unless holy water is sprinkled on its remains or a dispel magic or remove curse spell is cast on them.

• Spellcasting. The flameskull is a 5th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 13, +5 to hit with spell attacks). It requires no somatic or material components to cast its spells. The flameskull has the following wizard spells prepared:

Cantrip (at will): mage hand

1st level (3 slots): magic missile, shield

2nd level (2 slots): blur, flaming sphere

3rd level (1 slot): fireball

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Actions

Multiattack. The flameskull uses Fire Ray twice.

Fire Ray. Ranged Spell Attack: +5 to hit, range 30 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (3d6) fire damage.

Beholder Zombie

Large Undead, neutral evil

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• Armor Class 15
• Hit Points 93 (11d10 + 33)
• Speed 0 ft., 20 ft. (hover)

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
10 (+0)	8 (-1)	16 (+3)	3 (-4)	8 (-1)	5 (-3)

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• Saving Throws WIS +2
• Damage Immunities Poison
• Condition Immunities Poisoned, Prone
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 9
• Languages understands Deep Speech and Undercommon but can’t speak
• Challenge 5 (1,800XP)

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Actions

• Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (4d6) piercing damage.

• Eye Ray. The zombie uses a random magical eye ray, choosing a target that it can see within 60 feet of it.

1.Paralyzing Ray. The targeted creature must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or be paralyzed for 1 minute. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.

2.Fear Ray. The targeted creature must succeed on a DC 14 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened for 1 minute. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.

3.Enervation Ray. The targeted creature must make a DC 14 Constitution saving throw, taking 36 (8d8) necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

4.Disintegration Ray. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw or take 45 (10d8) force damage. If this damage reduces the creature to 0 hit points, its body becomes a pile of fine gray dust. If the target is a Large or smaller non magical object or creation of magical force, it is disintegrated without a saving throw. If the target is a Huge or larger nonmagical object or creation of magical force, this ray disintegrates a 10-foot cube of it.

Boneclaw

Large Undead, Chaotic Evil

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• Armor Class 16
• Hit Points 127 (17d10 + 34)
• Speed 40 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
19 (+4)	16 (+3)	16 (+3)	15 (+2)	13 (+1)	9 (-1)

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• Saving Throws Dex: +7, Con: +6, Wis: +6

• Skills Perception +6, Stealth +7

• Damage Resistances cold, necrotic; and bludgeoning, piercing and slashing from nonmagical attacks

• Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, poisoned

• Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive perception 16

• Languages Common plus the main language of its master

• Challenge 10 (5,900XP)

• Rejuvenation. While its master lives, a destroyed boneclaw gains a new body in 1d10 hours, with all its hit points. The new body appears within 1 mile of the boneclaw's master.

• Shadow Stealth. While in dim light or darkness, the boneclaw can take the Hide action as a bonus action.

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Actions

Multiattack. The Boneclaw makes two claw attacks.

Piercing Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 20 (3d10 + 4) piercing damage. If the target is a creature, the boneclaw can pull the target up to 10 feet toward itself, and the target is grappled (escape DC: 14). The boneclaw has two claws. While a claw grapples a target, the claw can attack only that target.

• Shadow Jump. If the boneclaw is in dim light or darkness, each creature of the boneclaw's choice within 5 feet of it must succeed on a DC: 14 Constitution saving throw or take 34 (5d12 + 2) necrotic damage.

Skeletal Dragon

Gargantuan Undead, neutral evil

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• Armor Class 21
• Hit Points 187 (10d20 + 87)
• Speed Speed

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
27 (+8)	14 (+2)	28 (+4)	15 (+2)	10 (+0)	10 (+0)

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• Damage Vulnerabilities Bludgeoning
• Damage Resistances Fire
• Damage Immunities cold, necrotic, poison
• Condition Immunities exhaustion, poisoned
• Senses blindsight 60 ft., darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 10
• Languages understands the languages it knew in life but can't speak
• Challenge 12 (8,200XP)

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• Limited Telepathy. The skeleton can magically transmit simple messages and images to any creature within 120 feet of it that can understand a language. This form of telepathy doesn't allow the receiving creature to telepathically respond.

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Actions

Multiattack. The skeleton makes four attacks: one with its bite, two with its claw, and one with its tail.

• Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 19 (2d10 + 8) piercing damage. The target's hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the damage taken, and the skeleton regains hit points equal to half that amount. The reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest. The target dies if this effect reduces its hit point maximum to 0.

• Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (2d6 + 8) slashing damage.

• Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 17 (2d8 + 8) bludgeoning damage.

The Dark Ones

Huge Undead, Chaotic Neutral

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• Armor Class 17
• Hit Points 168 (16d12 + 24)
• Speed 40 ft., swim 30 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
22 (+6)	12 (+1)	18 (+4)	12 (+1)	16 (+3)	7 (-2)

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• Condition Immunities Blinded
• Senses blindsight 60 ft., passive Perception 13
• Languages All languages
• Challenge 8 (3,900 XP)

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• Trample. When the Dark Ones moves at least 20 feet in a straight line, all creatures within 5 feet it passes have to make a successful DC 15 Strength saving throw or fall prone. The Dark Ones can make a stomp attack against one prone target as a bonus action.

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Actions

Multiattack. The Dark Ones makes two attacks: one with its tentacle and one with its bite.

Tentacle. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (2d8 + 6) bludgeoning damage. The target is grappled (escape DC 17). If the target is Large or smaller, it is also restrained until this grapple ends. While grappling the target, the dark young has advantage on attack rolls against it. The dark young has four tentacles, each of which can grapple only one target. When the dark young moves, any Large or smaller target it is grappling moves with it.

• Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 19 (3d8 + 6) piercing damage.

• Stomp. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one prone creature. Hit: 24 (4d8 + 6) bludgeoning damage.

Swarm of Undead

Varying Size, Neutral

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• Armor Class 10
• Hit Points 1d10 per every zombie in the swarm
• Speed 20 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
18 (+)	5 (-3)	18 (+4)	3 (-4)	6 (-2)	5 (-3)

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• Damage Immunities Poison
• Condition Immunities Poisoned
• Senses Darkvision 60 ft., Passive Perception 14
• Languages understands the languages it knew in life but can't speak
• Challenge Varies

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• Undead Fortitude. If damage reduces the zombie to 0 hit points, it must make a Constitution saving throw with a DC of 5 + the damage taken, unless the damage is radiant or from a critical hit. On a success, the zombie drops to 1 hit point instead.

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Actions

Multiattack. The Undead Swarm makes one attacks depending on swarm size.

• Large (5-10)
  Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: (4d6 + 3) bludgeoning damage or (2d6 + 3) damage if the swarm has half of its hit points or fewer.

• Huge (10-15)
  Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: (6d6 + 3) bludgeoning damage or (3d6 + 3) damage if the swarm has half of its hit points or fewer.

• Gargantuan (16-20)
  Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: (8d6 + 3) bludgeoning damage or (4d6 + 3) damage if the swarm has half of its hit points or fewer.

• Different undead use different dice:

• Zombie: keep as d6

• Skeleton: replace dice with d8

• Ghoul: replace dice with d10

• Ghast: replace dice with d12