Necromancy

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The Necromancy school of magic focuses on calling upon the unsavory power of death itself. It also influences how much bonus damage you can inflict with a pain branded weapon. Characters under the influence of the Necromutation spell (itself of the Necromancy school) receive a bonus to this skill, as do mummies upon reaching levels 13 and 26.

The primary use for Necromancy is the creation of derived undead allies, though there are also several offensive and defensive spell options for those who prefer to fight things themselves.

Using Necromancy has more consequences than other magical schools, as certain Necromancy spells have risks or side effects for the caster beyond the usual chance of miscasts. Necromancy is also considered unholy, and the good-aligned gods punish its use severely, as does Fedhas Madash when it is used on corpses.

List of Necromancy Spells

Lvl 1
	Animate Skeleton	Necromancy
	Pain	Necromancy
Lvl 2
	Corpse Rot	Necromancy
	Lethal Infusion	Necromancy/Charms
	Sublimation of Blood	Necromancy
Lvl 3
	Regeneration	Necromancy/Charms
	Vampiric Draining	Necromancy
Lvl 4
	Animate Dead	Necromancy
	Control Undead	Necromancy
Lvl 5
	Agony	Necromancy
	Dispel Undead	Necromancy
	Excruciating Wounds	Necromancy/Charms
	Twisted Resurrection	Necromancy
Lvl 6
	Bolt of Draining	Necromancy/Conjurations
	Death Channel	Necromancy
	Simulacrum	Necromancy/Ice Magic
Lvl 7
	Borgnjor's Revivification	Necromancy
	Haunt	Necromancy/Summonings
Lvl 8
	Death's Door	Necromancy
	Necromutation	Necromancy/Transmutations

Sources of Necromancy spells

Main Texts

Book of Necromancy (Pain, Animate Skeleton, Lethal Infusion, Vampiric Draining, Regeneration, Control Undead, Animate Dead)

Book of Death (Corpse Rot, Sublimation of Blood, Agony, Dispel Undead, Excruciating Wounds, Bolt of Draining)

Book of Unlife (Animate Dead, Twisted Resurrection, Control Undead, Simulacrum, Death Channel)

Necronomicon (Borgnjor's Revivification, Haunt, Death's Door, Necromutation)

Other Texts

Book of Cantrips (Animate Skeleton)

Book of Alchemy (Lethal Infusion, Sublimation of Blood)

Book of Control (Control Undead)

Book of Ice (Simulacrum)

Book of War Chants (Regeneration)

Grand Grimoire (Haunt)

Necromancy Aptitudes

From Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup 0.12 in-game documentation:

Hu	Ce	Dg	Ds	Dr	DD	DE	HE	SE	Fe	Gh	Ha	Ko	Mf	Mi	Mu	Na	Op	Og	HO	Sp	Te	Tr	Vp
0	-1	-1	1	0	1	2	-2	1	0	0	-2	0	-2	-3	0	0	0	-3	0	-1	1	-2	1

See Also

• Necromancer