Necromancy

Necromancy is the AOS-era dark magic school. Necromancers curse their enemies, drain life, raise the dead, and shape-shift into monstrous forms. Spells cost mana and reagents (the dark reagents — grave dust, daemon blood, nox crystal, pig iron, bat wing), are cast from a necromancer’s spellbook, and scale with the Necromancy skill; Spirit Speak boosts many of their effects.

Spells

Spell	Mana	Skill	Effect
Curse Weapon	7	0	Your weapon leeches life on hit for a short time.
Pain Spike	5	20	Quick direct damage that fades partly back.
Blood Oath	13	20	Curse a foe so the damage it deals reflects back onto it.
Corpse Skin	11	20	Lowers a target’s fire & poison resistance.
Evil Omen	11	20	The target’s next harmful effect hits harder.
Wraith Form	17	20	Become a wraith — move through creatures, leech mana on hit.
Mind Rot	17	30	Raises the target’s mana cost / drains mana over time.
Summon Familiar	17	30	Summon a necro pet familiar (horde minion, dark wolf, etc.).
Horrific Beast	11	40	Transform into a fast, regenerating beast (melee form).
Animate Dead	23	40	Raise a corpse as an undead minion.
Poison Strike	17	50	Poison-damage burst with splash to nearby foes.
Wither	23	60	Cold-damage area pulse around you.
Strangle	29	65	Damage-over-time that worsens as the target’s stamina drops.
Lich Form	23	70	Become a lich — faster mana regen and casting, weaker to fire.
Exorcism	40	80	Banish/disrupt undead and channeling.
Vengeful Spirit	41	80	Summon a vengeful spirit that hunts a target.
Vampiric Embrace	23	99	Become a vampire — strong life leech, weakness to fire.

The forms (Wraith / Horrific Beast / Lich / Vampiric Embrace) are mutually exclusive transformations that define a necromancer’s playstyle.

See also

• Necromancy skill · Spirit Speak — what governs and boosts these spells
• Magic overview · Reagents — the dark reagents
• Poison & status — curses and damage-over-time