Necromancy

Necromancy is the dark art of death magic. At the lower levels, there is an assortment of rather nefarious abilities. Soon though, the ability of Cannibalism is gained, a skill which has inspired wide-spread fear of those practicing Necromancy. Through cannibalism, a Necromancer increases his life essence, which powers the higher abilities. At the very highest level, a Necromancer gains the power to protect his very soul from death.

The ability to regain the life essence necessary to use Necromancy may be sealed from individuals by the Dread Ecclesiarch of Transvital Corruption, should they prove themselves to be directly against the ideals of the Lords of Evil. One who has undergone this process is said to be in anathema.

Necromancy is practised by the Apostate and Infernal classes. Once practised by the Occultist class as well, the skill was abandoned with the rediscovery of Occultism in the Modern Age.

Apostates also practise the skills of Evileye and Apostasy, while Infernals also have the skills of Chivalry and Weaponmastery.

Abilities in Necromancy

Deathsight	Attune yourself to the Underworld.
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Chill	Send the cold of the grave to plague an opponent.
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Sense	Seek out the life force of another being.
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Decay	Causing your opponent's flesh to decay.
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Night	Create darkness in the room.
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Shroud	Perform many actions in secret.
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Screech	The shriek of the banshee.
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Taint	Attack those with pure souls.
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Feed	Derive sustenance from another being.
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Leech	Leech away the mental energy of your target.
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Lifevision	Allows you to see many hidden beings.
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Shrivel	Cause your opponent's limbs to shrivel up.
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Cannibalism	Rip out and consume the heart of your victims.
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Essence	Sense about how much life essence you have.
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Sapience	Draw upon your essence to increase your mana.
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Vigour	Draw upon your essence to increase your health.
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Putrefaction	Cause your flesh to decay and melt.
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Drain	Drain your life essence into another Necromancer.
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Belch	Spew forth a noxious gas.
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Deathaura	Surround yourself in a miasma of evil.
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Disfigure	Curse someone with the visage of a rotting corpse.
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Soulstorm	Driving animal spirits away.
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Gravehands	Summon the hands of the grave to hinder your opponents.
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Leprosy	Spread disease to all around you.
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Exterminate	Destroy all plant life in a location.
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Vengeance	Revenge with your dying breath.
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Soulspear	Meld soul-matter from the dead into a physical weapon.
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Transverse	Cross vast distances in a single step.
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Blackwind	Assume the form of the deadly blackwind.
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Desecration	Banish the holy rites of the Bloodsworn Gods.
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Vivisect	Rip your victim's chest open and torture him to death.
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Soulcage	Harness your life essence to escape death itself.
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Infestation	Summon vile maggots from the depths.
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Infestation is an Infernal-only ability.

Ability	Description
Deathsight	Attune yourself to the Underworld.
Known: Yes Syntax: DEATHSIGHT RELAX DEATHSIGHT Details: Using this ability, you will touch the mind of Thoth, the Deathgod. While doing so, you will be alerted whenever anyone dies.
Chill	Send the cold of the grave to plague an opponent.
Known: No (6 lessons required) Syntax: CHILL <adventurer> Works on/against: Adventurers Details: Use this ability to freeze an adventurer in two or three stages. If the target has a caloric salve applied, this will nullify the caloric salve. If he doesn't, then it will set him shivering, which will regularly cause him to lose equilibrium. If you chill a shivering adventurer, you will freeze him completely.
Sense	Seek out the life force of another being.
Known: No (15 lessons required) Syntax: SENSE <adventurer> Works on/against: Adventurers Details: You will seek out the very life essence of an adventurer, gaining you the knowledge of his location.
Decay	Causing your opponent's flesh to decay.
Known: No (22 lessons required) Syntax: DECAY <target> Works on/against: Adventurers and denizens Details: You have gained the standard attack of the Necromancer. Your touch is enough to cause the flesh of your victim to wither. It does magical damage.
Night	Create darkness in the room.
Known: No (33 lessons required) Syntax: NIGHT Works on/against: Room Details: Cast a shroud of darkness over a location.
Shroud	Perform many actions in secret.
Known: No (55 lessons required) Syntax: SHROUD UNSHROUD Details: This will draw a shroud of concealment over your actions.
Screech	The shriek of the banshee.
Known: No (88 lessons required) Syntax: SCREECH Works on/against: Room Details: You have gained the power of the banshee. Your very scream will drive those who can hear you out of the location.
Taint	Attack those with pure souls.
Known: No (111 lessons required) Syntax: TAINT <adventurer> Works on/against: Adventurers Details: This ability will use your evil necromantic power to attack other adventurers.
Feed	Derive sustenance from another being.
Known: No (133 lessons required) Syntax: FEED <adventurer> Extra Information: Essence: 1.5% Works on/against: Adventurers Details: You are now able to literally drain the nourishment from another adventurer in a display of cruelty.
Leech	Leech away the mental energy of your target.
Known: No (155 lessons required) Syntax: LEECH <adventurer> Works on/against: Adventurers Details: This is the skill of draining another's mental energy to add to your own.
Lifevision	Allows you to see many hidden beings.
Known: No (177 lessons required) Syntax: LIFEVISION Details: You are attuned to the life essences of all living beings, and with this power, you will see through many illusions and hiding defences.
Shrivel	Cause your opponent's limbs to shrivel up.
Known: No (222 lessons required) Syntax: SHRIVEL <arms/legs> <adventurer> SHRIVEL <left/right> <arm/leg> <adventurer> Works on/against: Adventurers Details: By grabbing onto the limb of an adventurer, you can destroy its marrow, rendering it useless.
Cannibalism	Rip out and consume the heart of your victims.
Known: No (266 lessons required) Syntax: DRAW HEART CONSUME HEART Works on/against: None Details: This is truly the joy of the Necromancer. If there is a corpse on the ground that has not already been victimized by a fellow Necromancer, you may DRAW HEART. Then, in an orgy of gastronomic pleasure, you may CONSUME HEART. The greater the experience of the adventurer who provided the heart, the greater your gain in life essence will be. Enjoy this pleasure, my murderous friend, for there are few greater in life or death. It is important to note that how much life essence you get is modified by the experience of your victim.
Essence	Sense about how much life essence you have.
Known: No (266 lessons required) Syntax: ESSENCE Details: This will tell you how much life essence you possess.
Sapience	Draw upon your essence to increase your mana.
Known: No (288 lessons required) Syntax: SAPIENCE Extra Information: Essence: 1.5% Details: You draw on your life essence to boost your mana.
Vigour	Draw upon your essence to increase your health.
Known: No (333 lessons required) Syntax: VIGOUR Extra Information: Essence: 1.5% Details: You draw on your life essence to boost your health.
Putrefaction	Cause your flesh to decay and melt.
Known: No (422 lessons required) Syntax: PUTREFACTION SOLIDIFY Extra Information: Essence: 1% Details: By turning your flesh into a semi-liquid, rotting state, you gain some measure of immunity from both blunt and edged weapons.
Drain	Drain your life essence into another Necromancer.
Known: No (466 lessons required) Syntax: DRAIN <necromancer> Works on/against: Adventurers Details: With this ability you can transfer life essence from yourself to another necromancer. Unfortunately, it is not a perfect transfer and some life essence will be lost in the process.
Belch	Spew forth a noxious gas.
Known: No (533 lessons required) Syntax: BELCH Works on/against: Room Details: This ability will allow you to belch forth a cloud of foul, poisoning gas that will hurt anyone breathing it in, except you.
Deathaura	Surround yourself in a miasma of evil.
Known: No (599 lessons required) Syntax: DEATHAURA Extra Information: Essence: 1% Works on/against: Room Details: This ability will create, for a limited period of time, and at a cost of life essence, an aura of death and evil that will harm all enemies who are in your location.
Disfigure	Curse someone with the visage of a rotting corpse.
Known: No (702 lessons required) Syntax: DISFIGURE <adventurer> Works on/against: Adventurers Details: Using this ability, you will cause your opponent's visage to become so horrific that even his closest allies will turn on him. The chaos and fickleness of emotion and sentiment is a wonderful thing, is it not?
Soulstorm	Driving animal spirits away.
Known: No (805 lessons required) Syntax: SOULSTORM <adventurer> Extra Information: Essence: 1% Works on/against: Adventurers Details: This ability will attempt to force a metamorphosized adventurer back into his mortal form.
Gravehands	Summon the hands of the grave to hinder your opponents.
Known: No (909 lessons required) Syntax: SUMMON HANDS OF THE GRAVE BANISH HANDS OF THE GRAVE Extra Information: Essence: 1.5% Works on/against: Adventurers Details: This ability will cause rotting hands to rise up from the ground to grab at the ankles of any who try to leave the location. The only ones who will not be affected are those who serve Evil in the city of Mhaldor.
Leprosy	Spread disease to all around you.
Known: No (995 lessons required) Syntax: LEPROSY Extra Information: Essence: 3.5% Works on/against: Room Details: By filling your body with the unclean, you can infect many others in the room with you, be they friend or foe, causing random limbs to shrivel up. Useful against a group.
Exterminate	Destroy all plant life in a location.
Known: No (1116 lessons required) Syntax: EXTERMINATE Extra Information: Essence: 1% Works on/against: Room Details: Using your command of the energies of death, you are able to wipe a forest area clean of plant life, replenishing some of your essence. Be warned though, there is an essence cost to this ability, and unless there is a sufficient amount of plant life in the room, you may lose essence using it. It should also be noted that an exterminated room is no longer considered a forest room, so many Druidic abilities will not work in such a room.
Vengeance	Revenge with your dying breath.
Known: No (1185 lessons required) Syntax: VENGEANCE [ON|OFF] RELAX VENGEANCE Extra Information: Essence: 4% Works on/against: Room Details: At the cost of a fair amount of life essence, you will exact revenge on your killers when you die in most circumstances.
Soulspear	Meld soul-matter from the dead into a physical weapon.
Known: No (1288 lessons required) Syntax: EVOKE SOULSPEAR FROM <adventurer corpse> THROW SOULSPEAR AT <adventurer> <direction> Works on/against: Adventurers Details: Essence cost to evoke it: 2.5% Soulspear allows the skilled Necromancer to form a weapon forged in the soul of the dead. By taking an adventurer corpse, you can form the soulspear. A corpse from an adventurer level 30 and under has too weak a soul to form such a powerful weapon out of. Beyond that, the higher the level of the victim, the more powerful the soulspear. Once you have it, you may throw it at someone who is outside your room, anywhere in your line-of-sight. It will shatter shields and prismatic barriers, or, if the person lacks one of those, the necromantic energy will be released, summoning forth hands of the grave in your victim's location.
Transverse	Cross vast distances in a single step.
Known: No (1357 lessons required) Syntax: TRANSVERSE <target> Extra Information: Essence: 2% Works on/against: Adventurers Details: This ability allows for swift travel across the land. You must initiate the activation from a room where hands of the grave have been summoned forth. If your target also stands in a room where the hands grasp at the living, this travel is instantaneous. If the hands are not present, the target is required to be a practitioner of necromancy, and the travel will be delayed.
Blackwind	Assume the form of the deadly blackwind.
Known: No (1426 lessons required) Syntax: BLACKWIND HUMAN CHOKE CHOKE <target> Extra Information: Essence: 5% Works on/against: Adventurers Details: This allows you to take the form of the deadly blackwind. While in this form, your freedom is severely limited, but your ability to be harmed is also severely restricted. After you have become the blackwind, you have the nefarious ability to slip down a victim's throat and CHOKE him. While in blackwind form, you will lose willpower very quickly as you strain to hold your nebulous form together. HUMAN is the command to return to your normal form.
Desecration	Banish the holy rites of the Bloodsworn Gods.
Known: No (1530 lessons required) Syntax: DESECRATE <rite> Works on/against: Room Details: Using your Necromantic essence, you may sever any devotional rites from the location in which you stand. If the layer of the rite is present, this ability takes some time, during which you may make no actions.
Vivisect	Rip your victim's chest open and torture him to death.
Known: No (1564 lessons required) Syntax: VIVISECT <adventurer> Works on/against: Adventurers Details: Evil as you are, you find yourself enjoying live experimentation, preferably on people you know. Once your victim is splayed out and helpless, meaning all four of his or her limbs are withered, you may perform your experiments, killing your victim in horrifying agony.
Soulcage	Harness your life essence to escape death itself.
Known: No (1736 lessons required) Syntax: SOULCAGE ACTIVATE SOULCAGE DEACTIVATE SOULCAGE STATUS Extra Information: Essence: 30% - New soulcage 3% - Reactivate soulcage 2% - Deactivate soulcage Details: This is perhaps the greatest of the necromantic abilities, and carries with it the greatest life essence cost. It allows you to spin a web of life essence around your very soul, protecting it from death. Soulcage may only be used once every 6 Achaean days. The soulcage can be deactivated by raising a barrier of life essence between it and your soul, preventing it from saving you from death. It may be reactivated later for a much lower essence cost. SOULCAGE STATUS will show the current state of your soulcage, if any.

See also

• Apostasy
• Evileye
• Chivalry
• Forging