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


[[Mastiphal|Mastiphal, a daemon archduke]] taught Necromancy and other dark arts to a [[adventurers|mortal]] possessed by [[:Category:Demons|daemon]] of [[Sartan]].


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

]


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
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