One and the Same

Most blindly believe life and death are polar opposites. In truth, they are merely two sides of the same coin, and can be flipped easily by a well trained mind. Necromancers dedicate themselves to this art, animating the bodies left behind and calling back the soul.

Not everyone walked this path from the start. A doctor wishing to do more for their patients, might begin researching methods to save them even after death. Investigators might need answers no being in living memory can give.

Wanderers By Trade

In many part of the world, necromancy is a dark art to be feared, driving practitioners out of society. Left without a safe place, in search of bodies to reanimate. Some might even brave the scorn of civilization again, where they'll offer their services to more open minds.

Creating A Necromancer

As you create your necromancer, consider what led you down this path. Was it the death of a loved one who you wish to bring back, no matter the cost? Could it simply be the natural progression of your career?

Your backstory will shape how you value death, which are reflected in your choice of minions. If you believe life is a fleeting thing, then you might callously throw bodies at the problem until it is solved. A more caring past might see you carefully position your minions to strike, doing everything you can to reduce losses.

Quick Build

You can make a necromancer quickly by following these suggestions. First, Intelligence should be your highest ability score, followed by Constitution or Dexterity. If you plan to become a Spectral Knight, prioritize Strength or Dexterity depending on your weapons of choice. Second, choose the scholar background. Third, choose the mage hand and ray of frost cantrips, along with the 1st-level spells armor of agathys and shield.

 

Multiclassing

You must have a Intelligence score of 13 or higher to multiclass in or out of the necromancer. You gain proficiency in light armor and simple weapons with your first level in necromancer.

Hit Points

• Hit Dice: 1d8 per necromancer level
• Hit Points at 1st Level: 8 + your Constitution Modifier
• Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8 (or 5) + your Constitution modifier per necromancer level after 1st

Proficiencies

• Armor: Light armor, shields
• Weapons: Simple weapons
• Tools: None
• Saving Throws: Intelligence, Wisdom
• Skills: Choose two from Arcana, History, Intimidation, Investigation, Medicine, Nature, and Religion

Equipment

You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:

• (a) a light crossbow and 20 bolts or (b) any simple weapon
• (a) a component pouch or (b) an arcane focus
• (a) a dungeoneer's pack or (b) a scholar's pack
• Leather armor, any simple weapon, and two daggers

Alternatively, you can choose to start with 125 gp and opt to spend some or all of that money on starting equipment.

Cantrips

At 1st level, you learn two cantrips of your choice from the necromancer spell list. You learn additional necromancer cantrips of your choice at higher levels, as shown in the Cantrips Known column of the necromancer table.

Spell Slots

The Necromancer table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your necromancer spells of 1st through 5th level. The table also shows what the level of those slots is; all of your spell slots are the same level. To cast one of your necromancer spells of 1st level or higher, you must expend a spell slot. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a short or long rest.

For example, when you are 5th level, you have two 3rd-level spell slots. To cast the 1st-level spell false life, you must spend one of those slots, and you cast it as a 3rd-level spell.

 

Spells Known of 1st Level and Higher

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. Each of these spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots, as shown on the table. For instance, when you reach 3rd level in this class, you can learn one new spell of 1st or 2nd level.

Additionally, when you gain a level in this class, you can choose one of the necromancer 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.

Spellcasting Ability

Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for your necromancer spells, as your mental and magical prowess stems from hard work and dedication. 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

Ritual Casting

You can cast any necromancer spell as a ritual if that spell has the ritual tag.

Spellcasting Focus

You can use an arcane focus (found in PHB chapter 5) as a spellcasting focus for your necromancer spells.

Focus Points

You have 2 focus points, and you gain more as you reach higher levels, as shown in the Focus Points column of the Necromancer table. You regain all spent focus points when you finish a short or long rest.

Mind over Matter

After finishing a short or long rest, you can assign focus points into three different categories of Graven abilities. A level prerequisite refers to your level in this class.

• Alteration. These abilities enhance existing features and can even grant new capabilities to your minions.

• Command. These actions must be prepared before use, but allow your minions to perform complex maneuvers in combat.

• Minion. Your loyal servants come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, which can be further modified through Alterations and Commands. See their statblocks at the end of the class description. The focus points you assign to Graven minions cannot exceed your focus point maximum.

Some class features may also require focus points to activate.

Graven Minions

To raise a Graven Minion, you must expend your action and 2 focus points to touch the corpse of a Medium or larger sized creature, reanimating their body as a Basic Minion. Your minions have the following properties:

• Appearance. Your Graven Minions are distinctly undead or skeletal in appearance and are protected from further decay. You choose how decayed your minions are, which has no effect on the minion's capabilities.

 

• Combat. Graven Minions are allies to you and your companions. In combat, Graven Minions share your initiative count, but take their turn immediately after yours in an order of your choosing. As a bonus action on your turn, you can issue verbal and visual commands which they will follow to the best of their abilities. If you don’t issue any, a Graven Minion will use its turn to avoid danger, taking the Dodge action.

• Location. You instinctively know where your minions are located within a 1 mile radius. A Minion outside of your range becomes incapacitated and can't take any actions. Any minions outside this range immediately disintegrates during your next rest.

• Maintenance. Graven minions are under your control until your next short or long rest. To maintain control until you rest again, you must expend the appropriate amount of focus points for each of your minions. If you don't, a minion immediately disintegrates.

• Repair. A minion can regain hitpoints through magical means, such as with the spell Cure Wounds. If you cast the spell Mending on a Graven Minion, it regains 2d6 hit points. A minion that reaches 0 hitpoints disintegrates into a pile of bone ash.

Waste Not

At 2nd level, your efficient workflow allows you to recycle organic material, even your own if need be. You can expend 1 hit die for every focus point required to reanimate a Graven Minion, which does not require corpses. A Graven Minion reanimated this way takes 1 minute of intense concentration, and appears in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of you.

Animating Expression

At 3rd level, you begin to specialize in one of the following Expressions: Biomass, Conduit, Corpse Engineer, Fulminator Mage, Ghoulcaller, Lord of Bones, or the Spectral Knight. Your choice grants you features at 3rd level and again at 6th, 10th, and 14th levels. Each Expression is detailed at the end of the class description.

Living Weapon

When you choose this expression at 3rd level, your Graven Mind has expanded to accommodate more abilities. Choose a Graven Alteration or Command you can prepare, which then becomes a Signature Ability for you. Signature Abilities do not cost any focus points to maintain. You can choose additional Graven Abilities when you reach 5th, 11th, and 17th level in necromancer. Whenever you gain a level in this class, you can replace a Signature Ability with another that you qualify for.

Anchorpoint

Also at 3rd level, you emit a protective aura for your allies. When an allied creature within 10 feet of you takes damage, you can choose to reduce the damage they take by an amount equal to your Intelligence modifier, which is then transferred onto you. This feature doesn't transfer any other effects that might accompany the damage, and this damage can't be reduced in any way.

Born as One

At 6th level, you learn to join living flesh with rot. You can use your bonus action to merge yourself inside the body of a Graven Minion larger than you if they are within 5 feet of you.

While in this merged state, you gain the following properties:

• Your minion benefits from your senses, saving throws, and skill proficiencies.
• Your size and carrying capacity is determined by the size of the minion you merged with.
• Your minion cannot take any actions, and it takes damage instead of you. You take any excess damage that would reduce your minion to 0 hitpoints.
• Your AC and ability scores become equal to your minion, unless your own statistics are higher.
• You are able to use any features and abilities available to your minion.

If your minion is reduced to 0 hitpoints, you exit prone to an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the minion. You can also end this effect early by using your bonus action.

Siphon Flesh

At 10th level, you feed on the weak to satiate your growing hunger. When you reduce a creature to 0 hitpoints while in a merged state, you can use your reaction to have your merged minion consume its flesh and gain temporary hitpoints equal to 2 rolls of its hit die plus your Intelligence modifier. The creature consumed cannot be created from magic, such as the animals pulled from a Bag of Tricks.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a short or long rest.

Guardian Horror

At 14th level, your strength has reached unnatural levels. While you are in a merged state, you gain these additional benefits:

• Your minion's current and maximum hitpoints increases by an amount equal to 3 times your necromancer level.
• You cannot moved or displaced against your will.
• You are a bulwark of protection, granting other creatures of your choice within 10 feet the benefits of half cover.

Voltaic Engine

When you choose this expression at 3rd level, you develop a Spark Meter that harnesses the power of electricity. Whenever one of your minions takes lightning damage from an attack or spell, you gain a spark charge, up to a maximum of 6 spark charges. Each instance of damage can only generate 1 spark charge. You lose all spark charges after 1 minute has passed without gaining new charges.

When one of your minions is targeted by an attack or is forced to make a saving throw against an effect that deals lightning damage, you can allow the attack to automatically hit or have the minion automatically fail the saving throw. If the source originates from you or your allies, you may choose to not transfer any additional effects that would be normally be applied.

Each time you gain a feature in this subclass, you choose a new ability for your Spark Meter. Abilities become active as you gain spark charges, which are indicated in their descriptions. You can replace any spark abilities you learn after finishing a short or long rest with another one that shares the same spark costs.

Spark Surge

You gain one of the following abilities for your Spark Meter.

• Arc Lightning (1 Charge). Your minions deal an additional 1d6 lightning damage on a successful attack.

  • At 3 spark charges, a second creature within 15 feet of the first target also takes 1d6 lightning damage.

  • At 5 spark charges, the bolt can jump to a third target within 15 feet of a previous creature. The damage dealt by Arc Lightning is now equal to one roll of the minion's hit die.

• Power Cycler (1 Charge). Your minions gain resistance to lightning damage.

  • At 3 spark charges, when a minion would take lightning damage, they instead gain hitpoints equal to the damage that would have been dealt (after resistances) and you gain 1 spark charge as if the minion had taken damage.

  • At 5 spark charges, when you target a minion with a cantrip that deals lightning damage, you can target a second minion within range.

Petrichor Omen

At 6th level, you gain one of the following abilities for your Spark Meter.

• Chromatic Orb (2 Charges). You can cast the spell chromatic orb as a 1st level spell. Its damage type is always lightning or thunder if cast it this way. This ability expends 2 spark charges.

• Thunderwave (2 Charges). You can cast the spell thunderwave as a 1st level spell, which can originate from one of your minions. This ability expends 2 spark charges.

Gathering Storm

At 10th level, you gain one of the following abilities for your Spark Meter.

• Dragon's Breath (4 Charges). You can cast the spell dragon's breath as a 2nd level spell. Its damage type is always lightning if cast it this way. This ability expends 4 spark charges.

• Shatter (4 Charges). You can cast the spell shatter as a 2nd level spell. This ability expends 4 spark charges.

Thundering Fury

At 14th level, you gain one of the following abilities for your Spark Meter.

• Call Lightning (6 Charges). You can cast the spell call lightning as a 3rd level spell. This ability expends 6 spark charges.

• Thunderstep (6 Charges). You can cast the spell thunder step as a 3rd level spell, which can originate from one of your minions. This ability expends 6 spark charges.

Graveyard Swarm

When you choose this expression at 3rd level, your Graven Mind has expanded to handle more bodies. Graven Minions you raise and maintain have their focus point costs reduced by 1. This cannot reduce any focus costs to 0.

Double Trouble

Also at 3rd level, raising an army quickly is your expertise. Whenever you use your action to animate a Graven Minion, you can raise a second minion of the same type as part of the action. You still pay any focus points required to raise and maintain each minion.

Aura of Command

At 6th level, your minions are bolstered by an Aura of Command you emit. This aura has a radius in feet equal to 5 times your proficiency bonus. You and any minions inside this aura gain a bonus to saving throws equal to your Intelligence modifier. A minion can only benefit from one Aura of Command at a time.

Amassed Presence

At 10th level, your aura compounds the effects of death and decay. If you have at least one minion inside your aura, you can activate one of the following effects using a bonus action. You and your minions are immune to your aura’s effects. The chosen effect persists until you are knocked unconscious, die, or use a bonus action to deactivate it.

• Grasp of the Undying. At the start of your turn, each creature of your choice inside the aura must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, Graven Minions inside your aura have advantage on attacks rolls against that creature.

• Localized Disruption. The area of your aura is considered difficult terrain. Flying creatures that enter the aura for the first time each turn must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or be knocked prone. You and allied creatures aren't affected by the aura.

Rolling Deathball

At 14th level, your undead army is an unstoppable tidal wave. As an action, you and any Graven Minions inside your Aura of Command move together in a straight line up to your movement speed, ignoring the effects of difficult terrain.

Each creature that enters your Aura of Command must make a Strength saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 1d6 force damage for each Graven Minion inside your Aura of Command and is knocked prone. They only take half as much damage rounded down on a success.

Once you use this feature, you can’t do so again until you finish a short or long rest, unless you dismiss 2 Graven Minions you currently control.

Overwatch

A commander will need a good pair of eyes to survey the battlefield. At 3rd level, you learn the find familiar spell and can cast it once per long rest without expending a spell slot. Any familiars summoned this way is always an undead in appearance and its creature type becomes undead. The spell doesn't count against your number of spells known.

The familiar is also considered as a Graven Minion, allowing it to benefit from any Alterations your minions normally would. The familiar does not require focus points to maintain, as it is sustained by magic rather than your mental abilities.

Shieldbearers

Also at 3rd level, your Graven Mind expands to accommodate specialized training. You always have the Alterations Martial Technique I and Martial Technique II prepared, which does not cost focus points to maintain.

Reaper Guard

Your minions have grown experienced in wielding arms and armor. At 6th level, they gain proficiency with heavy armor and wearing armor doesn't impose disadvantage on their Dexterity (Stealth) checks.

Additionally, your minions learn one Fighting Style option of your choice from the fighter class.

Whenever you reach a level that grants the Ability Score Improvement feature, you can replace the chosen fighting style with a different one from the fighter class.

Violent Outburst

Your leadership skills has allowed you launch coordinated attacks with your minions. At 10th level, you can use your action on your turn to order each minion to make one attack.

You can use this feature once per short or long rest. Starting at 17th level, you can use this feature twice per rest.

Battlefield Promotion

At 14th level, you learn a special ritual that transforms a minion into your herald. After finish a short or long rest, choose one of your minions to become your herald. They gain the visual appearance of a field drummer, standard bearer, or any similar position of your choosing.

A herald emits a empowering aura to your minions within a 20 feet radius, causing them to make their attacks with advantage while they're inside the aura. On a hit, they deal an additional 2d8 necrotic damage.

A minion can only gain the benefits of one herald at a time.

Adamantine Blessing

Focus Points: 2

Your minions can't be affected by critical hits.

Aggressive

Focus Points: 2

Prerequisites: 5th level

When a minion scores a critical hit with a melee weapon attack or reduce a creature to 0 hit points with one, it can make one melee weapon attack as a bonus action.

Alacrity

Focus Points: 2

Your minions can take the Dash, Disengage, or Hide actions as a bonus action on their turns.

Artful Disguise

Focus Points: 1

Through clever magical glamor, your minions resemble normal humanoids in appearance. To discern that they are disguised, a creature can use its action to inspect their appearance and must succeed on an Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC.

Bramble Hide

Focus Points: 1

When a creature deals damage to one of your minions, they take 1d4 piercing damage. This Alteration can be taken multiple times.

Battle Wagon

Focus Points: 2

Prerequisites: Colossus Minion

Your Colossus minions grow a bony cage on top their backs, allowing 4 Small or 2 Medium sized creatures to ride inside. A creature gains half cover and moves with the minion while riding on top of it. A creature within 5 feet of the Colossus can use their bonus action to enter the cage.

Burrowing Limbs

Focus Points: 1

Prerequisites: 5th level

Your minions gain a burrowing speed equal to their base movement speed. They leave behind a tunnel equal to their creature size.

Creatures of Night

Focus Points: 1

Prerequisites: 5th level

While in dim light or darkness, your minions can take the Hide action as a bonus action.

Disruptive Form

Focus Points: 2

Prerequisites: 5th level

The ground in a 10 feet radius around your minions becomes difficult terrain. You and allied creatures are unaffected by this Alteration.

Esoteric Resistance

Focus Points: 2

Prerequisites: 9th level

Choose one of the following damage types: force, necrotic, or radiant. Your minions gain resistance to the chosen damage type. This Alteration can be taken multiple times.

Elemental Resistance

Focus Points: 2

Prerequisites: 7th level

Choose one of the following damage types: acid, cold, fire, lightning, poison, or thunder. Your minions gain resistance to the chosen damage type. This Alteration can be taken multiple times.

Evasive

Focus Points: 2

Prerequisites: 5th level

If a minion is subjected to an effect that allows it to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, it instead takes no damage if it succeeds on the saving throw, and only half damage if it fails.

Bone Shards

Focus Points: 1

The minion is able to fling bone shards as a ranged weapon attack with a range of 60 feet. This attack uses your spell attack modifier. On a hit, it deals damage equal to one roll of minion's hit die plus the its Dexterity Modifier.

Brace for Impact

Focus Points: 1

As a bonus action, the minion braces itself against danger. It gains advantage on saving throws that would forcibly move or knock it prone until the start of your next turn.

Cleaving Strike

Focus Points: 2

When a minion makes a successful melee attack, it can use its bonus action to make another melee attack against a second creature within 5 feet of the original target.

Heavy Backhand

Focus Points: 2

Prerequisites: Bruiser or Colossus Minion

As a bonus action, the minion delivers a stunning blow to a creature within 5 feet and causes them to make a Constitution saving throw.

On a failed save, they take bludgeoning damage equal to 1 roll of the minion's hit die and are knocked back 10 feet. They are also Stunned until the start of their next turn if they collide with a piece of hard cover such as a brick wall, large boulder or sturdy tree.

A successful save only causes a creature to take half as much damaged rounded down.

Hostage Taker

Focus Points: 2

As an action, the minion can attempt to grab another creature within 5 feet, and the target must succeed on a contesting Athletics check or be Grappled by the minion. The target cannot be larger in size than the minion.

While it is Grappling the target, the minion only takes half of the damage it would normally take, and the Grappled creature takes the other half of the damage. It can make another succeeding Athletics check at the end of its turns, ending the effect on a success.

Knock Them Down

Focus Points: 2

Prerequisites: Bruiser or Colossus Minion

As an action, the minion charges in a 20 feet line, causing the first creature in the path to make a Strength saving throw. On a failed save, they take damage equal to 2 rolls of the minion's hit die and is knocked prone. They only take half as much damage rounded on a success and are not knocked prone. Creatures larger than the minion have advantage on the save.

Leaping Slam

Focus Points: 2

Prerequisites: Bruiser or Colossus Minion

As an action, the minion leaps towards a point up to 30 feet away, slamming into the ground with great force. Creatures in a 15 feet radius around that point must make a Strength saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes bludgeoning damage equal to 3 rolls of the minion's hit die and is knocked prone. They only take half as much damage rounded down on a success.

Martyrdom

Focus Points: 1

When another creature takes damage from an attack or spell, you can expend your reaction and order a minion within 5 feet of the creature to take the damage instead. This feature doesn't transfer any other effects that might accompany the damage, and this damage can't be prevented or reduced in any way.

Noxious Blast

Focus Points: 2

As an attack, the minion exhales toxic gas towards a creature within 15 feet. The target must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or take poison damage equal to 1 roll of the minion's hit die and become Poisoned until the start of your next turn. A Poisoned target takes damage equal to 2 rolls of the minion's hit die instead.

Shockblast

Focus Points: 2

Prerequisites: Colossus Minion

As an action, the Colossus shatters the earth with a groundbreaking punch, causing all creatures in a 60 feet cone to make a Strength saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 3d12 thunder damage and is knocked prone. They only take half as much damage rounded down on a success. This attack deals double damage to objects and structures.

Taunting Display

Focus Points: 2

Prerequisites: Bruiser Minion

As an action, the minion makes itself look like a threat. Creatures of your choice within 5 feet of the minion that can see it must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, a creature is taunted and must make an attack on their next turn against the taunting minion, if available.

Basic Minion

Focus Points: 2

 

Bruiser Minion

Focus Points: 5

Prerequisites: 5th level

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Bruiser Minion

Large undead, shares your alignment

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• Armor Class 12 + PB (natural armor)
• Hit Points 5 + 5 times your necromancer level (the minion has a number of Hit Dice [d10s] equal to your Necromancer level)
• Speed 30 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
19 (+4)	14 (+2)	16 (+3)	5 (-3)	10 (0)	6 (-2)

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• Condition Immunities Exhaustion, Poisoned
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10 + PB
• Languages understands the languages you speak
• Challenge equals your necromancer level
• Proficiency Bonus (PB) equals your bonus

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Magical Weapons. The Bruiser's attacks are magical.

Undead Fortitude. If damage reduces the minion to 0 hit points, it can 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 minion drops to 1 hit point instead.

Unusual Nature. The Bruiser doesn't require air, food, drink, or sleep.

Actions

Multiattack. The Bruiser makes 2 attacks with its Slam or with any weapon its wielding.

Empowered Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: your spell attack modifier to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) bludgeoning damage.

Colossus Minion

Huge undead, shares your alignment

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• Armor Class 14 + PB (natural armor)
• Hit Points 5 + 7 times your necromancer level (the minion has a number of Hit Dice [d12s] equal to your Necromancer level)
• Speed 30 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
22 (+6)	14 (+2)	22 (+6)	6 (-2)	10 (0)	6 (-2)

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• Condition Immunities Exhaustion, Poisoned
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10 + PB
• Languages understands the languages you speak
• Challenge equals your necromancer level
• Proficiency Bonus (PB) equals your bonus

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Magical Weapons. The Colossus' attacks are magical.

Undead Fortitude. If damage reduces the minion to 0 hit points, it can 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 minion drops to 1 hit point instead.

Unusual Nature. The Colossus doesn't require air, food, drink, or sleep.

Actions

Multiattack. The Colossus makes 3 attacks with its Slam or with any weapon its wielding.

Enchanted Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: your spell attack modifier to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) bludgeoning damage and 3 (1d6) necrotic damage.

Bone Cage

3rd level necromancy

• Casting Time: 1 Action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S, M (*a pinch of bone dust)
• Duration: Concentration, Up to 1 minute

A mossy ribcage erupts from the ground, trapping a creature you can see within range inside. They must make a Strength saving throw or take 5d6 necrotic damage and be Restrained for the duration. They only take half as much damage rounded down on a success and aren't Restrained.

At the end of each of its turns, the target can make another Strength saving throw. On a success, the spell ends on the target.

Spell Lists. Necromancer

Damprot

3rd level necromancy

• Casting Time: 1 Action
• Range: 90 feet
• Components: V, S, M (*a poisonous gland from a frog)
• Duration: Concentration, Up to 1 minute

You attempt to infect a creature you can see with damprot. The target must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or become infected for the duration of the spell (it can choose to fail).

A 40 feet sphere of pus then spreads from the infected creature that moves with it, causing creatures that enter the pool for the first time on a turn or starts its turn inside to make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 3d8 poison damage. On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage rounded down. This spell has no effect on undead or constructs.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the poison damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 3rd.

Spell Lists. Necromancer

Desecrate Earth

5rd level conjuration

• Casting Time: 1 Action
• Range: 150 feet
• Components: V, S, M (*a femur bone)
• Duration: Concentration, Up to 1 minute

You channel unholy energy into the lands, transmuting a 40 feet circle into a graveyard for the spell's duration. The ground is considered difficult terrain. Any creature inside the circle must make a Strength saving throw. The creatures take 5d8 necrotic damage and are knocked prone on a failed save, or only half as much damage rounded down on a success. You can repeat this effect as an action while you maintain concentration.

Spell Lists. Necromancer

Grasp of Dominance

3rd level necromancy

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Self (30 foot radius)
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Instantaneous

You create a giant skeletal hand that grabs a creature you can see within 30 feet of you, causing them to make a Strength saving throw. On a failed save, the target is pulled up to 30 feet in a straight line towards you and takes 4d8 necrotic damage. They only take half as much damage rounded down on a success and aren't pulled. Creatures two sizes larger than you have advantage on the saving throw.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 3rd.

Spell Lists. Necromancer

Hand of Dominance

4th level necromancy

• Casting Time: 1 Action
• Range: Self (60 feet line)
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Instantaneous

You send forth a giant skeletal claw, pushing enemies aside. Each creature in a 5 by 60 feet line must make a Dexterity saving throw. They take 5d8 necrotic damage on a failed save and are pushed to the end of the line. They only take half as much damage rounded down on a success and aren't pushed. Creatures two sizes larger than you have advantage on the saving throw.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 4th.

Spell Lists. Necromancer

Soul Tithe

2nd level necromancy

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S, M (*a piece of black cloth)
• Duration: Concentration, Up to 1 minute

A creature within range becomes cursed by you until the spell ends. Once per turn when the cursed target takes damage from an attack or spell, it takes an additional 1d6 psychic damage.

If the cursed target is reduced to 0 hitpoints, their soul is violently harvested. All creatures within a 20 feet radius of the target become Frightened of you for the spell's duration.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the extra damage dealt increases by 1d6 for every two slot levels above 2nd.

Spell Lists. Necromancer