Can a Warlock be a necromancer?

Warlocks that makes a pact with such beings seeks power or knowledge over life and death, commonly becoming a powerful necromancers.
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Can warlocks use necromancy spells?

Whenever you create an undead using a necromancy spell, it has additional benefits: The creature's hit point maximum is increased by an amount equal to your warlock level. The creature adds your proficiency bonus to its weapon damage rolls.
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What class is a necromancer?

What is a Necromancer? A “necromancer” in 5e terms is strictly a wizard who specializes in necromancy magic, but broadly the necromancer is a character of any class that specializes in raising the dead. A ghoulish merchant of flesh that commands the dead rise again and do their bidding.
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Can warlocks raise undead?

Create Undead is a 6th level spell, so warlocks can grab it as their level 11 Mystic Arcanum, and cast it once per long rest without using a spell slot.
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Is warlock a necromancer WoW?

Not really. WoW Warlocks work with Fel magic and demons, not Unholy magic and undead. DK essentially fills the Necromancer role, Locks have demons, Death Knights have undead.
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How to Play a Necromancer in Dungeons and Dragons 5e



Who is the most famous Necromancer?

One of the most infamous Necromancers in the Old World, Helman Ghorst has long been obsessed with matters of death and undeath, his morbid interests beginning after his family was taken by plague.
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Can a Paladin use necromancy?

The paladin may need to bring the wizard to justice. Evil necromancy could be lawful. If the paladin is high-enough level, he could just turn undead to destroy anything the wizard tries to animate.
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Are warlocks evil 5e?

Alignment: Warlocks are often chaotic or evil (and more than a few are both). The powers they serve can be cruel, capricious, and wild, unbound by conventional views of right and wrong.
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What level is revivify?

Revivify is a 3rd level spell.
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What race is best for necromancer?

Using an Orc is still a great choice, but in the highest levels of play, the Dark Elf and Khajiit top the charts for best consistent damage. Khajiit may offer better burst potential, but the Dark Elf gives better consistent damage throughout fights without having to depend on critical hits.
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What class is best at necromancy?

While there are several classes that provide the tools a player needs to practice necromancy, one class does it best: the Wizard. Choosing the School of Necromancy for one's Arcane Tradition grants access to some of the most powerful necromantic spells in the game.
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Can I be a necromancer?

The Necromancer is a master of life and death. You can choose to be a Necromancer for good, or for "dark and twisted things". Good Necromancers can work with helpful spirits. Evil Necromancers can summon zombies, skeletons and other undead creatures.
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Can a necromancer be good?

Can Necromancers be good in D&D 5e? Yes, in theory. Page 118 of the Player's Handbook says; “Most people see necromancers as menacing, or even villainous, due to the close association of death. Not all necromancers are evil, but the forces they manipulate are considered taboo by many societies.”
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Can a Druid be a necromancer?

In addition to the standard druid spell list, the necromantic druid gains access all the necromancy spells from the wizard spell list. These spells are cast as divine spells. This alters the druid's spellcasting ability and the necromantic druid does not gain the druid's nature bond class feature.
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Can a cleric be a necromancer?

Clerics with the Life Domain actually get a Necromancy Domain spell at 9th level, Raise Dead. If that is granted to you by your god, they shouldn't take away your spells if you cast a spell of the Necromancy school as long as you are following what they are supposed to embody and their rules.
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What do warlocks cast?

Warlocks do not cast spells, but instead use spell-like abilities called "invocations", which represent the tapping of the power granted to the warlock.
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What are warlocks good at?

Just like Bards and Sorcerers, Warlocks are Charisma-based arcane spellcasters, which makes Charisma a no-brainer to assign as the Warlock's primary and highest stat. To be considered "best build" material, a Warlock's starting charisma score should be at least 16 or and higher if possible.
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What patron can a warlock have?

These Warlock Patrons may include Demon Lords, Archdevils, or other powerful denizens of the Lower Planes (such as Pit Fiends, Rakshasas, Balors, or Ultroloths). Popular Demon Lord Patrons include Orcus, Graz'zt, Demogorgon, and Pazuzu. Popular Archdevil Patrons include Asmodeus, Moloch, Dispater, and Mammon.
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How do you justify necromancy?

One justification is that the Lich/necromancer believes that his/her necromancy isn't evil at all, and is simply another type of magic that can be used for good, evil, or another purpose at the casters will. In that vein, the necromancer could be there to 'prove' that their magic isn't a curse or a work of evil.
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What powers does a necromancer have?

Medieval practitioners believed they could accomplish three things with necromancy: will manipulation, illusions, and knowledge:
  • Will manipulation affects the mind and will of another person, animal, or spirit. ...
  • Illusions involve reanimation of the dead or conjuring food, entertainment, or a mode of transportation.
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Can a bard learn necromancy?

Bards don't actually get many necromancy spells, so getting a free cantrip and the ability to replace bard spells with almost any other necromancy spells seems decent. Honestly, it seems similar to how the Favored Soul sorcerer spell replacement works.
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Is Illidan a good guy?

Illidan Stormrage is a Demon Hunter, transformed by incredible demonic power and he is a villain/anti-hero from the Warcraft franchise.
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Who was the last Lich King?

After the destruction of Frostmourne and the death of Arthas, Bolvar Fordragon became the new Lich King in order to keep the undead Scourge in check. Bolvar was later defeated by Sylvanas Windrunner who also destroyed the Helm of Domination, making the position of Lich King come to an end.
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What kind of warlock is guldan?

Gul'dan is an orc warlock who practices some seriously dark magic — like the kind that eats souls — so he's on another level of evil in Warcraft.
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