Necromancer Spells (3pp)

Spell Level 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

 

An “F” or “M” appearing in the Comp. column denotes a focus or material component not normally included in a spell component pouch.

Order of Presentation: The spells (or formulae) are listed in alphabetical order by name, except when a spell’s name begins with “lesser,” “greater,” or “mass,” in which case it is alphabetized under the second word of the spell name.

Hit Dice: The term “Hit Dice” is used synonymously with “character levels” for effects that affect a specific number of Hit Dice of creatures.

Caster Level: A spell’s power often depends on caster level, which is defined as the caster’s class level for the purpose of casting a particular spell. The word “level” in the short spell descriptions that follow always refers to caster level.

Creatures and Characters: “Creature” and “character” are used synonymously in the short descriptions.

0-Level Necromancer Spells

Spell Name	Comp.	Description	Source
Arcane Mark		Inscribes a rune on an object or creature.	CRB
Bleed		Cause a stabilized creature to resume dying.	CRB
Daze		Humanoid creature with 4 HD or less loses next action.	CRB
Detect Magic		Detects spells and magic items within 60 ft.	CRB
Ghost Sound		Figment sounds.	CRB
Grave Words		Force a corpse to babble.	PRG:OA
Mage Hand		5-pound telekinesis.	CRB
Putrefy Food and Drink		Makes food and water inedible.	APG
Touch of Fatigue		Touch attack fatigues target.	CRB

Hides presence of a spell from detect magic.APG

1st-Level Necromancer Spells

Spell Name	Comp.	Description	Source
Bane		Enemies take –1 on attack rolls and saves against fear.	CRB
Cause Fear		One creature of 5 HD or less flees.	CRB
Deathwatch		Reveals status of dying subjects within 30 ft.	CRB
Decompose Corpse		Turn a corpse into a clean skeleton.	UM
Detect Undead		Reveals undead within 60 ft.	CRB
Diagnose Disease		Detect and identify diseases.	UM
Doom		Subject takes –2 penalty on everything.	CRB
Mask Dweomer		Hides presence of a spell from detect magic.	UC
Undetectable Alignment		Conceals alignment for 24 hours.	CRB

2nd-Level Necromancer Spells

Spell Name	Comp.	Description	Source
Animate Dead, Lesser		Create one skeleton or zombie.	UM
Blindness/Deafness		Makes subject blinded or deafened.	CRB
Blood Biography		Learn about a creature with its blood.	APG
Command Undead		Undead creature obeys your commands.	CRB
Companion Life Link		Sense wounded companion.	ACG
Gentle Repose		Preserves one corpse.	CRB
Ghostbane Dirge		Nonmagical weapons harm incorporeal.	APG
Ghostly Disguise		You look like a ghost of yourself.	UM
Life Pact		Creatures donate hp to stabilize fallen ally.	ACG
Scare		Frightens creatures of less than 6 HD.	CRB
Sentry Skull		Turn a severed head into a magical sentry.	ARG
Severed Fate		Target becomes unable to use hero points.	APG
Status		Monitors condition, position of allies.	CRB

3rd-Level Necromancer Spells

Spell Name	Comp.	Description	Source
Cackling Skull		Skull acts as magic mouth.	UM
Cup of Dust		Causes a creature to become dehydrated.	APG
Diminish Plants		Reduces or blights plants.	CRB
Halt Undead		Immobilizes undead for 1 round/level.	CRB
Howling Agony		Screaming pain limits the target’s actions.	UM
Marionette Possession		As magic jar, but limited.	UM
Ray of Exhaustion		Ray makes subject exhausted.	CRB
Speak with Dead		Corpse answers one question/two levels.	CRB

4th-Level Necromancer Spells

Spell Name	Comp.	Description	Source
Age Resistance, Lesser		Ignore penalties from middle age.	UM
Anti-Incorporeal Shell		Incorporeal creatures stay away.	ACG
Aura of Doom		Creatures in your aura become shaken.	UM
Blight		Withers one plant or deals damage to plant creature.	CRB
Death Ward		Resist death spells and negative energy.	CRB
Fear		Subjects within cone flee for 1 round/level.	CRB
Ghostbane Dirge, Mass		Ghostbane dirge affects more.	APG
Shadow Step		Teleport from one shadow to another.	UM
Speak with Haunt		Haunt answers one question/2 levels.	ACG

5th-Level Necromancer Spells

Spell Name	Comp.	Description	Source
Nightmare		Sends vision dealing 1d10 damage, fatigue.	CRB
Rest Eternal		Dead creature cannot be revived.	APG
Shadow Walk		Step into shadow to travel rapidly.	CRB
Suffocation		Target quickly suffocates to death.	APG
Unhallow		Designates location as unholy.	CRB
Unwilling Shield		Subject shares wounds you receive.	APG
Waves of Fatigue		Several targets become fatigued.	CRB

6th-Level Necromancer Spells

Spell Name	Comp.	Description	Source
Age Resistance		Ignore penalties from old age.	UM
Antilife Shell		10-ft.-radius field hedges out living creatures.	CRB
Contingency		Sets trigger condition for another spell.	CRB
Repulsion		Creatures can’t approach you.	CRB
Spellstaff		Stores one spell in wooden quarterstaff.	CRB
Twin Form		Creates controllable duplicate of you.	APG

7th-Level Necromancer Spells

Spell Name	Comp.	Description	Source
Age Resistance, Greater		Ignore penalties from age.	UM
Blasphemy		Kill, paralyze, weaken, or daze nonevil subjects.	CRB
Ethereal Jaunt		You become ethereal for 1 round/level.	CRB
Phantasmal Revenge		Ghost from corpse hunts killer.	APG
Symbol of Weakness		Rune weakens nearby creatures.	CRB
Waves of Exhaustion		Several targets become exhausted.	CRB

8th-Level Necromancer Spells

Spell Name	Comp.	Description	Source
Antipathy		Object or location repels certain creatures.	CRB
Curse of Night		Curse an area with eternal night.	PRG:HA
Death Clutch		Rip out someone’s heart.	PRG:HA
Horrid Wilting		Deals 1d6/level damage within 30 ft.	CRB
Symbol of Death		Triggered rune kills nearby creatures.	CRB

9th-Level Necromancer Spells

Spell Name	Comp.	Description	Source
Cursed Earth		Harm plants or creatures, or raise zombies.	UM
Etherealness		Travel to Ethereal Plane with companions.	CRB
Soul Bind		Traps newly dead soul to prevent resurrection.	CRB
Suffocation, Mass		One creature/level suffocates to death.	APG
Wail of the Banshee		Deals 10 damage/level to creatures.	CRB