Necromancer features
QUICK BUILD
You can make a necromancer quickly by following these suggestions. First, Intelligence should be your highest ability score, followed by Constitution, and then Strength or Dexterity if you plan to choose to be the Death Knight ambition. Second, choose a background of your choice, preferably one that ties into your ambition. Third, choose chill touch, hocuspocus, light, and spark of life for your cantrips, and then choose detect magic, expeditious retreat, Gahoul’s gruesome garrote, and inflict wounds as your 1st level spells.
CLASS FEATURES
As a necromancer, you have the following class features.
HIT POINTS
Hit Dice: 1d6 per necromancer level
Hit Points at 1st Level: 6 + your Constitution modifier
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d6 (or 4) + your Constitution modifier per necromancer level after 1st
PROFICIENCIES
Armor: None
Weapons: Simple weapons
Tools: None
Saving Throws: Constitution, Intelligence
Skills: Choose two from Arcana, Deception, History, Investigation, Intimidation, Medicine, Persuasion, and Religion
EQUIPMENT
You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:
• A dagger and any simple weapon
• (a) a component pouch or (b) an arcane focus
• A shovel and (a) a dungeoneer’s pack or (b) a scholar’s pack
| Necromancer | ||||||||||||||
| Level | prof. | Total Thrall CR | features | cantrips known |
spells known |
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th |
| 1 | 2 | Spellcasting, Charnel Touch | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 1/4 | Thralls, Bag of Bones | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 1/2 | Grave Ambition, Black Arcana | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |||||||
| 4 | 2 | 1/2 | Ability Score Improvement | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |||||||
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Critical Spellcasting | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Grave Ambition Feature | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Enthralling Presence | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Ability Score Improvement | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||||
| 9 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Grave Ambition feature | 6 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Ability Score Improvement | 6 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 13 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 14 | 5 | 3 | Critical Spellcasting improvement | 6 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 15 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 16 | 5 | 3 | Ability Score Improvement | 6 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 17 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 18 | 6 | 4 | Undying Servitude | 6 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | 6 | 4 | Ability Score Improvement | 6 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | 6 | 4 | Lichdom | 6 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |