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The Necromancer Spellbook (5e)

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The Necromancer Spellbook

A collection of 40 old necromancy spells updated to the 5e edition!
And two templates to transform low challenge rating beasts into zombies or skeletons!

There was great concern with the balance of the spells...

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Update!

An updated version of this "The Necromancer Spellbook" is now available!

Version 1.3

  • Spells were attributed to Artificer!
  • It is now possible to copy the text from the PDF file.
  • Bookmarks and Hyperlinks for faster navigation!        
  • Several passages have been rewritten for easier reading.
  • Major balance improvements.
  • All These updates are already available in the fantasy grounds module: “The Greatest Spellbook”.

Spell List

  • Animate Animals
  • Annihilation
  • Bones of Steel
  • Chill Blood
  • Curse Water
  • Death Knell
  • Death’s Shadow
  • Deathwatch
  • Detect Dead
  • Flesh Made Foul
  • Ghoul Touch
  • Ghoulish Curse
  • Graft Weapons
  • Halt Undead
  • Infuse Negative Energy
  • Invigoration of Undeath
  • Longevity
  • Raise City
  • Raise Death Hulk
  • Ray of Exhaustion
  • Recall Spirit
  • Repair Undead
  • Sensory Link
  • Shadow Horror
  • Shadow Mastery
  • Shrieking Missile
  • Skull Snare
  • Soul Bind
  • Spectral Hand
  • Strike Barren
  • Threshold of Unlife
  • Touch of Fatigue
  • Undead Conduit
  • Unfetter Undead
  • Visage of the Dead
  • Voice of Deathly Whispers
  • Wall of Bone
  • Waves of Exhaustion
  • Waves of Fatigue
  • Wound

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William C October 26, 2023 12:57 pm UTC
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When I purchased the Necromancers Spellbook a couple of weeks ago from DMSGuild.com I got version 1.2. How do I upgrade to 1.3? I'm surprised I didn't get the most recent version.
Thank you.
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Brandon T March 19, 2021 7:36 pm UTC
are the spells drag and drop and coded?
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IcEvil C April 15, 2021 7:03 pm UTC
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All the spells in "The Greatest Spellbook" are drag and drop and coded! The spells' names also have abbreviations for more easy identification.
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Ryan B January 31, 2021 8:53 am UTC
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Awesome spellbook! Love your work.
Is there a chance there will be a Printer Friendly version coming at any point in the future?
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IcEvil C March 11, 2021 12:05 am UTC
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Thank you very much for the comment, I'm glad you liked it!
The fantasy grounds module "The Greatest Spellbook" contains all the spells created by me!
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Nox S January 18, 2021 10:37 am UTC
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For someone who likes the idea of a necromancer in 5e this is a godsend. The vanilla system gives the option of a Necromancy school wizard, yet the actual spell options for necromancy wizards in 5e are still severely lacking.

Now with version 1.3's copyable text and hyperlinking theres nothing I could want more.
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Nox S October 23, 2020 11:13 am UTC
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As someone who really would like to play a viable necromancer in 5e, these spells are a heaven (maybe not heaven) send. Though the fact that you cannot copy them into a quick character sheet like on roll 20 or foundry is extremely limiting.
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IcEvil C January 06, 2021 6:13 am UTC
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In version 1.3 it is possible to copy all the text in the PDF.
Thank you very much for the feedback!
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Reese L December 27, 2019 5:20 pm UTC
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Thanks for the skeleton and zombie templates! One question:

In the hit points section of your skeleton template you indicate that it should add one hit die but the example shows two, am I missing something?
"If the creature had Constitution modifier of 1 and 2d8+2 hit points, as a skeleton with a constitution modifier of 2, it will have 4d8+8"
Should this instead read: "... as a skeleton with a constitution modifier of 2, it will have 3d8+6" ?
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IcEvil C January 05, 2020 11:44 pm UTC
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Hello, thanks for your support.
The example is wrong, I will fix it in the next update.
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Jonathan E February 08, 2019 2:26 am UTC
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What is the point of repair undead? It has a longer casting time, heals less and has the same range as infuse negative energy.
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IcEvil C February 11, 2019 4:58 am UTC
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Repair undead is unique to arcane casters, which usually do not heal. Therefore, it is less effective than the divine counterpart.
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Damian F June 15, 2018 1:22 pm UTC
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Some of these spells seem a bit overpowered. Case in point would be "Death's Shadow". A 1st-level spell which inflicts 5d6 damage on a failed save? That's a range of 6-30 damage, which is enough to floor just about any monster in the first tier. With that damage range, I would expect it to be a 2nd or possibly 3rd level spell. The only thing that seems to try balancing it out is how the target regains it if they weren't rendered unconscious, or the fact that it lacks the usual "or half as much on a successful save". but even then...up to 30 damage for a 1st-level spell slot is insane - and if I gave it to an enemy, that's enough to potentially instakill most low-level players. Not just unconscious - kill.
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IcEvil C June 16, 2018 12:25 am UTC
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It's not such strong magic. For example if compared to guilting bolt the 1d6 more damage is offset by the fact that it is touch, the target restore the damage, the save is constitution and not have the advantage on the next attack.
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Mitchell C November 07, 2017 6:48 am UTC
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Hey Icevil, any chance I can get a copy of this that is copyable? Please and thanks.

I'd like to enter it into an app, but not re-type the lot. Cheers.
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IcEvil C January 06, 2021 6:13 am UTC
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That was corrected in version 1.3.
Thank you very much for the feedback.
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Robert W October 11, 2017 11:24 pm UTC
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No minor text on my copies of this, and The_Necromancer_Spellbook_Vol_II_(5e). Suspect it might be my OS x 10.6.8 or something? All pdf text warped into lines across the pages. Re-downloading doesn't fix the issues. Happened to me before off this site with another product of someone else (forget who/what), but I was able to fix it by loading the pdf into photoshop cs6, re-organizing the pages, and outputting them again in pdf format—bbbbut you seem to placed a password lock on these, so I can't do that either; hmm...

Advice?
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IcEvil C January 06, 2021 6:15 am UTC
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That is a strange problem. Try to open the PDF using Adobe Reader.
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Not S June 13, 2017 1:12 pm UTC
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So Im trying to integrate all these spells into an automated character sheet. In the interest of not retyping the entire thing I tried to copypasta the entries. Turns out its an image and protected so I cant even use recognize text function on it. Is there a way I can get a copyable version? Also for vol 2.
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Allen J July 06, 2017 4:31 pm UTC
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I'm having the same issue. Any chance someone can help us out? It's a lot of text to physically type out for spell cards and such.
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Jeremiah K September 06, 2017 6:16 pm UTC
Try opening it with microsoft word
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Mitchell C November 07, 2017 6:47 am UTC
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I tried this, turns into the most chopped up piece of rubbish I've ever seen. Word 2016.
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IcEvil C January 06, 2021 6:13 am UTC
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That was corrected in version 1.3.
Thank you very much for the feedback!
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Jacob M May 04, 2017 10:07 pm UTC
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The "Infuse Negative Energy" and "Repair Undead" are the same except "Repair Undead" takes longer to cast, has a material requirement, and heals for less. Was this intentional since some classes have excess to one but not the other? or did you intend for Repair Undead to heal for more? Either way I believe that Repair Undead should at least be a d6, which is what I will have it be if one of my player's chooses the spell. Otherwise all the spells seem pretty cool. It was definitely worth the money.
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IcEvil C January 06, 2021 6:12 am UTC
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The way clerics and wizards heal an undead is different. In this regard, clerics heal the undead more efficiently.
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Brandon M August 21, 2016 4:33 am UTC
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The spell Voice of Deathly Whispers is it just supposed to be a ritual only or what classes is it supposed to be for?
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IcEvil C January 06, 2021 6:10 am UTC
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The magic was not properly assigned. That was corrected in version 1.3.
Thank you very much for the feedback.
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Seth M June 09, 2016 6:29 am UTC
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I have a problem with the raise city spell: the fact that the area must have been unpopulated for at least 50 years. This kind of takes away all practical use i can see.
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IcEvil C June 09, 2016 10:36 pm UTC
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The idea is that the player must search for a such place. But if you want feel free to change and adapt the spell. ;)
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Craig H June 06, 2016 11:01 pm UTC
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Hi IcEvil, Formatting appears to be misaligned on the first two pages of v1.2
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IcEvil C June 09, 2016 12:17 pm UTC
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Corrected!
Thanks
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Cayden D March 16, 2016 3:51 pm UTC
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A point on the raise city, or a question rather. What happens if after a casting of raise city, a civilization builds on the city it was cast and is razed? Would that permit a second casting of raise city on the location?
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IcEvil C January 06, 2021 6:08 am UTC
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I would say that only the use of wish could permit a second casting of raise city on the location.
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