| From the steamy recesses
of the southern swamps comes a figure cloaked in mystery. The
Necromancer, as his name implies, is an unseemly form of sorcerer
whose spells deal with the raising of the dead and the summoning and
control of various creatures for his purposes. Though his goals are
often aligned with those of the forces of Light, some do not think
that these ends can justify his foul means. Long hours of study in
dank mausolea have made his skin pale and corpselike, his figure,
skeletal. Most people shun him for his peculiar looks and ways, but
none doubt the power of the Necromancer, for it is the stuff of
nightmares.
As
with the Sorcerer before him he's physically weak and will find it
difficult to don heavy duty armor, so must rely on the likes of 'Bone
Armour', 'Amplify Damage', 'Weaken' and 'Poison Dagger' to aid him in
the initial stages should he find himself in melee combat. The
preference though is to eliminate the threat before it comes to a
close-ranged battle.
But
projectiles and protection aside, he dominates in his ability to raise
and command the dead and call forth assistants. "A
necromancer looks upon a bloody battlefield strewn with the dead as a
potential army waiting to be trained." Said someone once,
someplace.:) Although he can not directly control his minions,
{they automatically stay in close proximity though} he does have some
influence on their life span.
Summon
Resistance acts passively, increasing the minions' resistance to
poison, cold, lightning and fire damage. Skeleton and Golem Mastery
help as well, boosting other aspects of the minions. Revive further
expands the options for his army, allowing you to reanimate the corpse
of any monster {only one at a time}.
So you can see the Necromancer can, in time, command a veritable army
of allied players. And speaking of allied players this
character would do well to team up with the Paladin as that
ever-giving character can imbue friendly player's and their minions
with his defensive auras. Who said there was no such thing
as a free lunch? |
