Necromancer Spells

Table: 0-Level Necromancer Spells

Spell Name	Description
Bleed	Cause a stabilized creature to resume dying.
Dark Orb	Orb deals 1d3 shadow damage.
Detect Magic	Detects all spells and magic items within 60 ft.
Disrupt Undead	Deals 1d6 damage to one undead.
Message	Whisper conversation at distance.
Penumbra	Protects creature or object from bright light.
Putrefy Food and Drink	Makes food and water inedible.
Read Magic	Read magical scrolls.
Touch of Fatigue	Touch attack fatigues target.
Touch of Lethargy	Target is staggered for one round.
Touch of Torment	Touch attack inflicts –1 penalty on attack rolls, skill checks, and ability checks.
Undead Voice	Throws voice from a corpse for 1 round/level.

Table: 1st-Level Necromancer Spells

Spell Name	Description
Backbiter	Weapon strikes wielder.
Blizzard	Ranged touch that deals 1d6 points of ice damage + casting modifier + 1 per level (max of +5) and inflicts Frozen status effect.
Bone Armor	Caster is surrounded by a tangle of bones, providing a +4 armor bonus to AC.
Curse Water	Turns 1 flask of water into unholy water, damaging good outsiders as if it were holy water.
Dark	Ranged touch that deals 1d6 points of shadow damage + casting modifier + 1 per level (max of +5) and inflicts Dimmed status effect.
Dead Silence	Undead can’t perceive one subject/level.
Deathwatch	Detect the health of creatures in view, seeing a range of HP or undeath.
Decompose Corpse	Rapidly decomposes flesh from a corpse, or inflicts a -2 to all rolls and AC on undead.
Detect Undead	Reveals undead within 60 ft.
Discern Next of Kin	Read the target’s mind to learn about its family.
Dread	Target becomes shaken.
Fear	Target becomes frightened.
Grasping Corpse	Animates a corpse to make a trip or grapple attempt without provoking an AoO.
Instant Clot	Stop bleed effects and any blood flowing from slashing or piercing attacks.
Interrogation	Torture targets for 1d4+mod damage that do not answer your questions, impose a -4 on bluff checks to lie.
Itching Curse	Inflict a –1 penalty on attack rolls, saving throws, skill checks, and ability checks, on one target.
Night Blindness	Lower a target's vision's light by 1 step, and disables darkvision, low-light vision, and see in darkness.
Obscure	Target radiates darkness out to a 10-ft.-radius.
Phantom Blood	If you lose health due to a loss of temporary CON and become unconscious or dead, such as rage, you gain temp hp.
Ray of Enfeeblement	Target takes a 1d6 Strength penalty + 1 per two levels.
Ray of Sickening	Ranged touch that inflicts Sickened status.
Restore Corpse	Grow flesh on a corpse to allow you to make it into a zombie instead of a skeleton.
Scarify	Touched subject repairs wounds but suffers nonlethal damage in its place.
Sculpt Corpse	Reshape a corpse to look like something else.
Spirit Worm	Subject takes 1 point Con damage every round for 1 round/level.
Summon Undead I	Summons an undead creature (of CR 1/3 or lower) to fight for you.
Undead Touch	Touch deals 1d6 points of shadow damage + 1 point of Strength damage.
Unmend	You deal 1d6 points of damage + Charisma modifier + 1 per level (max of +5).
Virulence	Target suffers a -2 penalty to saving throws versus poison and disease spells and effects.

Table: 2nd-Level Necromancer Spells

Spell Name	Description
Adhesive Blood	When hit by a piercing or slashing weapon, the weapon is stuck to you as if like a mimic.
Animate Dead, Lesser	Create one skeleton or zombie.
Blizzard II	Ranged touch that deals 3d6 points of ice damage + casting modifier + 1 per level (max of +10) and inflicts Frozen status effect.
Blood Armor	Piercing and slashing damage grants your equipped armor a +1 enhancement bonus every time you're struck.
Bloodbath	Cause yourself and enemies to bleed.
Blood Transcription	Consume the blood of a dead spellcaster to learn their spells for 24 hours.
Bone Shield	Caster animates a bone to protect him from physical attacks, gaining damage reduction 5/-.
Calm Spirit	Calm ghosts and haunts to stop their violence and haunting.
Command Undead	Undead creature obeys your commands.
Crafter’s Nightmare	Cause a ghost or haunt to disrupt the crafting, profession, and long-term casting of a target.
Dark II	Ranged touch that deals 3d6 points of shadow damage + casting modifier + 1 per level (max of +10) and inflicts Dimmed status effect.
Darkness	Causes an object to radiate darkness out to 20 feet.
Darkvision	Subject gains darkvision up to 60 feet.
Death Armor	Black aura damages creatures attacking you.
Death Candle	Touching a near-death target causes them to turn into a small fire elemental.
Death Knell	Kills dying creature and caster gains temporary hit points and Strength bonus.
Desecrate	Fills area with negative energy, making undead stronger.
Detect Relations	Detect how creatures are related by blood.
False Life	Caster gains 1d10 temporary hit points + 1 per level.
Gentle Repose	Preserves one corpse.
Ghoul Touch	Paralyzes one subject, which exudes stench that makes those nearby sickened.
Mark of Blood	Coat a weapon with your blood, and when that weapon strikes a target they are marked for life and you can track them.
Mortal Terror	Frighten creature with an existential crisis.
Obscure II	Target radiates darkness out to a 20-ft.-radius.
Pernicious Poison	Target takes a -4 penalty against poison.
Poison	Target is inflicted with Poison status effect that deals 1d6 points of non-elemental damage + casting modifier per round.
Protective Penumbra	Protects target with light blindness, light sensitivity, or vulnerability to sunlight, against such effects.
Rotting Touch	Your touch deals 1d4 shadow damage per level.
Sentry Skull	Return the senses to a recently killed head to grant you its vision and watch.
Spectral Hand	Creates a ghostly hand to deliver low-level touch spells.
Summon Undead II	Summons an undead creature (of CR 1 or lower) to fight for you.
Unmend II	You deal 3d6 points of damage + Charisma modifier + 1 per level (max of +10).
Wound	Target takes 2d6 points of non-elemental damage and start bleeding.

Table: 3rd-Level Necromancer Spells

Spell Name	Description
Abhorrent Blight	Target suffers 1d6 hit points/level and suffers 1 point of Charisma damage/2 levels.
Animate Dead	Creates undead skeletons and zombies out of corpses.
Bio	Target is inflicted with Sapped status effect.
Blacklight	Creates an area of impenetrable darkness.
Blizzara	1d6 ice damage per level, 20-ft. radius.
Blizzard III	Ranged touch that deals 5d6 points of ice damage + casting modifier + 1 per level (max of +15) and inflicts Frozen status effect.
Blood Biography	Determine who or what shed some blood, and how it was shed.
Claws of the Vampire	The caster's claws gains a dark ominous glow and drains health from those that he attacks with them.
Dark III	Ranged touch that deals 5d6 points of shadow damage + casting modifier + 1 per level (max of +15) and inflicts Dimmed status effect.
Darkra	1d6 shadow damage per level, 20-ft. radius.
Darkvision, Communal	As darkvision, but may divide the duration among creatures touched.
Dead Silence, Greater	As dead silence, except the spell does not immediately end if a warded creature attempts to turn or command undead, channels energy, touches an undead creature, or attacks any creature. Instead, when the warded creature takes one of these actions, an intelligent undead creature can attempt another Will saving throw to negate the effects of the spell.
Deeper Darkness	Object sheds supernatural shadow in 60-ft. radius.
Disable Breathing	The caster causes the target to expel all air and prevents them from breathing normally.
Dispel	Cancels one magical spell or effect.
Enfeeblement, Mass	As enfeeblement, except all within 30 feet.
Fangs of the Vampire King	Grow vampire fangs.
Halt Undead	Up to three undead becomes immobilized.
Healing Thief	Touched creature receives only half the healing, granting the other half to the caster.
Infect	Target is inflicted with Disease status.
Mastery of Flesh	Damages enemies or heals allies for 4d8+CL or 2d8+CL depending on if they are allies, enemies, undead, or living.
Obscure III	Target radiates darkness out to a 30-ft.-radius.
Pain	Target is inflicted with Blind, Poison and Silence status effects.
Power from Death	Caster gains a +1 profane bonus to attack rolls, saving throws, and damage rolls for every dead creature in 30 feet radius up to a max of +3.
Ray of Exhaustion	Ranged touch that inflicts exhaustion.
Speak with Dead	Corpse answers one question/two levels.
Summon Undead III	Summons an undead creature (of CR 2 or lower) to fight for you.
Unmend III	You deal 5d6 points of damage + Charisma modifier + 1 per level (max of +15).
Unmend, Greater	1d6 damage per level to all undead creatures, 20-ft. radius.
Vampiric Aura	Imbues an undead creature with the ability to fly and a bite attack.
Vampiric Touch	Touch deals 1d6 points of shadow damage per two levels and caster gains that much in temporary hit points.
Void Aura	Caster is surrounded by an aura of nothingness that causes fatigue and disallows creatures from speaking while adjacent to him.
Waves of Blood	Shoot a wave of blood in a 30ft cone, making a bull rush attempt against all creatures in the area.

Table: 4th-Level Necromancer Spells

Spell Name	Description
Bestow Curse	–6 to an ability score; –4 on attack rolls, saves, and checks; or 50% chance of losing each action.
Blizzard IV	Ranged touch that deals 7d6 points of ice damage + casting modifier + 1 per level (max of +20) and inflicts Frozen status effect.
Blood Crow Strike	After you finish casting this spell you can make an unarmed strike or flurry of blows in medium range, dealing half fire half shadow damage.
Boneshatter	Target takes 1d6 points of shadow damage per level and becomes exhausted.
Burning Blood	Subject takes 1d8 earth damage plus 1d8 fire damage/round.
Consume Undead	Deals 1d8 per caster level to targeted undead creature, healing the caster for that much.
Contagion	Infects subject with chosen disease.
Dark IV	Ranged touch that deals 7d6 points of shadow damage + casting modifier + 1 per level (max of +20) and inflicts Dimmed status effect.
Darkvision, Greater	As darkvision, but the range extends out to 120 feet.
Death Ward	The subject gains a +4 morale bonus on saves against all death spells and magical death effects.
Dread Spikes	Creatures attacking the subject of this spell take 1d4 points of shadow damage and subject is healed for that much.
Enervation	Ranged touch that makes the target gain 1d4 temporary negative levels.
Explosion of Rot	Call forth a burst of decay that damages and can stagger targets.
Eyes of the Bodak	Caster gains a gaze attack, inflicting temporary negative levels.
False Life, Greater	As false life, but the caster gains 2d10 temporary hit points +2 points per level.
Fear, Greater	As fear, but all within 30-ft.-cone burst.
Interrogation, Greater	Torture targets for 1d8+mod damage that do not answer your questions, impose a -4 on bluff checks to lie.
Poisoned Touch	Touch deals 1d3 Con damage 1/round for 6 rounds.
Poisonga	As poison, but all within 30 feet.
Raise	Subject is raised from the dead.
Shadow Projection	Temporarily become a shadow.
Shadow Step	Caster is able to transport from an area of dim light or darkness to another.
Slay Living	Touch attack deals 12d6 +1 per level.
Summon Undead IV	Summons an undead creature (of CR 4 or lower) to fight for you.
Umbral Spikes	Creatures attacking the subject of this spell take 1d6 points of shadow damage.
Undead Torch	Undead creature gains blue aura that gives +2d6 damage against living creatures.
Unmend IV	You deal 7d6 points of damage + Charisma modifier + 1 per level (max of +20).
Vampiric Blade	Caster’s weapon deals an additional 1d6 + CL shadow damage, healing the caster for half of the extra damage dealt.
Woundra	Creatures take 5d6 points of non-elemental damage and start bleeding.

Table: 5th-Level Necromancer Spells

Spell Name	Description
Bioga	Inflicts the Bio status effect on up to 10 creatures that are within 30 ft. of each other.
Black Spot	Curse a creature so that it is easier for others to attack it and it takes Constitution damage every day until removed.
Blight	Withers one plant or deals 1d6/level damage to plant creature.
Blizzaga	1d8 ice damage per level, 30-ft. radius.
Blood Boil	Raise temperature of target creature's blood (or other similar body fluid) over 3 rounds causing first fatigue, then Constitution damage, then HP damage.
Blood Tentacles	Create 1 tentacle/level and attack creatures in 15ft with them, absorbing temporary hp.
Bone Explosion	If the target fails a Fortitude saving throw, it receives 1d6 non-elemental damage per caster level and may explode dealing half as much damage to all creatures within a 20 feet radius.
Breath of Life	Dead creature is brought back to life, healing for 5d8 points of damage + 1 per level.
Darkga	1d8 shadow damage per level, 30-ft. radius.
Deny Death	For the duration, the target creature survives death once, becomes paralyzed if the creature would die.
Drain	Touch deals 1d6 / two levels shadow damage; caster gains damage as hit points.
Exsanguinate	Target creature’s blood spurts of its body, taking 1d6 points of non-elemental damage per level, and if they fail a save take 1d6 strength damage and 2d6 bleed.
Freeze	Target takes 1d6 points of ice damage per level per round.
Gloom	Target takes 1d6 points of shadow damage per level.
Gravity	Target loses half of current hit points.
Gravity Ball	Creates a black hole that slowly sucks in creatures within a 20 ft. radius, dealing non-elemental damage and inflicting immobilized/stunned.
Half-Blood Extraction	Make a half-breed a full-blooded race of one of its parents.
Infectga	As infect, but all within 30 feet.
Magic Jar	Enables possession of another creature.
Painga	As pain, except it affects one creature per two levels (maximum of 5) within 30 feet of each other.
Plague Carrier	Target's attacks carry filth fever.
Poisonja	As poisonga, except it affects one creature per two levels (maximum of 10) within 50 feet of each other and damage increases to 2d6 points of non-elemental damage + casting modifier per round.
Repurpose	Target creature suffers 1d6 points of shadow damage per round, if the creature dies, it rises up as an undead zombie creature under the caster’s control.
Scarify, Mass	Allies within the area of effect repair their wounds but suffer nonlethal damage in its place.
Suffocation	Target begins suffocating.
Summon Undead V	Summons an undead creature (of CR 6 or lower) to fight for you.
Unmend II, Greater	1d8 damage per level to all undead creatures, 30-ft. radius.
Waves of Fatigue	Creatures within the 30-ft.-cone burst become fatigued.
Zombify	Target is inflicted with the Zombie status effect.

Table: 6th-Level Necromancer Spells

Spell Name	Description
Abyss	Target takes 1d6 points of shadow damage per caster level (maximum 15d6) and is inflicted with the Dimmed status effect.
Anti-Life Shell	Creates a mobile, hemispherical energy field that prevents creatures from entering.
Arise	Subject is raised from death, to full health.
Aura of Terror	You gain an aura of fear, or your frightful presence becomes more effective.
Bone Shield, Greater	Caster gains 10/- damage reduction to a max of 200 damage prevented.
Brutalize Wounds	The caster increases the target's damage it takes from physical attacks.
Circle of Death	Snuffs out 1d4 HD worth of living creatures per level.
Contagion, Greater	Infects a subject with a magical disease.
Dispel, Greater	As dispel, but with multiple targets.
Dread Spikes II	Creatures attacking the subject of this spell take 3d4 points of shadow damage and subject is healed for that much.
Eyebite	Target becomes panicked, sickened, and comatose.
False Grace	Functions like False Life, except affects all allies in 30 feet radius and grants 3d10 + caster level temporary hit points.
Feeblemind	Target’s Intelligence and Charisma scores each drop to 1.
Fleshshiver	Subject is stunned for 1 round, takes 1d6/level damage, and is nauseated for 1d4+2 rounds.
Meltdown	If the target fails a Fortitude save, they lose the benefit of Armor, Deflection, Dodge, Natural Armor, and Shield bonuses to their AC.
Raise Undead	You raise a corpse into a Zombie.
Rasp	Target loses 1d6 points of MP per two caster levels (maximum of 8d6).
Ray of Entropy	Subject takes –4 Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution.
Repulsion	Creatures can’t approach you.
Resurrection	One dead creature is revived as if by a Raise spell and may be teleported adjacently to the caster.
Revive Undead	Restores undeath to undead that was destroyed up to 1 day/level ago.
Shadowfire Ray	Ranged touch attack that deals 1d6 points of damage (half fire/shadow).
Siphon Life	Functions like Vampiric Touch, except it's a ranged touch attack in close range and the amount of damage is 1d6 shadow damage per caster level (maximum 15d6).
Spectral Touch	Your touch bestows one negative level/round.
Summon Undead VI	Summons an undead creature (of CR 8 or lower) to fight for you.
Syphon	Touch drains 1d6 / five levels of MP; caster gains the siphoned MP.
Umbral Spikes II	Creatures attacking the subject of this spell take 3d6 points of shadow damage.
Unwilling Shield	Subject shares wounds you receive.
Woundga	Creatures take 8d6 points of non-elemental damage and start bleeding.

Table: 7th-Level Necromancer Spells

Spell Name	Description
Auto-Raise	Subject is raised by a raise spell upon death.
Avasculate	Reduce foe to half HP and stun.
Bioja	Inflicts the Bio status effect on any number of creatures that are within 50 ft. of each other.
Blessing of Undead	Caster gains several undead traits like immunity to mind-affecting effects and DR 5/bludgeoning.
Control Undead	Undead don't attack you while under your command.
Countdown	Target falls to 0 HP in 2d4 rounds.
Drainra	Drains health of nearby creatures, up to 15-ft.-radius, dealing 1d6 points of shadow damage per two levels (maximum 9d6) and healing caster for half amount dealt.
Epidemic	Infect a subject with a highly contagious disease.
Erase	Remove reflect from a single creature and stop them from benefitting from the reflect status effect.
Feast of Blood	As exsanguinate, except it affects all creatures in a 20-ft.-radius and grants caster temporary hit points.
Freeze II	Target takes 1d8 points of ice damage per level.
Gloom II	Target takes 1d8 points of shadow damage per level.
Graviga	As gravity, but all within 30 feet.
Infectja	As infect, except it affects one creature per two levels (maximum of 10) within 50 feet of each other.
Plague Storm	Cloud infects creatures like contagion.
Restore Undead	Heals one allied undead creature within close range to full health.
Reverse	All healing effects are reversed.
Shadow Blast	Target takes 10 points of shadow damage per level.
Summon Undead VII	Summons an undead creature (of CR 10 or lower) to fight for you.
Temporary Resurrection	Bring a creature to life for 24 hours, after which it dies again.
Waves of Exhaustion	Creatures within the 30-ft.-cone burst become exhausted.
Withering Touch	Cause the target’s muscles to lose their strength.
Zombify, Mass	As zombify, but all within 30 feet.

Table: 8th-Level Necromancer Spells

Spell Name	Description
Abyss II	As abyss, except it deals 1d8 points of shadow damage per caster level (maximum 20d8) and inflicts the Dimmed status effect for 1d8 rounds.
Arisega	As arise, except all allies within 30 feet.
Avascular Mass	Reduce foe to half HP and stun, entangle in 20-ft. radius from victim.
Bestow Curse, Greater	As bestow curse, but harder to remove.
Bite of the King	Swallow enemies whole.
Blackfire	Subject is engulfed in black flame, takes 1d4 Con damage and becomes nauseated; flames and effects can spread to adjacent living creatures.
Black Orb	Creates an orb of pure darkness and inflicts negative levels.
Blood Mist	Create a red mist, granting creatures concealment but damaging their wisdom and enraging them.
Delay Fatality	You avoid death through suspended animation.
Domain of the Hungry Flesh	Summons an abomination that attacks creatures in the area.
Doom	Target is inflicted with Doom status.
Dread Spikes III	Creatures attacking the subject of this spell take 5d4 points of shadow damage and subject is healed for that much.
Embrace of Death	Puts a target creature to sleep, inflicting 1d6 Constitution damage per round.
Evaporate	1d6 shadow damage per level.
Leech Field	Leech MP each time you make a saving throw.
Polar Ray	Ranged touch attack deals 1d6/level ice damage and 1d4 points of Dexterity drain.
Shadow Body	You become a living shadow (not the creature).
Summon Undead VIII	Summons an undead creature (of CR 12 or lower) to fight for you.
Suspend Life	Put yourself in suspended animation.
Symbol of Death	Triggered rune kills nearby creatures.
Umbral Spikes III	Creatures attacking the subject of this spell take 5d6 points of shadow damage.
Veil of Undeath	You gain undead traits.

Table: 9th-Level Necromancer Spells

Spell Name	Description
Assimilate	The caster assimilates a creature with just a touch.
Banshee Wail	Targets take 10 points of shadow damage per level.
Cursed Earth	Plants die, living creatures catch diseases, or dead creatures rise as zombies.
Death	Kills one subject.
Destroy Spells	You delete target’s spells.
Drainga	As drainra, except the area of effect is increased to a 30-ft.-radius spread and it deals 1d6 points of shadow damage per two caster levels (maximum of 12d6).
Energy Drain	As enervation, except the creature gains 2d4 temporary negative levels.
Feeblemind, Mass	As feeblemind, but all within 30 feet.
Flay for Purpose	As Repurpose, except it deals 2d6 damage per round, after effect is over, it deals 10 damage per level.
Full-Life	Subject is raised from death to full maximum hit points.
Grave Knight	You raise a corpse into a Grave Knight.
Impact	1d6 points of shadow damage and deals 2 damage to STR, DEX, CON, WIS, INT and CHA.
Negative Eruption	Inflicts 10 damage per level to all creatures within 30 feet. All undead creatures within the area of effect are healed for this much instead and gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls, damage rolls, and Will saving throws.
Polar Midnight	Plunges an area into the brutal chill of an arctic night, dropping visibility, dealing 5d6 points of ice damage and 1d6 points of Dexterity damage per round.
Suffocation, Mass	As suffocation, but all within 30 feet and lasts longer.
Summon Undead IX	Summons an undead creature (of CR 14 or lower) to fight for you.
Transmute Blood to Acid	Turn a living creature's blood into acid, dealing 1d6/2 levels of earth damage per round, dissolving their corpses.

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