Necromancy

This page is about the magic school. For the subclass, see Necromancy School.

Necromancy is a school of magic. Necromancy magic involves the undead, be it negative energy used to harm others or the resurrection of corpses as servants.

List of necromancy spells granted by class or through scrolls

Name	Level		Cast time	Duration	Range/Area	Attack/Save	Damage/Effect
Bone Chill	C			1 turn	18 m / 60ft	Attack roll	1d8Necrotic
Bursting Sinew	C			-	18 m / 60 ft	DEX save	1d10Piercing
Toll the Dead	C			-	18 m / 60 ft	WIS save	1d12Necrotic
False Life	1			Long Rest	Self	-	-
Inflict Wounds	1			-	1.5 m / 5 ft	Attack roll	3d10Necrotic
Ray of Sickness	1			2 turns	18 m / 60 ft	Attack roll CON save	2d8Poison
Blindness	2			10 turns	18 m / 60 ft	CON save	-
Ray of Enfeeblement	2			10 turns	18 m / 60 ft	Attack roll	-
Animate Dead	3			-	3 m / 10ft	-	-
Bestow Curse	3			-	1.5 m / 5 ft	WIS save	-
Feign Death	3			10 turns	1.5 m / 5ft	-	-
Revivify	3			-	9 m / 30ft  9m / 30ft (Radius)	-	-
Speak with Dead	3			Long Rest	9 m / 30ft	-	-
Vampiric Touch	3			10 turns	1.5 m / 5 ft	Attack roll	3d6Necrotic
Blight	4			-	9 m / 30ft	CON save	8d8Necrotic
Contagion	5			-	1.5 m / 5 ft	Attack roll	-
Circle of Death	6			-	18 m / 60ft  9m / 30ft (Radius)	CON save	8d6Necrotic
Create Undead	6			-	3 m / 10ft	-	-
Eyebite	6			-	18 m / 60ft	WIS save	-
Harm	6			Long Rest	18 m / 60 ft	CON save	14d6Necrotic

List of necromancy spells granted by items

Name	Level		Cast time	Duration	Range/Area	Attack/Save	Damage/Effect
Sacrifice Soul				-	30m / 100ft	-	-
Ghoulish Touch	1			2 turns	1.5 m / 5 ft	Attack roll	-
Animate Dead: Skeleton	3			-	3 m / 10ft	-	-
Animate Dead: Zombie	3			-	3 m / 10ft	-	-
Bestow Curse: Additional Damage	3			10 turns	1.5 m / 5 ft	WIS save	1d8Necrotic
Bestow Curse: Attack Disadvantage	3			10 turns	1.5 m / 5 ft	WIS save	-
Bestow Curse: Charisma Disadvantage	3			10 turns	1.5 m / 5 ft	WIS save	-
Bestow Curse: Constitution Disadvantage	3			10 turns	1.5 m / 5 ft	WIS save	-
Bestow Curse: Dexterity Disadvantage	3			10 turns	1.5 m / 5 ft	WIS save	-
Bestow Curse: Dread	3			10 turns	1.5 m / 5 ft	WIS save	-
Bestow Curse: Intelligence Disadvantage	3			10 turns	1.5 m / 5 ft	WIS save	-
Bestow Curse: Strength Disadvantage	3			10 turns	1.5 m / 5 ft	WIS save	-
Bestow Curse: Wisdom Disadvantage	3			10 turns	1.5 m / 5 ft	WIS save	-
Paralyzing Ray	3			2 turns	18 m / 60ft	CON save	-
Ray of Fear	3			2 turns	18 m / 60 ft	WIS save	-
Recast Speak with Dead	3			-	9 m / 30ft	-	-
Wounding Ray	3			-	18 m / 60 ft	CON save	2d8Necrotic
Animate Dead: Skeleton Squad	4			-	9 m / 30ft	-	-
Animate Dead: Zombie Batallion	4			-	9 m / 30ft	-	-
Beckoning Darkness	4			2 turns	4 m / 13ft	CHA save	2d8Necrotic
Animate Dead: Flying Ghoul	5			-	3 m / 10ft	-	-
Animate Dead: Ghoul	5			-	3m / 10ft	-	-
Contagion: Blinding Sickness	5			3 turns	1.5 m / 5 ft	Attack roll	-
Contagion: Filth Fever	5			3 turns	1.5 m / 5 ft	Attack roll	-
Contagion: Flesh Rot	5			3 turns	1.5 m / 5 ft	Attack roll	-
Contagion: Mindfire	5			3 turns	1.5 m / 5 ft	Attack roll	-
Contagion: Seizure	5			3 turns	1.5 m / 5 ft	Attack roll	-
Contagion: Slimy Doom	5			3 turns	1.5 m / 5 ft	Attack roll	-
Dethrone	5			-	30 m / 100ft	CON save	10d6 + 20Necrotic
Animate Dead: Flying Ghoul Flock	6			-	9 m / 30ft	-	-
Animate Dead: Ghoul Pack	6			-	9 m / 30ft	-	-
Conjure Shadow Lantern Wraith	6			-	3 m / 10ft	-	-
Eyebite: Asleep	6			10 turns	18 m / 60ft	WIS save	-
Eyebite: Panicked	6			10 turns	18 m / 60ft	WIS save	-
Eyebite: Sickened	6			10 turns	18 m / 60ft	WIS save	-

List of necromancy spells available only to NPCs

Name	Level		Cast time	Duration	Range/Area	Attack/Save	Damage/Effect
No Rest for the Wicked	3			-	3 m / 10ft	-	-
The Dead Wastes	3			-	18 m / 60 ft	-	4d6Necrotic 4d6Healing
Animate Dead	4			-	22 m / 73ft  8m / 27ft (Radius)	-	-
Mark of Putrefaction	4			2 turns	12 m / 40ft	-	-
Overwhelming Grief	4			10 turns	6 m / 20ft  3m / 10ft (Radius)	CON save	1d8Necrotic
Withering Gift	4			Long Rest	18 m / 60 ft	-	-
Withering Theft	4			Long Rest	18 m / 60 ft	Attack roll	2d8Necrotic
Withering Touch	4			-	1.5 m / 5 ft	Attack roll	4d8 + 3Necrotic
Carrion's Explosive Cloudkill	5			-	18 m / 60ft	DEX save	4d6Slashing
Lovely Assistant	5			-	8 m / 27ft	-	-
Animate Dead	6			-	22 m / 73ft	-	-
Mystic Carrion's Vile Curse	6			3 turns	18 m / 60ft	WIS save	2d10Necrotic
Finger of Death	7			-	30m / 100ft	CON save	7d8 + 30Necrotic

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External links

• Necromancy on the Forgotten Realms Wiki