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Kazerabet's Art of Necromancy KAZERABET’S ART OF NECROMANCY Volume I: Spells ExploreSample the forbidden arts in this supplement file for the world’s greatest roleplaying game KAZERABET’S ART OF NECROMANCY VOLUME I: SPELLS BEFORE THE RETURN OF NETHERIL, THE DARK ARTS FLOURISHED. Credits The Red Wizards, the Scabrous Society, and the Cult of the Dragon had Designer, Editor, Author: Kevin Thomas Schlüter collected vast knowledge of the Arts, which they preserved through the Time of Troubles. Trade between Faerûn and Zakhara and Kara-Tur Cover Art: Enrique Meseguer (darksouls1) – pixabay.com flourished while the Anatomical Academy and Loviatar’s cult of pain facil- Interior Art: DM’s Guild Stock Art itated the exchange of knowledge. Netheril disrupted this network and, InDesign Template: Nathanaël Roux along with the loss of many masters of the Art at the hands of adventurers, Kazerabet’s Font: AnkeCalligraphic 2.0–Andreas Höfeld, much of the old lore has been forgotten or burned. It is with a heavy heart fontgrube.de that I write this new volume, which consolidates only a fraction of my Kazerabet’s Papyrus: andreas160578–pixabay.com destroyed library, in the hopes that philosophers in the ages to come can fully appreciate the achievements of those who came before them. About the Author —Kazarabet, Philosopher-Queen of Ysawis Kevin Thomas Schlüter has spent the most of the past decade in and out of the Middle East, North Africa, and other deserts, working in a type of real-world wizard’s guild. He can be contacted at: [email protected] or @thomas_schluter. Introduction ANY OF THE CHARACTER CLASSES IN THE Player’s Sources and Inspiration Handbook have access to necromantic spells. This Baker, Richard. Player’s Option: Spells and Magic. 1996. volume provides sixty eight new spells for those Collins, Andy and Bruce Cordell. Libris Mortis: The Book of Undead. 2004. Cook, David “Zeb”. Player’s Handbook. 1989. classes as well as spellcasting monsters. The Cook, David et al. Tome of Magic. 1991. Dungeon Master decides which of these spells Grub, Jeff with Andrea Heyday. Al-Qadim: Arabian Adventures. 1992. Greenwood, Ed and Tim Beech. Pages from the Mages. 1995. Mare available and whether they are directly added Greenwood, Ed. The Seven Sisters. 1995. to a classes’ spell list, as suggested, or granted as boons for divine Mearls, Mike et al. Heroes of Shadow. 2011. Middleton, Mark (Compiler). Priest’s Spell Compendium Volumes 1–3. 1999–2000. devotion, patron gifts, arcane study, or simply newly developed Middleton, Mark (Compiler). Wizard’s Spell Compendium Volumes 1–4. 1996–1998. affinities. The Dungeon Master may use these as alternate rewards Sernet, Matthew, Jeff Grub, and Mike McArtor. Spell Compendium. 2005. Steve Kurtz. The Complete Book of Necromancers. 1995. for quests, or require a quest to unearth information related to the Swan, Rick. The Complete Wizard’s Handbook. 1994. spell. Spells may be found in ritual books (see the ritual caster feat in Witt, Sam. The Complete Sha’ir’s Handbook. 1994. the Player’s Handbook) or wizards’ spellbooks, or even as scrolls. Legal Adding spells to the cleric, druid, and paladin spell list is dispro- This product was revised and updated from Necromancy After the Time of Troubles. portionally benefitial to those characters because of the nature of how they select spells on a daily basis from their entire spell list. DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, D&D, Wizards of the Coast, Forgotten Realms, the dragon ampersand, Player’s Handbook, Monster Manual, Dungeon Master’s Guide, The Dungeon Master might only add a handful of thematically D&D Adventurers League, all other Wizards of the Coast product names, and their appropriate spells to such a character’s spell list. Another good com- respective logos are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast in the USA and other promise is to allow the player to pick a five to ten appropriate spells countries. All characters and their distinctive likenesses are property of Wizards of the Coast. This material is protected under the copyright laws of the United States of and remove less thematically appropriate spells from their list. America. Any reproduction or unauthorized use of the material or artwork contained herein is prohibited without the express written permission of Wizards of the Coast. ©2019 Wizards of the Coast LLC, PO Box 707, Renton, WA 98057-0707, USA. Manufactured by Hasbro SA, Rue Emile-Boéchat 31, 2800 Delémont, CH. Represented by Hasbro Europe, 4 The Square, Stockley Park, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB11 1ET, UK. It has been a long time since I revisited this work. Most of it holds up despite the weight of years and new trends in the Art. -K Contents INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................2 SPELLSample LISTS ...........................................................................................3 file THEMATIC LISTS ....................................................................................5 SPELLS ...................................................................................................7 KAZERABET’S ART OF NECROMANCY | SPELLS 2 Spell Lists Cleric Level 5 Sorcerer Level 3 Death Throes Barghest’s Feast The following spell lists show which spells Negative Plane Protection Putrefaction can be cast by characters of each class. If a Undead Spell Focus Spirit Armor spell can be cast as a ritual, the ritual tag appears in parenthesis. Spells marked with a single asterisk (*) come from the Player’s Cleric Level 6 Sorcerer Level 4 Clutch of Orcus Graft Flesh Handbook. Those marked with a double Miasma of Entropy asterisk (**) come from Xanathar’s Guide to Everything. Spells marked with a dagger (†) Cleric Level 9 Plague of Undead are found in Kazerabet’s Art of Necromancy Sorcerer Level 5 Death Throes Volume II: Cysts and Grafts. Negative Plane Protection Druid Spells Wither Limb Bard Spells Druid Level 1 Sorcerer Level 6 Bard Level 1 Detect Life or Undeath (ritual) Awaken Undead Lich Touch Corpse Visage Ray of Entropy Detect Life or Undeath (ritual) Druid Level 4 Shatterbone Detho’s Delirium Miasma of Entropy Spectral Voice (ritual) Paladin Spells Sorcerer Level 7 Bard Level 2 Arrow of Bone Year Stealing or Gifting Cloak from Undead False Face (ritual) Paladin Level 1 Past Life Detect Life or Undeath (ritual) Sorcerer Level 8 Defoliate Bard Level 3 Paladin Level 2 Death Talisman (ritual) Cloak from Undead Sorcerer Level 9 Spirit Armor Hold Undead Disruption Ward Against Undead Spawn Screen Plague of Undead Wail of the Banshee Bard Level 4 Paladin Level 3 Mask of Death (ritual) Ward Against Undead Warlock Spells Spendelarde’s Chaser Paladin Level 4 Bard Level 5 Favor of the Martyr Warlock Cantrips Deathsmoke Force Shapechange (ritual) Minor Necromancy Negative Plane Protection Paladin Level 5 Negative Plane Protection Spook Cleric Spells Warlock Level 1 Ranger Spells Bone Club Cleric Cantrips Corpselight (ritual) Corpse Visage Ebony Hand Ranger Level 1 Detect Life or Undeath (ritual) Minor Necromancy Detect Life of Undeath (ritual) Locate Remains Cleric Level 1 Sorcerer Spells Necrotic Awareness Detect Life or Undeath (ritual) Eyes of the Vulture Warlock Level 2 Cloak from Undead Inevitable Doom Sorcerer Cantrips False Face (ritual) Spectral Voice (ritual) Deathsmoke Minor Necromancy Hold Undead Spook Past Life Cleric Level 2 Rain of Blood Cloak from Undead Resist Turning Hold Undead Sorcerer Level 1 Past Life Bone Club Resist Turning Corpse Visage Warlock Level 3 Barghest’s Feast Spawn Screen Detect Life or Undeath (ritual) Putrefaction Spectral Senses Necrotic Awareness Skullwatch SampleSorcerer Level 2 Spirit Armorfile Cleric Level 3 Barghest’s Feast Past Life Undead Torch Spawn Screen Warlock Level 4 Graft Flesh Ward Against Undead Lifesurge KAZERABET’S ART OF NECROMANCY | SPELLS 3 Mask of Death (ritual) Ward Against Undead Inevitable Doom Swordshun (ritual) Inflict Wound* Wizard Level 4 Minor Necromancy Warlock Level 5 Beltyn’s Burning Blood Nulathoe’s Concussive Demise Bodylink Cursed Blade Ray of Sickness* Death Bump Graft Flesh Spectral Voice (ritual) Death Throes Life or Death Field Force Shapechange (ritual) Lifesurge Necromancy Level 2 Negative Plane Protection Mask of Death (ritual) Blindness/Deafness* Wither Limb Miasma of Entropy Cloak from Undead Swordshun (ritual) Decomposition Warlock Level 6 Eyes of the Vulture Corpse Host Wizard Level 5 False Face Lich Touch Bodylink Gentle Repose* Shatterbone Death Bump Hold Undead Death Throes Necrotic Cyst† Warlock Level 7 Force Shapechange (ritual) Rain of Blood Arrow of Bone Moilian Flames Ray of Enfeeblement* Year Stealing or Gifting Negative Plane Protection Spawn Screen Grimwald’s Graymantle Spectral Senses Warlock Level 8 Undead Spell Focus Undead Mount Death Link Wither Limb Defoliate Necromancy Level 3 Wizard Level 6 Animate Dead* Warlock Level 9 Awaken Undead Barghest’s Feast Wail of the Banshee Corpse Host Bestow Curse* Lich Touch Death Talisman Ray of Entropy Feign Death* Wizard Spells Shatterbone Life Bolt Life Transferrence** Wizard Cantrips Wizard Level 7 Necrotic Burst† † Deathsmoke Arrow of Bone Necrotic Influence † Minor Necromancy Year Stealing or Gifting Necrotic Scrying Spectral Hand Putrefaction Spook Wizard Level 8 Skullwatch Death Link Spirit Armor Wizard Level 1 Defoliate Undead Torch Bone Club Skeletal Guard Speak with Dead* Corpselight (ritual) Vampiric Touch* Corpse Visage Wizard Level 9 Detho’s Delirium Disruption Necromancy Level 4 Detect Life or Undeath (ritual) Life Force Exchange Beltyn’s Burning Blood Locate Remains Plague
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