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Necromancer Class
The Necromancer class on The Heroes' Journey (THJ) has several unique mechanics compared to Live servers. With persistent buffs, enhanced pet interactions, and access to powerful AAs, Necromancers play a versatile role as damage dealers and pet-based controllers. This guide outlines the key differences, auto-granted AAs, skill progression, and class mechanics.
Necromancers on THJ benefit from persistent buffs, unique pet mechanics, and out-of-era AAs that enhance their damage-dealing and utility roles. Mastering these abilities will allow players to optimize their damage-over-time spells, undead control, and pet efficiency for maximum effectiveness.
¶ Table of Contents
- Key Differences from Live
- Necromancer Level 1 Auto-Granted AAs
- Necromancer Skills
- Necromancer Spells and Abilities Page
¶ Key Differences from Live
- Buff Persistence:
- Most Necromancer buffs do not fade when cast on yourself or group members as long as you remain in the same zone and group.
- Clickable item effects remain active as long as the item is equipped.
- Enhanced Pet Mechanics:
- Summoned pets can be buffed by all beneficial spells, including:
- Necromancer buffs
- Bard songs
- Other player spells and clickies
- Summoned pets can be buffed by all beneficial spells, including:
- Undead Charm Ability:
- Necromancers gain the ability to charm undead at later levels.
- Cannot control both a charmed undead and a summoned pet simultaneously.
- Level 1 Auto-Granted AAs (detailed below):
- Pestilent Paralysis
- Pet Affinity
- Pet Discipline
- Destructive Cascade
- Summon Companion
- Consume Item
- Mnemonic Retention Rank 4
- Eyes Wide Open Rank 8
- Mystical Attuning Rank 5
- Bazaar and Back Gate
- Custom Necromancer Epic 1.0 is available upon Kunark's release.
¶ Necromancer Level 1 Auto-Granted AAs
¶ Pestilent Paralysis
- Cooldown: 2 minutes.
- Causes the target to suffer a sudden violent attack and become immobile for a duration.
- Higher ranks increase immobilization duration.
¶ Pet Affinity
- Allows beneficial group spells to affect summoned pets.
¶ Pet Hold & Greater Pet Hold
- /pet hold prevents the pet from attacking unless explicitly commanded.
- Greater Pet Hold ensures the pet does not attack unless specifically assigned a target (e.g., /pet attack or /pet qattack).
¶ Quickened Companion
- Grants a faster casting version of Summon Companion.
- Higher ranks increase the chance of making the pet fade when summoned.
¶ Destructive Cascade
- Increases the critical hit damage of damage-over-time (DoT) spells.
¶ Consume Item
- Cooldown: 5 seconds.
- Destroys an item on your cursor while providing progress towards your power source’s next rank.
¶ Bazaar and Back Gate
- Cooldown: 2 minutes.
- Teleports you to the Bazaar.
- If used inside the Bazaar, returns you to your previous location.
¶ Mnemonic Retention
- Grants an additional spell slot.
¶ Eyes Wide Open
- Increases the capacity of the extended target window.
¶ Mystical Attuning
- Increases the number of mystical effects that can affect you at once.
¶ Necromancer Skills
Necromancers receive all class skills automatically at level 1, increasing them through use. Some skills (e.g., Mend or Remove Trap) may appear in the UI due to the server’s multiclassing system, but they cannot be used unless you assign at least one skill point.
¶ Combat-Specific Skills
| Skill | Level Attained | Cap at 60 |
|---|---|---|
| 1H Blunt | 1 | 225 |
| 2H Blunt | 1 | 225 |
| 1H Piercing | 1 | 225 |
| Defense | 1 | 205 |
| Dodge | 20 | 205 |
| Hand to Hand | 1 | 180 |
| Offense | 1 | 140 |
| Throwing | 1 | 280 |
¶ Class-Specific Skills
| Skill | Level Attained | Cap at 60 |
|---|---|---|
| Abjuration | 1 | 285 |
| Alteration | 1 | 285 |
| Channeling | 1 | 220 |
| Conjuration | 1 | 285 |
| Divination | 1 | 285 |
| Evocation | 1 | 285 |
| Meditate | 1 | 325 |
| Research | 16 | 300 |
| Specialize Abjure | 20 | 235 |
| Specialize Alteration | 20 | 235 |
| Specialize Conjuration | 20 | 235 |
| Specialize Divination | 20 | 235 |
| Specialize Evocation | 20 | 235 |
¶ Ancillary Skills
| Skill | Level Attained | Cap at 60 |
|---|---|---|
| Alcohol Tolerance | 1 | 325 |
| Begging | 1 | 300 |
| Bind Wound | 1 | 325 |
| Sense Heading | 1 | 200 |
| Swimming | 1 | 300 |
¶ Trade Skills
| Skill | Level Attained | Cap at 60 |
|---|---|---|
| Fishing | 1 | 200 |
| Baking | 1 | 300 |
| Tailoring | 1 | 300 |
| Blacksmithing | 1 | 300 |
| Fletching | 1 | 300 |
| Brewing | 1 | 300 |
| Jewelry Making | 1 | 300 |
| Pottery | 1 | 300 |
| Tinkering | 16 | 300 |
¶ Necromancer Spells and Abilities Page
For a deeper dive into the Necromancer’s spells, abilities, and undead charm options, check out:
Necromancer Spells and Abilities
