You Might Be a Necromancer | Wizard Subclass Guide for DND 5e

#dnd #necromancer #wizard
Hey! Guess what. You're Awesome and thanks for watching. I promise this is the best DND tutorial based on a 30 year old Jeff Foxworthy joke you'll ever see. Stick around for more and vote in the comments for which subclass you'd like to next.
What do call a skeleton without a nose... Nobody nose!
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[@casbot71]

Shepard Druid: They killed my summoned critters... Necromancer: I have the solution.

[@joaovitordesouzasilva3554]

Necromancer: is aways more funny on the second time !!! 😂😂😂😂

[@JosekTheNecromancer]

Necromancy is the school of second chances, and Third chances and so on.

[@austinjenkins5533]

This man really just rhymed the whole video

[@zifir4803]

No?

[@zifir4803]

Yes!

[@johnfranklin87]

And that's why his vids are the best!

[@BigManStan]

Not the whole video

[@nyne2928]

Yes

[@manofwrath]

YMBA, I must ask, might you be an English major? Because the rhyme you've summoned is an absolute BANGER!

[@youmightbeadnd]

Political science actually, just a giant nerd lol

[@JarenDarkwolf]

@@youmightbeadnd Can't say we're surprised on that last bit at all. cx

[@greyc8420]

"THAT. WAS. AMAZING!"- Friendly neighborhood Necromancer Mortician irl xD

[@bigcdo1498]

It's not easy raising a family these days. Especially the undead kind. The Necromancer is great!

[@JosekTheNecromancer]

Thanks!

[@ai2802]

This proves that even the undead deserve happy holidays too!! Thrilled to see this one & many happy holiday's to you all!

[@thisiscoral]

content getting better and better. King is stepping up his game

[@jeffreyeshbach9372]

Well done, dude. This was a masterpiece of an episode.

[@sullivantwiss1954]

I love the Christmas rhyme stuff. And the mention of David McCallum

[@xiongray]

It really is... The Necromancer before Christmas.

[@marcusblacknell-andrews1783]

Imagine a Dhampir with a hunger for life energy taking this subclass after making a pact with a fiend

[@douglasmckenna5575]

How would that work?

[@marcusblacknell-andrews1783]

@@douglasmckenna5575 , the Dhampir can use it’s “Grim Harvest” feature to feed its hunger while regaining hit points. Plus, it can amplify the use of “Vampiric Touch” when it uses its bite attack.

[@woutvanostaden1299]

The bite doesn't work with vampiric touch, since it it classified as a weapon. Vampiric touch specifies that you use your hand, so it doesn't work with a weapon. If only it could work with weapon and the attack action it would be a useable spell.

[@douglasmckenna5575]

@@woutvanostaden1299 I'm sure there's a way to make it work... I'll have to look into it because that sounds fun

[@marcusblacknell-andrews1783]

@@woutvanostaden1299 , perhaps you can homebrew or modify certain mechanics to suit this idea.

[@lorenzogrimes4670]

Loved the rhymes you ran for this episode they are great. Happy holidays

[@imaginationave3687]

Necromancy: when Necrophiliacs want a little variety.

[@deanospimoniful]

Ew

[@supersandwich8967]

Damn.

[@JosekTheNecromancer]

How dare you, necrophiliacs are almost always shunned from necromancer wizard circles. Remember: you are creating a mockery of life, if you create a creature it is your child. Don’t fuck your child!

[@DentZilber]

So... Inured to Death prevents your hit points from being reduced. Create Magen spell wants to reduce those hit points but can't. It'll take some time, but you can essentially raise a horde of Magen... Food for thought.

[@mjsfalcon986]

The video's awesome, but those rhymes? *chef's kiss*

[@TheNecroMeister]

I go by many names. Necrodancer, Boogie-man, Raveyard, Wapdigo, Brim-reaper, but you may call me Bone Daddy.

[@readyeddy1631]

Tis the season to resurrect the dead. Merry Krampus everyone

[@chrisp.2852]

"last episode this year" my brother in christ thats nearly over

[@calvinwarlick8533]

Finger of Death is a fine spell for sure, but my go to for a fight is Danse Macabre, especially if you carry your own corpses with you. Spend a bit over 400g and you can equip those future minions with chail mail and mauls, and since Danse boosts bith thier attack and damage by your spell cast modifer and Undead Thrall boosts HO and Damage again, you actually have competent meat shields.

[@ADirtyLeviathan]

Man. Your poem made my Day. Merry MF Christmas.

[@רבידמטסאס]

that was so GOOD! incredible rhymes

[@amelialouma4762]

I prefer the term 'late healer' thank you.

[@gioiabishop8702]

Boss Bard Skills Activate!!! That was so incredible!

[@autumnson]

Loved the rhymes!

[@supersalty_9459]

bro u got bars for days lmao

[@James_Irish]

The rhyming is SUBLIME!!!

[@ethandelekta5547]

Omg the poetry!

[@bell4298]

These videos are great

[@dracot795mt5]

Oathbreaker paladin would be cool to see

[@Wouldyoukindly4545]

Necromancer X, Twilight Cleric 2. When you have a crap ton of undead, and every single one of them is regaining temp hit points every round.

[@theuncalledfor]

Really forces the players to focus fire, huh?

[@luiken3]

Well done sir - very well done.

[@chadculotta8278]

This is your Magnum Opus to date, holy shit GOAT

[@YngolSonofYsgramor]

This was absolutely 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@bobsmith7066]

I’m sorry, but when Necromancy is competing against subclasses like Chronomancy, Bladesinging, and Divination I can’t see any real argument for it being the best.

[@jeronimoheuchert3786]

Keep spaming the rewing by 5, 10, whatever you have the sound he'll be making on an rpg

[@WyattRoss-kr9sd]

Im tempted to make a mj character thats a necromancer / bard multiclass

[@rodrigotorres7592]

Best video ever

[@andyaknoby5007]

My fav wizard!

[@jayredharpstudios9672]

Please do Fathomless Warlock or Phantom Rogue next

[@magicriza9802]

What a banger

[@GameOrakarik-m8j]

Please do tempest cleric

[@LockandLoad79]

Necromancy. Or, should I say _Life Hack_ . Eh ? Eh ? 😁

[@nicholascasey6473]

I personally believe that the necromancer wizard really is a letdown. As a level 5 divine soul sorcerer, you can raise a shit-ton of undead but not as quick. If given time and a bloodwell vial you can have 28 zombies or skeletons (you will not have any sorcery points spells of first through third). Although they are not empowered but inspiring leader feat and at higher levels buff them with aid. Past level 11 is when wizard is greater, but a spell selection of sorcerer and cleric makes things a bit better. Because the Restless don't need sleep, they shouldn't take rests so the temp hp from anything you give is most likely permanent. If you want to be a necromancer, be a wizard. But to feel like a necromancer, a divine soul sorcerer gives more for less.

[@daboi-god]

Any of u know an op multiclasd Cuz i d9

[@mikhailthegreatestdragon3627]

Hexblade Warlock 3/Sorcerer X, enjoy all your spell slots and combat power Hexblade Warlock 3/Paladin X, enjoy only needing one Stat for everything

[@Uthardar]

Just say no N.A.R.E.

[@werewolfgold8328]

No kobold yet?

[@I_am_a_master_baiter]

I just wanted to say that I love your content! I look forward to your videos, both these and your shorts, whenever they get released! Thank you for your time and commitment to these!

[@KillMattWalsh]

As a Necro main it’s not a downer :3

[@benin8or]

I can't imagine a better way to celebrate this season than with denizens of undead.

[@JosekTheNecromancer]

I’ll drink to that

[@TheGreater-ScopeVillain]

*_Thanks for the rhymes, and the tutorial too. A very merry Christmas, I wish unto you._*

[@WanderingRagabond]

My stance on wizards is unchanged, BUT I absolutely applaud your performance and the spooky Nightmare Before Christmas vibes! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

[@thewholesomecultist6702]

What tis le stance

[@WanderingRagabond]

@@thewholesomecultist6702 That wizards deserve nothing :)

[@aaronmcpherson1297]

mine had changed especially for clerics

[@symeon5518]

That's wrong, wizards deserve death. And not the Necromancer kind. The dead dead kind.​@@WanderingRagabond

[@WanderingRagabond]

@@symeon5518 THANK YOU

[@JavoZier]

I take my hat off, you really rhymed the whole video. Someone give this guy an award

[@bthsr7113]

I've been pondering the idea of how to make good necromancer characters. One idea I had was a city using regulated undead labor for manual labor and city militia reserves after securing their consent in life and both parties signing a contract, with payment to the living person in advance for later use of their body for no longer than is legally allowed. And the character would be an initiate pursuing study and certification for this before getting sent careening towards the other players and plot. And these necromancer guilds would be on the up and up with the occasional bad apple being severely punished and any rogue guilds having bounties put on them to be adventured out of action.

[@DentZilber]

Inured to Death prevents the reduction of your hit points. The Create Magen spell. Part of it reduces your hit points. Inured to Death prevents this. Make a couple of Magen. Get more materials, make more Magen. Rinse and repeat. Horde of Magen at your disposal.

[@Riddlewizard]

Best (and probably only)Christmas present I'll get this year- my requests for Necromancer were answered! Thank you!

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

Ironically, my campaign has an NPC with the nickname Necropaladin who technically isn't even a necromancer - she's a Bladesinger-Oath of the Watcher multiclass who REALLY likes necromancy spells and thus knows like, 20 of them. Despite being a Paladin, she's unsurprisingly not the type to get bent out of shape about someone being a necromancer as long as they aren't hurting innocent people. (She is Neutral Good in alignment, so if they're slaughtering villagers left and right to make an army of corpses, she's going to have a problem with them...)

[@Seoul_Soldier]

Wake up skeletons, it's our turn!

[@adamosca6399]

“Who do the voodoo that you do so well” I don’t know why but that like scratch’s the perfect itch in my brain 😂 I kept listening to it like 5 times

[@JosekTheNecromancer]

Look up the song “man with the hex” I think that line might be inspired by this

[@DNDNDumbness]

"Hey, did you eveer try to perfect the dance moves to Thriller?" Yes, yes I did.

[@therookery9911]

This was definitely My favorite I'm so glad my suggestion got picked up so fast this was pure... Poetry 😂

[@youmightbeadnd]

Glad you liked it!!

[@TheBerchie]

Paladin: "Wizard! I can't believe that you would disgrace the law of nature and all that's holy!" Skeleton: "Deus vult." Paladin: "Although, I am willing to over look this transgression just this once...."

[@justkoji]

Bro doesn't know how to necromance, dude just built to be a bard what a chad. Jokes aside merry christmas everyone! And thank you for such great video! You deserve that break!

[@NasirStewart-e4w]

First. But being foreal loved the video

[@HobGungan]

I'm weirdly drawn to necromancy in games in general, as someone with a crippling IRL fear of death. I just really really like using "evil" powers for good.

[@theuncalledfor]

Not to mention it usually means you get ways of escaping death, yourself. What is death to someone who mastered it?

[@lunaslove477]

i would personally play a necromancer with a true neutral alignment, maybe evil neutral

[@theuncalledfor]

@@lunaslove477 I am of the opinion that everyone who creates undead minions should be of an "evil" alignment - formally. As in, you write lawful/neutral/chaotic evil into your character sheet. HOWEVER, you can still _play_ them as, essentially, good people. This highlights a disconnect between in-setting "objective" morality, which I view as being decided by the "good" gods, and actual real morality/ethics. Nothing ethically wrong with creating undead minions, so long as you do so responsibly and only use them for ethically acceptable purposes, but the gods say it's "evil" so the in-game universe considers you evil.

[@lunaslove477]

@theuncalledfor all of corse is true, though how I picture this particular necromancer is they are true neutral allignment with a survivors mentality. Like they use necromancer as a tool for a means to an end and just that. Not for power but to aid in surviving like using the dead for labor or defense or even aggression if called for.

[@lunaslove477]

@theuncalledfor And that is all fair and valid though when I ay I want to create this character with a true neutral alignment. I intend for her mindset to be for survival. She's simply put a surviver and is willing to do anything to ensure her safety and prosperity and those she cares for. Using necromancer more as a tool rather than a means of power. Need some free labor? You got it. Need a quick regiment to defend your lords keep? You got it. Need a handy and terrifying distraction? You got it! 😁

[@CodyDunn-nh6ef]

You should do Oath of the Watchers that would be fun to see

[@bradwillis7415]

The ending song was just hilariously fantastic. And sincerely the rhyme was very well written.

[@curiouswind9196]

The skeleton in Texas Massacre were real skeletons not fake ones because it was cheaper to get real ones from abroad Merry Xmas

[@andrewdowns3673]

This guy was speaking in rhyme, Nearly the entire video's length of time.

[@johird9990]

ever since i knew what it ment, i've always adored the concept asthetic and generaly everything about necromancy. I started playing league of legends because i heard about a necromancer character on a top 10 video game necromancer list and i have been stuck playing ever since

[@kheaousdestra]

In my home games I offer a variant option for the Necromancer class I call "Chosen Undead" where a Necromancer can expend spell slots to be able to summon a special undead that has what I call "Soul Points" which is equal to Wizard level Halved [rounded up] + Intelligence Modifier X Proficiency bonus. They are allowed to spend "Soul Points" to sort of "craft" their undead with extra stat's,class abilities [pertaining to that style of undead] and other such goodies. It's not perfect yet and thankfully the player I have using this is also a DM so we have been able to parch up bugs and stuff as they come up pretty quickly but has made the Necromancer class feel a little extra special than it was feeling before for our table. Lots of fun though aha.

[@SimplexStorm]

This might be my favorite video of yours. It's so well done. Merry Christmas and a Happy Holidays to you and yours YMBA

[@Comicsluvr]

I've been waiting for this one!

[@LoganZirbel-uy2qp]

Bro, this was peak

[@Seraphzero0]

Holy Crap Dude! I owe you a drink. Impressive writing

[@Lefty006]

you rhyme good

[@Itachi45481]

Christmas necromancy heck yeah

[@MrWesternAUS]

Yep, I recognize the end music. Enjoy the break, it's well deserved, and fingers crossed someone doesn't ask for Oathbreaker Paladin, because you said it will be one of the last few Subclasses you cover for Paladin, right?

[@anigma8962]

Always will love your content

[@jannfredryckmatias3545]

Happy Holidays, YMBA!!! You've been a goddamn Christmas present this whole year 🎁

[@eximago]

Surely, Easter would've been the more thematically appropriate holiday for this one.

[@Avigorus]

NGL if I Isekai'd into a fantasy universe most flavors of Necromancer wouldn't be a bad class to get randomly assigned (about the only exceptions I can think of, outside of possible social stigma if my class became public knowledge, would be being somehow pushed into either becoming undead against my will, forced to embrace a disease specialization that forces whatever pestilence to be always surrounding me destroying any hope of pretending to be normal, or some sort of blood magic or whatever where you have to hurt yourself, like GW2 Dagger/Sword + Corruption + Harbinger builds do).

[@LikeButton7]

Enchantment is 100% more evil than necromancy. One messes with the already dead. One bends the living to its will.

[@bthsr7113]

D&D was built by nerds for nerds. And Wizard was the only true nerd class until Artificer came along. Wizards make great BBEG's because they have the power to affect things on the grandest scale with the most varied tool kit, and the greatest utilization of/heaviest reliance on prep time out of any class until Artificer came along as another INT class. But if you want to prove me wrong, write up a bard BBEG manipulating a Kingdom or a Monk decapitating royal courts to cause chaos.

[@dr.slaughterstein1879]

Always felt that necromancer was the ultimate minion master. Sure your no lich, but you still pack a wallop and basicaly free meat shields is always worth. Imagine cranking out skelly bois, at later levels a company them with some ghoulie boys, and cap it off with a summoned undead for your concentration and just sit in the back line with your skellys, occasionally zapping a fool as your skellys send arrow clouds, your ghouls harrie and harass, and your summoned undead slaps your foe silly. Then realise that the whole time your foe is having to make a save against paralysis on every single melee hit they receive. Wanna make it worse? Find a way to have dissonant whispers and spam that twit with it, every time they fail, they take a round of opertunity attacks from ghouls and your summon! Those legendary saving throws won't be lasting very long. Then consider this: you also have your entire dnd party helping your ghoulish grizzly warriors beat the snot out if some poor paralyzed git whilst you put your feat up and relax in your bone throne!!!

[@justinrozema4671]

Broooo did not have to go this hard but dang I’m glad he did

[@edyan2478]

Lich grad programs are brutal. I've been working on my thesis for the last 120 years and it still needs more sources. I feel myself dying slowly... is it working then?

[@Venaruu]

Iam an Necromancer while we have 2 paladin and i made it that i summon only the bad souls to torture them and not give them the peace of death.

[@Vampireknight99]

I have op necromancer build Human variant + reborn 4 Warlock undead 2 shadow sorcerer 14 necromancer

[@lasonris8934]

I have a question, can you benefit if your animated skeletons kills and enemy or Summon undead spell since i came from one of your spells?

[@CarbonMage]

I'd probably just grab Animate at level twenty, Since the benefits to upcasting Summon are many

[@alexduraev]

MASSIVE LIKE TO THIS VIDEO (coming from someone who writes lyrics ALL THE DAY)

[@mrSift27]

Good/Neutral check out the Legend of Astoshan!!!

[@governedmoth1749]

A conquest paladin and a necromancer walk onto a battlefield. What do they say to each other?

[@azverb]

Put on some plate and push-ups... For an oathbreaker paladin.

[@cschelko]

Requesting an Archfey Warlock!

[@juanmanuelrodriguezvillalb2722]

I would love to see a video about the Wild Card Rogue that would be awesome to watch

[@airproci]

If a necromacer multiclass as a bard can call it self a nerco-dancer? 👀

[@charliesgamingplace2371]

I only wanna do it so I can force my minions to do the work for me.

[@chriswilhite-fh9bq]

Wow thats amazing dawg nice fucking video

[@gimlisgrandson629]

Rapping necromancers are horrifying I can confirm

[@angelguardianpeace-lf6fl]

How da faq did this man turn this video into a poem?