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I have three words. What is Necromance?

A Necromancer is generally a person who has control over the (un)dead.

Black Magic, Sorcery...

Necromancy

...I have too much time on my hands... ... anyway, here is something too look at which gives information on the common history of necromancers and their part in fiction.

I like Diablo's definition for Necromancer.

Something along these lines:

Every living thing possesses an energy of life, an essence, a soul. This essence is freed upon the act of death. A necromancer is someone who can feel, control, accumulate, and govern these energies which are freed from the dead. One of the powers would be putting those life essences back into their dead bodies, gaining control over the raised undead.
A necromancer can also drain life power from the living creatures, insuring their faster decay and loss of energy.

The key word there is 'fiction'.

Necromancy is fiction?
NO WAY!

You mean I can't really raise dead people???

sure
you just need the right know-how

But to raise the dead, I'll need some rubber bands, a toothpick, and at least half a bottle of glue. I can make it happen.

But seriously, it's an interesting occupation to get into, provided you can get at least a little bit of GM help.

Don't forget the sticky back plastic. _sorry only people who used to watch blue peter will understand that one.-

oooh, sacrifice, rituals, rituals! oh joy oh joy!

Thank you, this has helped me much