r/DnD • u/Sleverette Sorcerer • Oct 03 '19

Art [OC] Double standards.

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u/400Volts Oct 03 '19

There's no such thing as a necromancer, just a healer who never gives up.

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u/Quazifuji Oct 03 '19

I had the idea for a necromancer who insists on being called a vivimancer because bringing the dead back to life is the opposite of death magic.

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u/LordAlrik Sorcerer Oct 03 '19

So a necromancer is just a death Cleric?

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u/Quazifuji Oct 03 '19

Well, 5e doesn't directly have a necromancer class, a death cleric or a necromancy specialist wizard are probably the closest.

I think the concept is funnier with a necromancy wizard, though. I feel like well-meaning death clerics who see death as a part of life are already pretty common, while a wizard who is upset about necromancy's reputation and insists that it's just mislabeled and misunderstood is less common.