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PostPosted: Jan 15th, '08, 16:51 
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As can be assumed by the knowledge in the other books, there are several variations of necromancer. I myself am considered amongst many as a "Pale Master", because tails tell of my methodologies being ghastly in nature, but to contrast this so called "Pale Master" with various other types of necromancer, I will grant you with the vaguest of knowledge onto some of the techniques shared amongst practitioners throughout the world.


There are various lores which when attuned to ones self, can grant various advantages and disadvantages to daily life and, of course in combat. The first of these lores is the Spectral Lore.

Necromancers who choos to study this lore concentrate soley on knowledge gleaned form the spirits of those long gone and value secret lore above treasure and title. Such studies allow the practitioner to enhance himself in all areas, to quite literally become a greater person though, ultimately, the aim is simply to know and understand all they can come into contact with. It is not uncommon for other loremasters to shun the practice of raising and communing with the dead spirits for it certainly carries its own dangers, but many are these "spectral loremasters" who operate within a normal society, gaining onlny a reputation for being knowledgable in all fields.

These practitioners often understand that the great libraries in the world represent only the tiniest repositories of information and learning and that for every sevret of lore uncovered in some lost tome, a thousand more have been lost through death. This knowledge is still available to the living, however, if one dares investigate the dark realms others instinctively avoid. This path requires a still mind and extreme dedication, but the adherent will be rewarded with forgotten secrets his peers will never discover.


The second specialist i will address is known amongst common folk as a deathseeker and are often reviled by all others yet willingly accept the stigma in echange for arcane power far in excess of other wizards and sorcerers. They are rarely welcomed once recognised for who they are, as deathseekers, in perpetual search for the dying, take callous advantage of others misfortune for only through the flow of negative energy may their most powerful spells be worked. Many deathseekers therefore choose to practice their art in secret, either far away from civilisation or through disguise as any other arcane wizard. Only when their spells become manifest might another spellcaster determine their source of magical power. Deathseekers are most often found at scenes of great death, whether it be through battle, famile or plague, sometimes posing as healers in order to be close to the great flow of negative energy they crave for their art. Do be careful next time a stranger approaches you with a bandage.


Many are the necromancers who were first drawn to the art through fascination of both the power of negative energy upon the anatomies of the living. Indeed many necromancers, dispite the prejudice of civilisation, are adept healers. However, a fine boundary always exists in the darker arts and this type of necromancer crosses this line through an obsession that borders neer insanit. He is a scholar of the physical attributes of living creatures and is drawn forward by the idea of creating the perfect being through the combination of vital organs and limbs. This foul and debased practice is made possible only throug hteh direct and hazardous manipulation of negative energy, encouraging its flow through his own body and that of the others as he strives to attain physical perfection through his own methodical crafting. This kind of necromancer can regrow limbs, or simply steal them and graft them to himself. This ability allows the necromancer to perhaps walk around with one arm in the form of a squids tentacle, the body of a wolf and the upper body of a giant, while the other arm forms the shape of a fleshy hammer. Hard to believe, isn't it?


When some of the above are compared with the pale lore; which i will not detail here, you may see that, perhaps, dispite our flaws, we are rather lenient with what we do, limiting it to ourselfs, where as the third discribed necromancer could even put the arm of the squid on you.

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