Necromantic Rituals

This page describes the unique necromancer mechanic "Necromantic Rituals".

Crafting Necromantic Rituals
To gain malfecium, necromancers must use fresh humanoid corpses in necromantic rituals. These must be the corpses which either they or their pets have slain within 3 game sessions or 30 in game days.

During the ritual, the necromancer makes the incantation (roleplay) and receives malfecium in the amount proportional to his level, a 20 sided dice role adding his spellcasting modifier, and the scale of the sacrifice (DM discretion). The DM is encouranged to consider the quality of the player's description of the abberant display and the quality of the incantation roleplay when deciding how many malfecium to award the necromancer.

The necromatic rituals involving these corpses can be crafted in one of three ways.

1. Abberant Display: The dismembered bodies of the necromancer's dead are scattered and in a public place like a forest for all to see.

2. Unholy Pyre: The necromancer creatively mutilates and affixes the corpses of his enemies onto various wooden structures using nails and rope before igniting the structures and gazing into the flames.

3. Feast for Crows: The necromancer hangs the corpses of his enemies from several trees before disemboweling them and meditating amongst the carnage. (Particularly suited for elven corpses killed within their own territory.