Necromancy made easy

[PhilHibbs]

So, one of my players wants to play a necromancer. Well, a Gark the Calm follower anyway. So should I give her any breaks on the Animate Corpse concentration requirement? I think it would be too much for her to be able to just send in half a dozen independently fighting zombies into combat. They can all throw themselves in the way, perhaps all grapple the same opponent, but if they get separated doing different things then most of them are going to go limp while she concentrates on just one or two of them. Basically, one of her combat actions is used to control one or more zombies doing the same thing. Does that make sense?

And if she really winds me up with them, maybe her dreams will accidentally take control of them... a sleepwalking necromancer acting out her dreams with a horde of zombies...

 

[Loz]

If you throw a couple of foes, even slow moving ones, at a single opponent, you're going to force them to split CAs between the two foes. If you have 3 CAs, that's going to cause you problems. Its a little lessened if you have 4.

So its probably worthwhile. But it all depends on how she intends to deploy her zombies.

 

[Da Boss]

a sleepwalking necromancer acting out her dreams with a horde of zombies...

I do like that idea - may just have to happen in a game

 

[languagegeek]

a sleepwalking necromancer acting out her dreams with a horde of zombies...

Consider that idea swiped.

 

[Chronos]

I have a sorcerer with form/set darkness and animate darkness. This could be fun. 8)