Necromancy

Overview

Necromancy is one of the powersets. It is a Mastermind primary power set.

Command the forces of Death. Necromancy allows you to summon undead henchmen to do your bidding. Some Necromancy powers can even grant your undead henchmen additional powers. Most Undead henchmen generally have good resistances to cold, negative energy, and psionic damage as well as sleep, fear and disorient. Undead Henchmen cannot be resurrected.

Power Tables

Mastermind

The Necromancy powerset is available as a primary powerset for Masterminds. The following table shows which powers are available and at what level:

	Power	Level	Effect
	Dark Blast	1	Ranged, Moderate Damage (Negative), Foe -Accuracy
	Zombie Horde	1	Summon Zombies
	Gloom	2	Ranged, High Damage over Time (Negative)
	Enchant Undead	6	Ranged, Enchant Undead Henchman
	Life Drain	8	Ranged, Moderate Damage (Negative), Target -Accuracy, Self +Hit Points
	Grave Knight	12	Summon Grave Knight
	Soul Extraction	18	Summon Ghost (Special)
	Lich	26	Summon Lich
	Dark Empowerment	32	Ranged, Empower Undead Henchman

Powers

The following are powers in the Necromancy powerset.

Dark Blast

A long range blast of dark energy. Deals moderate negative energy damage and reduces the target's accuracy.

Damage	Moderate
Recharge	Fast
Minimum Level	1 (Mastermind)
Effects	Ranged
	Moderate Damage (Negative)
	Foe -Accuracy
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Enhance Recharge Speed
	Enhance To Hit Debuffs
	Enhance Damage
	Enhance Accuracy

Dark Empowerment

Dark Empowerment will permanently bestow the most powerful and darkest new powers and abilities to one undead henchman. The empowered undead will gain new abilities and powers. The powers gained are unique and dependent upon the target undead henchman that is empowered. Dark Empowerment only works on your undead henchmen and you can only empower any given undead henchman once.

Recharge	Very Slow
Minimum Level	32 (Mastermind)
Effects	Ranged
	Empower Undead Henchman
Enhancements

Enchant Undead

Enchant Undead will permanently bestow new powers and abilities to one undead henchman. The powers gained are unique and dependent upon the target undead henchman that is Enchanted. Enchant Undead only works on your undead henchmen and you can only Enchant any given undead henchman once.

Recharge	Medium
Minimum Level	6 (Mastermind)
Effects	Ranged
	Enchant Undead Henchman
Enhancements

Gloom

Gloom slowly drains a target of life, while reducing his accuracy. Slower than Dark Blast, but deals more damage over time.

Damage	High (Damage over Time)
Recharge	Moderate
Minimum Level	2 (Mastermind)
Effects	Ranged
	High (Damage over Time)
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Enhance Recharge Speed
	Enhance To Hit Debuffs
	Enhance Damage
	Enhance Accuracy

Grave Knight

You can summon one to two powerful Grave Knights (the second is available at level twenty-four) to do your bidding. Grave Knights come well equipped with several attack powers and can be empowered with even more. You may only have two Grave Knights under your control at any given time. If you attempt to summon more Grave Knights, you can only replace the ones you have lost in battle. If you already have two, the power will fail.

Recharge	Very Long
Minimum Level	12 (Mastermind)
Effects	Summon Grave Knight
Basic Powers	Hack
	Slash
	Dark Blast
Equip Powers	Disembowel
	Gloom
Upgrade Powers	Head Splitter
	Siphon Life
Enhancements

Lich

Summons a dark and powerful Lich. The Lich is an undead entity that, when alive, possessed many dark powers of his own. Perhaps it was a dark wizard, or powerful archvillain. Perhaps it was even a Necromancer. Now it only hungers for the souls of the living, and is quite good at feeding itself. The Lich specializes in dark control and draining powers. You may only have one Lich under your control at any given time. If you attempt to summon another Lich, the power will fail.

Recharge	Very Long
Minimum Level	26 (Mastermind)
Effects	Summon Lich
Basic Powers	Dark Blast
	Torrent
Equip Powers	Tenebrous Tentacles
	Life Drain
Upgrade Powers	Fearsome Stare
	Petrifying Gaze
Enhancements	Accuracy
	Damage
	Defense DeBuff
	Disorient Duration
	Endurance Reduction
	Fear Duration
	Heal
	Hold Duration
	Immobolize Duration
	Knockback Distance
	ToHit DeBuff

Life Drain

You can tap the power of the Netherworld to steal some life from a target foe and reduce his accuracy. Some of that stolen life is transferred to you in the form of hit points.

Damage	Moderate
Recharge	Slow
Minimum Level	8 (Mastermind)
Effects	Ranged
	Moderate Damage (Negative)
	Target -Accuracy
	Self +Hit Points
Enhancements

Soul Extraction

You can extract the soul from one of your defeated undead henchmen and summon its spectral essence to do your bidding. The power of the soul is dependent upon the type of undead henchman you extract it from; however, it will always be one level lower than you. Unlike your other henchmen, the extracted soul is only loosely bound to your control and will eventually move on to the next world. The soul cannot gain new powers with Enchant Undead or Dark Empowerment.

Recharge	Very Long
Minimum Level	18 (Mastermind)
Effects	Summon Ghost (Special)
Enhancements

Zombie Horde

Summons one to three Zombies (the second is available at level six, the third at level eighteen) to do your bidding. Zombies are very tough but can be slow and stupid. They start out with only rudimentary melee attacks, but can be empowered with range and even life draining powers. You may only have three Zombies under your control at any given time. If you attempt to summon more Zombies, you can only replace the ones you have lost in battle. If you already have three, the power will fail.

Recharge	Very Long
Minimum Level	1 (Mastermind)
Effects	Summon Zombies
Basic Powers	Brawl
Equip Powers	Projectile Vomit
	Zombie Vomit
Upgrade Powers	Siphon Life
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Heal
	Enhance To Hit Debuffs
	Enhance Damage
	Enhance Accuracy

External Links

• Necromancy for Masterminds at Titan Network's RedTomax