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 -ToHit
	Zombie Horde	1	Summon Zombies
	Gloom	2	Ranged, High Damage over Time (Negative), Foe -ToHit
	Enchant Undead	6	Ranged, Enchant Undead Henchman
	Life Drain	8	Ranged, Moderate Damage (Negative), Target -ToHit, 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 -ToHit
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance ToHit Debuff
	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
Zombies:
Visual Change:	Red aura on hands
Powers added:	Siphon Life (Melee Minor Negative, SelfHeal, -ToHit)
Grave Knight:
Visual Change:	Horned helmet, gauntlets, boots, red aura on eyes
Powers added:	Head Splitter (Melee Extreme Cone Lethal, Knockdown, -Defense)
	Siphon Life (Melee Minor Negative, SelfHeal)
Lich:
Visual Change:	Gauntlets, shoulder ornaments, red aura on eyes
Powers added:	Fearsome Stare (Ranged, Fear, -ToHit)
	Petrifying Gaze (Ranged, Hold)
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
Zombies:
Visual Change:	Green Gas from mouth
Powers added:	Projectile Vomit (Damage over time (Toxic))
	Zombie Vomit (Melee Area of Effect, Damage over time (Toxic))
Grave Knight:
Visual Change:	Spiked shoulder pads, red shirt, steel tassels from skirt
Powers added:	Disembowel (Melee Heavy Lethal, Knockup, -Defense)
	Gloom (Ranged Heavy Negative Damage over Time, -ToHit)
Lich:
Visual Change:	Tattered shoulder pads, bony texture on hands, black belt
Powers added:	Tenebrous Tentacles (Ranged Minor Negative/Smashing Cone, Immobilize, -ToHit)
	Life Drain (Ranged Moderate Negative, SelfHeal, -ToHit)
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate

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)
	Foe -ToHit
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance ToHit Debuff
	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 (Melee Moderate Lethal, -Defense)
	Slash (Melee Moderate Lethal, -Defense)
	Dark Blast (Ranged Moderate Negative, -ToHit)
Equip Powers	Disembowel (Melee Heavy Lethal, Knockup, -Defense)
	Gloom (Ranged Heavy Negative Damage over Time, -ToHit)
Upgrade Powers	Head Splitter (Melee Extreme Cone Lethal, Knockdown, -Defense)
	Siphon Life (Melee Minor Negative, SelfHeal)
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 (Ranged Moderate Negative, -ToHit)
	Torrent (Ranged Minor Negative Cone, Knockback, -ToHit)
Equip Powers	Tenebrous Tentacles (Ranged Minor Negative/Smashing Cone, Immobilize, -ToHit)
	Life Drain (Ranged Moderate Negative, SelfHeal, -ToHit)
Upgrade Powers	Fearsome Stare (Ranged, Fear, -ToHit)
	Petrifying Gaze (Ranged, Hold)
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Enhance Defense Debuff
	Enhance Disorient Duration
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Fear Duration
	Enhance Heal
	Enhance Hold Duration
	Enhance Immobilization Duration
	Enhance Knockback Distance
	Enhance 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 -ToHit
	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
Basic Powers	Ghastly Blast (-ToHit)
	Phase Shift (Self Intangible)
	Fly (Ghost spirits can fly!)
	Self Destruct (Self Destruct)
	Life Drain (Ranged, Negative, Selfheal -ToHit)
	Necroplasmic Grasp (Damage over Time Negative, Hold)
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Heal
	Enhance ToHit Debuff
	Enhance Damage
	Enhance Accuracy

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	Zombie Brawl (Melee Moderate Smashing)
Equip Powers	Projectile Vomit (Damage over time (Toxic))
	Zombie Vomit (Melee Area of Effect, Damage over time (Toxic))
Upgrade Powers	Siphon Life (Melee Minor Negative, SelfHeal, -ToHit)
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Heal
	Enhance ToHit Debuff
	Enhance Damage
	Enhance Accuracy

External Links

• Necromancy for Masterminds at Titan Network's RedTomax