It depends on how they raise the dead, do you bind a soul to the body, or use some other magic to animate the dead. If a necromancer had a necrophilia fetish, he would be one of the happiest practitioner of the arts. In the end most of them seem to end up as one of the undead, so their retirement plans suck.

Great class to play as. Usually overpowered, too.

usually unbalanced and boring to play

Duel Master :
Challenge of the Magi
Awesome book.

They have grave desires.

Supposedly, they were just trying to summon ghosts to ask questions, not raise armies of cadavers or whatever.

Originally posted by Original Cast Recording:

Supposedly, they were just trying to summon ghosts to ask questions, not raise armies of cadavers or whatever.

That's "Sciomancy" you're talking about. And part shamanism

Originally posted by Scorpion:

Originally posted by Original Cast Recording:

Supposedly, they were just trying to summon ghosts to ask questions, not raise armies of cadavers or whatever.

That's "Sciomancy" you're talking about. And part shamanism

If they're dead, it's necromancy.

Originally posted by Original Cast Recording:

If they're dead, it's necromancy.

If they are incorporeal dead, it's sciomancy.

Originally posted by Scorpion:

Originally posted by Original Cast Recording:

If they're dead, it's necromancy.

If they are incorporeal dead, it's sciomancy.

I'm not saying the terms are exclusive. Are you?

Originally posted by Original Cast Recording:

I'm not saying the terms are exclusive. Are you?

Maybe, maybe not.

Originally posted by Scorpion:

Originally posted by Original Cast Recording:

I'm not saying the terms are exclusive. Are you?

Maybe, maybe not.

They're not. Case closed.

Originally posted by Original Cast Recording:

They're not. Case closed.

ok

less clicking. Relaxed way to play.

In Minecraft they equip zombies with swords and armor and gather a great horde of them.
They're fearsome opponents, if they unleash their undead legions upon a wandering or unsuspecting Steve.

It's a shame it takes so much effort to set this thing up correctly, but you can play this class in several games. At least theoretically you can. Even if they don't feature a necromancer class in a game, you can still play as something that at least remotely resembles a necromancer playing-style. That is, if you're knowledgable enough about classes and the various roles that they can play as, and what they can and cannot do.