Wizard's: School of choice

[Mort]

One small note on necromancy. Necromancy is probably the most feared and hated school of magic. Everyone should be repulsed by it for what it does and everyone should fear it.

No Good Character can/should tolerate necromancy for summoning "Negative Energy" into the Prime Material Plane is an evil act in itself and Necromancy is ALL based on negative energy and its properties.

Negative Energy is the bane of life and every time it is invoked, the world becomes a darker and corrupted place...

It's also one of the most common spellschool used because it has "divination" as opposed school which is 'almost' useless in terms of its low level spell selection in NWN. But if you do select it, it should be to play on those prejudice and hatred and embrace it -- not to get that extra spellslot.

[Egon the Monkey]

Mort. Ilmater has Suffering Domain. That is ALL Necromancy (Ray of Enfeeblement, Death Armor, Enervation). Which means by that measure *Ilmater* is handing out the Evil like Halloween candy. All Good Deities let you Inflict Wounds. Torm would have to go smite himself over handing that out.
NG Druids use necromantic spells like Maggots. Considering I'm playing a non-evil necromancer who draws a line at the evil part, being told "yeah, after 6 months, concept not valid", bit of a kick.

One of Ahmed's main goals was disproving necromancy=evil, and I wanted in uphill struggle, that's why I chose the school, went and wrote his book etc.

[AfroMullet]

One small note on necromancy. Necromancy is probably the most feared and hated school of magic. Everyone should be repulsed by it for what it does and everyone should fear it.

No Good Character can/should tolerate necromancy for summoning "Negative Energy" into the Prime Material Plane is an evil act in itself and Necromancy is ALL based on negative energy and its properties.

Negative Energy is the bane of life and every time it is invoked, the world becomes a darker and corrupted place...

Negative energy has a corrupting and draining effect, but it is not by itself evil.

There are several examples of good aligned undead creatures. Baelnorns and archliches most notably, which have induced the undeath by themselves. In no way are they made evil by the use of negative energy. Nor is it considered evil.

Additionally, many negative energy spells do not have the evil descriptor. Enervation and other draining spells do not, nor do inflict spells, which were originally conjuration anyways.

[TheImpossibleDream]

Mort. Ilmater has Suffering Domain. That is ALL Necromancy. Which means by that measure *Ilmater* is handing out the Evil like Halloween candy. All Good Deities let you Inflict Wounds. Torm would have to go smite himself over handing that out.
NG Druids use necromantic spells like Maggots. Considering I'm playing a non-evil necromancer who draws a line at the evil part, being told "yeah, after 6 months, concept not valid", bit of a kick.

One of Ahmed's main goals was disproving necromancy=evil, and I wanted in uphill struggle, that's why I chose the school, went and wrote his book etc.

Inflict spells are supposed to be conjuration I believe, though nwn may have them as necromancy.

[Drakill Tannan]

Seeing how druids can call forth necromantic spells, and how negative energy still has place in the natural world i don't see how it has to be strictly evil. It is however unbalancing. I belive druids avoid it because it is a dangerous thing, it could create great imbalance if not used right, wich would explain why druids can use it, while they won't let any other use it.

But it is also powerfull. Probably the most powerfull school when used right, i can imagine all sorts of wizards that hunger for power to study this because it grants much power very fast, and because they are unwise they tend to use it for personal benefit, therefore making people associate Necromancy with evil.

What mort said, is IMO what almost every PC/NPC should think of necromancy, but not the truth.

Of cource, he is the DM so i'll just stick to his rules. Just givng out my 2 cetns.

[AfroMullet]

Inflict spells are supposed to be conjuration I believe, though nwn may have them as necromancy.

They were conjuration in older editions. Now they are necromancy.

[Thomas_Not_very_wise]

Seeing how druids can call forth necromantic spells, and how negative energy still has place in the natural world i don't see how it has to be strictly evil. It is however unbalancing. I belive druids avoid it because it is a dangerous thing, it could create great imbalance if not used right, wich would explain why druids can use it, while they won't let any other use it.

But it is also powerfull. Probably the most powerfull school when used right, i can imagine all sorts of wizards that hunger for power to study this because it grants much power very fast, and because they are unwise they tend to use it for personal benefit, therefore making people associate Necromancy with evil.

What mort said, is IMO what almost every PC/NPC should think of necromancy, but not the truth.

Of cource, he is the DM so i'll just stick to his rules. Just givng out my 2 cetns.

Necromancy is the creation, and the detruction of life.

Of all classes, druids are the ones who have the best reason to take Greater Spell Focus Necromancy.

[MrGrendel]

Necromancy is the creation, and the detruction of life.
 
Of all classes, druids are the ones who have the best reason to take Greater Spell Focus Necromancy.

Necromancy spells manipulate the power of death, unlife, and the life force.

I think a druid would only care much at all for the spells that manipulate the life force, not so much death and unlife. I can't really see them specializing in necromancy tbh.