Dread Necromancer – Ghoul Blend – D&D 3.5
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The Undead army made its way slowly towards the capital.
The Free City having been destroyed, the Dread Emperor marched his armies toward the Capital of the Fallois, a country as weak as their pitiful king.
Those insipid fools would soon no longer stand in his way – and with them crushed beneath his undead hoard, none would resist.
In the air atop his zombie dragon, he glanced groundward with a smirk crossing his decrepit face, the swarming zombies and skeletons made their way slowly toward his final goal.
His smile, better described as a grimace, shed rotten flesh from his jowls.
Soon, his victory shall be complete.
Race
Human
Class
Dread Necromancer 20
Ability Scores
Str 14/Dex 11/Con 14/Int 10/Wis 10/Cha 17
Skills
Bluff, Hide, Spellcraft
Equipment
A Scythe, A Chain Shirt (eventually a Mithral Full Plate)
Goal
Dread Necromancers are an extremely potent class of spontaneous arcane casters. Although they specialize virtually solely on Necromancy(duh), their ability to know all their spell list and cast any spell on it spontaneously makes them surprisingly versatile.
All the Undead Creation Feats amplify their Animate Dead spell making even a single skeleton a dangerous foe. By level 20, you become a Lich for free. Besides all the (insane) benefits of being a Lich, you gotta remember that you created your lich (yourself), meaning all those creation feats apply to you as well.
Level | Class | HD | Feat | Special |
1 | Dread Necromancer | 8 | Tomb-Tainted Soul, Battle Caster | Charnel Touch, Rebuke Undead |
2 | Dread Necromancer | 1d6+2 | – | Lich Body DR 2 |
3 | Dread Necromancer | 1d6+2 | Medium Armor Proficiency | Negative Energy Burst 1/Day |
4 | Dread Necromancer | 1d6+2 | – | Advanced Learning, Mental Bastion +2, +1 Cha |
5 | Dread Necromancer | 1d6+2 | – | Fear Aura |
6 | Dread Necromancer | 1d6+2 | Corpsecrafter | Scabrous Touch 1/Day |
7 | Dread Necromancer | 1d6+2 | – | Lich Body DR 4, Summon Familiar |
8 | Dread Necromancer | 1d6+2 | – | Advanced Learning, Negative Energy Burst 2/Day, Undead Mastery, +1 Cha |
9 | Dread Necromancer | 1d6+2 | Destruction Retribution | Negative Energy Resistance |
10 | Dread Necromancer | 1d6+2 | – | Light Fortification 25% |
11 | Dread Necromancer | 1d6+2 | – | Lich Body DR 6, Scabrous Touch 2/Day |
12 | Dread Necromancer | 1d6+2 | Deadly Chill | Advanced Learning, Enervating Touch, +1 Cha |
13 | Dread Necromancer | 1d6+2 | – | Negative Energy Burst 3/Day |
14 | Dread Necromancer | 1d6+2 | – | Mental Bastion +4 |
15 | Dread Necromancer | 1d6+2 | Hardened Flesh | Lich Body DR 8 |
16 | Dread Necromancer | 1d6+2 | – | Advanced Learning, Scabrous Touch 3/Day, +1 Cha |
17 | Dread Necromancer | 1d6+2 | – | Enervating Touch, Light Fortification 50% |
18 | Dread Necromancer | 1d6+2 | Nimble Bones | Negative Energy Burst 4/Day |
19 | Dread Necromancer | 1d6+2 | Craft Wondrous Items | – |
20 | Dread Necromancer | Loses all previous HP, gets 19d12+12 | – | Advanced Learning, Lich Transformation, +2 Int, Wis, +3 Cha |