Death Magic

Death Magic is a necromancer secondary attribute.

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Without Death Magic, you can control no more than two undead servants. For every two ranks of Death Magic, you can control one additional undead servant. Many Necromancer skills, especially those that animate undead servants, manipulate corpses, and deal cold damage, become more effective with higher Death Magic.

— In-game description

Inherent effect

Progression
Death Magic	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Maximum number of minions	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	12

Notes

• It is the Necromancer's most offensive attribute line, with many spreading and benefiting from disease, causing degeneration (health), or dealing cold damage.
• The Death Magic line has many animated minion and corpse exploitation skills, making this attribute essential in support of minion master's build.
• Aura of the Lich and Masochism increase the Death Magic rank.

Death Magic skills

Icon	Name	Description						Campaign
	Animate Bone Fiend	Spell. Creates a level 1...14...17 bone fiend that can attack at range. Exploits a fresh corpse.	0	25	3	5		Core
	Animate Bone Horror	Spell. Creates a level 1...14...17 bone horror. Exploits a fresh corpse.	0	10	3	5		Prophecies
	Animate Bone Minions	Spell. Creates two level 0...10...12 bone minions. Exploits a fresh corpse.	0	15	3	5		Core
	Animate Flesh Golem	Elite Spell. Creates a level 3...21...25 flesh golem which leaves a fresh corpse when it dies. Exploits a fresh corpse. You can have only one flesh golem at a time.	0	10	3	30		Factions
	Animate Shambling Horror	Spell. Creates a level 1...14...17 shambling horror. When the shambling horror dies, it is replaced by a level 0...12...15 jagged horror that causes Bleeding with each of its attacks. Exploits a fresh corpse.	0	15	3	25		Nightfall
	Animate Vampiric Horror	Spell. Creates a level 1...14...17 vampiric horror. You gain Health equal to the damage it deals. Exploits a fresh corpse.	0	15	3	15		Factions
	Aura of the Lich	Elite Enchantment Spell. Exploit all corpses in earshot. Animates a level 1...14...17 bone horror, plus one for each exploited corpse. You have +1 Death Magic (5...37...45 seconds).	0	15	2	45		Prophecies
	Bitter Chill	Spell. Deals 15...51...60 cold damage. Recharges instantly if target foe had more Health than you.	0	5	1	10		Factions
	Blood of the Master	Spell. Heals your undead servants for 30...99...116. Healing cost: +2% Health sacrifice per servant healed.	5%+	5	1	2		Core
	Consume Corpse	Spell. Teleport to a corpse's location. You gain 25...85...100 Health and 5...17...20 Energy. Exploits a fresh corpse.	0	10	1	0		Prophecies
	Contagion	Elite Enchantment Spell. (60 seconds.) Whenever you gain a condition, all foes in the area gain that same condition. You sacrifice 10...6...5% maximum Health each time this happens.	0	5	1	20		Nightfall
	Dark Aura	Enchantment Spell. (30 seconds). Deals 5...41...50 damage to adjacent foes whenever target ally sacrifices Health. Damage cost: you lose 5...17...20 Health.	0	10	1	10		Core
	Death Nova	Enchantment Spell. (30 seconds.) Deals 26...85...100 damage and inflicts Poisoned condition (15 seconds) on adjacent foes if target ally dies.	0	5	2	0		Core
	Deathly Chill	Spell. Deals 5...41...50 cold damage. Deals 5...41...50 more damage if target foe was above 50% Health.	0	10	1	5		Prophecies
	Deathly Swarm	Spell. Deathly Swarm flies out slowly and deals 30...78...90 cold damage. Hits two additional foes in the area.	0	10	2	6		Core
	Discord	Elite Spell. Deals 30...94...110 damage. No effect unless target foe has a condition and is either hexed or enchanted.	0	5	1	2		Factions
	Discord (PvP)	Elite Spell. Deals 30...94...110 damage. No effect unless target foe has a condition and is either hexed or enchanted.	0	5	2	2		Factions
	Feast for the Dead	Spell. Destroys one of your undead servants. Heals your servants for 10...82...100.	0	5	0.25¼	10		Nightfall
	Fetid Ground	Spell. Deals 15...55...65 cold damage. Inflicts Poisoned condition (5...17...20 seconds) if target foe is knocked-down.	0	5	0.75¾	10		Factions
	Infuse Condition	Enchantment Spell. (15...51...60 seconds.) Whenever you receive a condition, it transfers from you to your closest undead servant.	0	5	1	20		Prophecies
	Jagged Bones	Elite Enchantment Spell. (30 seconds.) When target undead servant dies, it is replaced by a level 0...12...15 jagged horror that inflicts Bleeding with attacks.	0	5	1	15		Nightfall
	Malign Intervention	Hex Spell. (5...17...20 seconds.) Target foe receives 20% less from healing. If this foe dies while suffering from this hex, a level 1...14...17 masterless bone horror is summoned.	0	10	1	5		Prophecies
	Necrotic Traversal	Spell. Teleport to a corpse's location. Inflicts Poisoned condition (5...17...20 seconds). Affects all nearby foes. Exploits a fresh corpse.	0	5	0.75¾	0		Prophecies
	Order of Undeath	Elite Spell. (5 seconds.) Your undead servants deal +3...13...16 damage. You lose 2% of your maximum Health whenever your servants hit.	0	10	1	5		Nightfall
	Putrid Bile	Hex Spell. (5...17...20 seconds.) Causes -1...3...3 Health degeneration. Deals 25...73...85 damage to all nearby foes if target foe dies.	0	10	1	12		Eye of the North
	Putrid Explosion	Spell. Explodes a corpse, dealing 24...101...120 damage to foes near it. Exploits a fresh corpse.	0	10	1	5		Core
	Putrid Flesh	Spell. Destroys one of your undead servants. Inflicts Diseased condition (5...13...15 seconds) to foes near this servant.	0	10	0.25¼	0		Nightfall
	Rising Bile	Hex Spell. (20 seconds.) End effect: deals 1...5...6 damage for each second Rising Bile was in effect. Also damages other foes in the area.	0	10	1	20		Factions
	Rotting Flesh	Spell. Inflicts Diseased condition (10...22...25 seconds).	0	15	3	3		Core
	Soul Feast	Spell. You gain 50...234...280 Health. Exploits a fresh corpse.	0	10	1	0		Core
	Tainted Flesh	Elite Enchantment Spell. (20...39...44 seconds.) Foes who hit target ally in melee become Diseased (3...13...15 seconds); this ally is immune to Disease.	0	5	1	0		Core
	Taste of Death	Spell. Steals 100...340...400 Health from allied undead servant.	0	5	0.25¼	0		Core
	Taste of Pain	Spell. Heals you for 30...126...150. No effect unless target foe is below 50% Health.	0	5	0.25¼	10		Factions
	Toxic Chill	Elite Spell. Deals 15...63...75 cold damage. Inflicts Poisoned condition (10...22...25 seconds) if target foe is hexed or enchanted.	0	5	1	5		Nightfall
	Verata's Aura	Enchantment Spell. (120...264...300 seconds.) Become master of all hostile undead servants in the area. End effect: your undead servants become masterless. 50% failure chance unless Death Magic 5 or more.	33%	15	0.75¾	30		Prophecies
	Verata's Gaze	Spell. Make target undead servant masterless. If it is already masterless, you become its master. 50% failure chance unless Death Magic 5 or more.	0	5	1	5		Prophecies
	Verata's Sacrifice	Spell. (5...9...10 seconds.) 10 undead allied servants gain +10 Health regeneration. Instantly recharges if you have control of 3 or fewer servants. Transfers all conditions from those servants to you.	15%	10	2	60		Prophecies
	Vile Miasma	Hex Spell. Causes -1...4...5 Health degeneration (10 seconds). Initial effect: deals 10...54...65 cold damage. Hex is only applied if target foe has a condition.	0	10	1	15		Factions
	Vile Touch	Touch Skill. Deals 20...56...65 damage.	0	10	0.75¾	2		Core
	Virulence	Elite Spell. Inflicts Disease, Poison, and Weakness conditions (3...13...15 seconds). No effect unless this foe already had a condition.	0	5	1	15		Prophecies
	Well of Suffering	Well Spell. (10...26...30 seconds.) Foes in this well have -1...5...6 Health degeneration. Exploits a fresh corpse.	0	10	1	10		Prophecies
	Well of the Profane	Well Spell. (8...18...20 seconds.) Foes in this well lose all enchantments and cannot be the target of further enchantments. Exploits a fresh corpse. 50% failure chance unless Death Magic 5 or more.	0	25	3	10		Core
	Withering Aura	Enchantment Spell. (5...17...20 seconds.) Target ally's melee attacks cause Weakness condition (5...17...20 seconds.)	0	5	1	3		Eye of the North