The Necromancer's Novice

The Necromancer's Novice
Section	Ascalon Quests
Campaign	Prophecies  ( Tyrian only)
Given by	Necromancer Munne in The Catacombs (Ascalon (pre-Searing))
Preceded by	A New Necromancer Trainer
Type	Secondary quest (Profession: necromancer primary or secondary)

Necromancer Munne's last student summoned a creature and couldn't control it. Now you have to clean up his mess.

Quest information

Requirements

• Tyrian (Prophecies) character
• necromancer primary or secondary
• Completed primary profession test (elementalist, mesmer, monk, necromancer, ranger, or warrior)
• Pre-Searing character

Objectives

• Get past the fire traps in the burning section of the catacombs. (Use bone horrors to trigger the traps.)
• Return to Necromancer Munne for your reward.

Early benefits

• Munne will give you the following skills upon taking the quest:
  • Animate Bone Horror
  • Life Siphon
  • Deathly Swarm (secondary profession)

Reward

• 250 Experience

Walkthrough

Follow Necromancer Munne through the catacombs, fighting enemies as you go. Eventually she'll stop at the beginning of a long hallway. At the first trap, a devourer will spawn from the wall. Let it trip the first trap. Then go down the hallway and you'll see another Flame Geyser down a set of stairs. Get close to the trap and use Animate Bone Horror; the minion will be animated from a corpse near the trap, the trap will trigger, and the minion will die. Do this again on the next trap, and you'll be facing the Tomb Nightmare, which is easy to defeat. Take it down with the spells you already have (Deathly Swarm is particularly effective) and go back to Munne for the reward.

NPCs

Foes

Nightmares

• 4 Tomb Nightmare

Dialogue

Initial dialogue

Necromancer Munne

"Not everyone can be a Necromancer. For example, one of my latest students went into the catacombs to summon a dark entity. Since he hasn't come back, I can only surmise his creation probably ate him."

"If you will agree to destroy the nightmare he summoned, I will show you where he went and give you a spell to help. But I warn you, you'll have to be clever to get past the fire traps in that part of the tombs. Of course, if you fail, I shall use your corpse as fodder for the next, more worthy, student."

 Accept: "I'm on my way."

 Decline: "I don't think so."

 Ask: "Always remember, a Necromancer's strength is in the others weakness. Use your summoned minions to set off the traps. You are on your own to kill the nightmare in the east room after that."

Intermediate dialogue

Necromancer Munne: "Follow me, I'll show you where the last novice died."

Necromancer Munne: "Try to keep up."

Necromancer Munne: "Here we are. Are you ready?"

Reward dialogue

Necromancer Munne: "Most impressive. You dispatched that nightmare rather quickly. You show some real talent for the work."