Maho-Tsukai
2010-06-12, 09:57 AM
If I could create a poll, this would be one. I'm basically looking for your opinions on which one of the necromancy specialized arcane caster classes makes a better necromancer, the Death Master from the dragon compendium or the Dread Necromancer from heroes of horror. My personal opinion is they are both about even, really. In lower levels, the Death Master is the superior necromancer. Animate Dead as a level 2 spell and access to desecrate make a Death Master far better at necromancy at lower levels then a DN. A Death Master also has a slightly more varied spell list that has more options then a DN. However, where the DN outshines the Death Master is the fact that a DN can control a LOT more undead then a Death Master can. Undead Mastery + Plague of undead means in higher levels the DN will have more undead then the Death Master, especially since the Death Master lacks mass animation spells like Plague of Undead.
So in the end, I think there about even. The Death Master has a slightly more flexible spell list and is the arguably the best necro at lower levels, but at higher levels a DN can control more undead then the Death Master and has access to mass animation spells which the Death Master lacks.
So, what do you think is the better arcane necromancer...the Death Master, the Dread Necromancer or are they both even?
So in the end, I think there about even. The Death Master has a slightly more flexible spell list and is the arguably the best necro at lower levels, but at higher levels a DN can control more undead then the Death Master and has access to mass animation spells which the Death Master lacks.
So, what do you think is the better arcane necromancer...the Death Master, the Dread Necromancer or are they both even?