NecroGnomicon (the Dark Age Translation)

...of the three Bloodlines which serve Arawn...

...known for Intelligence and Dexterity but...

...accompanied by Horrific Undead creatures...

...their rituals of Unspeakable Darkness...

...with Powers learned on the Battlefields...

...reflected in a Mastery of Ancient Lore...

...are Not to be trifled with.

ust the place to go Mad! The translator cried as he copied his book with care;
duly noting each change at the turn of the tide as he gibbered and pulled out his hair.

Just the place to go Mad! I have said it twice: That alone should discourage your view.

Just the place to go Mad! I have said it thrice: What I tell you three times is true.

What Transfers to the Pet, and When

"Necromancer" refers to the necromancer without a pet. "Shade" refers to the necromancer while a pet is under command. "Pet" refers to any of the summoned undead. Question marks signify information that is believed to be true, but has not been adequately tested.

It is accepted as given that Piety, Empathy, and Charisma have no effect on any ability of the necromancer, shade, or pet.

Inherent Statistics of the Necromancer/Shade

This includes the base racial statistics, points assigned on creation, and points gained through leveling.

Qualities Corporeal
	Necromancer		Shade		Pet
Statistic	Effect	As Of	Effect	As Of	When	Effect	As Of
Strength	Determines lifting capacity	1.67	Determines lifting capacity	1.67	Never		?
Constitution	Determines maximum hit points	1.67	Determines maximum hit points	1.67	Never		?
Dexterity	Determines casting speed for spells with a non-instant casting time	1.67	Determines casting speed for spells with a non-instant casting time	1.67	Never		1.67
	Determines weapon skill wielding a staff	1.67
Quickness	Determines melee attack speed wielding a staff	?	None; shade is unable to melee		Never		?
Qualities Incorporeal
Intelligence	Determines size of the power pool	?	Determines size of the power pool	?	Never	Pet uses the shade's power pool
			Determines average damage of direct damage spells cast through pet	?		Effect on shade passes through
Resistances
Crush, Slash, Thrust	Reduces melee damage of the appropriate type	?	None; shade is immune to melee damage		Never		1.68
Cold, Heat, Matter, Energy, Body, Spirit	Reduces magic damage of the appropriate type	?	None; shade is immune to magic damage		Never		1.68

Bonuses and Effects from Spells

In general, effects from spells cast on the necromancer/shade do not transfer to the pet at any time. Single target spells only have an effect on the pet when the spell is cast directly on the pet.

Qualities Corporeal
	Necromancer		Shade		Pet
Buffs	Effect	As Of	Effect	As Of	When	Effect	As Of
Strength	Increases lifting capacity	1.67	Increases lifting capacity	1.67	Cast on pet	Increases melee chance to hit	?
						Increases melee damage	1.67
Constitution	Increases maximum hit points	1.67	Increases maximum hit points	1.67	Cast on pet	Improves melee damage absorption	1.67
Dexterity	Improves casting speed for spells with a non-instant casting time	?	Improves casting speed for spells with a non-instant casting time	?	Cast on pet	Improves casting speed for subspells with a non-instant casting time	1.67
	Improves weapon skill wielding a staff	1.67				Increases chance of abomination parrying	?
						Improves melee damage absorption	1.67
Quickness	Improves melee attack speed wielding a staff	?	None; shade unable to melee		Cast on pet	Improves melee attack speed	1.67
Qualities Incorporeal
Acuity	None; necromancer has no self-cast damage spells		Increases average damage of direct damage spells cast through pet	1.67	Never	No effect when cast on pet	?
Battle Effectiveness
Shield (AF)	Increases armor factor	?	None; shade immune to melee attacks		Cast on pet	Increases melee damage absorption	1.67
Armor Absorb	Increases melee damage absorption	1.67	None; shade immune to melee attacks		Cast on pet	Increases melee damage absorption	1.67
Haste	Increases melee attack speed	?	None; shade unable to melee		Cast on pet	Increases melee attack speed	?
Damage Add	Adds damage on successful melee attack	?	None; shade unable to melee		Cast on pet	Adds damage on successful melee attack	?
Group Spells
Run Speed	Increases running speed	1.67	Increases running speed	1.67	Grouped	Increases running speed to maximum	1.67
Group Heal	Heals damage	?	Heals damage	?	Grouped on casting	Heals damage	?
Instant Group Heal	Heals damage	?	Heals damage	?	Grouped on casting	Heals damage	?
Spreadheal	Heals damage	?	Heals damage	?	Grouped on casting	Heals damage	?
Healing Defensive Proc	Chance to heal damage on being hit	?	None; shade is immune to melee attacks		Grouped on casting	Chance to heal damage on being hit	?
Magic Resistance	Reduces magic damage of the appropriate type	?	None; shade is immune to magic damage		Grouped on casting	Reduces magic damage of the appropriate type	?

Bonuses and Effects from Items

Most item bonuses are applied to the pet Continuously and affect the pet while the item is worn. A few bonuses only apply on the Summoning of the pet, and the item can be removed without ill effect afterwards.

In general, weapons only work normally for the necromancer; the shade is unable to melee and the pet does not use the weapon or inherit any of the weapon's qualities (DPS, Speed, Quality, Condition, Enchantment Bonus, Proc, Charges). The same applies to armor, which works normally for the necromancer; the shade can't be hit in melee and the pet doesn't use the armor or inherit any of the armor's qualities (AF, Absorb, Quality, Condition, Enchantment Bonus, Reverse Proc, Charges). Any general bonuses, such as a bonus to Strength, that a piece of armor or a weapon may possess are applied as is normal for the type of bonus.

Items used directly (charged items, /use, /use2, /interact) function properly for the necromancer but most cannot be used in shade form. Exceptions exist, such as water-breathing potions. Effects from items which automatically apply to the item's user do not transfer to the pet.

Qualities Corporeal
	Necromancer		Shade		Pet
Item Bonus	Effect	As Of	Effect	As Of	When	Effect	As Of
Strength	Increases lifting capacity	1.67	Increases lifting capacity	1.67	Never		?
Constitution	Increases maximum hit points	?	Increases maximum hit points	?	Summoning	Increases maximum hit points	1.67
Dexterity	Improves casting speed for spells with a non-instant casting time	1.67	Improves casting speed for spells with a non-instant casting time	1.67	Continuously	Improves casting speed for subspells with a non-instant casting time	1.67
	Improves weapon skill wielding a staff	?				Increases chance of abomination parrying	?
Quickness	Improves melee attack speed wielding a staff	?	None; shade unable to melee		Never		1.67
Hit Points	Increases maximum hit points	1.67	Increases maximum hit points	1.67	Summoning	Increases maximum hit points	1.67
Qualities Incorporeal
Intelligence	Increases size of the power pool	1.67	Increases size of the power pool	1.67	Never	Pet uses the shade's power pool
			Increases average damage of direct damage spells cast through pet	?		Effect on shade passes through
Acuity	Increases size of the power pool	1.67	Increases size of the power pool	1.67	Never	Pet uses the shade's power pool
			Increases average damage of direct damage spells cast through pet	?		Effect on shade passes through
Power	Increases size of the power pool	?	Increases size of the power pool	?	Never	Pet uses the shade's power pool
+__% Power	Increases size of the power pool	?	Increases size of the power pool	?	Never	Pet uses the shade's power pool
Resistances
Crush, Slash, Thrust	Reduces melee damage of the appropriate type	?	None; shade is immune to melee damage		Continuously	Reduces melee damage of the appropriate type	1.67
Cold, Heat, Matter, Energy, Body, Spirit	Reduces magic damage of the appropriate type	?	None; shade is immune to magic damage		Continuously	Reduces magic damage of the appropriate type	?
Battle Effectiveness
Armor Factor	Increases armor factor	?	None; shade immune to melee attacks		Continuously	Increases armor factor	?
+__% Style Damage (vs _____)	None; necromancer has no combat styles		None; shade unable to melee		Never	Pet has no combat styles
+__% Attack Speed	Increases melee attack speed	?	None; shade unable to melee		Continuously	Increases melee attack speed	?
Spell Effectiveness
+__% Casting Speed	Improves casting speed for spells with a non-instant casting time	1.67	Improves casting speed for spells with a non-instant casting time	1.67	Never		1.67
+__% Range (vs _____)	None; necromancer has no self-cast ranged spells		None; attack spell range determined from pet		Never		1.67
+__% Damage (vs _____)	None; necromancer has no self-cast attack spells		Increases average and maximum damage of spells cast through pet (against appropriate targets if applicable)	1.67	Never	Effect on shade passes through
+__% Spell Duration	None; necromancer has no self-cast spells with duration		None	1.67	Never		1.67
+__% Buff Effectiveness	None; necromancer has no self-cast buffing spells		Increases value of buffing spells cast through pet	?	Never	Effect on shade passes through
+__% Stat Debuff Effectiveness	None; necromancer has no self-cast debuffing spells		Increases value of stat debuffing spells cast through pet	?	Never	Effect on shade passes through

Caveat Magus

In some cases, the details concerning when and if something transfers to the summoned pet have been known to change without warning or comment. In other cases, even keen discernment may be unable to determine whether or not an effect transfers. If personal experience suggests something working in a different manner than presented here, trust experience.

“The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they're going to be when you kill them.”
– William Clayton

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