Necromancer (Final Fantasy V job)

The Necromancer is a job in the Game Boy Advance and the now defunct mobile and Steam versions of Final Fantasy V, found in the Sealed Temple after defeating Enuo. It is a unique job with a potentially powerful set of abilities. Though a powerful and interesting job, by the time it is acquired, there are few challenges in the game remaining.
Dark Arts is more powerful than the Black Magic and Summon skillsets, and can be further boosted due to the equipment choices the Necromancer has (rods for fire, ice, lightning, and poison, and Air Knife for wind). The Necromancer is similar to the Blue Mage in that any Dark Arts must be learned from enemies; the Necromancer must deal the finishing blow to a specific enemy to learn a Dark Arts spell.
The downside of the Necromancer is their inherent undead status, making healing them a chore. Various methods can bypass this, such as White Wind or the Necromancer's Drain Touch spell. Unlike the inherent undead status of the Bone Mail, Necromancers can be revived once they are KO'd. Necromancers cannot equip Bone Mail or Thornlet because their innate undead status would negate those items' drawbacks.
Mastering Necromancer for all four characters in the defunct mobile and Steam versions earns the achievement "Undead Freak".
==Characteristics==
Bartz, Faris, and Krile dress in pinkish violet robes, whereas Lenna wears a black battlekini with a cape. All costumes incorporate a skull design: Bartz wears a skull mask, while Lenna and Krile's headdresses have it. Faris's headdress resembles The Emperor's hair from Final Fantasy II. In the defunct mobile and Steam version, Bartz no longer wears a skull mask and has a skull placed the same way as Lenna and Krile have theirs.
==Gameplay==
===Stats===
Stat 	Modifier
Strength	+4
Agility 	+1
Stamina 	+21
Magic 	+29
Necromancers have Magic equal to that of a Black Mage and Stamina (determining their HP) equal to that of a Knight. This is unique, as spellcasting is not normally associated with high HP.
Any job equipped with Dark Arts Level 1 will gain their character's base Freelancer Magic +13 if their default stat is lower. For each additional Dark Arts level up to level 5, the Magic bonus is increased by 4 per level, for a maximum of +29 Magic at Dark Arts Level 5.
Thus, the base Magic stat for a character with Dark Arts equipped is as follows:
*Dark Arts Level 1 = Base Freelancer Magic +13
*Dark Arts Level 2 = Base Freelancer Magic +17
*Dark Arts Level 3 = Base Freelancer Magic +21
*Dark Arts Level 4 = Base Freelancer Magic +25
*Dark Arts Level 5 = Base Freelancer Magic +29
Upon mastery, Freelancers and Mimes gain the Necromancer's stats unless they already have a higher base from another mastered job.
===Equipment===
Necromancers have typical mage equipment. They can wield knives, rods, magic hats, robes, and armlets.
Rods will randomly deal anywhere between 0% to 200% of its listed damage based on the attacker's Magic stat and the defender's Magic Defense stat and deal full damage from the back row. Many rods can be consumed to cast item magic. Wonder Wand will cast spells in a specified order, starting from Cure up to Osmose, and then loops back to Cure. It can be used when the Mute spell has been cast. The ultimate rod is Demon's Rod found in the bonus dungeon Sealed Temple.
The ultimate magical headgear the Necromancer can wear is the Royal Crown, available from the Sealed Temple. However, another good hat to wear is the Golden Hairpin, which halves MP use. The best robe is the Robe of Lords, also available in the Sealed Temple.
;Knives
*Knife
*Dagger
*Mythril Knife
*Mage Masher
*Main Gauche
*Orichalcum Dirk
*Dancing Dagger
*Air Knife
*Thief Knife
*Assassin Dagger
*Gladius
*Chicken Knife
;Rods
*Wonder Wand
*Rod
*Flame Rod
*Frost Rod
*Thunder Rod
*Lilith Rod
*Poison Rod
*Magus Rod
*Demon's Rod
;Magic hats
*Gold Hairpin
*Plumed Hat
*Lamia's Tiara
*Wizard's Hat
*Hypno Crown
*Sage's Miter
*Circlet
*Royal Crown
;Robes
*Cotton Robe
*Silk Robe
*Sage's Surplice
*Gaia Gear
*Luminous Robe
*White Robe
*Black Robe
*Robe of Lords
;Generic accessories
*Leather Shoes
*Silver Specs
*Reflect Ring
*Hermes Sandals
*Elven Mantle
*Flame Ring
*Coral Ring
*Angel Ring
*Protect Ring
*Cursed Ring
*Hyper Wrist
*Chaos Orb
*Crystal Orb
*Sorceror's Mantle
;Command-specificaccessories
*Kaiser Knuckles
*Kornago Gourd
;Armlets
*Silver Armlet
*Power Armlet
*Diamond Armlet
===Abilities===
Ability	Job level	AP required	Type 	Innate	Description 	Spells
 	1 	15 	Command	No 	Call forth a demon. 	N/A
 	2 	30 	Command	Yes 	Call upon evil forces to perform Dark Arts. 	Drain Touch, Dark Haze
 	3 	45 	Command	Yes 	Call upon evil forces to perform Dark Arts. 	Deep Freeze, Evil Mist
 	4 	60 	Command	Yes 	Call upon evil forces to perform Dark Arts. 	Meltdown, Hellwind
 	5 	100 	Command	Yes 	Call upon evil forces to perform Dark Arts. 	Chaos Drive, Curse
 	6 	200 	Command	Yes 	Call upon evil forces to perform Dark Arts. 	Dark Flare, Doomsday
 	7 	300 	Support	Yes 	Become Undead. Take damage from recovery items or magic.	N/A
The Undead innate support ability means that a Necromancer will be hurt by healing spells and items in battle, but spells like Death will fully replenish their HP. Outside of battle they can be healed normally. Like the Berserker's Berserk ability, the Freelancer and Mime jobs are unaffected by Undead once Necromancer has been mastered. Undead reverses all draining spells except Drain Touch, and most healing spells and items will deal damage instead. Any item or spell that would revive sets the Undead user's HP to single digits. KO'd characters with the Undead ability may be revived normally, as opposed to the Bone Mail's innate Undead ability.
After leveling up the Necromancer job, a character can have the Dark Arts ability equipped on any other job and use any Dark Arts spell whose associated level has been attained by the Necromancer. To be able to use all Dark Arts spells as a non-Necromancer, a character must level their Necromancer job up to level 5. Dark Arts is the primary ability for Necromancers, who can use all Dark Arts spells without the need to attain a spell's associated level first.
==Gallery==
Bartz-NecromancerArt.png|Bartz.
Lenna-NecromancerArt.png|Lenna.
FFV-iOS-Ach-Undead_Freak.png|Achievement icon (defunct iOS).
==Etymology==
de:Nekromant (Beruf)
it:Negromante (Final Fantasy V)
Category:Jobs in Final Fantasy V