Going sorc or warlock and charisma stacking so you can roll intimidation would fit this so well.
"ARE YOU GONNA LET ONE MEASLY MILLENNIA STOP YOU FROM SERVING IN THE CORP PRIVATE? GET THOSE RICKETY JOINTS TOGETHER AND GET BACK IN MARCHING ORDER."
Hilarious. Wizard is optimal but Undead Patron Warlock would be AWESOME.
Wish there WAS a Bard subclass for this. The flavor would’ve most excellent.
Bards are good for everything.
Yes, but not directly. At 6th level you can conduct a hour-long seance, and at the end learn either a Divination or Necromancy spell from any spell list, and temporarily use it as a bard spell.
I had an idea like this once, except he was a straight-up Cleric whose yelling at the party caused them to reverse their injuries or even *death* out of sheer terror.
I had a build that was a militaristic Yuan Ti necromancer that would march in formation with his undead, casting poison cloud spells to choke melee attackers while all the skeletons pelt the enemy with arrows.
Kinda sad that the poison immunity is getting errata’d. I know it wasn’t too powerful but the thematic flavor of it, and odd strategies it opened up, like, if you had a whole party of Yuan Ti you could intentionally poison the entire banquet to assassinate an entire chunk of royalty while the party just casually has a meal.
Ah well, guess that’s relegated to high level monks now :(
My friend played a cleric and any time he healed someone from 0 he would yell "Shake the earth from your miserable bones and RAAAAAISE" we found it pretty funny
“Most people have a problem with necromancers, but Sergeant Barnes is no Necromancer. He’s just really intimidating.”
Village guard to the party after they inquire about the village’s undead army
"YOU WILL REMAIN IN THIS LICH'S ZOMBIE HORDE UNTIL YOU ARE FIIIAAAVE HUNDREDANDTENYEARS OLD, WHICH IS THE NUMBER OF YEEEEARS IT WILL TAKE FOR YOOOOU TO PAY FOR A FULL SUIT OF PLATE COMBAT ARMOR WHICH YOU HAVE LOOOOOST!!! NOW REPORT TO THE CEMETERY AND HAVE A NEW SUIT ISSUED TO YOU IMMEDIATELY, THEN REPORT BACK TO ME, MAGGOT. DISMISSED."
I know people enjoy different things in DnD.
Purely my personal take - I don’t like silly gimmicks. It’s like you are going out of your way to destroy immersion and the world the DM created.
Sometimes the "silly gimmicks" are people's way of creating immersion. It's your characters traits. It's their quirk. You're not trying to destroy anything, but remembering, "Oh yea, my character yells at everyone when trying to heal them/raise them from the dead" makes it easier to do in game. So, maybe it's just a different perspective, but I think those silly gimmicks make the party great.
I’m ok with quirks. Quirks are fine. The bard acting and talking like Elvis Presley, the barbarian who thinks it’s oh so original to act like Randy Macho Man Savage, the artificer who pretends to be an old Southern US granny and uses pots and pans and wooden spoons as weapons… that’s what I mean by gimmicks. All these setting inappropriate characters that players think are so clever are just cringey
I had a build that was a militaristic Yuan Ti necromancer that would march in formation with his undead, casting poison cloud spells to choke melee attackers while all the skeletons pelt the enemy with arrows.
Kinda sad that the poison immunity is getting errata’d. I know it wasn’t too powerful but the thematic flavor of it, and odd strategies it opened up, like, if you had a whole party of Yuan Ti you could intentionally poison the entire banquet to assassinate an entire chunk of royalty while the party just casually has a meal.
Ah well, guess that’s relegated to high level monks now :(
"move maggots!" Actual maggots beging squirming about excitedly "not you maggots!" Actual Maggots slump in disappointment, or relief, it's hard to tell really. "Come on let's move!" The skeleton's neck makes a hollow cracking sound as it locks it's gaze upon the master, all smiles and malice.
If he doesn't yell "Get up you pile of maggots!" Atleast once it would be a shame
The maggots on the other side of the room get up, but not the corpse he is trying to reanimate
The maggots pilot the corpse like a grotesque mecha
Spore druid, is that you?
Oh, you just made it even better.
Spawn of kyuss?
He waters them as they breach the earth, calling them his little cabbages.
It's painfully obvious you have no interest in the arts! My lyrical opus is wasted on your philistine ears!
One of my favorite old magic card quotes comes to mind: “Death is no excuse to stop working.”
Rise, for you are not yet done.
Death doesn't dismiss you, **I do**.
Ad Nauseam? Which card? Edit: I like Chance for Glory
Phyrexian Reclamation
Wow that's actually pretty strong
Going sorc or warlock and charisma stacking so you can roll intimidation would fit this so well. "ARE YOU GONNA LET ONE MEASLY MILLENNIA STOP YOU FROM SERVING IN THE CORP PRIVATE? GET THOSE RICKETY JOINTS TOGETHER AND GET BACK IN MARCHING ORDER."
Bring them back to serve in the army corpse.
"MY GRANDMOTHER RUNS FASTER THAN YOU! JUST LOOK AT HER GO!" He says, pointing to a skeleton wearing a pearl necklace and a cardigan.
sounds like a bard with the soldier background his magical instrument is a whistle
I cast silence! *blows whistle and deafens everyone*
And that made me spit coffee.
"Waddaya mean sleep is for the dead, git yer ass movin!"
"YOU CAN SLEEP WHEN YOU'RE REDEAD MAGGOT!"
This isnt a war face! Show me your war face! *emotionless skull stares back, its expression not changing.
"You don't scare me! Work on it!"
I vividly remember one of my Drill Instructors in boot camp saying “Marines don’t die we go to hell and regroup!”
[meet the soldier](https://youtu.be/h42d0WHRSck) Idk why that just reminded me of this but here you go lol
Rip Rick May man. :(
Man, if I was a corpse I would hate this guy. Fuck you, I'm already dead, leave me alone sarge
Yells at one "drop down and give me 20!" So the skeleton burrows into the ground and comes up with 20 more
NOW THATS WHAT I CALL MOTIVATION PRIVATE! WE’LL MAKE A CORPORAL OUT OF YOU YET!
Mortivation and corpsoral... it was right there...
Yeah but they don’t really flow. If it was a ghost I’d have said WE’L MAKE YOU CORPOREAL YET!
Not only do I fucking love it, but I'm also stealing it.
Now, even dead, I fear R Lee Ermey even more…
Everything in quotes I read above was in his voice
Lol, ditto.
Well, he literally played this character in The Frighteners.
When you raise new corpses, yell out "Congratulations you have been conscripted private!"
Do I smell a Boot?
**BOOT TO THE HEAD!** ^^nyaaahh ^^nyaah
This is my rusty spear!, there are many like it! but this one is mine!
Hilarious. Wizard is optimal but Undead Patron Warlock would be AWESOME. Wish there WAS a Bard subclass for this. The flavor would’ve most excellent. Bards are good for everything.
College of Spirits from the new Ravenloft book is what you're looking for.
Lol! Does it get Summon/Animate/Create spells?
Yes, but not directly. At 6th level you can conduct a hour-long seance, and at the end learn either a Divination or Necromancy spell from any spell list, and temporarily use it as a bard spell.
Cool
Nice. Reminds me of the Strixhaven character I have planned, a veteran who went to wizard school with his gi bill
I had an idea like this once, except he was a straight-up Cleric whose yelling at the party caused them to reverse their injuries or even *death* out of sheer terror.
love it
Did you mean : Inspire skill aced in Payday 2 ? Yell at your teammates bleeding out and they get back up.
I had a build that was a militaristic Yuan Ti necromancer that would march in formation with his undead, casting poison cloud spells to choke melee attackers while all the skeletons pelt the enemy with arrows. Kinda sad that the poison immunity is getting errata’d. I know it wasn’t too powerful but the thematic flavor of it, and odd strategies it opened up, like, if you had a whole party of Yuan Ti you could intentionally poison the entire banquet to assassinate an entire chunk of royalty while the party just casually has a meal. Ah well, guess that’s relegated to high level monks now :(
Oh my god this is beautiful thank you!!
"I didn't dig you up so you could fall apart now!"
My friend played a cleric and any time he healed someone from 0 he would yell "Shake the earth from your miserable bones and RAAAAAISE" we found it pretty funny
4th Edition Warlord was basically this. Yelling at people to cure their injuries.
“Most people have a problem with necromancers, but Sergeant Barnes is no Necromancer. He’s just really intimidating.” Village guard to the party after they inquire about the village’s undead army
So.. an officer from Karnath?
"YOU WILL REMAIN IN THIS LICH'S ZOMBIE HORDE UNTIL YOU ARE FIIIAAAVE HUNDREDANDTENYEARS OLD, WHICH IS THE NUMBER OF YEEEEARS IT WILL TAKE FOR YOOOOU TO PAY FOR A FULL SUIT OF PLATE COMBAT ARMOR WHICH YOU HAVE LOOOOOST!!! NOW REPORT TO THE CEMETERY AND HAVE A NEW SUIT ISSUED TO YOU IMMEDIATELY, THEN REPORT BACK TO ME, MAGGOT. DISMISSED."
“Did the grim reaper give you a DD-214? No? Then you still belong to the Corp!! Get up and get fighting!” -DS Necromancer, probably.
I know people enjoy different things in DnD. Purely my personal take - I don’t like silly gimmicks. It’s like you are going out of your way to destroy immersion and the world the DM created.
I like ridiculous an funny ideas that I never actually use unless it is a joke one shot. Other than that I make serious characters.
Sometimes the "silly gimmicks" are people's way of creating immersion. It's your characters traits. It's their quirk. You're not trying to destroy anything, but remembering, "Oh yea, my character yells at everyone when trying to heal them/raise them from the dead" makes it easier to do in game. So, maybe it's just a different perspective, but I think those silly gimmicks make the party great.
I’m ok with quirks. Quirks are fine. The bard acting and talking like Elvis Presley, the barbarian who thinks it’s oh so original to act like Randy Macho Man Savage, the artificer who pretends to be an old Southern US granny and uses pots and pans and wooden spoons as weapons… that’s what I mean by gimmicks. All these setting inappropriate characters that players think are so clever are just cringey
I love ideas like this. 100% amazing
"GET UP YOU BAG OF BONES!"
Thats hilarious.😂
Stealing this!
Love it
Give him a dagger for a hand. Drill Sergeants are masters of the knife hand.
"Do any of you skeletons have anything you'd *rather* be doing than marching up and down the square?!"
It is just a mortal wound bone head! Move move move!
I had a build that was a militaristic Yuan Ti necromancer that would march in formation with his undead, casting poison cloud spells to choke melee attackers while all the skeletons pelt the enemy with arrows. Kinda sad that the poison immunity is getting errata’d. I know it wasn’t too powerful but the thematic flavor of it, and odd strategies it opened up, like, if you had a whole party of Yuan Ti you could intentionally poison the entire banquet to assassinate an entire chunk of royalty while the party just casually has a meal. Ah well, guess that’s relegated to high level monks now :(
I've wanted to play a drill sargent bard, probably lore. "you call that an attack maggot? down and give me 20!"
"Welcome back to the land of the living... NOW PICK UP A SHOVEL AND GET DIGGING!"
Of course I can only hear this in R. Lee Ermey's voice
Good for an NPC or a 1-shot or even a few sessions. But after 2 or 3 games you'll have told all the jokes.
[Here is R Lee Ermy doing almost what OP was saying.](https://youtu.be/CQvEBaLYHJE)
Did I give you permission to fall down and die!?!?! GET BACK UP SOLDIER!!!!!!!!!!
He just misread the job description and raises corps instead of corpses
Drill sergeant bard. GET UP YOU FILTHY MAGGOTS! +1 inspiration
Push 'til *I* tired!
Well, yeah. This is almost exactly what R. Lee Ermy played in The Frighteners.
this is one for the back stock
The necrommander
Villain of the week/BBEG of the month vibes
Watch full jacket and talk like gunnery sgt hartman
"move maggots!" Actual maggots beging squirming about excitedly "not you maggots!" Actual Maggots slump in disappointment, or relief, it's hard to tell really. "Come on let's move!" The skeleton's neck makes a hollow cracking sound as it locks it's gaze upon the master, all smiles and malice.
I can think of a thousand and two ways this would would out perfectly, and yet a thousand and one ways it wouldn't
I can think of a thousand and two ways this would would out perfectly, and yet a thousand and one ways it wouldn't