Necromancer (Mage Kit)

A wizard who specializes in magic dealing with death.

Advantages

• May memorize one additional spell per level per day.
• Full access to Larloch's Minor Drain, Vampiric Touch, Animate Dead, Skull Trap, Finger of Death, Wail of the Banshee, etc.

Disadvantages

• Opposed School: Illusion — may not learn Mirror Image, Invisibility, Improved Invisibility, Phantom Blade, Project Image, Simulacrum, etc.

When to pick it

• Necromancers trade some of the Mage's best defensive options (Mirror Image / Improved Invisibility) for the most consistently lethal single-target spell list in the game.
• Animate Dead + Skull Trap + Finger of Death is a complete one-Mage strategy from mid- to late-game.

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Source: bg2ee/original_manuals/baldurs_gate_2_ee_mastering_melee_and_magic.pdf — "Specialist Mages" → "Necromancer".