View source for Mortician (3.5e Class)

===Campaign Information===

====Playing a Mortician====

'''Religion:''' A Mortician is likely to worship a deity with the death portfolio.  Though a Mortician tends to worship no one, if he is drawn to anyone, he prefers either Him or Nerull. 

'''Other Classes:''' A Mortician generally does well as the parties healer if they don't have a cleric.  Their low hit die and armor class means that they usually prefer to travel with a sturdier companion, though if they have a great amount of undead they are well protected.  Morticians tend to get along with classes that fight for away from the enemy, protecting the wizards with a zombie or two. He also gets along with rogue's and sorcerers. A Mortician gets along best with the Warlock, for they are both misunderstood because of their powers. A Mortician avoids Paladins at all costs and tends to avoid Monks, for their lawful nature tends to get the Mortician into trouble.  Clerics tend to look down on Morticians, thinking their work is botched work.       

'''Combat:''' The Mortician can play the healer if you don't have one. He can also support the fighter by sending three or four good zombies to help him out.  With his masterful control of undead, The Mortician can also use his zombies to protect the weaker members of the party. Two Hulking Corpses protecting the sorcerer never hurt, the sorcerer anyway. 

'''Advancement:''' The Mortician might take a few levels in Necromancer to further enhance his skills with the undead.

====Morticians in the World====

{{quote|Strength in numbers, my friend, strength in numbers...|orig=Vincent Rapheala St. Claire, Human Mortician}}

'''Daily Life:''' If a Mortician isn't adventuring, he has probably settled down as the village grave keeper or undertaker. Knowing how to preserve a body and keep it presentable even in death is a talent few possess.  If the towns people don't know of the morticians ability to dabble with the undead, they might also make respectable doctors.  Most morticians however, feel that keeping a steady life in a town wont let their power grow as fast as they like, so they turn to adventuring.

'''Notables:''' The most notable Mortician is the legendary Nexxus Ophinus, A [[Cardomor (3.5e Race)|Cardomor]] Mortician who adventured with his small army of zombies and found a Dragon Graveyard.  He lost every undead servant he had taking down the Dragon Spectre of the graveyard, and it is said that now he has built himself a fortress in the graveyard, with a full army of undead dragons at his command, he is a force to be reckoned with. 

'''Organizations:''' Morticians rarely assemble, their work makes them natural loners when they're not adventuring.  There is legend though of a time when a hundred Morticians joined together to form an army of undead the size of a small city and laid siege.  It is said they had to be stopped by Hieronius himself 

'''NPC Reactions:''' Morticians whose powers are known are generally ostracized by society for their work with the undead.  Those that aren't shunned are feared for their power.  In times of war, Armies might enlist Morticians as field surgeons, understanding that desperate times calls for desperate measures.  

====Mortician Lore====

Characters with ranks in Knowledge (Local) can research Mortician to learn more about them.  When a character makes a skill check, read or paraphrase the following, including information from lower DCs.

{| class="zebra d20"
|+ Knowledge (Local)
! DC || class="left" | Result
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| 5 || class="left" | Morticians are masters of fixing the body.
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| 10 || class="left" | Morticians are known for their ability to control the living dead.
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| 15 || class="left" | Morticians not only create undead, they can improve them to be even stronger than they were before.
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| 20 || class="left" | Morticians eventually learn how to bring both the dead and undead back to life, and eventually learn how to kill both in one blow.
|- 
| 30 || class="left" | At this level of success you can bring up the details of a specific Mortician.
|}


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Article Balance	Moderate +
Author	Summerscythe +
Identifier	3.5e Class +
Rating	Unrated +
Summary	The Mortician is more or less a diabolical surgeon. He learns abilities to bring the dead to life while also stitching back up the living. He improves what he works on, and eventually has a nice super army of zombies at his command. +
Title	Mortician +