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Do characters such as the Necromancer that have a chance to gain insanities as they go up in levels get a save vs that insanity?

The books don't say anything about it. In fact, it never spells out when a save vs. Insanity should or shouldn't be used.

....*blinks*

I would think that because they are already insane; as a prerequisite of being a necromancer, like they would have to be insane to attach dead stuff to themselves, right?; they would gain more insanity's as they age/progress in level.

Per book rules though, necromancers don't start with any insanities.

I'm pretty sure if you are pre-determined to get insanities like a necromancer or a
crazy, you kind of stuck with them. I think the save vs. insantiy is more for things
that happen to your PC. Like he get's bitten by a giant cobra and nearly dies (goes into
coma). Afterward, I say make a save vs. insanity to see if you get a phobia of snakes
(Ophidiophobia or snakephobia), an obsession with destroying them, or maybe
something random (roll on the random insanity chart).

Indeed.

drewkitty ~..~ wrote:....*blinks*

I would think that because they are already insane; as a prerequisite of being a necromancer, like they would have to be insane to attach dead stuff to themselves, right?; they would gain more insanity's as they age/progress in level.

yes, because every Necromancer does so...

No, they do not have any insanities. Only the Soul harvester gets insanities per level.

Mouser13 wrote:No, they do not have any insanities. Only the Soul harvester gets insanities per level.

Talavar wrote:Per book rules though, necromancers don't start with any insanities.

I think Misfit got what I was talking about.

That theey have to be "Off Their Rocker" to even start learning necromancy.

I think that the ME of the character needs to be taken into account. I don't think that a Necromancer with an ME of 30 should have the same chance of gaining an insanity at level 4 as one with an ME of 10. The soul Harvester method seems like a more fair way to handle it than the completely random method of the Necromancer.