Im just about to hop into a campaign where I'm finally allowed to play a necromancer without being skewered instantly, I've just started working on the character and I've begun trying to make him Heroic.
What are some things i can be sure to do that will help my status as a good guy, so that even when i walk into town people won't run from or shun me.
first step, lose the skulls.
Make sure you're only resurrecting the dead bodies of people you've slain in battle, and only those of which who actively tried to kill you. It's only fair like that.
Keep all your zombies outside of cities. No one wants to make friends while a corpse is standing right next to them.
Make sure when you describe what your necromancer knight does, he is treating the bodies with care and respect. This guy needs to respect and venerate the dead in his own way, and not see what he's doing as messing with spare tools, like other necromancers do.
Hide your appearance. Mask your scent. Do not cast magic in town.
I always liked the idea of necromancy being a celebration of the life and death cycle. By resurrecting some people who might have fallen short in their life, you can help them achieve something greater than in their past life.
Idk some positive shit like that, only resurrecting those who want to be or deserve it?
ahh yes, excellent
Look up the priests of Rathma, not quite the celebration of dead sort of deal (i couldnt find any) but these guys were all about the cycle of life and death.
>not quite the celebration of dead sort of deal (i couldnt find any)
Seriously? Don't even need to go to fantasy.
How doors necromancy work in the setting? Do dead retain sentience? Do they have to feed on the living? Are you simply animating flesh? Are gods frowning upon what you're doing? Your approach should be dependent on the mechanics of what you're doing.
hmm.
Do dead retain sentience? it depends on the whim of the GM, some do, most dont.
Do they have to feed on the living? no, they feed off the necromancers mana to stay animated
Are you simply animating flesh? i can sew flesh, raise skeletons and summon ghosts. anything in between.
Are gods frowning upon what you're doing? one is, others dont give a fuck either way.
Play a wow legion/HS Gadgetzan DK.
Namely zombie dredd.