Death Knight (Necromancer Hybrid) [WIP]

-----CHARACTER CREATION & LEVEL 1-----

Note: This version of the Necromancer Death Knight obtains full necromancy in the late-game rather than mid-game.

Starting Class: Paladin

Subclass: Oathbreaker

Note: You cannot start the game as Oathbreaker. You have to break your Oath by performing an action that goes against its tenets. Please visit the Oath of Vengeance Paladin Pure Build for details on that starting subclass. I do not recommend Ancients or Devotion to start for this build. 

Race: N/A

Background: Haunted One

Skills: Religion, Insight

Stats:

• STR = 16
• DEX = 12
• CON = 13
• INT = 16
• WIS = 8
• CHA = 10

Note: If you wish to optimize fully for the early game, swap INT & CHA, then respec later at or after Level 6 to the recommended stats above. Note that if you have Oathbroken, you will have to repledge your Oath to respec, and then break it again to become Oathbreaker once more.

Unlocks:

- +1 Channel Oath Charge

- +3 Lay on Hands Charges

- Lay on Hands

• Heal a creature 2xLVL, 4xLVL, or Cure of all Diseases and Poisons

- Divine Sense

- Spiteful Suffering

--------------------LEVEL 2--------------------

Paladin 2

+2 Level 1 Spell Slots

Divine Smite

Fighting Style: Great Weapon Fighting (EARLY GAME ONLY)

Respec: Ability Improvement (+2 INT)

--------------------LEVEL 3--------------------

Paladin 3

+1 Level 1 Spell Slot

Divine Health

Control Undead

Dreadful Aspect

Hellish Rebuke

Inflict Wounds

--------------------LEVEL 4--------------------

Paladin 4

+1 Lay on Hands Charge

Feat: Great Weapon Master

--------------------LEVEL 5--------------------

Paladin 5

+1 Level 1 Spell Slot

+2 Level 2 Spell Slots

Extra Attack

Crown of Madness

Darkness

--------------------LEVEL 6--------------------

Multiclass: Wizard

Arcane Recovery

Cantrips:

Friends

Shocking Grasp

Bone Chill

Spells:

False Life

Longstrider

Shield

Burning Hands

Ray of Sickness

Magic Missile

--------------------LEVEL 7--------------------

Wizard 2

Subclass: Necromancy

+1 Level 2 Spell Slot

Necromancy Savant

Grim Harvest 

Spells:

Thunderwave

Find Familiar

--------------------LEVEL 8--------------------

Wizard 3

+2 Level 3 Spell Slots

Spells:

Misty Step

Mirror Image

--------------------LEVEL 9--------------------

Wizard 4

+1 Level 3 Spell Slot

Cantrip:

Poison Spray

Spells:

Hold Person

Shatter

Feat: Resilient: Constitution

--------------------LEVEL 10--------------------

Wizard 5

+1 Level 4 Spell Slot

Spells:

Vampiric Touch

Fireball

--------------------LEVEL 11--------------------

Wizard 6

+1 Level 4 Spell Slot

Undead Thralls: Additional Undead

Undead Thralls: Better Summons

Undead Thralls: Animate Dead

Spells: 

Stinking Cloud

Bestow Curse

--------------------LEVEL 12--------------------

Wizard 7

+1 Level 4 Spell Slot

+1 Level 5 Spell Slot

Spells:

Fire Shield

Blight

--------------------GEAR--------------------

Important Items:

Potion of Everlasting Vigor

Necromancy of Thay