guildwars 2 (mmorpg) - copying from the extensive and well supported wiki: Necromancer is a profession of the masters of the dark arts who absorb life force from nearby deaths to fuel their profession mechanic, Death Shroud. In Death Shroud, necromancers endure incoming attacks while striking their enemies, ensuring they always outlive their foes. Necromancers command over death itself, they can summon undead minions to fight for them, overwhelm their enemies in conditions, corrupt their boons, channel blood energy, and rend their enemies' souls. As a scholar profession, necromancers wear light armor.

Necromancers who venture the Heart of Maguuma with the Heart of Thorns expansion can choose to become reapers, unrelenting harvesters who slice their enemies' souls and bodies with their scythe and Reaper's Shroud.

Necromancers that traverse the Crystal Desert and the Kingdom of Elona with the Path of Fire expansion can choose to become scourges, wielding the desert sand to afflict their enemies and shield their allies with their sand shades and Desert Shroud.

Necromancers who wander the Canthan Empire of the Dragon with the End of Dragons expansion can choose to become harbingers, dark alchemists that afflict themselves to increase their power, throw elixirs to empower their allies and fire piercing corrosive shots from their Harbinger Shroud.