[b]Question:[/b]
What is the difference between a Life cleric and a necromancer?
[b] Research:[/b]
Life clerics and necromancers are both portrayed raising the dead.
[b]Hypothesis:[/b]
Life clerics and necromancers are very different, and could be even viewed as opposites by some people.
[b] Experiment:[/b]
I will page through vague passages of D&D 5e rulebooks and look at a bunch of online memes to gather information.
[b]Data and Analysis:[/b]
Life clerics are wielders of life giving magic, have great fashion sense, and bring people back from the dead. [i]"You'll be back on your feet in no time!"[/i]
Necromancers are wielders of life giving magic, have great fashion sense, and bring people back from the dead. [i]"You'll be back on your feet in no time!"[/i]
[b]Conclusion:[/b]
Life clerics and necromancers are one and the same.
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Cleric is a class of spell caster, Necromancy is a school of magic. Clerics can be Necromancers, but they can be other things aswell. Bards, Wizards, and Sorcerers can also be Necromancers, and they are not Clerics. I don't think Warlocks have a way of acquiring Animate Dead without multi classing though.