Necrotic energy

Necrotic energy was a type of energy associated with entropy, destruction of life, the creation of undead, and the Negative Energy plane.

Notable Manifestations

 * The plane of Avernus had pits of mud that were infused with necrotic energy.
 * Swords wielded by death knights were often imbued with necrotic energy.
 * The spell Evard's black tentacles were created from pure necrotic energy.
 * Anyone who had grafted the Eye of Vecna to their skull could emit rays of necrotic energy.
 * The horn of the corrupted avatar of Lurue emanated necrotic energy.
 * Rot trolls were wholly infused with necrotic energy.
 * The crypt of Vol Zaffras in the Shadowfell held a pool of pure necrotic energy.
 * The soul intake of Zariel's flying fortress was flooded with necrotic energy.

Notable Wielders

 * The body of the lich Acererak was infused with necrotic energy.
 * Clerics of the death domain could infuse their divine strikes with necrotic energy.
 * The breath weapons of dracoliches, shadow dragons, and topaz dragons' manifested as cones of necrotic energy.
 * Shadow demons drew upon necrotic energy in combat.

Appearances

 * Adventures
 * Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus • Candlekeep Mysteries: Lore of Lurue
 * Organized Play & Licensed Adventures
 * Avernus Rising (The Vast Emptiness of Grace) • Dreams of the Red Wizards ('Expedition to the Supreme Forge • Wings of Death) • Living Forgotten Realms: Aglarond (First Strike)