Quote Originally Posted by Mixt View Post
Necromancy is by definition the manipulation of life energies. [...] It's not just to do with the undead, that sort of thing also falls under the necromantic banner if you take into account what the word means.
Where are you getting that definition from? It's not one that's ever been expressed in the game. When it's talked about, it's very much about dealing with or 'calling back' the dead.

More broadly and back in the real world, my dictionary defines necromancy as "the art of predicting by means of communication with the dead", and the prefix necro- is from nekros, a corpse. It is very much centred around death and the dead (or undead).

I've never seen your "any manipulation of life energies" definition used elsewhere, either.