ʀᴇᴠɪᴇw ᴏf dnd nᴇcʀᴏᴍancʏ spᴇlls: cᴏnᴊᴜʀɪng ᴛhᴇ dᴇad ɪn cᴏᴍʙaᴛ and sᴛʀaᴛᴇgʏ
ᴛhᴇ hᴜᴍan sɪdᴇ ᴏf dnd nᴇcʀᴏᴍancʏ spᴇlls nᴇcʀᴏᴍancʏ, ᴏfᴛᴇn assᴏcɪaᴛᴇd wɪᴛh daʀᴋnᴇss, hɪdᴇs a pʀᴏfᴏᴜnd hᴜᴍan aspᴇcᴛ. ᴛhᴇsᴇ spᴇlls pʀᴏᴠɪdᴇ sᴏlacᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛhᴇ ʙᴇʀᴇaᴠᴇd, allᴏwɪng ᴛhᴇᴍ ᴛᴏ cᴏᴍᴍᴜnᴇ wɪᴛh lᴏsᴛ lᴏᴠᴇd ᴏnᴇs, ᴍɪᴛɪgaᴛɪng ᴛhᴇɪʀ gʀɪᴇf. ɪn cᴜlᴛᴜʀᴇs whᴇʀᴇ ancᴇsᴛᴏʀ ᴠᴇnᴇʀaᴛɪᴏn ɪs paʀaᴍᴏᴜnᴛ, nᴇcʀᴏᴍancʏ ʙᴇcᴏᴍᴇs a sacʀᴇd ʀɪᴛᴜal, sᴛʀᴇngᴛhᴇnɪng faᴍɪlɪal ʙᴏnds ʙᴇʏᴏnd ᴛhᴇ ᴠᴇɪl ᴏf dᴇaᴛh.