Guild Wars 2

Just wondering what race/background has a story /most like/ something a necromancer would be involved in.

I love my human noble warrior, the story meshes well for him.

Same with my norn hunter and human thief (street rat).

I wanted to check out necromancer, rolled a charr.. but none of the “legions” feel like they fit, per se. Much in the way (IMHO) the human noble story doesn’t feel necromancy-ish.

So, in your opinion (If you dont mind my asking) what race and background combo do you think best suits necromancers “personal story” wise.

I have thought about maybe something nornish, going the whole “spirit shaman” thing, but like to hear outside opinions.

My necro was sylvari. Can’t say the story felt very necromancerish but Treaherne is a necro? I think.. he does summon a bunch of golems one time. Also as the sylvari story line you end up fighting more undead than any other story line.. I think anyway. Necromancer in this game doesn’t feel like master of death and such. Feels like a carebear version. Besides Orr I didnt feel very necromancerish while leveling up. Someone else probably has a better opinion it has been a very long time since I did the story…

I went with Blood Legion Charr. The thing to remember is that the charr don’t put much stock on how someone fights, just that they’re good at it. Their possible background paths are extremely neutral for profession (save Iron legion engineer, but that makes sense as the profession originated there).

Nice question…

My main necro is a norn, and I enjoyed it a lot. I imagined him sort of a shaman, so he speak with the spirit of the departed. With that norn-shaman idea, my necro sort of keep in line with the PS. Sort of.

My second necro is a sylvari. Their looks help a lot to “feel” them like a necro, but the PS isn’t very “necromancerish”, as Narkodx said.

I believe that, since the necro-minions isn’t truly undeads, but more constructs of a sort, the Asura may be a good choice story-wise. You can belong to the College of statics, and build your golems using different body parts… or to Synergetics, and study the philosophical and mystical qualities of the souls you resurrect to help them fulfill their destiny…

I don’t believe that Human’s or Charr’s PS are necro-friendly… but necro charr looks are awesome!

@ Narkodx: Yes and no. I mean, your staff growing a shadow scythe blade is pretty necro, but I can’t disagree that it kinda feels like a “PG necromancer with less focus on death” but I do enjoy the class so ..whatcha going to do, ya know? lol

@ Mobridae: No doubt charr necros look awesome lol. Then again, I /personally/ think charr look awesome period :P

I might try to roll a norn necro then, cause my idea for one sounds a lot like your own experience.

@Drarnor Kunoram: See, I went Ash legion and it /heavily/ feels like I should be sneaking around. I figured iron legion would be more engi (as I knew it was deeply connected to the engi class) and I figured Blood would be the same but for warriors.

But it sounds like you are saying it can work with necro + blood legion?

Oh yeah. You have to remember that Necros also embody Aggression magic, and no personal story ramps up the aggression like Blood Legion.

Ironically, all of the charr necros in GW were Ash Legion.

Good deal. I’ll play through the first couple of chapters of norn and blood legion charr, then, and decide which I prefer.

(I’ll keep checking for opinions in case anyone wants to add their two cents, btw)

Just keep us informed on which race suits you better.