a question: lich/necromancer specific items?

[sofocles]

i found a ring in a previous game that said ring of the dead? but sucked... does that get better if ur a lich?

any other items worth mentioning?

[AIAndy]

The ring of the dead is somewhat special, reread and reinterpret the flavor text.

[atan59]

any other items worth mentioning?

There's a staff of the Archlich.

[laru]

any other items worth mentioning?

There's a staff of the Archlich.

And unlike the mentioned Ring of the Dead, this one actually does suck..

The Heart of Celia is also a guarantied necro artifact. I cannot comment on it's usefulness as I never actually bothered to get it.

[Pigslayer]

The ring gives an extra life as long as you die wearing it. Celia's Heart gives 1 soul per use, but the cooldown/cost keeps increasing. It sucks.

[PureQuestion]

I take offense at claims of the staff sucking!

[laru]

I take offense at claims of the staff sucking!

Oops. I must have had a major memory fail when I wrote that; re-checked the staff and it is certainly one of the best necro staffs there is. Would you accept my sincerest apologies for that stupid comment?

[slyscorpion]

I know this is an old thread but the Crown and Bindings of Eternal Night, when worn together, make for nice necro items as you get Retch (useful for healing minions) and Abyssal Cloud which works off darkness damage.

[Planetus]

The Crown and Bindings of Eternal Night are nice, particularly for a necromancer, but not uniquely so. Since they make you undead, they can also be useful for any mage-type for self-healing and damaging of non-undead enemies.

The Staff of the Archlich also pairs with a Ring of the Archlich, forming a pretty nice set for any late-game necromancer.