>imagine turning L8 and automatically being
>able to do 38 damage to undead! per casting! bear in mind, tho, that this
>is the necro's first evocation spell. i camped out at a ruin in nektulos
>and just casted it on everything that showed up, even if it wasnt my kill
>(one hit wont steal the kill), just to cap out my evocation.

Here's a great trick I discovered: cast your spells on your pet to build up
your skill! As long as you are not PvP, your pet will take it without
complaint. I built up my evocation this way while waiting on the boat. It
works for conjuration too. Just keep hitting your pet with disease cloud.

>another spell that i have found is under-used by our class is Dark Pact. i
>cannot go on about how useful this spell is. ok- seems simple... it takes
>your hp and gives you mana. but now imagine this- you have just spent all
>your mana, and are safe (and at full hp, or close). so just find a safe
>spot, cast Dk Pact, and hide/gather shadows- you'll be back to full mana
>faster than any other spell caster class.

Here is another use I found for dark pact to increase combat effectiveness.
Wait until you are down a little in mana during a fight then cast. Once
cast, start hitting with life spikes or whatever you have to do damage/give
life. If you do this right, you can keep it up indefinately. The damage
you take from the pact is repaired by the spikes while the mana for the
spikes is replentished by the pact. It lets you get out a lot more spell
attacks this way.