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Hey everyone, as the title says I'm looking for advice on how to properly build a necromancer that does most of his work with undead minions.

I've read quite a few threads, but most of them are like 2 or 3 years old and, being new to necromancers, I don't know how reliable those discussions are today.

So please tell me, what, in your eyes, makes the most potent minion-mancer. (class, race, feats, whatever comes to mind) If possible, no 3pp :)

Also, I've come across a confusing (for me at least) statement quite often, which is:

Your undead limit counts separately for each of your classes

I do not quite understand that statement. Does it make a difference if I'm let's say a 16th level mage versus being a Oracle8/Mage8? For me both cases amount to 16x4HD of undead minions (8x4 + 8x4 in the second case).

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Edit: I'm not posting any of my ideas mostly because they are not very well developed, but also because I do not want to influence what advice I receive :)