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going green with thread necromacy yeilds reintarnation.
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A thread necromancy isn't that bad, if it's a topic people are likely to get to through googling the subject. It's good to update the available information, since things change over time. Personally, it's an ok spell.
Pros:
* Very likely provides a nearly invulnerable flanking partner for your melee party members.
* Does ok force damage compared to other force damage spells.
* Even if it only hits half the time, it gets several free attacks to do so.
* Overall, a pretty great spell to use if you get to pre-buff.
Cons:
* Needs to be cast at the start of a fight to get most of the attacks. But there are better openers for controlling the battlefield or buffing your allies.
* Need to attack only one enemy every round to get the benefit. An attack by the magic rules is just about anything that harms or impedes an enemy, so you still have a lot of options every round, they just have to target single targets.
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As always, you should consider the classes and archetypes with which a spell works better, not those that are unsuited to use it.
Having access to a spell doesn't force you into using it, so arguing that "but if I am a XX and use it it is awful" is on par with arguing that your intelligence 6, 2 skill point character that traded away his human skill point bonus and chose other bonuses than the skill points for his primary class has too few skills.
When you make a choice you accept the consequences.
Several classes with little use for the spell (barring unusual builds) have access to it, but those classes generally are classes with access to a lot of spells, they aren't starved for choices. I don't see why a specific, niche spell should be great for all builds.
BTW:
The knife uses your base attack bonus
It uses your base attack bonus (possibly allowing it multiple attacks per round in subsequent rounds)
As I read it, the bracketed text in Spiritual Weapon seems a reminder, not a "permission", Twilight Knife should allow iterative attacks.
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Combine that with the fact that the Wizard must be either engaged in melee combat(OMG!) or ranged attack w/o flanking(as you personally don't threaten the target).It doesn't have to be melee or ranged. It just has to be an "attack".
Attacks: Some spell descriptions refer to attacking. All offensive combat actions, even those that don't damage opponents, are considered attacks. Attempts to channel energy count as attacks if it would harm any creatures in the area. All spells that opponents resist with saving throws, that deal damage, or that otherwise harm or hamper subjects are attacks. Spells that summon monsters or other allies are not attacks because the spells themselves don't harm anyone.
The only limitation of the knife is that the effect has to hit only one enemy target to be triggered. So, even fireball would work if no one else got hit by the fireball.
One place the spell might shine is against incorporeal enemies.