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The '''Necromancers''' of [[Sanctuary]] are a class in ''[[Diablo II]]''. The Necromancer will not appear in amongst the 5 characters in ''Diablo III'' when the game is released, but adding in an updated version of the character in an expansion has not been ruled out by the D3 Team.

The non-inclusion of the Necromancer in Diablo III was greeted with a great deal of protest by loyal fans, and as a result Blizzard has repeatedly had to explain why they made the decision. Their main argument was that the Necromancer was done so well in D2 that they didn't see much to improve upon in D3, and didn't want to just repeat the same character in the new game. This contrasts to the Barbarian, who they thought they could update and reinvent in interesting ways. Here's D3 Lead Designer [http://www.gameinformer.com/News/Story/200809/N08.0903.1800.35279.htm?Page=3 [[Jay Wilson]] commenting on that issue] in September 2008.