Debating a Necro (or Mage): A few questions

[NegaStoat]

If you want more active, then Necro, hands down, easily.

As for race choice, once you get call of bones you're going to end up looking like a skeleton all the time regardless. I will admit, my Necromancer was a Dark Elf and I liked it a great deal. The higher Int score gave you more options for gear choices in terms of +mana, +hp, and +resist items. The Hide skill was very nice for going AFK for an hour or two and not coming back to a corpse.

Realistically though, that Iksar Regen isn't a myth or fable as to how good it is. It really IS that good. There is one fact to consider about it however. If you are at a camp dealing with a limited amount of spawns and you are NOT able to use that extra mana from the regen conversion, then it's a wasted attribute. If you plan ahead and take on camps with increased targets or you're in an area with free roaming mobs (like Dreadlands) then the Regen blows away the added Racial experience penalty.

The difference between Iksar / Non Iksar is listed on the P1999 wiki under guides. Read it. If your final question of "is a non Iksar race necromancer still a really strong class" is all that's holding you back, the answer is yes. God yes. Necros of any race are powerhouses.