So, uh… is there anything LIKE necromancy but which ISN’T necromancy, or at least isn’t the legally problematic kind of necromancy? Because I think bones and skeletons are cool, but also I don’t want to get entangled with the legal system without a VERY good reason, and “vague desire to have skeletal minions” isn’t a good enough reason. (Not necessarily person skeletons, if that makes a difference, animal skeletal minions would also fulfill that old wish.)

I've mentioned it before, but there's probably only a half dozen licensed necromancers in the entire United States (and I think only one in Canada) and they mostly do curse-removal technical work. It's rare that we have a reason to actually authorize the raising of osteoanimates (which is, of course, the term that differentiates a non-sapient animated skeleton from both a person who happens to be…