Can you be a warrior and a necromancer as one class in dungeons and dragons?

Question

just wondering

Answer 1

Not really however the rules allow for multi-classing. Take a few levels of fighter to bolster your melee ability, and some levels of caster for the necromancy spells and you have what I believe you are looking for.

Also there is an optional rule in the Unearthed Arcana book that allows Gestalt characters, who take the best features of 2 different classes and merge them into a single class.

Most DM's won't allow something like gestalt though since it tends to lead to way overpowered characters unless handled right.