So as the title says, I'm looking for ideas on a Rymrgand themed build. I REALLY like the " Rymrgand's artist" build from the build board, but want to see if it's possible to make that work, but maybe with a blood wizard and beckoner chanter? Again, I want to use grave calling if possible, but I want it to be smooth as well. Ideally, I don't want to have to auto attack my summoned skellies. I'm kindof stuck on wizard as I want to thematically lean into decay AND ice.

If yall have any ideas, I'm open to them! Thank you!

The blood mage benefits less than the cipher, but the Chill Fog from Grave Calling is still interesting because it is affected by the weapon's bonuses, is "foe only" and can also freeze. Unfortunately you still have to do the kills with Grave Calling. To make things smoother you can damage first your skeletons with a spell. A possibility is to cast yourself Chill Fog which will do damage to everyone in the AoE and then kill them. Later you can also use the Essential Phantom to assist you.

To optimize even more it might be a good idea to wear the Charm of Bones and equip Amaliorra in the offhand (it helps to attack faster with the main hand and also gives accuracy against vessels to all your attacks).

What about sickening them with some abilities like Fetid Caress?