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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 4556556" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><strong>E.N. Critters 4 Along the Banks of the River Vaal</strong></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/2569/EN-Critters--Along-the-Banks-of-the-River-Vaal?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">E.N. Critters - Along the Banks of the River Vaal:</a></p><p>3.5</p><p><strong>Bandalvis:</strong> A bandalvis is a form of undead created when a vissalia succumbs to the ancient curse upon it, feeding on the blood of the living but never able to completely sate its hunger. When this bloodlust curse overtakes a vissalia, it seeks out a victim to feed upon. Once it drinks the blood of a victim it slays for the first time, the transformation to a bandalvis completes and dark powers infuse the body.</p><p>Fortunately, a bandalvis is a unique form of undead unable to create spawn and only coming into being through the curse upon the vissalia.</p><p>It is created when a vissalia succumbs to a curse laid upon its race by the gods.</p><p>Those of the vissalia who had not been transformed became cursed by their gods to forever long for the land, but to never have it unless they drank of the lifeblood of the land-dwellers. At first, they believed this to be a fair trade, and hunted the land-dwellers who came to the water’s edge. It wasn’t too long before the vissalia understood the full extent of the curse as they spilled the blood of innocent creatures and in so doing were transformed into terrible monsters ever hungering for warm blood. Thus were the first bandalvis created.</p><p>Once the vissalia and terravis were of one race that dwelled in the deep waters of the seas and rivers, but a desire to become part of the realms above led the vissalia’s ancestors to involve themselves in forbidden magics, and to forsake the gods they worshipped to gain favor with the gods of the upper realms. The gods of the deep were justly angered by this, and punished the vissalia with the curse of bloodlust. Now they long for the warm blood of the land-dwellers, the smell of it awakening a primal hunger that if not kept in check threatens to consume them by leading them into a frenzy to attack the source of the blood to sate their hunger. This bloodlust can cause a vissalia to forsake its mortality and give itself over to the darker gods, becoming an undead abomination that exists solely to feed upon the living.</p><p>If it gives in to its bloodlust, a vissalia can turn into the undead bandalvis.</p><p><strong>Blood Fountain Swarm:</strong> A blood fountain swarm consists of about 1,500 undead leeches.</p><p>They are created through a rather specific process over a number of days. First, a stone receptacle must be coated with the blood of a sacrificed humanoid. Then at least 1,500 leeches must be collected and each leech must suck a tiny amount of the necromancers blood. Next, each leech has its back quarter cut off and is placed into the receptacle to die. Once all have been cut and slain, 4 animate dead spells must be cast consecutively (either from memory or spell completion items) and the swarm rises and is released into the place it is to guard.</p><p></p><p><strong>zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>ghoul:</strong> ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 4556556, member: 2209"] [b]E.N. Critters 4 Along the Banks of the River Vaal[/b] [URL=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/2569/EN-Critters--Along-the-Banks-of-the-River-Vaal?affiliate_id=17596]E.N. Critters - Along the Banks of the River Vaal:[/URL] 3.5 [B]Bandalvis:[/B] A bandalvis is a form of undead created when a vissalia succumbs to the ancient curse upon it, feeding on the blood of the living but never able to completely sate its hunger. When this bloodlust curse overtakes a vissalia, it seeks out a victim to feed upon. Once it drinks the blood of a victim it slays for the first time, the transformation to a bandalvis completes and dark powers infuse the body. Fortunately, a bandalvis is a unique form of undead unable to create spawn and only coming into being through the curse upon the vissalia. It is created when a vissalia succumbs to a curse laid upon its race by the gods. Those of the vissalia who had not been transformed became cursed by their gods to forever long for the land, but to never have it unless they drank of the lifeblood of the land-dwellers. At first, they believed this to be a fair trade, and hunted the land-dwellers who came to the water’s edge. It wasn’t too long before the vissalia understood the full extent of the curse as they spilled the blood of innocent creatures and in so doing were transformed into terrible monsters ever hungering for warm blood. Thus were the first bandalvis created. Once the vissalia and terravis were of one race that dwelled in the deep waters of the seas and rivers, but a desire to become part of the realms above led the vissalia’s ancestors to involve themselves in forbidden magics, and to forsake the gods they worshipped to gain favor with the gods of the upper realms. The gods of the deep were justly angered by this, and punished the vissalia with the curse of bloodlust. Now they long for the warm blood of the land-dwellers, the smell of it awakening a primal hunger that if not kept in check threatens to consume them by leading them into a frenzy to attack the source of the blood to sate their hunger. This bloodlust can cause a vissalia to forsake its mortality and give itself over to the darker gods, becoming an undead abomination that exists solely to feed upon the living. If it gives in to its bloodlust, a vissalia can turn into the undead bandalvis. [b]Blood Fountain Swarm:[/b] A blood fountain swarm consists of about 1,500 undead leeches. They are created through a rather specific process over a number of days. First, a stone receptacle must be coated with the blood of a sacrificed humanoid. Then at least 1,500 leeches must be collected and each leech must suck a tiny amount of the necromancers blood. Next, each leech has its back quarter cut off and is placed into the receptacle to die. Once all have been cut and slain, 4 animate dead spells must be cast consecutively (either from memory or spell completion items) and the swarm rises and is released into the place it is to guard. [b]zombie:[/b] ? [b]ghoul:[/b] ? [/QUOTE]
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