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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 6682666" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><strong>Fiend Folio</strong></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/1751/Fiend-Folio-3e?cPath=9730_9731&it=1&affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Fiend Folio</a></p><p>3.0</p><p><strong>Abyssal Ghoul:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Bhut:</strong> A bhut comes into being when a humanoid dies a sudden, violent death in a remote region.</p><p><strong>Crawling Head:</strong> The crawling head is a horrifying undead monstrosity spawned from the severed head of a giant.</p><p>An overconfident necromancer who was quickly slain by his own creation created the original crawling head ages ago. Since then, crawling heads have been slowly increasing in number in areas frequented by giants and their ilk.</p><p><strong>Crypt Thing:</strong> A crypt thing is a kind of undead guardian that is built to watch over a particular site or object and deal with intruders in a nonlethal manner.</p><p>A cleric of 14th level or higher can use the create undead spell to create a crypt thing.</p><p><strong>Blood Fiend:</strong> Blood fiends create more blood fiends from other demons in a manner similar to the way vampires create more vampires from humanoids.</p><p>An outsider of the evil subtype slain by a blood fiend’s energy drain attack (negative levels equal to current Hit Dice, or drained below 1st level) rises as a blood fiend 1d4 days after death.</p><p><strong>Sample Huecuva Sample:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Huecuva:</strong> Huecuvas are undead creatures created from clerics, druids, paladins, or monks who have failed in their vows. As punishment for their heresies, they are doomed to undeath. Huecuvas are sometimes created when a good or neutral cleric changes his alignment to evil and dies without seeking atonement for his wrongs, or when an evil priest is subjected to a particularly powerful curse by her patron deity.</p><p>“Huecuva” is an acquired template that can be added to any humanoid with at least one level in the cleric, druid, paladin, or monk class.</p><p><strong>Hullathoin:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Quth-Maren:</strong> A quth-maren is a revolting undead creature created by clerics of Kiaransalee. These clerics are fond of flaying their enemies—removing every scrap of skin—and then animating them in this hideous form.</p><p><strong>Sample Swordwraith:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Swordwraith:</strong> Some mercenaries are so dedicated to a life of war that they rise from death to continue the battle, prowling the site of their deaths or the places of their burial, looking for foes to put to the sword.</p><p>“Swordwraith” is a template that can be added to any humanoid or monstrous humanoid creature with levels in fighter.</p><p><strong>Ulgurstasta:</strong> The first ulgurstasta was created ages ago by Kyuss, a powerful evil cleric turned demigod.</p><p>Vague notes surviving from Kyuss’s time indicate that the process of creating an ulgurstasta is long and dangerous.</p><p>Since they were created through powerful necromantic magic, these creatures cannot reproduce, nor do they need to breathe or eat.</p><p><strong>Symbiont Ghostly Visage:</strong> ?</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Skeleton:</strong> Someone swallowed by an ulgurstasta is in deep trouble—the creature feeds on raw life and transforms its victims into animated skeletons that the ulgurstasta can later regurgitate. A swallowed victim takes 1d8 points of Constitution drain each round from the necromantic acid inside the creature. Upon death, the victim’s remains are infused with the acid and transformed into an animated skeleton.</p><p><strong>Vampire Spawn:</strong> A humanoid or monstrous humanoid killed by the energy drain attack of a bloodfiend locust swarm rises 2d6 hours later as a fiendish vampire spawn.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 6682666, member: 2209"] [b]Fiend Folio[/b] [URL="http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/1751/Fiend-Folio-3e?cPath=9730_9731&it=1&affiliate_id=17596"]Fiend Folio[/URL] 3.0 [b]Abyssal Ghoul:[/b] ? [b]Bhut:[/b] A bhut comes into being when a humanoid dies a sudden, violent death in a remote region. [b]Crawling Head:[/b] The crawling head is a horrifying undead monstrosity spawned from the severed head of a giant. An overconfident necromancer who was quickly slain by his own creation created the original crawling head ages ago. Since then, crawling heads have been slowly increasing in number in areas frequented by giants and their ilk. [b]Crypt Thing:[/b] A crypt thing is a kind of undead guardian that is built to watch over a particular site or object and deal with intruders in a nonlethal manner. A cleric of 14th level or higher can use the create undead spell to create a crypt thing. [b]Blood Fiend:[/b] Blood fiends create more blood fiends from other demons in a manner similar to the way vampires create more vampires from humanoids. An outsider of the evil subtype slain by a blood fiend’s energy drain attack (negative levels equal to current Hit Dice, or drained below 1st level) rises as a blood fiend 1d4 days after death. [b]Sample Huecuva Sample:[/b] ? [b]Huecuva:[/b] Huecuvas are undead creatures created from clerics, druids, paladins, or monks who have failed in their vows. As punishment for their heresies, they are doomed to undeath. Huecuvas are sometimes created when a good or neutral cleric changes his alignment to evil and dies without seeking atonement for his wrongs, or when an evil priest is subjected to a particularly powerful curse by her patron deity. “Huecuva” is an acquired template that can be added to any humanoid with at least one level in the cleric, druid, paladin, or monk class. [b]Hullathoin:[/b] ? [b]Quth-Maren:[/b] A quth-maren is a revolting undead creature created by clerics of Kiaransalee. These clerics are fond of flaying their enemies—removing every scrap of skin—and then animating them in this hideous form. [b]Sample Swordwraith:[/b] ? [b]Swordwraith:[/b] Some mercenaries are so dedicated to a life of war that they rise from death to continue the battle, prowling the site of their deaths or the places of their burial, looking for foes to put to the sword. “Swordwraith” is a template that can be added to any humanoid or monstrous humanoid creature with levels in fighter. [b]Ulgurstasta:[/b] The first ulgurstasta was created ages ago by Kyuss, a powerful evil cleric turned demigod. Vague notes surviving from Kyuss’s time indicate that the process of creating an ulgurstasta is long and dangerous. Since they were created through powerful necromantic magic, these creatures cannot reproduce, nor do they need to breathe or eat. [b]Symbiont Ghostly Visage:[/b] ? [b]Skeleton:[/b] Someone swallowed by an ulgurstasta is in deep trouble—the creature feeds on raw life and transforms its victims into animated skeletons that the ulgurstasta can later regurgitate. A swallowed victim takes 1d8 points of Constitution drain each round from the necromantic acid inside the creature. Upon death, the victim’s remains are infused with the acid and transformed into an animated skeleton. [b]Vampire Spawn:[/b] A humanoid or monstrous humanoid killed by the energy drain attack of a bloodfiend locust swarm rises 2d6 hours later as a fiendish vampire spawn. [/QUOTE]
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