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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 7466138" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><strong>Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide</strong></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/57376/Forgotten-Realms-Campaign-Guide-4e?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide</a></p><p>4e</p><p><strong>Zombie Rotter:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead:</strong> Undead fuel their minds and protect their corpses from dissolution through powerful necromantic rituals—especially liches, whose never-ending acquisition of arcane knowledge has propelled some into contention with the gods themselves.</p><p>A few cling to the Shadowfell or to the world, continuing on as ghosts or other insubstantial undead.</p><p><strong>Lich:</strong> Undead fuel their minds and protect their corpses from dissolution through powerful necromantic rituals—especially liches, whose never-ending acquisition of arcane knowledge has propelled some into contention with the gods themselves.</p><p><strong>Ghost:</strong> A few cling to the Shadowfell or to the world, continuing on as ghosts or other insubstantial undead.</p><p>His victory was short-lived, however. Halflings from the Lluirwood surprised Voolad and killed him. Whatever fell purpose drove the druid enabled him to rise as a powerful ghost.</p><p><strong>Dodkong:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Death Chief:</strong> The undead king reanimates each clan chieftain who dies, forming the Dodforer, a council of “Death Chiefs” who serve him.</p><p><strong>Saed, Vampire Lord:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Terpenzi:</strong> The naga Terpenzi, slain by the Shadowking, returned as a powerful undead entity.</p><p>ONCE A GREAT IMMORTAL NAGA, the founder and longtime ruler of Najara, Terpenzi lost its life and status long ago. After its demise, horrifying rituals bound its soul into its skeletal body.</p><p><strong>Undead Dragon Turtle:</strong> Necromancers created more than one undead dragon turtle from those slain in the lake.</p><p><strong>Chillborn Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Melathaur, Runescribed Dracolich:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Espera Larva Mage:</strong> The Spellplague destroyed many of these in gouts of blue fire. Espera, a genasi necromancer, had already tied herself to Shar’s power of shadow. She died in the conflagration but was resurrected as a larva mage.</p><p><strong>Dracolich:</strong> Half a millennium has passed since the Cult of the Dragon formed under the mad archmage Sammaster. He gathered followers who were drawn by his delusional visions that prophesied the eternal rule of Faerûn by undead dragons. He then formulated a process to create the first dracolich, which he recorded in his work Tome of the Dragon.</p><p>A fettered dracolich’s intellect and perception are diminished, but it retains a strong force of personality that struggles to resurface. As a result, its behavior is unpredictable and destructive. If its phylactery is returned to it, a fettered dracolich is released from its slavery. It becomes a standard dracolich.</p><p><strong>Anabraxis the Black Talon, Runescribed Dracolich:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Human Death Knight, Naergoth Bladelord:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lich, Vargo the Faceless:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Fettered Dracolich:</strong> Some cult cells have taken to capturing young dragons and putting them through a modified ritual of ascension. This ritual ties the dragon’s will to whoever holds its phylactery, resulting in a fettered dracolich.</p><p><strong>Lod, Bone Naga:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Meremoth, Undead Lamia:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Direhelm:</strong> Direhelms are created through a ritual from the Codex of Araunt, involving grave dirt from the tombs of warriors fallen in battle.</p><p><strong>Doomsept:</strong> A doomsept is a sevenfold spirit, created by one of the rituals in the Codex of Araunt.</p><p><strong>Plaguechanged Ghoul:</strong> THE SPELLPLAGUE KILLED INDISCRIMINATELY, but it apparently raised some of those it slew, in a hungering form.</p><p><strong>Dread Warrior:</strong> THAY’S NECROMANCERS ARE AMONG THE BEST in the world, and their undead creations are simply more capable and enduring than others. Thay produces more than its share of shambling corpses, but its Dread Legions contain a significant number of intelligent skeletons and zombies. Known as dread warriors, these evil undead can follow orders, communicate, and fight just as well as a living counterpart, but they do so without fear of death.</p><p>“Dread warrior” is a template you can apply to any humanoid creature to represent one of these Thayan monstrosities.</p><p><strong>Szass Tam, Human Wizard Lich:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Manshoon, Human Wizard Vampire Lord:</strong> ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 7466138, member: 2209"] [b]Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide[/b] [URL=http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/57376/Forgotten-Realms-Campaign-Guide-4e?affiliate_id=17596]Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide[/URL] 4e [b]Zombie Rotter:[/b] ? [b]Zombie:[/b] ? [b]Undead:[/b] Undead fuel their minds and protect their corpses from dissolution through powerful necromantic rituals—especially liches, whose never-ending acquisition of arcane knowledge has propelled some into contention with the gods themselves. A few cling to the Shadowfell or to the world, continuing on as ghosts or other insubstantial undead. [b]Lich:[/b] Undead fuel their minds and protect their corpses from dissolution through powerful necromantic rituals—especially liches, whose never-ending acquisition of arcane knowledge has propelled some into contention with the gods themselves. [b]Ghost:[/b] A few cling to the Shadowfell or to the world, continuing on as ghosts or other insubstantial undead. His victory was short-lived, however. Halflings from the Lluirwood surprised Voolad and killed him. Whatever fell purpose drove the druid enabled him to rise as a powerful ghost. [b]Dodkong:[/b] ? [b]Death Chief:[/b] The undead king reanimates each clan chieftain who dies, forming the Dodforer, a council of “Death Chiefs” who serve him. [b]Saed, Vampire Lord:[/b] ? [b]Terpenzi:[/b] The naga Terpenzi, slain by the Shadowking, returned as a powerful undead entity. ONCE A GREAT IMMORTAL NAGA, the founder and longtime ruler of Najara, Terpenzi lost its life and status long ago. After its demise, horrifying rituals bound its soul into its skeletal body. [b]Undead Dragon Turtle:[/b] Necromancers created more than one undead dragon turtle from those slain in the lake. [b]Chillborn Zombie:[/b] ? [b]Melathaur, Runescribed Dracolich:[/b] ? [b]Espera Larva Mage:[/b] The Spellplague destroyed many of these in gouts of blue fire. Espera, a genasi necromancer, had already tied herself to Shar’s power of shadow. She died in the conflagration but was resurrected as a larva mage. [b]Dracolich:[/b] Half a millennium has passed since the Cult of the Dragon formed under the mad archmage Sammaster. He gathered followers who were drawn by his delusional visions that prophesied the eternal rule of Faerûn by undead dragons. He then formulated a process to create the first dracolich, which he recorded in his work Tome of the Dragon. A fettered dracolich’s intellect and perception are diminished, but it retains a strong force of personality that struggles to resurface. As a result, its behavior is unpredictable and destructive. If its phylactery is returned to it, a fettered dracolich is released from its slavery. It becomes a standard dracolich. [b]Anabraxis the Black Talon, Runescribed Dracolich:[/b] ? [b]Human Death Knight, Naergoth Bladelord:[/b] ? [b]Lich, Vargo the Faceless:[/b] ? [b]Fettered Dracolich:[/b] Some cult cells have taken to capturing young dragons and putting them through a modified ritual of ascension. This ritual ties the dragon’s will to whoever holds its phylactery, resulting in a fettered dracolich. [b]Lod, Bone Naga:[/b] ? [b]Meremoth, Undead Lamia:[/b] ? [b]Direhelm:[/b] Direhelms are created through a ritual from the Codex of Araunt, involving grave dirt from the tombs of warriors fallen in battle. [b]Doomsept:[/b] A doomsept is a sevenfold spirit, created by one of the rituals in the Codex of Araunt. [b]Plaguechanged Ghoul:[/b] THE SPELLPLAGUE KILLED INDISCRIMINATELY, but it apparently raised some of those it slew, in a hungering form. [b]Dread Warrior:[/b] THAY’S NECROMANCERS ARE AMONG THE BEST in the world, and their undead creations are simply more capable and enduring than others. Thay produces more than its share of shambling corpses, but its Dread Legions contain a significant number of intelligent skeletons and zombies. Known as dread warriors, these evil undead can follow orders, communicate, and fight just as well as a living counterpart, but they do so without fear of death. “Dread warrior” is a template you can apply to any humanoid creature to represent one of these Thayan monstrosities. [b]Szass Tam, Human Wizard Lich:[/b] ? [b]Manshoon, Human Wizard Vampire Lord:[/b] ? [/QUOTE]
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