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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aledt" data-source="post: 4091366" data-attributes="member: 47716">Ooh, details? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Yes, please! I found this template for the Cauldron Born which I'm using:CAULDRON-BORNMessengers of death. Army of the dead. Deathless warriors. These names all describe the Cauldron-born - undead creatures created by the evil artefact Black Cauldron and under the thrall of the Cauldron's owner, whoever he or she is. These soldiers of undeath do not know pain, fear, mercy, pity - or any human emotions at all, except for hatred. Even their memories of their former lives have been totally extinguished by the Cauldron's dark magic’s and for some unknown reason, the Cauldron-born cannot speak at all. They are totally obedient and loyal to their master, the owner of the Cauldron, and there are only a few things that can stop them from fulfilling their master's bidding.The Cauldron-born appear as they did in life, but something sinister and cold lurks in their dead eyes - their eyes are hollow, emotionless things, as cold as the coldest winter night and as frightening as a banshee's moaning. They also tend to rot over time, but this process is so slow that it can take hundreds of years before a Cauldron-born resembles a zombie in appearance. The Cauldron-born usually wear armour and use many weapons - they especially love to use weapons that inflict great pain upon their enemies and prisoners."Cauldron-born" is an acquired template that can be added to any corporeal creature (dead or undead, see the description of the Black Cauldron) which is first thrown into the Black Cauldron (an artefact of great evil) (referred hereafter as the base creature). The creature's type changes to "undead", if it isn't already so. Do not recalculate base attack bonus, saves, or skill points. Size is unchanged.The Cauldron-born uses all the base creature's statistics and special abilities except as noted here.Hit Dice: all the base creature's HD (current and future) become d12s.Speed: same as the base creature.AC: the Cauldron-born has +5 natural armour bonus, or the base creature's natural armour bonus, whichever is greater.Special Attacks: A Cauldron-born retains all the special attacks of the base creature and gains the following special attacks (save DC, unless noted otherwise, is 10 + 1/2 Cauldron-born's HD + Cauldron-born's Charisma modifier):Aura of fear (Su): A Cauldron-born is surrounded by an aura of dread and unnatural feeling. All creatures with 5 HD or fewer must succeed at a Will save or flee in terror, as per fear spell.Special qualities: a Cauldron-born has all the special qualities of the base creature, plus the following special qualities.Cauldron-bound (Ex): so long as the Black Cauldron, the evil artefact that gave unlife to this loathsome warriors of decay, exists, the Cauldron-born are indestructible - even if reduced to 0 hit points, they will simply rise again after 1d4 days with full hit points. The Cauldron-born are also totally obedient to anyone who owns the Cauldron and will do everything what the owner commands them to do.The Cauldron-born also face an unfortunate (in the owner's point of view) restriction: they cannot go too far away from the Cauldron, or they will just collapse into a heap of bones and ash, until even a tiny bit of them is carried within range. This "range" is very vague and should be campaign-specific; in any case, the Cauldron-born know when they are too close to the limit of their mobility refuse to go over the limit, unless directly ordered by the owner of the Cauldron, or unless in unbelievable frenzy.Children of the Cauldron (Ex): the Cauldron-born are infused with the evil strength of the Black Cauldron and thus they receive maximum hit points.Damage Reduction (Su): the Cauldron-born's skin is unnaturally tough and resistant to blows, except for those inflicted by magical weapons, giving them damage reduction 10/magic (if using 3rd Edition: 10/+1). Darkvision (Ex): as all undead, the Cauldron-born gains darkvision with 60-foot radius.Immunities (Ex): the Cauldron-born have immunity to cold, polymorph (though they can use polymorph effects on themselves), and mind-influencing effects.Turn immunity (Ex): The Cauldron-born cannot be turned, rebuked, or commanded. Voiceless (Ex): upon becoming a Cauldron-born, a creature loses its ability to speak or make any similar noise. This is especially harmful to spellcasters, who MUST have Silent Spell feat, if they want to continue to cast spells; however, the Silent Spell does not raise the spell's level for them. The owner of the Cauldron can, at any time, prevent one spellcasting Cauldron-born or all of them, even using spells in this manner, if the owner so desires. Cauldron’s health (Su): The Cauldron-born can, once per day, call upon the evil magic that created them to restore their wounds that they have obtained in battle. This is the undead equivalent of a single casting of Regenerate.Abilities: increase from the base creature as follows: Str +4, Wis +2. Being an undead, a Cauldron-born has no Constitution score.Skills: Cauldron-born have +2 racial modifier to Intimidate, Listen, Move Silently, Search, and Spot checks.Organisation: solitary, a scout party (2-4 Cauldron-born), a company (10-30 Cauldron-born), or a battalion (50+ Cauldron-born).Challenge Rating: same as the base creature +2.Treasure: standard coins: 50% goods; 50% itemsAlignment: same as the Cauldron's owner (always evil)Level adjustment: -</blockquote>

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