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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 7971022" data-attributes="member: 57383">To be specific, when an intruding party of adventures encounters one of the Seven Swords they:The Reaper — erupt from the ground.The Veiled Maidens — step out from behind banners when &quot;summoned&quot; by touching a veil.The General — found sitting in meditation behind a screen.The Shadow Warrior — lurks unseen &quot;near&quot; its chambers. [maybe uses &quot;hide in plain sight&quot; blending ability?]The Paper Warrior — When its papers are disturbed, the ink springs up and becomes the Warrior.The Screaming Child — Sits behind bamboo screens, &quot;has cast chameleon on himself and is difficult to see&quot;.The Keeper — If PCs enter a shrine it &quot;materializes behind the altar&quot;, if they retreat it &quot;materializes before them&quot;.So three of the Swords definitely materialize out of thin air (or paper), one bursts from the ground, one probably uses shadowy ninja hiding skills and the other two might just be hiding behind screens.It seems simplest all of the Seven Swords a ghostly power to appear out of thin air.I am tempted to give some or most of them a special ability to materialize into existence when the place they are haunting is disturbed.Something like the following:Ghostform (Su): A Seven Swords undead is normally invisible and intangible but senses its surroundings normally. Should the site it is haunting be disturbed, the spirit assumes a corporeal form as a swift action. The Reaper materializes by erupting from the ground. The Veiled Maidens materialize by stepping out from behind hanging banners. The General/Screaming Child materializes sitting behind a screen. The Shadow Warrior materializes by leaping out of a shadow. The Paper Warrior materializes by ink flowing from an inkstone to write on blank paper, the words then leap up to become its tattooed body. The Keeper materializes out of thin air wherever it wishes, usually in front of intruders. Once materialized, the undead spirit can remain in solid form until the sun rises. It can resume ghostform as a full-round action.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 7971022, member: 57383"] To be specific, when an intruding party of adventures encounters one of the Seven Swords they: [B]The Reaper[/B] — erupt from the ground. [B]The Veiled Maidens[/B] — step out from behind banners when "summoned" by touching a veil. [B]The General[/B] — found sitting in meditation behind a screen. [B]The Shadow Warrior[/B] — lurks unseen "near" its chambers. [maybe uses "hide in plain sight" blending ability?] [B]The Paper Warrior[/B] — When its papers are disturbed, the ink springs up and becomes the Warrior. [B]The Screaming Child[/B] — Sits behind bamboo screens, "has cast [I]chameleon[/I] on himself and is difficult to see". [B]The Keeper[/B] — If PCs enter a shrine it "materializes behind the altar", if they retreat it "materializes before them". So three of the Swords definitely materialize out of thin air (or paper), one bursts from the ground, one probably uses shadowy ninja hiding skills and the other two might just be hiding behind screens. It seems simplest all of the Seven Swords a ghostly power to appear out of thin air. I am tempted to give some or most of them a special ability to materialize into existence when the place they are haunting is disturbed. Something like the following: [B]Ghostform (Su):[/B] A Seven Swords undead is normally invisible and intangible but senses its surroundings normally. Should the site it is haunting be disturbed, the spirit assumes a corporeal form as a swift action. [COLOR=red]The Reaper materializes by erupting from the ground. The Veiled Maidens materialize by stepping out from behind hanging banners. The General/Screaming Child materializes sitting behind a screen. The Shadow Warrior materializes by leaping out of a shadow. The Paper Warrior materializes by ink flowing from an inkstone to write on blank paper, the words then leap up to become its tattooed body. The Keeper materializes out of thin air wherever it wishes, usually in front of intruders.[/COLOR] Once materialized, the undead spirit can remain in solid form until the sun rises. It can resume ghostform as a full-round action. [/QUOTE]

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