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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 7899730" data-attributes="member: 20323"><p>That's really brilliant. It's an origin story that I've never seen done in D&D!</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes, I know what you mean.</p><p></p><p>I didn't want to detract from the general question in my opening post, but the context is that I have a group of hezrous called the Heralds of the Dark Prince who've been uplifted from the savageries of the Blood War by Graz'zt and given roles as his pseudo-knight bannerets. There's a bit of story...</p><p></p><p>Most hezrou face a miserable lot – centuries of magical binding by mortal mages dulling their wits and unrecognized service in the Blood War throwing them at the enemy in sacrifical waves. However, Graz’zt uplifted 33 of these hezrous with insidious words and the <em>Demonomicon of Iggwilv</em>, restoring their minds from animalistic savagery along with magical powers thought lost in the annals of the Blood War. Each of his heralds is given a black banner emblazoned with a silver six-fingered hand. They serve as his bannerets in battle and announce his presence when the Dark Prince receives visitors. While other hezrou deride the heralds of Graz’zt as weaklings, they take pride in their service to a demon lord who showed them more was possible than mindless slaughter.</p><p></p><p>In addition to the ideas I mentioned above (increased INT, reduced HP, Caustic Miasma), I'm also giving them some form of Innate Spellcasting, probably <em>fear & hold person </em>1/day (these are suggested for the cult of Graz'zt in Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes) and <em>divine word </em>(though immediately after speaking it the herald is destroyed).</p><p></p><p>They'll have a particular look too, probably a more mauve skin tone and some knight regalia (e.g. sallet helm and tabard) for starters. Still figuring that out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 7899730, member: 20323"] That's really brilliant. It's an origin story that I've never seen done in D&D! Yes, I know what you mean. I didn't want to detract from the general question in my opening post, but the context is that I have a group of hezrous called the Heralds of the Dark Prince who've been uplifted from the savageries of the Blood War by Graz'zt and given roles as his pseudo-knight bannerets. There's a bit of story... Most hezrou face a miserable lot – centuries of magical binding by mortal mages dulling their wits and unrecognized service in the Blood War throwing them at the enemy in sacrifical waves. However, Graz’zt uplifted 33 of these hezrous with insidious words and the [I]Demonomicon of Iggwilv[/I], restoring their minds from animalistic savagery along with magical powers thought lost in the annals of the Blood War. Each of his heralds is given a black banner emblazoned with a silver six-fingered hand. They serve as his bannerets in battle and announce his presence when the Dark Prince receives visitors. While other hezrou deride the heralds of Graz’zt as weaklings, they take pride in their service to a demon lord who showed them more was possible than mindless slaughter. In addition to the ideas I mentioned above (increased INT, reduced HP, Caustic Miasma), I'm also giving them some form of Innate Spellcasting, probably [I]fear & hold person [/I]1/day (these are suggested for the cult of Graz'zt in Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes) and [I]divine word [/I](though immediately after speaking it the herald is destroyed). They'll have a particular look too, probably a more mauve skin tone and some knight regalia (e.g. sallet helm and tabard) for starters. Still figuring that out. [/QUOTE]
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