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<blockquote data-quote="Leatherhead" data-source="post: 7021843" data-attributes="member: 53176"><p>The Wood Woad is yet another example of a lowly commoner having a ritual performed on them and becoming a much stronger monster. One of the recurring themes of Volo's to be sure.</p><p></p><p>I am tempted to make a Redwood Variant of the Wood Woad: Resists fire, and regeneration shuts down with Poison damage. Just because Fire is too commonly used by players (where as poison is relatively rare), and Sequoia trees are my go to for insanely long-lived forests. Something that makes more sense if you have ever been to California.</p><p></p><p>Being the (un)willing servant of the trees is one way to use the Wood Woad, but perhaps there is another way. A Wood Woad has a hole in it's chest where it's hart would be. In theory, something could be placed inside the hole to take control or corrupt it. Likewise there is still a corpse buried below the tree roots that spawned it. A necromancer could get a hold of the body, and do unscrupulous things to it, distressing the Wood Woad. What are the consequences of such a defilement? Maybe it's just symbolic, but horrifying and intrusive none the less. Perhaps the Wood Woad slowly rots, going to nearest town/druid circle looking either for help or destruction while in a rage. Maybe this breaks a pact that was established long ago, angering a fey court and triggering a magical invasion.</p><p></p><p>Lots of possibilities from what is essentially a tree with a club.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Leatherhead, post: 7021843, member: 53176"] The Wood Woad is yet another example of a lowly commoner having a ritual performed on them and becoming a much stronger monster. One of the recurring themes of Volo's to be sure. I am tempted to make a Redwood Variant of the Wood Woad: Resists fire, and regeneration shuts down with Poison damage. Just because Fire is too commonly used by players (where as poison is relatively rare), and Sequoia trees are my go to for insanely long-lived forests. Something that makes more sense if you have ever been to California. Being the (un)willing servant of the trees is one way to use the Wood Woad, but perhaps there is another way. A Wood Woad has a hole in it's chest where it's hart would be. In theory, something could be placed inside the hole to take control or corrupt it. Likewise there is still a corpse buried below the tree roots that spawned it. A necromancer could get a hold of the body, and do unscrupulous things to it, distressing the Wood Woad. What are the consequences of such a defilement? Maybe it's just symbolic, but horrifying and intrusive none the less. Perhaps the Wood Woad slowly rots, going to nearest town/druid circle looking either for help or destruction while in a rage. Maybe this breaks a pact that was established long ago, angering a fey court and triggering a magical invasion. Lots of possibilities from what is essentially a tree with a club. [/QUOTE]
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