Rappan Athuk: Level 5d
5e
Forest Child: After a forest child is defeated, the region in which it spawned remains vulnerable to the spawning of a new forest child within 1d6 moon cycles. This effect can only be ended with the casting of hallow on the spot where the forest child was destroyed.
Dreaded Forest Child, Unintelligent Undead Monster, Ravenous Undead, Girl, Ravenous Child, Brutal Killer, Young Girl, Abomination: When the demented worshippers of Tsathogga sacrificed a young girl to their loathsome deity, the creature arose from the grave as a dreaded forest child.
Banshee: Under Damarren’s tutelage, the community’s elf maidens tended to The Green Father’s wondrous gardens, feeding and nourishing the greenery under their care. During its heyday, the artificial conservatory boasted an impressive array of perennials, orchids, and other colorful flowers. The forest child’s insatiable appetite rendered their efforts for naught. When the ravenous undead devoured the gardens’ caretakers, the delicate, temperamental flowers quickly wilted and died, ceding dominance to the suppressed weeds lying dormant among them.
However, the elves who loved and doted on their prized plants refused to allow the transgression to go unanswered. They immediately coalesced into spiteful banshees seething with hatred.
Banshee, Spiteful Banshee, Undead Spirit: ?
Ghoul: ?
Wraith: ?
Corpse Mound: Originally used to store excess earth, dirt, and clay, this isolated chamber served a grimmer purpose as the forest child’s rampage spread. With no time to bury their dead who avoided becoming the forest child’s next meal, the desperate survivors flung their corpses into this storage area to give them at least a semblance of a proper burial. In time, roughly thirty bodies found their way onto this festering heap, transforming the soil into a dreaded corpse mound.
Corpse Mound, Dreaded Corpse Mound, Vengeful Heap of Decomposing Matter and Gnawed Bones, Roiling Amalgamation: ?
Shambling Mound Zombie, Shambling Mound Zomby: Under Damarren’s tutelage, the community’s elf maidens tended to The Green Father’s wondrous gardens, feeding and nourishing the greenery under their care. During its heyday, the artificial conservatory boasted an impressive array of perennials, orchids, and other colorful flowers. The forest child’s insatiable appetite rendered their efforts for naught. When the ravenous undead devoured the gardens’ caretakers, the delicate, temperamental flowers quickly wilted and died, ceding dominance to the suppressed weeds lying dormant among them.
However, the elves who loved and doted on their prized plants refused to allow the transgression to go unanswered. They immediately coalesced into spiteful banshees seething with hatred. Their anger proved so great, the plants formerly in their care transformed into 2 shambling mound zombies.
Typical Flesh Zombie: ?
Bileborn: In his last desperate moments, Damarren’s most learned naturalist conducted desperate experiments to stave off becoming the forest child’s next meal. Although he failed in his primary objective, he sadly succeeded in setting the stage for creating another monstrosity, the 2 bileborns who now inhabit the converted horticulture lab. His combination of alchemical components, organic raw material, and the forest child’s malevolence originally gave rise to one of these dreaded creatures. Over time, the monstrosity split into two.
Bileborn, Dreaded Creature, Monstrosity, Tangle of Spasming Flesh and Mangled Body Parts: ?
Huecuva, Undead Monstrosity: Perched atop a dais elevated 30 feet above the ground, the disloyal servant turned away from his deity during his final hours and pled to the demon lord Orcus for assistance fighting the forest child. His cries fell upon deaf ears, but his treachery did not go unnoticed. The Green Father transformed the priest into a huecuva.
Will-o'-Wisp, Undead Ball of Malevolent Light: ?
Fear Guard, Incorporeal Monster, Hooded Humanoid Figure, Marginally Sentient Creature: ?
Skeleton, Minion: The forest child used a legendary action to teleport into the chamber, where it devoured every last piece of flesh on Damarren’s body along with every sliver of meat from his wizard ally and a ranger companion. The horrific circumstances of their death raised their mortal bodies as 3 skeletons who accompany their brutal killer.
