Undead Origins

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DLS3 Oak Lords (2e)
2e
Undead: ?
Stahnk, Undead Beast: ?
Tangon, Death Knight, Menace: Meanwhile, the men of Ergoth demanded a wer-gild from the elves, as was set forth in the Swordsheath Scroll, and most of the remaining wealth and magic of the elves was gathered. Furthermore, a young knight of Huma, Tangon, and his copper dragon were sent to escort the treasure caravan as it rolled across Abanasinia to Ergoth.
Tangon, like his dragon, was greedy. He had become a knight only to enjoy the fortunes of war, so the lure of such a treasure drove them to slay the elves of the caravan and take the wer-gild as their own. As they fled the sight of their butchery, a dark shadow crept up before them and they lost their way. Soon the evil they had committed came back to them. Tangon became a death knight and his copper was transformed into a wingless dragon, a tylor.
Skeleton Hobgoblin: ?
Skeleton Troll: ?
Spectral Minion Guardian: These beings are ten guardian spectral minions, crazed by the effects of the Graystone. They were once the rear guard, left behind by Solostaran to defend the city. They toppled the bridges, but died in a vain attempt to protect Qualinost. Now they have been doomed to guard the city from all intruders for 100 years and a day.
Spectral Minion Guardian, Nearly Transparent Being, Guardian, Spectral Guard: ?
Spectral Minion, Minion, Spectral Archer, Guardian: ?
Famithias, Spectral Minion Guardian Warrior 8, Leader: ?
Spectral Minion Guardian Warrior 7, Lieutenant: ?
Porthios, Spectral Minion Searcher: The Graystone will teleport the party and remaining
centaurs into the pit. From the dark opening will come an undead beast—a stahnk. All monsters in the room will howl wildly and chant, hoping to see the PCs slain.
It is at this moment that Porthios finds the Chamber of Life at #S10. The Graystone senses his presence and identifies him, realizes who the party is, and conceives a way of using the PCs to escape the ever-watchful Tree of Life. Porthios attempts to enter the Astral plane and the stone traps his body in the Prime Material plane while his spirit is transported, effectively killing him. The stone then has the body tossed into the crystal vines at #S9.
Realizing that he was no match for the menace before him, Porthios dove between the pillars of the monument. The Graystone then abruptly closed the astral portal, ripping Porthios's spirit from his body, effectively killing the elf.
If the PCs become confused during the latter part of this adventure, Porthios can assist them. He can manifest himself as a searcher spectral minion, but only once or twice.
Skeleton Warrior: ?
Wichtlin: Second, Solostaran's wife was cursed by the lord of the undead, Chemosh, and turned into a wichtlin within this chamber.

 

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DLS4 Wild Elves (2e)
2e
Undead: ?
Ghast: Five of Teveckur's favorite human slaves were slain and placed around the pillars, and they were cursed to become undead; these human corpses are inactive ghasts.
Ghost: ?
Teveckur, Ghost: Teveckur was murdered by Shuzirra, and he still burns for revenge .
Ice Vampire, Spirit of a Kagonesti Woman Who Drowned Herself in Grief: Not true vampires, ice vampires are the spirits of Kagonesti women who have drowned themselves in grief.
Skeleton: ?
Headless Drow Skeleton: ?
Vampire, True Vampire: ?
Wichtlin: ?
Wichtlin, Ghostly Rider: ?
Wichtlin Stag: ?
Wichtlin Stag, Ghastly Stag: ?

 

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DLT1 New Tales: The Land Reborn (2e)
2e
Undead Drider: The two "eyes" of Jaithuli's statue are rubies worth 200 stl each. The gold necklace is worth 100 stl, but it is cursed. Any non-worshiper of Jaithuli who wears the necklace is plagued with nightmares of talking evil spiders and writhing spider constellations in the night sky. Each night, the wearer loses 1 hit point permanently. No healing spells, restoration, or wish can restore the lost hit points (see below).
If the wearer is good aligned, he further suffers a -2 penalty to saving throws and attack rolls.
Once the wearer reaches 0 hit points, he is dead and cannot be wished back, resurrected, reincarnated, or raised. If the wearer was neutral or evil, he becomes an undead drider.
Undead Drider, Huge Spider Body With the Chest Arms and Head of an Elf, Dried-Up Elf-Spider Thing, Form of Drider: ?
Specter: ?
Spectral Minion: The spirit of a Que-Shu Plainsman, in the form of a spectral minion, wanders the former building's perimeters each night. The Plainsman was a sentry who was charged with defending the village hall and seeking out reinforcements to help defend Que-Shu. He failed at both, so he now wanders the ruins of the building, waiting for aid to send ahead to the Que-Shu who managed to escape.
“I perished in the defense of the hall. The Chief had charged me to find help.”
"The battle was over so swiftly. All of us who defended the village perished. At the first rising of Nuitari after my death, my spirit came to rest here, my sense of honor preventing me from going to my rest until my duty is fulfilled."
Spectral Minion, Spirit of a Que-Shu Plainsman, Que-Shu Warrior, Minion: ?
Wichtlin: The wichtlin was a Qualinesti traitor who spied for the Dragonarmies and tried to sabotage the Qualinesti evacuation to Southern Ergoth. He was discovered and executed for his treason.
Wichtlin, Predator: ?

 

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Doors to the Unknown (2e)
2e
Baneguard, Twisted Skeleton, Special Type of Skeleton, Guardian Creature: ?
Normal Skeleton: ?
Vampire: ?

 

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Dragonlance Classics Volume I (2e)
2e
Spectral Minion: Spectral minions are the spirits of humans or demihumans who died before they could fulfill powerful vows or quests. Even in death, spectral minions are bound to the vows or quests placed upon them when they were alive.
Spectral Minion Guardian: These minions were quested to guard some area or object.
If the PCs ask their escort about the spirits, he replies, "Ages ago, before the world changed, we were ordered to keep this land safe. That was our purpose. We failed. Now we repent by protecting the land while we can."
Spectral Minion Philosopher: ?
Spectral Minion Warrior: ?
Spectral Minion, Spirit of a Human Who Died Before They Could Fulfill a Powerful Vow: ?
Spectral Minion, Spirit of a Human Who Died Before They Could Fulfill a Quest: ?
Spectral Minion, Spirit of a Demihuman Who Died Before They Could Fulfill a Powerful Vow: ?
Spectral Minion, Spirit of a Demihuman Who Died Before They Could Fulfill a Quest: ?
Spectral Minion Guardian, Honest and Good Spirit: ?
Spectral Minion Guardian, Strange Shape, Spirit, Shadowy Spirit: ?
Spectral Minion Guardian, Spirit: ?
Spectral Minion Guardian Cook: ?
Spectral Minion Guardian, Ghostly Spirit: ?
Spectral Minion Reveler, Spirit: ?
Spectral Minion Warrior, Ghostly Form: ?
Spectral Minion, Ghostly Form, Accountant: ?
Undead, Undead Creature: ?
Apparition: ?
Demilich: ?
Fistandantilus, Demilich, Broken Skull of a Human, Broken Skull: ?
Ghast: ?
Ghost: ?
Ossamis, Ghostly Figure, Bright Transparent Form of a Man in Robes: ?
Ghoul: ?
Mummy: ?
Rathkar, Mummy, Dwarven Undead: ?
Shadow: ?
Skeleton: ?
Skeleton Warrior: ?
Theiwar Skeleton: This rogue dwarf [the bonemaster] has a few assistants gnawing bones clean. He designs weapons, armor, and tools from the bones. He is able to animate bones; there are 20 Theiwar skeletons nearby.
Mastodon Skeleton: Here are the petrified remains of a mastodon. If the bonemaster has followed the party, he animates the skeleton, which cannot be turned while the bonemaster is alive.
Spectre: ?
Spectre, Shadowy Figure: ?
Spirit: ?
Harmless Spirit, Shadowy Form: ?
Harmless Spirit, Shadowy Figure: ?
Spirit of a Long Dead Sage: ?
Spirit of a Long Dead Wizard: ?
Vampire: ?
Wight: ?
Wraith: This undead creature is the evil remnant of a graverobber who broke into the Sia-Mori trying to plunder the tomb of Kith-Kanan. Forcing entrance through the gate, he became trapped inside. Nourished only by the force of his own evil, his mortal body perished and left only the sinister presence that now dwells in this room.
Wraith, Potent Spirit, Evil Remnant of a Graverobber, Sinister Presence: ?
Zombie: This is the tomb of Kith-Kanan's elite royal guard. Through a lifetime of valued service to their lord, these honored elves, dwarves, and men have earned the right to burial here.
In the centuries since, however, an evil perversion has corrupted the bodyguard, creating a band of 44 mindless zombies dedicated to only one task: kill all intruders!
Zombie, Mindless Zombie: ?

 

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DSE1 Dragon's Crown (2e)
2e
Undead, Undead Creature: ?
Haakar, Undead Human Preserver, Powerful Free-Willed Undead Spirit, Ancient Undead Preserver, Builder, Ancient Preserver, Undead Preserver, Shade, Spectral Wizard: Haakar is a powerful, free-willed, undead spirit. He haunts the fortress Akarakle that once belonged to a society of mages whose master he was. The society of preservers had ties across Athas and fought against the rise of the defilers. Their fortress, Dasaraches, in the Dragon's Crown Mountains, is now in the hands of The Order.
Haakar carried out the duties of his command, but his heart was always in magical research. During the rise of the defilers, he discovered their method of power amplification. His interest was clinical and while he knew the evil wizards to be enemies, he did not grasp the moral dimensions of their magical methods. As his research continued, he stumbled on to the principles of defiler metamorphosis.
At the time, Akarakle was under was under siege by Merek the Wrong, a defiler warlord. He had cut off the mage's supply lines for a full year. Haakar did not fully understand the metamorphosis process, nor what its end was. He believed that by trying this one use of defiling technology, he might be empowered to defeat his attackers and save his people. The spell failed, but not before the walls of the fortress split wide and the life force of every being on the island of Morgazh was snuffed out. Haakar is a scientist who, in becoming obsessed with magical research, lost his moral compass.
He haunts Akarakle and defends the keep from looters and glory seekers.
I cannot rest. I am held here at the sight of my failure.
I thought, it would work. Perhaps the legions outside our gates made me impatient.
It began the day I discovered the source of the defiler's power. It was not at all obvious, but once understood, so simple that it was stunning. It was like adding a sail to a ship. It was destructive, of course, but I never imagined just how destructive. Sometimes to know your enemy . . . I guess you must become your enemy. Yes?
I began to discern the logical extension of the defiler's inquiry. Transfiguration. Channeled through the structure of these very walls, fueled by the life force of my enemy's minions, and focused through the veins of obsidian beneath our feet I discovered that I could transform myself. I did not fully understand what I would become. I was certain it was conduit of immeasurable power-some kind of a gateway into the very elements around us. Something, something wonderful.
With more time to study I would have learned, but my time was running short. Merek s legions had been outside my gates for a full cycle of the sun. My people were starving. We could not resist long, my choice was clear. It was either succumb to the defiler, or use the defiler's science against them. Just this once would I use it. It was, I believed, just. I would use their own weapon to defeat them. Think of the lives I would save, and the damage I would do to the defilers' growing ambition.
The spell failed of course. Mot a soul within these walls survived. I got my wish, I suppose. Merek's forces were consumed too. And now here I am waiting for the day that my spirit can finally be laid to rest And that day may never come.
Er'Thork, Raaig, Horrible Spectral Figure, Spectral Figure, Master, Spectral Raaig: The spectral figure is the raaig Er'Thork. He was once the high priest of the evil temple, and his belief in his dark gods has sustained him in unlife.
Undead Warrior: ?
Mockery of All That Druids Hold Sacred: ?
Undead Roc, Collapsing Barn, Rotten Building: ?
Ghast, Usual Ghast: These unliving spirits are the fallen souls of those who drank from the Black Waters and died of its effects. In life the ghast was a powerful defiler, yet he was slain by the waters and transformed into his present form.
Ghast, Unliving Spirit, Fallen Soul:
Ghoul: These unliving spirits are the fallen souls of those who drank from the Black Waters and died of its effects. In life the ghast was a powerful defiler, yet he was slain by the waters and transformed into his present form.
Ghoul, Faithful Ghoul, Unliving Spirit, Fallen Soul: ?
Mummy: ?
Skeleton, Normal Skeleton: ?
Monster Skeleton, Hulking Half-Giant Skeleton: ?
Skeleton, Undead Spirit: ?
Animal Skeleton, Hunting Dog, Undead Spirit: ?
Skeletal Hound, Dog, Hound, Skeletal Dog: ?
Skeletal Desert Giant, Skeleton of a Giant, Skeletal Giant, Skeleton: ?
Skeleton, Skeletal Attendant: ?
B'rohg Skeleton, Hulking Skeleton: ?
Spectral War Beetle, Enormous Spectral Rezhatta, War Beetle, Enormous Spectral War Beetle: ?
Spectre: ?
Raphlin, Spirit of an Ancient Lord: ?
Ghostly Figure, Spirit: ?
Vampire: ?
Wight: ?
Wraith: ?
Wraith Officer on Crodlu, Black Hazy Cloud, Vague Form of a Man Mounted on a Crodlu, Rider and Mount, Undead Spirit: ?
Wraith Smith, Dark Amorphous Vaguely-Human Form, Smith, Wraith: ?
Zombie: Beings reduced to zero Intelligence [by a raaig] are slain and rise as raaig-controlled zombies.
B'rohg Zombie: ?
Juju Zombie: ?
Juju Zombie, Skeletal Juju Zombie: ?
Juju Zombie, Juju Zombie Guard: ?
Zombie Soldier, Man, Undead Soldier, Zombie: ?
Zombie Roc-Rider, Rider, Common Zombie: ?
Zombie Roc: ?
Zombie Half-Giant Soldier: ?
Juju Zombie, Figure in Ancient Armor, Armored Creature: ?
Dwarven Banshee, Dwarf Banshee: ?
Dhaot: The boy is the undead spirit of a waterboy from the defiler's army. He is a dhaot—a spirit created when a person with an intense love of home dies far away.
Haakar, Dhaot, Pale Incorporeal Human Boy of About 14, Boy, Undead Spirit of a Waterboy, Undead Waterboy, Young Boy, Spirit: ?
Morin, Powerless Apparition, Figure, Fallen Warrior, Spectral Figure of a Warrior, Lover: ?
Powerless Apparition, Figure, Beautiful Young Woman, Woman, Lover, Apparition: ?