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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 6685423" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><strong>Draconic Lore</strong></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/491/Legends--Lairs-Draconic-Lore?term=draconic+lore&it=1&affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Draconic Lore</a></p><p>3.0</p><p><strong>Revenant Dragon:</strong> Sometimes a dragon is killed in cold blood while defending her eggs, or in some other unnecessary or unjust fashion. When this happens, the result is often the creation of a revenant dragon.</p><p>“Revenant” is a template that may be added to any dragon. The creature must have a Charisma score of at least 12.</p><p><strong>Rot Dragon:</strong> According to draconic legend, the first of these undead monstrosities was created countless millennia ago, when an ancient dragon spellcaster attempted to transform itself into an undead creature not unlike a lich. The ritual failed. Rather than grant the dragon a measure of immortality, the magic called into being a mass of writhing, spectral parasites that burrowed into the old wyrm’s flesh and made his will their own. The plague has slowly spread from dragon to dragon since that day.</p><p>The corpse of any true dragon slain by a rot dragon’s breath weapon shrivels and warps as the spectral worms spread throughout their new host. The corpse rises as a new rot dragon after 1d4 days unless dispel evil is cast on the corpse before the transformation is complete.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 6685423, member: 2209"] [b]Draconic Lore[/b] [URL="http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/491/Legends--Lairs-Draconic-Lore?term=draconic+lore&it=1&affiliate_id=17596"]Draconic Lore[/URL] 3.0 [b]Revenant Dragon:[/b] Sometimes a dragon is killed in cold blood while defending her eggs, or in some other unnecessary or unjust fashion. When this happens, the result is often the creation of a revenant dragon. “Revenant” is a template that may be added to any dragon. The creature must have a Charisma score of at least 12. [b]Rot Dragon:[/b] According to draconic legend, the first of these undead monstrosities was created countless millennia ago, when an ancient dragon spellcaster attempted to transform itself into an undead creature not unlike a lich. The ritual failed. Rather than grant the dragon a measure of immortality, the magic called into being a mass of writhing, spectral parasites that burrowed into the old wyrm’s flesh and made his will their own. The plague has slowly spread from dragon to dragon since that day. The corpse of any true dragon slain by a rot dragon’s breath weapon shrivels and warps as the spectral worms spread throughout their new host. The corpse rises as a new rot dragon after 1d4 days unless dispel evil is cast on the corpse before the transformation is complete. [/QUOTE]
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