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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 6875181" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><strong>Book of Beasts Monsters of the Shadow Plane</strong></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/98600/Book-of-Beasts-Monsters-of-the-Shadow-Plane-PFRPG?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Book of Beasts Monsters of the Shadow Plane</a> </p><p>Pathfinder 1e</p><p><strong>Centaur Raav:</strong> Scholars debate the origins of the centaur raav. Some point to the reinforced bones as the handiwork of the lich necromancer Skerasis. Others believe it was created by the cult of Orcus attempting to enrage the centaurs and driving them to war. However, all scholars agree this abomination could only be formed near the dark fields of the Plane of Shadows. The negative energy flowing into Shadowsfall empowers and reinforces the skeletal body. As long as the dark fields have a supply of centaur corpses, it will produce more raavs.</p><p><strong>Clawed Kadian:</strong> A humanoid slain by a clawed kadian rises as a clawed kadian in 1d4 rounds.</p><p>This type of undead can be made with a greater create undead spell of caster level 18th or higher.</p><p><strong>Deathhand:</strong> Charon created a legion of undead floating goons to hunt down creatures that have tasted death, whether living or undead–other than themselves, and drag them to Abaddon permanently.</p><p><strong>Deathhand Captain:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Headless Hunchback Skelton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Headless Hunchback Skeletal Champion:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Helblar:</strong> Thought to be called into being by a well-meaning but less than clear wish.</p><p><strong>Helblar Greater:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Helblar Champion:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Nightshade Nightstalker:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Phantasm Swarm:</strong> It is said that souls that reach their final reward forget their earlier lives. Less known is that souls forbidden from this reward never forget. Over the course of centuries, clusters of these tortured souls have gathered together on the Plane of Shadows to form a phantasm swarm, an entity more powerful than just the combined ectoplasmic energy of the souls alone.</p><p></p><p><strong>Spectre:</strong> Jenovaria was a hate-filled barbarian in life. He died tormented and ashamed for not discovering his lover’s killer and avenging the murder.</p><p><strong>Spectre Spawn:</strong> Any humanoids slain by a spectre spawn becomes a spectre spawn themselves in 1d4 rounds.</p><p>Any humanoids slain by a spectre lord become a spectre spawn themselves in 1d4 rounds.</p><p><strong>Spectre Lord:</strong> Spectres are far more common on Shadowsfall than in the Material Plane because the many lonely and lost places they haunt are absorbed by the Plane. Shadowsfall’s dim sun affords spectres freedom to indulge their fury without incapacity. Over the course of centuries, many of these rage spirits develop greater powers, transforming into a much more virulent entity known as a spectre lord.</p><p><strong>Unquiet Giant:</strong> Reanimated by the intense hatred and anguish it experiences in its fierce but final battle, the unquiet giant still is impaled by the many weapons that struck it down.</p><p><strong>Shadow:</strong> A creature killed by a shadow’s incorporeal touch becomes a shadow under the control of its killer in 1d4 rounds.</p><p><strong>Shadow Halfling:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Shadow Cave Fisher:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Shadow Manticore:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Shadow Titan Centipede:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Shadow Dragon Ancient:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skeleton Blood Monkey:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skeleton Minotaur:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skeleton Snake Constrictor Freezing:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skeleton Stogsaurus:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skeleton Ice Linnorm:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skeletal Champion Half-Elf Fighter 8 Rogue 6:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie Plague Rat:</strong> ?</p><p><strong> Zombie Basilisk:</strong> ?</p><p><strong> Zombie Bulette:</strong> ?</p><p><strong> Zombie Plague Shambling Mound:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie Plague:</strong> Zombie rot-injury save Fort DC 10, onset 1d4 days; frequency 1/day; effect 1d2 Con, this damage cannot be healed while the creature is infected; cure 2 consecutive saves. Anyone who dies while infected rises as a plague zombie in 2d6 hours.</p><p>Zombie rot-injury save Fort DC 15, onset 1d4 days; frequency 1/day; effect 1d2 Con, this damage cannot be healed while the creature is infected; cure 2 consecutive saves. Anyone who dies while infected rises as a plague zombie in 2d6 hours.</p><p><strong>Zombie Fast Ancient Black Dragon:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie Juju Gnome Sorcerer 17:</strong> ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 6875181, member: 2209"] [b]Book of Beasts Monsters of the Shadow Plane[/b] [URL=http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/98600/Book-of-Beasts-Monsters-of-the-Shadow-Plane-PFRPG?affiliate_id=17596]Book of Beasts Monsters of the Shadow Plane[/URL] Pathfinder 1e [b]Centaur Raav:[/b] Scholars debate the origins of the centaur raav. Some point to the reinforced bones as the handiwork of the lich necromancer Skerasis. Others believe it was created by the cult of Orcus attempting to enrage the centaurs and driving them to war. However, all scholars agree this abomination could only be formed near the dark fields of the Plane of Shadows. The negative energy flowing into Shadowsfall empowers and reinforces the skeletal body. As long as the dark fields have a supply of centaur corpses, it will produce more raavs. [b]Clawed Kadian:[/b] A humanoid slain by a clawed kadian rises as a clawed kadian in 1d4 rounds. This type of undead can be made with a greater create undead spell of caster level 18th or higher. [b]Deathhand:[/b] Charon created a legion of undead floating goons to hunt down creatures that have tasted death, whether living or undead–other than themselves, and drag them to Abaddon permanently. [b]Deathhand Captain:[/b] ? [b]Headless Hunchback Skelton:[/b] ? [b]Headless Hunchback Skeletal Champion:[/b] ? [b]Helblar:[/b] Thought to be called into being by a well-meaning but less than clear wish. [b]Helblar Greater:[/b] ? [b]Helblar Champion:[/b] ? [b]Nightshade Nightstalker:[/b] ? [b]Phantasm Swarm:[/b] It is said that souls that reach their final reward forget their earlier lives. Less known is that souls forbidden from this reward never forget. Over the course of centuries, clusters of these tortured souls have gathered together on the Plane of Shadows to form a phantasm swarm, an entity more powerful than just the combined ectoplasmic energy of the souls alone. [b]Spectre:[/b] Jenovaria was a hate-filled barbarian in life. He died tormented and ashamed for not discovering his lover’s killer and avenging the murder. [b]Spectre Spawn:[/b] Any humanoids slain by a spectre spawn becomes a spectre spawn themselves in 1d4 rounds. Any humanoids slain by a spectre lord become a spectre spawn themselves in 1d4 rounds. [b]Spectre Lord:[/b] Spectres are far more common on Shadowsfall than in the Material Plane because the many lonely and lost places they haunt are absorbed by the Plane. Shadowsfall’s dim sun affords spectres freedom to indulge their fury without incapacity. Over the course of centuries, many of these rage spirits develop greater powers, transforming into a much more virulent entity known as a spectre lord. [b]Unquiet Giant:[/b] Reanimated by the intense hatred and anguish it experiences in its fierce but final battle, the unquiet giant still is impaled by the many weapons that struck it down. [b]Shadow:[/b] A creature killed by a shadow’s incorporeal touch becomes a shadow under the control of its killer in 1d4 rounds. [b]Shadow Halfling:[/b] ? [b]Shadow Cave Fisher:[/b] ? [b]Shadow Manticore:[/b] ? [b]Shadow Titan Centipede:[/b] ? [b]Shadow Dragon Ancient:[/b] ? [b]Skeleton Blood Monkey:[/b] ? [b]Skeleton Minotaur:[/b] ? [b]Skeleton Snake Constrictor Freezing:[/b] ? [b]Skeleton Stogsaurus:[/b] ? [b]Skeleton Ice Linnorm:[/b] ? [b]Skeletal Champion Half-Elf Fighter 8 Rogue 6:[/b] ? [b]Zombie Plague Rat:[/b] ? [b] Zombie Basilisk:[/b] ? [b] Zombie Bulette:[/b] ? [b] Zombie Plague Shambling Mound:[/b] ? [b]Zombie Plague:[/b] Zombie rot-injury save Fort DC 10, onset 1d4 days; frequency 1/day; effect 1d2 Con, this damage cannot be healed while the creature is infected; cure 2 consecutive saves. Anyone who dies while infected rises as a plague zombie in 2d6 hours. Zombie rot-injury save Fort DC 15, onset 1d4 days; frequency 1/day; effect 1d2 Con, this damage cannot be healed while the creature is infected; cure 2 consecutive saves. Anyone who dies while infected rises as a plague zombie in 2d6 hours. [b]Zombie Fast Ancient Black Dragon:[/b] ? [b]Zombie Juju Gnome Sorcerer 17:[/b] ? [/QUOTE]
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