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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 7433077" data-attributes="member: 2209">Bestiary of Krynn Revised<a href="http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/23333/Bestiary-of-Krynn-Revised-35?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Bestiary of Krynn Revised</a>3.5Ankholian Undead: Ankholian undead are the result of imbuing standard undead with the properties of a fireshadow.Texts found in the libraries of the Tower of Wayreth say the ankholian undead first arose early on during the Age of Might when a wizard named Ankholus attempted to create a fireshadow. These texts state that Ankholus, though powerful, had a limited understanding of planar entities and assumed the fireshadow was an undead creature that could be easily recreated. The fate of Ankholus was never made clear, though the texts speculate that he succumbed to an ankholian form of undeath as a lich.“Ankholian undead” is an acquired template that can be added to any corporeal undead creature.The breath weapon and heat aura of an ankholian undead also affect other undead in a unique way. When damaged by an ankholianundead’s breath weapon or heat, corporeal undead creatures must succeed at a Reflex save or gain the ankholian undead template.Ankholian Owlbear Zombie: ?Ankholian Zombie: Any living creature slain by an ankholian undead becomes an ankholian undead zombie in 1d4 rounds.Daemon Warrior: Daemon warriors are the soldiers of Chaos, created by the mad god from the souls of the dead trapped in torment within the Abyss.Knight Haunt: Knight haunts are the spectral remains of members of one of Krynn’s Knightly Orders whose spirits now inhabit the armor and weapons they bore in life.Up until the Chaos War, almost all knight haunts were former Knights of Solamnia who, for some reason, were unable to pass onto the hereafter. Many had fallen in battle and had unfinished business, while others remained after death as guardians of places which they had once sworn to defend. With the formation of the Knights of Takhisis, a few fallen individuals of that Order also rose as knight haunts. The War of Souls brought about a marked rise in the numbers of knight haunts, not only the from Solamnics and Dark Knights, but also some members of the Legion of Steel. However, after the return of the gods and the opening of the Gate of Souls once again, these numbers dropped considerably.Remnant: Remnants are the spectral remains of powerful wizards and sorcerers who died as a result of a large surge in magic or whose magic consumed them.Any arcane spellcaster slain by a remnant becomes a remnant in 1d4 rounds. His body is consumed by a rush of magical forces, and his spirit remains.Shadow Wight: A shadow wight is a horrid creation of Chaos. The first shadow wights were created from the slain souls of Knights of Solamnia and Takhisis, as well as other dead spirits.Frost Wight: ?Undead Beast: Undead beasts are the result of wanton destruction visited upon forest animals by priests of Chemosh. Many believe that after the slaughter of countless animals, the priests conduct a foul rite that twists the remains of the animals into the unnatural shape of a stahnk or gholor.Like all matters supernatural, rumors abound that sometimes the intervention of a cleric of Chemosh is not needed to bring forth an undead beast. Legends tell of a game-hunting Ergothian whose kills melted together and took the form of a stahnk to avenge their senseless deaths. If this tale is indeed true, then it deserves close scrutiny to determine how anyone managed to survive to relate the events.Create Undead Beast spell.Undead Beast Stahnk: Legends tell of a game-hunting Ergothian whose kills melted together and took the form of a stahnk to avenge their senseless deaths. If this tale is indeed true, then it deserves close scrutiny to determine how anyone managed to survive to relate the events.Undead Beast Gholor: ?Witchlin: Wichtlins were once elves, half-elves, or the animal companions of elven or half-elven druids and rangers, transformed by the power of Chemosh into creatures of hatred. Legends among the elves tell of a Silvanesti queen, Sylvyana, known as the Ghoul Queen for her abhorrent devotion to necromancy. The god of the undead, Chemosh, granted her a timeless existence in return for her services, and it was apparently her dark curse upon those subjects who rose up against her that created the wichtlins.Wichtlin druids and rangers lose access to spellcasting and supernatural abilities, but retain their animal companions. These companions also acquire the wichtlin template, their type changing to undead.“Wichtlin” is an acquired template that can be added to any elf, half-elf, or fey or the animal companion of a druid or ranger.An elf or half-elf slain by a wichtlin rises in seven days as a wichtlin.Witchlin Kagonesti Elf Ranger 4: This wichtlin was once a Kagonesi hunter in Southern Ergoth prior to the arrival of the great white dragon, Gellidus. During the Chaos War, his hunting party ran afoul of a wichtlin and managed to defeat it, but not before he and his stag were slain by the creature. The Kagonesti’s companions, unable to properly prepare his body for burial due to the ongoing war, left him and his mount in an unmarked cairn deep in the forests near Foghaven Vale.Witchlin Elk Animal Companion: This wichtlin was once a Kagonesi hunter in Southern Ergoth prior to the arrival of the great white dragon, Gellidus. During the Chaos War, his hunting party ran afoul of a wichtlin and managed to defeat it, but not before he and his stag were slain by the creature. The Kagonesti’s companions, unable to properly prepare his body for burial due to the ongoing war, left him and his mount in an unmarked cairn deep in the forests near Foghaven Vale.Undead: Child of Chemosh Improved Create Spawn ability.Child of Chemosh Greater Create Spawn ability.Corporeal Undead: These are undead with physical bodies, usually their own. Their souls are bound to them, usually in such a way as to darken their natures and make them hateful and dangerous to the living.Incorporeal Undead: Incorporeal undead are souls prevented from leaving Krynn and joining the Progression of Souls for some reason.Allip: Shadows and allips barely even remember their former lives: the former as life-hating men bound in darkness, the latter as suicides gripped with madness.Devourer: Mohrgs and devourers are kept alive by the overwhelming force of their wicked natures: the former as murderous chieftains and brutish killers, the latter as greedy and rapacious ogres trapped between this world and the next by their unending curse of hunger.Ghost: Ghosts are encountered in many forms, kept back on Krynn for wrongs left unrighted, love unresolved, or perhaps desires left unpursued.Mohrg: Mohrgs and devourers are kept alive by the overwhelming force of their wicked natures: the former as murderous chieftains and brutish killers, the latter as greedy and rapacious ogres trapped between this world and the next by their unending curse of hunger.Shadow: Shadows and allips barely even remember their former lives: the former as life-hating men bound in darkness, the latter as suicides gripped with madness.Lich: Liches surface from time to time as a result of Wizards of High Sorcery lured into false promises of power by Chemosh.Zombie: Child of Chemosh Greater Create Spawn ability.Create Undead BeastNecromancy [Evil]Level: Clr 8 (Chemosh)Components: V, S, M, DFCasting Time: 2 hoursRange: Close (25 ft. +5 ft./2 levels)Target: See textDuration: InstantaneousSaving Throw: NoneSpell Resistance: NoThis evil spell is one granted only by Chemosh to his worshippers. With it, you can create an undead beast of your choosing. This spell requires you to cast it upon the corpses of any number of animals. The Hit Dice of these animals must be equal to those of the undead beast you wish to create. Creatures created by this spell are automatically under your control, and you can bestow control of the creature to any other individual of your choice. If the controller of an undead beast dies, the creature is free to act of its own accord.Material Component: A small clay statue of the creature to be created. This spell must be cast upon the remains of many animals. You must place a black onyx gem worth at least 50 stl per HD of the undead to be created into the mouth of the statue. The magic of this spell melts both the statue and the gem, using them as the basic foul viscous fluids that merge and breathe tainted life into the animal corpses.Improved Create Spawn (Su) At 2nd level, a Child of Chemosh with the ability to create spawn (such as a wight or vampire) may do so with victims it has not personally slain. The Child of Chemosh must have witnessed the death of the target creature within the last 24 hours and must spend one hour with the corpse. At the end of this vigil, the creature is assumed to have just been slain for the purposes of how soon the creature will rise as a spawn of the Child of Chemosh.Children of Chemosh without the ability to create spawn do not benefit from this ability. Children of Chemosh whose victims rise as free-willed undead (such as ghouls and ghasts) may spend one hour in vigil with the corpse before it rises, in which case the newly created undead is under the child’s control until the child is destroyed.Corpses that have been preserved with gentle repose or which are the target of a bless or protection from evil spell, or are in the area of effect of a consecrate, hallow or magic circle against evil spell, are protected from this ability.Greater Create Spawn (Su) At 4th level, the Child of Chemosh’s ability to create spawn improves even further. The child no longer needs to have been personally present at the death of the target creature, and the creature may have been dead for up to a week. This ability otherwise works exactly like the improved create spawn ability above.Children of Chemosh without the ability to create spawn gain the ability to create zombies from any humanoid they slay, just as a mohrg does (see Monster Manual). Children of Chemosh whose victims rise as free-willed undead may choose to create zombies instead or spend time in vigil as described under Improved Create Spawn above.Corpses that have been preserved with gentle repose or which are the target of a bless or protection from evil spell, or are in the area of effect of a consecrate, hallow or magic circle against evil spell, are protected from this ability.</blockquote>

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