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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 7514932" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><strong>Dungeon 195</strong></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/151783/Dungeon-195-4e?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Dungeon 195</a></p><p>4e</p><p><strong>Karrnathi Undead:</strong> The Odakyr Rites—the ritual used to create the Karrnathi undead—isn’t a cheap form of Raise Dead. The original victim is gone. A Karrnathi skeleton doesn’t have the specific memories of the warrior who donated his bones. The military specialty of the undead reflects that of the fallen soldier, so only the bones of a bowman can produce a skeletal archer. However, the precise techniques of the skeleton aren’t those of the living soldiers. Rekkenmark doesn’t teach the bone dance or the twin scimitar style common to the skeletal swordsmen. So where, then, do these styles come from? Gyrnar Shult believed that the Karrnathi undead were animated by the martial spirit of Karrnath itself. This is why they can be produced only from the corpses of elite Karrnathi soldiers: an enemy corpse lacks the connection to Karrnath, while a fallen farmer has no bond to war. However, the Kind fears that the undead aren’t animated by the soul of Karrnath, but rather by an aspect of Mabar itself—that the combat styles of the undead might be those of the dark angels of Mabar. Over the years, he has felt a certain malevolence in his skeletal creations that he can’t explain, not to mention their love of slaughter. He has also considered the possibility that they are touched by the spirits of the Qabalrin ancestors of Lady Vol. The Kind hasn’t found any proof for these theories, but they haunt his dreams.</p><p><strong>Wraith Figment:</strong> When the reaper blossom cluster kills a living humanoid, that humanoid becomes a wraith figment at the start of the cluster’s next turn.</p><p>A dim intelligence directs these malign flowers, reaper blossoms, whose toxic pollen can rapidly drain the life force from any living creature, spawning a terrible wraith in the process.</p><p>Although they are found throughout the Shadowfell, reaper blossoms are not naturally occurring. Those knowledgeable on the subject suspect that the flowers are Orcus’s creations. The blossoms’ diet of souls and ability to spawn undead gives credence to this belief, which has motivated the Raven Queen’s followers to declare reaper blossoms an affront to her.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 7514932, member: 2209"] [b]Dungeon 195[/b] [URL=http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/151783/Dungeon-195-4e?affiliate_id=17596]Dungeon 195[/URL] 4e [b]Karrnathi Undead:[/b] The Odakyr Rites—the ritual used to create the Karrnathi undead—isn’t a cheap form of Raise Dead. The original victim is gone. A Karrnathi skeleton doesn’t have the specific memories of the warrior who donated his bones. The military specialty of the undead reflects that of the fallen soldier, so only the bones of a bowman can produce a skeletal archer. However, the precise techniques of the skeleton aren’t those of the living soldiers. Rekkenmark doesn’t teach the bone dance or the twin scimitar style common to the skeletal swordsmen. So where, then, do these styles come from? Gyrnar Shult believed that the Karrnathi undead were animated by the martial spirit of Karrnath itself. This is why they can be produced only from the corpses of elite Karrnathi soldiers: an enemy corpse lacks the connection to Karrnath, while a fallen farmer has no bond to war. However, the Kind fears that the undead aren’t animated by the soul of Karrnath, but rather by an aspect of Mabar itself—that the combat styles of the undead might be those of the dark angels of Mabar. Over the years, he has felt a certain malevolence in his skeletal creations that he can’t explain, not to mention their love of slaughter. He has also considered the possibility that they are touched by the spirits of the Qabalrin ancestors of Lady Vol. The Kind hasn’t found any proof for these theories, but they haunt his dreams. [b]Wraith Figment:[/b] When the reaper blossom cluster kills a living humanoid, that humanoid becomes a wraith figment at the start of the cluster’s next turn. A dim intelligence directs these malign flowers, reaper blossoms, whose toxic pollen can rapidly drain the life force from any living creature, spawning a terrible wraith in the process. Although they are found throughout the Shadowfell, reaper blossoms are not naturally occurring. Those knowledgeable on the subject suspect that the flowers are Orcus’s creations. The blossoms’ diet of souls and ability to spawn undead gives credence to this belief, which has motivated the Raven Queen’s followers to declare reaper blossoms an affront to her. [/QUOTE]
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