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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 7644896" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><strong>Dragonlance Campaign Setting</strong></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/28592/Dragonlance-Campaign-Setting-35?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Dragonlance Campaign Setting</a></p><p>3.5</p><p><strong>Death Knight of Krynn:</strong> Death knights are terrifying corruptions of those who once served as champions of a god. Only a handful of such beings have existed in Krynn’s history, most of whom were Knights of Solamnia in life. Gods of Evil create death knights in return for terrible acts on the part of those who have spurned the protection of the deities of Good.</p><p>“Death knight” is a template that can be added to any humanoid creature of 6th level or higher.</p><p><strong>Lord Ausric Krell, Death Knight Fighter 5, Knight of the Lily 7:</strong> A Nordmaarian youth recruited directly by Lord Ariakan, Lord Ausric Krell rose to hold the rank of “Night Warrior” in the Knights of Takhisis, serving and fighting directly under Lord Ariakan himself during the Chaos War. Dishonoring himself and disobeying every tenet of the Dark Knights, Ausric secretly plotted against his lord, finally poisoning Ariakan’s mount before the last, fateful battle with the forces of Chaos.</p><p>Anyone who might have discovered Ausric’s treachery died in the battle, and he too was overwhelmed and killed by the enemy. The goddess Zeboim, however, found out about the murder of her son and was determined to avenge him. She cursed Ausric to eternal, tormented life.</p><p><strong>Fireshadow:</strong> Any living creature reduced to Constitution 0 by the green flame of a fireshadow becomes a fireshadow within 1d4 rounds.</p><p><strong>Skeletal Warrior:</strong> Skeletal warriors were dangerous combatants in life who are forced to battle on after death.</p><p>To be considered for transformation to a skeletal warrior, a character must be at least 3rd level.</p><p>“Skeletal warrior” is a template that can be added to any humanoid creature.</p><p>If a death knight creates a skeletal warrior, it must serve its master until either the death knight or skeletal warrior is destroyed. When a skeletal warrior is created through arcane or divine magic, however, its soul is trapped in a golden circlet, which can then be used to command the creature. Unless commanded against it, a skeletal warrior will do anything in its power to recover the golden circlet and ensure its own free will. A skeletal warrior’s golden circlet is much like a lich’s phylactery.</p><p>The spellcaster creating the golden circlet must be a cleric, mystic, sorcerer, or wizard of at least 6th level who possesses the Craft Wondrous Item feat. The golden circlet costs 60,000 stl and 2,400 XP to create and has a caster level equal to that of its creator at the time of its creation.</p><p>Physically, golden circlets are unremarkable bands of gold with a circumference large enough to fit around the creator’s head. The golden circlet has a hardness rating of 10, 20 hit points, and a break DC of 20.</p><p>Here Sir Ausric Krell, a death knight served by a group of skeletal warriors, is imprisoned, battered by a perpetual storm. Fighting loneliness and boredom, he might keep captives alive for a time before killing them. He forces those he kills to serve him forever as skeletal warriors.</p><p><strong>Grimix, Skeletal Warrior Barbarian 4:</strong> A minotaur warrior who survived a shipwreck upon the island of Storm’s Keep, Grimix found himself challenged by the death knight, Lord Ausric. Never one to back down, Grimix fought the death knight and was quickly dispatched. Ausric admired the minotaur’s bravery in the face of overwhelming odds, and raised him as a skeletal warrior to serve in the death knight’s growing retinue.</p><p><strong>Spectral Minion:</strong> A spectral minion is the soul of an intelligent humanoid who died before she could fulfill an important vow. Even in death, spectral minions are bound by the vow or quest placed upon them while they were alive.</p><p>“Spectral minion” is a template that can be added to any humanoid, monstrous humanoid or giant creature.</p><p>Spectral minions may have been anything in life, from a lowly clerk to a mighty heroic paladin.</p><p><strong>Dedrinch, Spectral Minion Expert 5:</strong> This spectral minion was a former scribe and archivist who turned to forgery as a way to make more money. Although he can provide helpful advice or information to adventurers who encounter him in his buried library ruins, his overriding goal is to create perfect forgeries of all the volumes in his collection.</p><p><strong>Lord Soth, Death Knight:</strong> When Lord Soth was cursed for his crimes at the moment of the Cataclysm, he became a death knight.</p><p><strong>Fistandantilus, Demilich:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Dragon:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Shadow Wight:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Frost Wight:</strong> ?</p><p></p><p><strong>Undead:</strong> Chemosh is the creator and ruler of the undead. Chemosh raises and animates corpses and imprisons souls by tempting mortals with promises of eternal “life,” dooming them to a horrible existence as his undead slaves.</p><p><strong>Ghoul:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghast:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Wight:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lich:</strong> Many clerics of Chemosh hold their positions for generations, using their powers to cling to control even after death by transforming themselves into liches or other dread beings.</p><p><strong>Banshee:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghost:</strong> The “Lake of Death” occupies the area where the capital city of Qualinost once stood. The White-Rage River empties into the lake. It is likely that some of the buildings in the ruined city still stand far beneath the surface of the water, along with the carcass of the alien green dragon Beryllinthranox. Many say the ghosts of those who died on both sides haunt the lake.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 7644896, member: 2209"] [b]Dragonlance Campaign Setting[/b] [URL=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/28592/Dragonlance-Campaign-Setting-35?affiliate_id=17596]Dragonlance Campaign Setting[/URL] 3.5 [b]Death Knight of Krynn:[/b] Death knights are terrifying corruptions of those who once served as champions of a god. Only a handful of such beings have existed in Krynn’s history, most of whom were Knights of Solamnia in life. Gods of Evil create death knights in return for terrible acts on the part of those who have spurned the protection of the deities of Good. “Death knight” is a template that can be added to any humanoid creature of 6th level or higher. [b]Lord Ausric Krell, Death Knight Fighter 5, Knight of the Lily 7:[/b] A Nordmaarian youth recruited directly by Lord Ariakan, Lord Ausric Krell rose to hold the rank of “Night Warrior” in the Knights of Takhisis, serving and fighting directly under Lord Ariakan himself during the Chaos War. Dishonoring himself and disobeying every tenet of the Dark Knights, Ausric secretly plotted against his lord, finally poisoning Ariakan’s mount before the last, fateful battle with the forces of Chaos. Anyone who might have discovered Ausric’s treachery died in the battle, and he too was overwhelmed and killed by the enemy. The goddess Zeboim, however, found out about the murder of her son and was determined to avenge him. She cursed Ausric to eternal, tormented life. [b]Fireshadow:[/b] Any living creature reduced to Constitution 0 by the green flame of a fireshadow becomes a fireshadow within 1d4 rounds. [b]Skeletal Warrior:[/b] Skeletal warriors were dangerous combatants in life who are forced to battle on after death. To be considered for transformation to a skeletal warrior, a character must be at least 3rd level. “Skeletal warrior” is a template that can be added to any humanoid creature. If a death knight creates a skeletal warrior, it must serve its master until either the death knight or skeletal warrior is destroyed. When a skeletal warrior is created through arcane or divine magic, however, its soul is trapped in a golden circlet, which can then be used to command the creature. Unless commanded against it, a skeletal warrior will do anything in its power to recover the golden circlet and ensure its own free will. A skeletal warrior’s golden circlet is much like a lich’s phylactery. The spellcaster creating the golden circlet must be a cleric, mystic, sorcerer, or wizard of at least 6th level who possesses the Craft Wondrous Item feat. The golden circlet costs 60,000 stl and 2,400 XP to create and has a caster level equal to that of its creator at the time of its creation. Physically, golden circlets are unremarkable bands of gold with a circumference large enough to fit around the creator’s head. The golden circlet has a hardness rating of 10, 20 hit points, and a break DC of 20. Here Sir Ausric Krell, a death knight served by a group of skeletal warriors, is imprisoned, battered by a perpetual storm. Fighting loneliness and boredom, he might keep captives alive for a time before killing them. He forces those he kills to serve him forever as skeletal warriors. [b]Grimix, Skeletal Warrior Barbarian 4:[/b] A minotaur warrior who survived a shipwreck upon the island of Storm’s Keep, Grimix found himself challenged by the death knight, Lord Ausric. Never one to back down, Grimix fought the death knight and was quickly dispatched. Ausric admired the minotaur’s bravery in the face of overwhelming odds, and raised him as a skeletal warrior to serve in the death knight’s growing retinue. [b]Spectral Minion:[/b] A spectral minion is the soul of an intelligent humanoid who died before she could fulfill an important vow. Even in death, spectral minions are bound by the vow or quest placed upon them while they were alive. “Spectral minion” is a template that can be added to any humanoid, monstrous humanoid or giant creature. Spectral minions may have been anything in life, from a lowly clerk to a mighty heroic paladin. [b]Dedrinch, Spectral Minion Expert 5:[/b] This spectral minion was a former scribe and archivist who turned to forgery as a way to make more money. Although he can provide helpful advice or information to adventurers who encounter him in his buried library ruins, his overriding goal is to create perfect forgeries of all the volumes in his collection. [b]Lord Soth, Death Knight:[/b] When Lord Soth was cursed for his crimes at the moment of the Cataclysm, he became a death knight. [b]Fistandantilus, Demilich:[/b] ? [b]Undead Dragon:[/b] ? [b]Shadow Wight:[/b] ? [b]Frost Wight:[/b] ? [b]Undead:[/b] Chemosh is the creator and ruler of the undead. Chemosh raises and animates corpses and imprisons souls by tempting mortals with promises of eternal “life,” dooming them to a horrible existence as his undead slaves. [b]Ghoul:[/b] ? [b]Ghast:[/b] ? [b]Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Wight:[/b] ? [b]Zombie:[/b] ? [b]Lich:[/b] Many clerics of Chemosh hold their positions for generations, using their powers to cling to control even after death by transforming themselves into liches or other dread beings. [b]Banshee:[/b] ? [b]Ghost:[/b] The “Lake of Death” occupies the area where the capital city of Qualinost once stood. The White-Rage River empties into the lake. It is likely that some of the buildings in the ruined city still stand far beneath the surface of the water, along with the carcass of the alien green dragon Beryllinthranox. Many say the ghosts of those who died on both sides haunt the lake. [/QUOTE]
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