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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 7860261" data-attributes="member: 2209"><a href="https://paizo.com/products/btpy7xgx?Dragon-Issue-276" target="_blank">Dragon 276</a>3.0Dead Dwarf Skeleton: ?Sheet Phantom: A sheet phantom is the undead manifestation of an evil person who died in bed, embodied in the bedsheet that covered the corpse.Sheet phantoms are created when a thoroughly evil person dies in bed. The death need not be natural, as with Lord Scaumble’s sickness; being slain in bed can do the trick as well. What matters most is that the person is evil and desperately does not wish to die, usually because there are matters to which he wishes to attend. Thoughts of vengeance often trigger the transformation into a sheet phantom, especially among those slain in bed.Some sages have speculated that the sheet phantom might be an undead form of a lurker above (a D&D monster from previous editions of the game). This is nonsense: Not only is the lurker above much larger than a sheet phantom, but it is found almost exclusively in subterranean environments. Sheet phantoms, on the other hand, begin their “unlife” inside a dwelling, usually a bedroom.Many sages speculate that the bed linen acts as a resonator of psychic emanations, that during the hours spent in slumber the sheet becomes “imprinted” with the individual’s life essence. This could be especially true if the person dies violently, as psychic phenomena have been traced to sudden violence.Sheet Ghoul: A sheet phantom can merge with the body of any humanoid it slays. The process takes about 12 hours, after which time the victim and sheet phantom transform into a sheet ghoul.A sheet ghoul is the result of a sheet phantom merging with its humanoid victim.The transformation from sheet phantom to sheet ghoul takes about 12 hours, during which time the life essence trapped in the sheet is transferred into the slain victim. As part of the transformation process, the fibers of the sheet break down and merge into the body, so the sheet ghoul often looks like it’s covered in cobwebs. The change is completely optional on the part of the sheet phantom; it can release itself from its slain prey and remain a sheet phantom for as long as it desires or merge with its victim and become a sheet ghoul.Lord Scaumble, Sheet Phantom: ?Lord Scaumble, Sheet Ghoul: ?Hounds of Kyuss: ?Szass Tamm: ?Undead: Undead are once-living creatures animated by spiritual or supernatural forces.It’s rumored that the Wormcrawl was once the seat of power of Kyuss himself, a master in the art of creating undead, who vanished without a trace centuries ago.Avolakia tend to keep to their own in the depths of the Fissure. They delight in creating and modifying undead, and they sometimes raid bandits and goblins in the Heights, and underdark races below, for fresh stock.Lich: ?Vampire: ?Zombie: ?Ghost: ?Ghoul: ?Ghast: ?Wight: ?Mummy: ?Sons of Kyuss: ?Ulgurstasta, Beast of Kyuss: The first ulgurstasta was created ages ago by Kyuss.Vague notes surviving from Kyuss’s time indicate that the process of creating an ulgurstasta is long and dangerous. The creator first digs a mass grave 100 feet square and 20 feet deep. The grave is filled with dead animal matter, all of which must be infested with various kinds of carnivorous worms. This charnal pit ripens for several days until the putrescence has reached the consistency of soup. The creator then waits for the next new moon, at which time he commands no fewer than twenty undead with the capability to inflict negative levels to enter the pit. A gateway to some unspecified plane of great evil is opened and used to infuse the grave with energy, which instantly causes the undead in the pit to liquefy into the morass. Finally, the creator casts a series of unspecified (and likely forgotten) spells on the contents of the pit; these spells are the key to giving the ulgurstatsta its form and abilities, and certainly require dozens of rare spell components.As they were created through powerful necromantic magic, these creatures cannot reproduce, nor do they need to breathe or eat.Dubbed the “beasts of Kyuss” by the few who have survived encounters with the massive undead, the ulgurstasta represent one of Kyuss’ greatest necromantic achievements.Skeleton: The newly formed ulgurstasta beast has an Intelligence of 1 and is immediately able to create new skeletons.As a full round action, an ulgurstasta can regurgitate the dormant skeletons in its gut.Dead and BreakfastGhost: ?</blockquote>

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