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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 7957931" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/162788/Dragonlance-Adventures-1e?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Dragonlance Adventures</a></p><p>1e</p><p><strong>Spectral Minion:</strong> Spectral minions are the spirits of humans or demihumans who died before they could fulfill powerful vows or quests. Even in death, spectral minions are bound to the vows or quests placed upon them when they were alive.</p><p><strong>Spectral Minion Berserker:</strong> Some agents of evil are driven into a berserking frenzy when they become minions. This happened in many cases during the Cataclysm. These beings have rebelled against their quests and have no hope of ever being freed from their charges.</p><p><strong>Spectral Minion Guardian:</strong> These minions were quested to guard some passage or object.</p><p><strong>Spectral Minion Philosopher:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Spectral Minion Reveler:</strong> These minions revel through the halls and places to which they are tied. They are often found dancing madly or laughing in groups while drinking spectral ale. They dine gluttonously and play parlor games. Their frolicking has a dangerous, hypnotic effect on mortals who see them . Often adventurers are drawn into these revels. These unfortunate mortals dance uncontrollably, losing Strength and will power, and become spectral minions unless someone rescues them.</p><p><strong>Spectral Minion Searcher:</strong> These armed minions of evil stalk their haunts, forever searching to fulfill their quests.</p><p><strong>Spectral Minion Warrior:</strong> These groups of minions are the spirits of mortals who were locked in mortal combat at the time of death.</p><p><strong>Lord Soth, Death Knight:</strong> Lord Soth, a Knight of the Rose who ruled in the far northeast reaches of Solamnia at Dargaard Keep had, in fact, been warned by his elven wife of the calamity that was coming.</p><p>But Soth had dark secrets to keep. He had wed the elf woman in secret though he was already married to a barren woman of human royalty. Having fathered a child by the elf woman. he then murdered his first wife and claimed that she died in childbirth. The child of the elf woman became his heir and he claimed the elf woman as his lawful wife. When warned of the impending doom of the world, Lord Soth rode forth with his loyal Knights behind him. Yet waiting for him along the way was a troop of elven clerical women who stopped him. They knew of his dark deeds and persuaded Soth to turn back in exchange for their silence.</p><p>Soth turned back and the Cataclysm took place. The elf woman and his child were consumed in a terrible fire before Soth's very throne. He returned to the keep to find the image of their bodies burned into the stone. No rug would cover it without being consumed. No brush would remove its stain.</p><p>Thus did Soth sit on his throne until he, too, died but even then the gods would not grant him relief from his torment.</p><p></p><p><strong>Undead:</strong> Chemosh is the lord of false redemption; he offers immortality at the price of exaltation. Those who follow his ways hope to live forever but will do so in bodies that are eternally corrupted. Nearly all of the evil undead have at one time or another made a pact with Chemosh or one of his servants.</p><p><strong>Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghoul:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Shadow:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Wight:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghast:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Wraith:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Mummy:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Spectre:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Vampire:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghost:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lich:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skeletal Warrior:</strong> His Knights, blind in their obedience to his will, remain with him still as skeleton warriors.</p><p><strong>Banshee, Groaning Spirit:</strong> ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 7957931, member: 2209"] [URL=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/162788/Dragonlance-Adventures-1e?affiliate_id=17596]Dragonlance Adventures[/URL] 1e [b]Spectral Minion:[/b] Spectral minions are the spirits of humans or demihumans who died before they could fulfill powerful vows or quests. Even in death, spectral minions are bound to the vows or quests placed upon them when they were alive. [b]Spectral Minion Berserker:[/b] Some agents of evil are driven into a berserking frenzy when they become minions. This happened in many cases during the Cataclysm. These beings have rebelled against their quests and have no hope of ever being freed from their charges. [b]Spectral Minion Guardian:[/b] These minions were quested to guard some passage or object. [b]Spectral Minion Philosopher:[/b] ? [b]Spectral Minion Reveler:[/b] These minions revel through the halls and places to which they are tied. They are often found dancing madly or laughing in groups while drinking spectral ale. They dine gluttonously and play parlor games. Their frolicking has a dangerous, hypnotic effect on mortals who see them . Often adventurers are drawn into these revels. These unfortunate mortals dance uncontrollably, losing Strength and will power, and become spectral minions unless someone rescues them. [b]Spectral Minion Searcher:[/b] These armed minions of evil stalk their haunts, forever searching to fulfill their quests. [b]Spectral Minion Warrior:[/b] These groups of minions are the spirits of mortals who were locked in mortal combat at the time of death. [b]Lord Soth, Death Knight:[/b] Lord Soth, a Knight of the Rose who ruled in the far northeast reaches of Solamnia at Dargaard Keep had, in fact, been warned by his elven wife of the calamity that was coming. But Soth had dark secrets to keep. He had wed the elf woman in secret though he was already married to a barren woman of human royalty. Having fathered a child by the elf woman. he then murdered his first wife and claimed that she died in childbirth. The child of the elf woman became his heir and he claimed the elf woman as his lawful wife. When warned of the impending doom of the world, Lord Soth rode forth with his loyal Knights behind him. Yet waiting for him along the way was a troop of elven clerical women who stopped him. They knew of his dark deeds and persuaded Soth to turn back in exchange for their silence. Soth turned back and the Cataclysm took place. The elf woman and his child were consumed in a terrible fire before Soth's very throne. He returned to the keep to find the image of their bodies burned into the stone. No rug would cover it without being consumed. No brush would remove its stain. Thus did Soth sit on his throne until he, too, died but even then the gods would not grant him relief from his torment. [b]Undead:[/b] Chemosh is the lord of false redemption; he offers immortality at the price of exaltation. Those who follow his ways hope to live forever but will do so in bodies that are eternally corrupted. Nearly all of the evil undead have at one time or another made a pact with Chemosh or one of his servants. [b]Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Zombie:[/b] ? [b]Ghoul:[/b] ? [b]Shadow:[/b] ? [b]Wight:[/b] ? [b]Ghast:[/b] ? [b]Wraith:[/b] ? [b]Mummy:[/b] ? [b]Spectre:[/b] ? [b]Vampire:[/b] ? [b]Ghost:[/b] ? [b]Lich:[/b] ? [b]Skeletal Warrior:[/b] His Knights, blind in their obedience to his will, remain with him still as skeleton warriors. [b]Banshee, Groaning Spirit:[/b] ? [/QUOTE]
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