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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8154343" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/109821/Ruins-of-the-Undercity?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Ruins of the Undercity</a></p><p>Labyrinth Lord</p><p><strong>Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Animal Skeleton:</strong> Animated skeletons of jackals, giant rats, stirges or giant scorpions.</p><p><strong>Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Coffer Corpse:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghoul:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Huecuva:</strong> Undead spirits of wizards and clerics.</p><p><strong>Ghast:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Rot Zombie:</strong> One worm per round jumps from a rot zombie to a random target. When the worm hits, it burrows into the skin in 1 round (cold iron, holy or blessed item to kill it) and then etches for the brain in d4 rounds (remove curse or cure disease to kill it meanwhile, neutralize poison and dispel evil merely slowing its progress for d6 turns). Turns the victim immediately into a rot zombie when it reaches the brain.</p><p><strong>Spirit Troll:</strong> Invisible troll shadows spawned from the negative planes and the weaving of necromantic magic.</p><p><strong>Wight:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Wraith:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Mummy:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Specter:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Death Knight:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghost:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skeleton Warrior:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lich Thief:</strong> When the Great Empire took hold upon the Eastern Marches, rebels and partisans fled into the wild. Further south, they reached an endless desert of silt and dust where they huddled together, building stockades and tall walls around the rare oases they could find.</p><p>Eventually, their villages spread and shaped a vast ramshackle metropolis rising high above the burning sands. The rebels, most of them thieves, scoundrels and bandits soon found ruins underneath. There, forgotten secrets of necromancy were found and the colossal statue of the Red Goddess was unearthed. The ancient cult of the Blood Moon was restored, and its minarets and spires now etch for the sky in the city.</p><p>Upon moldy scrolls, the thieves deciphered ancient magic spells and wove them into reality, turning themselves into eldritch undead creatures, shedding their human skin forever.</p><p><strong>Crypt Aberration:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Eye of Chaos, Fear and Flame:</strong> ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 8154343, member: 2209"] [URL=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/109821/Ruins-of-the-Undercity?affiliate_id=17596]Ruins of the Undercity[/URL] Labyrinth Lord [b]Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Animal Skeleton:[/b] Animated skeletons of jackals, giant rats, stirges or giant scorpions. [b]Zombie:[/b] ? [b]Coffer Corpse:[/b] ? [b]Ghoul:[/b] ? [b]Huecuva:[/b] Undead spirits of wizards and clerics. [b]Ghast:[/b] ? [b]Rot Zombie:[/b] One worm per round jumps from a rot zombie to a random target. When the worm hits, it burrows into the skin in 1 round (cold iron, holy or blessed item to kill it) and then etches for the brain in d4 rounds (remove curse or cure disease to kill it meanwhile, neutralize poison and dispel evil merely slowing its progress for d6 turns). Turns the victim immediately into a rot zombie when it reaches the brain. [b]Spirit Troll:[/b] Invisible troll shadows spawned from the negative planes and the weaving of necromantic magic. [b]Wight:[/b] ? [b]Wraith:[/b] ? [b]Mummy:[/b] ? [b]Specter:[/b] ? [b]Death Knight:[/b] ? [b]Ghost:[/b] ? [b]Skeleton Warrior:[/b] ? [b]Lich Thief:[/b] When the Great Empire took hold upon the Eastern Marches, rebels and partisans fled into the wild. Further south, they reached an endless desert of silt and dust where they huddled together, building stockades and tall walls around the rare oases they could find. Eventually, their villages spread and shaped a vast ramshackle metropolis rising high above the burning sands. The rebels, most of them thieves, scoundrels and bandits soon found ruins underneath. There, forgotten secrets of necromancy were found and the colossal statue of the Red Goddess was unearthed. The ancient cult of the Blood Moon was restored, and its minarets and spires now etch for the sky in the city. Upon moldy scrolls, the thieves deciphered ancient magic spells and wove them into reality, turning themselves into eldritch undead creatures, shedding their human skin forever. [b]Crypt Aberration:[/b] ? [b]Eye of Chaos, Fear and Flame:[/b] ? [/QUOTE]
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