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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8217427" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/176351/Adventures-in-the-Borderland-Provinces-SW?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Adventures in the Borderland Provinces (S&W)</a></p><p>Swords & Wizardry</p><p><strong>Ghost Spectral Warden:</strong> A spectral warden is a variant Lawful-aligned ghost whose actions are driven by its failure to fulfill some oath of bond or protection, and whose spirit cannot pass on until it has completed its task or atoned. </p><p><strong>Ghost Hound:</strong> Ghost hounds are the spectral shades of hunting dogs or guard dogs that have accompanied their masters to undeath.</p><p><strong>Soulstealer:</strong> These foul undead are created by dark and secret rituals, and remain forever under the control of their creator. </p><p>The lich known as the Dread Master was a figure of ancient legend entombed in the black spire, and who created the soulstealers as his servants. “The lich was bound, the legends said. Helpless and starved in his Black Spire tomb. But even helpless, he shaped bone and spirit from the dead of the sea to do his bidding. And so did his evil rise again.” </p><p>But though the Dread Master was physically prevented from escaping the tomb, long years of imprisonment reduced the lich to a mental essence that was able to slip beyond the wards that bound him. On two occasions, the Dread Master was able to seek out and claim the life force of sentient creatures visiting the island, restoring him to minimal power. With that power, he used his mental essence to create the foul undead soulstealers from the bones and spirits of sailors drowned on the shoals around the Black Spire. </p><p><strong>Undead Dragon:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghost:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lord Ectarlin, Spectral Lord, Ghost:</strong> With the Dread Master’s return to power, Ectarlin has returned as a mad ghost driven to fulfill his mission to protect the folk of the Lowwater lands.</p><p>The ghostly lord has been drawn back to the mortal realm by a resurgence of the power of the Dread Master — the lich who slew the freelord a century ago and doomed his soul to endless sorrow. </p><p><strong>Ghost Ride, Ghost Spectral Warden:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghoul:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Dread Master, Lich:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Specter:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Vampire:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Wight:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Wraith:</strong> The attack force consists of 3 soulstealers, along with 9 wraiths that have risen in response to the Dread Lord’s servants moving farther afield. </p><p><strong>Ghast:</strong> ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 8217427, member: 2209"] [URL=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/176351/Adventures-in-the-Borderland-Provinces-SW?affiliate_id=17596]Adventures in the Borderland Provinces (S&W)[/URL] Swords & Wizardry [b]Ghost Spectral Warden:[/b] A spectral warden is a variant Lawful-aligned ghost whose actions are driven by its failure to fulfill some oath of bond or protection, and whose spirit cannot pass on until it has completed its task or atoned. [b]Ghost Hound:[/b] Ghost hounds are the spectral shades of hunting dogs or guard dogs that have accompanied their masters to undeath. [b]Soulstealer:[/b] These foul undead are created by dark and secret rituals, and remain forever under the control of their creator. The lich known as the Dread Master was a figure of ancient legend entombed in the black spire, and who created the soulstealers as his servants. “The lich was bound, the legends said. Helpless and starved in his Black Spire tomb. But even helpless, he shaped bone and spirit from the dead of the sea to do his bidding. And so did his evil rise again.” But though the Dread Master was physically prevented from escaping the tomb, long years of imprisonment reduced the lich to a mental essence that was able to slip beyond the wards that bound him. On two occasions, the Dread Master was able to seek out and claim the life force of sentient creatures visiting the island, restoring him to minimal power. With that power, he used his mental essence to create the foul undead soulstealers from the bones and spirits of sailors drowned on the shoals around the Black Spire. [b]Undead Dragon:[/b] ? [b]Ghost:[/b] ? [b]Lord Ectarlin, Spectral Lord, Ghost:[/b] With the Dread Master’s return to power, Ectarlin has returned as a mad ghost driven to fulfill his mission to protect the folk of the Lowwater lands. The ghostly lord has been drawn back to the mortal realm by a resurgence of the power of the Dread Master — the lich who slew the freelord a century ago and doomed his soul to endless sorrow. [b]Ghost Ride, Ghost Spectral Warden:[/b] ? [b]Ghoul:[/b] ? [b]Dread Master, Lich:[/b] ? [b]Specter:[/b] ? [b]Vampire:[/b] ? [b]Wight:[/b] ? [b]Wraith:[/b] The attack force consists of 3 soulstealers, along with 9 wraiths that have risen in response to the Dread Lord’s servants moving farther afield. [b]Ghast:[/b] ? [/QUOTE]
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