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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8233653" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/234670/Quests-of-Doom-4-A-Little-Knowledge-SW?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Quests of Doom 4: A Little Knowledge (S&W)</a></p><p>Swords & Wizardry</p><p><strong>Zombie, Walking Dead:</strong> Each morning, the desperate necromancer animates his former test subjects and other dead humanoids from the grounds around the library and sends them into battle against the dwarven garrison now guarding the Southern Pass. </p><p>If the characters arrive at the library while Thanopsis’ undead warriors are away in battle at Burvaadun, the library is surprisingly undefended. Shortly after their destruction, Thanopsis immediately raises a force of 12 skeletons and 12 zombies to defend the library. They form in Area L1, where they wait quietly and occasionally wander around the building’s perimeter. </p><p><strong>Skeleton:</strong> Each morning, the desperate necromancer animates his former tests subjects and other dead humanoids from the grounds around the library and sends them into battle against the dwarven garrison how guarding the Southern Pass. </p><p>If the characters arrive at the library while Thanopsis’ undead warriors are away in battle at Burvaadun, the library is surprisingly undefended. Shortly after their destruction, Thanopsis immediately raises a force of 12 skeletons and 12 zombies to defend the library. They form in Area L1, where they wait quietly and occasionally wander around the building’s perimeter. </p><p><strong>Undead:</strong> The Kingdom of Arcady’s human subjects never died. Instead, they retreated into a great necropolis, where they were mummified and transformed into a variety of undead monsters. </p><p>The Khemitites, the library’s builders, were obsessed with the afterlife. Those unwilling to pass onto the next world were sometimes transformed into undead monstrosities. Mummification was also a common practice, and it was not uncommon for the dead to arise from their coffins and terrorize the living. </p><p><strong>Lantern Goat:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Human Zombie:</strong> Each morning, the desperate necromancer animates his former test subjects and other dead humanoids from the grounds around the library and sends them into battle against the dwarven garrison now guarding the Southern Pass.</p><p><strong>Orc Zombie:</strong> Each morning, the desperate necromancer animates his former test subjects and other dead humanoids from the grounds around the library and sends them into battle against the dwarven garrison now guarding the Southern Pass.</p><p><strong>Spellgorged Zombie:</strong> If this occurs, the troubled magic-user calls upon his two former protégés who now serve him in death. Shortly after the library’s fall, Thanopsis transformed these unfortunate souls into 2 spellgorged zombies. </p><p><strong>Travvok, Gynosphinx Zombie:</strong> During the library’s last chaotic days, the cowardly Thanopsis cajoled the library’s most frequent visitors and patrons into fighting against the orcs besieging the surrounding settlement. Most gladly took up arms at the powerful wizard’s behest, but the aloof sphinx, Travvok, refused. The spiteful wizard never forgot Travvok’s betrayal. When she returned to peruse the library’s shelves after Arcady’s demise, the angry Thanopsis momentarily forgot his fear and killed the beast that had abandoned him in his darkest hour. In a deliberately ironic twist, he transformed Travvok into an gynosphinx zombie that guards the library today. </p><p><strong>Hoar Spirit:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Crypt Thing:</strong> Thanopsis and a visiting priest combined forces to create the crypt thing that protects the ossuary and Thanopsis’ tomb from defilement.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 8233653, member: 2209"] [URL=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/234670/Quests-of-Doom-4-A-Little-Knowledge-SW?affiliate_id=17596]Quests of Doom 4: A Little Knowledge (S&W)[/URL] Swords & Wizardry [b]Zombie, Walking Dead:[/b] Each morning, the desperate necromancer animates his former test subjects and other dead humanoids from the grounds around the library and sends them into battle against the dwarven garrison now guarding the Southern Pass. If the characters arrive at the library while Thanopsis’ undead warriors are away in battle at Burvaadun, the library is surprisingly undefended. Shortly after their destruction, Thanopsis immediately raises a force of 12 skeletons and 12 zombies to defend the library. They form in Area L1, where they wait quietly and occasionally wander around the building’s perimeter. [b]Skeleton:[/b] Each morning, the desperate necromancer animates his former tests subjects and other dead humanoids from the grounds around the library and sends them into battle against the dwarven garrison how guarding the Southern Pass. If the characters arrive at the library while Thanopsis’ undead warriors are away in battle at Burvaadun, the library is surprisingly undefended. Shortly after their destruction, Thanopsis immediately raises a force of 12 skeletons and 12 zombies to defend the library. They form in Area L1, where they wait quietly and occasionally wander around the building’s perimeter. [b]Undead:[/b] The Kingdom of Arcady’s human subjects never died. Instead, they retreated into a great necropolis, where they were mummified and transformed into a variety of undead monsters. The Khemitites, the library’s builders, were obsessed with the afterlife. Those unwilling to pass onto the next world were sometimes transformed into undead monstrosities. Mummification was also a common practice, and it was not uncommon for the dead to arise from their coffins and terrorize the living. [b]Lantern Goat:[/b] ? [b]Human Zombie:[/b] Each morning, the desperate necromancer animates his former test subjects and other dead humanoids from the grounds around the library and sends them into battle against the dwarven garrison now guarding the Southern Pass. [b]Orc Zombie:[/b] Each morning, the desperate necromancer animates his former test subjects and other dead humanoids from the grounds around the library and sends them into battle against the dwarven garrison now guarding the Southern Pass. [b]Spellgorged Zombie:[/b] If this occurs, the troubled magic-user calls upon his two former protégés who now serve him in death. Shortly after the library’s fall, Thanopsis transformed these unfortunate souls into 2 spellgorged zombies. [b]Travvok, Gynosphinx Zombie:[/b] During the library’s last chaotic days, the cowardly Thanopsis cajoled the library’s most frequent visitors and patrons into fighting against the orcs besieging the surrounding settlement. Most gladly took up arms at the powerful wizard’s behest, but the aloof sphinx, Travvok, refused. The spiteful wizard never forgot Travvok’s betrayal. When she returned to peruse the library’s shelves after Arcady’s demise, the angry Thanopsis momentarily forgot his fear and killed the beast that had abandoned him in his darkest hour. In a deliberately ironic twist, he transformed Travvok into an gynosphinx zombie that guards the library today. [b]Hoar Spirit:[/b] ? [b]Crypt Thing:[/b] Thanopsis and a visiting priest combined forces to create the crypt thing that protects the ossuary and Thanopsis’ tomb from defilement. [/QUOTE]
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