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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8255393" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/253921/The-Witch-for-Swords--Wizardry-White-Box?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">The Witch for Swords & Wizardry White Box</a></p><p>Swords & Wizardry</p><p><strong>Poltergeist:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Poltergeist Bell Witch:</strong> This spirit is similar to the poltergeist, save that the person the spirit comes from is a particularly powerful and evil witch.</p><p><strong>Rusalka, Water Witch:</strong> In all cases the Rusalka is the undead spirit of a young woman that had drowned. The circumstances of her death vary; some say she drowned without being baptized first, others again say she died while drowning her own children (which will sometime result in a Navky or Utburd). But most say the surest way to become a Rusalka is to be a witch.</p><p>The victim she chooses is often tied to her reason for dying. If she committed suicide over love or was spurned by a lover she will go after victims that remind her of her former love. If she was cursed for drowning a child, then she preys on children or mothers with small children. Rusalkas that were drowned for witchcraft will seek out victims that remind her of her captors; men of religion, war or other magic-using characters.</p><p><strong>Wraith:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie:</strong> Cauldron of the Dead magic item.</p><p><strong>Skeleton:</strong> Cauldron of the Dead magic item.</p><p><strong>Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Warrior:</strong> Legend has it that casting the teeth of dragons will result in the rise of undead warriors.</p><p><strong>Corporeal Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghost:</strong> ?</p><p></p><p>Cauldron of the Dead: This heavy cauldron of dark iron is large enough to accommodate a Medium-sized creature. When filled with a mixture of water and rare herbs, the cauldron transforms any dead body placed in it into a zombie or skeleton per the animate dead spell (the user chooses whether or not a zombie or skeleton is created from an intact corpse). Each corpse animated uses up 50 gp in materials and the cauldron can animate a corpse in one round. The user of the cauldron commands the undead so created, up to 2 HD per character level, any further undead created over this limit are under the owner’s control, but previously created undead are freed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 8255393, member: 2209"] [URL=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/253921/The-Witch-for-Swords--Wizardry-White-Box?affiliate_id=17596]The Witch for Swords & Wizardry White Box[/URL] Swords & Wizardry [b]Poltergeist:[/b] ? [b]Poltergeist Bell Witch:[/b] This spirit is similar to the poltergeist, save that the person the spirit comes from is a particularly powerful and evil witch. [b]Rusalka, Water Witch:[/b] In all cases the Rusalka is the undead spirit of a young woman that had drowned. The circumstances of her death vary; some say she drowned without being baptized first, others again say she died while drowning her own children (which will sometime result in a Navky or Utburd). But most say the surest way to become a Rusalka is to be a witch. The victim she chooses is often tied to her reason for dying. If she committed suicide over love or was spurned by a lover she will go after victims that remind her of her former love. If she was cursed for drowning a child, then she preys on children or mothers with small children. Rusalkas that were drowned for witchcraft will seek out victims that remind her of her captors; men of religion, war or other magic-using characters. [b]Wraith:[/b] ? [b]Zombie:[/b] Cauldron of the Dead magic item. [b]Skeleton:[/b] Cauldron of the Dead magic item. [b]Undead:[/b] ? [b]Undead Warrior:[/b] Legend has it that casting the teeth of dragons will result in the rise of undead warriors. [b]Corporeal Undead:[/b] ? [b]Ghost:[/b] ? Cauldron of the Dead: This heavy cauldron of dark iron is large enough to accommodate a Medium-sized creature. When filled with a mixture of water and rare herbs, the cauldron transforms any dead body placed in it into a zombie or skeleton per the animate dead spell (the user chooses whether or not a zombie or skeleton is created from an intact corpse). Each corpse animated uses up 50 gp in materials and the cauldron can animate a corpse in one round. The user of the cauldron commands the undead so created, up to 2 HD per character level, any further undead created over this limit are under the owner’s control, but previously created undead are freed. [/QUOTE]
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