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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8326355" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/210289/5E-U03-Death-Comes-to-Stoneholme?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">(5E) U03: Death Comes to Stoneholme</a></p><p>5e</p><p><strong>Infernal Ghoul:</strong> Infernal Ghouls are similar in many respects to ordinary ghouls, but the disease that spawns them has been infused with hellish power, either because of a devil-pact or through an infernal curse. </p><p>A creature whose Con or Dex drop to zero from infernal ghoul fever dies from the disease and rises as an infernal ghoul at midnight. </p><p>A dread illness begins to manifest among certain dwarves, an illness which ends in death and undeath as the victims rise as infernal ghouls.</p><p>Infernal ghouls, under the control of Lord Starkherk, have begun to creep out of the tombs at night to discreetly infect dwarves in Stoneholme with infernal ghoul fever and slowly swell their own ranks. </p><p><strong>Lord Aldarn Starkherk, Infernal Ghoul Lord, Infernal Ghoul-Lord:</strong> 24 hours after being entombed, Starkherk rises as an infernal ghoul lord.</p><p><strong>Riflim Stilomks, Infernal Ghoul:</strong> If the PCs examine the sick dwarf, they may be able to discern his troubles.</p><p>Success: If the PCs succeed at a DC 11 check, they identify bite marks on the dwarf ’s arms, as well as festering cuts and welts on his arms, neck, and torso. The marks are shallow, more indicative of torture than any true attack on the life of the dwarf. </p><p>If the PCs succeed at the DC 15 check, they can positively identify the disease’s necromantic nature, as if the dwarf was turning into a walking corpse. </p><p>If the PCs succeed at the DC 20 Knowledge (Religion) skill check, they can diagnose the disease as being infernal in nature. </p><p>If the dwarf, Rifflim Stilomks (NPC commoner, AC 10, 4hp), is healed of his malady, he can relate his tale. He was walking home the night before, taking a shortcut through an alley, when he was beset by cloaked individuals. These individuals gagged him, placed a bag over his head, and in the dark of the alley tortured him, giggling all the while. He fell unconscious and when he awoke he was quite ill. He remembers little after that. He does, however recall a distinct scent of sulfur during the event. </p><p>If the dwarf is left untreated, he dies within a few rounds of encountering the PCs, before guards or clerical aid can be summoned. His body is then interred in the tombs, where he rises at midnight as an infernal ghoul. </p><p><strong>Olvrin Treskas, Infernal Ghoul:</strong> Olvrin is in the last stages of infernal ghoul fever when the PCs visit him, and unless treated, will die soon after the PCs arrive. He rises that midnight as an infernal ghoul. </p><p><strong>Lunkmor, Infernal Ghoul Wizard:</strong> ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 8326355, member: 2209"] [URL=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/210289/5E-U03-Death-Comes-to-Stoneholme?affiliate_id=17596](5E) U03: Death Comes to Stoneholme[/URL] 5e [b]Infernal Ghoul:[/b] Infernal Ghouls are similar in many respects to ordinary ghouls, but the disease that spawns them has been infused with hellish power, either because of a devil-pact or through an infernal curse. A creature whose Con or Dex drop to zero from infernal ghoul fever dies from the disease and rises as an infernal ghoul at midnight. A dread illness begins to manifest among certain dwarves, an illness which ends in death and undeath as the victims rise as infernal ghouls. Infernal ghouls, under the control of Lord Starkherk, have begun to creep out of the tombs at night to discreetly infect dwarves in Stoneholme with infernal ghoul fever and slowly swell their own ranks. [b]Lord Aldarn Starkherk, Infernal Ghoul Lord, Infernal Ghoul-Lord:[/b] 24 hours after being entombed, Starkherk rises as an infernal ghoul lord. [b]Riflim Stilomks, Infernal Ghoul:[/b] If the PCs examine the sick dwarf, they may be able to discern his troubles. Success: If the PCs succeed at a DC 11 check, they identify bite marks on the dwarf ’s arms, as well as festering cuts and welts on his arms, neck, and torso. The marks are shallow, more indicative of torture than any true attack on the life of the dwarf. If the PCs succeed at the DC 15 check, they can positively identify the disease’s necromantic nature, as if the dwarf was turning into a walking corpse. If the PCs succeed at the DC 20 Knowledge (Religion) skill check, they can diagnose the disease as being infernal in nature. If the dwarf, Rifflim Stilomks (NPC commoner, AC 10, 4hp), is healed of his malady, he can relate his tale. He was walking home the night before, taking a shortcut through an alley, when he was beset by cloaked individuals. These individuals gagged him, placed a bag over his head, and in the dark of the alley tortured him, giggling all the while. He fell unconscious and when he awoke he was quite ill. He remembers little after that. He does, however recall a distinct scent of sulfur during the event. If the dwarf is left untreated, he dies within a few rounds of encountering the PCs, before guards or clerical aid can be summoned. His body is then interred in the tombs, where he rises at midnight as an infernal ghoul. [b]Olvrin Treskas, Infernal Ghoul:[/b] Olvrin is in the last stages of infernal ghoul fever when the PCs visit him, and unless treated, will die soon after the PCs arrive. He rises that midnight as an infernal ghoul. [b]Lunkmor, Infernal Ghoul Wizard:[/b] ? [/QUOTE]
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