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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8408989" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/206564/Barrowmaze-Complete-5e?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Barrowmaze Complete 5e</a></p><p>5e</p><p><strong>Barrow Abomination:</strong> A Barrow Abomination is a physical manifestation of Nergal’s chaos energy and the corruptive power of The Tablet of Chaos.</p><p><strong>Barrow Ghast, Greater Ghast:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Barrow Mummy:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Barrow Wight:</strong> Tablet of Chaos relic.</p><p><strong>Coffer Corpse:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Corpse Candle:</strong> If a creature is killed by the corpse candle, either directly or as a result of being led into a trap, the corpse candle rolls a d10. On a result of 10, the creature rises as another corpse candle after 1 minute.</p><p>These are the lights of an undead creature called a Corpse Candle (1), attempting to draw the PCs to the corner of the room where it was pummeled and killed by two Greater Barrow Guardians (2).</p><p>The door to this room is ajar. The body of a human thief in an advanced state of decay lies face down in the doorway. He was killed by a massive wound from behind. The thief has risen as a vengeful Corpse Candle (1) and now attempts to draw others into the same fate.</p><p><strong>Crypt Shade:</strong> This undead creature is a roughly human-shaped collection of shadows, dust, rotted burial linens, bone fragments, and other sepulcher debris. Spawned from chaos and lingering hate, crypt shades feed on the fear and pain of their victims.</p><p><strong>Crypt Shade Greater:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Crypt Knight:</strong> Crypt Knights are all that remain of a secret martial order—the Black Legion—devoted to Nergal, God of the Underworld. When The Tablet of Chaos was hidden, the order gathered together and willingly allowed their life energy to be drained by Nergal’s undead. They rose in death as crypt knights devoted to the protection of the Dark God’s great temples and The Tablet of Chaos.</p><p>In addition, the close proximity of The Tablet has spawned new forms of undead, including Crypt Knights, former antipaladins of Nergal, and Spectral Dead, ghostly phantoms that endlessly wander the dark corridors of Barrowmaze.</p><p><strong>Crypt Thing:</strong> Powerful magic-users create crypt things to serve as guardians to their tombs or to protect special treasures.</p><p><strong>Dread Knight:</strong> It is unknown if they achieved their state through a fall from grace or if they were created by the dark gods.</p><p><strong>Undead Warhorse:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghaist:</strong> On a failed save [against a ghaist's Breath of Death attack], the target instantly dies; 30 minutes after being killed by this effect, the victim rises as a ghaist.</p><p><strong>Giant Ant Exoskeleton:</strong> These undead creatures are the dry animated husks of giant ants.</p><p><strong>Huecuva:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lich-Dragon:</strong> A lich-dragon is the combination of a Lich and a Black Dragon.</p><p><strong>Mummy of Zuul:</strong> A mummy of Zuul is a former priest of the chaos deity of the elements.</p><p><strong>Neb'Enakhet, Mummified Cat:</strong> Neb’Enakhet are sacred, mummified cats placed in the tombs of the social elite.</p><p><strong>Phantom:</strong> A phantom is a ghostly, residual, reoccurring image. A phantom is merely an image, an echo of life, and possesses no intelligence.</p><p><strong>Poltergeist:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skeleton Black, Black Bones:</strong> Black skeletons, or black bones, are the skeletal remains of mighty warriors infused with dark magic to make them stronger than a standard skeleton.</p><p><strong>Skeleton Exploding Bone, Exploding Bones:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skeleton Fossil:</strong> Fossilized skeletons are effectively made of rock and are harder to destroy than regular skeletons. In some instances the fossilization process has been induced deliberately.</p><p><strong>Skeleton Sapphire:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skeleton Warrior, Skeletal Warrior:</strong> Once a proud fighter of great ability, a skeleton warrior appears as a skeleton draped in the tattered clothes they possessed in life.</p><p>A skeletal warrior exists in an undead state because its soul was trapped in a golden circlet.</p><p><strong>Son of Gaxx, Daughter of Gaxx:</strong> Victims killed by [a Son of Gaxx's] Rot Grubs will rise in 1d4 days as a Son or Daughter of Gaxx.</p><p>Tablet of Chaos relic.</p><p><strong>Spectral Dead:</strong> The spectral dead are the incorporeal spirits of warriors interred in Barrowmaze long ago. They have heard the call to rise that emanates from The Tablet of Chaos, but their physical remains have disintegrated to dust. With no bones to occupy, these vengeful spirits wander Barrowmaze aimlessly, particularly in the areas close to The Tablet.</p><p>In addition, the close proximity of The Tablet has spawned new forms of undead, including Crypt Knights, former antipaladins of Nergal, and Spectral Dead, ghostly phantoms that endlessly wander the dark corridors of Barrowmaze.</p><p><strong>Zombie Funeral Pyre, Bombie:</strong> Funeral pyre zombies, sometimes referred to as “Bombies” by veteran adventurers, are a strange necromantic construct. They appear as normal zombies except for black runes written on their decaying flesh.</p><p>An assortment of 11 different zombies have risen here in response to The Tablet of Chaos. They include Ravenous Zombies (3), Funeral Pyre Zombies (4), and JuJu Zombies (4) armed with light crossbows.</p><p><strong>Zombie Juju:</strong> An assortment of 11 different zombies have risen here in response to The Tablet of Chaos. They include Ravenous Zombies (3), Funeral Pyre Zombies (4), and JuJu Zombies (4) armed with light crossbows.</p><p><strong>Zombie Ravenous, Ravenous Dead:</strong> An assortment of 11 different zombies have risen here in response to The Tablet of Chaos. They include Ravenous Zombies (3), Funeral Pyre Zombies (4), and JuJu Zombies (4) armed with light crossbows.</p><p><strong>Undead, The Dead:</strong> Moreover, The Tablet of Chaos, secreted in a vast labyrinthine burial site, has defiled the sanctity of the crypts. The relic has called the dead and commanded them to rise from their graves!</p><p>Prior to his presumed death, Nergal ensured his followers interred his most powerful artifact, The Tablet of Chaos, deep in Barrowmaze. Over time The Tablet has called the dead to rise.</p><p>To illustrate the power of The Tablet of Chaos, Barrowmaze possesses both “defiled” and “quiet” crypts. Defiled crypts (noted on the map as #210 D1 or #355 D6), represent spaces where undead can be found—The Tablet has called the dead to rise! Quiet crypts (such as #210 Q2 or #223 Q5) are tombs where the dead have not yet risen in response to the unholy relic.</p><p>The Acolytes commonly raise their own dead to serve as foot soldiers.</p><p>The Tablet of Chaos, an ancient relic created by Nergal himself, continues to exert his power and is the reason why the dead have risen in Barrowmaze.</p><p>The Necromancers will then search the bodies, animate several undead, and head north and east.</p><p>The bodies of twelve sacrifices litter the altar; Zur and Emnuron will likely cast Animate Dead to bolster their ranks.</p><p>If The Keeper has already been destroyed, Ossithrax will likely be more conservative. He cannot be surprised, so he would likely prepare with spells to make himself invisible (etc.) and animate the dead that are strewn about the chamber.</p><p><strong>Nergal's Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Minion:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Terrifying and Deadly Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Abomination:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Wandering Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Terrible Undead Monster:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Evil Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Northman:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Restless Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Terrible Undead Creature:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Necromantic Construct:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Hideous Rotting Undead Creature:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Hideous Coffer Corpse:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Corpse Candle, Vengeful Corpse Candle:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Nileed Enad, Greater Crypt Shade:</strong> Anyone who enters will disturb the final resting place of Nileed Enad, a follower of Nergal in life. The Tablet of Chaos has called to him, and he has risen as a terrible undead monster, a Greater Crypt Shade (1) whose evil nature is so strong that cold negative energy flows from it.</p><p><strong>Malevolent Greater Crypt Shade:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Vengeful Crypt Knight:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lord Varghoulis of Nergal, Dread Knight:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Reuts Ool, Ghaist:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ossithrax Pejorative, Lich-Dragon:</strong> For centuries, Ossithrax Pejorative, an ancient black dragon, ruled the Barrowmoor swamp and laid waste to the surrounding region. He tunneled below a huge barrow mound and into the Great Temple of Nergal (#375). There he sat upon his vast hoard, and in time, died jealously clutching his gold.</p><p>Untold centuries passed, and slowly the chaos energy of The Tablet began calling to him to return to his now skeletal form. Ossithrax awoke as a Lich-Dragon, a monster that is both a lich and an Ancient Black Dragon.</p><p>His personality was fused with The Keeper of the Tablet, and now the two exist simultaneously in the remains of the other.</p><p>The power of The Tablet has melded the personalities of Ossithrax and The Keeper of the Tablet.</p><p><strong>Dhekeon the Disgraced, Skeletal Warrior, Undead Abomination:</strong> Many centuries ago, when the clerics of St. Ygg, the God of Righteousness, learned of Barrowmaze and the Pit of Chaos, they created a unique magic item called the Fount of Law. They charged their most devout paladins, including myself, with the task of throwing the Fount into the Pit and closing it forever. Led by Sir Guy de O’Veargne, we fought our way through Nergal’s undead hordes. We were about to complete our great quest—and then I betrayed my fellow knights.</p><p>Seduced by the promise of wealth and power, I, Dhekeon, once a noble young paladin of St. Ygg, lured my fellow knights into a trap. I murdered Sir Guy myself with a thrust of my sword. The remaining knights were overrun and put to death. The followers of Nergal then buried me alive within this barrow. I am a traitor and a liar.</p><p>Upon my death, St. Ygg refused to embrace me in the afterlife. Instead, the God of Righteousness sent me back and cursed me to walk the realm for eternity as one of the very undead abominations I swore to destroy.</p><p><strong>Powerful Daughter of Gaxx:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Enhanced Daughter of Gaxx:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Hephecates, Spectral Dead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Vermingetrix the Reaver, More Powerful and Sentient Funeral Pyre Zombie:</strong> Due to the Tablet of Chaos he has animated into a more powerful and sentient Funeral Pyre Zombie (1).</p><p><strong>Glossmira, Thrice-Cursed, Bitch of the Deep, Terrible Banshee:</strong> Glossmira was an elven witch said to possess a strange power to control and manipulate the Plane of Water. She was slain for witchcraft and has risen as a terrible Banshee (1).</p><p><strong>Terrible Banshee:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Venfeful Banshee:</strong> A large stone sarcophagus holds the remains of a woman who was slain by her lover for another woman. She has returned as a vengeful Banshee (1).</p><p><strong>Banshee:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Grizelda the Ghastly Gourmet, Barrow Ghast, Greater Ghast:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghast, Standard Ghast:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Emil Muzz, Barrow Ghast:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Krisella, Halfling Powerful Ghast:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Arnaxelda, Human Powerful Ghast:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Nasty Ghast:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Minos, Minotaur Ghast:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Sir Guy de O'veargne, Ghost, Spirit:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghost:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Sir Wildrif, Ghost:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghoul:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Green-Skinned Ghoul:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Parnel, Ghoul:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ravenous Ghoul:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ascyet Vie Yannarg, Keeper of the Tablet, Lich:</strong> Foreseeing the treachery of his sons Orcus and Set, Nergal commanded Yannarg to hide The Tablet within a series of secret vaults, where his sons’ followers could not reach it. Nergal promised him that through The Tablet he would wield great power, and so he, and several other dark priests, were entombed to guard The Tablet for eternity. When Yannarg closed his eyes for the last time, he reopened them as a lich and became The Keeper of the Tablet.</p><p>In life, The Keeper was known by the name Ascyet (Az-say-et) Vie Yannarg. Yannarg was a powerful necromancer and cleric of Nergal. Yannarg received The Tablet from Nergal himself and was charged with burying the relic deep in Barrowmaze. Upon his death, The Tablet elevated him to lichdom and he has devoted himself to its protection.</p><p><strong>Lich:</strong> The Tablet [of Chaos] both consumes the possessor’s life essence and imbues it with negative energy over time. Upon death, The Tablet elevates its possessor to lichdom, thus always ensuring a Keeper of the Tablet.</p><p><strong>Mummy, Standard Mummy:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>The Green Mummy, Unique Barrow Mummy, Mummified Horror:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Wretched Mummy:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Powerful Mummy of Zuul:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>High Priest Zvin Lorktho, Powerful Mummy Lord:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Sacred Mummified Cat:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Shadow:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skeleton, Mundane Skeleton, Normal Skeleton, Regular Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skeletal Horse:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Tough Sapphire Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Yellow Glowing Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Giant Skeletal Dragon:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Specter:</strong> Tablet of Chaos relic.</p><p><strong>Terrible Specter:</strong> A terrible Specter (1) has risen here in response to The Tablet of Chaos.</p><p><strong>Vengeful Specter:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Fecal Nul, Specter:</strong> This crypt is haunted by Fecal Nul, who has risen as a Specter (1). An evil man in life, Nul bartered lives as an evil slavetrader.</p><p><strong>Vampire:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Bloodthirsty Vampire:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Staked Vampire:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Uthuk Amon Thar, Great and Terrible Vampire:</strong> Thar has heard the call of The Tablet and has risen as a great and terrible Vampire (1).</p><p><strong>Wight, Normal Wight:</strong> Anyone reduced to zero hit points [by the Tomb of the Sacred Blade's glyphs], including hirelings, will immediately rise as a Wight.</p><p>A humanoid slain by [a barrow wight's life drain] attack rises 24 hours later as a normal wight under the barrow wight’s control.</p><p><strong>Terrifying Barrow Wight:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Wight in Platemail:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Rendar Serouc, Barrow Wight:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Yasuq-Jac, Terrifying Wight:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Dreaded Barrow Wight:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Fearsome Barrow Wight:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Rorteb Meerab, Powerful Barrow Wight:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Will-O-Wisp:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Wraith:</strong> Tablet of Chaos relic.</p><p><strong>Bareus of Barrowcrest, Wraith:</strong> Bareus, who, sadly, has risen as a Wraith (1) in response to The Tablet of Chaos.</p><p><strong>Terrible Wraith:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Fearsome Wraith:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Roeth Blackshield, Wraith:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Able Blackshield, Wraith:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie, Normal Zombie, Regular Zombie, Standard Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Shuffling Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ogre Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lizardman Dried Husk:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Dry Animated Husk:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Spirit of the Dead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Spirit:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Vengeful Incorporeal Spirit:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Incorporeal Spirit:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Vengeful Spirit:</strong> ?</p><p></p><p>The Tablet of Chaos</p><p>Sages only speculate as to the origin of The Tablet of Chaos. Some believe The Tablet was created by Nergal himself. Others suggest a supreme being—the all-father of the gods—gave a great tablet of knowledge to the pantheon of law, neutrality, and chaos.</p><p>Regardless of the origin, it is known that Nergal possessed the relic for millennia. Upon learning of the coming betrayal of his sons Orcus and Set, he hid The Tablet with his most loyal followers. Nergal instructed them to seek the ancient crypts of Barrowmaze and to bury The Tablet behind many wards and traps. Nergal’s most powerful follower became a lich of great power—known as The Keeper of the Tablet—to safeguard the relic until he returned.</p><p>Prime Power:</p><p>1. Nergal’s Beckoning: This power is a stronger, more powerful, mass-effect form of the spell Animate Dead.</p><p>Nergal’s Beckoning animates the dead and they remain animated until destroyed. Unlike the spell Animate Dead, which limits the total number of undead created, Nergal’s Beckoning produces a mass effect. All remains within 1 mile of The Tablet of Chaos, starting with those closest in proximity and extending outward, are affected. However, the undead created by The Beckoning are not animated immediately. Rather, it is the prolonged and sustained exposure to The Tablet over time that calls the dead to rise.</p><p>Major Benign Effects:</p><p>1. Wither Life: When this power is used, a beam of dark energy extends from The Tablet and automatically strikes a single target. Roll 1d20. The result is the number of Constitution points, or life essence, drained from the target. If the number exceeds the total constitution of the victim, the target will rise immediately as a (roll 1d4):</p><p>Wither Life 1. Son of Gaxx 3. Barrow Wight 2. Wraith 4. Specter</p><p>2. Scarab Plague: Once per day, the possessor can cast Insect Plague at 9th level (spell save DC 20).</p><p>Minor Benign Effects:</p><p>1. Animate Dead: The wielder of The Tablet can cast Animate Dead three times per day at 9th level.</p><p>2. Speak with Dead: The possessor of The Tablet can cast Speak with Dead three times per day.</p><p>Major Malevolent Effects:</p><p>1. Alignment Change: The alignment of the possessor changes immediately to Chaotic Evil.</p><p>2. Keeper of the Tablet: The Tablet both consumes the possessor’s life essence and imbues it with negative energy over time. Upon death, The Tablet elevates its possessor to lichdom, thus always ensuring a Keeper of the Tablet.</p><p>Minor Malevolent Effects:</p><p>1. Pollute Holy Water: All holy water within 50 feet of The Tablet of Chaos is instantly polluted.</p><p>2. Decay Vegetation: All vegetation within 30 feet of The Tablet of Chaos withers and dies.</p><p>Destroying The Tablet of Chaos</p><p>The Tablet is impervious to spells, physical attacks, and most magic items. The Tablet can be destroyed by sundering a powerful lawful-aligned magic item or weapon against it. Examples include the Fount of Law, the Aspergillum of Palantis, Caliburn, the Armature of Palantis, the Spear Predestined, or an item deemed appropriate by the GM.</p><p>Alternate Ending: If Dhekeon is present when the PCs reach The Tablet he will exclaim, “My time has come my friends. Blessed St. Ygg has told me what I must do. Farewell.” He will then destroy The Tablet and himself by sundering his mighty Greatsword +3 on the relic. Dhekeon, his sword, and The Tablet will all be consumed in a great explosion of chaos energy. The PCs will then be teleported to #232.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 8408989, member: 2209"] [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/206564/Barrowmaze-Complete-5e?affiliate_id=17596']Barrowmaze Complete 5e[/URL] 5e [B]Barrow Abomination:[/B] A Barrow Abomination is a physical manifestation of Nergal’s chaos energy and the corruptive power of The Tablet of Chaos. [B]Barrow Ghast, Greater Ghast:[/B] ? [B]Barrow Mummy:[/B] ? [B]Barrow Wight:[/B] Tablet of Chaos relic. [B]Coffer Corpse:[/B] ? [B]Corpse Candle:[/B] If a creature is killed by the corpse candle, either directly or as a result of being led into a trap, the corpse candle rolls a d10. On a result of 10, the creature rises as another corpse candle after 1 minute. These are the lights of an undead creature called a Corpse Candle (1), attempting to draw the PCs to the corner of the room where it was pummeled and killed by two Greater Barrow Guardians (2). The door to this room is ajar. The body of a human thief in an advanced state of decay lies face down in the doorway. He was killed by a massive wound from behind. The thief has risen as a vengeful Corpse Candle (1) and now attempts to draw others into the same fate. [B]Crypt Shade:[/B] This undead creature is a roughly human-shaped collection of shadows, dust, rotted burial linens, bone fragments, and other sepulcher debris. Spawned from chaos and lingering hate, crypt shades feed on the fear and pain of their victims. [B]Crypt Shade Greater:[/B] ? [B]Crypt Knight:[/B] Crypt Knights are all that remain of a secret martial order—the Black Legion—devoted to Nergal, God of the Underworld. When The Tablet of Chaos was hidden, the order gathered together and willingly allowed their life energy to be drained by Nergal’s undead. They rose in death as crypt knights devoted to the protection of the Dark God’s great temples and The Tablet of Chaos. In addition, the close proximity of The Tablet has spawned new forms of undead, including Crypt Knights, former antipaladins of Nergal, and Spectral Dead, ghostly phantoms that endlessly wander the dark corridors of Barrowmaze. [B]Crypt Thing:[/B] Powerful magic-users create crypt things to serve as guardians to their tombs or to protect special treasures. [B]Dread Knight:[/B] It is unknown if they achieved their state through a fall from grace or if they were created by the dark gods. [B]Undead Warhorse:[/B] ? [B]Ghaist:[/B] On a failed save [against a ghaist's Breath of Death attack], the target instantly dies; 30 minutes after being killed by this effect, the victim rises as a ghaist. [B]Giant Ant Exoskeleton:[/B] These undead creatures are the dry animated husks of giant ants. [B]Huecuva:[/B] ? [B]Lich-Dragon:[/B] A lich-dragon is the combination of a Lich and a Black Dragon. [B]Mummy of Zuul:[/B] A mummy of Zuul is a former priest of the chaos deity of the elements. [B]Neb'Enakhet, Mummified Cat:[/B] Neb’Enakhet are sacred, mummified cats placed in the tombs of the social elite. [B]Phantom:[/B] A phantom is a ghostly, residual, reoccurring image. A phantom is merely an image, an echo of life, and possesses no intelligence. [B]Poltergeist:[/B] ? [B]Skeleton Black, Black Bones:[/B] Black skeletons, or black bones, are the skeletal remains of mighty warriors infused with dark magic to make them stronger than a standard skeleton. [B]Skeleton Exploding Bone, Exploding Bones:[/B] ? [B]Skeleton Fossil:[/B] Fossilized skeletons are effectively made of rock and are harder to destroy than regular skeletons. In some instances the fossilization process has been induced deliberately. [B]Skeleton Sapphire:[/B] ? [B]Skeleton Warrior, Skeletal Warrior:[/B] Once a proud fighter of great ability, a skeleton warrior appears as a skeleton draped in the tattered clothes they possessed in life. A skeletal warrior exists in an undead state because its soul was trapped in a golden circlet. [B]Son of Gaxx, Daughter of Gaxx:[/B] Victims killed by [a Son of Gaxx's] Rot Grubs will rise in 1d4 days as a Son or Daughter of Gaxx. Tablet of Chaos relic. [B]Spectral Dead:[/B] The spectral dead are the incorporeal spirits of warriors interred in Barrowmaze long ago. They have heard the call to rise that emanates from The Tablet of Chaos, but their physical remains have disintegrated to dust. With no bones to occupy, these vengeful spirits wander Barrowmaze aimlessly, particularly in the areas close to The Tablet. In addition, the close proximity of The Tablet has spawned new forms of undead, including Crypt Knights, former antipaladins of Nergal, and Spectral Dead, ghostly phantoms that endlessly wander the dark corridors of Barrowmaze. [B]Zombie Funeral Pyre, Bombie:[/B] Funeral pyre zombies, sometimes referred to as “Bombies” by veteran adventurers, are a strange necromantic construct. They appear as normal zombies except for black runes written on their decaying flesh. An assortment of 11 different zombies have risen here in response to The Tablet of Chaos. They include Ravenous Zombies (3), Funeral Pyre Zombies (4), and JuJu Zombies (4) armed with light crossbows. [B]Zombie Juju:[/B] An assortment of 11 different zombies have risen here in response to The Tablet of Chaos. They include Ravenous Zombies (3), Funeral Pyre Zombies (4), and JuJu Zombies (4) armed with light crossbows. [B]Zombie Ravenous, Ravenous Dead:[/B] An assortment of 11 different zombies have risen here in response to The Tablet of Chaos. They include Ravenous Zombies (3), Funeral Pyre Zombies (4), and JuJu Zombies (4) armed with light crossbows. [B]Undead, The Dead:[/B] Moreover, The Tablet of Chaos, secreted in a vast labyrinthine burial site, has defiled the sanctity of the crypts. The relic has called the dead and commanded them to rise from their graves! Prior to his presumed death, Nergal ensured his followers interred his most powerful artifact, The Tablet of Chaos, deep in Barrowmaze. Over time The Tablet has called the dead to rise. To illustrate the power of The Tablet of Chaos, Barrowmaze possesses both “defiled” and “quiet” crypts. Defiled crypts (noted on the map as #210 D1 or #355 D6), represent spaces where undead can be found—The Tablet has called the dead to rise! Quiet crypts (such as #210 Q2 or #223 Q5) are tombs where the dead have not yet risen in response to the unholy relic. The Acolytes commonly raise their own dead to serve as foot soldiers. The Tablet of Chaos, an ancient relic created by Nergal himself, continues to exert his power and is the reason why the dead have risen in Barrowmaze. The Necromancers will then search the bodies, animate several undead, and head north and east. The bodies of twelve sacrifices litter the altar; Zur and Emnuron will likely cast Animate Dead to bolster their ranks. If The Keeper has already been destroyed, Ossithrax will likely be more conservative. He cannot be surprised, so he would likely prepare with spells to make himself invisible (etc.) and animate the dead that are strewn about the chamber. [B]Nergal's Undead:[/B] ? [B]Undead Minion:[/B] ? [B]Terrifying and Deadly Undead:[/B] ? [B]Undead Abomination:[/B] ? [B]Wandering Undead:[/B] ? [B]Terrible Undead Monster:[/B] ? [B]Evil Undead:[/B] ? [B]Undead Northman:[/B] ? [B]Restless Undead:[/B] ? [B]Terrible Undead Creature:[/B] ? [B]Undead Necromantic Construct:[/B] ? [B]Hideous Rotting Undead Creature:[/B] ? [B]Hideous Coffer Corpse:[/B] ? [B]Corpse Candle, Vengeful Corpse Candle:[/B] ? [B]Nileed Enad, Greater Crypt Shade:[/B] Anyone who enters will disturb the final resting place of Nileed Enad, a follower of Nergal in life. The Tablet of Chaos has called to him, and he has risen as a terrible undead monster, a Greater Crypt Shade (1) whose evil nature is so strong that cold negative energy flows from it. [B]Malevolent Greater Crypt Shade:[/B] ? [B]Vengeful Crypt Knight:[/B] ? [B]Lord Varghoulis of Nergal, Dread Knight:[/B] ? [B]Reuts Ool, Ghaist:[/B] ? [B]Ossithrax Pejorative, Lich-Dragon:[/B] For centuries, Ossithrax Pejorative, an ancient black dragon, ruled the Barrowmoor swamp and laid waste to the surrounding region. He tunneled below a huge barrow mound and into the Great Temple of Nergal (#375). There he sat upon his vast hoard, and in time, died jealously clutching his gold. Untold centuries passed, and slowly the chaos energy of The Tablet began calling to him to return to his now skeletal form. Ossithrax awoke as a Lich-Dragon, a monster that is both a lich and an Ancient Black Dragon. His personality was fused with The Keeper of the Tablet, and now the two exist simultaneously in the remains of the other. The power of The Tablet has melded the personalities of Ossithrax and The Keeper of the Tablet. [B]Dhekeon the Disgraced, Skeletal Warrior, Undead Abomination:[/B] Many centuries ago, when the clerics of St. Ygg, the God of Righteousness, learned of Barrowmaze and the Pit of Chaos, they created a unique magic item called the Fount of Law. They charged their most devout paladins, including myself, with the task of throwing the Fount into the Pit and closing it forever. Led by Sir Guy de O’Veargne, we fought our way through Nergal’s undead hordes. We were about to complete our great quest—and then I betrayed my fellow knights. Seduced by the promise of wealth and power, I, Dhekeon, once a noble young paladin of St. Ygg, lured my fellow knights into a trap. I murdered Sir Guy myself with a thrust of my sword. The remaining knights were overrun and put to death. The followers of Nergal then buried me alive within this barrow. I am a traitor and a liar. Upon my death, St. Ygg refused to embrace me in the afterlife. Instead, the God of Righteousness sent me back and cursed me to walk the realm for eternity as one of the very undead abominations I swore to destroy. [B]Powerful Daughter of Gaxx:[/B] ? [B]Enhanced Daughter of Gaxx:[/B] ? [B]Hephecates, Spectral Dead:[/B] ? [B]Vermingetrix the Reaver, More Powerful and Sentient Funeral Pyre Zombie:[/B] Due to the Tablet of Chaos he has animated into a more powerful and sentient Funeral Pyre Zombie (1). [B]Glossmira, Thrice-Cursed, Bitch of the Deep, Terrible Banshee:[/B] Glossmira was an elven witch said to possess a strange power to control and manipulate the Plane of Water. She was slain for witchcraft and has risen as a terrible Banshee (1). [B]Terrible Banshee:[/B] ? [B]Venfeful Banshee:[/B] A large stone sarcophagus holds the remains of a woman who was slain by her lover for another woman. She has returned as a vengeful Banshee (1). [B]Banshee:[/B] ? [B]Grizelda the Ghastly Gourmet, Barrow Ghast, Greater Ghast:[/B] ? [B]Ghast, Standard Ghast:[/B] ? [B]Emil Muzz, Barrow Ghast:[/B] ? [B]Krisella, Halfling Powerful Ghast:[/B] ? [B]Arnaxelda, Human Powerful Ghast:[/B] ? [B]Nasty Ghast:[/B] ? [B]Minos, Minotaur Ghast:[/B] ? [B]Sir Guy de O'veargne, Ghost, Spirit:[/B] ? [B]Ghost:[/B] ? [B]Sir Wildrif, Ghost:[/B] ? [B]Ghoul:[/B] ? [B]Green-Skinned Ghoul:[/B] ? [B]Parnel, Ghoul:[/B] ? [B]Ravenous Ghoul:[/B] ? [B]Ascyet Vie Yannarg, Keeper of the Tablet, Lich:[/B] Foreseeing the treachery of his sons Orcus and Set, Nergal commanded Yannarg to hide The Tablet within a series of secret vaults, where his sons’ followers could not reach it. Nergal promised him that through The Tablet he would wield great power, and so he, and several other dark priests, were entombed to guard The Tablet for eternity. When Yannarg closed his eyes for the last time, he reopened them as a lich and became The Keeper of the Tablet. In life, The Keeper was known by the name Ascyet (Az-say-et) Vie Yannarg. Yannarg was a powerful necromancer and cleric of Nergal. Yannarg received The Tablet from Nergal himself and was charged with burying the relic deep in Barrowmaze. Upon his death, The Tablet elevated him to lichdom and he has devoted himself to its protection. [B]Lich:[/B] The Tablet [of Chaos] both consumes the possessor’s life essence and imbues it with negative energy over time. Upon death, The Tablet elevates its possessor to lichdom, thus always ensuring a Keeper of the Tablet. [B]Mummy, Standard Mummy:[/B] ? [B]The Green Mummy, Unique Barrow Mummy, Mummified Horror:[/B] ? [B]Wretched Mummy:[/B] ? [B]Powerful Mummy of Zuul:[/B] ? [B]High Priest Zvin Lorktho, Powerful Mummy Lord:[/B] ? [B]Sacred Mummified Cat:[/B] ? [B]Shadow:[/B] ? [B]Skeleton, Mundane Skeleton, Normal Skeleton, Regular Skeleton:[/B] ? [B]Skeletal Horse:[/B] ? [B]Tough Sapphire Skeleton:[/B] ? [B]Yellow Glowing Skeleton:[/B] ? [B]Giant Skeletal Dragon:[/B] ? [B]Specter:[/B] Tablet of Chaos relic. [B]Terrible Specter:[/B] A terrible Specter (1) has risen here in response to The Tablet of Chaos. [B]Vengeful Specter:[/B] ? [B]Fecal Nul, Specter:[/B] This crypt is haunted by Fecal Nul, who has risen as a Specter (1). An evil man in life, Nul bartered lives as an evil slavetrader. [B]Vampire:[/B] ? [B]Bloodthirsty Vampire:[/B] ? [B]Staked Vampire:[/B] ? [B]Uthuk Amon Thar, Great and Terrible Vampire:[/B] Thar has heard the call of The Tablet and has risen as a great and terrible Vampire (1). [B]Wight, Normal Wight:[/B] Anyone reduced to zero hit points [by the Tomb of the Sacred Blade's glyphs], including hirelings, will immediately rise as a Wight. A humanoid slain by [a barrow wight's life drain] attack rises 24 hours later as a normal wight under the barrow wight’s control. [B]Terrifying Barrow Wight:[/B] ? [B]Wight in Platemail:[/B] ? [B]Rendar Serouc, Barrow Wight:[/B] ? [B]Yasuq-Jac, Terrifying Wight:[/B] ? [B]Dreaded Barrow Wight:[/B] ? [B]Fearsome Barrow Wight:[/B] ? [B]Rorteb Meerab, Powerful Barrow Wight:[/B] ? [B]Will-O-Wisp:[/B] ? [B]Wraith:[/B] Tablet of Chaos relic. [B]Bareus of Barrowcrest, Wraith:[/B] Bareus, who, sadly, has risen as a Wraith (1) in response to The Tablet of Chaos. [B]Terrible Wraith:[/B] ? [B]Fearsome Wraith:[/B] ? [B]Roeth Blackshield, Wraith:[/B] ? [B]Able Blackshield, Wraith:[/B] ? [B]Zombie, Normal Zombie, Regular Zombie, Standard Zombie:[/B] ? [B]Shuffling Zombie:[/B] ? [B]Ogre Zombie:[/B] ? [B]Lizardman Dried Husk:[/B] ? [B]Dry Animated Husk:[/B] ? [B]Spirit of the Dead:[/B] ? [B]Spirit:[/B] ? [B]Vengeful Incorporeal Spirit:[/B] ? [B]Incorporeal Spirit:[/B] ? [B]Vengeful Spirit:[/B] ? The Tablet of Chaos Sages only speculate as to the origin of The Tablet of Chaos. Some believe The Tablet was created by Nergal himself. Others suggest a supreme being—the all-father of the gods—gave a great tablet of knowledge to the pantheon of law, neutrality, and chaos. Regardless of the origin, it is known that Nergal possessed the relic for millennia. Upon learning of the coming betrayal of his sons Orcus and Set, he hid The Tablet with his most loyal followers. Nergal instructed them to seek the ancient crypts of Barrowmaze and to bury The Tablet behind many wards and traps. Nergal’s most powerful follower became a lich of great power—known as The Keeper of the Tablet—to safeguard the relic until he returned. Prime Power: 1. Nergal’s Beckoning: This power is a stronger, more powerful, mass-effect form of the spell Animate Dead. Nergal’s Beckoning animates the dead and they remain animated until destroyed. Unlike the spell Animate Dead, which limits the total number of undead created, Nergal’s Beckoning produces a mass effect. All remains within 1 mile of The Tablet of Chaos, starting with those closest in proximity and extending outward, are affected. However, the undead created by The Beckoning are not animated immediately. Rather, it is the prolonged and sustained exposure to The Tablet over time that calls the dead to rise. Major Benign Effects: 1. Wither Life: When this power is used, a beam of dark energy extends from The Tablet and automatically strikes a single target. Roll 1d20. The result is the number of Constitution points, or life essence, drained from the target. If the number exceeds the total constitution of the victim, the target will rise immediately as a (roll 1d4): Wither Life 1. Son of Gaxx 3. Barrow Wight 2. Wraith 4. Specter 2. Scarab Plague: Once per day, the possessor can cast Insect Plague at 9th level (spell save DC 20). Minor Benign Effects: 1. Animate Dead: The wielder of The Tablet can cast Animate Dead three times per day at 9th level. 2. Speak with Dead: The possessor of The Tablet can cast Speak with Dead three times per day. Major Malevolent Effects: 1. Alignment Change: The alignment of the possessor changes immediately to Chaotic Evil. 2. Keeper of the Tablet: The Tablet both consumes the possessor’s life essence and imbues it with negative energy over time. Upon death, The Tablet elevates its possessor to lichdom, thus always ensuring a Keeper of the Tablet. Minor Malevolent Effects: 1. Pollute Holy Water: All holy water within 50 feet of The Tablet of Chaos is instantly polluted. 2. Decay Vegetation: All vegetation within 30 feet of The Tablet of Chaos withers and dies. Destroying The Tablet of Chaos The Tablet is impervious to spells, physical attacks, and most magic items. The Tablet can be destroyed by sundering a powerful lawful-aligned magic item or weapon against it. Examples include the Fount of Law, the Aspergillum of Palantis, Caliburn, the Armature of Palantis, the Spear Predestined, or an item deemed appropriate by the GM. Alternate Ending: If Dhekeon is present when the PCs reach The Tablet he will exclaim, “My time has come my friends. Blessed St. Ygg has told me what I must do. Farewell.” He will then destroy The Tablet and himself by sundering his mighty Greatsword +3 on the relic. Dhekeon, his sword, and The Tablet will all be consumed in a great explosion of chaos energy. The PCs will then be teleported to #232. [/QUOTE]
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