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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8536136" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/266600/Askis-World-Primer?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Askis World Primer</a></p><p>5e</p><p><strong>Undead. The Dead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Slavering Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Foul Undead Mage:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Vined Skeletal Monstrosity, Undead Servant:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Mindless Recruit of the Silent Knights, Member of the Ministerium Immorte:</strong> Knowing the dangers that could result from the Taenarius Tunnels but aware that removing them would be impossible, the Celestial Heroes sought a way to maintain the danger they could not destroy and tried a wide variety of means. Legions of soldiers sacrificed their lives in the entombing darkness, automata returned to the surface as crazed killers, and in time only one solution presented itself. So it is that for the denizens of Askis, there is service even in death: the Minesterium Inmorte.</p><p>It is not at all widely known but virtually everyone donates their corpse to public service when they finally pass away. Most funeral rites involve incineration of the body but even those who choose not to be cremated are ultimately recruited, the corpse taken away to The Ministry after the final viewings and bereavement have passed (ostensibly in the interests of the public health). Once there the Quibus Pythonicus prepare the remains with holy oils and salves to ensure the smell of decay does not emanate and then raise it to patrol the world’s waters and subterranean passageways. Before being sent into the field a mindless recruit of the Silent Knights is encased in sacred armor that completely covers their body, leaving nothing to see but the intense glare of their undead gaze.</p><p><strong>Saint Argyripus, The Breathless Saint, Bereaving Ghost:</strong> After the philosopher scientist released a maddening gas to spread all over Regredior, the brave Argyrippus ignored the warnings of the Golden Redeemers and ventured out into the mind-altering mist. He heaved and spat before drew in a breath so deep that the the city-wide fog withdrew from the streets and into his lungs! The dwarf died for his efforts and his bereaving ghost sometimes haunts the night in Regredior to recant his death, but the citizens of the city shall ne’er forget his noble sacrifice and without fail they have honored him thrice a year since.</p><p><strong>Vicefroth, Ghost, Spirit:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Neracito, Ghost:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lich:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lich-Queen:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ulnayr, Lich:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Vampire:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Vampiric Warmaster:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Living Dead:</strong> ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 8536136, member: 2209"] [URL=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/266600/Askis-World-Primer?affiliate_id=17596]Askis World Primer[/URL] 5e [b]Undead. The Dead:[/b] ? [b]Slavering Undead:[/b] ? [b]Foul Undead Mage:[/b] ? [b]Vined Skeletal Monstrosity, Undead Servant:[/b] ? [b]Mindless Recruit of the Silent Knights, Member of the Ministerium Immorte:[/b] Knowing the dangers that could result from the Taenarius Tunnels but aware that removing them would be impossible, the Celestial Heroes sought a way to maintain the danger they could not destroy and tried a wide variety of means. Legions of soldiers sacrificed their lives in the entombing darkness, automata returned to the surface as crazed killers, and in time only one solution presented itself. So it is that for the denizens of Askis, there is service even in death: the Minesterium Inmorte. It is not at all widely known but virtually everyone donates their corpse to public service when they finally pass away. Most funeral rites involve incineration of the body but even those who choose not to be cremated are ultimately recruited, the corpse taken away to The Ministry after the final viewings and bereavement have passed (ostensibly in the interests of the public health). Once there the Quibus Pythonicus prepare the remains with holy oils and salves to ensure the smell of decay does not emanate and then raise it to patrol the world’s waters and subterranean passageways. Before being sent into the field a mindless recruit of the Silent Knights is encased in sacred armor that completely covers their body, leaving nothing to see but the intense glare of their undead gaze. [b]Saint Argyripus, The Breathless Saint, Bereaving Ghost:[/b] After the philosopher scientist released a maddening gas to spread all over Regredior, the brave Argyrippus ignored the warnings of the Golden Redeemers and ventured out into the mind-altering mist. He heaved and spat before drew in a breath so deep that the the city-wide fog withdrew from the streets and into his lungs! The dwarf died for his efforts and his bereaving ghost sometimes haunts the night in Regredior to recant his death, but the citizens of the city shall ne’er forget his noble sacrifice and without fail they have honored him thrice a year since. [b]Vicefroth, Ghost, Spirit:[/b] ? [b]Neracito, Ghost:[/b] ? [b]Lich:[/b] ? [b]Lich-Queen:[/b] ? [b]Ulnayr, Lich:[/b] ? [b]Vampire:[/b] ? [b]Vampiric Warmaster:[/b] ? [b]Living Dead:[/b] ? [/QUOTE]
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