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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8557031" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/wb7vu3mmkftpfji/Legacy%20of%20Mana%205e%202018%20Digital%20PDF.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">Legacy of Mana</a></p><p>5e</p><p><strong>Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Haunt:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Spirit:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghastly Thing:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Horror:</strong> Not content with his vengeance, the demon raised the slain city as undead horrors, ghouls and ghosts and worse things, and bound the king between life and death to forever watch the wreckage he had caused.</p><p><strong>Ghoul:</strong> Not content with his vengeance, the demon raised the slain city as undead horrors, ghouls and ghosts and worse things, and bound the king between life and death to forever watch the wreckage he had caused.</p><p><strong>Ghost:</strong> Not content with his vengeance, the demon raised the slain city as undead horrors, ghouls and ghosts and worse things, and bound the king between life and death to forever watch the wreckage he had caused.</p><p><strong>Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ancient Naga Lich:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lost Soul:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Twisted Ghost:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Strange Creature:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Necrovitae Magus, Rotting Anti-Magic Zombie-Knight:</strong> Though the rest of the world did not know it, there was another force behind the Iltherians. Known as Trahlyle, the man who taught the first of them how to harness renik steel also helped create the foundations of the empire. With the fall of the Iltherian Empire, Trahlyle was forced to find a new path. Raging, he turned to darker powers, taking the corruption of renik blades and building a greater horror.</p><p>This was what gave rise to the Necrovitae Magus. Building upon the successes of the Iltherians, Trahlyle tried to do away with their weaknesses. Seeing the damage that ego and individuality did to the Empire, and how it sowed the seeds of their destruction, he made this next iteration even more like a force of nature.</p><p>The first members of the Necrovitae Magus were made from Iltherians, transformed into undead creatures, their bodies coursing with the anti-mana of the renik steel. It is through this anti-mana that they continue to function, not needing to eat or sleep, until they fall to pieces.</p><p>Pleased with his success, Trahlyle continued creating the Necrovitae, though, fortunately, they are slow and costly to produce.</p><p>The creation of more Necrovitae is a difficult and secretive process, and may be one of the few weaknesses to this group. Not any individual can be made into a member—they must have first been made into Iltherians. As a result, the Necrovitae will hunt down Iltherians with almost as much fervor as they hunt users of magic. They can transform these Iltherians into members of their ranks, or can utilize their renik blades to power their forces.</p><p>Their bodies are utterly without souls, their very personhood destroyed in the process of turning them into these monstrosities. One could say that they are evil, but that might be an inapt label. They are unable to think, or to truly reason. Their bodies continue to function much like they did during life, able to use things like stairs, and operate well in combat. This is not from the development of new skills, but rather through the vague memories of how they did things during life.</p><p><strong>Undead Illtherian Knight:</strong> ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 8557031, member: 2209"] [URL=https://www.dropbox.com/s/wb7vu3mmkftpfji/Legacy%20of%20Mana%205e%202018%20Digital%20PDF.pdf?dl=0]Legacy of Mana[/URL] 5e [b]Undead:[/b] ? [b]Haunt:[/b] ? [b]Spirit:[/b] ? [b]Ghastly Thing:[/b] ? [b]Undead Horror:[/b] Not content with his vengeance, the demon raised the slain city as undead horrors, ghouls and ghosts and worse things, and bound the king between life and death to forever watch the wreckage he had caused. [b]Ghoul:[/b] Not content with his vengeance, the demon raised the slain city as undead horrors, ghouls and ghosts and worse things, and bound the king between life and death to forever watch the wreckage he had caused. [b]Ghost:[/b] Not content with his vengeance, the demon raised the slain city as undead horrors, ghouls and ghosts and worse things, and bound the king between life and death to forever watch the wreckage he had caused. [b]Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Ancient Naga Lich:[/b] ? [b]Lost Soul:[/b] ? [b]Twisted Ghost:[/b] ? [b]Strange Creature:[/b] ? [b]Necrovitae Magus, Rotting Anti-Magic Zombie-Knight:[/b] Though the rest of the world did not know it, there was another force behind the Iltherians. Known as Trahlyle, the man who taught the first of them how to harness renik steel also helped create the foundations of the empire. With the fall of the Iltherian Empire, Trahlyle was forced to find a new path. Raging, he turned to darker powers, taking the corruption of renik blades and building a greater horror. This was what gave rise to the Necrovitae Magus. Building upon the successes of the Iltherians, Trahlyle tried to do away with their weaknesses. Seeing the damage that ego and individuality did to the Empire, and how it sowed the seeds of their destruction, he made this next iteration even more like a force of nature. The first members of the Necrovitae Magus were made from Iltherians, transformed into undead creatures, their bodies coursing with the anti-mana of the renik steel. It is through this anti-mana that they continue to function, not needing to eat or sleep, until they fall to pieces. Pleased with his success, Trahlyle continued creating the Necrovitae, though, fortunately, they are slow and costly to produce. The creation of more Necrovitae is a difficult and secretive process, and may be one of the few weaknesses to this group. Not any individual can be made into a member—they must have first been made into Iltherians. As a result, the Necrovitae will hunt down Iltherians with almost as much fervor as they hunt users of magic. They can transform these Iltherians into members of their ranks, or can utilize their renik blades to power their forces. Their bodies are utterly without souls, their very personhood destroyed in the process of turning them into these monstrosities. One could say that they are evil, but that might be an inapt label. They are unable to think, or to truly reason. Their bodies continue to function much like they did during life, able to use things like stairs, and operate well in combat. This is not from the development of new skills, but rather through the vague memories of how they did things during life. [b]Undead Illtherian Knight:[/b] ? [/QUOTE]
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