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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8557925" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/185500/Legacys-Wake?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Legacy's Wake</a></p><p>5e</p><p><strong>343, Guilty Shade, Somewhat Transparent and Somehow Particularly Gloomy Shade, Spirit:</strong> Raised from death to help operate the Undead Library, this spirit has been a cog in the machine for so long it no longer has an identity. It took its first name from the bookshelf it was responsible for, and added the surname after it was corrupted by Henrik Latal.</p><p><strong>Ghost Bloodstained Spirit:</strong> The warped magics of the island have trapped the sailors here as undead apparitions. The power of the warped magic is so strong that the undead appear completely human. They physically interact as normal, and can appear exactly like normal humanoids.</p><p><strong>Ghost Bloodstained Spirit Captain:</strong> This particular bloodstained spirit was the captain of the vessel before it smashed into the reef.</p><p><strong>Centaur Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Corrupted Skol Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Corrupted Skol Zombie:</strong> Loran is responsible for the theft of the skol eggs and the death of their guardians (as well as the butchering of their bodies to recover certain glands necessary to hatch the eggs). He has raised, killed, and re-raised several undead skol as personal servants.</p><p><strong>Crophius, Head Librarian:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Curator, Specter:</strong> A specter raised to be part of the undead library, this undead is usually charged with organizing and reshelving volumes, as well as attending to other minor tasks.</p><p><strong>Drukar, Vampire Priest of the Low God:</strong> Long ago, this devotee of the high god was seduced by the low to give up his temple, but was not completely successful. He is trapped in a curse of undeath, unable to die until he is accepted and forgiven by either high or low, but both gods seem unrelenting in their disappointment.</p><p>Back in Kia’s time, the leader of this temple became seduced to the service of the low god, and converted the cavern underneath it to the worship of the low god. After Kia wrenched the location of the Throne from him, he was punished by the low god for his failure. He was cursed with vampirism and bound body and soul to the cavern under the temple, and has gone mad with hunger and rage.</p><p><strong>Filthcaster Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Hall Monitor, Specter:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Hoardburster Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Mummy Necromancer:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Necrosis Ant:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Oathbreaker Zombie:</strong> This zombie was a paladin in its prior life that broke one or more of its sacred vows.</p><p><strong>Ravenous Hoard:</strong> This horde is a huge swarm of zombies and skeletons crawling all over each other.</p><p><strong>Rotted Treant, Rotting Treant:</strong> The trees were once noble treant guardians gifted to the library by the elven mage lords of the distant lands. Now time, neglect, and necrotic energy have turned them into rotten undead versions of their former noble selves.</p><p><strong>Screeching Shade:</strong> Screeching shades are what you’d get if a shadow and a banshee had a very loud, very sad baby.</p><p><strong>Skolkeg Abomination:</strong> This abomination is the result of Loran Fell’s experimentation with giant ants and skol corpses. It is effectively the nightmare version of a skol/ant centaur.</p><p><strong>Spellblight Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Thin Shade:</strong> These shades are much weaker versions of their more standard kin. There is something of a debate in necromantic circles as to whether all shades in time become thin shades or all thin shades eventually become full shades. As you’d expect necromancer parties are pretty dull.</p><p><strong>Full Shade:</strong> These shades are much weaker versions of their more standard kin. There is something of a debate in necromantic circles as to whether all shades in time become thin shades or all thin shades eventually become full shades. As you’d expect necromancer parties are pretty dull.</p><p><strong>Undead Horde:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skeleton Archer:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie Shock Trooper:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead:</strong> Nearest the city is Bodyhold, also called the Raising Grounds, where the dead of Skyfall are brought and raised to serve the city’s defense.</p><p>Death for a citizen of Skyfall is no release from obligation. The Necromancers have rights to the bodies of anyone who dies in the city. They reanimate the bodies to serve in a vast undead army, the frontline defense for any threat and the first to attack when Skyfall presses for war.</p><p><strong>Damaged But Still Lethal Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Abomination:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Skol:</strong> [Loran Fel] has raised, killed, and re-raised several undead skol as personal servants.</p><p><strong>Undead Minion:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Rotten Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Mindless Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Unruly Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Guardian:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Apparition:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Intelligent Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Horrifying Abomination:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Animate Rotting Tree:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Banshee:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Bulbous Monstrosity:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Deadwall:</strong> While each Hold is unique, they all share certain similarities. Chief amongst these are the Deadwalls, the outer edges of the Holds built using damaged but still lethal undead.</p><p><strong>Ghast:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghoul:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Mutated Ant:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Mummy:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Mummy Lord:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Shadow:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Blood-Spattered Shade:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Bound Shade:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Benign Spirit:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Guardian Spirit:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Incorporeal Spirit:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Kia Kren, Spirit, Ghostly Figment, Ghostly Outline, Specter:</strong> ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 8557925, member: 2209"] [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/185500/Legacys-Wake?affiliate_id=17596']Legacy's Wake[/URL] 5e [B]343, Guilty Shade, Somewhat Transparent and Somehow Particularly Gloomy Shade, Spirit:[/B] Raised from death to help operate the Undead Library, this spirit has been a cog in the machine for so long it no longer has an identity. It took its first name from the bookshelf it was responsible for, and added the surname after it was corrupted by Henrik Latal. [B]Ghost Bloodstained Spirit:[/B] The warped magics of the island have trapped the sailors here as undead apparitions. The power of the warped magic is so strong that the undead appear completely human. They physically interact as normal, and can appear exactly like normal humanoids. [B]Ghost Bloodstained Spirit Captain:[/B] This particular bloodstained spirit was the captain of the vessel before it smashed into the reef. [B]Centaur Skeleton:[/B] ? [B]Corrupted Skol Skeleton:[/B] ? [B]Corrupted Skol Zombie:[/B] Loran is responsible for the theft of the skol eggs and the death of their guardians (as well as the butchering of their bodies to recover certain glands necessary to hatch the eggs). He has raised, killed, and re-raised several undead skol as personal servants. [B]Crophius, Head Librarian:[/B] ? [B]Curator, Specter:[/B] A specter raised to be part of the undead library, this undead is usually charged with organizing and reshelving volumes, as well as attending to other minor tasks. [B]Drukar, Vampire Priest of the Low God:[/B] Long ago, this devotee of the high god was seduced by the low to give up his temple, but was not completely successful. He is trapped in a curse of undeath, unable to die until he is accepted and forgiven by either high or low, but both gods seem unrelenting in their disappointment. Back in Kia’s time, the leader of this temple became seduced to the service of the low god, and converted the cavern underneath it to the worship of the low god. After Kia wrenched the location of the Throne from him, he was punished by the low god for his failure. He was cursed with vampirism and bound body and soul to the cavern under the temple, and has gone mad with hunger and rage. [B]Filthcaster Zombie:[/B] ? [B]Hall Monitor, Specter:[/B] ? [B]Hoardburster Zombie:[/B] ? [B]Mummy Necromancer:[/B] ? [B]Necrosis Ant:[/B] ? [B]Oathbreaker Zombie:[/B] This zombie was a paladin in its prior life that broke one or more of its sacred vows. [B]Ravenous Hoard:[/B] This horde is a huge swarm of zombies and skeletons crawling all over each other. [B]Rotted Treant, Rotting Treant:[/B] The trees were once noble treant guardians gifted to the library by the elven mage lords of the distant lands. Now time, neglect, and necrotic energy have turned them into rotten undead versions of their former noble selves. [B]Screeching Shade:[/B] Screeching shades are what you’d get if a shadow and a banshee had a very loud, very sad baby. [B]Skolkeg Abomination:[/B] This abomination is the result of Loran Fell’s experimentation with giant ants and skol corpses. It is effectively the nightmare version of a skol/ant centaur. [B]Spellblight Zombie:[/B] ? [B]Thin Shade:[/B] These shades are much weaker versions of their more standard kin. There is something of a debate in necromantic circles as to whether all shades in time become thin shades or all thin shades eventually become full shades. As you’d expect necromancer parties are pretty dull. [B]Full Shade:[/B] These shades are much weaker versions of their more standard kin. There is something of a debate in necromantic circles as to whether all shades in time become thin shades or all thin shades eventually become full shades. As you’d expect necromancer parties are pretty dull. [B]Undead Horde:[/B] ? [B]Skeleton Archer:[/B] ? [B]Zombie Shock Trooper:[/B] ? [B]Undead:[/B] Nearest the city is Bodyhold, also called the Raising Grounds, where the dead of Skyfall are brought and raised to serve the city’s defense. Death for a citizen of Skyfall is no release from obligation. The Necromancers have rights to the bodies of anyone who dies in the city. They reanimate the bodies to serve in a vast undead army, the frontline defense for any threat and the first to attack when Skyfall presses for war. [B]Damaged But Still Lethal Undead:[/B] ? [B]Undead Abomination:[/B] ? [B]Undead Skol:[/B] [Loran Fel] has raised, killed, and re-raised several undead skol as personal servants. [B]Undead Minion:[/B] ? [B]Rotten Undead:[/B] ? [B]Mindless Undead:[/B] ? [B]Unruly Undead:[/B] ? [B]Undead Guardian:[/B] ? [B]Undead Apparition:[/B] ? [B]Intelligent Undead:[/B] ? [B]Horrifying Abomination:[/B] ? [B]Animate Rotting Tree:[/B] ? [B]Banshee:[/B] ? [B]Bulbous Monstrosity:[/B] ? [B]Deadwall:[/B] While each Hold is unique, they all share certain similarities. Chief amongst these are the Deadwalls, the outer edges of the Holds built using damaged but still lethal undead. [B]Ghast:[/B] ? [B]Ghoul:[/B] ? [B]Mutated Ant:[/B] ? [B]Mummy:[/B] ? [B]Mummy Lord:[/B] ? [B]Shadow:[/B] ? [B]Blood-Spattered Shade:[/B] ? [B]Bound Shade:[/B] ? [B]Skeleton:[/B] ? [B]Benign Spirit:[/B] ? [B]Guardian Spirit:[/B] ? [B]Incorporeal Spirit:[/B] ? [B]Zombie:[/B] ? [B]Kia Kren, Spirit, Ghostly Figment, Ghostly Outline, Specter:[/B] ? [/QUOTE]
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