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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8573682" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="https://www.greyhawkgrognard.com/2020/03/13/magic-items-of-the-flanaess-for-5e/" target="_blank">Magic Items of the Flanaess</a></p><p>5e </p><p><strong>Undead, Undead Creature:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Specter:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Vampire:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghost:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Einherjar, Spectral Einheriar, Spirit Warrior:</strong> Black Sails of the Schnai magic item.</p><p><strong>Undead Warrior:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Special Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Bladestar, Alair Daraan:</strong> Bladestar is made sentient by the haunting of its former owner, the assassin Alair Daraan.</p><p><strong>Noncorporeal Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Crew:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Servitor:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Shadow:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Wraith:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Walking Corpse:</strong> Necklace of Vengeance magic item.</p><p><strong>Corporeal Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Dragon:</strong> ?</p><p></p><p>BLACK SAILS OF THE SCHNAI</p><p>Wondrous item, very rare</p><p>These religious artifacts are in fact powerful magical items, unique to the Snow Barbarian priests. Used only on funeral ships of great Schnai heroes, a small square of the sail is retained before the ship is sent into the sea and burned. Once the body has been sent to the afterlife in this way, the soul of the deceased is linked to the remnant of the sail, and can be called upon by burning the remaining fragment of the sail. These undead warriors are called einherjar, and are detailed below. Many Schnai villages will have up to ten such sails that they can use to summon einherjar protectors. They will obey the orders of the one who burned the sail for up to 1 week or until they are slain, after which time they will leave the material plane forever.</p><p></p><p>NECKLACE OF VENGEANCE</p><p>Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement)</p><p>This enchanted piece of jewelry appears as a rusted and worthless bit of chain. It is cursed, and cannot be removed once worn as a necklace, save by use of the spell remove curse. Ironically, the wizard who first crafted it died a peaceful death, and thus did not engage its powers.</p><p>If you die while wearing the necklace, your corpse will rise from the dead nine days later as a walking corpse, and your singular mission will be to slay those who were responsible for your death. You will ignore anyone and anything that is not directly involved with that mission, except if they attempt to interfere with you. In that case, you will fight to remove such interference, but once it is removed, you will return to your original mission. Once you have slain the creature that slew you, there is a 50% chance you will continue your campaign for revenge, in the following order:</p><p>1. Your slayer’s companions at the time you were killed</p><p>2. Your slayer’s companions at the time you killed your slayer</p><p>3. Whomever killed your slayer before you did, thus depriving you of your vengeance </p><p>While walking the earth in search of vengeance, your corpse cannot be turned and regenerates all but fire damage, but still shows signs of decay. Only immolation will destroy the corpse. 15 days after rising from the dead, your spirit departs your body, even if your mission of vengeance has not yet been completed. Your body will collapse where it stands, and you can never be raised, resurrected, or reincarnated after that point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 8573682, member: 2209"] [URL=https://www.greyhawkgrognard.com/2020/03/13/magic-items-of-the-flanaess-for-5e/]Magic Items of the Flanaess[/URL] 5e [b]Undead, Undead Creature:[/b] ? [b]Specter:[/b] ? [b]Vampire:[/b] ? [b]Ghost:[/b] ? [b]Einherjar, Spectral Einheriar, Spirit Warrior:[/b] Black Sails of the Schnai magic item. [b]Undead Warrior:[/b] ? [b]Special Undead:[/b] ? [b]Bladestar, Alair Daraan:[/b] Bladestar is made sentient by the haunting of its former owner, the assassin Alair Daraan. [b]Noncorporeal Undead:[/b] ? [b]Undead Crew:[/b] ? [b]Undead Servitor:[/b] ? [b]Shadow:[/b] ? [b]Wraith:[/b] ? [b]Walking Corpse:[/b] Necklace of Vengeance magic item. [b]Corporeal Undead:[/b] ? [b]Undead Dragon:[/b] ? BLACK SAILS OF THE SCHNAI Wondrous item, very rare These religious artifacts are in fact powerful magical items, unique to the Snow Barbarian priests. Used only on funeral ships of great Schnai heroes, a small square of the sail is retained before the ship is sent into the sea and burned. Once the body has been sent to the afterlife in this way, the soul of the deceased is linked to the remnant of the sail, and can be called upon by burning the remaining fragment of the sail. These undead warriors are called einherjar, and are detailed below. Many Schnai villages will have up to ten such sails that they can use to summon einherjar protectors. They will obey the orders of the one who burned the sail for up to 1 week or until they are slain, after which time they will leave the material plane forever. NECKLACE OF VENGEANCE Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement) This enchanted piece of jewelry appears as a rusted and worthless bit of chain. It is cursed, and cannot be removed once worn as a necklace, save by use of the spell remove curse. Ironically, the wizard who first crafted it died a peaceful death, and thus did not engage its powers. If you die while wearing the necklace, your corpse will rise from the dead nine days later as a walking corpse, and your singular mission will be to slay those who were responsible for your death. You will ignore anyone and anything that is not directly involved with that mission, except if they attempt to interfere with you. In that case, you will fight to remove such interference, but once it is removed, you will return to your original mission. Once you have slain the creature that slew you, there is a 50% chance you will continue your campaign for revenge, in the following order: 1. Your slayer’s companions at the time you were killed 2. Your slayer’s companions at the time you killed your slayer 3. Whomever killed your slayer before you did, thus depriving you of your vengeance While walking the earth in search of vengeance, your corpse cannot be turned and regenerates all but fire damage, but still shows signs of decay. Only immolation will destroy the corpse. 15 days after rising from the dead, your spirit departs your body, even if your mission of vengeance has not yet been completed. Your body will collapse where it stands, and you can never be raised, resurrected, or reincarnated after that point. [/QUOTE]
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