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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8609572" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/205000/Nerzugals-Extended-Bestiary?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Nerzugal's Extended Bestiary</a></p><p>5e</p><p><strong>Glacial Raptor:</strong> As if raptors were not dangerous enough, this incarnation of the already deadly creatures are risen from the dead after being frozen in ice for ages.</p><p>It was never intended for these raptors to be awakened, they just happened to have their remains buried beneath the snow and ice where a necromancer was raising his army of the dead. These life-giving magics seeped down through the frozen soil, into the ice, and animated these half-decayed dinosaurs.</p><p><strong>Overgrowth Ghoul:</strong> Sometimes when a corpse is reanimated, it is so infested with plantlife that the two form a symbiotic relationship as a means to better survive. Its appearance is similar to that of a zombie, as it is still a body that is being risen from the dead, but it has vines and leaves twisting around its body.</p><p>The plant symbiosis can be forced upon the arisen rather than naturally occurring. If a wood wraith claims a life, plants will swarm around it and take hold. When the corpse reanimates in this scenario it is because the plants are controlling its movements and not because it has been given life again.</p><p>Sometimes in order to deal with an evil spirit, it will be trapped inside of an object to serve as a prison. When the object chosen as the target of this imprisonment is a tree, a particularly powerful spirit can exert influence upon it. Over time the tree will decay, rot, and mold into a new form. It slowly changes to appear more and more humanoid in nature until finally the spirit has worn the plant down enough that it can take control and a woodwraith is formed. While the spirit is still trapped, it can channel its corruption through the tree and even raise the dead as overgrowth ghouls.</p><p>Whenever a non-evil humanoid dies within 60 feet of the [wood]wraith, their body rises as an Overgrowth Ghoul under the wraith’s control 1d4 rounds later.</p><p><strong>Woodwraith, Wood Wraith:</strong> Sometimes in order to deal with an evil spirit, it will be trapped inside of an object to serve as a prison. When the object chosen as the target of this imprisonment is a tree, a particularly powerful spirit can exert influence upon it. Over time the tree will decay, rot, and mold into a new form. It slowly changes to appear more and more humanoid in nature until finally the spirit has worn the plant down enough that it can take control and a woodwraith is formed. While the spirit is still trapped, it can channel its corruption through the tree and even raise the dead as overgrowth ghouls.</p><p>It often takes years for the spirit to be able to animate their prison and during that time they are left to fester with hate and thoughts of revenge.</p><p><strong>Zoblin, Ordinary Zoblin, Zombified Goblin:</strong> Zoblins are simply zombified goblins.</p><p><strong>Decaying Zoblin:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Horde of Zoblins:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zoblin Boss:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Feral Zombie:</strong> Some resurrections are also not perfect, forming mad creatures such as the feral Zombie.</p><p><strong>Zombie Warrior:</strong> Some were stronger than others and that strength persists even into death in the form of the zombie warrior.</p><p><strong>Incarnation of Already Deadly Creature:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Half-Decayed Dinosaur:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Creature:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Traditional Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Small Undead Creature:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Unnatural Manifestation:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghoul Follower:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skeletal Warrior:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Will-o'-Wisp:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie, Ordinary Zombie, Walking Dead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie Creature:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Shambling Entity:</strong> ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 8609572, member: 2209"] [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/205000/Nerzugals-Extended-Bestiary?affiliate_id=17596']Nerzugal's Extended Bestiary[/URL] 5e [B]Glacial Raptor:[/B] As if raptors were not dangerous enough, this incarnation of the already deadly creatures are risen from the dead after being frozen in ice for ages. It was never intended for these raptors to be awakened, they just happened to have their remains buried beneath the snow and ice where a necromancer was raising his army of the dead. These life-giving magics seeped down through the frozen soil, into the ice, and animated these half-decayed dinosaurs. [B]Overgrowth Ghoul:[/B] Sometimes when a corpse is reanimated, it is so infested with plantlife that the two form a symbiotic relationship as a means to better survive. Its appearance is similar to that of a zombie, as it is still a body that is being risen from the dead, but it has vines and leaves twisting around its body. The plant symbiosis can be forced upon the arisen rather than naturally occurring. If a wood wraith claims a life, plants will swarm around it and take hold. When the corpse reanimates in this scenario it is because the plants are controlling its movements and not because it has been given life again. Sometimes in order to deal with an evil spirit, it will be trapped inside of an object to serve as a prison. When the object chosen as the target of this imprisonment is a tree, a particularly powerful spirit can exert influence upon it. Over time the tree will decay, rot, and mold into a new form. It slowly changes to appear more and more humanoid in nature until finally the spirit has worn the plant down enough that it can take control and a woodwraith is formed. While the spirit is still trapped, it can channel its corruption through the tree and even raise the dead as overgrowth ghouls. Whenever a non-evil humanoid dies within 60 feet of the [wood]wraith, their body rises as an Overgrowth Ghoul under the wraith’s control 1d4 rounds later. [B]Woodwraith, Wood Wraith:[/B] Sometimes in order to deal with an evil spirit, it will be trapped inside of an object to serve as a prison. When the object chosen as the target of this imprisonment is a tree, a particularly powerful spirit can exert influence upon it. Over time the tree will decay, rot, and mold into a new form. It slowly changes to appear more and more humanoid in nature until finally the spirit has worn the plant down enough that it can take control and a woodwraith is formed. While the spirit is still trapped, it can channel its corruption through the tree and even raise the dead as overgrowth ghouls. It often takes years for the spirit to be able to animate their prison and during that time they are left to fester with hate and thoughts of revenge. [B]Zoblin, Ordinary Zoblin, Zombified Goblin:[/B] Zoblins are simply zombified goblins. [B]Decaying Zoblin:[/B] ? [B]Horde of Zoblins:[/B] ? [B]Zoblin Boss:[/B] ? [B]Feral Zombie:[/B] Some resurrections are also not perfect, forming mad creatures such as the feral Zombie. [B]Zombie Warrior:[/B] Some were stronger than others and that strength persists even into death in the form of the zombie warrior. [B]Incarnation of Already Deadly Creature:[/B] ? [B]Half-Decayed Dinosaur:[/B] ? [B]Creature:[/B] ? [B]Traditional Undead:[/B] ? [B]Small Undead Creature:[/B] ? [B]Unnatural Manifestation:[/B] ? [B]Ghoul Follower:[/B] ? [B]Skeletal Warrior:[/B] ? [B]Will-o'-Wisp:[/B] ? [B]Zombie, Ordinary Zombie, Walking Dead:[/B] ? [B]Zombie Creature:[/B] ? [B]Shambling Entity:[/B] ? [/QUOTE]
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