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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8648170" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/234668/Quests-of-Doom-4-A-Little-Knowledge-5e?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Quests of Doom 4 A Little Knowledge (5e)</a></p><p>5e</p><p><strong>Crypt Thing:</strong> ? </p><p><strong>Hoar Spirit:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lantern Goat:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie Spellgorged:</strong> If this occurs, the troubled wizard calls upon his two former protégés who now serve him in death. Shortly after the library’s fall, Thanopsis transformed these unfortunate souls into 2 spellgorged zombies. </p><p><strong>Zombie Sphinx:</strong> The spiteful wizard never forgot Travvok’s betrayal. When she returned to peruse the library’s shelves after Arcady’s demise, the angry Thanopsis momentarily forgot his fear and killed the beast that had abandoned him in his darkest hour. In a deliberately ironic twist, he transformed Travvok into a sphinx zombie that guards the library today. </p><p><strong>Crypt Thing, Resident Crypt Thing, Undead Guardian:</strong> Thanopsis and a visiting priest combined forces to create the crypt thing that protects the ossuary and Thanopsis’ tomb from defilement. </p><p><strong>Skeletal Humanoid:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Creature:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Hoar Spirit, Vengeful Undead, Enraged Spirit, Monstrosity, Intelligent Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Being:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Gaunt Humanoid:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Sinister Lantern Goat, Undead Host, Hideous Creature, Evil Monster, Foul Creature, Parasitic Beast, Foul Undead Host:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Travvok, Zombie Sphinx:</strong> The spiteful wizard never forgot Travvok’s betrayal. When she returned to peruse the library’s shelves after Arcady’s demise, the angry Thanopsis momentarily forgot his fear and killed the beast that had abandoned him in his darkest hour. In a deliberately ironic twist, he transformed Travvok into a sphinx zombie that guards the library today. </p><p><strong>Undead, Undead Monster:</strong> The building’s current resident transformed some of his former colleagues into his undead servants, while swarms of voracious scarab beetles, malevolent constructs, and other monsters originally hailing from Thanopsis’ homeland also perform the bidding of their sinister master. </p><p>The Kingdom of Arcady’s human subjects never died. Instead, they retreated into a great necropolis, where they were mummified and transformed into a variety of undead monsters. </p><p><strong>Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Mindless Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie, Normal Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Human Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Orc Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Shambling Zombie:</strong> ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 8648170, member: 2209"] [URL=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/234668/Quests-of-Doom-4-A-Little-Knowledge-5e?affiliate_id=17596]Quests of Doom 4 A Little Knowledge (5e)[/URL] 5e [b]Crypt Thing:[/b] ? [b]Hoar Spirit:[/b] ? [b]Lantern Goat:[/b] ? [b]Zombie Spellgorged:[/b] If this occurs, the troubled wizard calls upon his two former protégés who now serve him in death. Shortly after the library’s fall, Thanopsis transformed these unfortunate souls into 2 spellgorged zombies. [b]Zombie Sphinx:[/b] The spiteful wizard never forgot Travvok’s betrayal. When she returned to peruse the library’s shelves after Arcady’s demise, the angry Thanopsis momentarily forgot his fear and killed the beast that had abandoned him in his darkest hour. In a deliberately ironic twist, he transformed Travvok into a sphinx zombie that guards the library today. [b]Crypt Thing, Resident Crypt Thing, Undead Guardian:[/b] Thanopsis and a visiting priest combined forces to create the crypt thing that protects the ossuary and Thanopsis’ tomb from defilement. [b]Skeletal Humanoid:[/b] ? [b]Creature:[/b] ? [b]Hoar Spirit, Vengeful Undead, Enraged Spirit, Monstrosity, Intelligent Undead:[/b] ? [b]Being:[/b] ? [b]Gaunt Humanoid:[/b] ? [b]Sinister Lantern Goat, Undead Host, Hideous Creature, Evil Monster, Foul Creature, Parasitic Beast, Foul Undead Host:[/b] ? [b]Travvok, Zombie Sphinx:[/b] The spiteful wizard never forgot Travvok’s betrayal. When she returned to peruse the library’s shelves after Arcady’s demise, the angry Thanopsis momentarily forgot his fear and killed the beast that had abandoned him in his darkest hour. In a deliberately ironic twist, he transformed Travvok into a sphinx zombie that guards the library today. [b]Undead, Undead Monster:[/b] The building’s current resident transformed some of his former colleagues into his undead servants, while swarms of voracious scarab beetles, malevolent constructs, and other monsters originally hailing from Thanopsis’ homeland also perform the bidding of their sinister master. The Kingdom of Arcady’s human subjects never died. Instead, they retreated into a great necropolis, where they were mummified and transformed into a variety of undead monsters. [b]Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Mindless Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Zombie, Normal Zombie:[/b] ? [b]Human Zombie:[/b] ? [b]Orc Zombie:[/b] ? [b]Shambling Zombie:[/b] ? [/QUOTE]
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