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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8728107" data-attributes="member: 2209"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/344315/Maize-and-Monsters-5e?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Maize and Monsters (5e)</a>5eGnoll Zombie: ?Unrequited: When a teenager dies tragically, the soul may be reborn as an undead spirit approximately one year after their death.Sword Wight: ?Zombie: A humanoid slain by [a sword wight's life drain] attack rises 24 hours later as a zombie under the wight’s control, unless the humanoid is restored to life or its body is destroyed.Gnoll Zombie, Animated Gnoll Corpse, Minion, Zombie Minion: ?Conto, Unrequited, Restless Spirit, Unrequited Sibling, Malevolent Spirit, Unrequited Horror, Incorporeal Undead, Vengeful Creature, Undead Monstrosity, Incorporeal Being, Incorporeal Monster, Undead Monster, Ghostly Apparition, Sibling, Apparition, Undead Apparition, Ghostly Sibling, Ghostly Spirit: A little more than one year ago, Conto and his younger sister Chipinia spent a lazy afternoon lying in the maizefields just outside their village staring at the clouds moving across the skies.Away from their parents’ attentive gaze, the teenagers enjoyed a brief respite of freedom in the seldom visited, remote locale just beyond the outskirts of their settlement, where they indulged in smoking some tobacco and drinking pulque. Unfortunately, the youngsters were not the only ones that day who wished to go unseen and unnoticed. Two local pochtecas named Mixoch and Temilaz had spent the last several years cultivating a lucrative business relationship with Uetzopilli, a Poqoza from south of the Great Canal who smuggles psychedelic mushrooms and other hallucinogens into the village for distribution throughout the area. The wily half-elf excelled at eluding the authorities and hiding his contraband, but the shady and untrustworthy peddler also had a penchant for swindling his customers and making unnecessary enemies.During his previous visit north of the waterway separating the island, Uetzopilli had sold worthless, rotting mushrooms to the unscrupulous merchants for a handsome price. The slight proved too much for the pair to ignore after their commercial partner’s previous shortcomings and false promises had worn their patience to the bone. The duo naturally hid their displeasure and lured Uetzopilli back to their village under the pretense of partaking in another profitable deal with him. When he arrived at the rendezvous site outside their village, Mixoch and Temilaz’s handiwork awaited him. After a few minutes of idle banter and chatter, the startled Uetzopilli quickly came to the realization that something was terribly amiss as he spoke with the duo who were resting their weary arms on their uictlis. When the two men stepped forward, the half-elf suddenly found himself staring into the gaping hole they had dug in the isolated maizefield before his anticipated arrival. In his dangerous line of work, even the naïve Uetzopilli knew what came next, but an unexpected surprise awaited the three conspirators.The argument and pleas for mercy roused the two youngsters from their tenuous slumber and beckoned them to investigate the transaction further. At first, the teenagers prudently remained quiet and still. However, when the vicious Mixoch thrust his tecpatl into Uetzopilli’s abdomen and punctured his heart, the siblings simultaneously shrieked in horror. The shocked murderers momentarily stared at the children’s scared faces and instinctually realized the steps they must take to maintain their silence. The wicked pair instantly recognized Conto and Chipinia from the village, and the frightened siblings also knew the killers’ identities, marking them for death as well. The panicked 15- and 14-year-olds froze in their tracks, giving Mixoch and Temilaz ample opportunity to pounce on their tragic, innocent witnesses and quickly slay them like livestock for slaughter. The two criminals tossed their limp, lifeless bodies into the hole along with Mixoch’s broken tecpatl and frantically shoveled dirt back into the abscess as if despoiled earth could erase the stains of their sins from the land. The bloodletting lasted less than one minute, but within those 60 seconds, the devious pochtecas had sown the seeds for the terror that would later befall the village.One year later, Conto and Chipinia’s restless spirits awoke from their uneasy slumber and plunged their homeland into despair.One year after their deaths, the teenagers’ spirits were reborn as undead monstrosities known as unrequiteds.The siblings’ spirits transcended their earthly bodies and transformed into 2 unrequiteds that loiter around the grave where Mixoch and Temilaz dumped them more than one year ago alongside Uetzopilli.Chipina, Unrequited, Restless Spirit, Unrequited Sibling, Malevolent Spirit, Unrequited Horror, Incorporeal Undead, Vengeful Creature, Undead Monstrosity, Incorporeal Being, Incorporeal Monster, Undead Monster, Ghostly Apparition, Sibling, Apparition, Undead Apparition, Ghostly Sibling, Ghostly Spirit: A little more than one year ago, Conto and his younger sister Chipinia spent a lazy afternoon lying in the maizefields just outside their village staring at the clouds moving across the skies.Away from their parents’ attentive gaze, the teenagers enjoyed a brief respite of freedom in the seldom visited, remote locale just beyond the outskirts of their settlement, where they indulged in smoking some tobacco and drinking pulque. Unfortunately, the youngsters were not the only ones that day who wished to go unseen and unnoticed. Two local pochtecas named Mixoch and Temilaz had spent the last several years cultivating a lucrative business relationship with Uetzopilli, a Poqoza from south of the Great Canal who smuggles psychedelic mushrooms and other hallucinogens into the village for distribution throughout the area. The wily half-elf excelled at eluding the authorities and hiding his contraband, but the shady and untrustworthy peddler also had a penchant for swindling his customers and making unnecessary enemies.During his previous visit north of the waterway separating the island, Uetzopilli had sold worthless, rotting mushrooms to the unscrupulous merchants for a handsome price. The slight proved too much for the pair to ignore after their commercial partner’s previous shortcomings and false promises had worn their patience to the bone. The duo naturally hid their displeasure and lured Uetzopilli back to their village under the pretense of partaking in another profitable deal with him. When he arrived at the rendezvous site outside their village, Mixoch and Temilaz’s handiwork awaited him. After a few minutes of idle banter and chatter, the startled Uetzopilli quickly came to the realization that something was terribly amiss as he spoke with the duo who were resting their weary arms on their uictlis. When the two men stepped forward, the half-elf suddenly found himself staring into the gaping hole they had dug in the isolated maizefield before his anticipated arrival. In his dangerous line of work, even the naïve Uetzopilli knew what came next, but an unexpected surprise awaited the three conspirators.The argument and pleas for mercy roused the two youngsters from their tenuous slumber and beckoned them to investigate the transaction further. At first, the teenagers prudently remained quiet and still. However, when the vicious Mixoch thrust his tecpatl into Uetzopilli’s abdomen and punctured his heart, the siblings simultaneously shrieked in horror. The shocked murderers momentarily stared at the children’s scared faces and instinctually realized the steps they must take to maintain their silence. The wicked pair instantly recognized Conto and Chipinia from the village, and the frightened siblings also knew the killers’ identities, marking them for death as well. The panicked 15- and 14-year-olds froze in their tracks, giving Mixoch and Temilaz ample opportunity to pounce on their tragic, innocent witnesses and quickly slay them like livestock for slaughter. The two criminals tossed their limp, lifeless bodies into the hole along with Mixoch’s broken tecpatl and frantically shoveled dirt back into the abscess as if despoiled earth could erase the stains of their sins from the land. The bloodletting lasted less than one minute, but within those 60 seconds, the devious pochtecas had sown the seeds for the terror that would later befall the village.One year later, Conto and Chipinia’s restless spirits awoke from their uneasy slumber and plunged their homeland into despair.One year after their deaths, the teenagers’ spirits were reborn as undead monstrosities known as unrequiteds.The siblings’ spirits transcended their earthly bodies and transformed into 2 unrequiteds that loiter around the grave where Mixoch and Temilaz dumped them more than one year ago alongside Uetzopilli.Uetzopilli, Sword Wight, Reanimated Corpse, Undead Monstrosity, Withering Desiccated Corpse, Obviously Undead Abomination, Undead Horror: During his previous visit north of the waterway separating the island, Uetzopilli had sold worthless, rotting mushrooms to the unscrupulous merchants for a handsome price. The slight proved too much for the pair to ignore after their commercial partner’s previous shortcomings and false promises had worn their patience to the bone. The duo naturally hid their displeasure and lured Uetzopilli back to their village under the pretense of partaking in another profitable deal with him. When he arrived at the rendezvous site outside their village, Mixoch and Temilaz’s handiwork awaited him. After a few minutes of idle banter and chatter, the startled Uetzopilli quickly came to the realization that something was terribly amiss as he spoke with the duo who were resting their weary arms on their uictlis. When the two men stepped forward, the half-elf suddenly found himself staring into the gaping hole they had dug in the isolated maizefield before his anticipated arrival. In his dangerous line of work, even the naïve Uetzopilli knew what came next, but an unexpected surprise awaited the three conspirators.The argument and pleas for mercy roused the two youngsters from their tenuous slumber and beckoned them to investigate the transaction further. At first, the teenagers prudently remained quiet and still. However, when the vicious Mixoch thrust his tecpatl into Uetzopilli’s abdomen and punctured his heart, the siblings simultaneously shrieked in horror. The shocked murderers momentarily stared at the children’s scared faces and instinctually realized the steps they must take to maintain their silence. The wicked pair instantly recognized Conto and Chipinia from the village, and the frightened siblings also knew the killers’ identities, marking them for death as well. The panicked 15- and 14-year-olds froze in their tracks, giving Mixoch and Temilaz ample opportunity to pounce on their tragic, innocent witnesses and quickly slay them like livestock for slaughter. The two criminals tossed their limp, lifeless bodies into the hole along with Mixoch’s broken tecpatl and frantically shoveled dirt back into the abscess as if despoiled earth could erase the stains of their sins from the land. The bloodletting lasted less than one minute, but within those 60 seconds, the devious pochtecas had sown the seeds for the terror that would later befall the village.Mixoch and Temilaz’s other victim, Uetzopilli, emerged from the grave as a sword wight who makes his way to Pilhua to seek revenge against his murderers.Cihuateteo, Malevolent Spirit of a Woman Who Died in Childbirth: She made a pact with the cihuateteo, the malevolent spirits of women who died in childbirth, to give her the power to avenge his death, which she firmly believes came at the hands of another villager.Undead Spirit: ?Ghoul, Shambling Undead Monstrosity, Undead Horror: ?Undead: ?</blockquote>

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