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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8731701" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/278090/Tales-of-the-Old-Margreve-for-5th-Edition?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Tales of the Old Margreve for 5th Edition</a></p><p>5e</p><p><strong>Wraith Bear:</strong> Bear spirits are believed to be the spirits of ancestral warriors and guardians that take on the form of a bear to aid their descendants. Necromancers and dark shamans know magic that twists the mind of these spirits, causing them to feel anger and malice toward the family they once protected. </p><p><strong>Corrupted Spirit:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Bear Spirit:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Black Spectral Form of an Enormous Bear With Burning Red Eyes:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Forest Haunter:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead, Undead Creature:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Intelligent Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Ally:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Traveller:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Prince Lucan, King Lucan:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Emperor Nicoforus:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Prince:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Infected Intelligent Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Mindless Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Briar Man, Vampire Briar Man:</strong> Each of these rooms is used to harvest blood to create briar men and is important in a ritual that keeps the Palace of Briars hidden from would-be interlopers. </p><p>Unless stopped, Catchweed forges a new kingdom that soon clashes with the other powers of the forest. He eventually perfects his method for creating spawn, and a new breed of vampire briar men become the enforcers of his regime. </p><p><strong>Catchweed, King of Thorns, Adventurous Child of the Briar, Cunning Opponent:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Dame Valanora, Vampire, Unwilling Ally:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Karayan, Deathwisp:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Darakhul:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghost Knight:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghoulish Ghost Knight of Doresh:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghost Knight of Doresh:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghost Knight of Doresh, Ghoulish Warrior:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Mounted Warrior:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Captain Thoulos, Iron Ghoul:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lieutenant Hass, Imperial Ghoul:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lieutenant Bordchak, Darakhul Ghoul:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Junior Ghost Knight:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lich Hound, Flying Skeletal Dog, Skeletal Creature, Flying Skeletal Hound:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Mavka:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Myling:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Rusalka:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Elena, Rusalka:</strong> Once, there was a werewolf named Dmitri who loved a village girl named Elena. Knowing Elena’s family would never accept his curse, Dmitri met Elena as a woodcutter and concealed his true nature. They fell in love, continuing to meet secretly in the woods until Dmitri could “find the right moment” to talk to Elena’s family. </p><p>A jealous vodyanoi watched their trysts from the river and coveted the beautiful girl. After learning the werewolf ’s secret, the creature kidnapped Elena, drowned her, and turned her into its rusalka wife. Despite the werewolf ’s pleas, the vodyanoi refused to release the girl’s spirit. </p><p>“A cruel and jealous vodyanoi drowned my Elena, and now it wants to keep her as its rusalka bride.” </p><p><strong>Avigna, Rusalka:</strong> Many years ago, the Kariv girl Avigna sang sweet songs to a zmey for many days—and helped herself to some coins from the dragon’s hoard, which caused the creature to become enraged and pursue her. Although Avigna’s kinfolk hid the girl from the dragon for weeks, her beloved nonetheless denounced Avigna as cursed, and the distraught girl eventually threw herself into the Rushfens. Days later she rose as a rusalka. </p><p><strong>Wolf Spirit Form:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Banshee:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Stross Shadow Fey Half-Breed Ghost:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghost:</strong> Or perhaps the veil to the Astral Plane thins here, and unbidden dreams carry folk to its timeless expanse. This last conjecture would also explain the numerous sightings of ghosts, as spirits of loved ones pass through the Astral Plane on their way to the afterlife. </p><p><strong>Ghost of Bent-Backed Man:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Weeping Ghost:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghoul:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Hungry Ghoul:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Escaped Ghoul Soldier:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghoul Soldier:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Mummified Sage:</strong> Covered in lichen and gripped by ivy, the Crumbling Tomb rests in the eternal darkness of the forest canopy. Behind its mithral-barred doors lies a mummified sage, guarded by a pair of sorcerous assassin vines. A unicorn is the only recurring visitor. Shadow fey legends say that when the time comes, the corpse will gain unlife and take sides in a pivotal conflict in the Old Margreve. </p><p><strong>Shadow:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Vampire:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Elder Vampire:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Veiled Stag, Fallen Alseid Vampire:</strong> Tale-spinners claim it is a fallen alseid, one who has succumbed to the curse of vampirism. </p><p><strong>Vampire Lord:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Starving Vampire Spawn:</strong> They are newly created and most can’t remember how they got this way (they were abducted by the King of Thorns’ minions and spawned by Valanora). </p><p><strong>Vampire Prince:</strong> ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 8731701, member: 2209"] [URL=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/278090/Tales-of-the-Old-Margreve-for-5th-Edition?affiliate_id=17596]Tales of the Old Margreve for 5th Edition[/URL] 5e [b]Wraith Bear:[/b] Bear spirits are believed to be the spirits of ancestral warriors and guardians that take on the form of a bear to aid their descendants. Necromancers and dark shamans know magic that twists the mind of these spirits, causing them to feel anger and malice toward the family they once protected. [b]Corrupted Spirit:[/b] ? [b]Bear Spirit:[/b] ? [b]Black Spectral Form of an Enormous Bear With Burning Red Eyes:[/b] ? [b]Forest Haunter:[/b] ? [b]Undead, Undead Creature:[/b] ? [b]Intelligent Undead:[/b] ? [b]Undead Ally:[/b] ? [b]Undead Traveller:[/b] ? [b]Prince Lucan, King Lucan:[/b] ? [b]Emperor Nicoforus:[/b] ? [b]Undead Prince:[/b] ? [b]Infected Intelligent Undead:[/b] ? [b]Mindless Undead:[/b] ? [b]Briar Man, Vampire Briar Man:[/b] Each of these rooms is used to harvest blood to create briar men and is important in a ritual that keeps the Palace of Briars hidden from would-be interlopers. Unless stopped, Catchweed forges a new kingdom that soon clashes with the other powers of the forest. He eventually perfects his method for creating spawn, and a new breed of vampire briar men become the enforcers of his regime. [b]Catchweed, King of Thorns, Adventurous Child of the Briar, Cunning Opponent:[/b] ? [b]Dame Valanora, Vampire, Unwilling Ally:[/b] ? [b]Karayan, Deathwisp:[/b] ? [b]Darakhul:[/b] ? [b]Ghost Knight:[/b] ? [b]Ghoulish Ghost Knight of Doresh:[/b] ? [b]Ghost Knight of Doresh:[/b] ? [b]Ghost Knight of Doresh, Ghoulish Warrior:[/b] ? [b]Mounted Warrior:[/b] ? [b]Captain Thoulos, Iron Ghoul:[/b] ? [b]Lieutenant Hass, Imperial Ghoul:[/b] ? [b]Lieutenant Bordchak, Darakhul Ghoul:[/b] ? [b]Junior Ghost Knight:[/b] ? [b]Lich Hound, Flying Skeletal Dog, Skeletal Creature, Flying Skeletal Hound:[/b] ? [b]Mavka:[/b] ? [b]Myling:[/b] ? [b]Rusalka:[/b] ? [b]Elena, Rusalka:[/b] Once, there was a werewolf named Dmitri who loved a village girl named Elena. Knowing Elena’s family would never accept his curse, Dmitri met Elena as a woodcutter and concealed his true nature. They fell in love, continuing to meet secretly in the woods until Dmitri could “find the right moment” to talk to Elena’s family. A jealous vodyanoi watched their trysts from the river and coveted the beautiful girl. After learning the werewolf ’s secret, the creature kidnapped Elena, drowned her, and turned her into its rusalka wife. Despite the werewolf ’s pleas, the vodyanoi refused to release the girl’s spirit. “A cruel and jealous vodyanoi drowned my Elena, and now it wants to keep her as its rusalka bride.” [b]Avigna, Rusalka:[/b] Many years ago, the Kariv girl Avigna sang sweet songs to a zmey for many days—and helped herself to some coins from the dragon’s hoard, which caused the creature to become enraged and pursue her. Although Avigna’s kinfolk hid the girl from the dragon for weeks, her beloved nonetheless denounced Avigna as cursed, and the distraught girl eventually threw herself into the Rushfens. Days later she rose as a rusalka. [b]Wolf Spirit Form:[/b] ? [b]Banshee:[/b] ? [b]Stross Shadow Fey Half-Breed Ghost:[/b] ? [b]Ghost:[/b] Or perhaps the veil to the Astral Plane thins here, and unbidden dreams carry folk to its timeless expanse. This last conjecture would also explain the numerous sightings of ghosts, as spirits of loved ones pass through the Astral Plane on their way to the afterlife. [b]Ghost of Bent-Backed Man:[/b] ? [b]Weeping Ghost:[/b] ? [b]Ghoul:[/b] ? [b]Hungry Ghoul:[/b] ? [b]Escaped Ghoul Soldier:[/b] ? [b]Ghoul Soldier:[/b] ? [b]Mummified Sage:[/b] Covered in lichen and gripped by ivy, the Crumbling Tomb rests in the eternal darkness of the forest canopy. Behind its mithral-barred doors lies a mummified sage, guarded by a pair of sorcerous assassin vines. A unicorn is the only recurring visitor. Shadow fey legends say that when the time comes, the corpse will gain unlife and take sides in a pivotal conflict in the Old Margreve. [b]Shadow:[/b] ? [b]Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Vampire:[/b] ? [b]Elder Vampire:[/b] ? [b]Veiled Stag, Fallen Alseid Vampire:[/b] Tale-spinners claim it is a fallen alseid, one who has succumbed to the curse of vampirism. [b]Vampire Lord:[/b] ? [b]Starving Vampire Spawn:[/b] They are newly created and most can’t remember how they got this way (they were abducted by the King of Thorns’ minions and spawned by Valanora). [b]Vampire Prince:[/b] ? [/QUOTE]
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