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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8766175" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="https://www.froggodgames.com/product/the-blight-gm-guide/" target="_blank">The Blight: GM Guide</a></p><p>5e</p><p><strong>Necrocraft:</strong> A necrocraft is a medley of undead body parts and corpses grafted together with dark magic to create a single animated undead creature with abilities based on its component pieces and the surgical and necromantic talents of its creator. </p><p><strong>Alchymic-Unliving:</strong> Those who wish to live forever sometimes take this dark path through use of the proprietary means available with the elixir of life†. Those who take this draught by choice hope to join the alchymic-undying†; those who fail in this endeavour are cursed to become the alchymic-unliving†. Those who are forced to take the elixir by cruel masters or terms of indenture almost invariably end up among the alchymic-unliving. </p><p>The alchymic-unliving are creatures tainted by the curse of undeath through exposure to elixir of life. Those who partake in the forbidden fruits of such alchymic experimentation face a dismal future. </p><p>Any living creature can be transformed into an alchymic-unliving creature that is exposed to elixir of life.</p><p><strong>Algernon Alphonse Leptonia:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Beltane, Vampire-God:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Vampire Spawn:</strong> A humanoid slain in this way [by Beltane's bite attack] and then buried in the ground rises the following night as a vampire spawn under the Beltane’s control. </p><p>A humanoid slain in this way [by a diseased vampire's bite] and then buried in the ground rises the following night as a vampire spawn under the vampire’s control. </p><p><strong>Bileborn:</strong> The bileborn is an undead creature born of alchemical and necromantic experimentation. Its purpose and the identity of its creator are unknown, but the mistakes of this master have long since been paid for, as the original bileborn ultimately escaped and slew its creator, incorporating his body among the rest. </p><p>A bileborn seeks to increase its mass by absorbing creatures into its body. This does not increase the creature’s size or change it in any fundamental way, but the crowd of body parts grows denser at its center. Then at some indeterminate point, the creature reproduces by fission. The fused conglomeration of rotten body parts splits down the middle, forming two bileborns of equal size and power. </p><p><strong>The Child of Folly:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Ooze:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Coffer Corpse:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Diseased Vampire:</strong> Virtually no diseases affect the undead, but as with everything in the City of Castorhage, diseases can take unusual forms and abnormal virulence. The Nosferiadra is a magical curse rather than a disease, but it has a physical presence, a drifting cloud that winds its way through the blight along streets and into shadows, down gutters and over rooftops. It is neither extensive nor particularly contagious, but the vampire Hemlock has been unlucky enough to be infected by its influence. </p><p><strong>Diseased Vampire, Lord Hemlock:</strong> Virtually no diseases affect the undead, but as with everything in the City of Castorhage, diseases can take unusual forms and abnormal virulence. The Nosferiadra is a magical curse rather than a disease, but it has a physical presence, a drifting cloud that winds its way through the blight along streets and into shadows, down gutters and over rooftops. It is neither extensive nor particularly contagious, but the vampire Hemlock has been unlucky enough to be infected by its influence. </p><p><strong>Diseased Vampire, Wither:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghoul Pig:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Pig:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Mocking Gull, Twisted, Bloated, Between-Touched Undead Stirge:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Sprat, Wererat Ghoul:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>The Thing That Was Once Rachel Birch:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Threnody, Between Vampire:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Between Vampire:</strong> Between vampires do not have the ability to create spawn, but Threnody is one of the rare examples of her kind that can create a new generation of Between vampires. Every century or so, she becomes obsessed with reproduction. No act of procreation is required for such an event to occur and conclude. When it occurs, she grows to Large size as she bloats with a host of young, and her hunger to feed becomes almost a madness. She requires living hosts into which her young are birthed and prefers them to be sentient creatures of the mundane world. When birthed, the young occupy a large cyst in their host’s body where they feed for 1d3 days until they grow rudimentary wings 1d3 days later. At that point, they finish feeding upon the host and burrow out to make their escape, maturing to become full-grown Between vampires in a matter of weeks. When they first emerge from the host they are virtually helpless (AC 10, hit points 2, fly 10 ft.), but after that they begin to grow and transform into a fully-grown Blight vampire at within 2d12 days and develop the natural abilities of their kind during this time. </p><p><strong>Blight Vampire:</strong> Between vampires do not have the ability to create spawn, but Threnody is one of the rare examples of her kind that can create a new generation of Between vampires. Every century or so, she becomes obsessed with reproduction. No act of procreation is required for such an event to occur and conclude. When it occurs, she grows to Large size as she bloats with a host of young, and her hunger to feed becomes almost a madness. She requires living hosts into which her young are birthed and prefers them to be sentient creatures of the mundane world. When birthed, the young occupy a large cyst in their host’s body where they feed for 1d3 days until they grow rudimentary wings 1d3 days later. At that point, they finish feeding upon the host and burrow out to make their escape, maturing to become full-grown Between vampires in a matter of weeks. When they first emerge from the host they are virtually helpless (AC 10, hit points 2, fly 10 ft.), but after that they begin to grow and transform into a fully-grown Blight vampire at within 2d12 days and develop the natural abilities of their kind during this time. </p><p><strong>Ghoul Wolf:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie Horse:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Servitor:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lesser Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Featherless Crow:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Blood-Drinking Undead Beast:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Horse:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Object:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Animated Insect:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Unliving Stole:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Moth:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie, Lesser Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Land of Long Night, Undead Spirit:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Seagull:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Animated Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghost:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghoul:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lacedon:</strong> [T]he undead remains of sailors who have lived and died here.</p><p><strong>Lich:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Number Six, Human Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Animated Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Naiadic Between Spectre:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Etumo, Vampire:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Vampire:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Perdition, Dread Queen of UnBirth, Ancient Vampire:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>The Brackish King, Between Vampire:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lesser Blight Vampire:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Crimson Death:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Vampiric Mist:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Princess Lilly, Blight Vampire:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Human Vampire:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Will-o'-Wisp:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie:</strong> The [alchymic-unliving] creature must make a successful DC 15 Wisdom saving throw every 30 days or its Intelligence is permanently reduced by 1. If its Intelligence declines to 3, it transforms into a zombie. </p><p>A humanoid slain by [The Thing That Was Once Rachel Birch’s bite] attack rises 24 hours later as a zombie under The Thing That Was Once Rachel Birch’s control, unless the humanoid is restored to life or its body is destroyed. </p><p><strong>Zombie Labourer:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Brine Zombie:</strong> ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 8766175, member: 2209"] [URL=https://www.froggodgames.com/product/the-blight-gm-guide/]The Blight: GM Guide[/URL] 5e [b]Necrocraft:[/b] A necrocraft is a medley of undead body parts and corpses grafted together with dark magic to create a single animated undead creature with abilities based on its component pieces and the surgical and necromantic talents of its creator. [b]Alchymic-Unliving:[/b] Those who wish to live forever sometimes take this dark path through use of the proprietary means available with the elixir of life†. Those who take this draught by choice hope to join the alchymic-undying†; those who fail in this endeavour are cursed to become the alchymic-unliving†. Those who are forced to take the elixir by cruel masters or terms of indenture almost invariably end up among the alchymic-unliving. The alchymic-unliving are creatures tainted by the curse of undeath through exposure to elixir of life. Those who partake in the forbidden fruits of such alchymic experimentation face a dismal future. Any living creature can be transformed into an alchymic-unliving creature that is exposed to elixir of life. [b]Algernon Alphonse Leptonia:[/b] ? [b]Beltane, Vampire-God:[/b] ? [b]Vampire Spawn:[/b] A humanoid slain in this way [by Beltane's bite attack] and then buried in the ground rises the following night as a vampire spawn under the Beltane’s control. A humanoid slain in this way [by a diseased vampire's bite] and then buried in the ground rises the following night as a vampire spawn under the vampire’s control. [b]Bileborn:[/b] The bileborn is an undead creature born of alchemical and necromantic experimentation. Its purpose and the identity of its creator are unknown, but the mistakes of this master have long since been paid for, as the original bileborn ultimately escaped and slew its creator, incorporating his body among the rest. A bileborn seeks to increase its mass by absorbing creatures into its body. This does not increase the creature’s size or change it in any fundamental way, but the crowd of body parts grows denser at its center. Then at some indeterminate point, the creature reproduces by fission. The fused conglomeration of rotten body parts splits down the middle, forming two bileborns of equal size and power. [b]The Child of Folly:[/b] ? [b]Undead Ooze:[/b] ? [b]Coffer Corpse:[/b] ? [b]Diseased Vampire:[/b] Virtually no diseases affect the undead, but as with everything in the City of Castorhage, diseases can take unusual forms and abnormal virulence. The Nosferiadra is a magical curse rather than a disease, but it has a physical presence, a drifting cloud that winds its way through the blight along streets and into shadows, down gutters and over rooftops. It is neither extensive nor particularly contagious, but the vampire Hemlock has been unlucky enough to be infected by its influence. [b]Diseased Vampire, Lord Hemlock:[/b] Virtually no diseases affect the undead, but as with everything in the City of Castorhage, diseases can take unusual forms and abnormal virulence. The Nosferiadra is a magical curse rather than a disease, but it has a physical presence, a drifting cloud that winds its way through the blight along streets and into shadows, down gutters and over rooftops. It is neither extensive nor particularly contagious, but the vampire Hemlock has been unlucky enough to be infected by its influence. [b]Diseased Vampire, Wither:[/b] ? [b]Ghoul Pig:[/b] ? [b]Undead Pig:[/b] ? [b]Mocking Gull, Twisted, Bloated, Between-Touched Undead Stirge:[/b] ? [b]Sprat, Wererat Ghoul:[/b] ? [b]The Thing That Was Once Rachel Birch:[/b] ? [b]Threnody, Between Vampire:[/b] ? [b]Between Vampire:[/b] Between vampires do not have the ability to create spawn, but Threnody is one of the rare examples of her kind that can create a new generation of Between vampires. Every century or so, she becomes obsessed with reproduction. No act of procreation is required for such an event to occur and conclude. When it occurs, she grows to Large size as she bloats with a host of young, and her hunger to feed becomes almost a madness. She requires living hosts into which her young are birthed and prefers them to be sentient creatures of the mundane world. When birthed, the young occupy a large cyst in their host’s body where they feed for 1d3 days until they grow rudimentary wings 1d3 days later. At that point, they finish feeding upon the host and burrow out to make their escape, maturing to become full-grown Between vampires in a matter of weeks. When they first emerge from the host they are virtually helpless (AC 10, hit points 2, fly 10 ft.), but after that they begin to grow and transform into a fully-grown Blight vampire at within 2d12 days and develop the natural abilities of their kind during this time. [b]Blight Vampire:[/b] Between vampires do not have the ability to create spawn, but Threnody is one of the rare examples of her kind that can create a new generation of Between vampires. Every century or so, she becomes obsessed with reproduction. No act of procreation is required for such an event to occur and conclude. When it occurs, she grows to Large size as she bloats with a host of young, and her hunger to feed becomes almost a madness. She requires living hosts into which her young are birthed and prefers them to be sentient creatures of the mundane world. When birthed, the young occupy a large cyst in their host’s body where they feed for 1d3 days until they grow rudimentary wings 1d3 days later. At that point, they finish feeding upon the host and burrow out to make their escape, maturing to become full-grown Between vampires in a matter of weeks. When they first emerge from the host they are virtually helpless (AC 10, hit points 2, fly 10 ft.), but after that they begin to grow and transform into a fully-grown Blight vampire at within 2d12 days and develop the natural abilities of their kind during this time. [b]Ghoul Wolf:[/b] ? [b]Zombie Horse:[/b] ? [b]Undead:[/b] ? [b]Undead Servitor:[/b] ? [b]Lesser Undead:[/b] ? [b]Undead Featherless Crow:[/b] ? [b]Blood-Drinking Undead Beast:[/b] ? [b]Undead Horse:[/b] ? [b]Undead Object:[/b] ? [b]Animated Insect:[/b] ? [b]Unliving Stole:[/b] ? [b]Undead Moth:[/b] ? [b]Zombie, Lesser Undead:[/b] ? [b]Land of Long Night, Undead Spirit:[/b] ? [b]Undead Seagull:[/b] ? [b]Animated Undead:[/b] ? [b]Ghost:[/b] ? [b]Ghoul:[/b] ? [b]Lacedon:[/b] [T]he undead remains of sailors who have lived and died here. [b]Lich:[/b] ? [b]Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Number Six, Human Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Animated Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Naiadic Between Spectre:[/b] ? [b]Etumo, Vampire:[/b] ? [b]Vampire:[/b] ? [b]Perdition, Dread Queen of UnBirth, Ancient Vampire:[/b] ? [b]The Brackish King, Between Vampire:[/b] ? [b]Lesser Blight Vampire:[/b] ? [b]Crimson Death:[/b] ? [b]Vampiric Mist:[/b] ? [b]Princess Lilly, Blight Vampire:[/b] ? [b]Human Vampire:[/b] ? [b]Will-o'-Wisp:[/b] ? [b]Zombie:[/b] The [alchymic-unliving] creature must make a successful DC 15 Wisdom saving throw every 30 days or its Intelligence is permanently reduced by 1. If its Intelligence declines to 3, it transforms into a zombie. A humanoid slain by [The Thing That Was Once Rachel Birch’s bite] attack rises 24 hours later as a zombie under The Thing That Was Once Rachel Birch’s control, unless the humanoid is restored to life or its body is destroyed. [b]Zombie Labourer:[/b] ? [b]Brine Zombie:[/b] ? [/QUOTE]
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