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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9037138" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/216406/The-Complete-Cities-of-Sorcery-Campaigns?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">The Complete Cities of Sorcery Campaigns</a></p><p>5e</p><p><strong>Son of Valus:</strong> It will serve the crypt thing that created it, attempting to destroy anyone who makes it past the crypt thing’s teleportation magic.</p><p><strong>Son of Valus, Warrior, Martial Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead:</strong> Very recently a crypt thing has come into possession of Crypt 48 and is utilizing it to create undead for some unforeseen reason.</p><p><strong>Eperius Regault, Greater Undead, Revenant Body:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Trio, Figure Large, Greater Undead:</strong> These are the undead trio, an unfortunate wizard, his bodyguard, and his flesh golem that fell victim to his own failed summoning long ago. The spell turned them into undead and deposited them in this ancient chamber where they stay as though convinced that one day they will be sent back.</p><p><strong>Undead Trio, Figure Robed in Black, Greater Undead:</strong> These are the undead trio, an unfortunate wizard, his bodyguard, and his flesh golem that fell victim to his own failed summoning long ago. The spell turned them into undead and deposited them in this ancient chamber where they stay as though convinced that one day they will be sent back.</p><p><strong>Undead Trio, Figure Woman-Like With Armor and Blade, Greater Undead:</strong> These are the undead trio, an unfortunate wizard, his bodyguard, and his flesh golem that fell victim to his own failed summoning long ago. The spell turned them into undead and deposited them in this ancient chamber where they stay as though convinced that one day they will be sent back.</p><p><strong>Taux:</strong> Many of those dwelling in Taux insist that the city itself is alive, or if not alive, then perhaps at the very least undead. That way of thinking is correct on many levels, as although the city itself has no true soul, there are nearly two-hundred thousand trapped souls in its stone walls and structures. As each soul is tortured in its captivity, most are mad, and if given the opportunity through magic or other means, will attempt to kill those who now prosper in what they see as their tomb.</p><p><strong>Crypt Thing:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Crypt Thing, Seated Figure in Heavy Robes and a Skull Face:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghast:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghast, Figure:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghost:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghost of a Former High Priest:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Tortured Virgin Ghost:</strong> The room is populated by the souls of sacrificed young women, and they will attack any living thing entering the chamber, first the male members of the party, and once they are dead, the females.</p><p><strong>Aman-Utep, Mummy Lord, Mummy, Insane Mummy, Tall Lean Man:</strong> It was during these lean and sallow years, as Tefnut’s power waned, that a treasure hunting priest named Aman-Utep, servant of the jackal god Set, learned of the existence of the temple and made his way through the destruction to its doors. Charismatic and mysterious, he ingratiated his way into the remaining priestess hierarchy until finally making a play for the temple itself. His attempt failed and he was killed, but his mummified body was still entombed within the temple and the unending hate of his malice toward the priestesses festered in his afterlife. So great was his anger that a sickness spread from it among the remaining priestesses, each in turn falling to the power until the temple became a crypt and the darkness of Aman-Utep collected evil creatures around his incarcerated body. </p><p>Eventually, the creatures of darkness freed the man, now mummy, who called them and he stalked the temple, desecrating the artifacts and destroying what he could. Madness was his companion, and although his hate remained, his mind had been taken long ago in his burial preparations by the priestesses, so he was forever broken.</p><p><strong>Mummy Priestess:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Mummy Priestess, Fallen Priestess Mummy of Tefnut, Mummy Priestess of Tefnut, Slender Mummy:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Shadow:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Enhanced Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Enhanced Skeleton, Animated Skeleton, Guard, Humanoid Figure:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skeleton:</strong> Crypt things never leave their crypt, and if a full twenty-four hours passes between attempts to destroy the crypt thing, it will create another 2d6 skeletons to help defend it, these being kept in Room 8 after the first encounter.</p><p><strong>Skeleton, Fully Animated Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Greater Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Greater Skeleton, Greater Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Fresh Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Fresh Zombie, Freshly Animated Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Walking Corpse, Standard Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p></p><p>1e</p><p><strong>Son of Valus:</strong> It will serve the crypt thing that created it, attempting to destroy anyone who makes it past the crypt thing’s teleportation magic.</p><p><strong>Son of Valus, Warrior, Martial Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead:</strong> Very recently a crypt thing has come into possession of Crypt 48 and is utilizing it to create undead for some unforeseen reason.</p><p><strong>Eperius Regault, Greater Undead, Revenant Body:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Trio, Figure Large, Greater Undead:</strong> These are the undead trio, an unfortunate wizard, his bodyguard, and his flesh golem that fell victim to his own failed summoning long ago. The spell turned them into undead and deposited them in this ancient chamber where they stay as though convinced that one day they will be sent back.</p><p><strong>Undead Trio, Figure Robed in Black, Greater Undead:</strong> These are the undead trio, an unfortunate wizard, his bodyguard, and his flesh golem that fell victim to his own failed summoning long ago. The spell turned them into undead and deposited them in this ancient chamber where they stay as though convinced that one day they will be sent back.</p><p><strong>Undead Trio, Figure Woman-Like With Armor and Blade, Greater Undead:</strong> These are the undead trio, an unfortunate wizard, his bodyguard, and his flesh golem that fell victim to his own failed summoning long ago. The spell turned them into undead and deposited them in this ancient chamber where they stay as though convinced that one day they will be sent back.</p><p><strong>Taux:</strong> Many of those dwelling in Taux insist that the city itself is alive, or if not alive, then perhaps at the very least undead. That way of thinking is correct on many levels, as although the city itself has no true soul, there are nearly two-hundred thousand trapped souls in its stone walls and structures. As each soul is tortured in its captivity, most are mad, and if given the opportunity through magic or other means, will attempt to kill those who now prosper in what they see as their tomb.</p><p><strong>Crypt Thing:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Crypt Thing, Seated Figure in Heavy Robes and a Skull Face:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghast:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghast, Figure:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghost:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghost of a Former High Priest:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Tortured Virgin Ghost:</strong> The room is populated by the souls of sacrificed young women, and they will attack any living thing entering the chamber, first the male members of the party, and once they are dead, the females.</p><p><strong>Aman-Utep, Mummy Lord, Mummy, Insane Mummy, Tall Lean Man:</strong> It was during these lean and sallow years, as Tefnut’s power waned, that a treasure hunting priest named Aman-Utep, servant of the jackal god Set, learned of the existence of the temple and made his way through the destruction to its doors. Charismatic and mysterious, he ingratiated his way into the remaining priestess hierarchy until finally making a play for the temple itself. His attempt failed and he was killed, but his mummified body was still entombed within the temple and the unending hate of his malice toward the priestesses festered in his afterlife. So great was his anger that a sickness spread from it among the remaining priestesses, each in turn falling to the power until the temple became a crypt and the darkness of Aman-Utep collected evil creatures around his incarcerated body. </p><p>Eventually, the creatures of darkness freed the man, now mummy, who called them and he stalked the temple, desecrating the artifacts and destroying what he could. Madness was his companion, and although his hate remained, his mind had been taken long ago in his burial preparations by the priestesses, so he was forever broken.</p><p><strong>Mummy Priestess:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Mummy Priestess, Fallen Priestess Mummy of Tefnut, Mummy Priestess of Tefnut, Slender Mummy:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Shadow:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Enhanced Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Enhanced Skeleton, Animated Skeleton, Guard, Humanoid Figure:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skeleton:</strong> Crypt things never leave their crypt, and if a full twenty-four hours passes between attempts to destroy the crypt thing, it will create another 2d6 skeletons to help defend it, these being kept in Room 8 after the first encounter.</p><p><strong>Skeleton, Fully Animated Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Greater Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Greater Skeleton, Greater Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Fresh Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Fresh Zombie, Freshly Animated Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Walking Corpse, Standard Zombie:</strong> ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 9037138, member: 2209"] [URL=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/216406/The-Complete-Cities-of-Sorcery-Campaigns?affiliate_id=17596]The Complete Cities of Sorcery Campaigns[/URL] 5e [b]Son of Valus:[/b] It will serve the crypt thing that created it, attempting to destroy anyone who makes it past the crypt thing’s teleportation magic. [b]Son of Valus, Warrior, Martial Undead:[/b] ? [b]Undead:[/b] Very recently a crypt thing has come into possession of Crypt 48 and is utilizing it to create undead for some unforeseen reason. [b]Eperius Regault, Greater Undead, Revenant Body:[/b] ? [b]Undead Trio, Figure Large, Greater Undead:[/b] These are the undead trio, an unfortunate wizard, his bodyguard, and his flesh golem that fell victim to his own failed summoning long ago. The spell turned them into undead and deposited them in this ancient chamber where they stay as though convinced that one day they will be sent back. [b]Undead Trio, Figure Robed in Black, Greater Undead:[/b] These are the undead trio, an unfortunate wizard, his bodyguard, and his flesh golem that fell victim to his own failed summoning long ago. The spell turned them into undead and deposited them in this ancient chamber where they stay as though convinced that one day they will be sent back. [b]Undead Trio, Figure Woman-Like With Armor and Blade, Greater Undead:[/b] These are the undead trio, an unfortunate wizard, his bodyguard, and his flesh golem that fell victim to his own failed summoning long ago. The spell turned them into undead and deposited them in this ancient chamber where they stay as though convinced that one day they will be sent back. [b]Taux:[/b] Many of those dwelling in Taux insist that the city itself is alive, or if not alive, then perhaps at the very least undead. That way of thinking is correct on many levels, as although the city itself has no true soul, there are nearly two-hundred thousand trapped souls in its stone walls and structures. As each soul is tortured in its captivity, most are mad, and if given the opportunity through magic or other means, will attempt to kill those who now prosper in what they see as their tomb. [b]Crypt Thing:[/b] ? [b]Crypt Thing, Seated Figure in Heavy Robes and a Skull Face:[/b] ? [b]Ghast:[/b] ? [b]Ghast, Figure:[/b] ? [b]Ghost:[/b] ? [b]Ghost of a Former High Priest:[/b] ? [b]Tortured Virgin Ghost:[/b] The room is populated by the souls of sacrificed young women, and they will attack any living thing entering the chamber, first the male members of the party, and once they are dead, the females. [b]Aman-Utep, Mummy Lord, Mummy, Insane Mummy, Tall Lean Man:[/b] It was during these lean and sallow years, as Tefnut’s power waned, that a treasure hunting priest named Aman-Utep, servant of the jackal god Set, learned of the existence of the temple and made his way through the destruction to its doors. Charismatic and mysterious, he ingratiated his way into the remaining priestess hierarchy until finally making a play for the temple itself. His attempt failed and he was killed, but his mummified body was still entombed within the temple and the unending hate of his malice toward the priestesses festered in his afterlife. So great was his anger that a sickness spread from it among the remaining priestesses, each in turn falling to the power until the temple became a crypt and the darkness of Aman-Utep collected evil creatures around his incarcerated body. Eventually, the creatures of darkness freed the man, now mummy, who called them and he stalked the temple, desecrating the artifacts and destroying what he could. Madness was his companion, and although his hate remained, his mind had been taken long ago in his burial preparations by the priestesses, so he was forever broken. [b]Mummy Priestess:[/b] ? [b]Mummy Priestess, Fallen Priestess Mummy of Tefnut, Mummy Priestess of Tefnut, Slender Mummy:[/b] ? [b]Shadow:[/b] ? [b]Enhanced Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Enhanced Skeleton, Animated Skeleton, Guard, Humanoid Figure:[/b] ? [b]Skeleton:[/b] Crypt things never leave their crypt, and if a full twenty-four hours passes between attempts to destroy the crypt thing, it will create another 2d6 skeletons to help defend it, these being kept in Room 8 after the first encounter. [b]Skeleton, Fully Animated Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Greater Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Greater Skeleton, Greater Undead:[/b] ? [b]Fresh Zombie:[/b] ? [b]Fresh Zombie, Freshly Animated Zombie:[/b] ? [b]Walking Corpse, Standard Zombie:[/b] ? 1e [b]Son of Valus:[/b] It will serve the crypt thing that created it, attempting to destroy anyone who makes it past the crypt thing’s teleportation magic. [b]Son of Valus, Warrior, Martial Undead:[/b] ? [b]Undead:[/b] Very recently a crypt thing has come into possession of Crypt 48 and is utilizing it to create undead for some unforeseen reason. [b]Eperius Regault, Greater Undead, Revenant Body:[/b] ? [b]Undead Trio, Figure Large, Greater Undead:[/b] These are the undead trio, an unfortunate wizard, his bodyguard, and his flesh golem that fell victim to his own failed summoning long ago. The spell turned them into undead and deposited them in this ancient chamber where they stay as though convinced that one day they will be sent back. [b]Undead Trio, Figure Robed in Black, Greater Undead:[/b] These are the undead trio, an unfortunate wizard, his bodyguard, and his flesh golem that fell victim to his own failed summoning long ago. The spell turned them into undead and deposited them in this ancient chamber where they stay as though convinced that one day they will be sent back. [b]Undead Trio, Figure Woman-Like With Armor and Blade, Greater Undead:[/b] These are the undead trio, an unfortunate wizard, his bodyguard, and his flesh golem that fell victim to his own failed summoning long ago. The spell turned them into undead and deposited them in this ancient chamber where they stay as though convinced that one day they will be sent back. [b]Taux:[/b] Many of those dwelling in Taux insist that the city itself is alive, or if not alive, then perhaps at the very least undead. That way of thinking is correct on many levels, as although the city itself has no true soul, there are nearly two-hundred thousand trapped souls in its stone walls and structures. As each soul is tortured in its captivity, most are mad, and if given the opportunity through magic or other means, will attempt to kill those who now prosper in what they see as their tomb. [b]Crypt Thing:[/b] ? [b]Crypt Thing, Seated Figure in Heavy Robes and a Skull Face:[/b] ? [b]Ghast:[/b] ? [b]Ghast, Figure:[/b] ? [b]Ghost:[/b] ? [b]Ghost of a Former High Priest:[/b] ? [b]Tortured Virgin Ghost:[/b] The room is populated by the souls of sacrificed young women, and they will attack any living thing entering the chamber, first the male members of the party, and once they are dead, the females. [b]Aman-Utep, Mummy Lord, Mummy, Insane Mummy, Tall Lean Man:[/b] It was during these lean and sallow years, as Tefnut’s power waned, that a treasure hunting priest named Aman-Utep, servant of the jackal god Set, learned of the existence of the temple and made his way through the destruction to its doors. Charismatic and mysterious, he ingratiated his way into the remaining priestess hierarchy until finally making a play for the temple itself. His attempt failed and he was killed, but his mummified body was still entombed within the temple and the unending hate of his malice toward the priestesses festered in his afterlife. So great was his anger that a sickness spread from it among the remaining priestesses, each in turn falling to the power until the temple became a crypt and the darkness of Aman-Utep collected evil creatures around his incarcerated body. Eventually, the creatures of darkness freed the man, now mummy, who called them and he stalked the temple, desecrating the artifacts and destroying what he could. Madness was his companion, and although his hate remained, his mind had been taken long ago in his burial preparations by the priestesses, so he was forever broken. [b]Mummy Priestess:[/b] ? [b]Mummy Priestess, Fallen Priestess Mummy of Tefnut, Mummy Priestess of Tefnut, Slender Mummy:[/b] ? [b]Shadow:[/b] ? [b]Enhanced Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Enhanced Skeleton, Animated Skeleton, Guard, Humanoid Figure:[/b] ? [b]Skeleton:[/b] Crypt things never leave their crypt, and if a full twenty-four hours passes between attempts to destroy the crypt thing, it will create another 2d6 skeletons to help defend it, these being kept in Room 8 after the first encounter. [b]Skeleton, Fully Animated Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Greater Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Greater Skeleton, Greater Undead:[/b] ? [b]Fresh Zombie:[/b] ? [b]Fresh Zombie, Freshly Animated Zombie:[/b] ? [b]Walking Corpse, Standard Zombie:[/b] ? [/QUOTE]
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