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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9042981" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/336411/Tome-of-Beasts-2-Lairs-for-5th-Edition?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Tome of Beasts 2 Lairs for 5th Edition</a></p><p>5e</p><p><strong>Sgavaldyr:</strong> Perhaps Sgavaldyr rises as an undead creature in response to his tomb being violated or the forgotten goddess of poison begins reasserting her power.</p><p><strong>Sylvia Tanner, Servant of the Unsated God:</strong> Osdek Tanner’s wife, Sylvia, lurks in this chamber. Sylvia was once the high priestess of the cultists. When the fleshspurned rose from the dead and attacked the cultists, Sylvia fled but was attacked while running up the stairs out of the basement. She fell back down the stairs where she broke her neck. Shortly thereafter, Hriggala used its foul magic to reanimate her as a servant of the Unsated God. </p><p><strong>Sister Sorakan, Hantu Penanggal, Elderly Human Woman:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Sister Sorakan, Ghost:</strong> A ghost resides here, the last remnant of Sister Sorakan as a mortal. She lurks beneath the boughs of the weeping willow tree at the pond’s edge. The terrible fate that befell her has unhinged her mind, and the ghost can’t communicate in any rational manner. If the PCs ask about her death or what brought her to this state, she attempts to pantomime the hantu penanggal by tearing her head from her shoulders, raising it high in the air, and pointing up the path to the temple. </p><p><strong>Ghoul Bat:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Servant of the Unsated God:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Web Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Overshadow:</strong> Twenty years ago, the dwarves started a mining operation and colony, called Thyrdun, on the outer reaches of their domain. A few years later, the tailings dam accidentally ruptured, filling the mine with water and mud and causing collapses that trapped those who survived the flooding. The remaining colonists eventually ran out of air, dying a slow death in the darkness of the mine’s depths. This tragic mass death spawned an overshadow, a terrible undead abomination formed of the fearful, hopeless souls who perished in the accident. </p><p>The overshadow, lurks here where it was spawned from the terrible deaths of the original colonists. </p><p>The sudden mass deaths of Brildwyn’s companions spawned an overshadow that still resides here. </p><p><strong>Flayed Wraith:</strong> A cult of Hriggala based in the slums of a large city captured, tortured, and consumed various people for months. Their murder spree was abruptly ended when one of their victims returned as a powerful undead creature. Hriggala, amused at the turn of events, raised the fallen cultists as undead. </p><p>The cult’s murder spree might have continued indefinitely had their actions not caused the last of their victims to return as a powerful undead that proceeded to slaughter the cultists when they returned to the building after their last ceremony. This strange turn of events pleased Hriggala greatly, and the demon lord used its power to transform the slain cultists within the manor into even more undead horrors. </p><p>Two of the cultists managed to flee as far as the entrance hall before they were cornered and killed by the creature they had inadvertently created (see Area 12). Their bodies were later animated as flayed wraiths (Tome of Beasts 2, p. 151) by Hriggala, and they now hide amid the greatcoats and cloaks in this chamber. </p><p><strong>Fleshspurned:</strong> A cult of Hriggala based in the slums of a large city captured, tortured, and consumed various people for months. Their murder spree was abruptly ended when one of their victims returned as a powerful undead creature.</p><p>The cult’s murder spree might have continued indefinitely had their actions not caused the last of their victims to return as a powerful undead that proceeded to slaughter the cultists when they returned to the building after their last ceremony. </p><p>The fleshspurned was inadvertently created by the cultists when a mercenary was lured into the manor by Sylvia and drugged before being eaten alive. Now, the power of Hriggala compels the creature to serve Sylvia. </p><p><strong>Husk:</strong> These terrible undead creatures are remnants of old bodies of the hantu penanggal and follow her commands. </p><p><strong>Walled Horror:</strong> The brick and mortar wall contains a walled horror. Spawned from the mass murder of the remaining priests and servants of the temple, this undead creature lashes out at any intruders in Area 8. </p><p><strong>Ghoul Bat, Favored Pet:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Web Zombie, Cocooned Desiccated Humanoid Form, Corpse:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Flayed Wraith, Undead Cultist, Undead Horror, Hriggala's Undead Minion, Victim of the Fleshspurned:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Fleshspurned, Powerful Undead Creature:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Overshadow, Terrible Undead Abomination:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Husk, Terrible Undead Creature, Remnants of an Old Body of the Hantu Penanggal:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Cursed Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Hungry Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghoul:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghoulish Ally:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghoul Servant:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lich:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skeleton, Dwarven Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie:</strong> ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 9042981, member: 2209"] [URL=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/336411/Tome-of-Beasts-2-Lairs-for-5th-Edition?affiliate_id=17596]Tome of Beasts 2 Lairs for 5th Edition[/URL] 5e [b]Sgavaldyr:[/b] Perhaps Sgavaldyr rises as an undead creature in response to his tomb being violated or the forgotten goddess of poison begins reasserting her power. [b]Sylvia Tanner, Servant of the Unsated God:[/b] Osdek Tanner’s wife, Sylvia, lurks in this chamber. Sylvia was once the high priestess of the cultists. When the fleshspurned rose from the dead and attacked the cultists, Sylvia fled but was attacked while running up the stairs out of the basement. She fell back down the stairs where she broke her neck. Shortly thereafter, Hriggala used its foul magic to reanimate her as a servant of the Unsated God. [b]Sister Sorakan, Hantu Penanggal, Elderly Human Woman:[/b] ? [b]Sister Sorakan, Ghost:[/b] A ghost resides here, the last remnant of Sister Sorakan as a mortal. She lurks beneath the boughs of the weeping willow tree at the pond’s edge. The terrible fate that befell her has unhinged her mind, and the ghost can’t communicate in any rational manner. If the PCs ask about her death or what brought her to this state, she attempts to pantomime the hantu penanggal by tearing her head from her shoulders, raising it high in the air, and pointing up the path to the temple. [b]Ghoul Bat:[/b] ? [b]Servant of the Unsated God:[/b] ? [b]Web Zombie:[/b] ? [b]Overshadow:[/b] Twenty years ago, the dwarves started a mining operation and colony, called Thyrdun, on the outer reaches of their domain. A few years later, the tailings dam accidentally ruptured, filling the mine with water and mud and causing collapses that trapped those who survived the flooding. The remaining colonists eventually ran out of air, dying a slow death in the darkness of the mine’s depths. This tragic mass death spawned an overshadow, a terrible undead abomination formed of the fearful, hopeless souls who perished in the accident. The overshadow, lurks here where it was spawned from the terrible deaths of the original colonists. The sudden mass deaths of Brildwyn’s companions spawned an overshadow that still resides here. [b]Flayed Wraith:[/b] A cult of Hriggala based in the slums of a large city captured, tortured, and consumed various people for months. Their murder spree was abruptly ended when one of their victims returned as a powerful undead creature. Hriggala, amused at the turn of events, raised the fallen cultists as undead. The cult’s murder spree might have continued indefinitely had their actions not caused the last of their victims to return as a powerful undead that proceeded to slaughter the cultists when they returned to the building after their last ceremony. This strange turn of events pleased Hriggala greatly, and the demon lord used its power to transform the slain cultists within the manor into even more undead horrors. Two of the cultists managed to flee as far as the entrance hall before they were cornered and killed by the creature they had inadvertently created (see Area 12). Their bodies were later animated as flayed wraiths (Tome of Beasts 2, p. 151) by Hriggala, and they now hide amid the greatcoats and cloaks in this chamber. [b]Fleshspurned:[/b] A cult of Hriggala based in the slums of a large city captured, tortured, and consumed various people for months. Their murder spree was abruptly ended when one of their victims returned as a powerful undead creature. The cult’s murder spree might have continued indefinitely had their actions not caused the last of their victims to return as a powerful undead that proceeded to slaughter the cultists when they returned to the building after their last ceremony. The fleshspurned was inadvertently created by the cultists when a mercenary was lured into the manor by Sylvia and drugged before being eaten alive. Now, the power of Hriggala compels the creature to serve Sylvia. [b]Husk:[/b] These terrible undead creatures are remnants of old bodies of the hantu penanggal and follow her commands. [b]Walled Horror:[/b] The brick and mortar wall contains a walled horror. Spawned from the mass murder of the remaining priests and servants of the temple, this undead creature lashes out at any intruders in Area 8. [b]Ghoul Bat, Favored Pet:[/b] ? [b]Web Zombie, Cocooned Desiccated Humanoid Form, Corpse:[/b] ? [b]Flayed Wraith, Undead Cultist, Undead Horror, Hriggala's Undead Minion, Victim of the Fleshspurned:[/b] ? [b]Fleshspurned, Powerful Undead Creature:[/b] ? [b]Overshadow, Terrible Undead Abomination:[/b] ? [b]Husk, Terrible Undead Creature, Remnants of an Old Body of the Hantu Penanggal:[/b] ? [b]Undead:[/b] ? [b]Cursed Undead:[/b] ? [b]Hungry Undead:[/b] ? [b]Ghoul:[/b] ? [b]Ghoulish Ally:[/b] ? [b]Ghoul Servant:[/b] ? [b]Lich:[/b] ? [b]Skeleton, Dwarven Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Zombie:[/b] ? [/QUOTE]
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