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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9101483" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/384077/Tavern-Tales-Vol-1-A-Trip-Away-Inn?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Tavern Tales Vol. 1: A Trip Away Inn</a></p><p>5e</p><p><strong>Source Skeleton:</strong> The Source Skeleton is imbued with arcane energy by the Ribbon Spirits and therefore immune to all non-magical sources of damage.</p><p><strong>Undead Minion:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Fungal Growth Skeleton Swarm, Fungal Growth Skeleton Mob:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Swarm Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Worker:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Armored Source Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Tosscobble, Swarm Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Dowager Armara Ardelean, Lady Ardelean, Human Ghost, Terrifying Spirit, Angry Ghost:</strong> When the dowager died they planned their escape, but the mother’s jealousy and bitterness proved more powerful than the grave.</p><p>At the core of her evil is an unresolved loneliness, an anger at being abandoned by her husband when he died. She was alone and miserable, and her daughter's happiness and prospects for a wonderful future were too much to bear.</p><p>Also on the desk is a journal, in which the Dowager Ardelean chronicled her increasing loneliness and resentment. Smashed on the floor is the missing portrait of Lady Ileana and Sir Blake.</p><p><strong>Guardian Spirit, Ghost Friend:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghost:</strong> Aeverys's Draining Touch legendary action.</p><p><strong>Eddawyn Therafyl, Ghost, Muse, Ghostwriter:</strong> Eddawyn explains to the party that she was murdered several years ago. A halfling thief, wearing a cloak and a scarf over her face, broke into her house to steal her most prized possession: a book that she had been working on for the entirety of a decade, entitled Sword’s Edge: Lesser Known Histories, Mysteries, and Witcheries of Melterra. The thief was startled to see Eddawyn home, and more surprised when Eddawyn took the opportunity to cast burning hands at the intruder. Unfortunately, the thief was too quick, dodged out of the way of the spell, and slipped a dagger through Eddawyn’s rib cage. The next thing that Eddawyn knew, she was hovering over her own body, lying in a pool of blood, and her book was missing. Her ghost has been bound to the interior of the house ever since.</p><p><strong>Drow Ghost:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Drow Ghost, Undead Drow:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Minstra, Drow Ghost:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Shadow:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Armored Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Will-o'-Wisp, Will o' Wisp:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Will-o'-Wisp, Glowing Orb, Mere Ball of Light:</strong> ?</p><p></p><p>Draining Touch (1 action). Melee Weapon Attack:</p><p>+9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 19 (4d6 + 5) necrotic damage. The target must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or its hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the damage taken. This reduction lasts until the creature finishes a long rest. The target dies if this effect reduces its hit point maximum to 0. A creature slain by this attack rises 24 hours later as a ghost, unless the creature is restored to life or its body is destroyed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 9101483, member: 2209"] [URL=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/384077/Tavern-Tales-Vol-1-A-Trip-Away-Inn?affiliate_id=17596]Tavern Tales Vol. 1: A Trip Away Inn[/URL] 5e [b]Source Skeleton:[/b] The Source Skeleton is imbued with arcane energy by the Ribbon Spirits and therefore immune to all non-magical sources of damage. [b]Undead Minion:[/b] ? [b]Fungal Growth Skeleton Swarm, Fungal Growth Skeleton Mob:[/b] ? [b]Swarm Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Undead:[/b] ? [b]Undead Worker:[/b] ? [b]Armored Source Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Tosscobble, Swarm Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Dowager Armara Ardelean, Lady Ardelean, Human Ghost, Terrifying Spirit, Angry Ghost:[/b] When the dowager died they planned their escape, but the mother’s jealousy and bitterness proved more powerful than the grave. At the core of her evil is an unresolved loneliness, an anger at being abandoned by her husband when he died. She was alone and miserable, and her daughter's happiness and prospects for a wonderful future were too much to bear. Also on the desk is a journal, in which the Dowager Ardelean chronicled her increasing loneliness and resentment. Smashed on the floor is the missing portrait of Lady Ileana and Sir Blake. [b]Guardian Spirit, Ghost Friend:[/b] ? [b]Ghost:[/b] Aeverys's Draining Touch legendary action. [b]Eddawyn Therafyl, Ghost, Muse, Ghostwriter:[/b] Eddawyn explains to the party that she was murdered several years ago. A halfling thief, wearing a cloak and a scarf over her face, broke into her house to steal her most prized possession: a book that she had been working on for the entirety of a decade, entitled Sword’s Edge: Lesser Known Histories, Mysteries, and Witcheries of Melterra. The thief was startled to see Eddawyn home, and more surprised when Eddawyn took the opportunity to cast burning hands at the intruder. Unfortunately, the thief was too quick, dodged out of the way of the spell, and slipped a dagger through Eddawyn’s rib cage. The next thing that Eddawyn knew, she was hovering over her own body, lying in a pool of blood, and her book was missing. Her ghost has been bound to the interior of the house ever since. [b]Drow Ghost:[/b] ? [b]Drow Ghost, Undead Drow:[/b] ? [b]Minstra, Drow Ghost:[/b] ? [b]Shadow:[/b] ? [b]Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Armored Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Will-o'-Wisp, Will o' Wisp:[/b] ? [b]Will-o'-Wisp, Glowing Orb, Mere Ball of Light:[/b] ? Draining Touch (1 action). Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 19 (4d6 + 5) necrotic damage. The target must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or its hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the damage taken. This reduction lasts until the creature finishes a long rest. The target dies if this effect reduces its hit point maximum to 0. A creature slain by this attack rises 24 hours later as a ghost, unless the creature is restored to life or its body is destroyed. [/QUOTE]
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