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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9169326" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="https://drivethrurpg.com/product/437592/eldritch-overload-fantasy-cyberpunk-tarot-deck-codex?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Eldritch Overload Fantasy Cyberpunk Tarot Deck & Codex</a></p><p>5e</p><p><strong>Deathguard:</strong> Deathguard are created from the dead bodies of former citizens in the Valintor magus tower. There is a height requirement of 6 feet for any corpse turned in. Valintor mage Arcku uses his custom-developed Manual of the Guard to make a Deathguard recruit by combining the bodies of 6 corpses. The process involves excarnation of each corpse (the flesh and organs are then deposited in a special urn to empower the spell) and using the best-suited parts of the skeleton. Then a ritual spell is used over 30 days to empower and encode the creature with the tenants of the Deathguard laws.</p><p>Once the spell is complete, the Deathguard is modified with various cybernetic enhancements to allow it to be used by the ZEROONE, the police headquarters.</p><p>There is an option (next to the organ donation checkbox) on police career application forms to volunteer for service after death. It comes with decent perks for you and your family, and a greater sense of loyalty and fulfillment (in fact, those who opt out are derisively called “temps” by fellow members of the force).</p><p>When these law enforcement officers eventually die, their corpses are macerated and reanimated by the Ministry of Death to metamorphize into profane cybernetic skeletons encased in ceramic armor, stripped of all humanity and memories aside from combat training. Without the complications of morality or fear impeding their actions, the Deathguard are brutally effective at upholding the law.</p><p><strong>Ozor the Watcher, Millenia-Old Aberration Lord, Partially Fleshy Partially Bony Globe With a Huge Inset Eye, Dark Schemer, Hoary Floating Cybernetic Eye, Beast With 14 Kino Eyes, Chief Executive, Fearsome Creature, Dark Adversary:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Deathguard, Undead Construct, Unquestioning Follower, Neo-Valkan Patroller, Profane Cybernetic Skeleton, Sleepless Undead Shock Trooper, Fearsome Creature, Dark Adversary:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead, Undead Creature, Live-Dead:</strong> Warlock CryptCorp patron Phylactery Bound power.</p><p><strong>Hoho Bricker, Human Undead Maintenance Worker:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghoulish Congregant:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lich:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Voros, Ancient Lich:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ancient Vampire:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p></p><p>PHYLACTERY BOUND</p><p>While the simple thought of it would have you branded as a heretic, you can see a day in your future when your mastery over death could rival that of the Hierophant himself. Perhaps that day is closer than you think.</p><p>At 14th level, your creature type now counts as both undead and humanoid. Additionally, you are now immune to necrotic damage.</p><p>You gain the access within CryptCorp to craft your own Phylactery. It is stored in the sacred phylactery tomb high in the CryptCorp tower. If you are killed or your body is destroyed, your consciousness is returned to the phylactery. A new body is cloned for you by the CryptCorp for free if you are in good standing with the Corp, or for the cost of 100,000 CyphGold if you are not. The body takes 1d10 days to build. Once the body is complete, your consciousness is returned, you regain all your hit points and become active again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 9169326, member: 2209"] [URL=https://drivethrurpg.com/product/437592/eldritch-overload-fantasy-cyberpunk-tarot-deck-codex?affiliate_id=17596]Eldritch Overload Fantasy Cyberpunk Tarot Deck & Codex[/URL] 5e [b]Deathguard:[/b] Deathguard are created from the dead bodies of former citizens in the Valintor magus tower. There is a height requirement of 6 feet for any corpse turned in. Valintor mage Arcku uses his custom-developed Manual of the Guard to make a Deathguard recruit by combining the bodies of 6 corpses. The process involves excarnation of each corpse (the flesh and organs are then deposited in a special urn to empower the spell) and using the best-suited parts of the skeleton. Then a ritual spell is used over 30 days to empower and encode the creature with the tenants of the Deathguard laws. Once the spell is complete, the Deathguard is modified with various cybernetic enhancements to allow it to be used by the ZEROONE, the police headquarters. There is an option (next to the organ donation checkbox) on police career application forms to volunteer for service after death. It comes with decent perks for you and your family, and a greater sense of loyalty and fulfillment (in fact, those who opt out are derisively called “temps” by fellow members of the force). When these law enforcement officers eventually die, their corpses are macerated and reanimated by the Ministry of Death to metamorphize into profane cybernetic skeletons encased in ceramic armor, stripped of all humanity and memories aside from combat training. Without the complications of morality or fear impeding their actions, the Deathguard are brutally effective at upholding the law. [b]Ozor the Watcher, Millenia-Old Aberration Lord, Partially Fleshy Partially Bony Globe With a Huge Inset Eye, Dark Schemer, Hoary Floating Cybernetic Eye, Beast With 14 Kino Eyes, Chief Executive, Fearsome Creature, Dark Adversary:[/b] ? [b]Deathguard, Undead Construct, Unquestioning Follower, Neo-Valkan Patroller, Profane Cybernetic Skeleton, Sleepless Undead Shock Trooper, Fearsome Creature, Dark Adversary:[/b] ? [b]Undead, Undead Creature, Live-Dead:[/b] Warlock CryptCorp patron Phylactery Bound power. [b]Hoho Bricker, Human Undead Maintenance Worker:[/b] ? [b]Ghoulish Congregant:[/b] ? [b]Lich:[/b] ? [b]Voros, Ancient Lich:[/b] ? [b]Ancient Vampire:[/b] ? [b]Zombie:[/b] ? PHYLACTERY BOUND While the simple thought of it would have you branded as a heretic, you can see a day in your future when your mastery over death could rival that of the Hierophant himself. Perhaps that day is closer than you think. At 14th level, your creature type now counts as both undead and humanoid. Additionally, you are now immune to necrotic damage. You gain the access within CryptCorp to craft your own Phylactery. It is stored in the sacred phylactery tomb high in the CryptCorp tower. If you are killed or your body is destroyed, your consciousness is returned to the phylactery. A new body is cloned for you by the CryptCorp for free if you are in good standing with the Corp, or for the cost of 100,000 CyphGold if you are not. The body takes 1d10 days to build. Once the body is complete, your consciousness is returned, you regain all your hit points and become active again. [/QUOTE]
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