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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9208968" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="https://drivethrurpg.com/product/378176/out-of-the-box-encounters-for-5th-edition?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Out of the Box: Encounters for 5th Edition</a></p><p>5e</p><p><strong>Apophisis, The Devouring Mother, Vampire Spawn, Gray Skinned Woman With a Striking Appearance, Vampiric Creature, Master, Liege, Intelligent Foe, Tragic Figure, Vampire, Complicated Creature:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Dark Witness Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Hearth Hope:</strong> Characters who succeed on a DC 20 Intelligence (Religion) check recognize a hearth hope as an good aligned undead spirit akin to a ghost, held back from the afterlife by a pressing need in the mortal realm.</p><p><strong>Fido, Zombie Tyrannosaurus Rex:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Dark Witness Zombie, Humanoid Shape, Strange Inhabitant:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Hearth Hope, Good-Aligned Undead Spirit:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Schir Gold, Hearth Hope, Small Ghostly Figure With Long Braided Hair, Spectral Figure:</strong> While traveling through the wilds in life Schir was killed by a troll, never to see her beloved husband or children again. Schir was a community leader and whenever she left home to visit other halfling communities she carried a magical mirror enchanted to show her children in the reflection. Before Schir’s restless spirit can move on she hopes to see her children one last time.</p><p><strong>Undead Menace:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead, Undead Creature:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghost:</strong> The dead figure rises from the grave to hunt their lost items down.</p><p><strong>Ghost, Dead Figure, Restless Creature:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Emilia, Amelia, Ghost, Figure:</strong> With a successful DC 13 Charisma (Persuasion) check they find out she was once the wife of a noble, whose name is lost to eternity. She fell in love with a rival noble and had an affair with him. Emelia became pregnant with his child. When this fact was discovered, she and her unborn child were murdered and buried in secret.</p><p><strong>Small Ghost Resembling a Baby:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lich, Even More Powerful Villain:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lich:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lich, Mean Villain:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ancient Lich, Long-Thought-Lost Ruler:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Mummy Lord, Even More Powerful Villain:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Mummy, Dead Figure, Restless Creature:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Mummy Lord, Long-Thought-Lost Ruler:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skeleton, Lesser Animated Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Specter, Dead Figure, Restless Creature:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Specter:</strong> Harbinger Ring magic item.</p><p><strong>Vampire, True Vampire:</strong> If so inclined this master could free any of its vampire spawn by sharing its own blood and transforming them from vampire spawn into true vampires.</p><p><strong>Vampire Master:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Slumbering Vampire, Long-Thought-Lost Ruler:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Vampire Spawn:</strong> Those who have not escaped by the time they are adults have eventually been transformed into vampire spawn by the master.</p><p><strong>Vampire Spawn, Average Spawn of a Vampiric Lord:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Vampiric Lord:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Apep, Wight, Steersman, Figure, Passenger, Evil Undead Creature, Intelligent Foe:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Khagesh, Wight, Watchman, Figure, Passenger, Evil Undead Creature, Intelligent Foe:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Wight:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Spirit of Agaroz, Wraith:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie:</strong> If a character is killed on the dance floor [of the dance macabre castle ruin] and left there, they animate as a zombie in 24 hours and continue to dance like the others.</p><p>Characters slain by the wights arise as zombies under their control the next day, unless their body is destroyed or is restored to life.</p><p><strong>Zombie, Lesser Animated Undead, Common Everyday Monster:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie, Zombie Servant, Infected Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Large Zombie, Zombie Servant, Infected Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie Ogre, Zombie Servant, Infected Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie Covered in a Patch of Gray Mold:</strong> If a creature drops to 0 hit points as a result of this damage [from gray mold], it dies and animates as a zombie covered in a patch of gray mold after being dead for 24 hours.</p><p></p><p>Harbinger Ring</p><p>Ring, rare (requires attunement)</p><p>When you finish a long rest while wearing this obsidian ring inscribed with the name Agaroz, roll 2d20 and record the number rolled. You can replace any attack roll, saving throw or ability check made by you or a creature that you can see with one of one of these rolls. You must choose to do so before the roll, and you can replace a roll in this way only once per turn.</p><p>When you finish a long rest, you lose any unused rolls.</p><p>Curse. If you are reduced to 0 hit points you must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or you die and your spirit rises as a specter in the space of its corpse or in the nearest unoccupied space.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 9208968, member: 2209"] [URL='https://drivethrurpg.com/product/378176/out-of-the-box-encounters-for-5th-edition?affiliate_id=17596']Out of the Box: Encounters for 5th Edition[/URL] 5e [B]Apophisis, The Devouring Mother, Vampire Spawn, Gray Skinned Woman With a Striking Appearance, Vampiric Creature, Master, Liege, Intelligent Foe, Tragic Figure, Vampire, Complicated Creature:[/B] ? [B]Dark Witness Zombie:[/B] ? [B]Hearth Hope:[/B] Characters who succeed on a DC 20 Intelligence (Religion) check recognize a hearth hope as an good aligned undead spirit akin to a ghost, held back from the afterlife by a pressing need in the mortal realm. [B]Fido, Zombie Tyrannosaurus Rex:[/B] ? [B]Dark Witness Zombie, Humanoid Shape, Strange Inhabitant:[/B] ? [B]Hearth Hope, Good-Aligned Undead Spirit:[/B] ? [B]Schir Gold, Hearth Hope, Small Ghostly Figure With Long Braided Hair, Spectral Figure:[/B] While traveling through the wilds in life Schir was killed by a troll, never to see her beloved husband or children again. Schir was a community leader and whenever she left home to visit other halfling communities she carried a magical mirror enchanted to show her children in the reflection. Before Schir’s restless spirit can move on she hopes to see her children one last time. [B]Undead Menace:[/B] ? [B]Undead, Undead Creature:[/B] ? [B]Ghost:[/B] The dead figure rises from the grave to hunt their lost items down. [B]Ghost, Dead Figure, Restless Creature:[/B] ? [B]Emilia, Amelia, Ghost, Figure:[/B] With a successful DC 13 Charisma (Persuasion) check they find out she was once the wife of a noble, whose name is lost to eternity. She fell in love with a rival noble and had an affair with him. Emelia became pregnant with his child. When this fact was discovered, she and her unborn child were murdered and buried in secret. [B]Small Ghost Resembling a Baby:[/B] ? [B]Lich, Even More Powerful Villain:[/B] ? [B]Lich:[/B] ? [B]Lich, Mean Villain:[/B] ? [B]Ancient Lich, Long-Thought-Lost Ruler:[/B] ? [B]Mummy Lord, Even More Powerful Villain:[/B] ? [B]Mummy, Dead Figure, Restless Creature:[/B] ? [B]Mummy Lord, Long-Thought-Lost Ruler:[/B] ? [B]Skeleton:[/B] ? [B]Skeleton, Lesser Animated Undead:[/B] ? [B]Specter, Dead Figure, Restless Creature:[/B] ? [B]Specter:[/B] Harbinger Ring magic item. [B]Vampire, True Vampire:[/B] If so inclined this master could free any of its vampire spawn by sharing its own blood and transforming them from vampire spawn into true vampires. [B]Vampire Master:[/B] ? [B]Slumbering Vampire, Long-Thought-Lost Ruler:[/B] ? [B]Vampire Spawn:[/B] Those who have not escaped by the time they are adults have eventually been transformed into vampire spawn by the master. [B]Vampire Spawn, Average Spawn of a Vampiric Lord:[/B] ? [B]Vampiric Lord:[/B] ? [B]Apep, Wight, Steersman, Figure, Passenger, Evil Undead Creature, Intelligent Foe:[/B] ? [B]Khagesh, Wight, Watchman, Figure, Passenger, Evil Undead Creature, Intelligent Foe:[/B] ? [B]Wight:[/B] ? [B]Spirit of Agaroz, Wraith:[/B] ? [B]Zombie:[/B] If a character is killed on the dance floor [of the dance macabre castle ruin] and left there, they animate as a zombie in 24 hours and continue to dance like the others. Characters slain by the wights arise as zombies under their control the next day, unless their body is destroyed or is restored to life. [B]Zombie, Lesser Animated Undead, Common Everyday Monster:[/B] ? [B]Zombie, Zombie Servant, Infected Zombie:[/B] ? [B]Large Zombie, Zombie Servant, Infected Zombie:[/B] ? [B]Zombie Ogre, Zombie Servant, Infected Zombie:[/B] ? [B]Zombie Covered in a Patch of Gray Mold:[/B] If a creature drops to 0 hit points as a result of this damage [from gray mold], it dies and animates as a zombie covered in a patch of gray mold after being dead for 24 hours. Harbinger Ring Ring, rare (requires attunement) When you finish a long rest while wearing this obsidian ring inscribed with the name Agaroz, roll 2d20 and record the number rolled. You can replace any attack roll, saving throw or ability check made by you or a creature that you can see with one of one of these rolls. You must choose to do so before the roll, and you can replace a roll in this way only once per turn. When you finish a long rest, you lose any unused rolls. Curse. If you are reduced to 0 hit points you must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or you die and your spirit rises as a specter in the space of its corpse or in the nearest unoccupied space. [/QUOTE]
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