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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9234352" data-attributes="member: 2209"><a href="https://drivethrurpg.com/product/432962/the-fomor-folio?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">The Fomor Folio</a>5eThe Sluagh Host: They are slain and rise again, and thus are undead...but they serve the fomor and take on something of a fey nature as well.Lone Sluagh: A humanoid slain in this way [by a lone sluagh's tear and rip and drink attack] rises the next round as a lone sluagh.A humanoid slain in this way [by a sluagh host's tear and rip and drink attack] rises the next round as a sluagh, immediately joining the swarm.They are slain and rise again, and thus are undead...but they serve the fomor and take on something of a fey nature as well.Efnysien, Champion of Bones, Cauldron-Born, Eldest of the Cauldron-Born: Efnysien, half brother of the ancient king of Prydain, Bran the Blessed, once gave his life to destroy the Cauldron. In this interpretation, it only seemed to work, and Efnysien was bound forever to the will of the Cauldron and its master by his own evil deeds and heart.In life, Efnysien was the half-brother of High King Bran, who was himself, it is said, brother to Mannannan. He gave his life to destroy the Black Cauldron, long ago, to save his people from the warriors it revived. But he himself had caused the war they were in, between Prydain and Eriu, between Britons and Irish, and his selfish evil was not redeemed by this one act. In stead, his soul was bound to the Cauldron, and when the Three Queens corrupted it to raise Balor...he returned with the Eyeless One, and in his service.But that was not the end of Balor's story. For Cethlenn did not fall, and she took his corpse away with her, and she and her fellow Fomor Queens worked long and arduous magics on the stolen Cauldron of Rebirth, and twisted its magic to their will. And they used it to bring Balor back, now undying, and Efnysien came with it, and many more Cauldron-Born have been made since.Balor of the Evil Eye Reborn, Old Balor, Old One-Eye, Greater Fomor, Immense Rotting Hulk of a Giant Goat-Man, Undisputed High King of the Fomor, Grandfather: Three Queens have the Fomor, three queens has old Balor, three brides, three companions. Three witches, three hags. One, the Fair One Cethlenn, first among equals, greatest of Fomor druids. The second, the giantess Beara, the Cailleach Bheur, sorceress and near deity of winter's chill. Third, Sgian Arran, the Bean Bron, greatest of all annis hags, barbaric warrior, mistress of Shadows. Together, they achieved the impossible, and corrupted the Cauldron, and brought Balor back to a shambling semblance of life.Cethlenn is the beautiful fair one Queen of the Fomor, one of three brides of Balor, and first among equals. She is a mighty druidess, and the one who corrupted the Cauldron of Rebirth to bring Balor back from the dead, and create the Cauldron-Born in their current form. She was aided in this by her coven mates, Beara, the Cailleach Bheur and Sgian Iarran, the Bean Bron.Cauldron-Born, Cauldron Born: Cethlenn is the beautiful fair one Queen of the Fomor, one of three brides of Balor, and first among equals. She is a mighty druidess, and the one who corrupted the Cauldron of Rebirth to bring Balor back from the dead, and create the Cauldron-Born in their current form. She was aided in this by her coven mates, Beara, the Cailleach Bheur and Sgian Iarran, the Bean Bron.But that was not the end of Balor's story. For Cethlenn did not fall, and she took his corpse away with her, and she and her fellow Fomor Queens worked long and arduous magics on the stolen Cauldron of Rebirth, and twisted its magic to their will. And they used it to bring Balor back, now undying, and Efnysien came with it, and many more Cauldron-Born have been made since.The Black Cauldron artifact.The Sluagh Host, Teeming Masses of the Unseelie Host, Angry Swarm of the Fey, Host of the Fomor: ?Lone Sluagh, Fallen Angel, Unforgiven Dead, Horrific Humanoid Raven,: ?Lone Sluagh, Beautiful Woman With Dark Avian Features: ?Lone Sluagh, Beautiful Man With Dark Avian Features: ?Cauldron-Born, Silent Undead: ?Undead: ?Penardunn, Cliodhna, First of the Banshee: ?Spriggan, Ghost of a Giant: ?Vampire Spawn: A humanoid slain in this way [by a glaistig's bite] and then buried in the ground rises the following night as a vampire spawn under the glaistig's control.Vampire: The goat-legged glaistig is a seductive, blood drinking fomor, that may well be the original source of vampires.A humanoid slain in this way [by a leannan sidhe's addictive bite] and then buried in the ground rises the following night as a vampire under the Leannan Sidhe's control.Their [the Leannan Sidhe's] victims return from death with a similar hunger for life, but lacking the true immortality of the Fomor . . . they are vampires.The Black Cauldron (Pair Dadeni: The Original Cauldron of Rebirth) Wondrous Item, Legendary/Artifact (requires attunement)This massive black cauldron, also known as the Black Crochan, has the power to return the dead to a semblance of life.Any corpse placed in it becomes one of the Cauldron-Born, silent undead bound to the will of its owner. The cauldron is big enough to hold up to four corpses at once. The corpses must boil in the Cauldron for several minutes before they animate. See below for generic stats, although the Cauldron-Born actually retain all the skills they had in life.Once, this cauldron belonged to the Tuatha de Danaan, also known as the Sons of Don, and could return the dead to true life. It could also produce food for hundreds of warriors every day. It has long since been stolen and corrupted by the Fomor, twisted by the mighty enchantments of the mighty Fomor hag Cethlenn of the Fair, Balor's first wife.The cauldron can reanimate 81 (nine times nine) corpses per day, but there is no limit to the amount of Cauldron-Born the owner of the Crochan can control. No Cauldron Born can be permanently slain by any means while the Cauldron endures.Minor Properties:While attuned to the Cauldron, whether or not it is in your possession, you have Resistance to Necrotic Damage, and may cast Animate Dead 3/day.Major Properties:While attuned to the Cauldron, you can cast Finger of Death 1/day.Detrimental Properties:While attuned to the Cauldron, all animals within 30' become hostile to you, you spoil holy water within 10', and the Cauldron twists your mind, slowly corrupting you to evil, making the defeat of the Tuatha and their followers your only goal, the supremacy of the Fomor. Make a Charisma save, DC 15, every night that you are attuned to it, or move one step toward Chaotic Evil. While it is in your possession, you must make a Charisma save, DC 15, every night, or attempt to become attuned.Destroying the Cauldron: It can only be destroyed by the willing sacrifice of a living creature, who must throw themselves into the cauldron in full knowledge that the act will cost their life, and that not even a wish spell can restore them.</blockquote>

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