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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9236499" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="https://drivethrurpg.com/product/451699/5e-foes-celtic-bestiary?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">5E Foes: Celtic Bestiary</a></p><p>5e</p><p><strong>Abhartach:</strong> According to legends, the abhartach was a cruel dwarf possessing powerful magic. After being killed and buried, it returned each time more evil than before, terrorizing the local populace. </p><p><strong>Aderyn Y Corph, Corpse Bird:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ankou:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Baoban Sith:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Bean-Fionn:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Bean-Nighe:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Bean-Sidhe, Banshee:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Canwyll Corph, Spirit of the Dead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Canwyll Corph Small:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Canwyll Corph Tiny:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Canwyll Corph Small White:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Canwyll Corph Small Red:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Canwyll Corph Tiny Blue:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Fear Gorta:</strong> The fear gorta is a phantom born of hunger and despair, often appearing during periods of famine and hardship. It is believed to be the result of dark fairy magic, cursed by the Unseelie Court. </p><p><strong>Fetch:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Green Lady:</strong> Some tales suggest that a noblewoman was murdered while wearing a green dress and has since become a vengeful ghost. </p><p><strong>Hag Gwrach:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Hogboon:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Luideag:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ly Erg:</strong> It is said to be born from the souls of dead soldiers, explaining its overwhelming desire to be a warrior. </p><p><strong>Mari Lwyd:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Moorhound:</strong> They are thought to be the manifestations of those who met cruel and untimely deaths, unable to find rest and driven by a sinister compulsion to share their suffering with the living. </p><p><strong>Phantom Piper:</strong> Phantom pipers are tragic spirits bound to their instruments by dark magic and the anguish of their untimely demise. </p><p><strong>Rawhead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Bloody Bones:</strong> Bloody bones are the reanimated remains of living creatures that have fallen victim to the rawhead's insatiable hunger. </p><p>Rawheads are malevolent undead creatures that haunt dark and desolate places, known for their ability to reanimate the bodies of their victims into headless skeletons under their control. </p><p>Once [a rawhead has] claimed a victim, they use their terrifying powers to reanimate the fallen creature, binding it to their will and forcing it to serve in their gruesome army. </p><p>Rawhead Extract Skeleton power.</p><p><strong>Sluagh, Host of the Dead:</strong> Sluagh replenish their ranks through murderous swarms, descending like locusts on those foolhardy enough to travel alone at night. The dead are transformed into tiny winged fey that look vaguely reminiscent of their forms in life. </p><p><strong>Sluagh Swarm:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Spriggan:</strong> They are believed to be ghosts of giants, retaining immense strength even in their smaller forms. </p><p><strong>Taghairm, Phantom Cat:</strong> Creating taghairms is a vile process that involves slaying several cats and reanimating their collective spirits. </p><p><strong>Toili:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Yr Hwch Ddu Gwta:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Abhartach, Dwarf, Vampire Dwarf, Formidable Combatant, Deadly Adversary:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Aderyn Y Corph, Bird, Small Ominous Creature Resembling a Bird, Favorite of Necromancers:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Aderyn Y Corph, Familiar:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Aderyn Y Corph, Sleepless Guardian:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ankou, Figure Shrouded in a Tattered Black Robe and Wearing a Large Hood that Obscures its Face, Spectral Embodiment of Death, Harbinger of Doom, Omen of Death's Approach, Collector of Souls, Skeletal Figure:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Baoban Sith, Mesmerizing Figure, Elusive Creature, Cunning and Patient Hunter:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Bean-Fionn, Undead Creature With an Alluring Presence, Angry Woman in a Flowing White Gown:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Bean-Nighe, Hideous Decrepit Woman With Long Tangled Hair a Hooked Nose With One Large Nostril and Empty Eye Sockets, Spectral Omen of Death and Misfortune, Messenger From the Otherworld, Omen of Death and Misfortune:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Bean-Sidhe, Female Spirit That Heralds the Death of a Family Member Through Her Chilling Cries and Wails:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Bean-Sidhe, Small Aged Woman With Long Unbound White Hair:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Bean-Sidhe, Small Aged Woman With Long Unbound Grey Hair:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Bean-Sidhe, Shrouded Woman:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Canwyll Corph, Small Flickering Ball of Light, Floating Skull, Spectral Omen:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Fear Gorta, Haunting Emaciated Figure, Phantom Born of Hunger and Despair, Malevolent Being, Unearthly Entity, Manifestation of the Hunger that Gnaws at Body and Soul During Times of Scarcity:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Fetch, Shadowy Exact Duplicate of a Living Person, Grey Form, Supernatural Undead Creature, Ominous Double of a Living Person, Rubbery Gray Hairless Humanoid:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Green Lady, Mysterious Undead Creature That Resembles a Noblewoman in a Green Flowing Dress, Guardian:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Green Lady, Vengeful Ghost:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Green Lady, Benevolent Spirit:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Hag Gwrach, Horrifying Undead Creature With a Harpy-Like Appearance, Emaciated Hideous Woman With Long Knotted Black Hair Bone-Thin Arms and Legs a Pallid Corpse-Like Complexion and Tattered Leather Wings, Feared Hag:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Hogboon, Muscular Human-Like Figure Standing About Six Feet Tall:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Luideag, Squalid Corpse With a Ragged Appearance, Sinister Creature:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ly Erg, Small Soldier, Relatively Rare Creature:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Mari Lwyd, Skeletal Horse Adorned With Colorful Ribbons and a White Sheet, Horse-Headed Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Moorhound, Harbinger of Doom, Manifestation of One Who Met a Cruel and Untimely Death, Unpredictable Opponent:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Phantom Piper, Translucent Figure Dressed in Tattered Attire Complete With a Kilt and Bagpipes Slung Across its Shoulder, Tragic Spirit Bound to Their Instrument by Dark Magic and the Anguish of Their Untimely Demise, Spirit:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Rawhead, Malevolent Undead Creature, Relentless Hunter:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Bloody Bones, Reanimated Remains of a Living Creature That Has Fallen Victim to the Rawhead's Insatiable Hunger, Loyal Minion, Headless Skeleton, Undead Minion, Reanimated Minion:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Sluagh, Vast Flock of Black Ravens Twined About With Undulating Shadows, Great Birds, Harbingers of the Unseelie Court:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Sluagh, Fallen Angel:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Sluagh, Soul of the Dead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Sluagh, Minion:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Sluagh, Messenger:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Spriggan, Notorious Creature, Grotesque Human, Fearsome Giant, Ghost of a Giant:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Spriggan, Guardian:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Taghairm, Jet-Black Panther, Ethereal-Shifting Predator:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Taghairm, Relentless Tracker:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Toili, Ghostly Funeral Procession, Harbinger of Impending Death, Ghostly Procession:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Yr Hwch Ddu Gwta, Fearsome Creature Resembling a Large Black Sow, Malevolent Spirit That Appears as a Large Black Sow Without a Tail, Soul-Eater:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead, Undead Creature:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Banshee:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghostly White Lady:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Unseelie Wight:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Wight:</strong> A Humanoid slain by this necrotic damage [from a gyre-calin's necrostaff] rises as a wight at the end of the gyre-calin's turn. </p><p><strong>Will-o'-Wisp:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie:</strong> The mari lwyd party approaches a house and engages in a unique form of musical battle called pwnco. They sing a song requesting admittance, while the inhabitants of the house respond with excuses to deny entry. The back-and-forth continues until the householders run out of ideas, at which point they must allow the mari lwyd party to enter. Once inside, the victims are bitten to death and reanimated as zombies who join the mari lwyd on its nightly roaming, which continues until dawn. </p><p>A humanoid slain by [a mari lwyd's bite] attack rises 24 hours later as a zombie under the mari lwyd's control, unless the humanoid is restored to life or its body is destroyed. </p><p>A humanoid slain by [a yr hwch ddu gwta's soul-eating arua] attack rises 24 hours later as a zombie under the yr hwch ddu gwta's control, unless the humanoid is restored to life or its body is destroyed. </p><p></p><p>Extract Skeleton. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one incapacitated humanoid grappled by the rawhead. Hit: The target takes 55 (10d10) piercing damage. If this damage reduces the target to 0 hit points, the rawhead kills the target by extracting its skeleton, leaving the skull intact. The rawhead animates the corpse, turning it into a bloody bones under the rawhead's control. The bloody bones appears in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the rawhead and acts immediately after it in the initiative order. The rawhead can have no more than twelve bloody bones under its control at one time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 9236499, member: 2209"] [URL=https://drivethrurpg.com/product/451699/5e-foes-celtic-bestiary?affiliate_id=17596]5E Foes: Celtic Bestiary[/URL] 5e [b]Abhartach:[/b] According to legends, the abhartach was a cruel dwarf possessing powerful magic. After being killed and buried, it returned each time more evil than before, terrorizing the local populace. [b]Aderyn Y Corph, Corpse Bird:[/b] ? [b]Ankou:[/b] ? [b]Baoban Sith:[/b] ? [b]Bean-Fionn:[/b] ? [b]Bean-Nighe:[/b] ? [b]Bean-Sidhe, Banshee:[/b] ? [b]Canwyll Corph, Spirit of the Dead:[/b] ? [b]Canwyll Corph Small:[/b] ? [b]Canwyll Corph Tiny:[/b] ? [b]Canwyll Corph Small White:[/b] ? [b]Canwyll Corph Small Red:[/b] ? [b]Canwyll Corph Tiny Blue:[/b] ? [b]Fear Gorta:[/b] The fear gorta is a phantom born of hunger and despair, often appearing during periods of famine and hardship. It is believed to be the result of dark fairy magic, cursed by the Unseelie Court. [b]Fetch:[/b] ? [b]Green Lady:[/b] Some tales suggest that a noblewoman was murdered while wearing a green dress and has since become a vengeful ghost. [b]Hag Gwrach:[/b] ? [b]Hogboon:[/b] ? [b]Luideag:[/b] ? [b]Ly Erg:[/b] It is said to be born from the souls of dead soldiers, explaining its overwhelming desire to be a warrior. [b]Mari Lwyd:[/b] ? [b]Moorhound:[/b] They are thought to be the manifestations of those who met cruel and untimely deaths, unable to find rest and driven by a sinister compulsion to share their suffering with the living. [b]Phantom Piper:[/b] Phantom pipers are tragic spirits bound to their instruments by dark magic and the anguish of their untimely demise. [b]Rawhead:[/b] ? [b]Bloody Bones:[/b] Bloody bones are the reanimated remains of living creatures that have fallen victim to the rawhead's insatiable hunger. Rawheads are malevolent undead creatures that haunt dark and desolate places, known for their ability to reanimate the bodies of their victims into headless skeletons under their control. Once [a rawhead has] claimed a victim, they use their terrifying powers to reanimate the fallen creature, binding it to their will and forcing it to serve in their gruesome army. Rawhead Extract Skeleton power. [b]Sluagh, Host of the Dead:[/b] Sluagh replenish their ranks through murderous swarms, descending like locusts on those foolhardy enough to travel alone at night. The dead are transformed into tiny winged fey that look vaguely reminiscent of their forms in life. [b]Sluagh Swarm:[/b] ? [b]Spriggan:[/b] They are believed to be ghosts of giants, retaining immense strength even in their smaller forms. [b]Taghairm, Phantom Cat:[/b] Creating taghairms is a vile process that involves slaying several cats and reanimating their collective spirits. [b]Toili:[/b] ? [b]Yr Hwch Ddu Gwta:[/b] ? [b]Abhartach, Dwarf, Vampire Dwarf, Formidable Combatant, Deadly Adversary:[/b] ? [b]Aderyn Y Corph, Bird, Small Ominous Creature Resembling a Bird, Favorite of Necromancers:[/b] ? [b]Aderyn Y Corph, Familiar:[/b] ? [b]Aderyn Y Corph, Sleepless Guardian:[/b] ? [b]Ankou, Figure Shrouded in a Tattered Black Robe and Wearing a Large Hood that Obscures its Face, Spectral Embodiment of Death, Harbinger of Doom, Omen of Death's Approach, Collector of Souls, Skeletal Figure:[/b] ? [b]Baoban Sith, Mesmerizing Figure, Elusive Creature, Cunning and Patient Hunter:[/b] ? [b]Bean-Fionn, Undead Creature With an Alluring Presence, Angry Woman in a Flowing White Gown:[/b] ? [b]Bean-Nighe, Hideous Decrepit Woman With Long Tangled Hair a Hooked Nose With One Large Nostril and Empty Eye Sockets, Spectral Omen of Death and Misfortune, Messenger From the Otherworld, Omen of Death and Misfortune:[/b] ? [b]Bean-Sidhe, Female Spirit That Heralds the Death of a Family Member Through Her Chilling Cries and Wails:[/b] ? [b]Bean-Sidhe, Small Aged Woman With Long Unbound White Hair:[/b] ? [b]Bean-Sidhe, Small Aged Woman With Long Unbound Grey Hair:[/b] ? [b]Bean-Sidhe, Shrouded Woman:[/b] ? [b]Canwyll Corph, Small Flickering Ball of Light, Floating Skull, Spectral Omen:[/b] ? [b]Fear Gorta, Haunting Emaciated Figure, Phantom Born of Hunger and Despair, Malevolent Being, Unearthly Entity, Manifestation of the Hunger that Gnaws at Body and Soul During Times of Scarcity:[/b] ? [b]Fetch, Shadowy Exact Duplicate of a Living Person, Grey Form, Supernatural Undead Creature, Ominous Double of a Living Person, Rubbery Gray Hairless Humanoid:[/b] ? [b]Green Lady, Mysterious Undead Creature That Resembles a Noblewoman in a Green Flowing Dress, Guardian:[/b] ? [b]Green Lady, Vengeful Ghost:[/b] ? [b]Green Lady, Benevolent Spirit:[/b] ? [b]Hag Gwrach, Horrifying Undead Creature With a Harpy-Like Appearance, Emaciated Hideous Woman With Long Knotted Black Hair Bone-Thin Arms and Legs a Pallid Corpse-Like Complexion and Tattered Leather Wings, Feared Hag:[/b] ? [b]Hogboon, Muscular Human-Like Figure Standing About Six Feet Tall:[/b] ? [b]Luideag, Squalid Corpse With a Ragged Appearance, Sinister Creature:[/b] ? [b]Ly Erg, Small Soldier, Relatively Rare Creature:[/b] ? [b]Mari Lwyd, Skeletal Horse Adorned With Colorful Ribbons and a White Sheet, Horse-Headed Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Moorhound, Harbinger of Doom, Manifestation of One Who Met a Cruel and Untimely Death, Unpredictable Opponent:[/b] ? [b]Phantom Piper, Translucent Figure Dressed in Tattered Attire Complete With a Kilt and Bagpipes Slung Across its Shoulder, Tragic Spirit Bound to Their Instrument by Dark Magic and the Anguish of Their Untimely Demise, Spirit:[/b] ? [b]Rawhead, Malevolent Undead Creature, Relentless Hunter:[/b] ? [b]Bloody Bones, Reanimated Remains of a Living Creature That Has Fallen Victim to the Rawhead's Insatiable Hunger, Loyal Minion, Headless Skeleton, Undead Minion, Reanimated Minion:[/b] ? [b]Sluagh, Vast Flock of Black Ravens Twined About With Undulating Shadows, Great Birds, Harbingers of the Unseelie Court:[/b] ? [b]Sluagh, Fallen Angel:[/b] ? [b]Sluagh, Soul of the Dead:[/b] ? [b]Sluagh, Minion:[/b] ? [b]Sluagh, Messenger:[/b] ? [b]Spriggan, Notorious Creature, Grotesque Human, Fearsome Giant, Ghost of a Giant:[/b] ? [b]Spriggan, Guardian:[/b] ? [b]Taghairm, Jet-Black Panther, Ethereal-Shifting Predator:[/b] ? [b]Taghairm, Relentless Tracker:[/b] ? [b]Toili, Ghostly Funeral Procession, Harbinger of Impending Death, Ghostly Procession:[/b] ? [b]Yr Hwch Ddu Gwta, Fearsome Creature Resembling a Large Black Sow, Malevolent Spirit That Appears as a Large Black Sow Without a Tail, Soul-Eater:[/b] ? [b]Undead, Undead Creature:[/b] ? [b]Banshee:[/b] ? [b]Ghostly White Lady:[/b] ? [b]Unseelie Wight:[/b] ? [b]Wight:[/b] A Humanoid slain by this necrotic damage [from a gyre-calin's necrostaff] rises as a wight at the end of the gyre-calin's turn. [b]Will-o'-Wisp:[/b] ? [b]Zombie:[/b] The mari lwyd party approaches a house and engages in a unique form of musical battle called pwnco. They sing a song requesting admittance, while the inhabitants of the house respond with excuses to deny entry. The back-and-forth continues until the householders run out of ideas, at which point they must allow the mari lwyd party to enter. Once inside, the victims are bitten to death and reanimated as zombies who join the mari lwyd on its nightly roaming, which continues until dawn. A humanoid slain by [a mari lwyd's bite] attack rises 24 hours later as a zombie under the mari lwyd's control, unless the humanoid is restored to life or its body is destroyed. A humanoid slain by [a yr hwch ddu gwta's soul-eating arua] attack rises 24 hours later as a zombie under the yr hwch ddu gwta's control, unless the humanoid is restored to life or its body is destroyed. Extract Skeleton. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one incapacitated humanoid grappled by the rawhead. Hit: The target takes 55 (10d10) piercing damage. If this damage reduces the target to 0 hit points, the rawhead kills the target by extracting its skeleton, leaving the skull intact. The rawhead animates the corpse, turning it into a bloody bones under the rawhead's control. The bloody bones appears in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the rawhead and acts immediately after it in the initiative order. The rawhead can have no more than twelve bloody bones under its control at one time. [/QUOTE]
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