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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9248866" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21ACAa6WKONJWm0kA&cid=F37EC70FCAA9A25C&id=F37EC70FCAA9A25C%211761&parId=F37EC70FCAA9A25C%211641&o=OneUp" target="_blank">H1 Conversion</a></p><p>4e</p><p><strong>Undead, Living Dead, Undead Creature:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Vile Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Shadow:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Self-Loathing Undead Creature:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghoul:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Sir Jerold Keegan, Kinslayer, Ghost:</strong> “Take a look at this poem I found in the ‘Collection of Lyrics from Melgold – The Mad Poet of Almhurst’ </p><p>In shadowed keep of tumbled stone, </p><p>A peril lurks, for years unknown, </p><p>The Kinslayer's spirit guards it yet, </p><p>'Gainst a newfound vile threat. </p><p>The Kinslayer once was proud and strong, </p><p>Until the Blood Lord came along. </p><p>The thing of evil sent dark dreams, </p><p>Nightmares wrought of tortured screams, </p><p>The vowed defender's mind did bend, </p><p>And with his blade he did rend. </p><p>Awakened to the awful truth, </p><p>Shattered bones of men and youth, </p><p>His wife and children, pride and joy, </p><p>Mistaken for demons he was forced to destroy. </p><p>The Kinslayer fled to meet death alone, </p><p>For wicked deeds he must now atone, </p><p>And so the fallen paladin must wait, </p><p>For heroes to arrive and reverse his fate. </p><p>But twisted whispers echo through the halls, </p><p>And ghostly blood runs 'long the walls, </p><p>None can face those cursed remains, </p><p>Fear like water in their veins. </p><p>A Blood Lord follower from a cursed line, </p><p>Now threatens to awake the unholy shrine, </p><p>Dark power craves as men do thirst, </p><p>Confining spells to be reversed. </p><p>Storm clouds gather with the demon's approach, </p><p>And the living dead will soon encroach, </p><p>The forces of good will never survive, </p><p>For the Prince of the Undeath will soon arrive. </p><p>This poem sent me digging deeper into the fall of this Kinslayer and this is what I found: Within two short decades after the collapse of the Nareth Empire, Shadowfell Keep was abandoned and left to fall apart and decay. It was on a grisly night about eighty years ago that the lord and commander of the keep garrison, Sir Jerold Keegan, put into motion the events that led to the keep’s downfall.” </p><p>“Perhaps the Shadow Rift’s malign influence is too strong to resist. Maybe Sir Keegan was a crazed lunatic driven by demons we may never understand. Whatever the case, at the stroke of midnight on that fateful day, Sir Keegan began to systematically slaughter every resident of the keep, forever cursing the place. The author of the historical treatises speculates that he suffered paranoid delusions, for Keegan went on a rampage through the keep. His own wife and children were first to fall to his blade, then his trusted advisors, and finally many of the soldiers under his command. Sir Keegan was too skilled for any one soldier to defeat, yet eventually the garrison managed to respond with an organized defense. Although many brave soldiers died, they managed to inflict him a grievous wound that drove the mad knight to flee into the keep’s crypts were they finally managed to dispatch him.” </p><p>Sir Keegan’s ghost is said to roam the corridors beneath the ruins, wailing in grief over the tragedy of his life. </p><p>The PCs can find the following dark red scripts on the walls of the different areas: </p><p>Area 1: </p><p>• The Whispering in my head – will it ever end? </p><p>• Traitors! They are all traitors to the Blood Lord!! </p><p>• Blood. All the Blood. It is all for thee my Lord! </p><p>• The little girl, who was she? Her blood tasted like copper, but O so sweet. Master, who was she? </p><p>Area 5: </p><p>• The Shadows are whispering to me. They tell me secrets. They tell me to do things – horrible things. </p><p>• There are shadows in my head and blood on my hands. Who am I? When will it end? </p><p>• Get away from me. I do not want to see! NOO! </p><p>• Sweet blood – thou are my river and master </p><p>• The horned one is calling in my dreams, showing me things. Things that I have to do. He is my Master, he is my Lord. </p><p>Area 7: </p><p>• The door. I must open the door. He will be waiting for me on the other side </p><p>• O Master, I hear the steps of your cloven hooves echoing through the shadows. I will do as you have told me. </p><p>• Who are all these faces that try to stop me. Are they shadowy memories from another life? Master, enlighten me. </p><p>• Blood and shadows. Blood for shadows. </p><p>Area 8: </p><p>• The door. I must find the door. So much blood. Can’t see. Shadows everywhere </p><p>• No they have tricked me Master. They have locked me in. Release thy servant </p><p>• No master. Please no. I do not want to see. Do not show me. Don’t abandon me Master. I want to be in your shadow </p><p>• What have I done? NO </p><p>• Bahamut forgive me. This is the end. </p><p><strong>Animated Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skeleton Warrior:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Servant:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie Rotter:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Decrepit Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Gravehound:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Corruption Corpse:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Vampire Spawn Fleshripper:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skeleton Sentinel:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Shallowgrave Wight:</strong> ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 9248866, member: 2209"] [URL=https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21ACAa6WKONJWm0kA&cid=F37EC70FCAA9A25C&id=F37EC70FCAA9A25C%211761&parId=F37EC70FCAA9A25C%211641&o=OneUp]H1 Conversion[/URL] 4e [b]Undead, Living Dead, Undead Creature:[/b] ? [b]Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Zombie:[/b] ? [b]Vile Zombie:[/b] ? [b]Shadow:[/b] ? [b]Self-Loathing Undead Creature:[/b] ? [b]Ghoul:[/b] ? [b]Sir Jerold Keegan, Kinslayer, Ghost:[/b] “Take a look at this poem I found in the ‘Collection of Lyrics from Melgold – The Mad Poet of Almhurst’ In shadowed keep of tumbled stone, A peril lurks, for years unknown, The Kinslayer's spirit guards it yet, 'Gainst a newfound vile threat. The Kinslayer once was proud and strong, Until the Blood Lord came along. The thing of evil sent dark dreams, Nightmares wrought of tortured screams, The vowed defender's mind did bend, And with his blade he did rend. Awakened to the awful truth, Shattered bones of men and youth, His wife and children, pride and joy, Mistaken for demons he was forced to destroy. The Kinslayer fled to meet death alone, For wicked deeds he must now atone, And so the fallen paladin must wait, For heroes to arrive and reverse his fate. But twisted whispers echo through the halls, And ghostly blood runs 'long the walls, None can face those cursed remains, Fear like water in their veins. A Blood Lord follower from a cursed line, Now threatens to awake the unholy shrine, Dark power craves as men do thirst, Confining spells to be reversed. Storm clouds gather with the demon's approach, And the living dead will soon encroach, The forces of good will never survive, For the Prince of the Undeath will soon arrive. This poem sent me digging deeper into the fall of this Kinslayer and this is what I found: Within two short decades after the collapse of the Nareth Empire, Shadowfell Keep was abandoned and left to fall apart and decay. It was on a grisly night about eighty years ago that the lord and commander of the keep garrison, Sir Jerold Keegan, put into motion the events that led to the keep’s downfall.” “Perhaps the Shadow Rift’s malign influence is too strong to resist. Maybe Sir Keegan was a crazed lunatic driven by demons we may never understand. Whatever the case, at the stroke of midnight on that fateful day, Sir Keegan began to systematically slaughter every resident of the keep, forever cursing the place. The author of the historical treatises speculates that he suffered paranoid delusions, for Keegan went on a rampage through the keep. His own wife and children were first to fall to his blade, then his trusted advisors, and finally many of the soldiers under his command. Sir Keegan was too skilled for any one soldier to defeat, yet eventually the garrison managed to respond with an organized defense. Although many brave soldiers died, they managed to inflict him a grievous wound that drove the mad knight to flee into the keep’s crypts were they finally managed to dispatch him.” Sir Keegan’s ghost is said to roam the corridors beneath the ruins, wailing in grief over the tragedy of his life. The PCs can find the following dark red scripts on the walls of the different areas: Area 1: • The Whispering in my head – will it ever end? • Traitors! They are all traitors to the Blood Lord!! • Blood. All the Blood. It is all for thee my Lord! • The little girl, who was she? Her blood tasted like copper, but O so sweet. Master, who was she? Area 5: • The Shadows are whispering to me. They tell me secrets. They tell me to do things – horrible things. • There are shadows in my head and blood on my hands. Who am I? When will it end? • Get away from me. I do not want to see! NOO! • Sweet blood – thou are my river and master • The horned one is calling in my dreams, showing me things. Things that I have to do. He is my Master, he is my Lord. Area 7: • The door. I must open the door. He will be waiting for me on the other side • O Master, I hear the steps of your cloven hooves echoing through the shadows. I will do as you have told me. • Who are all these faces that try to stop me. Are they shadowy memories from another life? Master, enlighten me. • Blood and shadows. Blood for shadows. Area 8: • The door. I must find the door. So much blood. Can’t see. Shadows everywhere • No they have tricked me Master. They have locked me in. Release thy servant • No master. Please no. I do not want to see. Do not show me. Don’t abandon me Master. I want to be in your shadow • What have I done? NO • Bahamut forgive me. This is the end. [b]Animated Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Skeleton Warrior:[/b] ? [b]Undead Servant:[/b] ? [b]Zombie Rotter:[/b] ? [b]Decrepit Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Gravehound:[/b] ? [b]Corruption Corpse:[/b] ? [b]Vampire Spawn Fleshripper:[/b] ? [b]Skeleton Sentinel:[/b] ? [b]Shallowgrave Wight:[/b] ? [/QUOTE]
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