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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9257152" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21AEJwZYIM6VRGBqg&cid=F37EC70FCAA9A25C&id=F37EC70FCAA9A25C%211762&parId=F37EC70FCAA9A25C%211641&o=OneUp" target="_blank">P2 Conversion</a></p><p>4e</p><p><strong>Undead, Undead Creature, Living Dead:</strong> When the Tower of Zoramadria was moved across the Underdark through the ritual, the life force of many of its inhabitants was drained off to power that ritual. Many of Zoramadria’s students that escaped permanent destruction did so only by embracing undeath. </p><p>“… She collapsed the space around her tower, transferring it and all her students in one fell swoop to a far corner of the Underdark. But the strain was to great – I tried to help her but I was not strong enough. As the Tower was moved across the Underdark through the ritual, the life force of all of its inhabitants was drained off to power the ritual. Zoramadria saved us from permanent destruction – but at the cost of all of us embracing undeath. Zoramadria did not make it, the strain of the ritual was too much, and her soul shattered. All that remains is her empty husk. A corpse bereft of its soul – tricked even from unlife.” </p><p><strong>Matron Urlvrain, Vampire:</strong> The evil high priestess Matron Urlvrain has fallen from the grace of Lolth. Rather than stepping down from the position and give it to Lolth’s chosen – Lareen, she has made a pact with Orcus. She agreed to betray her brethren and give over the drow city to Orcus unholy legions, in return of being the master of the undead drow that remained after the battle. Matron Urlvrain used her charms and the vampiric blessings she received from Orcus to turn the proud warrior knight Zirithian into her loyal vassal. </p><p><strong>Lareen, Vampire Lord, Master:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zirithian the Unfettered, Vampire, Ebony Black Drow, Loyal Vassal, Exarch, Hordemaster, Warrior, Heavy Hitter:</strong> She managed to seduce the leader of the armed forces in Phaervorul, the powerful warrior Zirithian and managed to convince him to rise against Phaervorul’s ruler, Matron Urlvrain. But Matron Urlvrain sensed the deceit, and ordered Zirithian killed. To[o] late did Lareen find out about Matron Urlvrain[']s order. She found him dying in his villa at the hands of Maarth the Assassin. Seeing all her work destroyed by the blade of an assassin, she reached out and “blessed” Zirithian with vampirism. </p><p>Orcus turned him into his exarch, transforming him into a vampire with a few of the lesser powers. </p><p><strong>Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Wraith:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Parthal, Archlich of the Tower of Zoramadria, Lord of the Tower of Zoramadria, Guardian of Phaervorul, Archlich, Drow Lich, Majestic Floating Humanoid, Last Remaining Disciple, Necromancer:</strong> He is a necromancer, but not a lich. Rather an undead by the magical oath he gave to Zoramadria a long time ago to preserve the knowledge how the portal to the Shadowfell could be closed and how the undead hordes of Orcus could be defeated. </p><p>“… She collapsed the space around her tower, transferring it and all her students in one fell swoop to a far corner of the Underdark. But the strain was to great – I tried to help her but I was not strong enough. As the Tower was moved across the Underdark through the ritual, the life force of all of its inhabitants was drained off to power the ritual. Zoramadria saved us from permanent destruction – but at the cost of all of us embracing undeath. Zoramadria did not make it, the strain of the ritual was too much, and her soul shattered. All that remains is her empty husk. A corpse bereft of its soul – tricked even from unlife.” </p><p><strong>Drow Horde Ghoul:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Drow Horde Ghoul, Slavering Undead Humanoid, Ghoul Minion:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Sword Wraith:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Free-Willed Sword Wraith:</strong> Any humanoid killed by the sword wraith rises as a free-willed sword wraith at the start of its creator’s next turn, appearing in the space where it died, or in the nearest unoccupied space if that space is occupied.</p><p><strong>Free-Willed Sword Wraith, Spawned Wraith:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Drow:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Servant:</strong> Phaervorul is just a beach head for the dark ambitions of Orcus. Once he has taken Pharevorul his hordes will swarm the Underdark in search of prey. Sooner or later they will find a way to the surface world where the hordes will turn all the living into undead servants of Orcus. </p><p><strong>Ghoul:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Raving Ghoul:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Brain-Smelling Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lurking Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lurking Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Minion:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Abyssal Ghoul:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Abyssal Ghoul Devourer:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Boneclaw Impaler:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Vampire Spawn Bloodstalker:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Vampire Spawn Bloodstalker, Cannon Fodder:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Perverted Undead Creature:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lord Dust, Lich, Heavy Hitter:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Abyssal Ghoul Hungerer:</strong> As Orcus slayed Tomari he perverted her essence of love, pleasure, and harmony into hate, pain and chaos. Transforming the fruits of love – birth of a child – into a vile creation of undeath and zombies. Whenever a player takes normal or acid damage, spilling blood on the flesh of the goddess, her flesh gives birth to one zombie rager that attacks last the following round. As an immediate reaction to the blood damage – Tomari’s Womb shudder and quakes while giving “birth” to the zombie, forcing the PC and any allies within 2 squares to make a DC 31 Acrobatic check or fall prone. If the spilled blood comes from a lawful good PC, one abyssal ghoul hungerer is born instead. A single attack cannot generate more than one zombie rager or ghoul hungerer. </p><p><strong>Zombie Rager:</strong> As Orcus slayed Tomari he perverted her essence of love, pleasure, and harmony into hate, pain and chaos. Transforming the fruits of love – birth of a child – into a vile creation of undeath and zombies. Whenever a player takes normal or acid damage, spilling blood on the flesh of the goddess, her flesh gives birth to one zombie rager that attacks last the following round. As an immediate reaction to the blood damage – Tomari’s Womb shudder and quakes while giving “birth” to the zombie, forcing the PC and any allies within 2 squares to make a DC 31 Acrobatic check or fall prone. If the spilled blood comes from a lawful good PC, one abyssal ghoul hungerer is born instead. A single attack cannot generate more than one zombie rager or ghoul hungerer. </p><p><strong>Zombie Rager, Rotting Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Drow Battle Wight:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Balthrad, Abyssal Ghoul:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghoul Eyebiter:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Drow Battle Wight Commander:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Immolith:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Husk Spider:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Drow Vampire Spawn:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Wailing Ghost, Banshee:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Bodak Reaver:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Nightwalker:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Bodak Skulk:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Bone Naga:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Slaughter Wight:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie Tombwalker:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Arath Nightcaller:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Demonic Flameskull:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Giant Mummy:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie Mob:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lord Carrion, Death Knight:</strong> ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 9257152, member: 2209"] [URL=https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21AEJwZYIM6VRGBqg&cid=F37EC70FCAA9A25C&id=F37EC70FCAA9A25C%211762&parId=F37EC70FCAA9A25C%211641&o=OneUp]P2 Conversion[/URL] 4e [b]Undead, Undead Creature, Living Dead:[/b] When the Tower of Zoramadria was moved across the Underdark through the ritual, the life force of many of its inhabitants was drained off to power that ritual. Many of Zoramadria’s students that escaped permanent destruction did so only by embracing undeath. “… She collapsed the space around her tower, transferring it and all her students in one fell swoop to a far corner of the Underdark. But the strain was to great – I tried to help her but I was not strong enough. As the Tower was moved across the Underdark through the ritual, the life force of all of its inhabitants was drained off to power the ritual. Zoramadria saved us from permanent destruction – but at the cost of all of us embracing undeath. Zoramadria did not make it, the strain of the ritual was too much, and her soul shattered. All that remains is her empty husk. A corpse bereft of its soul – tricked even from unlife.” [b]Matron Urlvrain, Vampire:[/b] The evil high priestess Matron Urlvrain has fallen from the grace of Lolth. Rather than stepping down from the position and give it to Lolth’s chosen – Lareen, she has made a pact with Orcus. She agreed to betray her brethren and give over the drow city to Orcus unholy legions, in return of being the master of the undead drow that remained after the battle. Matron Urlvrain used her charms and the vampiric blessings she received from Orcus to turn the proud warrior knight Zirithian into her loyal vassal. [b]Lareen, Vampire Lord, Master:[/b] ? [b]Zirithian the Unfettered, Vampire, Ebony Black Drow, Loyal Vassal, Exarch, Hordemaster, Warrior, Heavy Hitter:[/b] She managed to seduce the leader of the armed forces in Phaervorul, the powerful warrior Zirithian and managed to convince him to rise against Phaervorul’s ruler, Matron Urlvrain. But Matron Urlvrain sensed the deceit, and ordered Zirithian killed. To[o] late did Lareen find out about Matron Urlvrain[']s order. She found him dying in his villa at the hands of Maarth the Assassin. Seeing all her work destroyed by the blade of an assassin, she reached out and “blessed” Zirithian with vampirism. Orcus turned him into his exarch, transforming him into a vampire with a few of the lesser powers. [b]Zombie:[/b] ? [b]Wraith:[/b] ? [b]Parthal, Archlich of the Tower of Zoramadria, Lord of the Tower of Zoramadria, Guardian of Phaervorul, Archlich, Drow Lich, Majestic Floating Humanoid, Last Remaining Disciple, Necromancer:[/b] He is a necromancer, but not a lich. Rather an undead by the magical oath he gave to Zoramadria a long time ago to preserve the knowledge how the portal to the Shadowfell could be closed and how the undead hordes of Orcus could be defeated. “… She collapsed the space around her tower, transferring it and all her students in one fell swoop to a far corner of the Underdark. But the strain was to great – I tried to help her but I was not strong enough. As the Tower was moved across the Underdark through the ritual, the life force of all of its inhabitants was drained off to power the ritual. Zoramadria saved us from permanent destruction – but at the cost of all of us embracing undeath. Zoramadria did not make it, the strain of the ritual was too much, and her soul shattered. All that remains is her empty husk. A corpse bereft of its soul – tricked even from unlife.” [b]Drow Horde Ghoul:[/b] ? [b]Drow Horde Ghoul, Slavering Undead Humanoid, Ghoul Minion:[/b] ? [b]Sword Wraith:[/b] ? [b]Free-Willed Sword Wraith:[/b] Any humanoid killed by the sword wraith rises as a free-willed sword wraith at the start of its creator’s next turn, appearing in the space where it died, or in the nearest unoccupied space if that space is occupied. [b]Free-Willed Sword Wraith, Spawned Wraith:[/b] ? [b]Undead Drow:[/b] ? [b]Undead Servant:[/b] Phaervorul is just a beach head for the dark ambitions of Orcus. Once he has taken Pharevorul his hordes will swarm the Underdark in search of prey. Sooner or later they will find a way to the surface world where the hordes will turn all the living into undead servants of Orcus. [b]Ghoul:[/b] ? [b]Raving Ghoul:[/b] ? [b]Brain-Smelling Zombie:[/b] ? [b]Lurking Zombie:[/b] ? [b]Lurking Undead:[/b] ? [b]Undead Minion:[/b] ? [b]Abyssal Ghoul:[/b] ? [b]Abyssal Ghoul Devourer:[/b] ? [b]Boneclaw Impaler:[/b] ? [b]Vampire Spawn Bloodstalker:[/b] ? [b]Vampire Spawn Bloodstalker, Cannon Fodder:[/b] ? [b]Perverted Undead Creature:[/b] ? [b]Lord Dust, Lich, Heavy Hitter:[/b] ? [b]Abyssal Ghoul Hungerer:[/b] As Orcus slayed Tomari he perverted her essence of love, pleasure, and harmony into hate, pain and chaos. Transforming the fruits of love – birth of a child – into a vile creation of undeath and zombies. Whenever a player takes normal or acid damage, spilling blood on the flesh of the goddess, her flesh gives birth to one zombie rager that attacks last the following round. As an immediate reaction to the blood damage – Tomari’s Womb shudder and quakes while giving “birth” to the zombie, forcing the PC and any allies within 2 squares to make a DC 31 Acrobatic check or fall prone. If the spilled blood comes from a lawful good PC, one abyssal ghoul hungerer is born instead. A single attack cannot generate more than one zombie rager or ghoul hungerer. [b]Zombie Rager:[/b] As Orcus slayed Tomari he perverted her essence of love, pleasure, and harmony into hate, pain and chaos. Transforming the fruits of love – birth of a child – into a vile creation of undeath and zombies. Whenever a player takes normal or acid damage, spilling blood on the flesh of the goddess, her flesh gives birth to one zombie rager that attacks last the following round. As an immediate reaction to the blood damage – Tomari’s Womb shudder and quakes while giving “birth” to the zombie, forcing the PC and any allies within 2 squares to make a DC 31 Acrobatic check or fall prone. If the spilled blood comes from a lawful good PC, one abyssal ghoul hungerer is born instead. A single attack cannot generate more than one zombie rager or ghoul hungerer. [b]Zombie Rager, Rotting Zombie:[/b] ? [b]Drow Battle Wight:[/b] ? [b]Balthrad, Abyssal Ghoul:[/b] ? [b]Ghoul Eyebiter:[/b] ? [b]Drow Battle Wight Commander:[/b] ? [b]Immolith:[/b] ? [b]Husk Spider:[/b] ? [b]Drow Vampire Spawn:[/b] ? [b]Wailing Ghost, Banshee:[/b] ? [b]Bodak Reaver:[/b] ? [b]Nightwalker:[/b] ? [b]Bodak Skulk:[/b] ? [b]Bone Naga:[/b] ? [b]Slaughter Wight:[/b] ? [b]Zombie Tombwalker:[/b] ? [b]Arath Nightcaller:[/b] ? [b]Demonic Flameskull:[/b] ? [b]Giant Mummy:[/b] ? [b]Zombie Mob:[/b] ? [b]Lord Carrion, Death Knight:[/b] ? [/QUOTE]
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