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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9259269" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21AGquw7bLjy9Pt%2DE&cid=F37EC70FCAA9A25C&id=F37EC70FCAA9A25C%211764&parId=F37EC70FCAA9A25C%211641&o=OneUp" target="_blank">Reign of Winter 1 The Snows of Summer 4th Edition Conversion</a></p><p>4e</p><p><strong>Zombie, Undead Zombie:</strong> Rohkar stuffed four slain guards inside and then animated them as zombies. He locked them in the carriage as a surprise for anyone investigating the massacre. </p><p>Animate Dead ritual.</p><p><strong>Zombie Rotter:</strong> Rohkar stuffed four slain guards inside and then animated them as zombies. He locked them in the carriage as a surprise for anyone investigating the massacre. The three zombies have already slain three unwary travelers that have turned into zombie rotters. </p><p><strong>Frost Skeleton:</strong> These discussions have helped Rohkar increase his own power, as the cold fey shared with him the means of animating skeletons infused with the fierce cold of Irrisen's winter, and Rohkar now commands two frost skeletons that he keeps here as bodyguards. </p><p>Rohkar has long taken pleasure in experimenting with the bodies of his victims, raising them as undead servants and tools that he can use to murder even more innocent people. So far, however, the bandit leader has had to rely on scrolls of animate dead to raise such creatures . His first attempt to create frost skeletons using a scroll suffered a mishap, however, and unknown to Rohkar, accidentally animated the skeletons of four Qadiran soldiers slain in the Border Wood hundreds of years ago during the war between Taldor and Qadira. </p><p><strong>Frost Skeleton, Bodyguard:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Servant:</strong> Rohkar has long taken pleasure in experimenting with the bodies of his victims, raising them as undead servants and tools that he can use to murder even more innocent people. </p><p><strong>Frost Skeleton Soldier:</strong> Rohkar has long taken pleasure in experimenting with the bodies of his victims, raising them as undead servants and tools that he can use to murder even more innocent people. So far, however, the bandit leader has had to rely on scrolls of animate dead to raise such creatures. His first attempt to create frost skeletons using a scroll suffered a mishap, however, and unknown to Rohkar, accidentally animated the skeletons of four Qadiran soldiers slain in the Border Wood hundreds of years ago during the war between Taldor and Qadira. </p><p><strong>Thora Petska, Phantom, Phantom Girl:</strong> You watch into the dark ice and see a little girl on a street in an unknown city. It is snowing and a crowd of people have gathered in the town square. She is trying to watch at the strangers that have gathered in the town plaza. Black clad men follow an icy white dressed woman. The little girl looks curiously at the party, before asking the man next to her, "Who is that ugly lady? Why is her hair all white? Is she a huldra?" Suddenly the white lady's eyes grow icy cold. "Bring that girl to me. We will make an example out of her. Nobody offends the White Witches of Irrisen. Take her!" The little girl get scared and tries to run away, but the black clad soldiers soon catch her and drag her back through the snow. "I'm sorry! Don't hurt me! I never meant to call you names!" the little girls scream, tears streaming down her eyes. The white lady only smiles. "I will teach you manners, little girl", she says with a smile that never touches her eyes. </p><p>In the ice you see the little girl again, cowering in here straw bed in some cold cell. The sound of the icy wind outside carries the chill of winter. The white lady stands at a simple bed, looking down at the girl with contempt in her eyes. "Please don't keep me here. It's so cold. I miss my mother", the little girl says, but with no tears. There are no tears left in her frail little body. "Your mother does not want you back. She told me so herself. 'Do what you want with that ungrateful little brat, I bear no love for her myself' she told me". The little girl looks stricken as by a physical blow. "You lie, you lie!" she screams. "Is that so? Why is then your mother leaving my castle? Look outside. That’s her down there. She did not want you", the white lady says, pointing out the window. "NOOOO", you hear the little girl scream with terror in her voice. </p><p>You see the little girl in the ice again. She stands in front of the white lady on her icy throne, in a large hall covered in frost and shadows. The white lady tries to give something to the little girl. It is a porcelain doll in her outstretched hand. "I don't want your stupid doll! I want to go home! Take me back!" the little girl screams and tries to throw the doll to the stone floor. The white lady catches it. "I wouldn't do that, if I were you. I wouldn't do that at all". There is something dangerous in her voice, a hidden promise of something terrible. </p><p><strong>Thora Petska, Guardian Doll, Porcelain Guardian Doll, Construct:</strong> You watch into the dark ice and see a little girl on a street in an unknown city. It is snowing and a crowd of people have gathered in the town square. She is trying to watch at the strangers that have gathered in the town plaza. Black clad men follow an icy white dressed woman. The little girl looks curiously at the party, before asking the man next to her, "Who is that ugly lady? Why is her hair all white? Is she a huldra?" Suddenly the white lady's eyes grow icy cold. "Bring that girl to me. We will make an example out of her. Nobody offends the White Witches of Irrisen. Take her!" The little girl get scared and tries to run away, but the black clad soldiers soon catch her and drag her back through the snow. "I'm sorry! Don't hurt me! I never meant to call you names!" the little girls scream, tears streaming down her eyes. The white lady only smiles. "I will teach you manners, little girl", she says with a smile that never touches her eyes. </p><p>In the ice you see the little girl again, cowering in here straw bed in some cold cell. The sound of the icy wind outside carries the chill of winter. The white lady stands at a simple bed, looking down at the girl with contempt in her eyes. "Please don't keep me here. It's so cold. I miss my mother", the little girl says, but with no tears. There are no tears left in her frail little body. "Your mother does not want you back. She told me so herself. 'Do what you want with that ungrateful little brat, I bear no love for her myself' she told me". The little girl looks stricken as by a physical blow. "You lie, you lie!" she screams. "Is that so? Why is then your mother leaving my castle? Look outside. That’s her down there. She did not want you", the white lady says, pointing out the window. "NOOOO", you hear the little girl scream with terror in her voice. </p><p>You see the little girl in the ice again. She stands in front of the white lady on her icy throne, in a large hall covered in frost and shadows. The white lady tries to give something to the little girl. It is a porcelain doll in her outstretched hand. "I don't want your stupid doll! I want to go home! Take me back!" the little girl screams and tries to throw the doll to the stone floor. The white lady catches it. "I wouldn't do that, if I were you. I wouldn't do that at all". There is something dangerous in her voice, a hidden promise of something terrible. </p><p><strong>Skeleton Warrior:</strong> Animate Dead ritual.</p><p><strong>Skeleton Warrior, Skeleton, Undead Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Augmented Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Augmented Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Guardian Doll:</strong> Guardian dolls are constructs created by the White Witches to serve as spies and sentries at places that require ever vigilant wardens−especially the wintry nation's borders. These strange automatons are infused with fragments of the souls of living beings slain during the dolls' creation. The doll is sentient, and though a small part of the soul's original personality remains, the witchery employed largely strips it of its individuality. </p><p><strong>Guardian Doll, Strange Doll, Construct, Strange Automaton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Guardian Doll, Spy:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Guardian Doll, Sentry:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead, Undead Creature:</strong> ?</p><p></p><p>Animate Dead </p><p>You command the dead corpses in the graveyard to rise to do your bidding, forever cursing your soul to necromancy. </p><p>Level: 6 </p><p>Category: Necromancy </p><p>Time: 1 hour </p><p>Duration: Special</p><p>Component Cost: See text </p><p>Market Price: 360 gp </p><p>Key Skill: Arcana </p><p>This ritual turns corpses into undead skeletons or zombies (see below). As a standard action you can verbally command the undead to take different actions during your turn. The undead can be made to follow you, or it can be made to remain in an area and attack any creature (or just a specific kind of creature) entering the place. The corpse remains animated until it or they are destroyed. A destroyed skeleton or zombie can’t be animated again. </p><p>Regardless of the type of undead you create with this ritual, you can’t create a undead of a higher level than your own level − 3. </p><p>The undead you create remain under your control indefinitely. No matter how many times you use this spell, however, you can control only (your level − 3) levels worth of undead creatures. If you exceed this number, all the newly created creatures fall under your control, and any excess undead from previous castings become uncontrolled. You choose which creatures are released. </p><p>Skeletons: A skeleton can be created only from a mostly intact corpse or skeleton. The corpse must have bones. If a skeleton is made from a corpse, the flesh falls off the bones. Skeletons need to be armed to be a threat. </p><p>Zombies: A zombie can be created only from a mostly intact corpse. The corpse must be that of a creature with a physical anatomy. </p><p>Focus: An onyx gem worth at least 25 gp per Level of the undead animated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 9259269, member: 2209"] [URL=https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21AGquw7bLjy9Pt%2DE&cid=F37EC70FCAA9A25C&id=F37EC70FCAA9A25C%211764&parId=F37EC70FCAA9A25C%211641&o=OneUp]Reign of Winter 1 The Snows of Summer 4th Edition Conversion[/URL] 4e [b]Zombie, Undead Zombie:[/b] Rohkar stuffed four slain guards inside and then animated them as zombies. He locked them in the carriage as a surprise for anyone investigating the massacre. Animate Dead ritual. [b]Zombie Rotter:[/b] Rohkar stuffed four slain guards inside and then animated them as zombies. He locked them in the carriage as a surprise for anyone investigating the massacre. The three zombies have already slain three unwary travelers that have turned into zombie rotters. [b]Frost Skeleton:[/b] These discussions have helped Rohkar increase his own power, as the cold fey shared with him the means of animating skeletons infused with the fierce cold of Irrisen's winter, and Rohkar now commands two frost skeletons that he keeps here as bodyguards. Rohkar has long taken pleasure in experimenting with the bodies of his victims, raising them as undead servants and tools that he can use to murder even more innocent people. So far, however, the bandit leader has had to rely on scrolls of animate dead to raise such creatures . His first attempt to create frost skeletons using a scroll suffered a mishap, however, and unknown to Rohkar, accidentally animated the skeletons of four Qadiran soldiers slain in the Border Wood hundreds of years ago during the war between Taldor and Qadira. [b]Frost Skeleton, Bodyguard:[/b] ? [b]Undead Servant:[/b] Rohkar has long taken pleasure in experimenting with the bodies of his victims, raising them as undead servants and tools that he can use to murder even more innocent people. [b]Frost Skeleton Soldier:[/b] Rohkar has long taken pleasure in experimenting with the bodies of his victims, raising them as undead servants and tools that he can use to murder even more innocent people. So far, however, the bandit leader has had to rely on scrolls of animate dead to raise such creatures. His first attempt to create frost skeletons using a scroll suffered a mishap, however, and unknown to Rohkar, accidentally animated the skeletons of four Qadiran soldiers slain in the Border Wood hundreds of years ago during the war between Taldor and Qadira. [b]Thora Petska, Phantom, Phantom Girl:[/b] You watch into the dark ice and see a little girl on a street in an unknown city. It is snowing and a crowd of people have gathered in the town square. She is trying to watch at the strangers that have gathered in the town plaza. Black clad men follow an icy white dressed woman. The little girl looks curiously at the party, before asking the man next to her, "Who is that ugly lady? Why is her hair all white? Is she a huldra?" Suddenly the white lady's eyes grow icy cold. "Bring that girl to me. We will make an example out of her. Nobody offends the White Witches of Irrisen. Take her!" The little girl get scared and tries to run away, but the black clad soldiers soon catch her and drag her back through the snow. "I'm sorry! Don't hurt me! I never meant to call you names!" the little girls scream, tears streaming down her eyes. The white lady only smiles. "I will teach you manners, little girl", she says with a smile that never touches her eyes. In the ice you see the little girl again, cowering in here straw bed in some cold cell. The sound of the icy wind outside carries the chill of winter. The white lady stands at a simple bed, looking down at the girl with contempt in her eyes. "Please don't keep me here. It's so cold. I miss my mother", the little girl says, but with no tears. There are no tears left in her frail little body. "Your mother does not want you back. She told me so herself. 'Do what you want with that ungrateful little brat, I bear no love for her myself' she told me". The little girl looks stricken as by a physical blow. "You lie, you lie!" she screams. "Is that so? Why is then your mother leaving my castle? Look outside. That’s her down there. She did not want you", the white lady says, pointing out the window. "NOOOO", you hear the little girl scream with terror in her voice. You see the little girl in the ice again. She stands in front of the white lady on her icy throne, in a large hall covered in frost and shadows. The white lady tries to give something to the little girl. It is a porcelain doll in her outstretched hand. "I don't want your stupid doll! I want to go home! Take me back!" the little girl screams and tries to throw the doll to the stone floor. The white lady catches it. "I wouldn't do that, if I were you. I wouldn't do that at all". There is something dangerous in her voice, a hidden promise of something terrible. [b]Thora Petska, Guardian Doll, Porcelain Guardian Doll, Construct:[/b] You watch into the dark ice and see a little girl on a street in an unknown city. It is snowing and a crowd of people have gathered in the town square. She is trying to watch at the strangers that have gathered in the town plaza. Black clad men follow an icy white dressed woman. The little girl looks curiously at the party, before asking the man next to her, "Who is that ugly lady? Why is her hair all white? Is she a huldra?" Suddenly the white lady's eyes grow icy cold. "Bring that girl to me. We will make an example out of her. Nobody offends the White Witches of Irrisen. Take her!" The little girl get scared and tries to run away, but the black clad soldiers soon catch her and drag her back through the snow. "I'm sorry! Don't hurt me! I never meant to call you names!" the little girls scream, tears streaming down her eyes. The white lady only smiles. "I will teach you manners, little girl", she says with a smile that never touches her eyes. In the ice you see the little girl again, cowering in here straw bed in some cold cell. The sound of the icy wind outside carries the chill of winter. The white lady stands at a simple bed, looking down at the girl with contempt in her eyes. "Please don't keep me here. It's so cold. I miss my mother", the little girl says, but with no tears. There are no tears left in her frail little body. "Your mother does not want you back. She told me so herself. 'Do what you want with that ungrateful little brat, I bear no love for her myself' she told me". The little girl looks stricken as by a physical blow. "You lie, you lie!" she screams. "Is that so? Why is then your mother leaving my castle? Look outside. That’s her down there. She did not want you", the white lady says, pointing out the window. "NOOOO", you hear the little girl scream with terror in her voice. You see the little girl in the ice again. She stands in front of the white lady on her icy throne, in a large hall covered in frost and shadows. The white lady tries to give something to the little girl. It is a porcelain doll in her outstretched hand. "I don't want your stupid doll! I want to go home! Take me back!" the little girl screams and tries to throw the doll to the stone floor. The white lady catches it. "I wouldn't do that, if I were you. I wouldn't do that at all". There is something dangerous in her voice, a hidden promise of something terrible. [b]Skeleton Warrior:[/b] Animate Dead ritual. [b]Skeleton Warrior, Skeleton, Undead Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Augmented Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Augmented Zombie:[/b] ? [b]Guardian Doll:[/b] Guardian dolls are constructs created by the White Witches to serve as spies and sentries at places that require ever vigilant wardens−especially the wintry nation's borders. These strange automatons are infused with fragments of the souls of living beings slain during the dolls' creation. The doll is sentient, and though a small part of the soul's original personality remains, the witchery employed largely strips it of its individuality. [b]Guardian Doll, Strange Doll, Construct, Strange Automaton:[/b] ? [b]Guardian Doll, Spy:[/b] ? [b]Guardian Doll, Sentry:[/b] ? [b]Undead, Undead Creature:[/b] ? Animate Dead You command the dead corpses in the graveyard to rise to do your bidding, forever cursing your soul to necromancy. Level: 6 Category: Necromancy Time: 1 hour Duration: Special Component Cost: See text Market Price: 360 gp Key Skill: Arcana This ritual turns corpses into undead skeletons or zombies (see below). As a standard action you can verbally command the undead to take different actions during your turn. The undead can be made to follow you, or it can be made to remain in an area and attack any creature (or just a specific kind of creature) entering the place. The corpse remains animated until it or they are destroyed. A destroyed skeleton or zombie can’t be animated again. Regardless of the type of undead you create with this ritual, you can’t create a undead of a higher level than your own level − 3. The undead you create remain under your control indefinitely. No matter how many times you use this spell, however, you can control only (your level − 3) levels worth of undead creatures. If you exceed this number, all the newly created creatures fall under your control, and any excess undead from previous castings become uncontrolled. You choose which creatures are released. Skeletons: A skeleton can be created only from a mostly intact corpse or skeleton. The corpse must have bones. If a skeleton is made from a corpse, the flesh falls off the bones. Skeletons need to be armed to be a threat. Zombies: A zombie can be created only from a mostly intact corpse. The corpse must be that of a creature with a physical anatomy. Focus: An onyx gem worth at least 25 gp per Level of the undead animated. [/QUOTE]
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