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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9274441" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="https://paizo.com/products/btq01zuh?Pathfinder-Adventure-Path-153-Life-s-Long-Shadows" target="_blank">Pathfinder Adventure Path #153: Life’s Long Shadows (Extinction Curse 3 of 6)</a></p><p>Pathfinder 2e</p><p><strong>Herecite:</strong> BLASPHEMOUS REBIRTH The ritual to create a herecite demands the sacrifice of five devotees of the same non-evil god. During the ritual, the devotees’ bodies and souls meld together to form a single profane entity. Regardless of the deity it worships in undeath, the herecite always bears a debauched likeness to the god its constituent members previously worshipped. Followers of Erastil may reform into an aged man with a stag’s skull for a head, the blood of would-be hunters dripping from its monstrous fangs; worshippers of Desna might transmute into a woman weighed down by chains, her butterfly wings hacked to limp shreds. </p><p>Secreted away in the dark corners of unnamed libraries, necromancer’s dens, and heretical scriptoriums, obscure texts describe a horrifying ritual that combines sacrifice and suffering to create a powerful undead being known as a herecite. These monsters, stripped of personal will or desire, are born into the service of an evil god whom they worship unerringly and untiringly, often in spite of any opposing religious leanings they may have had in life. Every herecite harbors an unquenchable self-hatred because it was defiled by such a foul resurrection—a rage it turns outward in an attempt to rob others of their faith and lives. </p><p><strong>Herecite, Powerful Undead Being, Tormented Being, Protector of Unholy Ground, Profane Entity:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Herecite, Aged Man With a Stag’s Skull for a Head:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Herecite, Woman Weighed Down by Chains:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Stranded Herecite:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Herecite Cabal Member:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Herecite of Zevgavizeb:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lesser Form of Undead:</strong> A lone herecite cut off from its creators—often because it is the sole remnant of a destroyed temple or its master has perished—may wander far and wide in search of a cabal to join. Other times, the herecite seeks out a place sacred to the deity it worshipped in life. Whether motivated by a desire for contrition or vengeance, the end result of this baleful pilgrimage is always the desecration of the holy site and the slaughter of its congregants, who may in turn rise as lesser forms of undead. </p><p><strong>Ghost:</strong> “There’s a shoony—you know, one of those dog folk—in Castinlee who sings to the dead. He digs their graves, but apparently that isn’t enough for him, so he sings to them too… and their ghosts get up and dance for him!” </p><p><strong>Luko Grundryn, Ghost Mage, Dwarven Ghost:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Jormir Grundryn, Ghost Mage, Dwarven Ghost:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghostly Petitioner:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Land-Vampire:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Vampiric Flying Monstrosity:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Haunt Raving Spirit:</strong> This stuffy little bed chamber was where the foul farmer Currew spent the last miserable hours of his life and died in his sleep as a result of the attacks of the night hag Skarja. A grocer making a delivery the next day found the old man dead and took the corpse to Kerrick for burial, leaving the house vacant ever since. </p><p>Currew’s hateful spirit doesn’t rest, and manifests in this room as a haunt. </p><p>Not far south of Matten Cleave lies an abandoned farm with an evil reputation. Even in life, Old Currew, the former owner, was shunned and disliked. A decade earlier, the misfortune and destruction of his much-beloved neighbors, the Swinten family, had brought the bitter man great delight. After his sudden death little more than a year ago, the farmstead has only increased in notoriety. Rumors state that the spirit of evil Old Currew still haunts the place.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 9274441, member: 2209"] [URL=https://paizo.com/products/btq01zuh?Pathfinder-Adventure-Path-153-Life-s-Long-Shadows]Pathfinder Adventure Path #153: Life’s Long Shadows (Extinction Curse 3 of 6)[/URL] Pathfinder 2e [b]Herecite:[/b] BLASPHEMOUS REBIRTH The ritual to create a herecite demands the sacrifice of five devotees of the same non-evil god. During the ritual, the devotees’ bodies and souls meld together to form a single profane entity. Regardless of the deity it worships in undeath, the herecite always bears a debauched likeness to the god its constituent members previously worshipped. Followers of Erastil may reform into an aged man with a stag’s skull for a head, the blood of would-be hunters dripping from its monstrous fangs; worshippers of Desna might transmute into a woman weighed down by chains, her butterfly wings hacked to limp shreds. Secreted away in the dark corners of unnamed libraries, necromancer’s dens, and heretical scriptoriums, obscure texts describe a horrifying ritual that combines sacrifice and suffering to create a powerful undead being known as a herecite. These monsters, stripped of personal will or desire, are born into the service of an evil god whom they worship unerringly and untiringly, often in spite of any opposing religious leanings they may have had in life. Every herecite harbors an unquenchable self-hatred because it was defiled by such a foul resurrection—a rage it turns outward in an attempt to rob others of their faith and lives. [b]Herecite, Powerful Undead Being, Tormented Being, Protector of Unholy Ground, Profane Entity:[/b] ? [b]Herecite, Aged Man With a Stag’s Skull for a Head:[/b] ? [b]Herecite, Woman Weighed Down by Chains:[/b] ? [b]Stranded Herecite:[/b] ? [b]Herecite Cabal Member:[/b] ? [b]Herecite of Zevgavizeb:[/b] ? [b]Lesser Form of Undead:[/b] A lone herecite cut off from its creators—often because it is the sole remnant of a destroyed temple or its master has perished—may wander far and wide in search of a cabal to join. Other times, the herecite seeks out a place sacred to the deity it worshipped in life. Whether motivated by a desire for contrition or vengeance, the end result of this baleful pilgrimage is always the desecration of the holy site and the slaughter of its congregants, who may in turn rise as lesser forms of undead. [b]Ghost:[/b] “There’s a shoony—you know, one of those dog folk—in Castinlee who sings to the dead. He digs their graves, but apparently that isn’t enough for him, so he sings to them too… and their ghosts get up and dance for him!” [b]Luko Grundryn, Ghost Mage, Dwarven Ghost:[/b] ? [b]Jormir Grundryn, Ghost Mage, Dwarven Ghost:[/b] ? [b]Ghostly Petitioner:[/b] ? [b]Land-Vampire:[/b] ? [b]Vampiric Flying Monstrosity:[/b] ? [b]Haunt Raving Spirit:[/b] This stuffy little bed chamber was where the foul farmer Currew spent the last miserable hours of his life and died in his sleep as a result of the attacks of the night hag Skarja. A grocer making a delivery the next day found the old man dead and took the corpse to Kerrick for burial, leaving the house vacant ever since. Currew’s hateful spirit doesn’t rest, and manifests in this room as a haunt. Not far south of Matten Cleave lies an abandoned farm with an evil reputation. Even in life, Old Currew, the former owner, was shunned and disliked. A decade earlier, the misfortune and destruction of his much-beloved neighbors, the Swinten family, had brought the bitter man great delight. After his sudden death little more than a year ago, the farmstead has only increased in notoriety. Rumors state that the spirit of evil Old Currew still haunts the place. [/QUOTE]
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