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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9276484" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="https://paizo.com/products/btq021by?Pathfinder-Adventure-Path-155-Lord-of-the-Black-Sands" target="_blank">Pathfinder Adventure Path #155: Lord of the Black Sands (Extinction Curse 5 of 6)</a></p><p>Pathfinder 2e</p><p><strong>Iffdahsil, Undead Shoggoth, Slithering Horror, Amorphous Creature, Uniques Form of Shoggoth, Undead Horror, Horrifying Monster, Undead Monstrosity, Undead Beast:</strong> Iffdahsil’s path to undeath is unknown. Many believe Iffdahsil can consume and incorporate the souls and minds of its victims, which might explain its spellcasting powers and relatively advanced intellect, though this also gives rise to more unanswerable questions about its horrific nature and unknowable goals. </p><p>No living being knows who or what created the horrifying monster called Iffdahsil, though scholars in Shraen suspect it originally came from the Sightless Sea, only for something in Vask to transform it into an undead monstrosity. </p><p><strong>Dyzallin Shraen, Drow Mummy Mage, Keeper of the Aeon Orb, Antagonist, Eternally Patient Mummy, Influential Drow Mummy, Cunning Mummy Spellcaster, Soulless Drow, Brilliant Drow Mummy, Drow Mummy, Author, Undead Drow, Mummy, Rival, Greatest Rival, Prominent Noble, Leader:</strong> While Dyzallin was one of the few who had survived the deadly exodus, in the end, he too chose undeath, deeming life detrimental to his quest for power. Leveraging all his connections within his faction, the Sunscar Oath, Dyzallin acquired a set of scrolls detailing a secret method of attaining immortality through mummification atop a specially prepared mirror. </p><p><strong>Grimbeak, Undead Raven Familiar:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Drow, Undead Drow Elf:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Xulgath:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skaveling, Enormous Undead Bat, Ghoulish Bat:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skaveling Mount:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead:</strong> The drow elves of House Shraen, after being exiled from their home city for worshipping Urgathoa and engaging in rites even other drow found distasteful, discovered the vault. By the time they’d reached it, none of the exiled drow had survived as living beings; the most powerful and crafty among them had achieved immortality through undeath, and those who couldn’t had become food for those who did. </p><p><strong>Death Drider, Variant Drider:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Death Drider, Undead Monstrosity, Undead Drider:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Local:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Soldier:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Alisira Shraen, Drow Assassin 17, Master Assassin, Master of Disguises:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Incorporeal Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ciza Shraen, Banshee Entertainer, Restless Spirit, Drow Sister, Evil Dangerous Creature:</strong> The restless spirits of two drow sisters, Ciza and Nihiris Shraen, inhabit this floor. They became banshees after their deaths during House Shraen’s exodus to the Black Desert. They were betrayed by a faction within the house, and to this day, they remain unsure who arranged their murder. </p><p><strong>Nihiris Shraen, Banshee Entertainer, Restless Spirit, Drow Sister, Slightly Better Performer:</strong> The restless spirits of two drow sisters, Ciza and Nihiris Shraen, inhabit this floor. They became banshees after their deaths during House Shraen’s exodus to the Black Desert. They were betrayed by a faction within the house, and to this day, they remain unsure who arranged their murder. </p><p><strong>Larielle Shraen, Drow Banshee High Priest 19:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Drow Ghost:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Mafaere Almonsyn of House Dolour, Mafaere Alonsyn, Drow Ghost Witch, Ghost, Hungry Spirit, Ghost-Witch:</strong> Centuries ago, a Zirnakaynin native named Mafaere Almonsyn of House Dolour rose to considerable status within her house. Yet on the eve of her ascension to power, a rival house’s assassin ingloriously took her life while she slept, helpless. Her rage transcended the natural order, and Mafaere rose as a ghost to seek vengeance on her betrayers. </p><p><strong>Ghoul:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghoul Spy:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Shallistra, Reformed Xulgath Ghoul:</strong> Such was the case for a xulgath-turned-ghoul named Shallistra, a former champion of Zevgavizeb. After her clutch was wiped out by ghoul assassins and she was transformed into one of their kind, she abandoned her faith but maintained a strong sense of spirituality. </p><p><strong>Ghoul Assassin:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Reformed Ghoul:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Amerces, Xulgath Ghoul Assassin:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Heretical Ghoul:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Drow Graveknight:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Finzad Shraen, Elite Shraen Graveknight, Graveknight Captain:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Shraen Graveknight, Drow Graveknight:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Shraen Graveknight, Skeleton, Graveknight Guard:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Sirian Shraen, Drow Graveknight 18:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lesser Death:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Drow Lich:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zavizik Shraen, Drow Lich Bard 18, Arena Master, Beautiful Youthful Drow Gentleman, Master of the Red Circus Arena, Head of Shraen's Entertainment Scene:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zyra Shraen, Drow Lich Conjuror 20, Drow Lich, Drow Woman, Skeletal Drow, Ruler, Rival, Drow Sister, Leader, Undead Leader, Shrewd Leader, Overlord, Scheming Ruler:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Jirazai Shraen, Drow Mohrg Alchemist 17, Slaver:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Drow Mummy:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Mummy:</strong> As a reward for her service, Dyzallin has promised to transform her into a mummy. </p><p><strong>Zinogyvaz, Vampire Drider Priest:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lavikar Shraen, Lanky Drow Vampire:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Nyrinda Shraen, Drow Vampire 19:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zihain Shraen, Drow Vampire 16, Rival, Drow Sister, Drow Vampire, Ruler, Shadowy Mass of Swirling Smoke, Striking Drow Woman, Leader, Undead Leader, Shrewd Leader, Overlord, Scheming Ruler:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Vampire, Creature With Sanguinary Predilictions, Creature That Benefits From Consuming Blood:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Warsworn:</strong> The countless corpses that have accumulated here over millennia are charged with necromantic energy. When the heroes arrive, a portion of the corpses heave up into a warsworn that lurches out of the corpse pile to attack. Two rounds later, a second warsworn manifests and lumbers free to join the fight as well. </p><p><strong>Raptor Guard Wight, Variant Wight:</strong> Long ago, elite warriors known as the Raptor Guard stood watch in this room, protecting the pyramid and the resident priests with their lives. Only the most prestigious warriors were allowed to join the Raptor Guard. They emulated velociraptors in battle, using group tactics and incredibly fast attacks. Before xulgaths left the pyramid and the vault of Vask, the witch-priests of Xul-Khundur sacrificed a number of these elite warriors and turned them into undead wights. </p><p><strong>Raptor Guard Wight, Undead Wight, Undead Raptor Guard:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Wight Spawn:</strong> A living humanoid slain by a Raptor Guard wight’s melee Strike rises as a wight [spawn] after 1d4 rounds. </p><p><strong>Wight, Full-Fledged Autonomous Wight:</strong> If the creator of the wight spawn dies, the wight spawn becomes a full-fledged, autonomous wight; it regains its free will, gains the drain life and wight spawn abilities, and is no longer clumsy. </p><p><strong>Caiborn Shraen, Bestial-Looking Drow Wight:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Varaenn Shraen, Wraith Sorcerer 17:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lumbering Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie Slave:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Haunt Host of Spirits:</strong> Many restless spirits of creatures who have died on the island have converged as a haunt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 9276484, member: 2209"] [URL=https://paizo.com/products/btq021by?Pathfinder-Adventure-Path-155-Lord-of-the-Black-Sands]Pathfinder Adventure Path #155: Lord of the Black Sands (Extinction Curse 5 of 6)[/URL] Pathfinder 2e [b]Iffdahsil, Undead Shoggoth, Slithering Horror, Amorphous Creature, Uniques Form of Shoggoth, Undead Horror, Horrifying Monster, Undead Monstrosity, Undead Beast:[/b] Iffdahsil’s path to undeath is unknown. Many believe Iffdahsil can consume and incorporate the souls and minds of its victims, which might explain its spellcasting powers and relatively advanced intellect, though this also gives rise to more unanswerable questions about its horrific nature and unknowable goals. No living being knows who or what created the horrifying monster called Iffdahsil, though scholars in Shraen suspect it originally came from the Sightless Sea, only for something in Vask to transform it into an undead monstrosity. [b]Dyzallin Shraen, Drow Mummy Mage, Keeper of the Aeon Orb, Antagonist, Eternally Patient Mummy, Influential Drow Mummy, Cunning Mummy Spellcaster, Soulless Drow, Brilliant Drow Mummy, Drow Mummy, Author, Undead Drow, Mummy, Rival, Greatest Rival, Prominent Noble, Leader:[/b] While Dyzallin was one of the few who had survived the deadly exodus, in the end, he too chose undeath, deeming life detrimental to his quest for power. Leveraging all his connections within his faction, the Sunscar Oath, Dyzallin acquired a set of scrolls detailing a secret method of attaining immortality through mummification atop a specially prepared mirror. [b]Grimbeak, Undead Raven Familiar:[/b] ? [b]Undead Drow, Undead Drow Elf:[/b] ? [b]Undead Xulgath:[/b] ? [b]Skaveling, Enormous Undead Bat, Ghoulish Bat:[/b] ? [b]Skaveling Mount:[/b] ? [b]Undead:[/b] The drow elves of House Shraen, after being exiled from their home city for worshipping Urgathoa and engaging in rites even other drow found distasteful, discovered the vault. By the time they’d reached it, none of the exiled drow had survived as living beings; the most powerful and crafty among them had achieved immortality through undeath, and those who couldn’t had become food for those who did. [b]Death Drider, Variant Drider:[/b] ? [b]Death Drider, Undead Monstrosity, Undead Drider:[/b] ? [b]Undead Local:[/b] ? [b]Undead Soldier:[/b] ? [b]Alisira Shraen, Drow Assassin 17, Master Assassin, Master of Disguises:[/b] ? [b]Incorporeal Undead:[/b] ? [b]Ciza Shraen, Banshee Entertainer, Restless Spirit, Drow Sister, Evil Dangerous Creature:[/b] The restless spirits of two drow sisters, Ciza and Nihiris Shraen, inhabit this floor. They became banshees after their deaths during House Shraen’s exodus to the Black Desert. They were betrayed by a faction within the house, and to this day, they remain unsure who arranged their murder. [b]Nihiris Shraen, Banshee Entertainer, Restless Spirit, Drow Sister, Slightly Better Performer:[/b] The restless spirits of two drow sisters, Ciza and Nihiris Shraen, inhabit this floor. They became banshees after their deaths during House Shraen’s exodus to the Black Desert. They were betrayed by a faction within the house, and to this day, they remain unsure who arranged their murder. [b]Larielle Shraen, Drow Banshee High Priest 19:[/b] ? [b]Drow Ghost:[/b] ? [b]Mafaere Almonsyn of House Dolour, Mafaere Alonsyn, Drow Ghost Witch, Ghost, Hungry Spirit, Ghost-Witch:[/b] Centuries ago, a Zirnakaynin native named Mafaere Almonsyn of House Dolour rose to considerable status within her house. Yet on the eve of her ascension to power, a rival house’s assassin ingloriously took her life while she slept, helpless. Her rage transcended the natural order, and Mafaere rose as a ghost to seek vengeance on her betrayers. [b]Ghoul:[/b] ? [b]Ghoul Spy:[/b] ? [b]Shallistra, Reformed Xulgath Ghoul:[/b] Such was the case for a xulgath-turned-ghoul named Shallistra, a former champion of Zevgavizeb. After her clutch was wiped out by ghoul assassins and she was transformed into one of their kind, she abandoned her faith but maintained a strong sense of spirituality. [b]Ghoul Assassin:[/b] ? [b]Reformed Ghoul:[/b] ? [b]Amerces, Xulgath Ghoul Assassin:[/b] ? [b]Heretical Ghoul:[/b] ? [b]Drow Graveknight:[/b] ? [b]Finzad Shraen, Elite Shraen Graveknight, Graveknight Captain:[/b] ? [b]Shraen Graveknight, Drow Graveknight:[/b] ? [b]Shraen Graveknight, Skeleton, Graveknight Guard:[/b] ? [b]Sirian Shraen, Drow Graveknight 18:[/b] ? [b]Lesser Death:[/b] ? [b]Drow Lich:[/b] ? [b]Zavizik Shraen, Drow Lich Bard 18, Arena Master, Beautiful Youthful Drow Gentleman, Master of the Red Circus Arena, Head of Shraen's Entertainment Scene:[/b] ? [b]Zyra Shraen, Drow Lich Conjuror 20, Drow Lich, Drow Woman, Skeletal Drow, Ruler, Rival, Drow Sister, Leader, Undead Leader, Shrewd Leader, Overlord, Scheming Ruler:[/b] ? [b]Jirazai Shraen, Drow Mohrg Alchemist 17, Slaver:[/b] ? [b]Drow Mummy:[/b] ? [b]Mummy:[/b] As a reward for her service, Dyzallin has promised to transform her into a mummy. [b]Zinogyvaz, Vampire Drider Priest:[/b] ? [b]Lavikar Shraen, Lanky Drow Vampire:[/b] ? [b]Nyrinda Shraen, Drow Vampire 19:[/b] ? [b]Zihain Shraen, Drow Vampire 16, Rival, Drow Sister, Drow Vampire, Ruler, Shadowy Mass of Swirling Smoke, Striking Drow Woman, Leader, Undead Leader, Shrewd Leader, Overlord, Scheming Ruler:[/b] ? [b]Vampire, Creature With Sanguinary Predilictions, Creature That Benefits From Consuming Blood:[/b] ? [b]Warsworn:[/b] The countless corpses that have accumulated here over millennia are charged with necromantic energy. When the heroes arrive, a portion of the corpses heave up into a warsworn that lurches out of the corpse pile to attack. Two rounds later, a second warsworn manifests and lumbers free to join the fight as well. [b]Raptor Guard Wight, Variant Wight:[/b] Long ago, elite warriors known as the Raptor Guard stood watch in this room, protecting the pyramid and the resident priests with their lives. Only the most prestigious warriors were allowed to join the Raptor Guard. They emulated velociraptors in battle, using group tactics and incredibly fast attacks. Before xulgaths left the pyramid and the vault of Vask, the witch-priests of Xul-Khundur sacrificed a number of these elite warriors and turned them into undead wights. [b]Raptor Guard Wight, Undead Wight, Undead Raptor Guard:[/b] ? [b]Wight Spawn:[/b] A living humanoid slain by a Raptor Guard wight’s melee Strike rises as a wight [spawn] after 1d4 rounds. [b]Wight, Full-Fledged Autonomous Wight:[/b] If the creator of the wight spawn dies, the wight spawn becomes a full-fledged, autonomous wight; it regains its free will, gains the drain life and wight spawn abilities, and is no longer clumsy. [b]Caiborn Shraen, Bestial-Looking Drow Wight:[/b] ? [b]Varaenn Shraen, Wraith Sorcerer 17:[/b] ? [b]Lumbering Zombie:[/b] ? [b]Zombie Slave:[/b] ? [b]Zombie:[/b] ? [b]Haunt Host of Spirits:[/b] Many restless spirits of creatures who have died on the island have converged as a haunt. [/QUOTE]
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