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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9489999" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/269804/Nemesis-Unleashed-Volume-II?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Nemesis Unleashed Volume II</a></p><p>Pathfinder 1e</p><p><strong>Candle Corpse:</strong> Candle Corpses are created as patrolling guardians by</p><p>powerful necromancers.</p><p><strong>Damnation Book:</strong> Damnation Books are strange, studious undead with genius intellects, constructed by wealthy necromancers, liches and vampire royalty as librarians, tutors, castellans and major domos.</p><p><strong>Gutted:</strong> An especially viscous killer or heretic executed by disembowelment might claw their way back from Hell as a Gutted. These horrid souls, minds and souls broken beyond repair by the sheer messy horror of their end possess their own spilled guts. Over several stinking, flatulent hours, the intestines replicate themselves over and over, knotting themselves into the rough approximation of a man’s form.</p><p><strong>Hela, Queen of the Dead, Goddess of Death and the Undead, Fairly Poor Combatant, Skilled Crafter, Primordial Model, Cruel Capricious Goddess of Death Entropy and Undeath, Well-Built Physically Powerful Eeerily Perfect Woman With Corpse-White Skin:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Infantis:</strong> The Infantis is all that remains of the dying consciousness of a small child.</p><p>Infantis are exceptionally horrid undead that arise from the dying, panicked thoughts of the stillborn and infants killed by neglect or exposure.</p><p><strong>Osteon:</strong> It takes months of costly toil to assemble an Osteon, as layer upon layer of powdered bone is lacquered to a skeletal frame until the scorpion-tailed killer takes shape. Each Osteon is expertly planed, sanded and carved, until they are as ornately elegant as a church chandelier. The creature’s unique shape is a mark of pride for its necromancer master.</p><p><strong>Riotblood:</strong> Though called Riotblood, these nasty little undead can congeal anywhere large amounts of blood are spilled in anger. A street riot might produce a few Riotblood, while the grand melee of a gladiatorial arena might spawn dozens, and a horde of hundreds might congeal in the wake of an especially horrific battle.</p><p><strong>Totem Ghul:</strong> The species has walked the planes so long their true origins are unknown.</p><p><strong>Work Wraith, Unquiet Ghost of a Child Laborer Who Died On the Factory Floor Ripped Apart by Unceasing and Uncaring Machines:</strong> Work Wraiths are the unquiet ghosts of child laborers who died on the factory floor, ripped apart by unceasing and uncaring machines.</p><p><strong>Candle Corpse, Shambling Corpse:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Candle Corpse, Patrolling Guardian:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Candle Corpse, Ideal Watchman:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Damnation Book, Strange Studious Undead, Mediocre Combatant, Huge Leather-Bound Tome Whose Cover is Bound in the Tanned Hide of an Intelligent Being:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Damnation Book, Librarian:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Damnation Book, Tutor:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Damnation Book, Castellan:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Damnation Book, Major Domo:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Gutted, Rough Approximation of a Man's Form:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Infantis, Exceptionally Horrid Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Infantis, Dead and Decaying Carrion Bird With the Putrefying Head of a Newborn:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Riotblood, Nasty Little Undead, Masses of Blood Saliva Broken Bones Spit Teeth and Other Ichors, Vile Slick of Bloody Tissue:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Totem Ghul, Other-Dimensional Predator, Utterly Selfish Hedonistic Undead, Connoisseur of Anthro Flesh, Tall Proud Being With Bruised-Violet Skin and Sharp Features, Expert Dimensional Traveller, Solitary Horror:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Work Wraith, Ghostly Spirit of a Poor Child, Monster, Childlike Sadist:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead, Undead Creature:</strong> Any creature slain by [Hela's] breath weapon arises as an undead with Hit Die roughly equal to the slain creature and under Hela’s control within 1d6 rounds. Hela may choose which undead are created from each slain creature.</p><p>Hela is a goddess of death and the undead. She may call and create undead servants with an ease, and in numbers impossible for mortal necromancers.</p><p>It only requires one minute for Hela to use create undead, and only a single hour for her to use create greater undead. In addition to the normal options provided by the spell, she may create any undead desired up to CR 25 in this manner.</p><p><strong>Powerful Undead, Powerful Undead Creature:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Low-Level Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Mid-Level Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Dead Warrior:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Dead Murderer:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Dead Monstrosity:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Summoned Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lesser Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Non-Intelligent Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghost:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lich:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skeleton:</strong> <em>Call of the Dead</em> spell.</p><p><em>Call of the Dead Legions</em> spell.</p><p><strong>Burning Skeleton:</strong> As a full round action, Hela may use either animate dead or call of the dead. She may always choose to create burning or bleeding skeletons with call of the dead without increasing the casting time.</p><p><em>Call of the Dead</em> spell.</p><p><em>Call of the Dead Legions</em> spell.</p><p><strong>Bleeding Skeleton:</strong> As a full round action, Hela may use either animate dead or call of the dead. She may always choose to create burning or bleeding skeletons with call of the dead without increasing the casting time.</p><p><em>Call of the Dead</em> spell.</p><p><em>Call of the Dead Legions</em> spell.</p><p><strong>Skeleton, Lesser Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skeleton, The Rusty Meat Cleaver of Undead Minions:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skeleton, Shambling Soldier:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Burning Skeleton, Shambling Soldier:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Bleeding Skeleton, Shambling Soldier:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Vampire:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie, Lesser Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Emperor of the Burning Eye:</strong> ?</p><p></p><p>Call of the Dead</p><p>School necromancy (evil)</p><p>Level cleric 8, oracle 8, sorc/wiz 9</p><p>Casting Time four hours</p><p>Components V, S, M (skull of a powerful undead creature</p><p>and onyx gemstone worth at least 5,000 gp/DC 23)</p><p>Range medium (100 ft + 10 ft/level)</p><p>Duration 1 hour/ level (D)</p><p>Saving Throw none </p><p>Spell Resistance no</p><p>A dark, necromantic ritual calls forth the buried dead, emptying entire graveyards and turning the corpses into shambling soldiers in your undead army. You cause all corpses in the area to rise up as skeletons under your command; this spell affects corpses buried underground as well, up to a depth of 10 ft, though such undead take 1d4 minutes to claw their way to the surface. These skeletons may be made into burning or bleeding skeletons at the time of casting by reducing the spell’s duration to 10 minutes/level.</p><p>These undead do not count against your HD limit for the amount of undead you control. These undead must be commanded as a group and cannot be split up to perform multiple tasks.</p><p>If you are slain, these undead immediately crumble to dust.</p><p></p><p>Call of the Dead Legions</p><p>School necromancy (evil)</p><p>Level cleric 10, oracle 10, sorc/wiz 10</p><p>Casting Time eight hours</p><p>Components V, S, M (skull of a powerful undead creature and onyx gemstone worth at least 50,000 gp/DC 31)</p><p>Range ½ mile radius per level</p><p>This spell functions identically to Call of the Dead, save that it causes all corpses in an enormous area to rise as skeletons under your command.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 9489999, member: 2209"] [URL=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/269804/Nemesis-Unleashed-Volume-II?affiliate_id=17596]Nemesis Unleashed Volume II[/URL] Pathfinder 1e [b]Candle Corpse:[/b] Candle Corpses are created as patrolling guardians by powerful necromancers. [b]Damnation Book:[/b] Damnation Books are strange, studious undead with genius intellects, constructed by wealthy necromancers, liches and vampire royalty as librarians, tutors, castellans and major domos. [b]Gutted:[/b] An especially viscous killer or heretic executed by disembowelment might claw their way back from Hell as a Gutted. These horrid souls, minds and souls broken beyond repair by the sheer messy horror of their end possess their own spilled guts. Over several stinking, flatulent hours, the intestines replicate themselves over and over, knotting themselves into the rough approximation of a man’s form. [b]Hela, Queen of the Dead, Goddess of Death and the Undead, Fairly Poor Combatant, Skilled Crafter, Primordial Model, Cruel Capricious Goddess of Death Entropy and Undeath, Well-Built Physically Powerful Eeerily Perfect Woman With Corpse-White Skin:[/b] ? [b]Infantis:[/b] The Infantis is all that remains of the dying consciousness of a small child. Infantis are exceptionally horrid undead that arise from the dying, panicked thoughts of the stillborn and infants killed by neglect or exposure. [b]Osteon:[/b] It takes months of costly toil to assemble an Osteon, as layer upon layer of powdered bone is lacquered to a skeletal frame until the scorpion-tailed killer takes shape. Each Osteon is expertly planed, sanded and carved, until they are as ornately elegant as a church chandelier. The creature’s unique shape is a mark of pride for its necromancer master. [b]Riotblood:[/b] Though called Riotblood, these nasty little undead can congeal anywhere large amounts of blood are spilled in anger. A street riot might produce a few Riotblood, while the grand melee of a gladiatorial arena might spawn dozens, and a horde of hundreds might congeal in the wake of an especially horrific battle. [b]Totem Ghul:[/b] The species has walked the planes so long their true origins are unknown. [b]Work Wraith, Unquiet Ghost of a Child Laborer Who Died On the Factory Floor Ripped Apart by Unceasing and Uncaring Machines:[/b] Work Wraiths are the unquiet ghosts of child laborers who died on the factory floor, ripped apart by unceasing and uncaring machines. [b]Candle Corpse, Shambling Corpse:[/b] ? [b]Candle Corpse, Patrolling Guardian:[/b] ? [b]Candle Corpse, Ideal Watchman:[/b] ? [b]Damnation Book, Strange Studious Undead, Mediocre Combatant, Huge Leather-Bound Tome Whose Cover is Bound in the Tanned Hide of an Intelligent Being:[/b] ? [b]Damnation Book, Librarian:[/b] ? [b]Damnation Book, Tutor:[/b] ? [b]Damnation Book, Castellan:[/b] ? [b]Damnation Book, Major Domo:[/b] ? [b]Gutted, Rough Approximation of a Man's Form:[/b] ? [b]Infantis, Exceptionally Horrid Undead:[/b] ? [b]Infantis, Dead and Decaying Carrion Bird With the Putrefying Head of a Newborn:[/b] ? [b]Riotblood, Nasty Little Undead, Masses of Blood Saliva Broken Bones Spit Teeth and Other Ichors, Vile Slick of Bloody Tissue:[/b] ? [b]Totem Ghul, Other-Dimensional Predator, Utterly Selfish Hedonistic Undead, Connoisseur of Anthro Flesh, Tall Proud Being With Bruised-Violet Skin and Sharp Features, Expert Dimensional Traveller, Solitary Horror:[/b] ? [b]Work Wraith, Ghostly Spirit of a Poor Child, Monster, Childlike Sadist:[/b] ? [b]Undead, Undead Creature:[/b] Any creature slain by [Hela's] breath weapon arises as an undead with Hit Die roughly equal to the slain creature and under Hela’s control within 1d6 rounds. Hela may choose which undead are created from each slain creature. Hela is a goddess of death and the undead. She may call and create undead servants with an ease, and in numbers impossible for mortal necromancers. It only requires one minute for Hela to use create undead, and only a single hour for her to use create greater undead. In addition to the normal options provided by the spell, she may create any undead desired up to CR 25 in this manner. [b]Powerful Undead, Powerful Undead Creature:[/b] ? [b]Low-Level Undead:[/b] ? [b]Mid-Level Undead:[/b] ? [b]Dead Warrior:[/b] ? [b]Dead Murderer:[/b] ? [b]Dead Monstrosity:[/b] ? [b]Summoned Undead:[/b] ? [b]Lesser Undead:[/b] ? [b]Non-Intelligent Undead:[/b] ? [b]Ghost:[/b] ? [b]Lich:[/b] ? [b]Skeleton:[/b] [i]Call of the Dead[/i] spell. [i]Call of the Dead Legions[/i] spell. [b]Burning Skeleton:[/b] As a full round action, Hela may use either animate dead or call of the dead. She may always choose to create burning or bleeding skeletons with call of the dead without increasing the casting time. [i]Call of the Dead[/i] spell. [i]Call of the Dead Legions[/i] spell. [b]Bleeding Skeleton:[/b] As a full round action, Hela may use either animate dead or call of the dead. She may always choose to create burning or bleeding skeletons with call of the dead without increasing the casting time. [i]Call of the Dead[/i] spell. [i]Call of the Dead Legions[/i] spell. [b]Skeleton, Lesser Undead:[/b] ? [b]Skeleton, The Rusty Meat Cleaver of Undead Minions:[/b] ? [b]Skeleton, Shambling Soldier:[/b] ? [b]Burning Skeleton, Shambling Soldier:[/b] ? [b]Bleeding Skeleton, Shambling Soldier:[/b] ? [b]Vampire:[/b] ? [b]Zombie, Lesser Undead:[/b] ? [b]Zombie:[/b] ? [b]Emperor of the Burning Eye:[/b] ? Call of the Dead School necromancy (evil) Level cleric 8, oracle 8, sorc/wiz 9 Casting Time four hours Components V, S, M (skull of a powerful undead creature and onyx gemstone worth at least 5,000 gp/DC 23) Range medium (100 ft + 10 ft/level) Duration 1 hour/ level (D) Saving Throw none Spell Resistance no A dark, necromantic ritual calls forth the buried dead, emptying entire graveyards and turning the corpses into shambling soldiers in your undead army. You cause all corpses in the area to rise up as skeletons under your command; this spell affects corpses buried underground as well, up to a depth of 10 ft, though such undead take 1d4 minutes to claw their way to the surface. These skeletons may be made into burning or bleeding skeletons at the time of casting by reducing the spell’s duration to 10 minutes/level. These undead do not count against your HD limit for the amount of undead you control. These undead must be commanded as a group and cannot be split up to perform multiple tasks. If you are slain, these undead immediately crumble to dust. Call of the Dead Legions School necromancy (evil) Level cleric 10, oracle 10, sorc/wiz 10 Casting Time eight hours Components V, S, M (skull of a powerful undead creature and onyx gemstone worth at least 50,000 gp/DC 31) Range ½ mile radius per level This spell functions identically to Call of the Dead, save that it causes all corpses in an enormous area to rise as skeletons under your command. [/QUOTE]
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