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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9531440" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/54307/Dragons-of-Eberron-35?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Eberron Dragons of Eberron (3.5)</a></p><p>3.5</p><p><strong>Undead Spirit:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead, Undead Creature:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Draconic Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Guardian, Foul Creature, Undead Minion of an Argonnesan Necromancer, Powerful Undead, Ancient Guardian:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Guardian:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Sand Giant:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undying Soldier:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Deathless Elf:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Dracolich:</strong> Chronepsis looks harshly on any magic that allows a dragon to escape his judgment, from raise dead to the undead existence of the dracolich.</p><p><strong>Epic-Level Dracolich:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Azalakardon, Epic-Level Dracolich:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Devourer:</strong> Undead sand giants—some vampires, some mummified, others cursed to exist as devourers—rise from the dunes to prey on travelers.</p><p><strong>Devourer, Undead Sand Giant:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghost of a Fallen Dragon:</strong> Ancient battlefields are haunted by the ghosts of fallen dragons.</p><p><strong>Dragon Ghost, Spirit:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghost:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Memory of the Prophecy, Iluvira, Ghostly Mature Red Dragon, Ghostly Spirit:</strong> When a young Chamber agent uncovered four stone tablets etched with cryptic Prophecy fragments, he sent them directly to Iluvira. For almost two years, the mature adult red dragon studied the tablets, each day coming a fraction closer to comprehension. One day she excitedly announced that she was on the verge of a breakthrough; the next day, she was dead, and the tablets missing.</p><p>Iluvira’s murder was never solved, but the dragon herself is not gone. Her ghostly spirit lingers, distressed over the loss of the tablets and desperately trying to recall what fragmented information she had learned.</p><p><strong>Ghost Fighter 5:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghost Necromancer 13:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Cloud Giant Ghost:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Mummified Sand Giant, Undead Sand Giant:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Nightwalker, Nightwalker Nightshade:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Greater Shadow, Chaotic and Dim Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Dragon Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skeletal Dragon:</strong> Such creatures are commonly created by the powerful necromancers of the secret Shadowcasters cabal as personal bodyguards and the defenders of their secret lairs.</p><p>Zombie dragons and skeletal dragons are sometimes found at ancient sites in Argonnessen, animated by the old magic lingering in such places.</p><p><strong>Skeletal Dragon, Personal Bodyguard:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skeletal Dragon, Defender of a Secret Lair:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Skeletal Black Dragon, Skeletal Mature Adult Black Dragon:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Red Dragon Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Cloud Giant Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Frost-Laden Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Arstyvrax, Vampiric Old Black Dragon Necromancer 14, Undead Minion of the Blood of Vol, Vampiric Dragon Necromancer, Canny Foe, Vampiric Dragon, Bitter Foe:</strong> Arstyvrax joined the ranks of the undead some two hundred years past. Already an initiate into the necromantic arts, he was doing fieldwork in Xen’drik when he fell to a vampiric wyrm’s assault.</p><p><strong>Vampiric Wyrm, Foul Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Vampire Spawn:</strong> Humanoids or monstrous humanoids slain by Arstyvrax’s energy drain rise as vampire spawn 1d4 days after death. Dragons slain by Arstyvrax’s energy drain, or young adult or younger dragons slain by Arstyvrax’s blood drain, rise as zombie dragons. Other creatures slain by Arstyvrax’s blood drain return as vampire spawn (if they had 4 or fewer HD), or as vampires (if they had 5 or more HD).</p><p><strong>Vampire, Typical Vampire:</strong> Dragons slain by Arstyvrax’s energy drain, or young adult or younger dragons slain by Arstyvrax’s blood drain, rise as zombie dragons. Other creatures slain by Arstyvrax’s blood drain return as vampire spawn (if they had 4 or fewer HD), or as vampires (if they had 5 or more HD).</p><p><strong>Vampire, Undead Sand Giant:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Dekaraz, Ancient Elf Vampire, Vampire Elf Necromancer 14, Minion, Forgotten Horror of Qabalrin, Qabralin Exile:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Wind-Borne Wraith:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie Dragon:</strong> Dragons slain by Arstyvrax’s energy drain, or young adult or younger dragons slain by Arstyvrax’s blood drain, rise as zombie dragons. </p><p>Such creatures are commonly created by the powerful necromancers of the secret Shadowcasters cabal as personal bodyguards and the defenders of their secret lairs.</p><p>Zombie dragons and skeletal dragons are sometimes found at ancient sites in Argonnessen, animated by the old magic lingering in such places.</p><p><strong>Wyvern Zombie:</strong> However, the frequency with which undead creatures appear in Argonnessen hints that not all dragons are as intolerant of the necromantic traditions as the Conclave would have it. A reluctance to practice the dark art on true dragons makes wyvern zombies common creations of low-level necromancers.</p><p><strong>Tyrannosaurus Zombie:</strong> A past or present master of the Frostbreath Caverns cast animate dead on this fossil to create a zombie.</p><p><strong>Tyrannosaurus Zombie, Undead Horror:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Gray Render Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie Young-Adult White Dragon:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie Purple Worm:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Crisply Frozen Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Boneclaw:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Angel of Decay:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Blood Amniote:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Boneyard:</strong> ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 9531440, member: 2209"] [URL=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/54307/Dragons-of-Eberron-35?affiliate_id=17596]Eberron Dragons of Eberron (3.5)[/URL] 3.5 [b]Undead Spirit:[/b] ? [b]Undead, Undead Creature:[/b] ? [b]Draconic Undead:[/b] ? [b]Undead Guardian, Foul Creature, Undead Minion of an Argonnesan Necromancer, Powerful Undead, Ancient Guardian:[/b] ? [b]Undead Guardian:[/b] ? [b]Undead Sand Giant:[/b] ? [b]Undying Soldier:[/b] ? [b]Deathless Elf:[/b] ? [b]Dracolich:[/b] Chronepsis looks harshly on any magic that allows a dragon to escape his judgment, from raise dead to the undead existence of the dracolich. [b]Epic-Level Dracolich:[/b] ? [b]Azalakardon, Epic-Level Dracolich:[/b] ? [b]Devourer:[/b] Undead sand giants—some vampires, some mummified, others cursed to exist as devourers—rise from the dunes to prey on travelers. [b]Devourer, Undead Sand Giant:[/b] ? [b]Ghost of a Fallen Dragon:[/b] Ancient battlefields are haunted by the ghosts of fallen dragons. [b]Dragon Ghost, Spirit:[/b] ? [b]Ghost:[/b] ? [b]Memory of the Prophecy, Iluvira, Ghostly Mature Red Dragon, Ghostly Spirit:[/b] When a young Chamber agent uncovered four stone tablets etched with cryptic Prophecy fragments, he sent them directly to Iluvira. For almost two years, the mature adult red dragon studied the tablets, each day coming a fraction closer to comprehension. One day she excitedly announced that she was on the verge of a breakthrough; the next day, she was dead, and the tablets missing. Iluvira’s murder was never solved, but the dragon herself is not gone. Her ghostly spirit lingers, distressed over the loss of the tablets and desperately trying to recall what fragmented information she had learned. [b]Ghost Fighter 5:[/b] ? [b]Ghost Necromancer 13:[/b] ? [b]Cloud Giant Ghost:[/b] ? [b]Mummified Sand Giant, Undead Sand Giant:[/b] ? [b]Nightwalker, Nightwalker Nightshade:[/b] ? [b]Greater Shadow, Chaotic and Dim Undead:[/b] ? [b]Dragon Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Skeletal Dragon:[/b] Such creatures are commonly created by the powerful necromancers of the secret Shadowcasters cabal as personal bodyguards and the defenders of their secret lairs. Zombie dragons and skeletal dragons are sometimes found at ancient sites in Argonnessen, animated by the old magic lingering in such places. [b]Skeletal Dragon, Personal Bodyguard:[/b] ? [b]Skeletal Dragon, Defender of a Secret Lair:[/b] ? [b]Skeletal Black Dragon, Skeletal Mature Adult Black Dragon:[/b] ? [b]Red Dragon Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Cloud Giant Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Frost-Laden Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Arstyvrax, Vampiric Old Black Dragon Necromancer 14, Undead Minion of the Blood of Vol, Vampiric Dragon Necromancer, Canny Foe, Vampiric Dragon, Bitter Foe:[/b] Arstyvrax joined the ranks of the undead some two hundred years past. Already an initiate into the necromantic arts, he was doing fieldwork in Xen’drik when he fell to a vampiric wyrm’s assault. [b]Vampiric Wyrm, Foul Undead:[/b] ? [b]Vampire Spawn:[/b] Humanoids or monstrous humanoids slain by Arstyvrax’s energy drain rise as vampire spawn 1d4 days after death. Dragons slain by Arstyvrax’s energy drain, or young adult or younger dragons slain by Arstyvrax’s blood drain, rise as zombie dragons. Other creatures slain by Arstyvrax’s blood drain return as vampire spawn (if they had 4 or fewer HD), or as vampires (if they had 5 or more HD). [b]Vampire, Typical Vampire:[/b] Dragons slain by Arstyvrax’s energy drain, or young adult or younger dragons slain by Arstyvrax’s blood drain, rise as zombie dragons. Other creatures slain by Arstyvrax’s blood drain return as vampire spawn (if they had 4 or fewer HD), or as vampires (if they had 5 or more HD). [b]Vampire, Undead Sand Giant:[/b] ? [b]Dekaraz, Ancient Elf Vampire, Vampire Elf Necromancer 14, Minion, Forgotten Horror of Qabalrin, Qabralin Exile:[/b] ? [b]Wind-Borne Wraith:[/b] ? [b]Zombie Dragon:[/b] Dragons slain by Arstyvrax’s energy drain, or young adult or younger dragons slain by Arstyvrax’s blood drain, rise as zombie dragons. Such creatures are commonly created by the powerful necromancers of the secret Shadowcasters cabal as personal bodyguards and the defenders of their secret lairs. Zombie dragons and skeletal dragons are sometimes found at ancient sites in Argonnessen, animated by the old magic lingering in such places. [b]Wyvern Zombie:[/b] However, the frequency with which undead creatures appear in Argonnessen hints that not all dragons are as intolerant of the necromantic traditions as the Conclave would have it. A reluctance to practice the dark art on true dragons makes wyvern zombies common creations of low-level necromancers. [b]Tyrannosaurus Zombie:[/b] A past or present master of the Frostbreath Caverns cast animate dead on this fossil to create a zombie. [b]Tyrannosaurus Zombie, Undead Horror:[/b] ? [b]Gray Render Zombie:[/b] ? [b]Zombie Young-Adult White Dragon:[/b] ? [b]Zombie Purple Worm:[/b] ? [b]Crisply Frozen Zombie:[/b] ? [b]Boneclaw:[/b] ? [b]Angel of Decay:[/b] ? [b]Blood Amniote:[/b] ? [b]Boneyard:[/b] ? [/QUOTE]
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