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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9544845" data-attributes="member: 2209"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/54245/Divine-Masters-The-Faiths-and-Followers-of-Tellene?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Divine Masters: The Faiths and Followers of Tellene</a>3.5Undead, Undead Creature: They also differ from the Orthodox belief when it comes to the concept of reincarnation. They believe souls do not go to be with the Bear, nor do they appear from nothing. When a creature dies, its soul is reborn in another creature. When deaths outnumber births and no newborn creature is prepared to accept the spirit, an undead creature arises.The Congregation of the Dead is a special case. Final Word teaches that undeath is a blessing for the faithful. Those who worship the Harvester and strive to further his ends in life may be rewarded with undeath, according to how many sacrifices they claimed in the service of the Harvester.“You must embrace death, surrounding yourself with it, to understand how it works. At this point, you can work to avoid it, or to embrace it. Devote your life to one purpose – delivering souls to our god, and he will grant you undeath – to remain here forever, doing his work.”The [Final Word] book’s chapters, called Lives, each describe the level of undeath a cleric [of The Congregation of the Dead] can earn by harvesting the souls of others. While few quantitative references are given, commentary seems to imply that it takes over 10,000 slayings to earn the coveted state of lichdom.The Harvesters know that through their actions and devotion to the King of the Undead they will be rewarded at death by being granted undead status. The number and strength of the souls that a cleric takes directly reflect on his future undead status and dying while attempting to take a soul is said to grant automatic undeath. However, many clerics fear dying before harvesting enough souls, and thus attaining only zombie status. Therefore, there is a great tension between risking an early death to slay powerful foes that presumably have strong souls, or going the safe (but slow) route of butchering helpless peasants and children. The ultimate goal, of course, is never to actually die, but to become a lich.Besides the obvious taxes, churches might gain revenue from tolls on roads through church-owned territory, fees for spellcasting and other services, or the sale of real or imagined benefits relevant to the faith (the Congregation of the Dead often sells “souls”, so that a wealthy patron might not have to actually commit murder in order to gain greater undead status after death).Serun rarely appears on the Prime Material Plane. The Servants of the Swift Sword say that he led a charge of angels against the inhabitants of the Khydoban Desert in the early days of the Dynaj Empire. This battle so devastated that kingdom that it became the wasteland it is today and gave rise to the undead creatures rumored to exist there now. Other faiths have their own interpretation of these distant events, of course.Undead Abomination: ?Travesty Against Life: ?Nightspawn: ?Mindless Animated Undead: ?Intelligent Undead: ?Intelligent Undead That Are Not Automatically Evil: ?Spawning Undead: ?Evil Intelligent Undead: ?Evil Undead: ?Unintelligent Undead: ?Very Intelligent Undead: ?More Powerful Undead: ?Devourer: Create Greater Undead spell.Ghost, Intelligent Undead That Are Not Automatically Evil: ?Ghoul, Intelligent Undead: ?Lich: The [Final Word] book’s chapters, called Lives, each describe the level of undeath a cleric [of The Congregation of the Dead] can earn by harvesting the souls of others. While few quantitative references are given, commentary seems to imply that it takes over 10,000 slayings to earn the coveted state of lichdom.Lich, Intelligent Undead: ?Lich-Queen: ?Mohrg: ?Mummy: ?Not-So-Secret Nightwalker Advisor, Direct Servant: ?Shadow: Create Greater Undead spell.Skeleton: Animate Dead spell.Skeletal Dragon: ?Spectre, Specter: Create Greater Undead spell.Vampire, Intelligent Undead, Creature That Takes Penalties in Bright Light or True Daylight: ?Creature That Takes Penalties in Bright Light or True Daylight: ?Vampire Spawn: For example, a junior cleric that offers great treasures to a vampire if the vampire destroys a rival cleric is committing an error. First, the cleric is helping the vampire by giving it wealth or magic. Second, the vampire might spawn the rival, worsening the problem.Undead Vampire Lord: ?Vampire, Semantoth: ?Wight, Intelligent Undead: ?Wraith: Create Greater Undead spell.Wraith, Intelligent Undead: ?Zombie: The Harvesters know that through their actions and devotion to the King of the Undead they will be rewarded at death by being granted undead status. The number and strength of the souls that a cleric takes directly reflect on his future undead status and dying while attempting to take a soul is said to grant automatic undeath. However, many clerics fear dying before harvesting enough souls, and thus attaining only zombie status.Animate Dead spell.</blockquote>

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