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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9810054" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/203458/chaos-spawn-2e-saga?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Chaos Spawn (2e/SAGA)</a></p><p>2e</p><p><strong>Scavenger Spawn:</strong> The power of the Daemonlord generates and animates them from corpses.</p><p>With its ability to summon other beings of Chaos, the Daemonlord can send agents in many directions to work its foul will. Once per turn, it can bring into existence 3d8 sand spawn {draw two Fate Cards and add 4}, 3d6 cedar spawn {draw two Fate Cards}, or 4d10 scavenger spawn {draw four Fate Cards}. These minions can only be summoned, however, if the appropriate raw materials are present—sand, forest, or corpses, respectively.</p><p>The Daemonlord can perform this summoning either by bringing the Chaos creatures into being in his direct vicinity (within 300 feet), or by launching a Chaos meteor. These flaming projectiles can fly up to five miles before impacting. The round after the meteor impacts, the summoned Chaos creatures emerge from the fiery explosion.</p><p>The creatures are actually scavenger spawn, a hideous version of flying undead created by the Daemonlord.</p><p>Each day, more scavenger spawn are created from the bodies that the daemon warriors harvest every evening.</p><p>Corpses that have been brought into the cloud litter the whole floor of this chamber. Many of the bodies have already been converted into scavenger spawn. These others are the “rejects,” or cadavers too scrawny or too badly damaged to serve the Daemonlord’s spawning needs.</p><p>Scavenger spawn are actually created in this chamber, so if the heroes happen to be here during the hour before dawn, they can witness the creation of ten of these skeletal flyers.</p><p><strong>Scavenger Spawn, Grotesque Bony Beast, Cross Between a Human Skeleton and a Vulture, Vulture, Hideous Creature, Hideous Version of Flying Undead, Grim Flyer, Skeletal Flyer:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead, Undead Creature, Restless Dead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Horrible Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Nasty Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lesser Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Chaotic Evil Undead:</strong> Alternatively, on any given turn {ten minute period}, the Daemonlord can call into being 1d8 creatures of chaotic evil alignment {draw one Fate Card}, though any one band of these beasts cannot exceed 16 HD total {48 Physique}. These creatures are a kind of illusion—that is, they are not called from any other place, but are created out of pure chaos. Each band thus created exists for 1d4 turns {draw one Fate Card, divide by two, and multiply by ten to determine how many minutes} and serves the Daemonlord with fanatical morale during that time.</p><p><strong>Lord Soth, Death Knight:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Dracolich, Powerful Guardian, Skeletal Monster:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Liath, Ghost:</strong> This ghost is a female human, and she died during the hobgoblin onslaught when a troop of burrowing hobgoblins caught her wandering the tunnels under the forts.</p><p>Her name was Liath, and she was wandering the dungeons because she had just revealed to a visiting minstrel that she had fallen in love with him. Unfortunately for her, he had spurned her attention. Feeling sad and lonely, the young maiden had mindlessly wandered down into the dungeons and promptly gotten lost amid the twists and turns. When she heard the sounds of movement, she had called out for help and promptly been killed by some hobgoblins. However, her existence hadn’t ended there. She appeared in her ghostly form only seconds after the attack, inadvertently frightening the hobgoblins. At the time, she wasn’t sure what had happened to her, but she did find her way back to the minstrel to warn them about the hobgoblins.</p><p><strong>Skeleton, Undead Predator:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Long-Dead Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Vampire, Undead Predator:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Shadow-Wight, Shadow Wight:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Shadow-Wight, Deadly Creature of Shadow, Blackness, Deadly Creature of Chaos, Monstrous Being, Wight, Chaos Horror, Creature of Chaos, Denizen of Chaos, Soulless Killer, Horror:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Daemon Warrior, Powerful Beast, Daemon, Warrior:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Daemon Warrior Witness, Witness, Child's Toy:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Daemon Warrior, Minion:</strong> ?</p><p></p><p>Saga</p><p><strong>Scavenger Spawn:</strong> The power of the Daemonlord generates and animates them from corpses.</p><p>With its ability to summon other beings of Chaos, the Daemonlord can send agents in many directions to work its foul will. Once per turn, it can bring into existence 3d8 sand spawn {draw two Fate Cards and add 4}, 3d6 cedar spawn {draw two Fate Cards}, or 4d10 scavenger spawn {draw four Fate Cards}. These minions can only be summoned, however, if the appropriate raw materials are present—sand, forest, or corpses, respectively.</p><p>The Daemonlord can perform this summoning either by bringing the Chaos creatures into being in his direct vicinity (within 300 feet), or by launching a Chaos meteor. These flaming projectiles can fly up to five miles before impacting. The round after the meteor impacts, the summoned Chaos creatures emerge from the fiery explosion.</p><p>The creatures are actually scavenger spawn, a hideous version of flying undead created by the Daemonlord.</p><p>Each day, more scavenger spawn are created from the bodies that the daemon warriors harvest every evening.</p><p>Corpses that have been brought into the cloud litter the whole floor of this chamber. Many of the bodies have already been converted into scavenger spawn. These others are the “rejects,” or cadavers too scrawny or too badly damaged to serve the Daemonlord’s spawning needs.</p><p>Scavenger spawn are actually created in this chamber, so if the heroes happen to be here during the hour before dawn, they can witness the creation of ten of these skeletal flyers.</p><p><strong>Scavenger Spawn, Grotesque Bony Beast, Cross Between a Human Skeleton and a Vulture, Vulture, Hideous Creature, Hideous Version of Flying Undead, Grim Flyer, Skeletal Flyer:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead, Undead Creature, Restless Dead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Horrible Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Nasty Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Lesser Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Chaotic Evil Undead:</strong> Alternatively, on any given turn {ten minute period}, the Daemonlord can call into being 1d8 creatures of chaotic evil alignment {draw one Fate Card}, though any one band of these beasts cannot exceed 16 HD total {48 Physique}. These creatures are a kind of illusion—that is, they are not called from any other place, but are created out of pure chaos. Each band thus created exists for 1d4 turns {draw one Fate Card, divide by two, and multiply by ten to determine how many minutes} and serves the Daemonlord with fanatical morale during that time.</p><p><strong>Lord Soth, Death Knight:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Dracolich, Powerful Guardian, Skeletal Monster:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Liath, Ghost:</strong> This ghost is a female human, and she died during the hobgoblin onslaught when a troop of burrowing hobgoblins caught her wandering the tunnels under the forts.</p><p>Her name was Liath, and she was wandering the dungeons because she had just revealed to a visiting minstrel that she had fallen in love with him. Unfortunately for her, he had spurned her attention. Feeling sad and lonely, the young maiden had mindlessly wandered down into the dungeons and promptly gotten lost amid the twists and turns. When she heard the sounds of movement, she had called out for help and promptly been killed by some hobgoblins. However, her existence hadn’t ended there. She appeared in her ghostly form only seconds after the attack, inadvertently frightening the hobgoblins. At the time, she wasn’t sure what had happened to her, but she did find her way back to the minstrel to warn them about the hobgoblins.</p><p><strong>Skeleton, Undead Predator:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Long-Dead Skeleton:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Vampire, Undead Predator:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Shadow-Wight, Shadow Wight:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Shadow-Wight, Deadly Creature of Shadow, Blackness, Deadly Creature of Chaos, Monstrous Being, Wight, Chaos Horror, Creature of Chaos, Denizen of Chaos, Soulless Killer, Horror:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Daemon Warrior, Powerful Beast, Daemon, Warrior:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Daemon Warrior Witness, Witness, Child's Toy:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Daemon Warrior, Minion:</strong> ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 9810054, member: 2209"] [URL=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/203458/chaos-spawn-2e-saga?affiliate_id=17596]Chaos Spawn (2e/SAGA)[/URL] 2e [b]Scavenger Spawn:[/b] The power of the Daemonlord generates and animates them from corpses. With its ability to summon other beings of Chaos, the Daemonlord can send agents in many directions to work its foul will. Once per turn, it can bring into existence 3d8 sand spawn {draw two Fate Cards and add 4}, 3d6 cedar spawn {draw two Fate Cards}, or 4d10 scavenger spawn {draw four Fate Cards}. These minions can only be summoned, however, if the appropriate raw materials are present—sand, forest, or corpses, respectively. The Daemonlord can perform this summoning either by bringing the Chaos creatures into being in his direct vicinity (within 300 feet), or by launching a Chaos meteor. These flaming projectiles can fly up to five miles before impacting. The round after the meteor impacts, the summoned Chaos creatures emerge from the fiery explosion. The creatures are actually scavenger spawn, a hideous version of flying undead created by the Daemonlord. Each day, more scavenger spawn are created from the bodies that the daemon warriors harvest every evening. Corpses that have been brought into the cloud litter the whole floor of this chamber. Many of the bodies have already been converted into scavenger spawn. These others are the “rejects,” or cadavers too scrawny or too badly damaged to serve the Daemonlord’s spawning needs. Scavenger spawn are actually created in this chamber, so if the heroes happen to be here during the hour before dawn, they can witness the creation of ten of these skeletal flyers. [b]Scavenger Spawn, Grotesque Bony Beast, Cross Between a Human Skeleton and a Vulture, Vulture, Hideous Creature, Hideous Version of Flying Undead, Grim Flyer, Skeletal Flyer:[/b] ? [b]Undead, Undead Creature, Restless Dead:[/b] ? [b]Horrible Undead:[/b] ? [b]Nasty Undead:[/b] ? [b]Lesser Undead:[/b] ? [b]Chaotic Evil Undead:[/b] Alternatively, on any given turn {ten minute period}, the Daemonlord can call into being 1d8 creatures of chaotic evil alignment {draw one Fate Card}, though any one band of these beasts cannot exceed 16 HD total {48 Physique}. These creatures are a kind of illusion—that is, they are not called from any other place, but are created out of pure chaos. Each band thus created exists for 1d4 turns {draw one Fate Card, divide by two, and multiply by ten to determine how many minutes} and serves the Daemonlord with fanatical morale during that time. [b]Lord Soth, Death Knight:[/b] ? [b]Dracolich, Powerful Guardian, Skeletal Monster:[/b] ? [b]Liath, Ghost:[/b] This ghost is a female human, and she died during the hobgoblin onslaught when a troop of burrowing hobgoblins caught her wandering the tunnels under the forts. Her name was Liath, and she was wandering the dungeons because she had just revealed to a visiting minstrel that she had fallen in love with him. Unfortunately for her, he had spurned her attention. Feeling sad and lonely, the young maiden had mindlessly wandered down into the dungeons and promptly gotten lost amid the twists and turns. When she heard the sounds of movement, she had called out for help and promptly been killed by some hobgoblins. However, her existence hadn’t ended there. She appeared in her ghostly form only seconds after the attack, inadvertently frightening the hobgoblins. At the time, she wasn’t sure what had happened to her, but she did find her way back to the minstrel to warn them about the hobgoblins. [b]Skeleton, Undead Predator:[/b] ? [b]Long-Dead Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Vampire, Undead Predator:[/b] ? [b]Shadow-Wight, Shadow Wight:[/b] ? [b]Shadow-Wight, Deadly Creature of Shadow, Blackness, Deadly Creature of Chaos, Monstrous Being, Wight, Chaos Horror, Creature of Chaos, Denizen of Chaos, Soulless Killer, Horror:[/b] ? [b]Daemon Warrior, Powerful Beast, Daemon, Warrior:[/b] ? [b]Daemon Warrior Witness, Witness, Child's Toy:[/b] ? [b]Daemon Warrior, Minion:[/b] ? Saga [b]Scavenger Spawn:[/b] The power of the Daemonlord generates and animates them from corpses. With its ability to summon other beings of Chaos, the Daemonlord can send agents in many directions to work its foul will. Once per turn, it can bring into existence 3d8 sand spawn {draw two Fate Cards and add 4}, 3d6 cedar spawn {draw two Fate Cards}, or 4d10 scavenger spawn {draw four Fate Cards}. These minions can only be summoned, however, if the appropriate raw materials are present—sand, forest, or corpses, respectively. The Daemonlord can perform this summoning either by bringing the Chaos creatures into being in his direct vicinity (within 300 feet), or by launching a Chaos meteor. These flaming projectiles can fly up to five miles before impacting. The round after the meteor impacts, the summoned Chaos creatures emerge from the fiery explosion. The creatures are actually scavenger spawn, a hideous version of flying undead created by the Daemonlord. Each day, more scavenger spawn are created from the bodies that the daemon warriors harvest every evening. Corpses that have been brought into the cloud litter the whole floor of this chamber. Many of the bodies have already been converted into scavenger spawn. These others are the “rejects,” or cadavers too scrawny or too badly damaged to serve the Daemonlord’s spawning needs. Scavenger spawn are actually created in this chamber, so if the heroes happen to be here during the hour before dawn, they can witness the creation of ten of these skeletal flyers. [b]Scavenger Spawn, Grotesque Bony Beast, Cross Between a Human Skeleton and a Vulture, Vulture, Hideous Creature, Hideous Version of Flying Undead, Grim Flyer, Skeletal Flyer:[/b] ? [b]Undead, Undead Creature, Restless Dead:[/b] ? [b]Horrible Undead:[/b] ? [b]Nasty Undead:[/b] ? [b]Lesser Undead:[/b] ? [b]Chaotic Evil Undead:[/b] Alternatively, on any given turn {ten minute period}, the Daemonlord can call into being 1d8 creatures of chaotic evil alignment {draw one Fate Card}, though any one band of these beasts cannot exceed 16 HD total {48 Physique}. These creatures are a kind of illusion—that is, they are not called from any other place, but are created out of pure chaos. Each band thus created exists for 1d4 turns {draw one Fate Card, divide by two, and multiply by ten to determine how many minutes} and serves the Daemonlord with fanatical morale during that time. [b]Lord Soth, Death Knight:[/b] ? [b]Dracolich, Powerful Guardian, Skeletal Monster:[/b] ? [b]Liath, Ghost:[/b] This ghost is a female human, and she died during the hobgoblin onslaught when a troop of burrowing hobgoblins caught her wandering the tunnels under the forts. Her name was Liath, and she was wandering the dungeons because she had just revealed to a visiting minstrel that she had fallen in love with him. Unfortunately for her, he had spurned her attention. Feeling sad and lonely, the young maiden had mindlessly wandered down into the dungeons and promptly gotten lost amid the twists and turns. When she heard the sounds of movement, she had called out for help and promptly been killed by some hobgoblins. However, her existence hadn’t ended there. She appeared in her ghostly form only seconds after the attack, inadvertently frightening the hobgoblins. At the time, she wasn’t sure what had happened to her, but she did find her way back to the minstrel to warn them about the hobgoblins. [b]Skeleton, Undead Predator:[/b] ? [b]Long-Dead Skeleton:[/b] ? [b]Vampire, Undead Predator:[/b] ? [b]Shadow-Wight, Shadow Wight:[/b] ? [b]Shadow-Wight, Deadly Creature of Shadow, Blackness, Deadly Creature of Chaos, Monstrous Being, Wight, Chaos Horror, Creature of Chaos, Denizen of Chaos, Soulless Killer, Horror:[/b] ? [b]Daemon Warrior, Powerful Beast, Daemon, Warrior:[/b] ? [b]Daemon Warrior Witness, Witness, Child's Toy:[/b] ? [b]Daemon Warrior, Minion:[/b] ? [/QUOTE]
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