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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9874068" data-attributes="member: 2209"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/17247/SJA3-Crystal-Spheres-2e?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">SJA3 Crystal Spheres (2e)</a>2eVampire, Undead Lord, Lord of the Undead, Western Vampire, Potent Undead Lord: Any human or humanoid creature slain by the life energy drain of a vampire is doomed to become a vampire himself. Thus, those who would hunt these lords of the undead must be very careful lest they find themselves condemned to a fate far worse than death. The transformation takes place one day after the burial of the creature. Those who are not actually buried, however, do not become undead and it is thus traditional that the bodies of a vampire's victims be burned or similarly destroyed.But T'Laan was a "young" vampire, unable to realize the long-term effects of his actions. As the years passed, T'Laan took many victims, but was not cautious to ensure the corpses would not rise, themselves, as vampires.Once a character is destroyed by a vampire, he becomes a vampire under control of his destroyer.Vampire, Chaotic Evil Undead Creature, Savage Fearsome Opponent, Powerful Creature, Powerful Undead: ?Vampire, Self-Willed Creature: ?Vampire, Solitary Creature: ?Vampire Lord: ?Vampire, Dark Twisted Creature: ?Vampire, Mere Tool, Minion, Pawn: ?Eastern Vampire: ?T'Laan, Dorin, Vampire, Inhuman Being, Hateful Creature, Harbinger of Death, Powerful Vampire, Savage Monster, Undead Lord, Wise Adviser, Loyal Citizen, Entertainer, Powerful Undead Lord, Immortal Being, Vampire of Great Skill and Power, Potent Undead Lord, Vampire Lord, Great Vampire, Terrible Creature, Master, Vile Creature, Clever Creature, Loyal Adviser, Old Vampire, Ghastly Evil Thing: One evening, T'Laan was walking with his new bride in the gardens of his manor when the two were accosted by a band of men sent from the neighboring country of Thay. This evil country had become nervous because the recent expansion of Aglarond was causing internal strife. T'Laan's bride was killed immediately by the rogues, but the half-elven general was a powerful man and was not so easily overcome. Before the attackers dealt a death blow to T'Laan, he killed many of them. Finally, however, he lay bleeding on the ground, waiting for death to claim him. T'Laan was overcome with a powerful hatred for the men who took the life of his bride.Brooding in powerful rage, T'Laan made a silent bargain with Death. At Death's orders, T'Laan drank the blood from the dead body of one of the rogues, and T'Laan entered forever into a world of eternal darkness.Long ago, he made a secret pact with Death and now walks through time as a powerful undead lord, a vampire!Newly Created Vampire: ?Young Vampire: ?Vampire, Fledgling, Starving Creation: ?Vampire, Inhuman Minion: ?Undead, Undead Creature: When T'Laan woke from his great sleep, he created a large number of undead to do his bidding. What great and evil incantations and necromancies were involved can only be speculated. One thing is certain; the creature's long slumber beneath the ground granted him great powers which were used in the creation.This chamber is used by T'Laan to create new undead. He experiments constantly, trying to make stronger varieties of the conventional monsters. He has already discovered that by using the bodies of good-aligned people, the resulting undead creatures are sometimes more hateful and destructive than those made from evil or neutral people.The tomes are ancient and evil, detailing processes of undead creation.Undead Guardian: Before departing, however, [T'Laan] gathered hundreds of the corpses the vampires left behind. Using great necromantic magics that were given him by his pact with death, he animated these corpses into various undead guardians.More Intelligent Undead: ?Conventional Monster: ?Undead Wolf: ?Chaotic Evil Undead Creature: ?Banshee: The room was wrecked by T'Laan one evening while "experimenting" on a young elf maiden. The elf, driven insane from the constant imprisonment and torture, died prematurely on the table. T'Laan went into a rage and ransacked the room. The elf, driven insane and in a sphere away from her diety, became a banshee.Ghast: A human or demi-human (excluding elves) who is killed by a ghast will become a ghast unless blessed (or blessed and then resurrected).Ghast, Powerful Undead: ?Ghast, Inhuman Minion: ?Ghost: ?Ghoul: The process is the same as the process for death by ghast.A human or demi-human (excluding elves) who is killed by a ghast will become a ghast unless blessed (or blessed and then resurrected).Ghoul, Powerful Undead, Wretched Undead Creature, Lesser Undead: ?Ghoul, Inhuman Minion, Leader: ?Mummy: The mummy was an experiment by T'Laan to learn whether he could preserve a live human host to create a more powerful, more intelligent variety of mummy. The experiment failed, and the human died horribly.Mummy, Inhuman Minion: ?Shadow: ?Shadow, Powerful Undead, More Powerful Undead, High-Powered Undead: ?Shadow, Inhuman Minion, Elite Guard: ?Skeleton: ?Skeleton, Lesser Undead: ?Skeleton, Inhuman Minion: ?Animal Skeleton: ?Spectre: It is a grim fate indeed to be killed by a spectre, for that person is doomed to become one of these wretched spirits.Spectre, Powerful Undead, Wretched Spirit, More Powerful Undead, High-Powered Undead: ?Ghorius, Spectre, Most Powerful Servant, Inhuman Minion: T'Laan has created three spectres as his most powerful servants.Slavan, Spectre, Most Powerful Servant, Inhuman Minion: T'Laan has created three spectres as his most powerful servants.Maldor, Spectre, Most Powerful Servant, Inhuman Minion: T'Laan has created three spectres as his most powerful servants.Of note is that Maldor was created from the spirit of a powerful, lawful good warrior who existed on Verin before it was transformed to Darkspace.Wight: ?Wight, Powerful Undead: ?Wight, Inhuman Minion: ?Wraith: Created from long-forgotten spirits, the wraiths are without name or identity.Wraith, Powerful Undead, More Powerful Undead, High-Powered Undead: ?Wraith, Inhuman Minion, Wraith Captain: ?Zombie, Mindless Animated Corpse, Lesser Undead: ?Zombie, Inhuman Minion: ?Ju-Ju Zombie, Powerful Undead Creature, Foul Rotting Corpse of a Human, Body, Foul Cadaver, Dreaded Ju-Ju Zombie: ?</blockquote>

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