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Necromantic Lore

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Alphabetical Listing of Undead

Name (CR)

Page

Name (CR)

Page

Atrocity wight (24)

Heirloom wraith (3)

Blood pool (5)

Horrid murder (13)

Bloodseeker (2)

Necrocorn (5)

Bonecast (base +1)

Necromentals

Overview

Charnel wagon (12)

Dancing bones (1)

Azure phoenix (15)

Dhampir (base +1)

Blackheart (15)

Dream phantom (8)

Red tide (15)

Eternal confessor (base +6)

Sunkiller (15)

Fade (4)

Pale masker (1/2)

Famine haunt (5)

Pestilent queen (6)

Fever gaunt (3)

Shadow parasite (4)

Foreverjack (base +2)

Spirits

Gaunt king (5)

Guiding spirit (3)

Grave leech (1/6)

Legion of the dead (base +2)

Grave master (9)

Spirit steed (2)

Gravestone guardian (3)

Warning spirit (4)

Grim stalker (14)

Tomb guardian (base +3)

Hecatombe (see entry)

Unvanquished (base +2)

Undead by Subtype

save unless it also works on objects. The crea-

ture is not subject to critical hits, subdual dam-

age, ability damage, ability drain, or energy

drain.

An undead with no Intelligence score

cannot heal damage, though it can be healed.

(An intelligent undead heals damage normally,

despite its lack of Constitution.) Negative ener-

gy (such as an inflict spell) heals any undead

creature. The fast healing special quality works

for those undead that have it regardless of their

lack of Constitution.

An undead is not at risk of death from

massive damage (see Injury and Death in

Chapter 8 of the PHB), but when reduced to 0

or fewer hit points, it is destroyed. It cannot be

raised, and although resurrection can affect it,

such attempts almost always fail because most

undead are unwilling to be brought back to life.

An undead spellcaster uses its

Constitution modifier (+0) or its Charisma

modifier, whichever is higher, when making

Concentration checks. Unless otherwise noted,

an undead has darkvision with a range of 60 ft.

Air: sunkiller (necromental)

Earth: blackheart (necromental), grave

master

Fire: azure phoenix (necromental)

Incorporeal: dream phantom, fade,

famine haunt, heirloom wraith, shadow para-

site, unvanqushed

Spirit: guiding spirit, legion of the dead,

spirit steed, warning spirit

Water: red tide (necromental)

Definition of Undead Type

Undead are once-living creatures animat-

ed by spiritual or supernatural forces.

Hit Die: d12.

Base Attack Bonus: As wizard (1/2 HD,

rounded down).

Good Saving Throws: Will.

Skill Points: (3 x Int score) + (2 × EHD).

Feats: 1 + 1 per 4 EHD.

Notes: An undead has no Constitution

score. It is immune to mind-affecting effects

(charms, compulsions, phantasms, patterns,

and morale effects), poison, sleep , paralysis,

stunning, disease, death effects, necromantic

effects, and any effect that requires a Fortitude

Definition of Spirit Subtype

A spirit is a good or neutral-aligned incorpore-

al undead that is harmless or helpful to the liv-

ing. Most spirits can only be destroyed upon

the completion of a task or condition.

Welcome!

Fantasy Flight Games is pleased to present

Necromantic Lore , the second softcover book in

our Legends & Lairs line of sourcebooks for

the d20 System. Necromantic Lore is a collec-

tion of undead creatures suited for any DM.

In this book, you’ll find monsters to fill

many roles in your game. Each was designed for

a specific purpose, explained below.

Undead are challenging creatures to fight,

but some of the undead in these pages are

designed to be exceptionally challenging

encounters. These “grudge monsters” can inflict

permanent harm to a party of adventurers and

should be used with care. The grudge monsters

in this book include charnel wagon, dancing

bones, famine haunt, grim stalker, horrid mur-

der, shadow parasite, and pestilent queen. In par-

ticular, the grim stalker and the shadow parasite

are potentially lethal encounters.

The next category of creatures in this book

have adapted to fit a particular environment.

These “terrain creatures” give you, as the DM,

some alternatives when placing encounters in

odd locales. The fever gaunt is designed to be

encountered in a town or city, while the grave-

stone guardian is only encountered in cemetaries

and other burial places.

Creatures that players wish to chase down

and either tame or kill comprise one of the largest

categories in this book. These “chase creatures”

include the eternal confessor, foreverjack, and

tomb guardian, which offer an alternate path to

immortality to the other main classes besides the

wizard. A cleric can become an eternal confessor

as a reward from his or her god. A rogue can

become a foreverjack through luck and skill

upon dying, and a fighter can become a tomb

guardian by volunteering to watch over a holy

tomb or locale. While these characters are often

removed from the campaign they’re in, this can

make a nice final reward for their players. Other

chase monsters in the book can be inserted into a

campaign to help the characters overcome a dif-

ficult challenge. These include the guiding spirit

and legion of the dead. The pale masker and

unvanquished can also be helpful to an adventur-

er, but in much smaller ways and under more

limited circumstances. Finally, the necrocorn and

spirit steed make good mounts for evil and good

characters, respectively.

A few of the monsters in this book bring a

plot with them when introduced into a cam-

paign. You can easily create an adventure around

one of these “plot creatures” when short on

ideas. The atrocity wight, blood pool, and

hecatombe all seek revenge on their murderers,

while dream phantoms feed on the sleeping

inhabitants of a city. The heirloom wraith can

cause a mysterious string of murders to follow

the characters, or the warning spirit can be used

to warn them of a terrible evil that is approach-

ing. Both the grave master and the four necro-

mentals are capable of raising huge undead

armies, while the fade may inadvertently cause

harm while seeking solitude and its final rest.

The next category of creatures can greatly

change the flavor of a campaign or setting.

Often, these “flavor creatures” can fill niches

traditionally occupied by ordinary animals. You

could choose to replace bloodhounds with

bloodseekers in your campaign, for example.

Bonecast creatures can be an interesting twist on

more ordinary skeletal creatures, while grave

leeches can create natural undead in the wilder-

ness, uncontrolled by any spellcaster.

Finally, one species in this book is intend-

ed for use as PCs and NPCs. The damphir

should prove popular with any player looking to

play some form of half-vampire.

The Open Game License

Necromantic Lore is published under the

terms of the Open Game License and d20

System Trademark License. The OGL allows us

to use the d20 System core rules and to publish

gaming material derived from those rules.

In fact, material that is strictly rules relat-

ed is Open Content. You can use this material in

your own works, as long as you follow the con-

ditions of the Open Game License. You can

copy the material to your website or even put it

in a book that you publish and sell.

Not everything in this book is Open

Content, however. The names of creatures and

the game statistics, mechanics, and rules

derived from the d20 SRD are designated as

Open Content. The descriptions of the creatures

are closed content and cannot be republished,

copied, or distributed without the consent of

Fantasy Flight Games.

All illustrations, pictures, and diagrams in

this book are Product Identity and the property

The Open Game License is printed in its

entirety at the end of this book. For further infor-

mation, please visit the Open Gaming Foundation

website at www.opengamingfoundation.org.

Atrocity Wight

Colossal Undead

Hit Dice: 32d12 (384 hp*)

Initiative: –1

Speed: 30 ft., burrow 10 ft.

AC: 31 (–8 size, –1 Dex, +30 natural), touch 1,

flat-footed 31

Attacks: 2 slams +35 melee and 2–12 claws

+33 melee

Damage: Slam 4d8+19, claw 2d8+9 plus 1d4

temporary Wisdom drain

Face/Reach: 40 ft. by 80 ft./15 ft.

Special Attacks: Clawing fingers, collective,

improved grab, spells, project horror

Special Qualities: Damage reduction 25/+3,

energy resistance, fear aura, grave resolve,

murmur, resistant to damage, spell immuni-

ty, SR 34, tremorsense 120 ft., +4 turn resis-

tance

Saves: Fort +10, Ref +9, Will +15

Abilities: Str 49, Dex 9, Con —, Int 6, Wis 5,

Cha 3

Skills: Concentration +8, Hide +8, Intuit

Direction +10, Listen +10, Move Silently

+8, Spot +10

Feats: Blind-Fight, Great Fortitude, Improved

Critical (bite), Iron Will, Multiattack, Power

Attack

Climate/Terrain: Any land and underground

Organization: Solitary

Challenge Rating: 24

Treasure: None

Alignment: Always neutral evil

Advancement: 33+ HD (Colossal)

A collection of rotting corpses merged to form

an enormous body, atrocity wights rise from

mass graves and other sites where great atroci-

ties have taken the lives of hundreds of inno-

cent people.

An atrocity wight is a depraved jigsaw

puzzle pieced together out of dozens of

humanoid corpses. Its eyes and mouth burn

with an unholy fire, and each of its hands is

made from the upper torsos of three corpses.

Atrocity wights are among the most

feared and powerful undead. Stories persist of

entire armies fleeing before them and even

vampires and liches take care to avoid them.

An atrocity wight is mindless and utterly sav-

age. It seeks nothing less than the total destruc-

tion of those responsible for the death of its

component bodies. Until it can fulfill this goal,

it wanders aimlessly, destroying everything it

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