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Exhuming the dreadful powers of the Underworld, Charnel Whispers explores the Maergzjiran Cabal's path of necromancy in a pathworking format designed to guide the Disciple through his or her rites from the basic composition of the death essence fully into becoming a Leiche (Lich); masterfully weaving aspects of death and undeath with ease, controlling the most intimate and destructive of energies known to mankind. Such topics covered are: what it means to be a Necromancer, sylvan necromancy, conjuring various agents of the Underworld, reanimating the dead, controlling the death essence, death curses, grave familiars, Spirits of Keraktes, construction and animation of the golem, and undead apotheosis.
The vampires listed in the random encounter table could be Granny Nightshade's current consorts, or they could be agents of those consorts or even vampires seeking to take the place of the current suitors. Perhaps Ineca Sufocan of Xolec are one of these suitors or are related in some way to them. I think the movie "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters" is a great for a variety of reasons, but the designs and motivations of the witches in that movie could give some good inspiration for Granny Nightshade and her baronesses! There are Magic: The Gathering sets, particularly the recent Innistrad releases, that can provide a lot of inspiration for themes and monsters of the Dreadwood as well. Bonk Choy · Pea Cannon · Gatling Pea · Lightning Reed · Scaredy-shroom · Fume-shroom · Goop-shroom · Doom-shroom · Ice-shroom · Toxic Gloom-shroom · Bamboo Shoot · Snap Dragon · Heal Flower The adult green dragon and death knight are very interesting entries for the Dreadwood random encounter table. A green dragon could have an uneasy alliance with a party to fight Granny Nightshade, seeking rule of the Dreadwood and Castle Spiral for itself. Or it could be an ally of Nightshade's, or perhaps even Granny Nightshade can shapechange or polymorph into a green dragon. Also, is this death knight some sort of oath breaker who joined up with Granny Nightshade? A former lover perhaps? A hero and monster hunter cursed by Nightshade to be what he once destroyed? Could a party seek out this death knight's aid in the fight against Nightshade, or is it too far gone to be of aid to either faction, pursuing its own goals or protecting some item or location that could be used against the night hag (which would also be a great use of the green dragon). Perhaps an enterprising party can ally with both...meaning they can storm Castle Spiral with a death knight riding a green dragon! That visual alone is worth the potential betrayal, right? With these two particular entries I feel there's a ton of ways they could be used as allies, enemies, or both, but there's others as well! Cactus · Camo Cactus · Fire Cactus · Ice Cactus · Power Cactus · Future Cactus · Bandit Cactus · Citrus Cactus · Jade CactusI'll end the post here, though I feel like there's a ton I'm forgetting. I feel like I could keep going on about the possibilities of the green dragon and death knight as well as flavoring other monsters haha. If you notice something as far as information of a section type goes, let me know! I spent about 3 hours on this, so hopefully it looks alright and is as, if not more, informative that my NPC posts. Also let me know if the format should change! I wanted to do something different than the NPC posts, but I'm certainly open to changing things for the next posts. Sunflower · Mystic Flower · Power Flower · Fire Flower · Shadow Flower · Metal Petal · Sun Pharaoh · Alien Flower · Vampire Flower · Stuffy Flower Scuttlers are undead, spider-like arthropods that vaguely resemble a Myrmex; they have hard, chitinous armor, 3 pairs of walking legs, a moderate-sized thorax, a moderate-sized head with 10 glowing blue eyes and large raptorial appendages near the front of their mouth, and a large, bulbous, upwards-facing abdomen. They are dark blue in color, with a lighter blue skull patterning on their abdomen.
Hey guys, this is looking awesome, i'd love to add your buildings to Bedford Falls, if this is ok by you guys either drop me a PM or post the links to the TBX files and ill get them added before I finish Bedford Falls Final version. Once you have solved all four grid panels in the Gnomograph puzzle, you can claim the diamond gnome from the cage. Diamond Gnome #2 – Platform Puzzle Cactus · Camo Cactus · Fire Cactus · Ice Cactus · Power Cactus · Future Cactus · Bandit Cactus · Jade Cactus · Zen Cactus · Petrified Cactus Written by the Master of the Tower of Atrophy, Charnel Whispers enlightens the soul in various means. Of these, the most potent and crucial is that of using "whispers". The Cabal's utilization of whispers almost fully removes the need for ritual components in all manner of rites. Using the most carnal and spiritually powerful parts of the Disciple's soul, all arts of necromancy are manifested before you. While most may equate mummies with Ancient Egypt, mummification can be found all over the world and provide great inspiration for different versions of the creature. For the Dreadwood I think bog bodies would be a great fit, and offer some unique and potentially terrifying encounters for a party not expecting such an encounter. On the other hand, in my world there are elves that willingly go through a ritual sacrifice of themselves to become a sort of benevolent, protective undead by casting their dying bodies into a ritually prepared peat bog, emerging after a time looking like a bog body. The mummies in the Dreadwood could be something like this, working alongside the wood elves rather than for Granny Nightshade.Sunflower · Mystic Flower · Power Flower · Fire Flower · Shadow Flower · Metal Petal · Sun Pharaoh · Alien Flower The Outer Fringe of the Dreadwood is lightly wooded and extends five to ten miles into the woods. This part of the forest is relatively safe due to the ranger and elf patrols that keep the denizens of the deeper forest at bay. Owlbears, wolves, and a few bandit gangs that elude the notice of the patrols are the most common threat to explorers and travelers there. Yes! I promise I'll release it as soon as it's ready. I understand anything artistic is never complete but I'll know when to put my 'brush' down. Not too much longer now. While I understand the naming convention/title of "Granny" for hags in DnD is meant to show their age and power, I felt it didn't feel like what she would call herself. This is partially because I feel like quite a lot of names for creatures in DnD are exonyms and don't make sense to the creatures themselves (looking at you, Yuan-Ti). People definitely refer to her as "Granny Nightshade" though, but usually mortal people living in Barodin's Reach (my Saltmarsh region) and as a scary story/boogeyman name for her. To those that rightfully fear her, work for her, or deal with her machinations, she is the Nightshade Queen.
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