So I'm making a dwarf whose family comes from a long line of tomb wardens, or people tasked with guarding the tombs of dwarven ancestors. This sect of wardens has made a pact will the one they call "The one who death forgot". This being lives in the deepest part of the tomb, and gives the wardens pact magic that allows them to guard the crypts effectively, while in inadvertently guarding the being as well. What I'm trying to figure out is what undead creature would make the most sense thematically for residing in a dwarven tomb and that the dwarves would be willing to make deals with. Maybe a dracolich? Would love aby input.
I think a death knight that's the first guardian of the tomb would be a really cool thematic idea. Like the knight is unable to rest as he feels as though his duty is not complete in defending the tomb, but he is no longer able to move so he grants his power to the new guardians to enact his mission.
I think a death knight that's the first guardian of the tomb would be a really cool thematic idea. Like the knight is unable to rest as he feels as though his duty is not complete in defending the tomb, but he is no longer able to move so he grants his power to the new guardians to enact his mission.
That's outstanding
Lots of possibilities even within that idea too. Is the character the death knight's descendant? Was the character's family cursed to take up the mission because an ancestor was originally responsible for the death knight's demise? What's so important/valuable in those tombs that's worth guarding with such undying, indominable fervor, anyway?
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Active characters:
Carric Aquissar, elven wannabe artist in his deconstructionist period (Archfey warlock) Lan Kidogo, mapach archaeologist and treasure hunter (Knowledge cleric) Mardan Ferres, elven private investigator obsessed with that one unsolved murder (Assassin rogue) Xhekhetiel, halfling survivor of a Betrayer Gods cult (Runechild sorcerer/fighter)
Maybe you have heard the story of Gandalug Battlehammer,, first King of Mithril Hall, who's soul has been captured by the drow, what kept him from dying for centuries. So, it might not be a mighty undead entity, but rather the souls of your ancestors, who will reward you if you help them finding eternal rest. You could also reflavor the Form of Dread into a form of a long deceased dwarven ruler.
Dwarven lore is so bound up in ancestor worship, it could be those ancestors themselves - how great would it be if the patron was your character's father, grandfather, great-grandfather, etc... either one particular ancestor, or the whole lot of them (I'm seeing a dwarven ancestral guardian barbarian/undead warlock multiclass in my immediate future).
Form of Dread is when the ghost physically manifests and 'possesses' your character's body.
Coming up with story hooks about what you need to do to put that spirit to rest, and what happens then, is what the game is all about... or maybe there isn't anything you can do about it. What if the ghosts of your family are just a bunch of jerk busybodies who just. wont. leave. you. alone? You're the last of the line, and until you get a wife and settle down and make some sons, you're going to hear about it. every. damn. day...
So I'm making a dwarf whose family comes from a long line of tomb wardens, or people tasked with guarding the tombs of dwarven ancestors. This sect of wardens has made a pact will the one they call "The one who death forgot". This being lives in the deepest part of the tomb, and gives the wardens pact magic that allows them to guard the crypts effectively, while in inadvertently guarding the being as well. What I'm trying to figure out is what undead creature would make the most sense thematically for residing in a dwarven tomb and that the dwarves would be willing to make deals with. Maybe a dracolich? Would love aby input.
I think a death knight that's the first guardian of the tomb would be a really cool thematic idea. Like the knight is unable to rest as he feels as though his duty is not complete in defending the tomb, but he is no longer able to move so he grants his power to the new guardians to enact his mission.
Ooo I like this.
That's outstanding
Lots of possibilities even within that idea too. Is the character the death knight's descendant? Was the character's family cursed to take up the mission because an ancestor was originally responsible for the death knight's demise? What's so important/valuable in those tombs that's worth guarding with such undying, indominable fervor, anyway?
Active characters:
Carric Aquissar, elven wannabe artist in his deconstructionist period (Archfey warlock)
Lan Kidogo, mapach archaeologist and treasure hunter (Knowledge cleric)
Mardan Ferres, elven private investigator obsessed with that one unsolved murder (Assassin rogue)
Xhekhetiel, halfling survivor of a Betrayer Gods cult (Runechild sorcerer/fighter)
Maybe you have heard the story of Gandalug Battlehammer,, first King of Mithril Hall, who's soul has been captured by the drow, what kept him from dying for centuries. So, it might not be a mighty undead entity, but rather the souls of your ancestors, who will reward you if you help them finding eternal rest. You could also reflavor the Form of Dread into a form of a long deceased dwarven ruler.
Dwarven lore is so bound up in ancestor worship, it could be those ancestors themselves - how great would it be if the patron was your character's father, grandfather, great-grandfather, etc... either one particular ancestor, or the whole lot of them (I'm seeing a dwarven ancestral guardian barbarian/undead warlock multiclass in my immediate future).
Form of Dread is when the ghost physically manifests and 'possesses' your character's body.
Coming up with story hooks about what you need to do to put that spirit to rest, and what happens then, is what the game is all about... or maybe there isn't anything you can do about it. What if the ghosts of your family are just a bunch of jerk busybodies who just. wont. leave. you. alone? You're the last of the line, and until you get a wife and settle down and make some sons, you're going to hear about it. every. damn. day...
Or even worse... its his dead mother.
The nagging is eternal, andthe source of his rage.