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Undead Restoration. If the revenant dies, it revives 24 hours later unless Dispel Evil and Good is cast on its remains. If it revives, it animates another group of corpses elsewhere on the same plane
of existence; it now looks different but uses the same stat block and returns with all its Hit Points.Multiattack. The revenant makes two Suffocate attacks.
Suffocate. Melee Attack Roll: +8
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wander the Material Plane for centuries, collecting corpses while searching for a way to return home.
Cadaver collectors respond to a summons from a mortal only when they are called to the scene of a
great battle—either where one is in progress, where one is imminent, or where one once took place. They encase themselves in the armor and weapons of fallen warriors and impale the corpses of those
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Xanathar's Guide to Everything
that imbues your soul. At your option, you can pick from or roll on the Shadow Sorcerer Quirks table to create a quirk for your character.
Shadow Sorcerer Quirks
d6
Quirk
1
You
Your heart beats once per minute. This event sometimes surprises you.
5
You have trouble remembering that living creatures and corpses should be treated differently.
6
You blinked. Once
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Corpses. When first encountered, a corpse flower contains the corpses of 1d6 + 3;{"diceNotation":"1d6 + 3", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Humanoids"} Humanoids. A corpse flower can hold the
remains of up to nine Humanoids. These remains have total cover against attacks and other effects outside the corpse flower. If the corpse flower dies, the corpses within it can be pulled free.
Spider
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Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
False Appearance. If the animated coffin is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the coffin move or act, that
. They waddle the Mortuary’s halls unbothered, scooping up corpses and carrying them to the next stage of the funerary process.
An animated coffin has an array of spidery metal legs it uses to
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that imbues your soul. At your option, you can pick from or roll on the Shadow Sorcerer Quirks table to create a quirk for your character.
Shadow Sorcerer Quirks
d6
Quirk
1
You
Your heart beats once per minute. This event sometimes surprises you.
5
You have trouble remembering that living creatures and corpses should be treated differently.
6
You blinked. Once
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Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
shaker is reduced to 0 hit points, it explodes into 7 (1d4 + 5);{"diceNotation":"1d4+5","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Reconstruction"} crawling claw;crawling claws. After 6 (1d12;{"diceNotation":"1d12
","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Reconstruction"}) days, if at least two of those crawling claw;crawling claws are alive, they teleport to the location of the soul shaker’s death and merge
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Quests from the Infinite Staircase
memory web is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the memory web move or act, that creature must succeed on a DC
webs lie in ambush draped over plant life, wrapped around corpses, or stuck to ossuaries in dark catacombs.
Memory webs feed on memories and require daily sustenance. When a memory web’s prey
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", "rollAction":"Tentacle", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. If the target is a creature, its hit point maximum is also reduced by 3 (1d6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction
that terrorize mortals on the Material Plane by possessing corpses and giving them a semblance of life, after which the demons use them to engage in a range of sordid activities.
In their natural form
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Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
damage dealt. If Vellynne casts this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the necrotic damage increases by 1d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Vampiric Touch"} for each
spell. She can increase the spell slot level by one for each additional charge she expends. The wand regains 1d6 + 1;{"diceNotation":"1d6+1","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Wand of Magic Missiles
Orcus
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Out of the Abyss
charges). The wand regains 1d4 + 3;{"diceNotation":"1d4+3","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Wand of Orcus"} charges daily at dawn.
While holding the wand, Orcus can use an action to conjure undead
be subjected to power word kill. Orcus needn’t see the creature, but he must be aware that the individual is in the lair.
Orcus causes up to six corpses within the lair to rise as skeleton
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of which require charges; the wand has 7 charges to fuel these spells, and it regains 1d4 + 3;{"diceNotation":"1d4 + 3", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Charges regained"} charges daily at dawn:
At
or until Orcus releases them (no action required).
Undead Servants. Orcus causes up to six corpses within the lair to rise as skeleton;skeletons, zombie;zombies, or ghoul;ghouls (all appear in the
Cadaver Collector
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collector calls up the enslaved spirits of those it has slain; 1d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Summon Specters"} specter;specters (without Sunlight Sensitivity) arise in
back to Acheron, but if a summoner comes to a bad end, a cadaver collector might wander the Material Plane for centuries, collecting corpses while searching for a way to return home.
Sweeping the Dead
Corpse Flower
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Corpses. When first encountered, a corpse flower contains the corpses of 1d6 + 3;{"diceNotation":"1d6+3","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Corpses"} humanoids. A corpse flower can hold the remains of
up to nine dead humanoids. These remains have total cover against attacks and other effects outside the corpse flower. If the corpse flower dies, the corpses within it can be pulled free.
While it has
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corpses are reduced to ash, and larger corpses are partially incinerated and decrease one size.
Fire Form. The stoker can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch without expending extra movement to
makes two Sear attacks.
Sear. Melee Attack Roll: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Sear"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d8+3", "rollType":"damage
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Fetid Slam. Melee Attack Roll: +11;{"diceNotation":"1d20+11", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Fetid Slam"}, reach 10 ft. Hit: 20 (2d12 + 7);{"diceNotation":"2d12+7", "rollType":"damage
size is Medium. The mass acts on the festerhulk’s Initiative. It, and any masses it Split into, dries up and dies in 1 hour.Festerhulks are dead giants whose corpses are infested with fungus
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combination. It can replace one attack with a use of Drink Life.
Necrotic Sword. Melee Attack Roll: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Necrotic Sword"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2
":"Necrotic Sword", "rollDamageType":"Necrotic"} Necrotic damage.
Necrotic Bow. Ranged Attack Roll: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Necrotic Bow"}, range 150/600 ft. Hit: 6
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. The needle lord makes 2 raking vine attacks.
Needle Volley. The needle lord makes up to 1d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Needle Volley"} needle attacks, but it cannot attack
damage.A wise ranger knows that the sight of a needle spawn is an ill omen, for it heralds the rise of a dreaded needle lord and a war for the soul of a forest.
Roving Corpses. Needle spawn are created
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is also within 5 feet of the needle spawn.Needle Volley. The needle spawn makes up to 1d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Needle Volley"} needle attacks, but it cannot attack
of a needle spawn is an ill omen, for it heralds the rise of a dreaded needle lord and a war for the soul of a forest.
Roving Corpses. Needle spawn are created by needle lord;needle lords—hulking
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in sunlight, it has Disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks.Multiattack. The night creature makes one Claw attack and uses Bite.
Claw. Melee Attack Roll: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6
the night creature regains Hit Points equal to that amount.Night creatures are fiendish spirits bound into vampire-blood-tainted corpses through profane rituals. The hulking brutes are fanatically
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leaves a 5-foot-diameter tunnel in its wake. Multiattack. The shuln makes three attacks: one with its Bite and two with its Claws.
Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +11;{"diceNotation":"1d20+11", "rollType
Roll: +11;{"diceNotation":"1d20+11", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Claws"}, reach 10 ft. Hit: 16 (3d6 + 6);{"diceNotation":"3d6+6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Claws", "rollDamageType
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the Poisoned condition, recovering from the contagion on a success. Success: The target is immune to the Vile Vermin trait of all skitterswarms for 24 hours.Infesting Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +4
sickness can gather into squirming masses of centipedes known as skitterswarms. These swarms lurk in places where foulness accumulates and often serve centipede hags.
Secret. Skitterswarms can’t resist dead bodies and are drawn to the corpses of Humanoids.Bludgeoning, Piercing, Slashing
feats
You have a knack for retrieving exceptional components from the gnarliest of corpses.
Increase your Dexterity or Intelligence by 1, to a maximum of 20.
When you make a Harvesting check using a
proficiency bonus to the result of the roll.
If you are helping with a Harvesting check, you add your full proficiency bonus to the check’s result, regardless of whether you’re proficient in the
backgrounds
someone robbed a grave.
3
You spent time learning from Yorgrim, gravedigger and caretaker of the Maidenmist Cemetery.
4
Someone violated graves under your watch and stole away with the corpses
their final rest.
Rest Warden Trinkets. When you make your character, you can roll once on the Rest Warden Trinkets table instead of on the normal starting Trinkets table.
Rest Warden Trinkets
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through solid rock at half its Burrow Speed and leaves a 10-foot-diameter tunnel in its wake.Multiattack. The necrolisk makes one Bite attack and one Claws attack.
Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +10
(escape DC 16). Until the grapple ends, it has the Restrained condition.
Claws. Melee Attack Roll: +10;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Claws"}, reach 10 ft. Hit: 9 (1d6 + 6
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Corpse Sense. The corpselight can magically pinpoint the location of corpses within 30 feet, even through solid barriers such as doors and thin walls. This sense is blocked by any solid barrier at
). Melee Attack Roll: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Slam"}, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d6 + 1);{"diceNotation":"1d6+1", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Slam
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target. Hit: The target is infested with 1d3;{"diceNotation":"1d3","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Ovipositor"} assassin bug eggs, which immediately hatch into assassin bug maggots. At the start of each
corpses or a more insidious means of ridding the wilderness of growing humanoid populations. Little information survives regarding this sect, but the assassin bugs' unsettling humanoid-like limbs and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Skeleton Skeletons are reanimated Humanoid bones bearing the equipment they had in life. They have rudimentary faculties and greater agility than zombies and similar shambling corpses. While they
; PB +2)
Actions
Shortsword. Melee Attack Roll: +5, reach 5 ft. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) Piercing damage.
Shortbow. Ranged Attack Roll: +5, range 80/320 ft. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) Piercing damage.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Skeleton Skeletons are reanimated Humanoid bones bearing the equipment they had in life. They have rudimentary faculties and greater agility than zombies and similar shambling corpses. While they
; PB +2)
Actions
Shortsword. Melee Attack Roll: +5, reach 5 ft. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) Piercing damage.
Shortbow. Ranged Attack Roll: +5, range 80/320 ft. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) Piercing damage.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Skeleton Ossified Evil Skeletons are reanimated Humanoid bones bearing the equipment they had in life. They have rudimentary faculties and greater agility than zombies and similar shambling corpses
Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 9
Languages Understands Common plus one other language but can’t speak
CR 1/4 (XP 50; PB +2)
Actions
Shortsword. Melee Attack Roll: +5, reach 5 ft. Hit: 6 (1d6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Battle Aftermath The party stumbles upon the remains of one or more creatures slaughtered by rampaging demons. Roll a d10 and consult the Corpses table to determine what they find. A thorough search of
occurs. Roll a d20 and consult the Random Events table, or choose a suitable event. For the rules on madness, see chapter 2 of this adventure and chapter 8, “Running the Game,” in the Dungeon Master’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Battle Aftermath The party stumbles upon the remains of one or more creatures slaughtered by rampaging demons. Roll a d10 and consult the Corpses table to determine what they find. A thorough search of
occurs. Roll a d20 and consult the Random Events table, or choose a suitable event. For the rules on madness, see chapter 2 of this adventure and chapter 8, “Running the Game,” in the Dungeon Master’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Warhorse Skeleton Warhorse skeletons are obedient, supernatural steeds bearing the rotted remains of the barding they wore in life. They’re often ridden by the corpses of their former riders
CR 1/2 (XP 100; PB +2)
Actions
Hooves. Melee Attack Roll: +6, reach 5 ft. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) Bludgeoning damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature and the skeleton moved 20+ feet straight toward it immediately before the hit, the target has the Prone condition.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
. The mold smells like rotting corpses and occasionally releases clouds of harmless spores. As characters move through areas with alien growth, tiny eyeballs emerge from the mold to scrutinize them
character. (Roll a d10 and consult the beholder stat block to determine which ray it produces.) After making this attack, the eyestalk quickly disappears back into the mold.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Myconid Spore Servant Spore servants are corpses that have been overgrown and reanimated by a myconid sovereign’s spores. These fungus-infested bodies are extensions of a myconid sovereign and obey
Perception 8
Languages telepathy 30 ft.
CR 1 (XP 200; PB +2)
Actions
Slam. Melee Attack Roll: +5, reach 5 ft. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) Bludgeoning damage plus 2 (1d4) Poison damage.