An Inciter is a bizarre undead creature, which can be conjured up from some dark corner of the Negative Energy plane. When it walks the earth under the moonlight of Hallows' Eve, it calls up undead spirits to roam the earth in their hundreds or thousands. When spotted in the darkness, it resembles something like a translucent vulture skeleton a hundred feet high, with a wingspan stretching nearly twice that amount. When it walks the wilderness, it resembles a small hill. When it strides the streets and roofs of a town or city, it embodies death itself.
Statistics: An Inciter is a 40-Hit Die incorporeal undead creature. An inciter is immune to non-magical slashing, piercing and bludgeoning damage, and resistant to any magical damage, although it is vulnerable to radiant damage. Although it can trample foes and even lean down to bite them, its attacks can drain the very strength from a target's limbs, as well as dealing necrotic damage. Its most powerful and iconic ability is to conjure 3d6 Shadows or 2d4 Specters per round. These conjured undead are translucent and glowing, their normal effects. This ability has no upper limit, and any creatures killed by these conjured creatures become Shadows or Specters themselves. In an urban environment, these can quickly wreak havoc on any defences erected. When the sun rises, an Inciter is burned away. It can exist only on the one night per year, and any creatures it has conjured quickly burn away in sunlight themselves. How you can use the Inciter in your game: - Obviously, this makes for an ideal Halloween one-shot game. Whether your players need to evade the wandering titanic monster and its undead children, or take the offensive against it, this would certainly be a memorable evening's game. - A necromantic foe might attempt to call up an Inciter to take vengeance upon a city for some perceived wrong. Helping to evacuate the city or withstand the worst of its attacks might help, but such a powerful necromancer will need to be confronted, or they may do so again the next year! - Legends tell of such a creature, but only one book- one that your Player Characters have just stumbled across- mentions the vile ritual by which they are summoned. They will have to rescue the necromancer's intended sacrifice, an innocent child stuffed with sweet candies and bliss, before the villain can transform them into this nigh-unstoppable monster. Also posted on Game Masters Stash on 31 October 2019. Comments are closed.
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