The Soldiers of Misfortune are a vile and cursed lot of mercenaries, who have rampaged their way across the continent for the past two centuries. Each one has become a wicked undead creature for their crimes, making them only more unstoppable. Legend tells that their services can be bought for a forbidden price, but they cannot be controlled, only unleashed. Only by offering up a cursed coin soaked in the blood of an innocent can the company be summoned, and woe betide any nearby when they are. By night, they are an unstoppable force of destruction. When the day comes, they quit the field, and usually melt away to the Hells, where they revel in the spoils of their rampage.
Each of the two hundred or so members of the Soldiers of Misfortune has become a Wight, yearning to extinguish the spark in all living things. They possess some memories of his own lives, and a relentless hunger to spread death and flame. Their dread master, the soldier known only as The Malefactor, is a mighty and undefeated warrior who wears a horned steel skull hammered into his own unliving flesh. He is first on the front lines to attack his foes, setting whole cities afire in his thirst for slaughter. How you can use the Soldiers of Misfortune in your games: - The Soldiers of Misfortune might work something like the Wild Hunt of legend, riding across the lands and despoiling all they come across for one night of the year. Perhaps one who can evade them all night earns a prize from the Soldiers' commander- a boon of their asking, a cursed coin, or a sword forged in the Hells, perhaps. - A desperate villain might hire the Soldiers of Misfortune to break a siege that the PCs are holding against the odds. The vile undead are a force of pure destruction, overwhelming the defenders with brutal violence and negative energy. Only a daring act to flood the entire city with sanctified water can extinguish the fires and the undead. - PCs who are allied with a church of Good might choose to go hunting the Soldiers of Misfortune deliberately, trying to destroy their master and break their power forever. Setting a trap for such villains will require bold deeds, trickery, and overwhelming radiant power. Also posted on Game Masters Stash on 26 June 2020. Comments are closed.
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