Monstrous Monograph: Undead Volume I (d20)
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Monstrous Monograph: Undead Vol. I contains four new monster¸ and six statblocks:
- The CR 3 Alley Ghast and CR 6 Alley Ghast Survivor are a variant form of ghast which possess far greater cunning. They dwell in hidden corners of towns and cities¸ emerging at night to prey on the vulnerable and forgotten. Alley ghasts prefer a solitary existence but in times when prey is bountiful they sometimes emerge as the leader of local ghoul packs.
- When a ghoul feasts on a recent battlefield or from a mass grave¸ they can evolved into the CR 7 Battlegorged Ghoul. The spirits of all the restless dead whose bodies they consumed are absorbed into them¸ and the battlegorged ghoul can regurgitate them as specters which must do its bidding.
- The CR 4 Bone Keeper is a type of skeleton created to guard necromancers and other powerful undead. A skeletal torso¸ Bone Keepers float behind the creature they're protecting and use their elongated arms to provide cover to their ward.
- The CR 2 Lifeleech Skeleton is a more powerful variant of skeleton that can drain life energy with a touch¸ and emits a necrotic aura that is deadly to living creatures it approaches.