The Bonehoard

Weird murder-machine dragons now prowl the higher levels of Strigastadt. The generator is based on this one by E.G. Palmer. of hd (6 - 13)

Hello again! My apologies for the absence, I tend to switch focus between my obsessions frequently (this time it was painting/constructing miniatures). I'm currently in the process of compiling resources that I'll use for Strigastadt, so I haven't created much in the way of original material. However, I came across an item by Jack Shear earlier today called the "bonearrow" that set my imagination on a ramble. The item is a +3 arrow that, upon slaying the target, raises the corpse as a zombie under the control of the person who fired it. Iterating upon that idea I came up with the following: Bonebeetles - ivory colored beetles hatched by a sorcerer and fed upon a paste of bonemeal and rare minerals mixed with drops of the sorcerer's blood. When the food source is removed and the beetles exposed to a brief period of cold, they enter a desiccated hibernation state. They can remain in this state for an extended period of time and will only awaken when expose...

Lost control during a risky seance? Found a room of Strigastadt not as empty as it appeared? Here is a generator for the spirits so encountered. of rank (up to 4) and in number. Note: determining what will appease a spirit is a task most easily accomplished by mediums or those otherwise connected to the realm of the dead. Even then it is a taxing and risky business.

Feverlings derive a large part of their subsistence from residues of the chaotic energies which gave them form, whether absorbed directly from errant currents or scoured with rough tongues from the bottom of abandoned flasks and cauldrons. A perhaps more expedient method of gathering these vital energies would be to move a step up the food-chain, from gathering to preying upon those that do. On occasion this idea will occur to a feverling and lead them to acts of cannibalism. Feverlings who feast on others of their kind grow rapidly and out of all proportion to their kin, often ceasing to be recognizable as being of the same brood or even species. If the offending member is not slain, either out of collusion or cunning on its own part, the creature will grow into a dangerous being known as a shaggamaw (stats as ogre + a 1d8 bite option), its maw widening terribly as its bulk increases. Small bands of such creatures can form for mutual protection and to aid in predation, and on rare o...

 Sorcery is an imposition of the imagination onto reality. When the imagination is warped by mind-altering states, those with sorcerous gifts are particularly dangerous and unpredictable. Feverlings are occasional by-products of failed invocations and the accidental probings of the unconscious while the sorcerer is suffering from fever. They are physical manifestations of fever-dreams, creations of chaotic energy. Painting by Jody Siegel of one of his Shrikes  Also known as "Sorcerers' Children", feverlings are compelled to serve the being from whose mind they have sprung. Some sorcerers will deliberately ingest substances to induce a fever-state and call into being these servants, but this process is dangerous and easily results in a more calamitous failure. Feral broods of feverlings are frequent hazards when exploring realms once inhabited by sorcerers. Feverlings mature from their awkward larval form within a year, becoming lesser feverlings (stats of a goblin)...