[Monster] Battle-Raised

[The Semi-Retired Gamer]

As always, this is the preliminary version.  I just got it out of my head so I could revise it further from here.  Feel free to comment and provide feedback.

Battle-Raised

Number Appearing	Number In Lair	AC	Move Rate	HD	Lair  Nearby	Treasure Type	Alignment
1D4+2	n/a	7	6	2+2	n/a	n/a	C

BATTLE-RAISED are often confused with standard zombies but they are actually a related but more powerful monster. Similar to zombies, normal missiles have no effect on them, sustenance is not required, and they never need a morale check to continue to fight. They are raised from the aftermath of a recent battle and will still be wearing their armor and carrying a weapon. Battle-raised are magically linked together and share malevolent energy among the group of 3-6. As each one of the lone monsters is slain, the remaining Battle-Raised will have their AC improve by 1. When the second and later Battle-Raised is slain a D6 is rolled with the following results: a roll of 1 or 2 grants the remaining Battle-Raised a +1 to hit, a roll of 3 or 4 grants the remaining Battle-Raised a +1 to damage, and a roll of 5 or 6 increases their move by 3. This benefit is in addition to the AC improvement.

[hengest]

This is great. I like your takes on the undead. Good to see more Toldara material.

I get the sense from the stuff posted in here that you could have a really varied, rich campaign with actually interesting, manifold combat and mass combat.

[The Semi-Retired Gamer]

Jun 26, 2022 8:18:13 GMT -5 hengest said:

This is great. I like your takes on the undead. Good to see more Toldara material.

I get the sense from the stuff posted in here that you could have a really varied, rich campaign with actually interesting, manifold combat and mass combat.

Thanks, hengest!  The undead are definitely among my favorites of the monsters.  Toldara is (hopefully) a mix of the best of all the contents from many of my games throughout the years.  I've had these ideas stuck in my head for a long time.  Between this forum and Delving Deeper it has become much easier to put the ideas in a solid form.

That's what I aim for.