The Drow War Book Two. The Dying Of - RoseRed

Thicken Water (Su): The termador continually emanates
a 30-foot-radius spherical field of magical energy that
has a peculiar effect upon water. All creatures other than
termador find the water in the area of effect to be thick
as honey. It costs one additional square of movement to
enter any square within the affected region. This ability
is always on and requires no concentration, though it
cannot be sustained if the termador balls itself up (see
defensive armouring above).
True Seeing (Su): A termador sees with true seeing
constantly, as per the spell.
Spectres of the Myrrik
When the city sank, not all of the Myrrik were saved.
Out of tens of thousands of inhabitants, only five
hundred – the elite of the elite – qualified for soul
preservation. The others were drowned, insane with
terror and fired with hatred both for the elven archmagi
who had condemned them and for their own leaders for
allowing them to die.
The green ghosts of Myrrik citizens still walk the
streets of Lost Athul as if the city had never sunk. The
termador and the chihulli ignore them and are ignored
in return. In the darkness beneath the waves, the sun
never troubles a spectre. Now that the city is suddenly
hauled back to the surface, the spectres’ quiet dream is
torn apart. If Lost Athul is raised during the day, the
spectres flee into the dark shelter of the buildings as the
city rises. At night their glowing forms move through
the streets just as they always have done.
For narrative purposes it is best if the city rises during
the day, with the spectres emerging at night. However,
the Games Master should allow events to play out as the
Player Characters’ choices dictate.
Myrrik Spectres: CR 9; Medium undead (incorporeal);
HD 14d12; hp 91; Init +7; Spd 40 ft., fly 80 ft. (perfect);
AC 15, touch 15, flat-footed 13; Base Atk +7; Grp —;
Atk +11 melee (1d8 plus energy drain, incorporeal
touch); Full Atk +11 melee (1d8 plus energy drain, 2
incorporeal touches); SA create spawn, energy drain;
SQ +2 turn resistance, darkvision 60 ft., incorporeal
traits, sunlight powerlessness, undead traits, unnatural
aura; AL LE; SV Fort +4, Ref +7, Will +11; Str —, Dex
16, Con —, Int 14, Wis 14, Cha 18.
Skills & Feats: Hide +20, Intimidate +21, Knowledge
(religion) +19, Listen +21, Search +14, Spot +21,
Survival +7 (+9 following tracks); Alertness, Blind-
Fight, Flyby Attack, Improved Initiative, Weapon Focus
(incorporeal touch).
Energy Drain (Su): Living creatures hit by a spectre’s
incorporeal touch attack gain two negative levels. A
Fortitude saving throw (DC 21) removes a negative
level. For each such negative level bestowed, the
spectre gains five temporary hit points. The save DC is
Charisma-based.
Create Spawn (Su): Any humanoid slain by a spectre
becomes a spectre in 1d4 rounds. Spawn are under the
command of the spectre that created them and remain
enslaved until its death. They do not possess any of the
abilities they had in life.
Unnatural Aura (Su): Animals, whether wild or
domesticated, can sense the unnatural presence of a
spectre at a distance of 30 feet. They do not willingly
approach nearer than that and panic if forced to do so;
they remain panicked as long as they are within that
range.
Sunlight Powerlessness (Ex): Spectres are powerless in
natural sunlight (not merely a daylight spell) and flee
from it. A spectre caught in sunlight cannot attack and
can take only a single move or attack action in a round.
The Myrrik spectres are the Player Characters’ only
clue as to what the original city inhabitants looked like,
and these are misty and incorporeal. They have huge
unblinking eyes, broad nostrils, large head crests that
continue down their backs, oddly human-like torsos and
leathery tentacles where their arms and legs would be.
They move by grabbing objects and hauling themselves
along, slithering over horizontal and vertical surfaces
with equal ease. Oddly, the Myrrik have no gills, and
so should not have been able to survive in water. They
were not a true aquatic race, though they were expert
swimmers.
Event: The Rise of Lost Athul
The following event may or may not be witnessed by
the Player Characters. Even if they are not physically
present, they may attempt to scry it to find out what is
going on.
As they near the region where Lost Athul sank, Sunspite
(if he is present) warns the Sea Harriers to stay well
back. He explains curtly that if the island rises directly
beneath the Celebration, the ship will be trapped.
Leaving the Celebration stationed by the sea-portal,
just in case any meddlers try to use it to disrupt the
operation, Sunspite takes a small sailboat and a crew
of six into the centre of the target region. The Stone
of Melvek lies amidships in a rope cradle, ready to be
lowered into the sea. Sunspite is not certain that he has
the location right and will have the stone hauled back if
anything goes wrong.
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