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Hollowed
lowed’s body transforms, the chest and stomach cavities closing
up and pale tight skin enshrouding the body.
The creature then becomes an intelligent undead that is
a dark incarnation of its living self. Its Intelligence rises to
its previous level –3 (or +5 to the existing Intelligence if its
previous Intelligence is unknown), and the creature regains the
use of all skills (at half their value) and feats it knew (or +20
skill points and +3 feats, if previous unknown). Its memory
returns, largely intact, however it regains none
of its previous emotional self (and can’t
remember anything about it); thus no
alignment
change (it
stays chaotic
evil). The
creature
then lives
only to torture
those
it knew
in life
and consume
the
flesh of its
own kind.
Extraordinary
and supernatural
class abilities
(including
spell-casting)
are not returned.
It never reverts to
its earlier hollowed
form, however if it
is destroyed in combat,
its innards burst
forth upon the ground
in a gooey, black mess.
Most make an attempt to
return to their previous life if possible,
where they pose as living creatures hidden
in society. If the death was widely known or
witnessed, they will either stalk their former family
and acquaintances from the shadows or move on to set up
shop elsewhere. Regardless of how, though, absolutely all will
return to stalk society in some way. Virtually all reawakened of
the Wurm gain levels as clerics in the worship of the Devourer
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(though, they in truth draw their energies from Thamar). They
have access to the Chaos and Destruction domains.
Skills: Hollowed have a +4 racial bonus to their Hide and
Move Silently checks.
Treasure
Hollowed do not actively seek new valuables, although
they may possess any number or type of items from their
previous existence. They are sometimes found to possess
cult artifacts such as hunger stones or manuals of
damnable corpulence .
Hunger Stone: These are small stones usually
hung from a chain about the neck that have
small gaping mouths sculpted all about them
and which bear a tainted holy symbol
of the Devourer Wurm. Anyone
who dons one of these items or
has it placed on their person
must immediately make a
Will save (DC 19) or be
overcome with insatiable
hunger, eating until
they vomit, then
eating some
more for
days on
end.
This
aspect
of the
stone
is an
Enchantment (compulsion)
effect; creatures
immune to such effects
are not affected by it.
However, all creatures that
wear the item are subject
to its emaciating effect;
the bearer suffers 1 point of
Constitution drain per day (Fortitude
DC 19 negates) as the stone sucks his life
essence. The Enchantment aspect of the
stone convinces them that this wasting away is
a result of not eating, and they will be unwilling to remove
the item; those who are immune to the Enchantment aspect
or who save may simply remove the stone (if possible). The
bodies of those who die of this effect crumble to ash within
1d4 hours of death.
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