BW PDF - Midnight Campaign

Necretesh“The living are like firewood. They are to be harvestedand burned for the fuel necessary to go about one’sown business.”The Necretesh is an engine of war. Their innateregeneration creates bone matter that is solid andthick, with sharp protrusions at angles that makethem often look more like a creature made from bonearmor than just a skeleton.In temperament, the Necretesh is generally calm andpatient, but knows when the time comes to put awaywords and draw blades. Sooner or later, their magicrequires that they harvest the souls of livingcreatures to fuel their magics.Necretesh are eternally patient, and oftenambitious. The generals of the NecromanticRealm of the Seven Southern Kingdoms havebeen at war for thousands of years, waiting forthe right opportunity tospread their massiveforces out of thosevalleys and onto therest of the world.Necretesh Abilities COST: 20Type Inhuman attributes IncompatibilitiesCurse Agility, Endurance Curses, Divine RacesInnate Racial AbilitiesTrue Dead: The Necretesh is quite dead. They have no death limit, but are stilldisabled if they take damage equal to or higher than their consciousness limit.While disabled they are completely comatose and may take no actions. They areharmed by healing magics, and are immune to poisons and diseases. Materialconcerns, such as food and sleep, mean nothing to them. They may not walk on holyground, such as a churchyard or a dedicated cemetery without suffering 2 feedbackper round.Soul Gem: The Necretesh has a gemstone embedded in their forehead thathouses their life energies. They use the soul energy contained in this gemstone tofuel their undead state. The Soul Gem can contain 10 fragments of a soul. Everytime a living creature at least the size of a rodent dies within 100 meters, theygain a soul fragment. If they have no soul fragments in their Soul Gem, they willbecome completely disabled. This means they cannot act or move, but watchhelplessly as events around them progress. The Necretesh will slowly regenerateover time, rebuilding bones at a rate of 5 damage per hour, unless their Soul Gem iscompletely destroyed, which will destroy them permanently.Soul Sight: The Necretesh can easily detect life within 10 meters, seeing livingsouls as bright lights, surrounding their physical form.Necrotic Touch: The Necretesh may spend 1 soul fragment to make an unarmedMelee attack against an opponent. If this attack hits they deal 10 damage, healingthemselves of 10. This effect can only be used once per target per hour, and can benegated by making a Spirit check with a difficulty equal to the Melee attack. Thisdamage is not reduced by armor.Bone Armor: Due to their shifting bone form, the Necretesh cannot effectivelywear armor. They can, however, expend 2 soul fragment to instantly absorb up to10 damage as it is dealt, negating it.Advanced Abilities COST: 2TIER1234Advanced AbilitiesSome Assembly Required: So long as the Necretesh has at least 3 soulfragments in their Soul Gem, they may disassemble and reassemble theirbones as a very slow action.Undead Speed: So long as the Necretesh has at least 5 soul fragments,they expend 1 soul fragment to make a full move as a very fast action.Fierce Soul: So long as they have at least 7 soul fragments, the Necreteshmay increase their Strength, Agility, Endurance and Willpower skill diceby one step.Soul Strike: If the Necretesh has at least 9 fragments of soul, they mayspend 3 fragments to make a colossal attack, gaining a +4 bonus to asingle Melee attack.83