Awakened
Sorcerer
Awakened Sorcerers are
spirits of long-dead wizards who have transcended death itself; they
possess the animated bodies of corporeal undead creatures. While
inhabiting the form of an undead creature, an Awakened Sorcerer gains
all of its powers and limitations; thus, it behooves an Awakened
Sorcerer to inhabit the body of a powerful type of undead—though it
sometimes serves their obscure purposes to take over the body of a
minor form of undead (such as a skeleton or zombie) so that they
might better pursue their goals without drawing undue attention.
Move: as per host
creature AC: as per host creature HD: as per host
creature +3
Attacks: as per
host creature Dam: as per host creature Mor: 8
Special Abilities: Grave Wizard – an Awakened
Sorcerer is always at least a 5th level magic-user.
Symbiotic Spirit – a Dispel Evil or Exorcise
spell automatically destroys an Awakened Sorcerer, but leaves the
host creature intact. Undead.
Is there some sort of contest between the spirit of the awakened sorcery and the consciousness of say a vampire or lich that they might try to take over?
ReplyDeleteThere could be, if it seemed like an interesting thing to work into a game. Mostly, I just wanted to have an excuse to have the party be surprised when the lowly zombie Lightning Bolts them out of nowhere.
Deletedispel evil or exorcise destroys the Awakened Sorcerer, or just evicts it?
ReplyDeleteHow does it get around between undead? Does it transfer via touch? (What happens when the host is destroyed?) Does it float free unless and until destroyed (via dispel evil or exorcise)?
I can see going either way.