Tag: Wynand Louw

OK, here is an NPC Cleric in the spirit of Cleric Week.

Cardinal Grimghast

Evil to the bone, he used his immense power of persuasion to rise in the ranks of the lawful good One Church. He started studying necromancy after his father murdered his mother when he was eight years old. He failed to raise his mother from the dead but succeeded in turning his father into a ghoul. 

Damage 1D4, HP 10, Armor 1

Weapon: Soulsuck Dagger. 

Instinct: Power over life and death.

☻Be seen as lawful good by everybody in the One Church

☻Corrupt the One Church by appointing secret apostates to key positions.

☻Animate the dead to fight for him

☻Terrorize enemies with visions of dark horror.

When Cardinal Grimghast commands you to confess, roll + Wis

☻On 10 + you feel guilty

☻On 7-9 you also confess openly to past indiscretions.

☻On 6- you also tell Grimghast something that he will use to harm your party, now or in the future.

When the GM describes the dark images of intense horror that Cardinal Grimghast projects onto your soul, roll + Wis

☻On 10+ you take -1 forward to your next roll, or until you have rested.

☻On 7-9 you take -1 ongoing until you have rested. 

☻On 6-, you are paralyzed with fear and can make no moves for a short while. 

When you are wounded with the Soulsuck Dagger, roll + Wis

☻On 10+ you take -1 on all Wis rolls until you have rested.

☻ On 7-9 you take -1 on all Wis and Int rolls until you have rested.

☻On 6- you become a hollow, soulless husk. You cannot perform any moves. This will continue until the Soulsuck Dagger is destroyed or a Good person has prayed for your soul. 

When you use the Soulsuck Dagger in combat, roll + Wis

☻On 12+ you do your damage and your victim becomes a hollow, soulless husk that cannot make any moves. This will continue until the Soulsuck Dagger is destroyed or a Good person has prayed for its soul.

☻On 10+ you do your damage and you and your allies take  +1D4 damage ongoing against the victim.

☻On 7-9, do your damage and, if you have not mastered the dark arts of necromancy,  you take -1 on all Wis and Int rolls until you have rested.

☻On 6-,  if you have not mastered the dark arts of necromancy, you become a hollow, soulless husk. You cannot perform any moves. This will continue until the Soulsuck Dagger is destroyed or a Good person has prayed for your soul.