Post by jcstephens on Feb 28, 2009 21:42:09 GMT -6
I don't post enough, and I feel bad about it. So, here's a little something from my notebook to get me caught up.
JACK KETCH
This works in places where Death By Hanging is a common punishment, with the bodies left on the Hanging Tree as a public example. If you've got Treants in your campaign, he's one who's been possessed and corrupted by Chaos. If not, he's a Hanging Tree who's been brought to a hideous semblance of life, again by Chaos spirits.
Jack looks like an enormous walking oak tree, with big red glowing eyes and skeletal remains hanging by ropes from his branches. He moves silently in the dark, though a breeze picks up just before he attacks. His stats are as a double strength Treant, with twice the hit dice and two attacks. On a 20, he's got you by the throat and will choke for 1d6 per turn until his death or your own.
His favorite lurking places are those where Hanging Trees are usually found: lonely hilltops and forested crossroads. Any traveler passing by such in the dark may be attacked.
Even if you don't use him as a monster, Jack makes a nice tavern tale. And he's a great excuse to creep out a party moving around at night. Imagine hearing all about a giant walking tree with skeletons hanging off him like dreadlocks, and then going home in the dark. The wind picks up, and the trees start swaying in the breeze. For some real fun, maybe there's a couple of jokers with red lensed bullseye lanterns about to pull a Sleepy Hollow. The possibilities are legion.
So there's my little contribution. I hope someone out there can make use of it.
JACK KETCH
This works in places where Death By Hanging is a common punishment, with the bodies left on the Hanging Tree as a public example. If you've got Treants in your campaign, he's one who's been possessed and corrupted by Chaos. If not, he's a Hanging Tree who's been brought to a hideous semblance of life, again by Chaos spirits.
Jack looks like an enormous walking oak tree, with big red glowing eyes and skeletal remains hanging by ropes from his branches. He moves silently in the dark, though a breeze picks up just before he attacks. His stats are as a double strength Treant, with twice the hit dice and two attacks. On a 20, he's got you by the throat and will choke for 1d6 per turn until his death or your own.
His favorite lurking places are those where Hanging Trees are usually found: lonely hilltops and forested crossroads. Any traveler passing by such in the dark may be attacked.
Even if you don't use him as a monster, Jack makes a nice tavern tale. And he's a great excuse to creep out a party moving around at night. Imagine hearing all about a giant walking tree with skeletons hanging off him like dreadlocks, and then going home in the dark. The wind picks up, and the trees start swaying in the breeze. For some real fun, maybe there's a couple of jokers with red lensed bullseye lanterns about to pull a Sleepy Hollow. The possibilities are legion.
So there's my little contribution. I hope someone out there can make use of it.