Manes
From Roman mythology via dungeons and dragons
Undesired Souls. Unclaimed by gods they drift through hell where they are used for construction and for sustenance. Desperate, weak. Sometimes raked out of the Styx by barbazus to serve in a war. A tiny divine servant.
Imagine the melted skin of a shrinked human dragging itself across the floor begging for help with their tiny hands and distorted mouth.
| Hit Points: 1 | Armor: 0 |
| Hit it: easy | Dodge it: easy |
| Move: slow, swim slow | Size: tiny |
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It can move through any opening. If it would die, it simply sinks further towards the deepest layers of hell.
Attacks (1/round)
Meek Grapple. The manes attempts to grapple a target.
“Help Meeeee!”. The willpower of a grappled target is reduced by 1 for 10 minutes. It must save or be cursed with Manes Melancholia.
Manes Swarm
| Hit Points: 7 | Armor: 0 |
| Hit it: easy | Dodge it: normal |
| Move: slow, swim slow | Size: medium swarm |
It can move through any opening. If manes would die, they simply sink further towards the deepest layers of hell.
As a swarm of immortal souls, manes swarms are immune to being grappled or attacked by single target spells, and take only 1 damage from weapon attacks. However, they take double damage from area of effect attacks.
Attacks (1/round)
Desperate Grapple. The manes attempts to grapple a target. On a success, the target’s willpower is reduced by 1 for 10 minutes. It must save or be cursed with Manes Melancholia.
Celestial Pact
You cannot communicate with a Chaos Eater, but you can accomplish its desire by making a pact with it. The price of breaking a pact is always your soul.
Reward:
- Free passage across the Styx.
- You’ll always find a gold coin in your mouth when you wake up.
- An audience with death
- Your irises look like gold coins. You can cast Occult Consultation with 1 Spell Dice once per day.
- You always have dark bags under you eyes. You can smell ghosts and other souls.
- You become 20% transparent. You can cast Shroud with 1 Spell Dice once per day.
Quest:
- Find their name from when they were alive.
- Find their lover’s soul.
- Bring them to the shrine of a merciful god.
- Plead their case at the soul scale.
- Feed them a more powerful soul.
- Help them make a new name.
The Lair
Number : 1D6 Swarms Lair : A stygian pool Desire : Be saved.
A basic dungeon thematic room.
To fill a dungeon room.
What it is doing.