Undead NOS (5e Creature)

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Undead NOS

Medium undead, usually evil Armor Class 9 Hit Points 13 (2d8 + 4) Speed 30 STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 11 (+0) 9 (-1) 14 (+2) 10 (+0) 8 (-1) 5 (-3) Saving Throws wis, cha Damage Resistances Acid, Piercing Damage Immunities Necrotic, Poison Senses passive Perception X Languages Common Features and Flaws An undead NOS has from 10 to 26 items on the d100 List below. Some of these are features. Some of these are flaws. Most undead NOS have the following features: Dark Vision Most undead NOS can see in the dark up to 60 feet, seeing only in shades of gray (except see the Light roll group in the d100 List). Unsleeping Most undead NOS never sleep (except see the Sleep roll group in the d100 List). No Need to Breathe Most undead NOS do not need to breathe to survive, but 50% of them pass out after 1 minute if prevented from breathing. Piercing Does Not Kill Piercing damage does not ever drop an undead NOS below 1 HP. ACTIONS Common Weapon Attack: Common weapon, reach 5 feet. Attack bonus and damage shown on the Undead NOS Table below under 'Att+' and 'Dmg'. Available common weapons are: short sword 1d6 piercing. mace 1d6 bludgeoning. scimitar 1d6 slashing. sickle 1d4 slashing, provides advantage when attack attempt is combined with spell, or disadvantage on save. club 1d4 bludgeoning, or anything that can be reasonably used as a club. dagger 1d4 piercing. This may be hidden, and may include poison on the first hit attempt. No Finesse Undead NOS may not benefit from the finesse of the weapons listed, and must use their strength bonus in all cases. Spell: Undead NOS each have a spell effect that they can use once per day (midnight to midnight) as shown on the Undead NOS Table. They may have a number of slots to cover all the spells at lower CRs equal to their HD. So for example a 'necromancer' can use counterspell once per day, and has 5 slots to cover all the spells heat metal, detect thoughts, and unmending, so for example may do heat metal twice, and unmending three times during a day.

Some undead do not fit into the standard creature categories. For them there is the Undead NOS (not otherwise specified). This creature is especially useful for creating undead that are not enemies for some reason, undead that act more like NPCs. Undead NOS can range from very weak 5 HP undead rabble, to 666 HP undead warlock patrons. The undead NOS 'levels' are shown on the Undead NOS Table below. The numbers shown in the stat block to the left are for undead NOS with 2 HD. These are the most common. Most undead NOS have the following characteristics excepting as modified by items from the d100 List: Evil Most undead NOS can be detected as evil using an appropriate spell or feature (except see item 6 on the d100 List). Rot Most undead NOS can be detected within 10 feet as undead by the smell of rot (except see item 8 on the d100 List). Amnesia Most undead NOS do not have memories from their life before they became undead (except see item 73 on the d100 List). No Class Most undead NOS do not have a class. (except see item 71 and 89 on the d100 List). Sunlight Most undead NOS have no problem with sunlight, (except see the Light roll group in the d100 List). No ASI's Undead NOS lose all the ASI's they had in life. As A PC This creature has not been balanced to use as a PC race, however trying out something like this is possible. If you do, you can pick items from the d100 list to build the character, making sure that you pick an equal number of items that have a + on them and a - on them from the d100 list. Items in the +/- column that have an r are good for role playing, and ones that have an x can not be used for PCs. Roll Groups The d100 List is divided into 17 'roll groups' of 6 items each. Progressive Damage The Prog. Dmg. Roll Group includes damage that does not heal. This affects a victim when the undead NOS does a critical hit on them, and also affects the undead NOS when a critical hit is done on them. All progressive damage to victims disappears if the undead NOS is destroyed. Midnight to Midnight A number of features and such use the term 'day'. Rather than having features and abilities recharge at the end of a long rest, daily features and abilities that use the term 'day' mean the period between one midnight and the next midnight, and if there is a recharge, that happens at midnight. Similarly recovery of hit points, spell slots etc. happens at midnight rather than at the end of a long rest.

Undead NOS Table

There are 6 strength levels of undead NOS as shown below:

1d6	HD	HP	CR	XP	Att+	Dmg	d100 list	Wis DC	Str	Dex	Con	Int	Wis	Cha	Title	Spell	Roll on d100 List
1	1	5	1/4	50	+1	1d20	10 rolls	10	2d8	3d4	3d6	3d4	2d4	1d4	rabble	unmending	roll 1d100 below
2	2	13	1/2	100	+3	2d12	13 rolls	13	3d6	2d8	5d4	2d8	3d4	2d4	horde	detect thoughts	roll 1d100 below
3	3	23	1	200	+5	3d10	17 rolls	17	5d4	3d6	4d6	3d6	2d8	3d4	dead spawn	heat metal	roll 1d100 below
4	5	33	2	450	+8	5d8	20 rolls	20	4d6	5d4	6d4	5d4	3d6	2d8	necromancer	counterspell	roll 1d100 + 1 below*
5	8	72	5	1800	+11	8d6	23 rolls	23	6d4	4d6	5d6	4d6	5d4	3d6	oligarch	cloudkill	roll 1d100 + 1 below*
6	13	666	13	10,000	+13	13d4	26 rolls	26	5d6	6d4	7d6	6d4	4d6	5d4	patron	finger of death	roll 1d100 + 2 below*

• Items 101 and 102 are in the 'Domination' Roll Group.

d100 List

Roll 10 to 26 times on this d100 table depending on the number of rolls specified in the 'd100 list' column in the undead NOS table above:

1d100	Roll Group	1d6	+/-	Feature or Flaw	Description and Particulars
1	Alignment	1	-	Unholy	You can be warded by Good holy symbols, their touch does 2d6 damage to you.
2	Alignment	2	-	Unlawful	You can be warded by Lawful holy symbols, their touch does 2d6 damage to you.
3	Alignment	3	-	Crosses Hurt	You can be warded by crosses, their touch does 2d6 damage to you.
4	Alignment	4	-	Evil Presence	Each creature within 60 feet of you feels the presence of great evil (wisdom DC 5), and takes 1 HP necrotic damage per round.
5	Alignment	5	-	Holy Water Hurts	Touch by holy water does 2d6 damage. You are warded if recognize it as holy water.
6	Alignment	6	r	Not Actually Evil	Your alignment is 1)LN, 2)NG, 3)NN, 4)NN, 5)NN, 6)CN, or pick a neutral alignment.
7	Body	1	-	Bandage Covered	Unwrapping you, the undead, destroys you.
8	Body	2	+	Looks Alive	To detect that you are undead, a creature must make a DC25 Perception, insight, or religion roll to detect that you are undead. Once per week.
9	Body	3		Lycanthropy	On full moon you turn into a 1)manrat 2)manwolf 3)manbat 4)mancat 5)manjackal 6)manspider (halve your Intelligence, add the lost points to your Strength).
10	Body	4	-	Slime Covered	You die if you dry out. You lose 2d6 hit points per hour after leaving a liquid place until you die.
11	Body	5	+	Snake Form	You can shapechange to giant snake 1/day for hour (You halve Dexterity, add lost points to your Strength).
12	Body	6	+	Regeneration	You regenerates HP per turn equal to hit dice.
13	Contact	1		Acid Skin	Your touch does acid damage as listed for HD above, hits on undead destroy most non-magical weapons.
14	Contact	2	+	Cold Touch	Your touch does acid damage as listed for HD above, hits on undead by metal weapons damage the wielder 1d6 cold per turn until weapon warms up (1,2 on 1d6)
15	Contact	3	+	Common Disease	Your touch or bite - Lose 1d6 damage from disease per day cumulative until succeed at DC 15 con save. Damage restored when save. Contageous.
16	Contact	4	+	Mind Touch	Your touch or bite afflicts victim with horrible nightmares of undead's death, Lose 1 int point per day cumulative until succeed on DC 15 wis save. Int restored when save.
17	Contact	5	+	Necrotic	Your touch or bite does necrotic damage as listed for HD above, hits on undead destroy most wooden weapons.
18	Contact	6	+	Poison Bite	Your bite does poison damage as listed for HD above. hits on undead by magic weapons damage the wielder 1d6 poison per turn until washed.
19	Domination	1	+	Fascination	You have extreme beauty and seduce and/or control creature of your original race on a failed DC15 wisdom save for 10 minutes (save advantage if not your race).
20	Domination	2	+	Possession	You may possess a character within 15 feet if it fails the DC save listed for HD above until char makes a save, save once per week.
21	Domination	3	+	Undead Minions	If your HD exceeds 1, you may have 1 minion creature per hit die. These minions must have fewer HD than the undead NOS.
22	Domination	4	+	Voodoo	Doll may be used to control or damage a character within 1 mile, damage on the HD table above. fire or acid damage destroys doll. Makes 1 doll per day.
101	Domination	5	+	Undead Spawn	Given available 'materials' you may spawn one CR 1 undead per day. You may choose from among 1)CR1 Undead NOS, 2)Ghoul, 3)Spectre, 4)CR1 Undead from other book. Your Undead NOS must have an equal number of + and - Features and Flaws.
102	Domination	6	x	Warlock Patron	You automatically have 13 HD. You may be , patron for up to 13 warlocks. PCs with this do not become patrons until level 13, but know a number of other patrons equal to their HD.
23	Energy	1		Death's Presence	Creatures within HDx10 feet of you feel the presence of death.
24	Energy	2		Fear & Loathing	Creatures within HDx10 feet of you fear and loathe you.
25	Energy	3	+	Friendship	Living humanoids are friends within HDx10 feet of you.
26	Energy	4	+	Illusion	All places within HDx10 feet of you become illusions under your control
27	Energy	5	+	Passionless	All desire to fight you drains away from all creatures within HDx10 feet of you.
28	Energy	6		Visions	Nearby creatures (within 1 mile) have terrifying dreams and visions of you.
29	Feeding	1		Blood Drinker	You gain your sustenance by drinking blood.
30	Feeding	2	-	Food Rots Inside	You can eat standard foodstuff but it rots inside your body, and is not digested.
31	Feeding	3		Human Flesh	You heat human flesh or at least only humanoid flesh.
32	Feeding	4	-	Shadow Feeding	You can feed off of creatures; shadows causing a temporary CON reduction.
33	Feeding	5		Vampire Fangs	You can ingest blood or other liquids directly into your 'bloodstream' by sucking it up with your fangs.
34	Feeding	6		Poison and Acid	You may only gain sustenance by eating poison and acid, to which you are immune.
35	Hindrances	1	-	Detach Head	You may detach your head, It does not fly (but see item 55 below). If something removes your head from your body, you take no damage and do not die.
36	Hindrances	2	-	Pass Walls	You are unable to touch things, or walls.
37	Hindrances	3	-	Running Water	You can not cross running water.
38	Hindrances	4	x	Heart Stake	You are immobilized by a stake through the heart. This does not kill you however.
39	Hindrances	5	-	Head Stake	You are immobilized by a stake through the head. This does not kill you however.
40	Hindrances	6	-	Very Slow	Your movement speed it 10 feet per round. You destroy doors and such on a critical hit. Your movement is inexorable.
41	Ichor	1		Animate Undead	You were animated by magic
42	Ichor	2	r	Cursed Undead	You were animated by a curse
43	Ichor	3	r	Eldritch Undead	You were animated by Chthulhu or some other deep evil.
44	Ichor	4		Immortal Undead	You were animated by your desire for power or immortality
45	Ichor	5		Viral Undead	You were animated by some virus, microbes, or disease. You are contagious by 1)touch, 2)bite, 3)breath, 4)your death
46	Ichor	6		Worm Powered	Your undeath is powered by worms which fully infest your body.
47	Light	1	-	Dark Blindness	You are blind in the dark, just like all respectable humanoids.
28	Light	2	-	Daylight Hurts	You are vulnerable to daylight.
49	Light	3	-	Daytime Mist	You are gaseous form during the day, reforming after sunset.
50	Light	4	-	Light Blindness	You are blinded by bright light or daylight.
51	Light	5	-	Radiant Damage	You are vulnerable to radiant damage.
52	Light	6	-	Sunlight Kills	You are killed by direct sunlight, taking 2d6 points of damage per turn until dead.
53	Movement	1	+	Air Walking	You can walk through the air as if you were on flat surfaces or stairs.
54	Movement	2	+	Coffin Teleport	You can return to your coffin as an action using a teleport.
55	Movement	3	+	Flying Head	Your head can fly when detached from your body. Combine with item 35 above or you might be only a flying head.
56	Movement	4	+	Flying Wings	You have wings for flying at twice your movement speed: 1)bat, 2)vulture, 3)fly, 4)bone wings.
57	Movement	5	+	Gaseous Form	You may assume gaseous form as an action or return from gaseous form as an action at will.
58	Movement	6	+	Submariner	You can walk along the bottom surface of a body of water. You do not get stuck in the mud or swept away by the current.
59	Obsession	1	r	To Feel Life Again	You can feel life by 1)contact, or 2)feeding on someone (see feeding roll group above).
60	Obsession	2	r	Killing Evil	You obsessively try to kill or destroy all evil (or all non-evil?).
61	Obsession	3	r	Keeping Oath	You must keep an oath you made in life to 1)guard, 2)server, 3)slay - something or someone.
62	Obsession	4	r	Resurrection	You are obsessed by the prospect of being resurrected to life. You will do ANYTHING to bring this about.
63	Obsession	5	r	Revenge	Vengeance against either 1)those who killed you or 2) those who killed your loved one(s).
64	Obsession	6	r	Returning Home	You are obsessed with returning to your home.
65	Progressive	1	+	Ability Damage	Critical hits permanently reduce 1 ability by 1d4 points: 1)Str, 2)Dex, 3)Con, 4)Int, 5)Wis, 6)Cha until you are destroyed or your victim becomes undead.
66	Progressive	2	+	Corpse Fading	Critical Hits cause you to be drawn further and further into the afterlife. You fade. Every fade reduces your HP by 1d6 permanently.
67	Progressive	3	+	+
68	Progressive	4	+	Life Fading
69	Progressive	5	+	+
70	Progressive	6	+	+
71	Quirks	1	+	Class	You have a class with level = HD: 1)monk, 2)bard, 3)sorcerer, 4)blood hunter. An undead NOS is limited to level 13. Beyond that level, an undead NOS gains no more class levels, but does gain 4x standard HP per level until reaching 666 HP. Undead NOS start at level 2 with 2 HD.
72	Quirks	3		Eidolon Image	To each person who sees you, you look like them. You may choose to be visible to only one humanoid at a time.
73	Quirks	2	r	Life Memories	You remember the life you had before you became undead.
74	Quirks	4	-	Moon Reveals	You are revealed to be undead in moonlight.
75	Quirks	5	-	Moon Weakness	In moonlight, you lose 3 points each to Str, Dex, and Con, and gain 1 point each to Wis, Int, and Cha.
76	Quirks	6	+	Tele-Powers	You have one or more of the following features: 1)telepathy, 2)teleportation, 3)telekinesis, 4)all 3 (add a CR point).
77	Rotting	1	-	Awful Stench	Most living creatures within 10 feet of you must make a DC 15 CON roll vs retching.
78	Rotting	2	-	Falling Apart	Bits of you rot and fall off over time. You permanently lose 1HP per week. You have 13 years if you are a warlock patron.
79	Rotting	3	-	Maggot Filled	You look 'normal' but you are filled with 1)worms, 2)maggots, 3)larval undead waiting to be free.
80	Rotting	4		No Odor, None	You have no odor whatsoever. Not even a bloodhound can detect you. This of course freaks out a dog.
81	Rotting	5	-	Skeletal	You're a freakin' skeleton bro.
82	Rotting	6	-	Subtle Rot	Your rotting can be detected with a DC 13 perception roll.
83	Sleep	1	x	Death Day Awake	You are awake one day per year, on the anniversary of your death.
84	Sleep	2	-	Death Day Asleep	You sleep one day per year, on the anniversary of your death.
85	Sleep	3	-	Sleep During Day	You sleep while the sun is up.
86	Sleep	4	-	Full Moon Sleep	You sleep during each full moon.
87	Sleep	5	-	Asleep at Night	You sleep while the sun is down, just like normal people.
88	Sleep	6	-	Grave Dirt Sleep	You must sleep on dirt from your own grave.
89	Ties	1	+	Class of Life	You have the class you had in life, at the level equal to your HD.
90	Ties	2	x	Tied to Grave	You are tied either to your own burial place, or to a particular graveyard or place of burial.
91	Ties	3	x	Graveyard Ward	You are a possibly non-evil entity tied to protect a particular graveyard as a 1)non-evil guardian, 2)evil emminence.
92	Ties	4	x	Location Tied	You are tied to a particular place 1)where you died, 2)graveyard, 3)dungeon, 4)jail, 5)tower, 6)where you were created as an undead.
93	Ties	5	r	Death Double	There is an undead version of you and a living version of you. The living version can not advance in level until you are recombined.
94	Ties	6	x	Stalker	You stalk a particular person you knew in life 1)lover, 2)offspring, 3)betrayer, 4)parent.
95	Unliving	1	x	Dies Outdoors	You suffocate and die if you go outside. Suffocation rules are in the PHB page ??.
96	Unliving	2		Unliving	You are still alive but unable to move or speak. You only look dead. You look like one embalmed or mummified rather than rotting away.
97	Unliving	3	+	Lingering Life	The greater restoration spell will bring you back to life, as will raise dead and 'resurrection.
98	Unliving	4	+	Burgeoning Life	You can become resurrected with any healing spell after one 1)hour, 2)day, 3)week, 4)moon month, 5)year, 6)decade.
99	Unliving	5	-	Utter Undeath	No spell, not even a wish or resurrection spell can bring you back to life. Even divine intervention is dicey.
100	Unliving	6		Elven Undeath	You were originally an elf or fey rather than some other race, so things are 'different'. Roll on this table again and do the 'reverse' of what it says.

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