Attic Whisperer Folklore
Immune cold undead traits weaknesses vulnerability to silver.
Attic whisperer folklore. A fatigued creature that is bitten is instead exhausted for 1 hour and an exhausted creature falls asleep for 1. Aquatic in british folklore the grindylow is a nasty water spirit or fairy that uses its long arms to grasp. Rather than animating the body of the dead youth the creature rises from an amalgam of old toys clothing dust and other objects associated with the departed icons of the child s neglect. Ac 19 touch 19 flat footed 13 3 deflection 6 dex hp 85 10d8 4 fort 6 ref 11 will 9 defensive abilities channel resistance 2 incorporeal rejuvenation.
Senses darkvision 60 ft low light vision scent. As per their inspiration in japanese folklore they re giant skeletons created from the collective remains of those who died of starvation and were left unburied. After the encounter place the attic whisperer card by the blessings deck again until needed. Place the attic whisperer card by the blessings deck.
Steal breath su a creature bit by an attic whisperer must make a dc 16 will save or become fatigued for 1 hour. The attic whisperer can suppress or reactivate its aura as a free action. The widow maude and an attic whisperer go from town to town living in a gruesome parody of a parent child relationship the attic whisperer lures children to her rented house and she bakes them into pies after which the undead creature goes out hunting for new playmates again. The one thing an attic whisperer longs for is companionship and it will attempt to steal away children to play with it forever and ever.
Use ancient skeleton cards for the henchmen and pillbug podiker for the villain. The whisperer in darkness is a 26 000 word novella by american writer h. Steal breath su a creature bit by an attic whisperer must make a dc 16 will save or become fatigued for 1 hour. An attic whisperer spawns as the result of a lonely or neglected child s death.
References attic whisperer creature type undead cr 4 environment ruins urban alignment lg ng cg ln n cn le ne ce source. Similar to the colour out of space 1927 it is a blend of horror and science fiction. This aura is a sonic mind affecting effect. They are typically gray and covered with cobwebs and dust falls endlessly from their long dead mouths.
When a henchman villain card turns up set it aside and replace it with the attic whisperer card. Gashadokuros are created by starvation and are ruled by a desperate. Attic whisperers resemble the skeletons of children but possess the paws and grinning skull of a fox. A fatigued creature that is bitten is instead exhausted for 1 hour and an exhausted creature falls asleep for 1.
Its touch forces a dc 16 will save failure of which allows it to steal the target s voice. Environment any urban or ruins organization solitary pair or chorus 3 8 treasure incidental. Xp 9 600 ce medium undead incorporeal init 10. Written february september 1930 it was first published in weird tales august 1931.