GuyBoy
Hero
A group of gnolls ambushed and murdered a lone rogue. Unbeknownst to them, the rogue had stolen the phylactery of a lich from the powerful adventurers that had defeated the undead wizard.
The phylactery had been damaged in the battle and necrotic energy was leaking from it. Sickening to powers they could not comprehend, the gnolls took refuge in the abandoned fort.
One by one, they died, rising as gnoll-wights.
The weakened lich, its awareness returning, but its power weakened by the ebbing of the phylactery, searches desperately for the precious item, finally discovering its whereabouts.......just as a group of PCs approach the abandoned frontier fort.
The phylactery had been damaged in the battle and necrotic energy was leaking from it. Sickening to powers they could not comprehend, the gnolls took refuge in the abandoned fort.
One by one, they died, rising as gnoll-wights.
The weakened lich, its awareness returning, but its power weakened by the ebbing of the phylactery, searches desperately for the precious item, finally discovering its whereabouts.......just as a group of PCs approach the abandoned frontier fort.