Rigormort

(Encounter Level: 7 - 9)

Attacks/Defenses: Fist: 1d6 / Fist: 1d6 / Bite: 1d8. The Bite attack transmits a Localized Infection (Minor Disease) to the victim unless he makes a successful Save vs. System Shock. Once infected, a victim cannot be infected again until the disease passes. Note that many Rigormorts are also armed with assorted melee and missile weapons.

Create Undead: Can raise the body of any humanoid creature as a 2 hitdice Undead - usually a Skeleton or Zombie. Using this power expends 4 Spirit Points and takes a full turn to perform.

Command Undead: A Rigormort can control up to 8 Skeletons or Zombies at a time. Rigormorts are usually found with a full complement of Undead, or if they are missing any, they will go hunting for “recruits” by killing whatever happens to cross their path.

Resistances: Turns as if it were 2 hitdice higher.

Description: Rigormorts are unusual Undead in that they have a degree of intelligence and leadership ability. They are able to maintain small militias of Undead and often band together to create decent-sized Undead armies to terrorize remote towns and villages. They will use the victims of these attacks to create more recruits.

Rigormorts appear as Undead humanoids that have had their skin stripped off. Their bodies ooze blackness and corruption, and they reek worse than almost any other Undead creature. Most Rignormorts are armed with various weapons and they like to make armour out of human skin - this provides an AC bonus of +2.