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Credits

Author: Chris Caran

Editor: Christina Eftekhar

Mechanics Editor: Sean Holland

Artwork: Luis Czerniawski

Layout and Art Direction: Kosala Ubayasekara

Monsters of Twilight

Curse Monsters

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About the Author

Chris Caran was born and raised in northern Virginia, moving to Raleigh,

North Carolina in attempt to bankrupt himself with student loans at

NC State University. His day job is writing software for a large company

recently bought out by China. His dream is to eventually make enough

money freelancing and publishing his own games so he can stay home.

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He now lives in Apex, North Carolina with his wife Elizabeth, daughter

Athena, and his soon-to-be-arriving son, due in mid-March. Elizabeth is

a librarian for Wake county and is always bringing him home nice books.

When not working, gaming or parenting, Chris spends his time watching

and playing ice hockey.

About the Mechanics Editor

Sean Holland is an avid RPG player and GM since discovering them 29

years ago. Proud owner of a Bachelor’s degree in History (cum laude with

a minor in Philosophy) from the University of Portland (Oregon). Game-

wise he is primarily an imaginative role-player, but enjoys some CCGs

and a very few board games. He is currently DMing a D&D campaign set

in his own campaign world (“the Sea of Stars”) while playing in his wife

Laura’s Drakkonhold campaign. He is currently working with on several

other gaming projects. (You can see his full list of credits at http://www.

tychesgames.com/WriterResume.html ) Sean currently works as the

Manager/Man of All Work at Tyche’s Games, a small games and anime store

in Athens, Georgia. He lives in Athens with his lovely wife Laura and two

cats, Paisley and Aeolif.

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Contents

Monsters of Twilight

Curses and the cursed

Anathema Weed

Blood Crows

Caern Dragon

Cursed Familiar

Cursed Forest

Eye Eater

Forsaken

Hex Cat

Malfeasant

Shadow Stalker

Skin Stealer

Vault Guardian

“O chariot-race of Pelops long ago, source of many a sorrow, what

disaster you have brought upon this land! For ever since Myrtilus

sank to rest beneath the waves, hurled to utter destruction from his

golden chariot in disgraceful outrage, from that time to this, outrage

and its many sorrows were never yet gone from this house.”

-Mycenaean women. Sophocles, Electra 504

Monsters of Twilight

he Monsters of Twilight series are compendiums of creatures

itting a certain themes or ideas. Each edition intends to explore

a new theme and come up with new and unique monsters to use

in your game. Each monster will have full statistics and ability

descriptions, background information, and story hooks to easily

integrate them into your game.

Curses and the Cursed

Curses have long played a pivotal role in narratives and popular

culture from the stories of the ancient world to the Curse of the

Bambino. A curse is retributive evil or misfortune: bad things

happening to those who commit some grave sin or crime. Some

would call it bad karma, while others attribute it to the prayers

or invoked curses of those seeking to harm transgressors. It is

this sense of “just desserts” that keeps people believing in them.

People want to believe that the bad guy always gets what is

coming to him. Anyone who sufers a disproportionate amount

of bad luck when compared to the rest of the populace is

commonly believed to be cursed.

Odysseus was cursed in Odyssey by Poseidon for tormenting

Poseidon’s son, the Cyclops Polyphemus, and did not make it

home for ten years. Many myths and ancient stories revolved

around curses, blaming any and all misfortune on the gods.

Modern and ancient literature is rife with curses, from the Curse

of Ham in the bible (Genesis 9: 18-29) to the Unforgivable

Curses of Harry Potter.

In this book you will ind twelve unique monsters all having

to do with curses.his book also contains cursed creatures,

monsters that are utilized in a curse or those who use curses to

target their foes.

Anathema Weed

“Destroy he Seed Of Evil, Or It Will Grow Up To Your Ruin.”

-he Swallow and the Other Birds, Aesop’s Fables

Anathema weed is an otherworldly parasite that feeds on

plantlife. It has enough sentience to be self-aware and kill

anything that threatens it. An anathema weed has one purpose:

to grow. With the single-minded instincts of a predator, it grows

and infects any plant life in the area. It attracts nearby creatures

with delicious fruit that makes them too weak to resist. Once

an anathema weed selects a tree, it attaches a tendril into the

root structure and begins to grow fruit. his takes several days

and the anathema is relatively immobile. If an anathema weed

has the time and space to grow, it can completely destroy the

wildlife in a large area and curse any creatures to a slow and

drawn-out death.

Anathema Weed

Size/Type

Medium Plant (Extraplanar, Earth)

Hit Dice

8d8 + 2 (60 hp)

Initiative

Speed

5 ft. (1 square), burrow 15 ft. (3

squares)

Armor Class

18 (+3 Dex, +5 Natural)

Base Attack/ Grapple

+6/+9

A typical anathema weed is ive feet in diameter and perhaps

one foot high, weighing around three hundred pounds. It is very

rarely seen, however, as it spends all of its time beneath the soil.

It is an alien plant with brownish grey coloring and multiple

thorny protrusions. he most telling sign that an anathema

weed exists is the beautiful fruit blossoming on nearby trees

- trees that normally do not produce such fruit.

Attack

Tendril +10 melee (1d+3 plus

poison)

Full Attack

2 Tendrils +10 melee (1d+3 plus

poison)

Space/Reach

5 ft./10 ft.

Special Attacks

Improved grab, poison

COMBAT

he anathema weed does not attack unless it is threatened or

it believes a target to be helpless. Attempting to destroy a tree

infected with anathema weed will provoke an attack. Taking

anathema fruit from a tree will not provoke an attack, however.

he main body of the anathema weed remains under the surface,

so the creature almost always has total cover and concealment.

Special Qualities

Anathema fruit, constrict 1d6+3,

enticement, low-light vision, plant

traits, restricted movement, spawn,

tendrils, tremorsense

Saves

Fort +9, Ref +5, Will +5

Abilities

Str 16, Dex 16, Con 16, Int 3, Wis

12, Cha 16

Anathema Fruit (Su): Anathema weeds reproduce by creating

cursed fruit. he fruit is beautiful and nourishing. It is also

highly addictive. Anathema Fruit Poison: Ingested, Will DC

17; Initial and secondary damage Special. he save DC is

Constitution-based.

Skills

Hide +13, Listen +3, Move Silently

+12, Spot +3

Feats

Ability Focus (Poison), Iron Will,

Weapon Focus (Tendrils)

Environment

Temperate Forests

Upon initially ingesting anathema fruit, the subject gains 1d6

points of Strength and Constitution. his beneit lasts for one

minute per Hit Die of the anathema weed. After that period of

time, the subject crashes, losing the Strength and Constitution

bonus and taking the same amount in Constitution

damage. he second saving throw is made at this time and if

unsuccessful, results in addiction.

Organization

Solitary or Orchard (2-2)

Challenge Rating

Treasure

None

Alignment

Always neutral

Advancement

9 HD (Medium), 10-12 HD (Large),

13-15 HD (Huge), 16-18 HD

(Gargantuan), 19-21 HD (Colossal)

If the addiction saving throw fails, the Constitution damage is

permanent. Each successive use of Anathema fruit increases the

Level Adjustment

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