RAGING SWAN PRESS SCIONS OF EVIL

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1 RAGING SWAN PRESS SCIONS OF EVIL

2 R AGING S WAN P RESS T HE L ONELY C OAST The furthest flung outpost of a mighty kingdom, turbulent waters and forbidding, trackless forests separate the folk of the Lonely Coast from the gaudy lights of civilisation.thisfreeminicampaignsettingiseasytodropintoanycampaign. Retribution $7.99,print$9.99 RoadoftheDead $5.99,print$7.99 Swallowfeld $4.50 TheLonelyCoast Free! GM S R ESOURCES GM SRESOURCESaugmentgameplaybyreducingGMpreptime. Antipaladins $3.99 BanditsoftheRampantHorror $3.99 BarroomBrawl $1.99 Caves&Caverns $10.99 CultistsofHavraZhoul $4.99 DarkOak $4.99 DungeonDressing:Statues $1.99 FellowshipoftheBlackenedOak $3.99 RandomHillEncounters $3.99 RandomMarshEncounters $3.99 RandomWoodlandEncounters $3.99 RandomWoodlandEncountersII $3.99 RandomUrbanEncounters $3.99 ScionsofEvil $13.99;print$19.99 ShadowedKeepontheBorderlands $9.99;print$13.99 SoWhat sforsale,anyway? $3.99 SoWhat sforsale,anyway?ii $3.99 SoWhat sforsale,anyway?iii $3.99 SoWhat sforsale,anyway?iv $3.99 SoWhat sforsale,anyway?v $3.99 SoWhat sitcalled,anyway? $1.99 SoWhat sthatshinything,anyway? $3.99 SoWhat sthedemihumanlike,anyway? $1.99 SoWhat sthehoardlike,anyway? $3.99 SoWhat sthehoardlike,anyway?ii $3.99 SoWhat stheweaponlike,anyway? $3.99 SoWhat sthehumancalled,anyway? $1.99 SoWhat sthehumancalled,anyway?ii $1.99 SoWhat sthenpclike,anyway? $1.99 SoWhat sthepirateshiplike,anyway? $1.99 Thanegar shorde $3.99 Villains $3.99 VillainsII $3.99 VillainsIII $3.99 ragingswan.com gatekeeper@ragingswan.com Free PDFs: With Raging Swan s Free PDFpromotionwitheverypurchaseof a print product, you can claim free PDFstovalueofthepurchaseditem. ragingswan.com/freepdfs.com Dual Format PDFs: Dual Format PDF products contain two versions of the same file: one designed for printing and use on a normal computer; the other optimised for use on mobile devicessuchasipads. ragingswan.com/screenpdfs.com

3 SCIONS OF EVIL APathfinderRoleplayingGameGM SRESOURCEsupplementbyloadsoftalenteddesigners Everyheroneedsanantihero,everydefenderofthelightmusthavedarknesstokeepatbayandeverypureheartedpaladinneedsavile, shadowcloakedassassintocutdown.scionsofevilpresentsover100foes(cr1/423)tobedevilyourpcsandfivesinisterbandsof blackheartedindividuals. Eachvillainbenefitsfromanextensivewriteupincludingnotesontheirbackground,personality,mannerismsanddistinguishingmarksas well as a fully detailed stat block, plot hooks and suggested encounter groups making it easy to insert the villain into almost any campaign. Scions of Evil also includes a selection of minions including stalwart, blackhearted swordsmen; calculating, warrior monks; stealthy, amoralroguesandmorepowerfulfoessuchasincludingnoisomeghoulsandacunninggargoyle,charismaticquasit,bloodthirstyogre magiandmalevolentinvisiblestalker! Aswellasover20pagesofnewmaterialincludingnewvillainsandminions,ScionsofEvilcollatestheNPCsandgroupsfirstpresentedin Antipaladins,BanditsoftheRampantHorror,BrethrenoftheCrimsonAltar,FellowshipoftheBlackenedOak,Kai sscoundrels,thanegar s Horde,Villains,VillainsIIandVillainsIII.

4 C REDITS Design: Christian Alipounarian, John Bennett, Creighton Broadhurst,BenKent,AndrewJ.Martin,JulianNeale,David PosenerandMartinTideswell Development: Steven Taz Cansdale, Andrew Hodges and AaronT.Huss Editing: Steven Taz Cansdale, Aaron T. Huss, A. Morgaine NewisEdwards CoverDesign:CreightonBroadhurst Layout:CreightonBroadhurst InteriorArtists:PawelDobosz(TheForgeStudios),GaryDupius, LarryElmore,TobyGregory,RickHershey,PaulHillon,Steve Hood, Kimagu, Lori Krell, William McAusland, Bradley McDevitt,MattMorrow,DavePeterson,JeffPreston,James Thomson, V Shane,David Sharrock, and Maciej Zagorski (The Forge Studios). Some images copyright Erisian Entertainment, used with permission. Some artwork copyright William McAusland, used with permission. Standard Stock Art: Issue 1 by Small Niche Games ( Rick Hershey 2011). Some artwork taken from Occult Diagrams StockArt#1,copyright 2009,JamesThomson.Usedwith permission. C ONTACT U S Reachusatgatekeeper@ragingswan.com. B ONUS M ATERIAL ThankyouforpurchasingScionsofEvil;wehopeyouenjoyitand thatyoucheckoutourotherfineprintandpdfproducts.weat Raging Swan are committed to providing first class web enhancements for our products. Visit ragingswan.com to download bonus materials including maps, reorganised stat blocklistings,additionalencountersandmore! E RRATA WewouldliketothinkScionsofEviliscompletelyerrorfreeand that absolutely no mistakes have crept in during design or editing.however,wearerealists.sointhatspirit,weshallpost erratathreemonthsafterreleaseonragingswan.com.wearen t going to be correcting typos and spelling errors, but we will correctanygamemechanicorbalanceissuesthatcometolight. ProductIdentity:Alltrademarks,registeredtrademarks,propernames(characters,deities,artefacts,placesandsoon),dialogue, plots,storylines,language,incidents,locations,characters,artworkandtradedressareproductidentityasdefinedintheopen GameLicenseversion1.0a,Section1(e)andarenotOpenContent. OpenContent:ExceptmaterialdesignatedasProductIdentity,thecontentsofScionsofEvilareOpenGameContentasdefinedin theopengaminglicenseversion1.0asection1(d).noportionofthisworkotherthanthematerialdesignatedasopengame Contentmaybereproducedinanyformwithoutwrittenpermission.ThemoralrightofChristianAlipounarian,Creighton Broadhurst,BenKent,AndrewJ.Martin,JulianNeale,DavidPosenerandMartinTideswelltobeidentifiedastheauthorofthiswork hasbeenassertedinaccordancewiththecopyrightdesignsandpatentsact1988. RagingSwanPress2012. PathfinderisaregisteredtrademarkofPaizoPublishing,LLC,andthePathfinderRoleplayingGameandthePathfinderRoleplaying GameCompatibilityLogoaretrademarksofPaizoPublishing,LLC,andareusedunderthePathfinderRoleplayingGame CompatibilityLicense.Seehttp://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/compatibilityformoreinformationonthecompatibilitylicense. CompatibilitywiththePathfinderRoleplayingGamerequiresthePathfinderRoleplayingGamefromPaizoPublishing,LLC.See guaranteecompatibility,anddoesnotendorsethisproduct. TolearnmoreaboutRagingSwanPress,visitragingswan.com.TolearnmoreabouttheOpenGameLicense,visitwizards.com/d20. PublishedbyRagingSwanPress 1stprinting,May2012 2

5 A BOUT THE D ESIGNERS ChristianAlipounarianhasbeenwastingcopiousamountsof time gaming since He joined the Living Greyhawk campaignstaffintheninetiesasregionaladventurecoordinator and editor for the Kingdom of Keoland region. He has written manyroundsofmodulesfornotjustthatcampaignbutalsofor the RPGA's Living Kingdoms of Kalamar and Living Death campaigns, as well as for the independent Legends of the Shining Jewel. He was a playtest lead for the 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons game and is a contributor to products produced by Empty Room Studios Publishing and Raging Swan Press. He holds an undergraduate degree in history and a graduate degree in social science. He lives in northern New Jerseywithhiscat,Ava. JohnBennettmakeshislairinthetreecloakedhillsofNew Hampshire.Heenjoysheavymetal,beerandcigarsasmuchas heenjoysplayingrpgs.johnhasbeenwritingsincetheageof6 whenhewouldnarratestoriesaboutdinosaursandrobotstohis mother.hehasadegreeinfilmproductionandapileofreject letters to go with his scripts. Currently, he is pursuing his Master sdegreeinorganizationalleadership.heisalsostriving toachieveatleastoneskillrankinperform(guitar)buttoolittle avail. Coerced into playing 1st edition D&D by an older (and bigger)kidintheneighbourhoodattheageof8,hewouldliketo takeamomenttothankhisfriend,danny,forintroducinghimto theworldofgamingmanylongyearsago.whilehisfriendsand players know what he is talking about, John has been unsuccessful in explaining what bugbears are to his family and coworkers,thelatterfleeinghisofficewhenhebeginsrambling. BenKenthasmemoriesofseeing biggerkids playingrpgs inthehallwaysofhiselementaryschool.afteroverhearingthe destructionofskeletonsbeyondnumberatthehandsofaskilled cleric, he immediately settled upon such games as the sort of thinghe denjoy. Living with his wondrous and encouraging lifepartner Tiffinie and their two beautiful young daughters in Ontario, Canada, Ben continues to find roleplaying games the sort of thing he enjoys. He is eagerly looking forward to the day his daughtersarebothgrownupenoughtorollthediceinsteadof eatthem,sotheycanjointheirparentsatthetable(andthus easethedifficultyinfindingbabysittersongamingdays). Ben s eventual objective is complete dominion over the earth, but there s a lot of competition in that field. He s presently working as a customer service agent by day and superhero/game designer/bug squasher/father figure by night. Now that he s been published, he s honestly not sure his life couldgetmuchcooler. Andrew Martin was born in the United States and now residing in eastern China, Andrew is both an aspirant teacher and writer. Holding a longfostered love of roleplaying games andtheactofplaying,hespendsmuchofhisfreetimesimply dreamingupvariouscharactersandplots,andoccasionallyeven commits them to paper! He loves richly developed worlds and personas, with a special interest in dark fantasy, gothic horror andgrittywesterns.heisengagedinaneverendingbattlewith hisownlethargy,andwheneverheearnsaminorvictoryagainst thisinsidiousfoe,heusestheresultingwindowofmotivationto furtherhispracticeinwriting. JulianNealebeganhisinterestinroleplayinggameswiththe classic red box in the early 1980s, then quickly progressed onto 1e AD&D when buying the Player s Handbook from none other than Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson of Fighting FantasyandGamesWorkshopfameataconventioninLondon. Julianhasrunandplayedinmanygamesandgamesystemsover the years, and likes writing game stuff for fun. He has contributedto DragonmagazineandtheKingmakerAdventure Path for Paizo, and is excited towork with Raging Swan Press. Julian currently lives in the north of England, but plans to relocatefurthersouthinthefuture. DavidPosenerstarted gamingwith the book Grey Star the Wizard,circa1985,backwhenweeschewedthatdicebusiness andgoddamnstabbedoutrandomnumbers.thenextyear,he received the D&D Basic Set red box as a birthday present and hasbeengamingeversince.hisgmingstylehasbeenlikenedto a horrible Frankenstein combination of historical epic, gritty survival horror and Flight of the Concordsstyle songfilled whimsy. HeisyettolivedownnamingaNPC TheCrimeaReaver. David adores his longsuffering wife and two sons who, frankly,havenoideawhathe stalkingaboutmostofthetime. DavidisbasedinSydney,andhisworkasaLogisticsConsultant, much to his disappointment, contains fewer undeadfilled warehouses and demonpossessed forklifts than he was led to believe. MartinTideswellhasavividimaginationhonedbyyearsof playingwithtoysoldiersandanunhealthyinterestinvampires. He discovered Dungeons & Dragons at the age of 11 and the rest,astheysay,ishistory... Martin is now 38 and has been a fulltime newspaper journalistfortwodecades.throughhighschool,college,house moves,jobchanges,marriageandthearrivalofchildren,fantasy roleplayinghasbeenhisoneconstant.martinliveswithhiswife Denise and his two adorable daughters Lois and Mina in a quietavenueinwirral,merseyside.intheboxroom,heburns the midnight oil scripting adventures and plotting world dominationand/orimmortalitybynefariousmeans. 3

6 C ONTENTS Credits...2 ContactUs...2 BonusMaterial...2 Errata...2 AbouttheDesigners...3 Contents...4 Foreword...5 StatBlocksbyCR...6 AntipaladinClassAbilities...8 DemonicPatrons...9 ReadingStatBlocks...10 YouMightAlsoEnjoy M INIONS Assassins...12 Bandits...13 Bugbears...14 GargoyleScout...15 GhastHordelings...16 Gnolls...17 Goblins...18 Guthseyr...19 Hobgoblins...20 Kobolds...21 MercenaryWarrior...22 Orcs...23 Rakes...24 Spies...25 Thothosk...26 Thugs...27 Voarothim...28 V ILLAINS AMemoryofAllwinter...30 SitaeAmaithar...32 AnguishTaster...33 TeraimArasten...34 GahlgaxAtarrith...36 VilranAzanae...40 DarickBoden...42 ChaliceByanfel...43 EseldCass...44 AraganDoldal...46 ArlistheEnder...48 SygaxmereEtharvaeros...50 PerranGongye...54 VoniatIasan...56 Ibric...57 VaeroskIxuzygax...58 RaineKaronen...60 Krask...61 ParardarLevien...62 IrdenseyrLhamgos...64 FirharLuedul...66 AelireMaiaral...68 EiluannaMaiasar...70 KoravelNahel...72 MyghalNankeris...76 TaimNoben...78 ThadrimNytriluath...79 LillianOrxal...80 DigoryOdgers...82 HeemaPhanini...84 LungenRasur...86 KorganRimestone...87 RumairaSheraee...88 CornesSolethar...90 PraxusTelemos...92 DuerrinThramek...94 YetoshThrane...96 PetrokUren...98 RexalUrexin ValtoUronen EbrelVosper SterenWearne CalaunfelWyrxin TharonZaspar NeliusZentar B ANDITS OF THE R AMPANT H ORROR BanditsoftheRampantHorror EncounteringtheRampantHorror KnightoftheRampantHorror SprigganatArms SprigganTroubleShooter Persona:BaronTallegaRaundrev Persona:CanerousandVercherix Persona:Sussamarra Persona:Varisthu Rumours&WoodlandDressing B RETHREN OF THE C RIMSON A LTAR BrethrenoftheCrimsonAltar CrimsonAltarofKulanWyr Persona:TregerethFaull Persona:DavethGoninan Persona:MarghVosper Persona:TerlYarg

7 MinionsoftheCrimsonAltar VampiresinBattle DeathintheMist(EL12;XP19,200) HiredThugs(EL10;XP12,800) RuinedReputations SkulkingDead(EL10;XP9,600) Whispers,Rumours&Events F ELLOWSHIP OF THE B LACKENED O AK TheFellowshipoftheBlackenedOak EncounterswiththeFellowshipoftheBlackenedOak Persona:Aurakraul Aurakraul sparents Persona:DhoeanTahlthar Persona:Holg Persona:LafithelTraivanna Persona:Vola Sehhar slostjournal WoodlandDressing K AI S S COUNDRELS Kai sscoundrels Persona: Killer KaiLinnow Persona:MarraBrandywine Persona: Captain LeVar Persona:Marrowsplitter Persona:Mercutsio Persona:TornTusk T HANEGAR S H ORDE Thanegar shorde Goblins Bugbears ScoundrelsandOpportunists Persona:Bertliak Persona:DhaeristheCad Persona:EranilSurnae Persona:Gheldorwhik Persona:Thanegar F OREWORD Scions of Evil is Raging Swan s biggest book to date containing over200pagespresentingsomeofthefoulestvillains(andtheir minions) ever committed to paper to challenge your players! Thisbookcontains135readytogostatblocksaswellascopious notes enabling the GM to bring to life (or possibly unlife) the villains herein. Decent villains can be hard to find. Often the archvillaininanadventureorcampaignmakeslittleornosense. Whyishesoevil?Whyishetryingtodowhatheisdoing?Scions ofevilseekstoanswerthesequestions. Another nice thing about Scions of Evil is that it makes a wheelswithinwheelsstylecampaigneasiertorun.sureatlow levelsaeliremaiaralmadeafearsomeopponent,buteventually thepcswill outgrow orslayher.nottoworry,usingscionsof EvilyoucandeterminethatactuallyshewasworkingforCadan Neguswhowasinturnworkingforanevengreaterevil.(Infact, Ithinkyoucouldprobablyrunanentirecampaignusingonlythe statblocksherein). Compilingthisbookhasbeengreatfun I vegottogoback andtakealookatsomeofthefantasticproductsragingswan hasbeenabletoputoutoverthelasttwoyears.scionsofevilis acompilationofbanditsoftherampanthorror,brethrenofthe CrimsonAltar,FellowshipoftheBlackenedOak,Kai sscoundrels, Thanegar shorde,villains,villainsiiandvillainsiii. However, as well as reprinting these great supplements we ve also included over 20 pages of new material as a thank you for your support over the last two years. Hiding among familiarfaces,you llfindnewvillainsandnewminions.infact, ScionsofEvilseesthepublicationofthreeofthehighestCRstat blocks I ve ever designed (but not the highest!) Need a CR 21 graveknight marilith antipaladin, CR 22 red dragon or CR 23 vampiricbalorfighter?scionsofevilhasgotyoucovered,butbe warnedthesevillainsarenotforthefainthearted.ifyouunleash these into your campaign, you must be ready to accept the consequences.originally,iwrotethesehighlevelstatblocksfor myown;everychristmas,irunahighlevelsplatterfestinwhich theplayerseachbringa20thlevelcharacterandibringoneor two villains. It s an excuse for everyone to try out things they wouldn tnormallydointhemaincampaignandagreatwayto blowoffsteam.theresultshavenotbeenprettyforthepcs,but we veallhadagreattime. IhopeyoufindScionsofEviluseful.Itwouldbegreattohear howyouusethevillainsandtheirminionsingame;youcandrop mealineatcreighton@ragingswan.com. May your dice roll way better than mine (which really wouldn tbethathard), 5

8 TITLE Every hero needs an antihero, every defender of the light must have darkness to keep at bay and every pure heartedpaladinneedsavile,shadowcloakedassassintocutdown.scionsofevilpresentsover100foes(cr1/4 23)tobedevilyourPCsandfivesinisterbandsofblackheartedindividuals. Eachvillainbenefitsfromanextensivewriteupincludingnotesontheirbackground,personality,mannerismsand distinguishingmarksaswellasafullydetailedstatblock,plothooksandsuggestedencountergroupsmakingit easytoinsertthevillainintoalmostanycampaign. ScionsofEvilalsoincludesaselectionofminionsincludingstalwart,blackheartedswordsmen;calculating,warrior monks;stealthy,amoralroguesandmorepowerfulfoessuchasincludingnoisomeghoulsandacunninggargoyle, charismaticquasit,bloodthirstyogremagiandmalevolentinvisiblestalker! Aswellasover20pagesofnewmaterialincludingnewvillainsandminions,ScionsofEvilcollatestheNPCsand groupsfirstpresentedinantipaladins,banditsoftherampanthorror,brethrenofthecrimsonaltar,fellowshipof theblackenedoak,kai sscoundrels,thanegar shorde,villains,villainsiiandvillainsiii. Visitusatragingswan.comtolearnmore.