Floodslain Mage
Level 5Abilities
A creature with void healing draws health from void energy rather than vitality energy. It is damaged by vitality damage and is not healed by vitality healing effects. It does not take void damage, and it is healed by void effects that heal undead.
The target's lungs begin to fill with water, and they must attempt a DC 22 fortitude save. A target affected by Drowning Touch can spend a single action coughing in an attempt to recover, which immediately lets them attempt a new Fortitude save against the effect. A success improves the previous result by 1 step. A critical success improves the previous result by 2, and a critical failure decreases it by 1. Critical Success The creature is unaffected. Success The creature is Slowed 1 for 1 round. Failure The creature is Slowed 2 for 1 round. Critical Failure The creature is slowed 2 and drowning.
A living animal or humanoid killed by a floodslain creature will rise as a floodslain if their corpse is left in water for 24 hours. The new floodslain isn't under the control of the floodslain creature that killed it.
20 feet. Water flows endlessly from a floodslain creature, making the area around it slippery. The ground in the aura is difficult terrain for all non-floodslain creatures.
The floodslain vomits flotsam in a 15-foot cone. Any creature in the area takes 5d8 bludgeoning damage (DC 19 reflex save).
Description
The sudden, crashing waters of the Deluge kill many creatures in Belkzen each year. The surprise and terror these victims of the Deluge feel during their last moments is sometimes enough to raise them from the dead as floodslain. As the waters that killed them recede, the undead seek others to join them. Despite their broken, shattered bodies, floodslain are often recognizable to those who knew them in life.
Floodslain creatures are rare outside Belkzen, leading some scholars to speculate that the waters of the Deluge are somehow cursed. Others believe the proximity of Gallowspire could be the cause. If so, this means the Gravelands could soon see floodslain arise there too, as the Whispering Tyrant furthers his plots after escaping that prison.
Panicked Eyes
One distinctive feature all floodslain share are their wide, panic-stricken eyes. A floodslain's gaze is permanently frozen in the expression of terror the creature felt moments before its death. Some floodslain are rumored to have the ability to spread this fear to others with a mere glance.
In Search of Water
Floodslain tend to move toward lower ground, instinctively seeking water. Belkzen's flat floodplains, however, mean that the creatures wander in unpredictable ways. A common saying among old orc crafters is "build on high, keep dry," but many add "build low, the dead flow."