so Alzim is a troll, he optains some magic properties basically because of how stupid he is, a but like orc in Warhammer 40k. the whole point is, if he encounters the party, and realises there is either a sorcerer or a wizard, he will start to belive that that person in the party is The Witch. he will then run away in order to "prepare". Alzim will be able to find the party every now n then. the players will feel the omnius presence of the troll and will feel fear when he's in proximity of 200 meters up to a point of encounter. I made him so it is almost impossible to kill him in early stages of the game, and so the fear of Alzim persuing, to be honest only one member of the party is always in the back of player's mind. this troll after "preparing" turns out to be an absolute beast of a survivalist, sort of nature commandos, knows all the traces, how to hide, camouflage,a veteran. plus his magic gives him immunities to charm from the "witch" and the ability to sense always where that target is. as mentioned in the table. i based his look on a cover of one metal band but it's just so you can see what I mean. what do you think? please of easy on my I'm new to everything and just thought it's a nice idea. Also Alzim is just a character you can put into any adventure and can happen at random

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I based the creature off the Gorgon stat block but just buffed it up a bit and changed the petrification breath to a poison breath. I really want this to be a somewhat challenging encounter for the party as the One-shot is essentially the party trying to escape a plague ridden city. The plague is the doing of a pissed off god and transforms creatures that come into contact with it into horrific abominations. The party will hear screams from a house and after investigating will be met with this

"As you haphazardly rush around the corner of the street you come face to face with the source of the panic. Just 2 houses over staring you in the face with its cold rotting eyes you see a frighteningly large beast, it resembles a horse however large bony spines have erupted along its back and head; its maw hangs open revealing rows upon rows of dagger like teeth covered in blood. Its front hooves have morphed into large clawed feet that have been spattered with gore and viscera. Upon it spotting you the creature lets out a bloodcurdling screech as it begins to charge toward you its claws scratching the stone street, roll initiative"

I don't home brew often and as a DM don't normally describe things in depth. This is my attempt to branch out little and I would like some feedback on balancing. The way it exports keeps messing up the name but it is a huge undead and it it called a Virulent Steed

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