Screamer

Though most think of the shuffling shambling undead as giving nothing more than gutteral moans and grunts, that couldn't be further from the truth. Certainly some of the Decrept are loathe to speak, for lack of a larynx. But the screamers do not suffer their undead drives in silence, as night comes on they call out at the top of their somehow still moving lungs and cry with an agony that haunts the open fields.
These decrept are driven by the alienation they experienced in life. Perhaps they lost someone close to them, or were rejected by a lover who was never meant to be. Whatever the case, they yearn to be close to warm living flesh once more and will scream in unending chorus until they find it.
Be most careful around them for their screams are sometimes more powerful than they themselves are. When enough fall there is promise that some of those screams will rend through the veil that separates the living from the dead. The cries themselves so powerful, so all encompassing, that they become an Unending Wail.

Screamer CR: 1

Medium undead, any evil

Armor Class: 12

Hit Points: 22hp (5d8) 5d8

Speed: 30 ft

STR

12 +1

DEX

15 +2

CON

10 +0

INT

7 -2

WIS

10 +0

CHA

12 +1

Damage Immunities: Poison

Condition Immunities: Charmed, Exhausted, Poisoned

Senses: Darkvision 60ft, passive Perception 10

Challenge Rating: 1

Unrelenting Agony
The Screamer has a chance to continue its agonized wailing even beyond the destruction of their corporeal body. When slain roll a 1d6, on a 4 or 5 their cries continue to emanate from the spot they were killed for the next 2d6 minutes. On a roll of a 6 their spirit remains just on the other side of the ethereal plane and rolls into combat, emerging on its turn in the following round as an Unending Wail.

Actions

Ear Splitting Scream
Melee attack, +4 to hit 1d20+4 , 2d6+2 thunder damage 2d6+2
If the target is a creature other than an undead, it must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or be deafened for 1 minute. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success

Claws
Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit 1d20+4 , 2d4+2 slashing damage 2d4+2

These are the souls and bodies of people who died of some sort of personal violence. They did not simply die of natural causes or an accident, but were murdered by someone they knew or someone close to them. Their screams continue through the night, slowly wandering the open fields of the north and gathering other undead with the noise they create.

Suggested Environments

Most common in the areas near Mount Vrykolakas, but can be found throughout the basin.

Genetic Ancestor(s)

• Decrept

Origin/Ancestry

Risen from those who have fallen. Reanimated as The Decrept