The Necrotic Outcast

Once a promising scholar of the arcane arts, the man who would become The Necrotic Outcast was systematically expelled from every institution of magical learning for his obsessive pursuit of necromantic knowledge—a transgression so profound that his name was struck from every registry and his correspondence burned. Desperate and broken, he fled civilization entirely, discovering solace only in a nameless cavern where an enigmatic stone platform lay dormant beneath layers of forgotten dust, emanating an otherworldly hunger for living flesh. In his desperation and defiance, he transformed his body into an ascetic temple through years of monastic discipline, consuming nothing but the simplest fruits of the earth and fermented liquids, until his physical form became little more than a vessel waiting to be unmade. When at last he lay upon that cursed slab and felt death's cold embrace, he was reborn not as a shambling corpse but as something far more terrible—a thinking, scheming undead whose intellect remained razor-sharp even as his humanity withered away. Shackled to the stone platform by forces he cannot comprehend, bound within a single-mile radius lest his resurrected body crumble to dust, he has learned to sustain his dwindling magical reserves by draining the life force from any living creature foolish enough to wander into his domain. The Necrotic Outcast now exists in a delicate, agonizing balance between consciousness and oblivion, forever tethered to his stone bed, forever hungry, forever scheming to extend his cursed existence one day longer.

Strength

14, modifier +2

Dexterity

12, modifier +1

Constitution

18, modifier +4

Intelligence

20, modifier +5

Wisdom

16, modifier +3

Charisma

10, modifier +0

Necrotic Touch

Melee Spell Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 3d10 necrotic damage and regain half the damage dealt as hit points.

Life Absorption

As an action, target one creature within 30 ft. Make a spell attack. On a hit, the target takes 4d6 necrotic damage, and The Necrotic Outcast regains half that amount as magical energy.

Summon Zombie Minion

As an action, The Necrotic Outcast can summon 1d4 zombies from the ground within 30 ft. They act on his initiative and remain for 1 hour or until destroyed.

Cursed Slab's Call

Once per day, The Necrotic Outcast can call upon the slab's power, creating a 20 ft. radius of necrotic energy. Creatures in the area must make a DC 17 Constitution saving throw or take 6d6 necrotic damage and be poisoned for 1 minute.

Life Drain

The Necrotic Outcast can absorb life energy from living creatures, restoring 1d8 hit points for every creature drained.

strength

+5

dexterity

+1

intelligence

+9

wisdom

+6

constitution

+8

Poison

Necrotic