DF Felltower: Six-fingered research

The PCs hired a sage to dissect and research the six-fingered fellow's corpse they dragged home last time. I sent them this based on the money spent and the roll made.

Here is what your researchers are able to determine by dissection and research:

Physical:

- it had six-fingered hands with four joints including the knuckle, pale yellow-gold skin. Its face was powdered white with makeup. It has vaguely elvish features but fanged like an orc, with a slightly pointed head and lobeless ears. Its pointy helmet left a lot of empty room above the top of the skull. Its hair is black and straight.

- the eyes were destroyed in combat so it is unclear what they were like

- the skin is very tough (enough to give DR)

- it has a "heart" but no blood

- it has a well-developed human-similar brain

- its stomach and digestive system is very small and underdeveloped and very fine, delicate teeth. It probably can't eat anything solid.

- its age, etc. were unclear

- the body decomposed rapidly, and its bones fell apart equally rapidly, almost as fast as the flesh

- it is very sturdy and well-muscled, especially for its short stature.

Other:

-  based on its equipment and appearance, it might be from a race variously called a "Bale" or "Bane," "Dark Elf," "Gith" or "Goth," simply a "Vampire," or supposedly self-described as "the Masters."

- Elven scholars deny any connection, and say that "Dark Elf" is a term for a fallen, evil elf, not a separate race of any kind.

- there are many, many rumors about six-fingered "elven" vampires with great knowledge of demonology, mastery of the demons of the Pale and Beyond the Pale, and capable of depraved magical experimentation. However, the truth of such isn't known, and Divination hasn't been able to prove anything.

- there is a whole cult of humans centered around the aping and worship of these beings, but the cult itself is very secretive, and describes itself as the "Black Brotherhood." This is also the name of the demon-worshipping evildoers (so they say) who used to live in the dungeons underneath Felltower. But it is possible they ape without understanding.



I'll let the PCs connect this with the information they already have . . . which is quite a lot, as I see it from my side of the screen.