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=== In Your Campaign ===

While it is easy to think of these undead as PC-trampling war machines, take another look at their alignment—usually neutral. Now how could this be given the stated background? Perhaps, over the centuries, the cavaliers the quick-shards were modeled after not only provided the undead's physical form but somehow penetrated into their "psyche" as well. Cavaliers are good-aligned protectors of the weak and helpless. How can anything born of such roots become evil? In this case, the answer is that it cannot. Make the quick-shard cavaliers a bit more unpredictable by having an evil-controlled patrol fight the PCs one adventure and having a column guard a good-aligned temple the next.

Some necromancers are hard at work on designing another feature to add when a quick-shard is created. There are a few prototypes with a death throe quality that causes the final blow against a quick-shard cavalier to make it explode, sending jagged fragments of bone spinning in all directions. Such a quality would raise the quick-shard cavalier's CR by +1 and look like this...

'''{{Anchor|Death Throes}} ([[Ex]]):''' When the quick-shard cavalier is reduced to 0 hit points or below, it explodes, sending jagged bone fragments spinning wildly in a 20-ft. radius. All creatures within the area of effect must succeed a Reflex save (DC 18) or take 2d6 points of slashing and piercing damage.</onlyinclude>


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[[Category:Monster]]
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Alignment	Usually neutral +
Challenge Rating	8 +
Environment	Any land +
Level Adjustment	— +
Size	Large +
Title	Quick-Shard Cavalier +
Type	Undead +