D6x6 Nauseating Nagpas

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D6	These nagpas were once
1	angelic beings of light and life.
2	the apprentices of a transcendent archmage.
3	the elector-princes of a slouching empire.
4	blessed innocents who cavorted in secret groves with nymphs and unicorns.
5	envoys sent to uplift early humanity, and teach them the artful sciences.
6	a coven of sequestered philosophers whose edicts guided an enlightened state.

D6	But these nagpas were cursed
1	for an act of towering, toppled hubris.
2	for their decline into cruel decadence.
3	for infringing on secrets the gods saw fit to keep to themselves.
4	for trying to bind a higher being for what they believed to be the greater good.
5	because a jealous rival tricked them into violating a cosmic taboo.
6	for lashing out against the world as the passage of time shuffled them into its footnotes.

D6	Besides their current appearance and immortality, these nagpas’ curse
1	makes them unable to gain sustenance from anything but rotting food and stagnant water, though the taste will always remain foul to them.
2	renders them unable to truly die. They return some time after being killed, weakened and amnesiac, with only confusing fragments of who they were before rattling around in their skulls.
3	lets them experience brief moments as truly lovely beings, to make the rest of their existence more miserable by contrast.
4	sours their positive emotions and memories, curdling nostalgia into bitterness.
5	makes them rejected by nature. Animals and plants despise them, unworked materials will seek to harm them when touched.
6	makes them creatively sterile, unable to truly make anything of their own.

D6	These nagpas dress
1	in tincture-soaked wrappings, to soothe and preserve their withered flesh.
2	in pitted black iron armour.
3	in opulent silk robes and weighty jewels that further hunch their already stooped posture.
4	in horned, fanged masks and dyed fur cloaks.
5	in suits of living skin that disguise them as humans.
6	in ragged mockeries of priestly garb.

D6	These nagpas’ magic
1	conjures rot and all that comes with it: fungus, worms, miasmas, and the like.
2	lets them absorb the strength and memories of corpses they eat.
3	can draw out the evil in people’s hearts to warp them into monstrous servants.
4	deals primarily with darkness, nightmares, occultation, and divining and manifesting the past.
5	must be stolen from others as they no longer have any of their own.
6	is a blasphemy, and must be used sparingly or else it attracts the wrath of the heavens in the form of natural disasters.

D6	These nagpas scheme
1	to assemble artifacts of great power and historical significance to fuel a time travel spell that would allow them to avert their original cursing.
2	to transmute their curse into a transmissible form and reduce everyone to their level.
3	to blackmail key figures in government to become the powers behind the throne and reshape the nation in their image.
4	to run experiments on a legion of psychic children until they find one powerful enough to fully translate their minds into unblemished bodies.
5	to kidnap the djinn-queen’s daughter and extort infinite wishes.
6	to perform good deeds of sufficient number and scale to win their redemption. They are not very good at being good.