The Malign Necrias. New creature of my universe, which you can fight on special quests

I just finished the art for the new feature of my game Caverns and Dryads on Steam. I also did all the programming, so I am now in the testing phase.

The next update, hopefully this week, will be 2.1 and will add two things:

• The necrias, a new kind of creature, featured in this post. Quests to defeat them that are challenging for players of all levels.
• Changes to the combat system that make it more strategic and fun.

I am working to make the game endlessly playable and fun. These creatures will be a challenge for both new players and for experienced ones whose characters are already powerful.

Necrias are a new species. They are the contrary of the nymphs.

The Archwizard summoned the necrias when he descended into the hells of the world. They are not living creatures, but embodied shadows, demonic entities capable of unleashing spells that corrode both earth and spirit.

Their cadaverous, corrupted appearance, opposed to all life, reveals the mothers of evil.

They are like inverted nymphs, born not from water or forest, but from the fissure where magic rots. 

The necrias have different powers and strengths, which in the game will scale to your own, so there will always be a proportional challenge.

Of course, if you are stronger, the attacks and powers of the necrias will be stronger too. Fighting the most powerful ones is also progressively harder, and their attacks more devastating.

Necrias master all kinds of magic. Remember that your armor is useless against certain kind of attacks that wouldn't be stopped in real life. So when you go on a quest to defeat a necria, be sure to bring potions with you or you'll fail miserably.

Do you think they are witches? No, they aren't. They look like some undead witch, sure.

But they are not witches. I mean, they were never normal women. They are creatures emerged from the dark. They were never alive. 

I renamed the weaker witch you find sometimes to "necria". That one will still appear but these new necrias are much more powerful.

I wanted them to be a different creature. You will understand why when I publish another post about the Daughters of Fire (the dryads). 

But I can tell you this: I didn't want to include "witches". I believe witches never existed, and they are a demonized symbol of something that was good. I wanted to take an alternative view on all this.

Stay tuned when I publish this on Steam and to the upcoming post on the dryads!