UNDEAD, DEFILING
Defiling undeads have been enhanced to regenerate themselves in combat thru the use of defiling sorcery. The process for creating defiling undeads can only be applied on a preanimated corpse. It requires the expenditure of 1,000 cp for materials, mainly an obsidian jewel and the ashes from animal life that as been defiled thru sorcery. 100 XP must also be spent for every point of wisdom the undead creature will possess after animation. The process benefits mindless as well as intelligent undeads, like thinking zombies.
CREATING A DEFILING UNDEAD
“Defiling” is a template that can be added to any of the walking dead. It uses the creature’s abilities plus those listed here.
Special Qualities: A defiling undead has all the special abilities from its undead template, plus the following new ones.
Defiling Regeneration (Ex): A defiling undead absorb life energy in order to regenerate. When reduced to 0 hp, it collapses and become inert for one round. The next round, it defiles an area equal to the casting of the spell that animated it. While this defiling take place, the obsidian jewel on the undeads’s forehead glows brightly from an inner light. The next round it rises up, restored to full hit points. Striking the undead while it is inert or regenerating as no effect, nor does it delay the regeneration. Only the destruction of the jewel or a successful dispel magic can stop the regeneration. Dispel magic prevents the regeneration for one round per level of the caster. The jewel has 24 AC, 10 hit points and a hardness of 5.
Saves: Same as base character.
Abilities: Same as base character.
Skills: Same as base character.
Feats: Same as base character.
Climate/Terrain: Same as base creature
Organization: Same as base creature
Challenge rating: Same as base creature +1
Treasure: Same as base creature
Alignment: Same as base creature
Advancement: Same as base creature
--overall I thing this article could at least be considered as a option. (for DM willing to let player become something unique(half-undead) in their campaing.
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Originally posted by AvatarDSO
what the heck is a half-undead? That part doesnt make sence.
Blade. Vampire Hunter D. And many more...
When soemthing is normatlly cross-bread it is apart of two living biengs of diffferent origins. OK now one of the two would be UNDEAD? and the other would be living? Necrophilia? And then the living or the dead partner gives birht? WHat makes it HALF-Undead?
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The idea of a half-vampire is generally frequented by many literary, comic and movie franchises (sp?). Even gaming ones like Vampire: Kindred of the East touches on the idea.
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Originally posted by AvatarDSO
what my question nearly generated around is the D&D Mechanics of it. Yes i loved the Blade story and vampire hunter d was alright... but they at least where given birth to living parents and they them selves where NOT undead they where living just have the abilities and weakeneses of the undead.
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What about Vampire: Kindred of the East, with their half-vampires?
And quibbling about if they are/aren't undead seems.... insignificant IMHO. And Vampire Hunter D was very, very close to undead. Check out the movie "Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust" sometime.
I haven't seen the magazine with the information in it, as I don't subscribe to Dragon or Dungeon magazines, and have never seen any real value to me personally to start. They cost too much for too little real, useful or quantifiable information for my own games (generally coming up with IMHO half-complete rules for things I've already done myself, when it is anything worth my interest anyway). I know this is my own personal opinion, and that other people do find useful information from the magazines, and I say - more power to them.
Yes he was clse to being dead but he is alive. :P
Anyway how would a UNDEAD "Besides VAMPIRES as I dont think there is any on Athas but I may be wrong...
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Originally posted by AvatarDSO
what the heck is a half-undead? That part doesnt make sence. When soemthing is normatlly cross-bread it is apart of two living biengs of diffferent origins. OK now one of the two would be UNDEAD? and the other would be living? Necrophilia? And then the living or the dead partner gives birht? WHat makes it HALF-Undead?
Lets say a powerfull kasharga cast a spell on a group of adventurers. All of them become zombi-like except one who is strong enough to fight its undead "desease" (think of Resident-Evil) but still has it in himself thus being a half-undead.
Originally posted by AvatarDSO
seen it, owned it, sold it. "In reference to the Vampire Hunter D: Blod Lust movie"
Yes he was clse to being dead but he is alive. :P
Anyway how would a UNDEAD "Besides VAMPIRES as I dont think there is any on Athas but I may be wrong...
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Ok, how about a Kaisharga then. Who knows, maybe one figured out how to reproduce..... with startling side-effects. I was using Vampires as an example, and I'm fully aware that vampires in d20 aren't like vampires in World of Darkness games, and even less like the vampires in the Kindred of the East line of books for it. I personally love the Vampire Hunter D concept, and had actually considered doing something similar on Athas, only have him/it be one of the New Races spawned from the Pristine Tower.
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