Apparitions to Zombies

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Apparitions to Zombies – A Practical Guide to the Walking Dead.
8th edition

Edited by E'osa Brightwing, Secretary of the Order of the Light of ORB.
Published by Barnabus and Nobble, Gnomish Book Printers.

Undead Types

Ghost

Sometimes, dying isn't the final end. Sometimes, there is unfinished business left behind by the departed. And if that business is compelling enough, and the will of the deceased strong enough, the spirit remains in the mortal world, haunting a place or a person, waiting to finish that business.

Those spirits are called ghosts, and they gain power from their anger or their confusion. Destroying them with weapons and magic is difficult, and often a temporary solution at best, as until their business is complete, they will return again and again.

Notable Members

• Lelani Caladon

Ghoul

One of the most dangerous types of undead, ghouls are smart, cunning, and driven by a boundless hunger for the flesh of mortals. Many ghouls are known to have retained their mortal skills, adding to them the dark power of the undead.

Ghast

A more powerful sub-type of ghoul.

Lich

Arguably the most powerful type of undead creature in Crescent, a lich was a powerful mortal spellcaster who devised and performed a dark ritual, dragging himself through death and into undead immortality. Retaining all of their spellcasting ability, and adding to it a great many unliving abilities and an immortal patience, liches are a grave enemy to face.

The last known lich, Va'aster DarkLight, was destroyed in the Year of the Sun 377, by the Company of the Lamp. The Company suffered heavy casualties in the process, and was forced to disband.

Lich Spawn

Entry by Kimo FallenLeaf and Jericho Arnon

A type of lich, but rather than performing a ritual that pulls them through death into undeath, they are apparently the subject of such a ritual, presumably performed by a much more powerful entity, possibly an actual lich. This results in a creature that shares many of the characteristics of liches, but at a much lower power level.

The only example of such a creature yet encountered by the Light of ORB is now interred at the Zoo in Luminaux. The existence of such a creature is worrisome, as it implies a threat as yet unknown, in the shape of its master.

Notable Members

• Salem

Vampire

Bloodsucking undead. Major bad news.

Notable Members

• Simone Delcius

Vampire Spawn

Spawn of bloodsucking undead. Bad news.

Notable Members

• That Cleric Guy from The Hallowed Hills

Illustrations from the book

• Gallery of Undead
• Ghost

  Ghost

• Ghoul

  Ghoul

• Ghast

  Ghast

• Mummy

  Mummy

• Skeleton

  Skeleton

• Vampire

  Vampire

• Artist's Rendition of Simone Delcius

  Artist's Rendition of Simone Delcius

• Zombie

  Zombie

Undead Illustrations created with South Park Studio.

Game Notes

Using the most recent (8th) edition of this book as a reference confers a +2 masterwork bonus on Knowledge:Religion Checks made in reference to undead. The previous edition confers a +1 bonus.