Requiem Alanik Ray's Guide to Unlife - revised rules for Undead Player Characters - Welcome to a New Unlife

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Requiem Alanik Ray's Guide to Unlife explains how to create Undead player characters, focusing on causes of death, motivations for undeath, and how an undead type determines general appearance. It distinguishes creating an undead PC from scratch versus turning an existing living character, stressing ability score requirements and the options when scores do not match. Examples illustrate adjusting ability scores or selecting powers, proficiencies, and class-related race effects.

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Welcome to a New Unlife

Creating an Undead PC

Standard Character Races and Unlife

Ability Scores

REQUIEM Alanik Ray's Guide to Unlife (revised rules for Undead Player Characters) Welcome to a New Unlife There are many different ways of becoming an undead, as explained in Requiem book. Refer to the charts and descriptions on pages 70-71 to see the most common causes of death and to understand the motivations to undeath. Refer also to the table and descriptions on page 73 to determine the general appearance of the undead type the character has just become. A brief note must be made regarding the two basic ways of creating an Undead PC anyway. The Dungeon Master has in fact two possibilities at his disposal: creating an undead PC from scratch (from first level) or turning an existing character into an undead. The first option is easy: just talk with your player and decide which undead race he would like to play. Then roll the dices (3d6 or 4d6 keeping the best three results or some other combo, according to your campaign's rule) and look at the Ability Scores requirements for that race, trying to adjust the dice rolls to match those scores. Now, you only need to decide the cause of the death and the motivation of the undead PC, then the player can begin choosing his character's powers and proficiencies. In the case of turning a living PC into an undead, one must pay particular attention to the Ability Scores requirements for the race the PC is turned into. If the scores don't match, the PC cannot become that type of undead, and he has two options: to remain dead (hoping to be raised back to life) or to choose another undead race. However, the DM has another possibility to keep the character in the game: simply assume that the transition into undeath has changed the physical and mental characteristics of the PC to such extent that his ability scores have been drastically altered to match those required for the undead race it now belongs to. Note that these "points exchange" in the ability scores have to be made after assigning bonus and penalties related to the undead type the PC has now become (see the Standard Character Races & Unlife chapter below and read each entry regarding undead races to know which bonuses/penalties apply) . Example: Jaervosz has just been killed by a vampire with the ability to create undead. After three days from his death he should raise from the grave as a vampire. However, to become a vampire PC, he needs Strength 15+, Intelligence 12+, Charisma 12+, Dexterity 13+ . His scores are: Str 14, Int 13, Wis 12, Dex 13, Con 12 and Cha 10. Since he has low Strength and Charisma, he shouldn't be able to play a PC vampire, but this can be corrected either by choosing Charisma and Strength Bonus abilities to match the required scores, or simply by altering the stats displacing the characteristics points this way: Con becomes 10 and Cha 12, while Wis becomes 11 and Str 15, et voilà! (this can be done only if the DM approves it) . Obviously, Jaervosz couldn't have decided to become a wight or a ghost, since vampires only generate vampires, so in this case the choice was rather limited… Standard Character Races and Unlife Unlife has different effects upon the characters who join the ranks ofthe undead. In particular, each race is influenced by the negative powers of death in different ways, resulting in bonus and penalties that vary according to the character class the newborn undead belonged to. Refer to the pages 17-24 in Requiem to see how unlife influences the character's psychology and body according to his former race. Below there is a revised list of effects that undeath has on character races. Whenever one of the points discussed in Requiem is not listed, it is implied that it should remain as it was originally written. • Dwarves ⇒ ignore points 3, 5 and 6. • Elves ⇒ Point 1: ignore the Charisma bonus and raise the Dexterity bonus of 1 point. Ignore points 3, 4 and 5. • Gnomes ⇒ Point 1: ignore the Dexterity bonus; Point 2: ignore the Charisma penalty. Ignore points 3, 5 and

FAQs

What are the two main ways to create an Undead PC?

The Dungeon Master can create an undead PC from scratch or turn an existing character into an undead.

What happens if a character’s ability scores don’t meet the undead race requirements?

The PC cannot become that undead type unless the scores are adjusted; otherwise the character must either remain dead or choose a different undead race.

How do undead race effects influence bonuses and penalties?

Unlife affects each race differently, producing bonus and penalty changes that also vary depending on the class the newborn undead belonged to.

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