Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
Reading through the book (which has a much better cover than the preview art, hurrah!), I'm struck by the number of references to older works, such as "Lost Gods" and "Return to the Tomb of Horrors." But while I know Moil is from RotToH, has the undead city of Nocturnus been seen before? It's only mentioned in passing with the Necropolitan template, but I'm intrigued by a city of non-evil undead. I wish Nocturnus had been included in the book (and I'm also surprised the Bleak Academy didn't reappear -- maybe in Complete Arcane).
Looking at the template, it seems mostly designed to let a player play an undead without changing their alignment or making them dramatically more or less powerful (beyond the core changes undead undergo). In fact, given that Necropolitans don't have any hungers listed in the book, it looks like this is a pretty good way for a player character to become ageless, assuming they can find the undead of Nocturnus to perform the ritual. No, they're not super-powerful (and closer to immortal) like a lich, but it's also a heck of a lot easier than becoming a lich.
The name for the template isn't great, but there's worse, both in LM, and elsewhere.
(As for the rest of the book, I'm sorry not to see Ghostwalk plundered more: There are a number of good monsters, including mounts and a new type of demon follower of Orcus, that would have been welcome additions.)
Looking at the template, it seems mostly designed to let a player play an undead without changing their alignment or making them dramatically more or less powerful (beyond the core changes undead undergo). In fact, given that Necropolitans don't have any hungers listed in the book, it looks like this is a pretty good way for a player character to become ageless, assuming they can find the undead of Nocturnus to perform the ritual. No, they're not super-powerful (and closer to immortal) like a lich, but it's also a heck of a lot easier than becoming a lich.
The name for the template isn't great, but there's worse, both in LM, and elsewhere.
(As for the rest of the book, I'm sorry not to see Ghostwalk plundered more: There are a number of good monsters, including mounts and a new type of demon follower of Orcus, that would have been welcome additions.)