Effects that can make an incorporeal undead corporeal?

[Fieari]

What we're getting at is, what is the story reason in question? Details are good. We like answering questions that directly involve your campaign.

 

[The Thayan Menace]

Figuring Things Out

Like I said, it's for story reasons... it has to do with the person that the creature normally haunts, who has no way to normally face it herself...

So you want to make the creature corporeal, so someone else can beat it?

 

[sukael]

Basic outline:

- Somewhat-obsessive lawkeeper goes after a mostly-turned-evil character (non-PC)

- said character captures the lawkeeper, torturing him for a bit before letting him go (like I said, mostly evil, but still with a prohibition against killing)

- the lawmaker captures said character and dumps her straight into prison without trial (mind you, by this point she hasn't done anything worse than associating with criminals and the tortue of him), and, as he was head of that prison, took advantage of it to torture her considerably

- she escapes and finds asylum elsewhere (eg. the group the PCs associate with, very LN and "don't bother us and we won't ask questions")

- the lawkeeper follows, gets killed, and comes back as a ghost haunting the character (admittedly slightly convolutedly, since it won't actually come near her)

By this point, she's been pretty well messed up by it, and the only way to completely reassure her (she's needed for other story bits going on) is to have her destroy the ghost herself. This is what leads to the problem, since it won't actually manifest near her, so ghost touch weapons, for example, are more or less out of the question-- plus, she has some sort of magical effect on her or mental block (I'm not sure) that's keeping her from directly seeing it if/when it does manifest... (Admittedly, this might carry over if it's made incorporeal, but it's worth giving a shot...)

 

[sukael]

So you want to make the creature corporeal, so someone else can beat it?

(see post above)

 

[The Thayan Menace]

Use the Force (x2)

... ghost touch weapons, for example, are more or less out of the question ....

Are you sure? She could always lash out with ghost touch arrows or magic missiles, you know.

 

[sukael]

Yeah, except that she can't see it, and it would then just vanish off again...

...ooooh. Ghost touch + mage armor + small room = no way for it to get out...

(She's a non-spellcaster, incidentally.)

 

[The Thayan Menace]

Too Many Factors

Yeah, except that she can't see it, and it would then just vanish off again...

Frankly, it sounds like your DM is out to screw you.

Okay, let's try another path then ... how does the undead creature harass her?

 

[The Thayan Menace]

The "Necessity" of This Confrontation

Why does she specifically need to kill it anyway? If any of you stop it from harassing her, isn't the problem solved? :\

 

[griff_goodbeard]

Maybe you could trap it in a Ghost Touch Net?

 

[sukael]

Oooooooh. That plus a few ghost touch arrows... and hope that it doesn't successful reform :| (so far, it looks to be a ghost, so it'd probably have Rejuvenation... fortunately, the original lawmaker was relatively low-level from what I can find out).