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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8265894" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/205324/Return-of-the-Woodland-Warriors?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Return of the Woodland Warriors</a></p><p>Woodland Warriors</p><p><strong>Undead:</strong> Undead beasts are either the dead bodies of beasts that have been reanimated by evil wizards and cultists to serve them as bodyguards, or tormented souls that due to the way they died have been unable to leave the earthly realm. </p><p><strong>Bone-Beast, Skeleton:</strong> Bone-beasts are animated skeletons of dead beasts, usually under the control of some evil master. </p><p><strong>Ghost:</strong> They are usually tied to a specific location, item or creature (their “haunt”). They are often stuck in the material realm because they have unfinished business; which when completed allows them to “die”. </p><p><strong>Ghoul-Rat:</strong> For some reason, when diseased rats are reanimated, instead of coming back as skeletons or zombies, a different type of undead is created – the ghoul-rat. </p><p><strong>Lich:</strong> Liches are the undead remnants of Wizards, either made undead by their own deliberate acts during life, or as the result of other magical forces (possibly including their own magic, gone awry). </p><p><strong>Wraith:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Vampire:</strong> Vampires are creatures that have been infected by vampirism; a disease that is transmitted from some creature already infected to another, by biting them and draining all their blood. </p><p><strong>Zombie-Vermin, Zombie, Walking Dead:</strong> Zombie-vermin are mindless creatures, the walking dead. They are generally created from Vermin – that is shrews, rats, weasels, stoats, crows and sometimes foxes (although the latter would have 2d+3 HD). Why only vermin can become zombies is not known. The standard zombie is simply a corpse animated to do its creator’s bidding, but the Keeper can give them extra HD or abilities if required.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 8265894, member: 2209"] [URL=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/205324/Return-of-the-Woodland-Warriors?affiliate_id=17596]Return of the Woodland Warriors[/URL] Woodland Warriors [b]Undead:[/b] Undead beasts are either the dead bodies of beasts that have been reanimated by evil wizards and cultists to serve them as bodyguards, or tormented souls that due to the way they died have been unable to leave the earthly realm. [b]Bone-Beast, Skeleton:[/b] Bone-beasts are animated skeletons of dead beasts, usually under the control of some evil master. [b]Ghost:[/b] They are usually tied to a specific location, item or creature (their “haunt”). They are often stuck in the material realm because they have unfinished business; which when completed allows them to “die”. [b]Ghoul-Rat:[/b] For some reason, when diseased rats are reanimated, instead of coming back as skeletons or zombies, a different type of undead is created – the ghoul-rat. [b]Lich:[/b] Liches are the undead remnants of Wizards, either made undead by their own deliberate acts during life, or as the result of other magical forces (possibly including their own magic, gone awry). [b]Wraith:[/b] ? [b]Vampire:[/b] Vampires are creatures that have been infected by vampirism; a disease that is transmitted from some creature already infected to another, by biting them and draining all their blood. [b]Zombie-Vermin, Zombie, Walking Dead:[/b] Zombie-vermin are mindless creatures, the walking dead. They are generally created from Vermin – that is shrews, rats, weasels, stoats, crows and sometimes foxes (although the latter would have 2d+3 HD). Why only vermin can become zombies is not known. The standard zombie is simply a corpse animated to do its creator’s bidding, but the Keeper can give them extra HD or abilities if required. [/QUOTE]
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