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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9847422" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/16912/HR1-Vikings-Campaign-Sourcebook-2e?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">HR1 Vikings Campaign Sourcebook (2e)</a></p><p>2e</p><p><strong>Gast:</strong> Unlike many other undead, the gast is the spirit of an unknown person now forced to haunt the world.</p><p><strong>Gast, Fearful Undead Being, Spirit:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Spectre:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghast:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Genganger, Spirit of a Person Whose Affairs Are Left Unfinished:</strong> The genganger is the spirit of a person whose affairs are left unfinished. Like the haunt, it will return in an attempt to complete its affairs.</p><p><strong>Thorodd, Genganger:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Zombie:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Haunt:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Sending:</strong> The process of creating a sending is an evil and dark secret. Those wizards capable of this deed have independently researched the necessary spell or spells to perform the task. </p><p><strong>Sending, Powerful Form of Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Revenant:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Spoke:</strong> The spoke is distinguished from other undead by its activity (going bump in the night) and because it is the spirit of a person known to the household. The spoke's hauntings are not random; often it returns to right a wrong, finish something left undone, deliver a message, or harass those whom it hated in life.</p><p><strong>Spoke, Ghostlike Intangible Outline of a Person, Spirit of a Person:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Poltergeist, Spirit:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Svipa:</strong> Unlike most ghosts, whose identities are known, the svipa is a mysterious undead, unknown to those who live in the region it haunts. The svipa lurks in lonely regions, particularly at crossroads (a common place to bury potentially dangerous dead).</p><p><strong>Svipa, Mysterious Undead:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Ghost:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead, Undead Creature, Dead Person:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Undead Spirit:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Dead Spirit:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Uneasy Dead:</strong> The dead-rune has a significant risk in that not all spirits are cooperative or helpless. Each time it is used to summon a new spirit, there is a 10% chance the runecaster has contacted one of the uneasy dead. The summoning frees such spirits from their mounds and they take on physical form.</p><p><strong>Uneasy Dead, Spirit:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Wight:</strong> ?</p><p><strong>Spirit:</strong> Whenever possible slain friends were properly buried, in part to prevent their spirits from haunting the earth.</p><p><strong>Draugar:</strong> ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 9847422, member: 2209"] [URL=https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/16912/HR1-Vikings-Campaign-Sourcebook-2e?affiliate_id=17596]HR1 Vikings Campaign Sourcebook (2e)[/URL] 2e [b]Gast:[/b] Unlike many other undead, the gast is the spirit of an unknown person now forced to haunt the world. [b]Gast, Fearful Undead Being, Spirit:[/b] ? [b]Spectre:[/b] ? [b]Ghast:[/b] ? [b]Genganger, Spirit of a Person Whose Affairs Are Left Unfinished:[/b] The genganger is the spirit of a person whose affairs are left unfinished. Like the haunt, it will return in an attempt to complete its affairs. [b]Thorodd, Genganger:[/b] ? [b]Zombie:[/b] ? [b]Haunt:[/b] ? [b]Sending:[/b] The process of creating a sending is an evil and dark secret. Those wizards capable of this deed have independently researched the necessary spell or spells to perform the task. [b]Sending, Powerful Form of Undead:[/b] ? [b]Revenant:[/b] ? [b]Spoke:[/b] The spoke is distinguished from other undead by its activity (going bump in the night) and because it is the spirit of a person known to the household. The spoke's hauntings are not random; often it returns to right a wrong, finish something left undone, deliver a message, or harass those whom it hated in life. [b]Spoke, Ghostlike Intangible Outline of a Person, Spirit of a Person:[/b] ? [b]Poltergeist, Spirit:[/b] ? [b]Svipa:[/b] Unlike most ghosts, whose identities are known, the svipa is a mysterious undead, unknown to those who live in the region it haunts. The svipa lurks in lonely regions, particularly at crossroads (a common place to bury potentially dangerous dead). [b]Svipa, Mysterious Undead:[/b] ? [b]Ghost:[/b] ? [b]Undead, Undead Creature, Dead Person:[/b] ? [b]Undead Spirit:[/b] ? [b]Dead Spirit:[/b] ? [b]Uneasy Dead:[/b] The dead-rune has a significant risk in that not all spirits are cooperative or helpless. Each time it is used to summon a new spirit, there is a 10% chance the runecaster has contacted one of the uneasy dead. The summoning frees such spirits from their mounds and they take on physical form. [b]Uneasy Dead, Spirit:[/b] ? [b]Wight:[/b] ? [b]Spirit:[/b] Whenever possible slain friends were properly buried, in part to prevent their spirits from haunting the earth. [b]Draugar:[/b] ? [/QUOTE]
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