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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Noumenon" data-source="post: 5244876" data-attributes="member: 70102">I like allips.  <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A change of pace from physical monsters</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">tend to have backstory</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">make an location all haunting and ghostly</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">hypnotism is like suggestion only it puts you in a cool trancelike state while you march to your doom</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">PCs with Wisdom drain get to roleplay doing extremely silly things</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Having your Wisdom go to 0 is very serious, but not as final as death.</li> </ul>Goodman Games had an allip who was the ghost of a lighthouse keeper, and I had it hypnotize people and have them climb the winding stair to the top of the lighthouse while it took opportunity attacks and tried to trap them at the top.  It was awesome.  I ended up with two naked PCs from that encounter -- the male one was left comatose and had all his clothes stolen, and the female one had 4 wisdom left and decided to go skinny dipping with the merfolk out in the bay.</blockquote>