[Accessory] [9355] Van Richten's Guide to Ghosts.pdf

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Magnitudes of Power .................. 8

Physical Consistency ................. 11

Physical Appearance ................. 13

Origins of Ghosts ................... 16

Anchors ........................... 22

Conclusion ........................ 25

Chapter IV: Vulnerabilities ............ 48

Ordinary Vulnerabilities .............. 48

Holy Water ....................... 48

Turning Undead ................... 49

Holy Symbols .................... 50

Extraordinary Vulnerabilities .......... 51

Allergens ........................ 51

Magical Spells .................... 52

Personal Effects ................... 59

Special Weapons .................... 60

Forged Weapons .................. 60

Enchanted Weapons ............... 60

Specially Constructed Weapons ...... 61

Chapter V: Speak with the Dead ........ 62

Types of Mediums ................... 62

Focus Mediums ................... 62

Guide Mediums ................... 63

Host Mediums .................... 63

Regression Mediums ............... 64

Sympathetic Mediums .............. 65

Trance Mediums .................. 66

False Mediums ................... 68

Locating and Hiring a Medium ......... 70

Through Recommendation .......... 71

.By Reputation .................... 72

Through Advertisement ............ 73

Triggers .......

.............. 24.

ipter 11: Ord y Powers .......... 26

.nsubstantiali.. ..................... 26

Invisibility ......................... 28

Rejuvenation ....................... 28

Immunity .......................... 29

Magic Resistance .................. 29

Biological Spells .................. 29

Unique Immunities ................ 31

Racial Abilities ..................... 31

Class Abilities ...................... 31

Creation of Undead .................. 31

Chapter 111: ExtraorA%ry Powers ...... 32

Accelerate Aging ................. 32

Cause Despair ...................... 33

CauseFear ........................ 34

Cause Paralysis ..................... 34

Cause Revulsion .................... 35

Causewounds ...................... 36

By Sensitivity .................... 73

Sources of a Medium's Power .......... 74

Studied Abilities .................. 74

Incidental Abilities ................ 75

Charm Animals ..................... 36

Charm Persons ..................... 37

Command Undead .................. 37

Create Illusions ..................... 37

Lifestyles of Mediums ................ 78

Aloof ........................... 78

Calculated ....................... 78

Morbid .......................... 79

Nomadic ........................ 79

Reclusive ........................ 80

Dominate Victims ................... 38

Drain Abilities ...................... 39

Drain Energy ....................... 40

Drain Memories

.................... 40

Unworthy ........................ 80

Entrance Victims .................... 41

TheVistani ... .................... 81

Inhabit Bodies ...................... 42

VI: Investigating a Haunting .... 84

Inhabit Objects ..................... 42

1 he Phantom Army .................. 84

Picking Up the Scent ................. 87

Keen ............................. 44

Lure Victims ....................... 44

Perform Telekinesis .................. 46

Stalking the Beast ................... 88

Making the Kill .....

.......... 90

Resist Magic ....................... 46

Conclusion

DM's Appendix ................... 92

........................ 47

Introduction ...................... 4

Chapter 1: Types of Ghosts ............ 8

written records, the comings and

goings of spirits have been noted.

Some are described as lights or

recognizable shapes in the

darkness. Others seem to be real,

but are nothing more than images

of light-as incorporeal asthey are

unliving. They come in all manner

of shapes and sizes. They

undertake macabre missions and

have any number of motivatioh.

Most are evil, some indifferee and

a few good and kind.

should seek their every lair and see to it that

these monsters were destroyed. I did not

understand the scope of my quest then. To

track down and destroy all the vampires in all

the worlds that I now know of is an impossible

task-but I have never hesitated.

No single man can do all that I have set forth

to do. It is my hope, however, that, by placing

what I know in a series of books, I will aid those

who would follow me on my quest. If you have

seen the eyes of death looking at you, if you

have heard a feral hiss in the darkness, if you

have known the terror that awaits, then you

know the importance of my work. I offer you

my heart, my prayers, and-most

importantly-my knowledge.

In the three decades that have passed since

the death of my wife and child, I have traveled

much. 1 have seen horror in all its shapes. I

have faced monsters that could only have

issued forth from the deepest pits of evil. In

every case I have been tempered by the

meeting. Those I destroyed filled me with the

energy to continue in my holy work. Those that

escaped my vengeance left me the wiser for

each such encounter. (Never again, I vowed,

would I be as short-sighted in a future meeting.)

Those that defeated me-and there have been

many despite my undeserved reputation for

invincibility-have left me stronger for the

wounds inflicted upon me.

How many times have I been driven to

deaths door by the creatures of darkness? I

cannot say. But in every instance I was

determined to battle back from the injuries 1

suffered and to have my revenge. I am a

peaceful, merciful man, but such vengeance is

sweet indeed.

In this work, I shall exami

them all. I shall share with

may be enough to keep you

then I pray even more that

- all the storms I hav

that the black shroud of

across me. When it doe

a life that was long and

rewards. I have done much g

certain. I shall face the grave

Erasmus and then murdered my dear wife

Ingrid, I vowed I should devote myself to the

utter annihilation of all his diabolical kind.

The Thundering Carriage

ow did I, a devoted vampire hunter, come

to be an enemy of the incorporeal undead

The sorrow, of course, is that I have become

what I have become at the cost of losing my

family. At that time, however, I was a much

younger man. I meant only that I should battle

the dread vampire in all his shapes-that I

one. It began on a cold autumn night in

Lamordia. I was close on the trail of a vile

lave lived a lon&flfe.%j

iot end soon. 1 am

H aswell? The inclusion was not a difficult

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