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This page presents sample '''NPCs''' for the [[Philsys]] RP system.
 
This page presents sample '''NPCs''' for the [[Philsys]] RP system.
  
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The main purpose of these stat blocks is to assist GMs who want to generate NPCs quickly or who need a base set of character stats for sudden, unpredicted reasons. It also gives GMs an idea as to what the "average" strength of an NPC in combat should be at various levels. Only combat-useful skills are listed, so these characters do not have all of their skill points spent. Remaining skill points can be spent to further customize an NPC.
 
The main purpose of these stat blocks is to assist GMs who want to generate NPCs quickly or who need a base set of character stats for sudden, unpredicted reasons. It also gives GMs an idea as to what the "average" strength of an NPC in combat should be at various levels. Only combat-useful skills are listed, so these characters do not have all of their skill points spent. Remaining skill points can be spent to further customize an NPC.
  
A sample NPC does not have any techs. If you would like to customize NPCs with techs, feel free to do so.
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A sample NPC might not have any techs. If you would like to customize NPCs with techs, feel free to do so.
  
 
== Fighter ==
 
== Fighter ==
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| COU +3 || Base AT/PA: 10/10 || Weapon - 4 <Cou/Agi/Str>
 
| COU +3 || Base AT/PA: 10/10 || Weapon - 4 <Cou/Agi/Str>
 
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| WIS +5 || Modified for Armor: 16/15 || Magic School - 4 <Int/Wis/Mag>
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| WIS +5 || Modified for Armor: 10/10 || Magic School - 4 <Int/Wis/Mag>
 
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| INT +5 || Modified for Skill: 17/16 || Magic School - 4 <Int/Wis/Mag>
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| INT +5 || Modified for Skill: 8/16 || Magic School - 4 <Int/Wis/Mag>
 
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| CHA +0 || Initiative: 6+2d6 || Magic School - 4 <Int/Wis/Mag>
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| CHA +0 || Initiative: 2+2d6 || Magic School - 4 <Int/Wis/Mag>
 
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| AGI +1 || Base MAtk: 15 || Magic School - 4 <Int/Wis/Mag>
 
| AGI +1 || Base MAtk: 15 || Magic School - 4 <Int/Wis/Mag>
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* [Elemental Skill=4]Elemental Burst 2 (14 MP) - As Elemental Burst, but 30+2d6 damage.
 
* [Elemental Skill=4]Elemental Burst 2 (14 MP) - As Elemental Burst, but 30+2d6 damage.
 
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=== Support Caster ===
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Support casters are indispensable in prolonged fights. The ability to heal damage is incredibly useful, and other abilities can turn the tide of battle against difficult foes.
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{| class="wikitable"
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! colspan=10 align=center | '''Healer'''
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|-
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| colspan=10 align=center | HP 60, MP 95, TP 25
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| '''Stats''' || '''Substats''' || '''Skills'''
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| COU +4 || Base AT/PA: 8/8 || Weapon - 4 <Cou/Agi/Str>
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| WIS +6 || Modified for Armor: 8/8 || Healing Magic - 4 <Int/Wis/Mag>
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| INT +3 || Modified for Skill: 10/9 || Benediction Magic - 4 <Int/Wis/Mag>
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| CHA +1 || Initiative: 2+2d6 || Magic School - 4 <Int/Wis/Mag>
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| AGI +0 || Base MAtk: 14 || First Aid - 4 <Wis/Int/Dex>
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| DEX +0 || Base MBlock: 21 || [k]Anatomy - 4 <Int/Wis/Mag>
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| STR +1 || Base Missile Evade: 13 || (16 points worth of other skills)
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| STA +1 || ||
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| MAG 5 || ||
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| colspan=10 align=center | '''Equipment'''
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| Mace (6/10/18, +0/-1) ||  ''Armor''
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| Light: 12 + 2d6 || Body: Robe (AC 2)
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| Medium: 16 + 3d6
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| Heavy: 25 + 4d6 
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| colspan=10 align=center | '''Techs'''
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| colspan=10 align=left |
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* [Healing Magic=1]Cure 1 (8 MP) - Heals 12+1d6 HP, or deals an equivalent amount of damage to an undead creature.
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* [Healing Magic=2]Restore Vision (6 MP) - Cures magically-induced blindness in one target.
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* [Healing Magic=3]Release Movement (10 MP) - Cures magically-induced paralysis.
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* [Healing Magic=4]Cure 2 (18 MP) - As Cure 1, but 32+2d6 damage.
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* [Benediction=1]Center (8 MP) - Increases a target's PA by rank for rank rounds.
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* [Benediction=2]Align (10 MP) - Increases a target's AT by rank for rank rounds.
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* [Benediction=3]Fortify (10 MP) - Increases a target armor's AC by rank for rank rounds.
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* [Benediction=4]Sharpen) (10 MP) - Increases a target weapon's attack damage by rank for rank rounds.
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= Monsters =
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[[Monsters|Some generic monster categories]].
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Non-humanoid monster NPCs can sometimes be difficult to represent by the standard method of stats, skills, and techs. Often their attributes will be widly varied; building them on 21 points and using standard formulae would be a mistake. For example, creating a character such as an ooze would probably, by standard definitions, necessitate stats like -5 DEX, and the guidelines for character creation do not deal with "nonabilities," such as the typical oozes's lack of intelligence.
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As such, it is recommended that a GM wishing to create such creatures ignore all of the typical rules for character creation, assigning numbers to relevant stats and substats and eschewing the rest. For example, while a GM might want to know the STR score of a golem he is creating, it is hardly necessary to know the golem's INT or COU; both stats are irrelevant to such a mindless creature.
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If a creature does not have an ability score for whatever reason and a check against that ability must be made, treat the score as +0. In many cases, creatures will be immune to effects that would require opposed checks. Zombies are generally fearless, for example, so no amount of typical threats is going to cause them to flee in terror.
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At the request of a few specific individuals, listed here are a set of statistics for several types of more exotic creatures.
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== Oozes ==
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=== Gelatinous Cube ===
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A gelatinous cube is a large, semi-transparent cubical creature made of what appears to be semi-solid slime. They live in dark places, typically underground, and move about slowly feeding on whatever they can find. Much of a gelatinous cube's prey simply walks into the cube as a result of being unable to see it in a dark environment, where its paralyzing acid rapidly digests the foe. Gelatinous cubes are not intelligent and typically are concerned only with eating.
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{| class="wikitable" width=75% align=center
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! colspan=75% align=center | '''Gelatinous Cube'''
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|-
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| align=center | '''Stats''' 
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| HP: 100 
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| AT/PA: 16/5 
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| Initiative: 0+2d6 
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| MBlock: 15 
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| Missile Evade: 6 
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| AC: 15 
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| Move Speed: 2 hexes
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| colspan=75% align=center | '''Attacks'''
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| Slam: 20+2d6 + 2d6 acid, reach 2 yards
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| Engulf: 30+2d10 (acid damage) per round, reach 0
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| colspan=75% align=center | '''Special Abilities'''
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| colspan=10 align=left |
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* [Innate]Creature Type Properties - Oozes are mindless creatures that seek only to devour living (and sometimes nonliving) matter. They are immune to all psionics, charm spells, and mind-affecting abilities. Oozes are blind, but can ascertain the location of prey within a short range (about 60 feet) as well as a sighted creature could through various other senses. Oozes lack a clear anatomy. They are immune to critical hits, paralysis, stunning effects, poisoning, disease, and sleep effects. They do not need to breathe and cannot be suffocated or drown.
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* [Innate]Paralyzing Acid - A creature engulfed within the body of a gelatinous cube takes additional acid damage. These digestive juices have a paralyzing effect on living muscles, preventing swallowed creatures from escaping. A STA check vs. TD 15 negates the effect.
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* [Innate]Engulf - An engulfed creature is grappled by the ooze and must win the grapple to escape. See the Philsys rules for more information on resolving grapples.
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=== Grey Ooze ===
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A grey ooze resembles quicksilver (liquid mercury) and moves around at surprising speed. They feed on metal objects and ores, digesting them with their acid and absorbing the resulting metal ions. Grey oozes will typically only attack adventurers that are carrying sufficient quantities of metal to make a good meal.
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{| class="wikitable" width=75% align=center
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! colspan=75% align=center | '''Grey Ooze'''
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|-
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| align=center | '''Stats''' 
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| HP: 45 
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| AT/PA: 10/14 
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| Initiative: 4+2d6 
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| MBlock: 10 
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| Missile Evade: 16 
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| AC: 3 
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| Move Speed: 4 hexes
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| colspan=75% align=center | '''Attacks'''
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| Pseudopod: 12+1d6
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| colspan=75% align=center | '''Special Abilities'''
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| colspan=10 align=left |
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* [Innate]Creature Type Properties - Oozes are mindless creatures that seek only to devour living (and sometimes nonliving) matter. They are immune to all psionics, charm spells, and mind-affecting abilities. Oozes are blind, but can ascertain the location of prey within a short range (about 60 feet) as well as a sighted creature could through various other senses. Oozes lack a clear anatomy. They are immune to critical hits, paralysis, stunning effects, poisoning, disease, and sleep effects. They do not need to breathe and cannot be suffocated or drown.
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* [Innate]Digestive Acids - A metal weapon striking a grey ooze is instantly destroyed as it is corroded by the ooze's acid. Metal armor worn by a character that is attacked by a grey ooze will suffer 12+1d6 acid damage to its durability. An armor with half durability or less provides only half AC; armor with 0 durability or less is totally destroyed.
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=== Black Ooze ===
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A black ooze resembles a puddle of liquid tar. It feeds on whatever comes near enough for it to grab. Many adventurers have found themselves overwhelmed by black oozes because of their characteristic "splitting" and resiliance.
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{| class="wikitable" width=75% align=center
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! colspan=75% align=center | '''Black Ooze'''
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|-
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| align=center | '''Stats''' 
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| HP: 80
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| AT/PA: 12/12 
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| Initiative: 2+2d6 
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| MBlock: 10 
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| Missile Evade: 14 
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| AC: 5 
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| Move Speed: 3 hexes
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| colspan=75% align=center | '''Attacks'''
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| Psuedopod: 14+1d6
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| Grapple: 20+2d6 damage/round
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| colspan=75% align=center | '''Special Abilities'''
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* [Innate]Creature Type Properties - Oozes are mindless creatures that seek only to devour living (and sometimes nonliving) matter. They are immune to all psionics, charm spells, and mind-affecting abilities. Oozes are blind, but can ascertain the location of prey within a short range (about 60 feet) as well as a sighted creature could through various other senses. Oozes lack a clear anatomy. They are immune to critical hits, paralysis, stunning effects, poisoning, disease, and sleep effects. They do not need to breathe and cannot be suffocated or drown.
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* [Innate]Blunt Immunity - Black oozes cannot be damaged by blunt weapons or unarmed strikes.
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* [Innate]Splitting - A black ooze damaged with a bladed or piercing weapon splits into two smaller oozes after damage has been resolved. Each ooze has one-half the hit points of the original ooze. If an attack deals enough damage to destroy an ooze, it does not split.
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* [Innate]Grapple - An creature grappled by the ooze must win the grapple to escape. See the Philsys rules for more information on resolving grapples.
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== Magical Creatures ==
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=== Displacer Beast ===
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Displacer beasts are puma-like creatures with luxurious, black fur and a pair of muscular tentacles sprouting from the shoulders. They are roughly the size of a Bengal tiger and weigh roughly 500 lbs. Displacer beasts eat just about anything, and consider nearly everything and anything that moves potential prey.
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{| class="wikitable" width=75% align=center
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! colspan=75% align=center | '''Displacer Beast'''
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|-
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| align=center | '''Stats''' 
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| HP: 75
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| AT/PA: 16/12 
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| Initiative: 12+2d6 
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| MBlock: 14 
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| Missile Evade: 18 
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| AC: 7 
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| Move Speed: 8 hexes
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| colspan=75% align=center | '''Attacks'''
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| Tentacle Whip: 14+1d6 (2 per round), reach 4 yards
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| Bite: 18+1d6 (at melee range)
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| colspan=75% align=center | '''Special Abilities'''
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* [Innate]Displacement - Displacer beasts warp light around their bodies, making them incredibly difficult to target with an attack since it is difficult to discern their true location. Any attack directed at a displacer beast has a 50% chance to miss outright.
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=== Phase Spider ===
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A phase spider has an 8-foot long body and is typically characterized by white and blue markings. They earn their name from the ability to teleport to the ethereal plane in order to escape or surprise foes.
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! colspan=75% align=center | '''Phase Spider'''
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| align=center | '''Stats''' 
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| HP: 80
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| AT/PA: 12/10 
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| Initiative: 5+2d6 
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| MBlock: 16 
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| Missile Evade: 16 
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| AC: 3 
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| Move Speed: 4 hexes
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| colspan=75% align=center | '''Attacks'''
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| Bite: 20+2d6
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| colspan=75% align=center | '''Special Abilities'''
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* [Innate]Phasing - A phase spider can teleport to the ethereal plane at will once per round and return as a free action, allowing it to move around freely and functionally teleport through objects.
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* [Innate]Poisoning - A phase spider's bite delivers a level 3 poison.
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= Creature Type Modifiers =
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The generic NPCs listed above are assumed to be races with no extraordinary characteristics, primarily humans. The same set of statistics will work for a wide variety of other similar creatures, such as elves, dwarves, orcs, or whatever other humanoid creature the GM desires with very slight modifications, such as the noting of elves' innate ability to see better in darkness and the like.
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More complicated modifications to creatures might involve exotic races, such as dragonhalves or vampires. Using the guidelines presented here, it should be possible to at least have a basis for most adjustments. These standards also give some baselines for creating non-humanoid monsters, and while they can be ignored on a case-by-case basis, they ought to serve as a good baseline and hold true in most cases.
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* '''Celestials''' -- Celestials vary greatly, but they all share some basic characteristics. Celestials can see well even in low-light areas. They are usually vulnerable to shadow elemental attack types (2x damage) but immune to holy elemental damage. Most celestials are immune to diseases and poisons.
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** ''Half-celestials'' -- Typically, a half-celestial is resistant to holy (50% damage) and takes double damage from shadow elemental attacks.
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* '''Constructs''' -- Golems and similar creatures are typically mindless. They are fearless and  immune to charm spells or other mental effects. They do not have (or need) COU, WIS, or STA scores. Their INT score, if applicable, refers only to their perception abilities. Constructs are immune to poison, disease, stunning, paralysis, and sleep. They have auras, so they are not immune to astral magic despite being objects. ''Some'' constructs are immune to certain types of critical hits. The material from which a construct is made or the magic used to animate it might determine its vulnerability to certain forms of attack.
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* '''Demons''' -- Demons, like celestials, can vary greatly. They can usually see well even in total darkness (though not necessarily in color). Weaker demons are typically resistant (50% damage) to shadow elemental attacks, and stronger demons are totally immune. They usually take double damage from holy elemental damage sources. Most demons are immune to diseases and poisons.
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** ''Half-demons'' -- Typically, a half-demon is resistant to shadow (50% damage) and takes double damage from holy elemental attacks.
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* '''Elemental Creatures''' -- This includes both actual elementals and creatures like dragons, as they are tied to elemental forces. Most weaker creatures of this nature resist their attacks of own element (50% damage). Stronger creatures will be completely immune or even recover health. Some elementals lack physical bodies, which renders them immune to a wide variety of attacks.
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** ''Dragonhalves'' -- A dragon-half has resistance to the element of his or her type and vulnerability to the opposing element. Dragonhalves might have some sort of damaging breath weapon, though it may only be usable if the dragon-half is assuming a draconic form.
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* '''Ethereals''' -- These creatures do not have physical bodies and exist only on some tangent plane to the material. They are highly vulnerable to astral magic. They do not have physical stat scores relative to things on the material plane and can only manipulate physical objects with magic. Ethereals are immune to nonmagical weapons, sleep, poison, paralysis, stunning, and other similar effects. Some creatures can become ethereal temporarily as opposed to permanently existing there.
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* '''Undead''' -- An undead creature does not functionally have (or need) a STA score. Its hit points are assigned based on its relative durability (which can be derived from the living creature's STA score if desired). An undead creature is immune to any effect that requires a STA check unless it also affects objects, and they never tire. Undead are typically mindless and immune to mental effects, illusions, and charm spells. They are fearless and immune to any effect that requires an opposed COU check. Undead are immune to poison, disease, stunning, and sleep effects. ''Some'' undead may not be vulnerable to critical hits with weapons. Undead do not need to eat or sleep. They are healed by shadow elemental magic and vulnerable to holy elemental magic (2x damage).
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** ''Skeletons'' -- Typically, skeletal creatures are resistant to attacks with piercing weapons, such as spears. Treat a skeleton's AC as 10 points higher against such attacks. They are vulnerable to attacks with blunt weapons, such as maces. Treat a skeleton's AC as 10 points lower against such attacks.
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** ''Vampires'' -- Vampires, unlike many undead, are not necessarily mindless, but they are still immune to most forms of charm magic. A typical vampire has several special attacks at his disposal, but not all vampires necessarily have access to all of them (PC vampires would need to take skills in order to use them at all).
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*** A vampire can charm a target that fails to resist as a magic spell; the vampire's effective "magic attack" for such an effect is CHA*3 + 4 + (vampire's character level - 1)*2.
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*** A vampire that engages in a successful grapple with a target can bite its neck and drain blood, dealing triple unarmed attack damage each round until the target "dies," at which point the target can be raised as a subservient vampire.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 13:46, 26 March 2007

NPCs spice up your RP.

This page presents sample NPCs for the Philsys RP system.

Sample NPCs

These basic stat blocks present NPCs that are pregenerated. They can be used "out of the box" or modified to suit the needs of a specific GM. The basic stat blocks present "archetype" characters such as fighters or mages; NPCs that do not have combat purposes may not even need stat sheets, depending on GM preference.

The main purpose of these stat blocks is to assist GMs who want to generate NPCs quickly or who need a base set of character stats for sudden, unpredicted reasons. It also gives GMs an idea as to what the "average" strength of an NPC in combat should be at various levels. Only combat-useful skills are listed, so these characters do not have all of their skill points spent. Remaining skill points can be spent to further customize an NPC.

A sample NPC might not have any techs. If you would like to customize NPCs with techs, feel free to do so.

Fighter

Any character that relies primarily on weapons to do battle is a fighter.

Fighter, Standard

These stats are appropriate for a standardized warrior, a basic member of the city guard, a rowdy ex-soldier in a bar, etc. His (or her) skills can be customized to suit specifics, but the assumption is that such a character will use a 1-handed weapon, carry a ranged weapon for backup, wear armor, and carry a shield.

The stat block provided here can be used for fighters of any race, even more exotic types, with a few small adjustments. For example, to create a skeletal warrior, you could use very similar stats and simply apply appropriate innate abilities or weaknesses (such as bonus AC against piercing damage or a vulnerability to holy elemental magic).

Fighter, Standard
HP 70, MP 0, TP 31
Stats Substats Skills
COU +4 Base AT/PA: 13/13 Weapon - 4 <Cou/Agi/Str>
WIS +1 Modified for Armor: 12/13 Ranged Weapon - 4 <Int/Dex/Dex>
INT +1 Modified for Skill: 14/15 [s]Armor Mobility - 4 <Str=3>
CHA +1 Initiative: 6+2d6 [s]Shield Blocking - 4 <Agi=2>
AGI +4 Base MAtk: 3 (10 points worth of other skills)
DEX +2 Base MBlock: 19
STR +4 Base Missile Evade: 19
STA +3
MAG 0
Equipment
Longsword (10/14/17, +1/-1) Light Crossbow Armor
Light: 18 + 1d6 Accuracy: 9 Body: Banded Mail (AC 12, -1/-3)
Medium: 26 + 2d6 Damage: 22 + 2d4 Shield: Small Shield (AC 13, +0/+1)
Heavy: 33 + 3d6

The [s]Armor Mobility skill listed reduces PA penalties for heavy armor by 1 point per 2 ranks. It costs 1 point per rank.

Fighter, Dextrous

A dextrous fighter may two weapons and engages in ranged combat with more frequency than a standard fighter. He wears less armor so as to avoid compromising his mobility. His attacks are focused on using accuracy to penetrate an opponent's defenses, not raw strength.

Fighter, Dextrous
HP 60, MP 0, TP 25
Stats Substats Skills
COU +4 Base AT/PA: 16/16 Light Weapon - 4 <Cou/Agi/Str>
WIS +1 Modified for Armor: 16/15 Ranged Weapon - 4 <Int/Dex/Dex>
INT +3 Modified for Skill: 17/16 Two-weapon Fighting - 4 <Dex=3>
CHA +1 Initiative: 6+2d6 [s]Improved Dodge - 4 <Agi=3>
AGI +5 Base MAtk: 4 (12 points worth of other skills)
DEX +4 Base MBlock: 21
STR +2 Base Missile Evade: 23
STA +1
MAG 0
Equipment
Short Sword x2 (7/10/13) Throwing Knives Armor
Light: 13 + 1d6 Accuracy: 13 Body: Studded Leather (AC 6, -0/-1)
Medium: 18 + 2d6 Damage: 10 + 2d4
Heavy: 23 + 3d6
Techs
  • [Light Weapon Skill=2]Precise Striking (2 TP) - Uses DEX to determine weapon damage bonuses instead of STR and eliminates all penalties to hit other than those caused by magical debuffs for one round. Heavy attacks are impossible when using Precise Striking.
  • [Light Weapon Skill=4]Dextrous Striking (2 TP) - Adds DEX to AT a second time for one round.

Spellcaster

A character that is primarily focused on casting spells to deal damage or support allies in combat is a spellcaster.

Mage

This sheet lays out basics for a mage-type character that will be using primarily elemental offensive magic. His schools of magic are left for the GM to decide upon generation, but for simplicity, a mage of this sort has a "wild card" spell that allows the GM to avoid doing any extra work.

A mage with a more complicated skillset should have his skills and spells decided by the GM before the RP.

Mage
HP 60, MP 100, TP 22
Stats Substats Skills
COU +3 Base AT/PA: 10/10 Weapon - 4 <Cou/Agi/Str>
WIS +5 Modified for Armor: 10/10 Magic School - 4 <Int/Wis/Mag>
INT +5 Modified for Skill: 8/16 Magic School - 4 <Int/Wis/Mag>
CHA +0 Initiative: 2+2d6 Magic School - 4 <Int/Wis/Mag>
AGI +1 Base MAtk: 15 Magic School - 4 <Int/Wis/Mag>
DEX +0 Base MBlock: 21 [k]Applied Magical Theory - 4 <Int/Wis/Mag>
STR +1 Base Missile Evade: 17 (18 points worth of other skills)
STA +1
MAG 5
Equipment
Quarterstaff (3/5/8, -2/+2) Armor
Light: 9 + 2d6 Body: Robe (AC 2)
Medium: 12 + 3d6
Heavy: 15 + 4d6
Techs
  • [Elemental Skill=1]Elemental Burst (6 MP) - This "generic spell" deals damage of the element appropriate for the mage's skills chosen by the GM. It deals 18+1d6 (element) damage.
  • [Elemental Skill=4]Elemental Burst 2 (14 MP) - As Elemental Burst, but 30+2d6 damage.

Support Caster

Support casters are indispensable in prolonged fights. The ability to heal damage is incredibly useful, and other abilities can turn the tide of battle against difficult foes.

Healer
HP 60, MP 95, TP 25
Stats Substats Skills
COU +4 Base AT/PA: 8/8 Weapon - 4 <Cou/Agi/Str>
WIS +6 Modified for Armor: 8/8 Healing Magic - 4 <Int/Wis/Mag>
INT +3 Modified for Skill: 10/9 Benediction Magic - 4 <Int/Wis/Mag>
CHA +1 Initiative: 2+2d6 Magic School - 4 <Int/Wis/Mag>
AGI +0 Base MAtk: 14 First Aid - 4 <Wis/Int/Dex>
DEX +0 Base MBlock: 21 [k]Anatomy - 4 <Int/Wis/Mag>
STR +1 Base Missile Evade: 13 (16 points worth of other skills)
STA +1
MAG 5
Equipment
Mace (6/10/18, +0/-1) Armor
Light: 12 + 2d6 Body: Robe (AC 2)
Medium: 16 + 3d6
Heavy: 25 + 4d6
Techs
  • [Healing Magic=1]Cure 1 (8 MP) - Heals 12+1d6 HP, or deals an equivalent amount of damage to an undead creature.
  • [Healing Magic=2]Restore Vision (6 MP) - Cures magically-induced blindness in one target.
  • [Healing Magic=3]Release Movement (10 MP) - Cures magically-induced paralysis.
  • [Healing Magic=4]Cure 2 (18 MP) - As Cure 1, but 32+2d6 damage.
  • [Benediction=1]Center (8 MP) - Increases a target's PA by rank for rank rounds.
  • [Benediction=2]Align (10 MP) - Increases a target's AT by rank for rank rounds.
  • [Benediction=3]Fortify (10 MP) - Increases a target armor's AC by rank for rank rounds.
  • [Benediction=4]Sharpen) (10 MP) - Increases a target weapon's attack damage by rank for rank rounds.

Monsters

Some generic monster categories.

Non-humanoid monster NPCs can sometimes be difficult to represent by the standard method of stats, skills, and techs. Often their attributes will be widly varied; building them on 21 points and using standard formulae would be a mistake. For example, creating a character such as an ooze would probably, by standard definitions, necessitate stats like -5 DEX, and the guidelines for character creation do not deal with "nonabilities," such as the typical oozes's lack of intelligence.

As such, it is recommended that a GM wishing to create such creatures ignore all of the typical rules for character creation, assigning numbers to relevant stats and substats and eschewing the rest. For example, while a GM might want to know the STR score of a golem he is creating, it is hardly necessary to know the golem's INT or COU; both stats are irrelevant to such a mindless creature.

If a creature does not have an ability score for whatever reason and a check against that ability must be made, treat the score as +0. In many cases, creatures will be immune to effects that would require opposed checks. Zombies are generally fearless, for example, so no amount of typical threats is going to cause them to flee in terror.

At the request of a few specific individuals, listed here are a set of statistics for several types of more exotic creatures.

Oozes

Gelatinous Cube

A gelatinous cube is a large, semi-transparent cubical creature made of what appears to be semi-solid slime. They live in dark places, typically underground, and move about slowly feeding on whatever they can find. Much of a gelatinous cube's prey simply walks into the cube as a result of being unable to see it in a dark environment, where its paralyzing acid rapidly digests the foe. Gelatinous cubes are not intelligent and typically are concerned only with eating.

Gelatinous Cube
Stats
HP: 100
AT/PA: 16/5
Initiative: 0+2d6
MBlock: 15
Missile Evade: 6
AC: 15
Move Speed: 2 hexes
Attacks
Slam: 20+2d6 + 2d6 acid, reach 2 yards
Engulf: 30+2d10 (acid damage) per round, reach 0
Special Abilities
  • [Innate]Creature Type Properties - Oozes are mindless creatures that seek only to devour living (and sometimes nonliving) matter. They are immune to all psionics, charm spells, and mind-affecting abilities. Oozes are blind, but can ascertain the location of prey within a short range (about 60 feet) as well as a sighted creature could through various other senses. Oozes lack a clear anatomy. They are immune to critical hits, paralysis, stunning effects, poisoning, disease, and sleep effects. They do not need to breathe and cannot be suffocated or drown.
  • [Innate]Paralyzing Acid - A creature engulfed within the body of a gelatinous cube takes additional acid damage. These digestive juices have a paralyzing effect on living muscles, preventing swallowed creatures from escaping. A STA check vs. TD 15 negates the effect.
  • [Innate]Engulf - An engulfed creature is grappled by the ooze and must win the grapple to escape. See the Philsys rules for more information on resolving grapples.

Grey Ooze

A grey ooze resembles quicksilver (liquid mercury) and moves around at surprising speed. They feed on metal objects and ores, digesting them with their acid and absorbing the resulting metal ions. Grey oozes will typically only attack adventurers that are carrying sufficient quantities of metal to make a good meal.

Grey Ooze
Stats
HP: 45
AT/PA: 10/14
Initiative: 4+2d6
MBlock: 10
Missile Evade: 16
AC: 3
Move Speed: 4 hexes
Attacks
Pseudopod: 12+1d6
Special Abilities
  • [Innate]Creature Type Properties - Oozes are mindless creatures that seek only to devour living (and sometimes nonliving) matter. They are immune to all psionics, charm spells, and mind-affecting abilities. Oozes are blind, but can ascertain the location of prey within a short range (about 60 feet) as well as a sighted creature could through various other senses. Oozes lack a clear anatomy. They are immune to critical hits, paralysis, stunning effects, poisoning, disease, and sleep effects. They do not need to breathe and cannot be suffocated or drown.
  • [Innate]Digestive Acids - A metal weapon striking a grey ooze is instantly destroyed as it is corroded by the ooze's acid. Metal armor worn by a character that is attacked by a grey ooze will suffer 12+1d6 acid damage to its durability. An armor with half durability or less provides only half AC; armor with 0 durability or less is totally destroyed.

Black Ooze

A black ooze resembles a puddle of liquid tar. It feeds on whatever comes near enough for it to grab. Many adventurers have found themselves overwhelmed by black oozes because of their characteristic "splitting" and resiliance.

Black Ooze
Stats
HP: 80
AT/PA: 12/12
Initiative: 2+2d6
MBlock: 10
Missile Evade: 14
AC: 5
Move Speed: 3 hexes
Attacks
Psuedopod: 14+1d6
Grapple: 20+2d6 damage/round
Special Abilities
  • [Innate]Creature Type Properties - Oozes are mindless creatures that seek only to devour living (and sometimes nonliving) matter. They are immune to all psionics, charm spells, and mind-affecting abilities. Oozes are blind, but can ascertain the location of prey within a short range (about 60 feet) as well as a sighted creature could through various other senses. Oozes lack a clear anatomy. They are immune to critical hits, paralysis, stunning effects, poisoning, disease, and sleep effects. They do not need to breathe and cannot be suffocated or drown.
  • [Innate]Blunt Immunity - Black oozes cannot be damaged by blunt weapons or unarmed strikes.
  • [Innate]Splitting - A black ooze damaged with a bladed or piercing weapon splits into two smaller oozes after damage has been resolved. Each ooze has one-half the hit points of the original ooze. If an attack deals enough damage to destroy an ooze, it does not split.
  • [Innate]Grapple - An creature grappled by the ooze must win the grapple to escape. See the Philsys rules for more information on resolving grapples.

Magical Creatures

Displacer Beast

Displacer beasts are puma-like creatures with luxurious, black fur and a pair of muscular tentacles sprouting from the shoulders. They are roughly the size of a Bengal tiger and weigh roughly 500 lbs. Displacer beasts eat just about anything, and consider nearly everything and anything that moves potential prey.

Displacer Beast
Stats
HP: 75
AT/PA: 16/12
Initiative: 12+2d6
MBlock: 14
Missile Evade: 18
AC: 7
Move Speed: 8 hexes
Attacks
Tentacle Whip: 14+1d6 (2 per round), reach 4 yards
Bite: 18+1d6 (at melee range)
Special Abilities
  • [Innate]Displacement - Displacer beasts warp light around their bodies, making them incredibly difficult to target with an attack since it is difficult to discern their true location. Any attack directed at a displacer beast has a 50% chance to miss outright.

Phase Spider

A phase spider has an 8-foot long body and is typically characterized by white and blue markings. They earn their name from the ability to teleport to the ethereal plane in order to escape or surprise foes.

Phase Spider
Stats
HP: 80
AT/PA: 12/10
Initiative: 5+2d6
MBlock: 16
Missile Evade: 16
AC: 3
Move Speed: 4 hexes
Attacks
Bite: 20+2d6
Special Abilities
  • [Innate]Phasing - A phase spider can teleport to the ethereal plane at will once per round and return as a free action, allowing it to move around freely and functionally teleport through objects.
  • [Innate]Poisoning - A phase spider's bite delivers a level 3 poison.

Creature Type Modifiers

The generic NPCs listed above are assumed to be races with no extraordinary characteristics, primarily humans. The same set of statistics will work for a wide variety of other similar creatures, such as elves, dwarves, orcs, or whatever other humanoid creature the GM desires with very slight modifications, such as the noting of elves' innate ability to see better in darkness and the like.

More complicated modifications to creatures might involve exotic races, such as dragonhalves or vampires. Using the guidelines presented here, it should be possible to at least have a basis for most adjustments. These standards also give some baselines for creating non-humanoid monsters, and while they can be ignored on a case-by-case basis, they ought to serve as a good baseline and hold true in most cases.

  • Celestials -- Celestials vary greatly, but they all share some basic characteristics. Celestials can see well even in low-light areas. They are usually vulnerable to shadow elemental attack types (2x damage) but immune to holy elemental damage. Most celestials are immune to diseases and poisons.
    • Half-celestials -- Typically, a half-celestial is resistant to holy (50% damage) and takes double damage from shadow elemental attacks.
  • Constructs -- Golems and similar creatures are typically mindless. They are fearless and immune to charm spells or other mental effects. They do not have (or need) COU, WIS, or STA scores. Their INT score, if applicable, refers only to their perception abilities. Constructs are immune to poison, disease, stunning, paralysis, and sleep. They have auras, so they are not immune to astral magic despite being objects. Some constructs are immune to certain types of critical hits. The material from which a construct is made or the magic used to animate it might determine its vulnerability to certain forms of attack.
  • Demons -- Demons, like celestials, can vary greatly. They can usually see well even in total darkness (though not necessarily in color). Weaker demons are typically resistant (50% damage) to shadow elemental attacks, and stronger demons are totally immune. They usually take double damage from holy elemental damage sources. Most demons are immune to diseases and poisons.
    • Half-demons -- Typically, a half-demon is resistant to shadow (50% damage) and takes double damage from holy elemental attacks.
  • Elemental Creatures -- This includes both actual elementals and creatures like dragons, as they are tied to elemental forces. Most weaker creatures of this nature resist their attacks of own element (50% damage). Stronger creatures will be completely immune or even recover health. Some elementals lack physical bodies, which renders them immune to a wide variety of attacks.
    • Dragonhalves -- A dragon-half has resistance to the element of his or her type and vulnerability to the opposing element. Dragonhalves might have some sort of damaging breath weapon, though it may only be usable if the dragon-half is assuming a draconic form.
  • Ethereals -- These creatures do not have physical bodies and exist only on some tangent plane to the material. They are highly vulnerable to astral magic. They do not have physical stat scores relative to things on the material plane and can only manipulate physical objects with magic. Ethereals are immune to nonmagical weapons, sleep, poison, paralysis, stunning, and other similar effects. Some creatures can become ethereal temporarily as opposed to permanently existing there.
  • Undead -- An undead creature does not functionally have (or need) a STA score. Its hit points are assigned based on its relative durability (which can be derived from the living creature's STA score if desired). An undead creature is immune to any effect that requires a STA check unless it also affects objects, and they never tire. Undead are typically mindless and immune to mental effects, illusions, and charm spells. They are fearless and immune to any effect that requires an opposed COU check. Undead are immune to poison, disease, stunning, and sleep effects. Some undead may not be vulnerable to critical hits with weapons. Undead do not need to eat or sleep. They are healed by shadow elemental magic and vulnerable to holy elemental magic (2x damage).
    • Skeletons -- Typically, skeletal creatures are resistant to attacks with piercing weapons, such as spears. Treat a skeleton's AC as 10 points higher against such attacks. They are vulnerable to attacks with blunt weapons, such as maces. Treat a skeleton's AC as 10 points lower against such attacks.
    • Vampires -- Vampires, unlike many undead, are not necessarily mindless, but they are still immune to most forms of charm magic. A typical vampire has several special attacks at his disposal, but not all vampires necessarily have access to all of them (PC vampires would need to take skills in order to use them at all).
      • A vampire can charm a target that fails to resist as a magic spell; the vampire's effective "magic attack" for such an effect is CHA*3 + 4 + (vampire's character level - 1)*2.
      • A vampire that engages in a successful grapple with a target can bite its neck and drain blood, dealing triple unarmed attack damage each round until the target "dies," at which point the target can be raised as a subservient vampire.