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Sanctaphrax:
I've got a ghost PC. For Powers, they have the Spirit Form rewrite, Possession, and Swift Transition. Swift Transition might not be totally in keeping with the info from GS, but it was in the RPG books.
Really, the Spirit Form rewrite covers almost everything. That's what it was written for, after all.
I don't really use Templates, but I could write one up for ghosts easily enough.
SunlessNick:
I have three homebrew vampire courts (another Grey, a Green, and a Pale) here: http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,25833.msg1100593.html#msg1100593
A few people added ideas for others in there too.
Sanctaphrax:
If I'm gonna be updating the list anyway, I might as well write that ghost template.
GHOST
Sometimes, when somebody dies, they leave behind a ghost. Ghosts are immaterial, and appear to be the dead people that created them. In truth, though, ghosts are simply soulless replicas of the people they seem to be. All ghosts have negative Refresh and lack free will...unless there's something unusual going on.
A ghost is made out of memories and emotions, and so does not interact with the world the way someone made out of meat would. Ghosts can fly, teleport, see without light, and so on.
Most ghosts never interact much with the world of physical things. They have their own immaterial problems to deal with, and they can't manifest physically unless they're insane. But again, there are exceptions.
Musts: Ghosts are dead, and their High Concepts must reflect this fact. Ghosts with positive Refresh must also provide some sort of reason that they possess free will...what reasons are acceptable is up to the group, but the default is that the "ghost" is actually a soul that has been sent back from the afterlife for some reason.
Every ghost must take the rewritten Spirit Form Power with the Spiritual Body and Unrealistic Spirit Form upgrades.
Options: Ghosts can take a wide variety of Powers, including but not limited to Strength, Speed, Toughness, Recovery, Possession, Spiritual Parasite, Inhabit, Spiritual Symbiote, and Swift Transition. Ghosts with Swift Transition should take the No Mortal Home upgrade. Ghosts may also purchase whatever Power upgrades they like, with the exception of Projected Spirit Form. Ghosts with the Optional Spirit Form upgrade are invariably at least mildly insane.
Some ghosts are monstrous in form, either because they're the ghosts of monsters or because the time since they died has changed them. Such ghosts should take Creature Features and other Powers to represent their monstrous abilities.
Some ghostly cannibals consume the memory-flesh of other ghosts. Such ghosts should take a variant of Blood Drinker to represent that ability.
Ghosts who were spellcasters or otherwise magical in life may keep the Powers they had while alive.
Important Skills: Conviction
Minimum Refresh Cost: -4
Examples: (click to show/hide)Harry Dresden during Ghost Story, Sir Stuart
johntfs:
JADE COURT VAMPIRES
The vampires of Asia are known as the Jade Court. These beings share many elements of the Red, White and Black courts but have a different flavor than other vampires. Generally, vampires of the Jade are divided into two categories, Yin and Yang. Yin vampires are creatures of strength and toughness, beings who strike fear into their prey. Yang vampires, on the other hand, are beings of swiftness and energy, who easily bounce back from injuries and control their prey through lust and pleasure. Despite the stark differences between the two aspects of the Jade Court, their is little conflict between them based solely on their nature. A Yin vampire could easily work with a vampire of Yang and many do, forming teams and partners ships based on exploiting the alliance of their contradictory natures.
Which isn't to say there is no conflict within the Jade Court. There is plenty. The Court is divided into a multitude of major and minor houses and clans, each maneuvering through intrigue, stealth, manipulation or outright violence to expand their power and influence, usually at the expense of another house or clan. The recent (click to show/hide)destruction of the Red Court will doubtless given the Court new opportunities to expand and one can expect to see the Jade Court vampires bringing their hungers to new lands ripe for exploitation.
Despite seeming human, Jade Court vampires gain new members by adoption and conversion instead of natural birth. They tend to be highly selective of their potential offspring, for the deeds of their "children" will reflect glory (or shame) onto their "parents." A poor selection of a child results not only the destruction of that child, but often the parent who created the child. Thus, prior to investing in the creation of a child, a Jade Court vampire will often watch their prospective recruit for months or years. Some more traditional clans maintain covert breeding programs of their servitor humans and select only the most perfect specimens for elevation to the Court.
Important Skills
Alertness, Athletics, Deceit, Fists, Intimidation, Lore, Scholarship(especially languages) Weapons, other physical skills.
Minimum Refresh (-7)
All Jade Court vampires have certain abilities, though those abilities tend to differ whether they are Vampires of Yin or Yang.
Blood Drinker (-1)
Claws(-1)
Cloak of Shadows (-1)
Human guise (-0)
(unaging/Wizard constitution)
Incite Emotion by touch/bite (-1) [Yang inspire lust while Yin inspire fear]
Supernatural sense (-1) Jade Court vampires can sense Life using Lore
Feeding Dependency Blood (+1) covering the following abilities
Inhuman Speed(Yang) or Strength(Yin) (-2)
Supernatural Toughness (Yang) or Recovery (Yin) (-4)
Catch is (sunlight for both along with Bamboo(Yin) or Lead (Yang) (+3) as well as True Love (and True Peace is Wrath has been added) for Yang vampires or True Courage (and True Hope is despair has been added) for Yin Vampires.
In addition to the above powers Yang vampires may add or increase the following:
Add Inhuman Recovery (-2)
Increase Speed to Supernatural (-2)
Add Inhuman Strength (-2)
Add Emotional Vampire(Lust) (-1)
Increase range and potency of Incite Emotion and add the emotion of wrath (but not fear or despair)
Yin alter the above list with
Add Inhuman Toughness (-2)
Increase Strength to Supernatural (-2)
Add Inhuman Speed (-2)
Add Emotional vampire (fear)(-1)
Increase range and potency of Incite Emotion and add the emotion of despair (but not lust or wrath)
nick012000:
So, if they diverge based on Yin and Yang energies, does that mean that most of the former are female, and the latter male?
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