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Undead everything

Started by The Traveller, April 21, 2013, 04:07:10 PM

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Spinachcat

#15
April 23, 2013, 05:26:05 AM
The horror element in fantasy (and space fantasy) is very important to me and in general, most of my games are horror/other genre.

In my OD&D games, only humans can become sentient undead as only humans have gods (and eternal souls) in my setting. However, the spell Animate Dead allows for many strange creations.

Remember the forest in Snow White? Undead Treants.

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jadrax

#16
April 23, 2013, 07:45:30 AM
Quote from: Spinachcat;648376Undead Treants.

I have no idea why (maybe I was raped by a dead tree as a child or something) but undead trees really freak me out.

So I use them in my games a lot.

RPGPundit

#17
April 24, 2013, 12:28:28 PM
Don't think I ever have. I've now used undead cats, and previously did undead wolves.. I think that's it.

Now what would an undead gelatinous cube look like?
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#18
April 24, 2013, 12:59:43 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;648809Now what would an undead gelatinous cube look like?

Either mottled with cataract-like patches or going all flaky and powdery like rancid Turkish Delight.
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#19
April 24, 2013, 01:57:25 PM
I like the idea of undead bees building large "honeycombs" out of the carcasses of animals. And who knows what that putrid, pus-like substance that undead bees make like honey is?

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#20
April 24, 2013, 02:12:19 PM
Quote from: TristramEvans;648845I like the idea of undead bees building large "honeycombs" out of the carcasses of animals. And who knows what that putrid, pus-like substance that undead bees make like honey is?

I'd exchange bees for ravens - undead insects is a bit too much for me. But the idea made me heave a little, so yeah, interesting choice.
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TristramEvans

#21
April 24, 2013, 02:13:55 PM
I always picture ravens as having one foot in the Otherworld as it is, but thats probably due to a steady diet of Sandman comics and Celtic myth as a teen.

Planet Algol

#22
April 24, 2013, 02:28:09 PM
Undead Plesiosaurs!
Yeah, but who gives a fuck? You? Jibba?

Well congrats. No one else gives a shit, so your arguments are a waste of breath.

The Traveller

#23
April 24, 2013, 02:55:41 PM
Quote from: Planet Algol;648862Undead Plesiosaurs!
That just gave me a great idea for a dinosaur ghost invasion game.
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#24
April 25, 2013, 11:41:35 AM
Quote from: TristramEvans;648852I always picture ravens as having one foot in the Otherworld as it is, but thats probably due to a steady diet of Sandman comics and Celtic myth as a teen.

The Norse had the same point of view. All over northern europe they were always considered a mystical bird.
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#25
April 25, 2013, 11:45:05 AM
Well, when you have a bird that's frequently flying around battlefields or plague pits or any other place where there are a few corpses lying around, and you see that bird feeding, it's not hard to imagine the train of thought leading to a notion that ravens carry souls into the afterlife, therefore they are bad omen of incoming death.

Still, the undead insects...it's really a good idea. Because insects are creepy as hell on their own.
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The Traveller

#26
April 29, 2013, 02:03:01 AM
There are other ways that undead animals or non humans can be used to add flavour to the game world for the discerning connoisseur.
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