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Which fantasy RPG’s let you play a skeleton undead?

Started by weirdguy564, November 19, 2024, 07:25:22 PM

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Bedrockbrendan

#30
November 28, 2024, 06:42:14 PM
Quote from: Armchair Gamer on November 20, 2024, 10:02:59 AMWell, there are the games where 'anything' is theoretically playable, such as many flavors of BRP, GURPS, HERO, etc.

The only one I'm aware of that calls out skeletons specifically and uniquely is, alas, an AD&D product--the Requiem: The Grim Harvest supplement for RAVENLOFT, which includes rules for playing all the classic D&D undead.

That is my memory of this one too. It has been a long time though and I don't have a copy anymore. It is on my list to pick up again though. My impression at the time was these rules were put in to chase the Vampire zeitgeist

Armchair Gamer

#31
November 29, 2024, 11:40:20 AM
Quote from: Bedrockbrendan on November 28, 2024, 06:42:14 PMThat is my memory of this one too. It has been a long time though and I don't have a copy anymore. It is on my list to pick up again though. My impression at the time was these rules were put in to chase the Vampire zeitgeist

  That was the general consensus of the fan community at release, as well. I was always more interested in the mechanical underpinnings as an approach to freeform D&D class/character creation than the undead trappings.

Orphan81

#32
November 29, 2024, 08:42:47 PM
Pathfinder 2e has rules and abilities for playing Skeletons, Ghosts and Zombies in their Book of the Dead supplement.
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Trond

#33
November 29, 2024, 09:50:54 PM
In some (most?) iterations of Basic Roleplaying, every being has stats and skills presented the same way as humans, so you can easily play anything, undead included. This was also the case with the old "Drakar och Demoner" from Scandinavia, which is based on BRP.

weirdguy564

#34
December 06, 2024, 09:51:24 AM
I found this on DT-RPG.

I'm a level-1 Skeleton

Not sure it's a full blown RPG. 

Also, the draw to play undead has always been there for me.  Yet, I don't mean a vampire.  I definitely don't like zombies. I think litches and skeletons are more interesting.

Can you play a minor litch in any game?

Also, what's the difference between a skeleton or a litch? 
I'm glad for you if you like the top selling game of the genre.  Me, I like the road less travelled, and will be the player asking we try a game you've never heard of.

BoxCrayonTales

#35
December 06, 2024, 02:33:41 PM
Quote from: weirdguy564 on December 06, 2024, 09:51:24 AMAlso, what's the difference between a skeleton or a litch? 
A "litch" is an archaic indigenous English word for "corpse." It still occurs in compounds like lichyard (cemetery) and lichgate (cemetery gate). In Clark Ashton Smith's stories he used it to refer to animated cadavers that were fresher/fleshier than skeletons. In D&D, it somehow mutated into meaning "undead wizard king with a horcrux."

I prefer the Clark Ashton Smith version.

Armchair Gamer

#36
December 06, 2024, 03:26:17 PM
Quote from: BoxCrayonTales on December 06, 2024, 02:33:41 PMA "litch" is an archaic indigenous English word for "corpse." It still occurs in compounds like lichyard (cemetery) and lichgate (cemetery gate). In Clark Ashton Smith's stories he used it to refer to animated cadavers that were fresher/fleshier than skeletons. In D&D, it somehow mutated into meaning "undead wizard king with a horcrux."

   Remember, this is the game that made 'wraith', 'spectre', and 'ghost' into 3 different types of creatures, and later added 'phantom' and numerous others to the list. :)

weirdguy564

#37
December 08, 2024, 08:21:16 AM
A litch has a different definition to me.

It is a person, usually a wizard or necromancer who has perfected their magic and used it on themselves to never die of old age even after their organs all stop.  However, there are still side effects like becoming horribly desiccated and cannot pass as a human anymore.  Like a mummy without the bandage wrapping.

I prefer just a clean skeleton as a look.  Just a personal preference. 

I'm glad for you if you like the top selling game of the genre.  Me, I like the road less travelled, and will be the player asking we try a game you've never heard of.
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