Hello all. I Would very much like to apply some of the benefits of a Ghost Template to a NPC/PC, so as to make him a half-corporeal creature. A Ghost Template 'Archetype' if you will. His backstory isn't finished yet, but essentially Ser Tanley (le ghost) was kicked from Red (his horse) during a training exercise, flinging him head first into an errant siege round on its way to a test-fire. The result? A body w/ a helmet shaped bowl of soup for a head. While the death was instantaneous, his ghostly transformation was not. The moment his body goes limp, Tanley suddenly finds himself looking down at some poor fellow w/ his head half under a boulder. Unable to see that the body he is looking at is his, he never realizes he's dead. At some point, after certain events, he becomes a permanently semi-transparent ghost. A trait only noticeable when he's no more than a foot away... So are there any paizo rules on modifying or making custom templates, should I just make a custom race or would this fall under house/third party rules?
Phantom Hitchhikers
Phantom Hitchhikers are beings that don't know they are dead, and with the strength of that belief they form an illusionary (sp) body that's 75% real. They hitch rides to their destination with cars, trucks, caravans, or whatever.
"See the hitcher with the sad eyes?
Be ready for a bad surprise.
Give a ride or leave them be.
The murderous ambushers you soon will see!"
If near their remains, they act out their death.
If avenged or given a funeral, they transform into a petitioner.
Whenever they touch or are touched by anything, roll percentiles. 1-25 the person or thing passes through them and they immediately forget it happened. They might claim the bullet missed or something. They always have ghost touch weapons, because they keep dropping other weapons. If they wear armor it will be ghost touch.
In your example, the body was thrown in the mass grave without being identified. Also, you can make it 50-50. 1-50 on percentiles they pass through the thing unless it has ghost touch.
This is my personal homebrew and does not appear in any official source to my knowledge.
Thanks, this will help a great deal!