ok so my players just killed an antagonist in my story who hated them enough to come back as a revenant. the bestiary 2 does not cover creation of a revenant that i saw. should i just apply the ghost template to the character sheet and simply substitute the ghost abilities for the revenants? any help would be appreciated.
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ok so my players just killed an antagonist in my story who hated them enough to come back as a revenant. the bestiary 2 does not cover creation of a revenant that i saw. should i just apply the ghost template to the character sheet and simply substitute the ghost abilities for the revenants? any help would be appreciated.
No matter what the murder victim was before... when he or she rises as a revenant, his stats are as they are in Bestiary 2. It's not a template, in other words—a revenant is pretty much always the same, no matter what the person was before death.
If you're looking or a tougher monster than the revenant, you can either add racial Hit Dice or class levels until you reach the CR you're looking for, using the guidelines for advancing monsters as detailed in the Appendix of Bestiary 1.
well the character they killed was 14th lvl fighter, so i was hoping to give them a challenge while throwing in the curve ball of it being undead. i want the revenant to be stronger than the npc it came from, but not by much. maybe 1 or 2 CR higher. because there is no template for making a revenant should i simply add 1-2 lvls of fighter health, give it undead traits and revenant abilities and have done?
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well the character they killed was 14th lvl fighter, so i was hoping to give them a challenge while throwing in the curve ball of it being undead. i want the revenant to be stronger than the npc it came from, but not by much. maybe 1 or 2 CR higher.
Overwhelming hatred for the PCs doesn't have to make him a revenant. You could apply the Skeletal Champion template or a vampire.
You might even make him a half-fiend, with the explanation that he bargained with infernal powers to return to life and get his revenge on the PCs.
If you're set on using the revenant, you could choose to give it class levels, but even a lone revenant with 14 levels of fighter would be a CR 19 creature (I think), which is a bit higher than the CR 13 or 14 that you were looking for.
well the character they killed was 14th lvl fighter, so i was hoping to give them a challenge while throwing in the curve ball of it being undead. i want the revenant to be stronger than the npc it came from, but not by much. maybe 1 or 2 CR higher. because there is no template for making a revenant should i simply add 1-2 lvls of fighter health, give it undead traits and revenant abilities and have done?
I'd add fighter levels until you get what you want. Just say he hated them so much, he didn't forget all his fighter tricks.
alright ill probably just add fighter lvls until the CR is appropriate. thanks all for the help.