Hi forum,
I have an unusual setting where creation of undeads are linked to a "hidden people (humans)" who are all LG by nature. The undeads created in this "realm" are also of good alignment.
Now I have this one Wizard/Fighter with an undead female companion. I'd like to play some sidetrecks with the companion as solo Player.
The player thinks of this female companion as a Zombie with a permanent illusion making her "normal" to look at, smell etc.
But I was wondering: Is there another undead type which could be obvious for this setting as a beautiful young, but undead, female character?
I welcome any ideas, and hope this question is not to far away from the Advice forum (?)
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The vampire template is probably one of the most appropriate existing "beautiful" undead. The harionago could work as well, though.
My question is, what do you want her to be capable of? What does she - for lack of a better word - do?
My current inclination is to say: create something new. Both the Bestiary and the Advanced Race Guide have rules for such things. ^_^
I have always liked the eidolon rules as a skeletal base when you want to make a 'monster' class.
In this, I mean you use it as a base, but you, as GM, decide all the evos, base forms, and such used. Just present the entire package as a 'monster' class. With you in control, you can make sure it doesn't end up as some 10 armed centaur monstrousity.
Obviously you switch some things out though. Outsider for undead for the purposes of spells and such. It has full HD (which should mean full BAB and regular saves). Besides that, just mostly leave it untouched.
Using this, you can make a perfectly servicable melee/skill character. Just give her some basic natural attacks (bite/claw/claw is fairly standard; I can make a fairly good build with just the single slam though, since it gets 1.5x str/power attack as a single natural weapon, and it gets an iterative due to multiattack). Maybe give her simple weapons.
But for the most part, just spend it on thematic/useful stuff. Those undead evos seem like shoe ins. Maybe a few useful skilled evos in things like perception or disguise.
This forum rocks! Thanx for all Your answers so far - they are really interesting. Keep'em coming :-)
I'm looking forward to presenting the player in question with these possibilities tonight :-D
I think he currently considers this "undead hencman/woman" a young girl with a gentle repose cast whenever needed, but without class and skill. It's new to him, that I want her to be the main character in a sidetreck solo adventure ;)
We're using pcgen so many of the existing templates/bestiary suggestions are relevant. Coding your own class is possible, but a bit more cumbersome.