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<b>[[Ghosts]]</b> are the restless spirits of the dead<ref>[[Monster Manual (3.5)]], p. 116-118</ref><ref>[[Pathfinder Bestiary]], p. 144-145</ref>.
<b>[[Ghosts]]</b> are the restless spirits of the dead<ref>[[Monster Manual (3.5)]], p. 116-118</ref><ref>[[Pathfinder Bestiary]], p. 144-145</ref>. The [[emotion]]s and trauma of their deaths have [[trapped|ensnared]] their [[soul]]s on the [[Ethereal Plane]], unable to pass on to their next lives.<ref name="RL3E p. 182">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 182</ref><ref name="Ravenloft PHB p. 203">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p. 203</ref> However, many ghosts can manifest on the [[Material Plane]] (or in [[Ravenloft]], the [[Demiplane of Dread]].) While manifesting in the material world, the ghost usually exists in an [[incorporeal]] state, while simultaneously existing in a [[corporeal]] state when interacting with other [[ethereal]] creatures and objects.<ref>[[Monster Manual (3.5)]] p.</ref> Some rare exceptional ghosts may have the strength of will to manifest full [[corporeal]] bodies, manifest a [[semicorporeal]] state with some characteristics of both corporeal and incorporeal forms, or even lead a [[mutable]] existence able to shift back and forth at will.<ref>[[Van Richten's Guide to Ghosts]] p. 11-13</ref>


Ghosts can be encountered in most domains, including [[Barovia]]<ref>[[Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I]] p. 15</ref>, [[Borca]]<ref>[[Ravenloft: Realm of Terror]], p. 66</ref><ref>[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]], p. 11</ref><ref>[[Domains of Dread]] p.56</ref> (and previously [[Dorvinia]]<ref>[[Ravenloft: Realm of Terror]], p. 69</ref>), [[Forlorn]]<ref>[[Ravenloft: Realm of Terror]], p. 70</ref><ref>[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]], p. 16-17</ref>, [[Hazlan]]<ref>[[Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I]] p.46</ref>, [[Kartakass]]<ref>[[Ravenloft Gazetteer I]] p.92</ref>, [[Richemulot]]<ref>[[Gazetteer III]] p.86</ref>, and [[Verbrek]]<ref>[[Ravenloft: Realm of Terror]], p. 81</ref><ref>[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]], p. 33</ref>.
==Classification and [[Ghost Magnitude|Power Magnitude]]==
[[Dr. van Richten]] developed six ways of classifying [[ghost]]s: power magnitude, physical consistency, physical appearance, origins, anchors, and triggers<ref>[[Van Richten's Guide to Ghosts]] p. 8-25</ref> Of these, a ghost's general level of power is determined by its magnitude<ref name="VRGtG p. 8-9">[[Van Richten's Guide to Ghosts]] p. 8-9</ref> (also referred to as rank). Like [[ethereal resonance]], a ghost's magnitude depends upon the level, significance, and duration the [[emotion]]s the ghost experienced at its [[death]], with the weakest ghosts (magnitude/rank 1) feeling relatively the least amounts of emotion and the strongest ghosts (magnitude/rank 5) feeling the greatest amounts of emotion.<ref name="VRGtG p. 9-11">[[Van Richten's Guide to Ghosts]] p. 9-11</ref><ref name="RL3E p. 182">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 182</ref><ref name="Ravenloft PHB p. 203">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p. 203</ref> Unlike a [[vampire]] or some other types of [[undead]], a ghost's power become fixed with the transition to [[undeath]]. A ghost does not become more powerful through [[aging]] or other later [[event]]s<ref name="VRGtG p. 8">[[Van Richten's Guide to Ghosts]] p. 8</ref><ref name="RL3E p. 182">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 182</ref><ref name="Ravenloft PHB p. 203">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p. 203</ref>, barring highly unusual circumstances such as the intercession of [[the Dark Powers]].<ref name="RL3E p. 182">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 182</ref><ref name="Ravenloft PHB p. 203">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p. 203</ref> Moreover, most ghosts cannot further advance in character [[class]]es due to lack of opportunities to gain experience and fixations on the events related to their [[death]]. A [[ghost]] [[darklord]] is a notable potential exception to this rule.<ref name="RL3E p. 182">[[Ravenloft Third Edition]] p. 182</ref><ref name="Ravenloft PHB p. 203">[[Ravenloft Player's Handbook]] p. 203</ref>
 
==Encountering ghosts==
Ghosts may be encountered in any [[domain]].<ref>[[Denizens of Dread]] p. 84</ref> In particular, ghosts can be encountered in [[Avonleigh]],<ref>[[A Light in the Belfry]] booklet p.33</ref>, [[Barovia]]<ref>[[Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I]] p. 15</ref>, [[Borca]]<ref>[[Ravenloft: Realm of Terror]], p. 66</ref><ref>[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]], p. 11</ref><ref>[[Domains of Dread]] p.56</ref> (and previously [[Dorvinia]]<ref>[[Ravenloft: Realm of Terror]], p. 69</ref>), [[Darkon]]<ref>[[Gazetteer II]] p.18</ref>, [[Falkovnia]]<ref>[[Gazetteer II]] p.91</ref>, [[Forlorn]]<ref>[[Ravenloft: Realm of Terror]], p. 70</ref><ref>[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]], p. 16-17</ref>, [[Ghastria]]<ref>[[Darklords]] p. 79</ref>, [[Hazlan]]<ref>[[Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I]] p.46</ref>, [[Kartakass]]<ref>[[Ravenloft Gazetteer I]] p.92</ref>,  [[Keening]]<ref>[[Gazetteer V]] p. 87</ref>,  [[Nova Vaasa]]<ref>[[Gazetteer V]] p.20</ref>, [[Richemulot]]<ref>[[Gazetteer III]] p.86</ref>, [[Sithicus]]<ref>[[Gazetteer IV]] p.111</ref>,  [[Staunton Bluffs]]<ref>[[Islands of Terror]] p.83</ref>, [[Verbrek]]<ref>[[Ravenloft: Realm of Terror]], p. 81</ref><ref>[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]], p. 33</ref>. Prior to its dissolution, ghosts could be encountered in [[Daglan]].<ref name=FoGp82>[[Feast of Goblyns]] p.82</ref> In [[the Shadow Rift (Domain)|the Shadow Rift]], ghosts can be encountered in the  [[Black Marsh]] as part of the [[saugh]].<ref>[[The Shadow Rift (Module)]] p. 103</ref>
 
As undead, ghosts can be encountered in [[Har'Akir]]<ref>[[Ravenloft: Realm of Terror]], 84. </ref><ref>[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]], p. 39</ref>, [[Mordent]]<ref>[[Ravenloft: Realm of Terror]], p. 69</ref><ref>[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]], p. 25</ref>, [[Sanguinia]]<ref>[[Ravenloft: Realm of Terror]], p. 84</ref>, and [[Valachan]]<ref>[[Ravenloft: Realm of Terror]], p. 79</ref><ref>[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]], p. 32</ref>.
 
==Appearances==
*[[Module]]s
**[[Roots of Evil]]
 
==Netbook Canon Information==
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[[Miseria]] is a magnet for all manner of [[ghost]]s.<ref>[[Undead Sea Scrolls 2001]] p.96</ref> [[Tragathos]] also has more than its fair share of [[ghost]]s, all seemingly coming from the [[ghost town]] of [[Tragos]] and all in various stages of [[pain]].<ref>[[Navigaccio]] p. 34</ref>


== Homebrew Non-Canon Information ==
== Homebrew Non-Canon Information ==
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Canon Information

Ghosts are the restless spirits of the dead[1][2]. The emotions and trauma of their deaths have ensnared their souls on the Ethereal Plane, unable to pass on to their next lives.[3][4] However, many ghosts can manifest on the Material Plane (or in Ravenloft, the Demiplane of Dread.) While manifesting in the material world, the ghost usually exists in an incorporeal state, while simultaneously existing in a corporeal state when interacting with other ethereal creatures and objects.[5] Some rare exceptional ghosts may have the strength of will to manifest full corporeal bodies, manifest a semicorporeal state with some characteristics of both corporeal and incorporeal forms, or even lead a mutable existence able to shift back and forth at will.[6]

Classification and Power Magnitude

Dr. van Richten developed six ways of classifying ghosts: power magnitude, physical consistency, physical appearance, origins, anchors, and triggers[7] Of these, a ghost's general level of power is determined by its magnitude[8] (also referred to as rank). Like ethereal resonance, a ghost's magnitude depends upon the level, significance, and duration the emotions the ghost experienced at its death, with the weakest ghosts (magnitude/rank 1) feeling relatively the least amounts of emotion and the strongest ghosts (magnitude/rank 5) feeling the greatest amounts of emotion.[9][3][4] Unlike a vampire or some other types of undead, a ghost's power become fixed with the transition to undeath. A ghost does not become more powerful through aging or other later events[10][3][4], barring highly unusual circumstances such as the intercession of the Dark Powers.[3][4] Moreover, most ghosts cannot further advance in character classes due to lack of opportunities to gain experience and fixations on the events related to their death. A ghost darklord is a notable potential exception to this rule.[3][4]

Encountering ghosts

Ghosts may be encountered in any domain.[11] In particular, ghosts can be encountered in Avonleigh,[12], Barovia[13], Borca[14][15][16] (and previously Dorvinia[17]), Darkon[18], Falkovnia[19], Forlorn[20][21], Ghastria[22], Hazlan[23], Kartakass[24], Keening[25], Nova Vaasa[26], Richemulot[27], Sithicus[28], Staunton Bluffs[29], Verbrek[30][31]. Prior to its dissolution, ghosts could be encountered in Daglan.[32] In the Shadow Rift, ghosts can be encountered in the Black Marsh as part of the saugh.[33]

As undead, ghosts can be encountered in Har'Akir[34][35], Mordent[36][37], Sanguinia[38], and Valachan[39][40].

Appearances

Netbook Canon Information

Miseria is a magnet for all manner of ghosts.[41] Tragathos also has more than its fair share of ghosts, all seemingly coming from the ghost town of Tragos and all in various stages of pain.[42]

Homebrew Non-Canon Information

Descriptive Text

"As we rode from your home at Heather House to Barrow Cross, where we would turn south for the road to Valachan, we passed five or six people on the road; as is my habit I saluted each by raising my hat and greeting them with a few words, and all but one surly old fellow replied in kind. George likewise greeted some, but ignored others.

At length George asked me what in the Mists I was up to, raising my hat and speaking at random. When I told him I was simply being polite to his neighbors and urged him to do likewise, he paled and was quiet for some time, then told me he had only seen two of them. It was thus I learned that my recent illness had given me a strange gift indeed; I saw the restless dead just as I did the living.

In Mordent especially this proved very useful, but sometimes extremely confusing!"

-Recounted by Mattias Mikkelson to Laurie Weathermay-Foxgrove[43]

References

  1. ↑ Monster Manual (3.5), p. 116-118
  2. ↑ Pathfinder Bestiary, p. 144-145
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Ravenloft Third Edition p. 182
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Ravenloft Player's Handbook p. 203
  5. ↑ Monster Manual (3.5) p.
  6. ↑ Van Richten's Guide to Ghosts p. 11-13
  7. ↑ Van Richten's Guide to Ghosts p. 8-25
  8. ↑ Van Richten's Guide to Ghosts p. 8-9
  9. ↑ Van Richten's Guide to Ghosts p. 9-11
  10. ↑ Van Richten's Guide to Ghosts p. 8
  11. ↑ Denizens of Dread p. 84
  12. ↑ A Light in the Belfry booklet p.33
  13. ↑ Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I p. 15
  14. ↑ Ravenloft: Realm of Terror, p. 66
  15. ↑ Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens, p. 11
  16. ↑ Domains of Dread p.56
  17. ↑ Ravenloft: Realm of Terror, p. 69
  18. ↑ Gazetteer II p.18
  19. ↑ Gazetteer II p.91
  20. ↑ Ravenloft: Realm of Terror, p. 70
  21. ↑ Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens, p. 16-17
  22. ↑ Darklords p. 79
  23. ↑ Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I p.46
  24. ↑ Ravenloft Gazetteer I p.92
  25. ↑ Gazetteer V p. 87
  26. ↑ Gazetteer V p.20
  27. ↑ Gazetteer III p.86
  28. ↑ Gazetteer IV p.111
  29. ↑ Islands of Terror p.83
  30. ↑ Ravenloft: Realm of Terror, p. 81
  31. ↑ Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens, p. 33
  32. ↑ Feast of Goblyns p.82
  33. ↑ The Shadow Rift (Module) p. 103
  34. ↑ Ravenloft: Realm of Terror, 84.
  35. ↑ Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens, p. 39
  36. ↑ Ravenloft: Realm of Terror, p. 69
  37. ↑ Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens, p. 25
  38. ↑ Ravenloft: Realm of Terror, p. 84
  39. ↑ Ravenloft: Realm of Terror, p. 79
  40. ↑ Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens, p. 32
  41. ↑ Undead Sea Scrolls 2001 p.96
  42. ↑ Navigaccio p. 34
  43. ↑ Descriptive text from John W. Mangrum's Teeny Tiny Tales of Terror project (contributed by Nathan Okerlund), from posts on the Fraternity of Shadows message board.

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Van Richten's Guide to Ghosts - Throughout

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Van Richten's Guide to Ghosts - Throughout

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