Category:Bastellus
This section contains canon info from officially published sources |
A Bastellus, also known as a Dream Stalker, is an incorporeal undead that can invade dreams. They are rarely seen as they only show themselves in the presence of a sleeping person, and their cowardly nature.[1]
The Bastellus is drawn to creative, energetic, or extroverted personalities. They "feed" off this person's dreams, to their detriment. Like a vampire, this can result in the creation of another bastellus but due to the new undead spirit's need to "feast" on dreams before the sunrise after its burial, this is rare.[1]
The bastellus can be found in the following domains: Barovia[2], Dementlieu[3], Falkovnia[4]. Hazlan[5], Mordent[6], and Nova Vaasa[7]
Ecology
The Bastellus is a unique type of undead as it has been argued that they are a "natural" byproduct to a person's hopes and dreams. While this is conjecture, the value of the "essence" of this creature is not. It has been noted that the Bastellus' essence can amplify the effects of a magical illusion.[1] They can be controlled by an Amulet of Bastellus Control.[8]
Other Notes
It's stated in the game materials that the Bastellus resides in its own pocket universe during daylight hours. The pocket universe has been theorized to be a planar conjunction with the Negative Energy Plane and the Demiplane of Dread coming together. [1] The pocket universe might possibly be instead classified as an Oubliette.
Descriptive Text
This section contains Homebrew non-canon info, created by fans |
I noted with very great interest an increase in the number and severity of nightmares experienced by the patients in block C in the last six weeks. I therefore spent last night in that hallway with two orderlies, to see if some external condition might be influencing this group. You can imagine my surprise as I observed that the patient in room 117, at the north end of the hall, was first to awake, screaming; no sooner had I collected his impressions than the patient in 118 awoke in a similar condition. Each and every patient from 117 to 132 (at the south end of C block) experienced a nightmare in sequence during the course of the night. Further investigation into the phenomenon is demanded.
-Case notebook for October 754, Dr. Heinrich Dominiani[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium I & II p. 10-11
- ↑ Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I p.15
- ↑ Gazetteer III p.13
- ↑ Gazetteer II p.91
- ↑ Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I p.46
- ↑ Gazetteer III p.44
- ↑ Gazetteer V p.20
- ↑ Children of the Night: Ghosts p. 71-76
- ↑ 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.
Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue
Monsterous Compendium I & II - pp10-11 | ||
Monsterous Compendium I & II - pp10 | ||
Monsterous Compendium I & II - pp10-11 | ||
Monsterous Compendium I & II - pp10-11 | ||
Dream Stalker |
Pages in category "Bastellus"
The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
- Canon
- Speculation
- Homebrew non-canon
- Teeny Tiny Tales of Terror
- Native Monster of Dementlieu
- Native Monster of Mordent
- Undead
- Incorporeal
- Oneiric
- Cause of Madness
- Shadow
- Chaotic Evil
- CR 6
- Pocket Domain
- Native Monster of Barovia
- Native Monster of Falkovnia
- Native Monster of Hazlan
- Native Monster of the Nightmare Lands
- Native Monster of Nova Vaasa
- Incorporeal Undead