Ecology on the Shadowfell

The shadowfell is depicted as a shadowy reflection of the material world, where the geography mimics the material but shifts over time as the lighting changes. It is traditionally depicted as utterly devoid of life aside from the undead, but I find that to be bland and boring. I will provide some pointers on populating the shadowfell below the break...

Variant vampires

What follows is another take on vampires in the MM, with credits to Isaac Horn for the ideas.

Too many psychopomps

The world building in Pathfinder and Golarion is retarded at the best of times. One of the many, many stupid things is how death and the afterlife are handed.

Classifying the undead

Since the undead do not exist in reality, any attempt to classify them is arbitrary. The best way to classify the undead is by their traits and capabilities, such as their corporeality, appearance, intelligence, motivation, etc. Like others have done, I would prefer to place all undead into a small number of families to keep track.

Etymology of liches, wights and zombies

This post is an expansion of my last post dealing with etymology, specifically with regard to the undead. In this post, I discuss liches, wights and zombies, their etymology, how it changed, and alternatives for those etymological determinists out there.

Curse of lycanthropy

The nature of lycanthropy has varied immensely across the past four or five editions of D&D. Here is my attempt at a framework which accounts for all of them at once. More information below the break...

Revisiting the lamia, part 2

I previously explained that my campaign setting has a more relaxed conception of lamiae. I let them have the lower bodies of any creatures, including dragons and hybrids. I give them shapeshifting abilities to better conceal their appearance. In this post I will explain more of the liberties I take to give lamiae more in common with mythology.