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1d4chan>Zimriel: /* Revenants in folklore */

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Revenants in folklore

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	==Revenants in folklore==		==Revenants in folklore==
	Revenants in folklore are walking corpses (or ghosts that have a more physical, visible form) that have their minds and personalities intact. Usually, they rose from their graves to spread terror among the living; in life revenants were often wicked, vain, wrongdoers or [[Heresy\|unbelievers]]. These creatures often were linked with [[Nurgle\|spreading diseases]], and in order to have them stay in their graves for good, people would often do exhumations of them and decapitate them, or rip out and burn their heart. Some stories even had revenants drink blood, a trait also associated with [[vampire]]s (especially since both were rooted in the then-unknown process of decomposition where the corpse would ~~be swollen~~ with ~~blood~~).		Revenants in folklore are walking corpses (or ghosts that have a more physical, visible form) that have their minds and personalities intact. Usually, they rose from their graves to spread terror among the living; in life revenants were often wicked, vain, wrongdoers or [[Heresy\|unbelievers]]. These creatures often were linked with [[Nurgle\|spreading diseases]], and in order to have them stay in their graves for good, people would often do exhumations of them and decapitate them, or rip out and burn their heart. Some stories even had revenants drink blood, a trait also associated with [[vampire]]s (especially since both were rooted in the then-unknown process of decomposition where the corpse would swell with all manner of nasty dark fluids).

	Another example would be the Aptrgangr (more popularly known as the Draugr) from Norse Myths. These were essentially revenants with the addition of magical powers (like a [[Lich]]), and could also walk in broad daylight as opposed to the traditional revenants and their restriction to night walks only (not to mention having immunity to conventional weapons). Said magical powers include size-shifting and a life-draining "death field" which can be extended at will. They are also in full possession of their memories and intelligence, and, as many are former warriors, combat experience. This made them very dangerous, but luckily most of the time they would stay in their burial mounds.		Another example would be the Aptrgangr (more popularly known as the Draugr) from Norse Myths. These were essentially revenants with the addition of magical powers (like a [[Lich]]), and could also walk in broad daylight as opposed to the traditional revenants and their restriction to night walks only (not to mention having immunity to conventional weapons). Said magical powers include size-shifting and a life-draining "death field" which can be extended at will. They are also in full possession of their memories and intelligence, and, as many are former warriors, combat experience. This made them very dangerous, but luckily most of the time they would stay in their burial mounds.

1d4chan>Zimriel: /* Dungeons & Dragons */

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Dungeons & Dragons

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	==Dungeons & Dragons==		==Dungeons & Dragons==
	Revenants have a long history as monsters in D&D, debuting all the way back in the [[Fiend Folio]] for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] 1st edition, which basically defined them in D&D lore. There's an alternative: the mightiest form of Spirit in the [[Companion Set]], so the nastiest undead in ~~the~~ canon up to PC level 24. This one, implicitly noncorporeal, didn't catch on.		Revenants have a long history as monsters in D&D, debuting all the way back in the ''[[Fiend Folio]]'' for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] 1st edition, which basically defined them in D&D lore.

			There's an alternative: the mightiest form of Spirit in the [[Companion Set]], so the nastiest undead in [[Basic Dungeons & Dragons\|that canon]] up to PC level 24. This one, implicitly noncorporeal, didn't catch on. For revenant-as-spirit there's always the [[bhut]] in 3rd-edition's ''FF''; although this one has the same narrative problem, that revenge is better served in the original form, physical and ''cold''.

	Revenants are self-aware, sentient [[undead]] who rise from their grave through the power of sheer fury at being unavenged in order to seek retribution on their killers. They appeared in every edition thereafter as a monster, save for 4th edition where they got weird. They're mostly associated with the [[Ravenloft]] setting.		Revenants are self-aware, sentient [[undead]] who rise from their grave through the power of sheer fury at being unavenged in order to seek retribution on their killers. They appeared in every edition thereafter as a monster, save for 4th edition where they got weird. They're mostly associated with the [[Ravenloft]] setting.

1d4chan>Stephenlucas600: /* Dungeons & Dragons */

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Dungeons & Dragons

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	Revenant B2 PF.png\|Pathfinder		Revenant B2 PF.png\|Pathfinder
	Revenant PF 2e.png\|Pathfinder 2e		Revenant PF 2e.png\|Pathfinder 2e

1d4chan>Nubnuber: /* Dungeons & Dragons */

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Dungeons & Dragons

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Dungeons & Dragons

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	==Dungeons & Dragons==		==Dungeons & Dragons==
	Revenants have a long history as monsters in D&D, debuting all the way back in the [[Fiend Folio]] for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] 1st edition, which basically defined them in D&D lore. There's an alternative: the mightiest form of Spirit in the [[Companion Set]], so the nastiest undead in the canon up to PC level 24. This one didn't catch on.		Revenants have a long history as monsters in D&D, debuting all the way back in the [[Fiend Folio]] for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] 1st edition, which basically defined them in D&D lore. There's an alternative: the mightiest form of Spirit in the [[Companion Set]], so the nastiest undead in the canon up to PC level 24. This one, implicitly noncorporeal, didn't catch on.

	Revenants are self-aware, sentient [[undead]] who rise from their grave through the power of sheer fury at being unavenged in order to seek retribution on their killers. They appeared in every edition thereafter as a monster, save for 4th edition where they got weird. They're mostly associated with the [[Ravenloft]] setting.		Revenants are self-aware, sentient [[undead]] who rise from their grave through the power of sheer fury at being unavenged in order to seek retribution on their killers. They appeared in every edition thereafter as a monster, save for 4th edition where they got weird. They're mostly associated with the [[Ravenloft]] setting.

1d4chan>Zimriel at 03:01, 1 September 2021

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			{{Topquote\|Sometimes they come back.\|Stephen King}}
	[[File:Revenant movie.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|It's also a pretty good movie.]]		[[File:Revenant movie.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|It's also a pretty good movie.]]
	'''Revenants''' are an uncommon undead monster in various tabletop games, most notably [[Dungeons & Dragons]], but also appearing in horror games like the [[World of Darkness]] and [[All Flesh Must Be Eaten]]. Based upon certain real-world [[Mythology\|mythologies]], they are restless souls whose obsession with something or someone (stereotypically, murdering the bastard(s) who murdered them) is so strong they rise up from their grave, and in some versions they cannot be killed permanently; they just come back again and again until their driving obsession is nullified. One notable feature of the original mythological version (at least compared to modern ideas about undead creatures) is that depictions could have the state of decomposition be near-fresh, skeletal, or anything in between.		'''Revenants''' are an uncommon undead monster in various tabletop games, most notably [[Dungeons & Dragons]], but also appearing in horror games like the [[World of Darkness]] and [[All Flesh Must Be Eaten]]. Based upon certain real-world [[Mythology\|mythologies]], they are restless souls whose obsession with something or someone (stereotypically, murdering the bastard(s) who murdered them) is so strong they rise up from their grave, and in some versions they cannot be killed permanently; they just come back again and again until their driving obsession is nullified. One notable feature of the original mythological version (at least compared to modern ideas about undead creatures) is that depictions could have the state of decomposition be near-fresh, skeletal, or anything in between.

1d4chan>Zimriel: /* Dungeons & Dragons */

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Dungeons & Dragons

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	==Dungeons & Dragons==		==Dungeons & Dragons==
	Revenants have a long history as monsters in D&D, debuting all the way back in the [[Fiend Folio]] for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] 1st edition, which basically defined them in D&D lore. There's an alternative: the mightiest form of Spirit in the Companion Set, so the nastiest undead in the canon up to PC level 24. This one didn't catch on.		Revenants have a long history as monsters in D&D, debuting all the way back in the [[Fiend Folio]] for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] 1st edition, which basically defined them in D&D lore. There's an alternative: the mightiest form of Spirit in the [[Companion Set]], so the nastiest undead in the canon up to PC level 24. This one didn't catch on.

	Revenants are self-aware, sentient [[undead]] who rise from their grave through the power of sheer fury at being unavenged in order to seek retribution on their killers. They appeared in every edition thereafter as a monster, save for 4th edition where they got weird. They're mostly associated with the [[Ravenloft]] setting.		Revenants are self-aware, sentient [[undead]] who rise from their grave through the power of sheer fury at being unavenged in order to seek retribution on their killers. They appeared in every edition thereafter as a monster, save for 4th edition where they got weird. They're mostly associated with the [[Ravenloft]] setting.

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2021-07-01T01:45:15Z

The Reborn

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	* [[Voda]]: Amphibious, Shapeshift		* [[Voda]]: Amphibious, Shapeshift
	====The Reborn====		====The Reborn====
	Appearing in the January 2021 Gothic Lineages UA, Reborn are essentially Revenants, but also includes a broader range of various "died but came back" themes, which also makes them a pretty good option if your character kicks the bucket. As a Reborn, you are the result of some mishap that brought you back to life, at the cost of turning you into something quite different and jumbling up all of your memories. Examples include being stitched together like Frankenstein's Monster, being a necromancer's minion that suddenly regained consciousness, crawling out of your own grave with no memories, or actually being a stuffy doll filled with straw that gained the gift of life. All Reborn have jumbled up memories, and every time you sit in one place to think for a while, you can choose to roll on a table and recall a Lost Memory, giving you faint glimmers of (one of) your past life(s).		Appearing in the January 2021 Gothic Lineages UA, [[Reborn]] are essentially Revenants, but also includes a broader range of various "died but came back" themes, which also makes them a pretty good option if your character kicks the bucket. As a Reborn, you are the result of some mishap that brought you back to life, at the cost of turning you into something quite different and jumbling up all of your memories. Examples include being stitched together like Frankenstein's Monster, being a necromancer's minion that suddenly regained consciousness, crawling out of your own grave with no memories, or actually being a stuffy doll filled with straw that gained the gift of life. All Reborn have jumbled up memories, and every time you sit in one place to think for a while, you can choose to roll on a table and recall a Lost Memory, giving you faint glimmers of (one of) your past life(s).

	'''Traits:'''		'''Traits:'''

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	Revenant 5e.png\|5e		Revenant 5e.png\|5e
			Vrgtr-04-012.dalk-dranzorg-revenant.png\|Vrgtr
	Revenant B2 PF.png\|Pathfinder		Revenant B2 PF.png\|Pathfinder
	Revenant PF 2e.png\|Pathfinder 2e		Revenant PF 2e.png\|Pathfinder 2e

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			{{Topquote\|Sometimes they come back.\|Stephen King}}
	[[File:Revenant movie.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|It's also a pretty good movie.]]		[[File:Revenant movie.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|It's also a pretty good movie.]]
	'''Revenants''' are an uncommon undead monster in various tabletop games, most notably [[Dungeons & Dragons]], but also appearing in horror games like the [[World of Darkness]] and [[All Flesh Must Be Eaten]]. Based upon certain real-world [[Mythology\|mythologies]], they are restless souls whose obsession with something or someone (stereotypically, murdering the bastard(s) who murdered them) is so strong they rise up from their grave, and in some versions they cannot be killed permanently; they just come back again and again until their driving obsession is nullified. One notable feature of the original mythological version (at least compared to modern ideas about undead creatures) is that depictions could have the state of decomposition be near-fresh, skeletal, or anything in between.		'''Revenants''' are an uncommon undead monster in various tabletop games, most notably [[Dungeons & Dragons]], but also appearing in horror games like the [[World of Darkness]] and [[All Flesh Must Be Eaten]]. Based upon certain real-world [[Mythology\|mythologies]], they are restless souls whose obsession with something or someone (stereotypically, murdering the bastard(s) who murdered them) is so strong they rise up from their grave, and in some versions they cannot be killed permanently; they just come back again and again until their driving obsession is nullified. One notable feature of the original mythological version (at least compared to modern ideas about undead creatures) is that depictions could have the state of decomposition be near-fresh, skeletal, or anything in between.