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Van Richten's Monster Hunter's Compendium Van Richten’s Monster Hunter’s Compendium Van Richten’s Monster Hunter’s Compendium Ryan Naylor 0 Van Richten’s Monster Hunter’s Compendium Van Richten’s Monster Hunter’s Compendium Release Date: April 25, 2014. RAVENLOFT® is a registered trademarks owned by Wizards of the Coast, Inc. This book does not represent a challenge to any Wizards of the Coast-held trademarks. Wizards of the Coast is not officially affiliated with this book in any way. Images are used under a Creative Commons NonCommercial ShareAlike 4.0 license. 1 Van Richten’s Monster Hunter’s Compendium Table of Contents Chapter One: Vampires.............................................................................................................. 6 Barovian Vampires ................................................................................................................ 7 Goatsucker ............................................................................................................................. 9 Hulzurdan ............................................................................................................................. 12 Jiang-Shi .............................................................................................................................. 14 Kuei-jin ................................................................................................................................ 16 Nonaris ................................................................................................................................. 19 Nosferatu .............................................................................................................................. 21 Obyri .................................................................................................................................... 24 Penanggalan ......................................................................................................................... 26 Pishacha ............................................................................................................................... 28 Vrykolaka ............................................................................................................................. 31 Wrethfetin ............................................................................................................................ 33 Salient Abilities .................................................................................................................... 36 Variants ................................................................................................................................ 37 Vampire Spawn .................................................................................................................... 37 Vampiric Companions ......................................................................................................... 52 Vorlogs ................................................................................................................................. 53 Chapter Two: Ghosts ............................................................................................................... 56 Salient Abilities .................................................................................................................... 58 Haunts .................................................................................................................................. 70 Phantasmagora ..................................................................................................................... 72 Chapter Three: Liches .............................................................................................................. 74 Lich ...................................................................................................................................... 75 Dust Lich .............................................................................................................................. 77 Elemental Lich ..................................................................................................................... 79 Forsaken Lich....................................................................................................................... 80 Vassalich .............................................................................................................................. 82 Ravener ................................................................................................................................ 84 Worm That Walks ................................................................................................................ 86 Demilich ............................................................................................................................... 88 Chapter Four: Werebeasts ........................................................................................................ 92 The Dread Disease ............................................................................................................... 93 The Lycanthrope Template .................................................................................................. 98 Variant Lycanthropes ......................................................................................................... 101 2 Van Richten’s Monster Hunter’s Compendium Afflicted Beast ................................................................................................................... 102 Trickster Beast ................................................................................................................... 103 New Feats........................................................................................................................... 106 Chapter Five: Created ............................................................................................................ 110 Golems ............................................................................................................................... 111 The Golem of Obsession Template................................................................................ 111 Doll golem ..................................................................................................................... 113 Gargoyle Golem ............................................................................................................. 114 Mud Golem .................................................................................................................... 115 Snow Golem................................................................................................................... 116 Skeletal Golem ............................................................................................................... 117 Spellrune Golem (Grisgol) ............................................................................................. 118 Wax Golem .................................................................................................................... 119 Zombie Golem ............................................................................................................... 121 Half-Golems ....................................................................................................................... 122 Other Constructs ................................................................................................................ 123 Chapter Six: Ancient Dead .................................................................................................... 128 Salient Abilities .................................................................................................................. 131 Chapter Seven: Fiends ........................................................................................................... 138 Land Based Powers ............................................................................................................ 140 Fiendish Templates ............................................................................................................ 145 Chapter Eight: The Vistani .................................................................................................... 152 Vistani Tasques .................................................................................................................. 154 Darklings ............................................................................................................................ 157 Vehrtieg.............................................................................................................................. 157 Chapter Nine: Hags ................................................................................................................ 160 Salient Abilities .................................................................................................................. 162 Goblin Beasts ..................................................................................................................... 167 Chapter Ten: Shadows ........................................................................................................... 170 Salient Abilities .................................................................................................................. 173 Chapter Ten: Creatures of Darkness ...................................................................................... 180 Arak (Shadow Fey) ...........................................................................................................
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