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Visit our website at www.wizards.com/dnd 620_88566_Ghostwalk3.qxd 4/2/03 4:46 PM Page 3 The Ghostwalk . 110 Contents Creatures of the Undercity . 113 Introduction . 4 The Spirit Wood . 113 The Ghostwalk . 4 The Hidden Palace Glen . 114 The City of Manifest . 4 The Monastery of Kreel . 114 The Ghostwalk Campaign . 4 Howling Vale . 114 To Live and Die and Live in Manifest . 6 Chapter 3: The Ghostwalk Campaign . 115 Chapter 1: All About Ghosts . 7 Starting a Ghostwalk Campaign. 115 Rules for Ghosts . 7 Thematic Campaigns in Manifest . 115 Souls and Ghosts . 7 PCs in Manifest . 117 Ghost Traits . 8 Adventures . 117 The Undercity . 118 CONTENTS Physical Death and Ghosts . 10 TABLE OF The Faces of Death . 11 The Enemies of Manifest. 118 Adventuring and Ghost Levels. 12 The Organizations. 119 Possession . 14 Monsters . 119 Ghost Powers . 15 Yuan-Ti . 120 New Classes. 16 Undead. 120 Eidolon. 16 Beyond the Veil . 131 Eidoloncer. 17 The True Afterlife . 131 Arboreal Guardian . 19 The Land of the Dead . 126 Bone Collector . 21 The Soulwaters . 126 Deathwarden Chanter . 23 The Wandering Isles. 127 Ghost Slayer . 26 The Veil Island. 129 Skills . 27 Deeran’s House . 129 Feats. 28 The Isle of the Five . 131 Changes to the Rules. 40 Fortress of Trun . 132 Equipment . 42 Inserting Manifest into an Existing Campaign . 134 New Magic. 45 Spell Descriptions . 49 Chapter 4: Countries . 135 Magic Items . 62 Bazareene. 135 Hikirian Peninsula . 138 Chapter 2: The City of Manifest. 74 Salkiria . 139 The History of Manifest . 74 Sura-Khiri . 143 Magic in Manifest . 78 The Demiplane Known as Coil . ..