Lens/Monster: Spellstitched Creature/Spellstitched Ghast

Lens/Monster: Spellstitched Creature/Spellstitched Ghast

Spellstitched creatures are undead creatures made resistant to non-magical damage with some

enchantment. They also possess limited spellcasting abilities. Here we have the lens, the example monster, and the Sorcery spell to create such creatures.

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Spellstitched Creature [Complete Arcane, page 161]

19+ points
Applicable to: Any corporeal undead.
Advantages: DR 3 (Bane, Magic or Silver, -10%) [14]; Magic Resistance 1 (Improved, +150%) [5]; Resistant to Turning (+3) [1], no more than 20% of the creature’s point value of spells with Limited Use (up to 4 uses per day) taken as Alternative Abilities.
Disadvantages: Unnatural Features 1 (Runic etchings) [-1].

  
Spellstitched Ghast [Complete Arcane, page 161]

179 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST+4 [40]; DX+1 [20].
Advantages: Doesn’t Breathe [20]; Doesn’t Eat or Drink [10]; Doesn’t Sleep [20]; DR 3 (Bane, Magic or Silver, -10%) [14]; High Pain Threshold [10]; Immunity to Metabolic Hazards [30]; Infravision [10]; Injury Tolerance (Unliving, No Blood) [25]; Magic Resistance 1 (Improved, +150%) [5]; Resistant to Turning (+3) [1]; Sharp Claws [5]; Sharp Teeth [1]; Temperature Tolerance 10 [10]; Unaging [15].
Ghoul Fever: Toxic Attack 1d-2 (Cyclic, 6 1-day cycles, Resistible, +30%; Delay, 1 day, +0%; Follow-Up, Teeth, +0%; Resistible, HT, -30%; Symptoms, 1/3 HP, Moderate Pain, +60%; Symptoms, 1/2 HP, Severe Pain, +80%; Symptoms, 2/3 HP, Terrible Pain, +60%) [6].
Paralysis: Affliction 1 (HT; Follow-Up, Claws, +0%; Paralysis, +150%; Reduced Duration, 1/60, -35%) [22].
Stench: Affliction 1 (HT; Always On, -20%; Area Effect, 4 yards, +100%; Aura, +80%; Nauseated, +30%; Respiratory Agent, +50%) [34].
Spell-Like Abilities (Alternative Abilities) [35]:
Acid Arrow 1 (Limited Use, 1/day, -40%) [9/5=2];
Blackout 1 (Limited Use, 4/day, -20%) [32];
Magic Missile (Limited Use, 2/day, -30%) [4/5=1].
Disadvantages: Appearance (Monstrous; Universal, +25%) [-25]; Bad Smell [-10]; Disturbing Voice [-10]; Frightens Animals [-10]; Odious Racial Habit (Eats sapient beings) [-15]; Social Stigma (Dead) [-20]; Uncontrollable Appetite (6) (Living Flesh) [-30]; Unhealing (Total) [-30]; Unnatural Features (Runic etchings) [-1].
Features: Carrier (Must die of ghoul fever); Not Subject to Fatigue.
Creature Type: Undead.

Typical Stats

ST:	14	HP:	14	Speed:	5.25
DX:	11	Will:	10	Move:	5 ground
IQ:	10	Per:	10
HT:	10	FP:	N/A	SM:	+0
Dodge:	11	Parry:	9 (unarmed)	DR:	5 (not vs. magic or silver)

Sharp Teeth (13): thrust 1d cutting (KYOS: 1d+2 cutting) + follow-up disease (ghoul fever), Reach C.
Sharp Claws (13): thrust 1d cutting (KYOS: 1d+2 cutting) + follow-up paralysis (resisted by HT; margin of failure seconds, then physically stunned), Reach C.
Stench (HT): Any creature that inhales the stench exuded by the spellstitched ghast in a 4-yard radius becomes nauseated for a number of minutes, equal to the margin of failure.
Spell-Like Abilities (Alternative Abilities):
Acid Arrow 1 (1/day) (13);
Blackout 1 (4/day) (13);
Magic Missile (2/day) (13).

                Traits: Appearance (Monstrous; Universal); Bad Smell; Carrier (Must die of ghoul fever); Disturbing Voice; Doesn’t Breathe; Doesn’t Eat or Drink; Doesn’t Sleep; Frightens Animals; High Pain Threshold; Immunity to Metabolic Hazards; Infravision; Injury Tolerance (Unliving, No Blood); Magic Resistance 1 (Improved); Odious Racial Habit (Eats sapient beings); Resistant to Turning (+3); Social Stigma (Dead); Temperature Tolerance 10; Unaging; Uncontrollable Appetite (6) (Living Flesh); Unhealing (Total); Unnatural Features 1 (Runic etchings).
Skills: Brawling-13; Innate Attack (Gaze)-13; Innate Attack (Projectile)-13; Stealth-13.

Creature Type: Undead.

Create Spellstitched Undead
Keywords: Obvious.
Full Cost: 37 points.
Casting Roll: IQ.
Range: Touch.
Duration: Truly Permanent.

This spell allows the caster to etch runic markings into the body of a corporeal undead creature. The process of creation is identical to the process of enchanting (see Chapter 3 of GURPS Thaumatology: Sorcery), but the enchanter must imbue the subject with the spellstitched creature lens and spells that the caster knows.
Statistics: Affliction 1 (HT; Accessibility, Only to create spellstitched undead, -50%; Based on IQ, Own Roll, +20%; Cumulative, +400%; Extended Duration, Truly Permanent, +300%; Limited Use, 1/day, -40%; Melee Attack, Reach C, -30%; Sorcery, -15%; Special Enhancements, see GURPS Thaumatology: Sorcery, p. 31, +1,080%) [36] + Extra Option (Limited access to meditative study for spellstitched undead creation) [1]. Note: The actual cost of 177 points is divided by five due to this ability being character-point powered.