Moldead

A slightly uncommon category of Beasts rooted in fungus and slime molds, they resemble certain types of Undead Monsters and normally propagate by infecting Men, Monsters, and animals, and sometimes even other Beasts. They are known for disliking light and favoring warm, moist environments, and are curiously susceptible to Channel Energy abilities. The infected can sometimes be saved with such abilities, powerful antifungal agents and medical treatment, or magic that cures diseases.
Moldead are thought to have originally arisen from fungus or slime molds that had infected Undead creatures and gained an ability to subsist on Necrotic energy; it slowly kills its hosts by starving them, or in the case of the living, by turning them into generators of Necrotic energy, which slowly kills them. This type of Beast seems to have no goal other than reproducing itself; self-preservation is unheard of, but at least infections can be slowed, stopped, and reversed through some of the same methods that work on true Undead.
Beasts infected with Moldead often form a symbiotic relationship with the contagion rather than a parasitic one; they host it, thus gaining a powerful weapon and the ability to infect other creatures... who then often become protectors of the infecting creature.
Category:Beast
Category:Canon
Category:Gaea
Category:NPC