Risen

==Risen==
A complete antagonist caste, Risen are also known as zombies, revenants or the Walking Dead.  A bane or ghost re-animates a fresh corpse, causing it to rise up and re-animate but without human intelligence or will.  They are filled with an endless consumption for human flesh and will shamble around until they find an opportunity to devour it.  Risen can be re-killed with severing the head from the torso and then the body immolated.  The bane itself can be exorcised before or after the head is removed using appropriate rituals, but the body still needs to immolated or otherwise cleansed or else it might attract another.   
Normal Risen Template
str:   4 (grip)
dex:   1
stam: 3
char:  0
man:   0
app:   1
per:   2
int:   2
wits: 2
will:  3 (special) 
alert: 4 (sense humans) 
athl: 2
brawl: 4 (bite) 
stlth: 4 (move silently)
special abilities/merits
Infectuous Bite: The Risen automatically causes a human-killing plague by its bite. This plague will cause the victim of its bite (skin broken so plague reaches blood stream- 1 point of unsoaked damage is enough) that will kill a victim in 1x victim's stamina's days. Though the victim may take pains to resist the affliction (single Stamina roll difficulty 8 to gain an extra day per success). Unless cured by mystical or magical means (Mother's Touchisinsufficient), the victim will always die and then rise themselves 12-24 hours later. An early mercy killing and immolation will prevent a turning. The ashes left behind have no taint, the fire itself cleanses the plague. 
 
 
 
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