This is a restricted race and not available as a starting race on Maelstrom. You must have an existing character that has been permanently killed and apply. |
Risen (Undead) (+6 Strength/+4 Grit)
Risen are once-living humanoids animated by spiritual or supernatural forces. Unlike wights, risen have returned with no specific purpose in mind. Infused with negative energy, all risen are evil, but risen have more control over their actions and motivations. Your background is tied to your previous character. If you were an elf in life, you are a risen elf. The risen retain all of their freewill. They also harbor ill will toward living creatures, although it is not an all consuming hatred that forces them to act or react in any specific way.
The ritual that brings someone back as a risen is different from the wight ritual. Necromancers who seek servants or need a task generally use wights. The risen are usually brought back because someone sought immortality and failed, or a family member or loved one was unwilling or unable to accept the finality of death.
Risen are restricted on Maelstrom and require a detailed backstory and application BEFORE you begin playing. You cannot BEGIN play as a risen- you must have an existing character who has died and whose prior roleplay fits with their return as a risen. This requires detailed and in depth RP that generally requires an involved storyline on the server for at least one full season. The admin team must APPROVE your application before you create your character. A necromancer (archetype) must perform the ritual to bring you back. This is an RP ritual that does not have to be performed in game, it just needs to be mentioned in your backstory.
You maintain your racial appearance and traits from the race you were when you were living. You cannot be an elf in life and then take on the appearance of a half-orc risen.
You no longer need to do the things that others needs to do do live, such as breathe, eat, sleep, etc.. These things can also give away the fact that you are an undead, so you should take appropriate steps to disguise or hide these things if you wish to try to hide that you are undead.
If you are approved for this race, you will be given a custom race that reflects your previous race so that players do not know through OOC means that you are an undead.
Risen are able to be brought into being by a necromancer. This requires an application and the loss of all RP lives of your character after at least one full season on the server. After one final death, a necromancer may return them by imbuing part of their own essence into the risen (the necromancer must give up one of their RP lives to return a risen after one RP death).
You also get one undead mount.
Once someone has confirmed you are an undead, they do not need an RP reason to PvP intent you. The rules for PvP still apply.
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