Publication:Libris Mortis

Libris Mortis

System: Dungeons and Dragons 3.5e  Abbreviation: LbM, LM  Author: Andy Collins, Bruce R. Cordell  Publisher: Wizards of the Coast  Item Code: 179240000  Publication Date: October 2004  Format: Hardcover  Page Count: 192  ISBN-10: 0-7869-3433-6  Price: $29.95 ; C$44.95

Product Blurb Nightmares from Beyond the Grave Hushed voices tell spine-chilling tales of encounters with the walking dead and other unliving horrors. No other creatures have evoked such fear and fascination as this dreadful menagerie of malevolent spirits and mindless shells. This supplement for the D&D game presents a comprehensive overview of the undead. You’ll uncover information for creating, customizing, and combating undead characters and monsters -- including strategies and tactics commonly employed by undead and those who hunt them. Libris Mortis: The Book of Undead also provides new rules, feats, spells, and prestige classes, along with a host of new monsters and monster templates. This text is quoted from promotion material. Text and images are copyrighted by the original publisher.

Feats

Name	Page Number	Description
Baleful Moan	24	Your hollow cry strikes fear into the hearts of the living.
Bolster Resistance	25	Undead you raise or create are more resistant to turning than normal.
Contagious Paralysis	25	Your paralyzing attack is contagious.
Corpsecrafter	25	Undead you raise or create are tougher than normal.
Corrupted Wild Shape	25	You have learned to use the necromantic energy that powers your undead form to overcome the inability of undead creatures to wild shape.
Daunting Presence	25	You are skilled at inducing fear in your opponents.
Deadly Chill	25	Undead you raise or create deal more damage than normal.
Death Master	26	Foes are especially afraid of your critical hits.
Destruction Retribution	26	Undead you raise or create harbor a retributive curse that is unleashed if they are destroyed.
Divine Accuracy	26	You can channel positive energy to give your allies' melee attacks another chance to strike true against incorporeal creatures.
Empower Turning	26	You can turn or rebuke greater numbers of undead with a single turning attempt.
Empowered Ability Damage	26	Your ability damage (or ability drain) special attack is more potent than normal.
Endure Sunlight	26	Your vulnerability to sunlight is reduced.
Enduring Life	26	You can ignore the effect of negative levels for a short time.
Energize Spell	26	Your spells channel positive energy to deal extra damage to undead creatures, but are less effective against other opponents.
Enervate Spell	26	Your spells channel negative energy to deal extra damage to undead creatures, but are less effective against unliving opponents.
Eviscerator	26	The allies of your foes are especially afraid of your critical hits.
Fell Animate	26	Living foes slain by your spell may rise as zombies.
Fell Drain	27	Living foes damaged by your spell also gain a negative level.
Fell Frighten	27	Living foes damaged by your spell are also shaken.
Fell Weaken	27	Living foes damaged by your spell are also weakened.
Ghost Scarred	27	You are adept at fighting incorporeal undead.
Ghostly Grasp	27	You can handle corporeal objects even while corporeal.
Graft Flesh	27	You can apply a certain type of graft to other living creatures or to yourself.
Hardened Flesh	27	Undead you raise or create can better handle themselves in a fight.
Heighten Turning	27	You can affect more powerful undead with your turning or rebuking attempts.
Improved Energy Drain	27	You draw extra power from your energy-drained victims.
Improved Paralysis	27	You are better at paralyzing your victims.
Improved Toughness	27	You are significantly tougher than normal.
Improved Turn Resistance	27	You have a better than normal chance to resist turning.
Lasting Life	28	You can shed negative levels with an act of will.
Life Drain	28	You drain additional life energy from your foes.
Lifebond	28	Select a specific living creature that is friendly to you. You create a special bond with that creature.
Lifesense	28	You see the light that all living creatures emit.
Mother Cyst	28	You gain the ability to cast necrotic cyst spells by growing a cyst of your own.
Necromantic Might	28	Undead you control gain benefits when they are near you.
Necromantic Presence	28	Undead you control are harder to turn when they are near you.
Necropotent	29	Your special melee or ranged attack with one type of weapon is especially effective against undead.
Necrotic Reserve	29	You are not immediately destroyed when your hit points fall to 0 or lower.
Nimble Bones	29	Undead you raise or create are faster and more nimble than normal.
Positive Energy Resistance	29	You are resistant to the damage dealt by positive energy effects.
Profane Lifeleech	29	You can channel negative energy to draw the life force from nearby living creatures.
Profane Vigor	29	You can channel negative energy to heal nearby undead allies of physical damage.
Quicken Manifestation	29	You can manifest from the Ethereal Plane with a moment's thought.
Quicken Turning	29	You can turn or rebuke undead with a moment's thought.
Requiem	29	Your bardic music affects undead creatures.
Sacred Vengeance	30	You can channel energy to deal extra damage against undead in melee.
Sacred Vitality	30	You can channel positive energy to gain protection from damage to your abilities or your life force.
Spell Drain	30	You can cast any spell that you drain from a creature's mind.
Spurn Death's Touch	30	You can channel divine energy to remove some of the harmful effects of attacks made by undead creatures.
Stitched Flesh Familiar	30	When you are ready and able to acquire a new familiar, you may choose to gain a stitched flesh familiar.
Tomb-Born Fortitude	30	The power of undeath taints you, body and soul. Its power has hardened your flesh and given it the foul look of the grave.
Tomb-Born Resilience	30	The power of undeath taints you, deadening your mind and body to the effects of mind-controlling magic, poison, and disease.
Tomb-Born Vitality	31	The power of undeath taints you, body and soul. Its power has removed your need to sleep and eat.
Tomb-Tainted Soul	31	Your soul is tainted by the foul touch of undeath.
Undead Leadership	31	You gain the service of loyal undead followers.
Unquenchable Flame of Life	31	You are hardened to the attacks of the undead.
Vampire Hunter	31	Your knowledge of vampires has given you the extraordinary ability to detect subtle signs of their presence and to resist their dominating gaze ability.

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