Sudden Changes

[_Grim1_ 28]

Warden cursed silently, as wisps of spectral fire as cold as his black heart flaked away from his arms under the harsh glare of the sun.

 

"What...is...this?!" he growled, staggering forwards under the glaring light. It might have made a piteous sight.

 

The dark power in the North that had finally reawakened his kind had receded, and with it the initial surge of energy that had fuelled him. He had diminished. He had new weaknesses. Gold, he knew now, he should avoid.

 

He brought forth his lantern, wrenched open the latch, and drove his entire arm deep inside, his hand and elbow seemingly disappearing into the innocuous-looking lantern. He drew forth in taloned fingers a glowing orb of blue light--the ones who acted wrongly to save others soothed the soul when devoured. Justice truly was blind in the Warden's empty eye sockets.

 

He felt his strength return. The soul's energy empowered him. Experimentally he caused his sickle to twitch of its own accord, then to float towards his hand. A chain manifested between the sickle's handle and his belt, as did one that stretched between him and the lantern. These chains never seemed to run out of links, and adjusted in length according to his needs.

 

The daylight still burned, but it was bearable, now. He could feel it, malevolent, sapping his energy by the moment. A curse upon the dark powers and their weakness. If only they had made more murderers of the men of Anthos, he might have retained his power.

 

A whimpering noise roused him from his reverie. "Little one, don't be scared." he comforted the human child, stretching an ice-cold talon to brush the tears from her cheek. "Run along. Your father and I have business to conduct."

 

He surveyed the thief. He'd stolen a loaf of bread, assaulted a shopkeeper to do it, all to feed his starving, snivelling child.

He'd stolen.

Broken the law.

CRIMINAL.

 

"I know what you did." the Warden laughed maniacally, readying his sickle to harvest another soul. "No crime goes unseen by the Warden."

 

He swung. Blood spattered the ground. Somewhere, a child screamed.

 

The Warden continued on. There would always be more souls to collect.

 

But in the back of the Warden's mind, a little niggling doubt had begun to form. One of his brothers bore a desire for vengeance that burned almost as strongly as the Warden's. And that which draws strength from the hunt can never be slain by its prey.

 

"Just one...more thing...to...consider..." he chuckled, as he faded into the shadows.

 

Summary:

Nope, we still gettin chopped by steel. Supremacy on the confirm, there. Also, as a special note for Hunter, go ahead and keep using gold if you need it to hunt undead. I'm sure we can figure some kinda workaround between us.

 

- _Grim1_

[Supremacy 3361]

To clarify, Graven are still hurt by regular things. They are simply incapable of crossing gold dust, die instantly to gold attacks and can be ripped apart by different magic types.

 

A second noteworthy characteristic of all paranormal creatures is the trade off between being immune altogether to physical blows (with exceptions) or being able to be struck by physical blows. In general the more influence a spectral creature has on the world the more it's form is manifested in the world and therefore the more it may be affected by all manner of physical interactions. This is why a Graven may be physically harmed and is constantly visible while ghosts operate through more subtle means and are more transparent. Apparitions find themselves capable of great influence and intangibility due to the fact they are made of many souls and therefore have more power which they may use to take the advantages of both forms of ghost (one will note apparitions are ET creatures only).
 

[_Grim1_ 28]

Dangit Supremacy.
We were never not hurt by gold in the first place, so why the standardising?

Is it essentially for the daylight vulnerability?

Editing my summary post to include your comment.

- _Grim1_

 

P.S. DAMN YOU'RE QUICK

[Supremacy 3361]

Gold is particularly powerful, even more so than regular things.

[_Grim1_ 28]

I figured. Has the wiki been updated? It'd be good to get a comprehensive idea of the changes.

 

To be fair, I never played us as being any less vulnerable to gold. We're still undead, we still get demanifest by it. Instantly's harsh but I can deal with that.

 

Welp it'll be tricky. Sunlight weakness sucks, but we'll manage.

 

- _Grim1_