Risen

Risen 4 (12)

High Noon at Midnight

Clawed back into "life" thanks to a promise, an alchemical experiment, or a demonic curse straight out of Hell, risen look normal enough—from a distance. Up close, something ain't right. That's all the more obvious if the risen is someone folks knew before they died.

Risen—also known as the Damned—spook horses and set dogs to growling. They have unblinking eyes like coins and skin the color of a snake's belly, and are naturally as motionless as a corpse when not engaged in an activity. A risen may just want to be left alone, or they could seek to right a wrong, serve as a deathbinder's herald, or ride in an undead posse looking to take as much as they can from a world they know would just as soon put them back in their grave.

RISEN NAMES
Risen generally go by the names they had before they died. Options include: Alice McCallister, Edward Sage, Gwen Dillon, Jack Hawkins, Abigail Thornton, Lucas McCord, Perdita Lockwood, Virgil Thatcher, Eudora Crenshaw, Calvin Gantry, Lula Hargrave

Motive: Varies

Environment: Out-of-the-way places

Health: 12

Damage Inflicted: Moderate wound (4 points)

Armor: 1

Movement: Short

Combat: A risen makes a long range pistol attack.

Risen also have one or more of the following additional traits.

Damned Rounds. Every other attack against PCs is Hell tainted, blazing with hellfire. If one of these bullets strikes true, the target combusts for an additional minor wound (3 points) (ignores Armor) each round until an action is taken to smother the flames.
Necrovore Resilience. The first time in an encounter that a risen would normally succumb to their wounds (having lost all their health), they instead remain active and regain 1 health. In addition, risen don't breathe—drowning, suffocation, and similar threats don't faze them.
Sometimes They Come Back. A destroyed risen might reanimate within a few days, unless its head is removed from its body and separated by a couple of miles, or the body is burned to ash.

Interaction: Risen are rarely excitable; even those bent on mayhem are chillingly quiet as they murder and burn. Some risen are open to negotiation and alliances, while others would as soon shoot as talk.

Use: Folks are concerned because someone who looks a lot like Luke Reynolds has taken up farming at the old Reynolds place, even though outlaws killed the whole family.

GM Intrusion: The character recognizes the risen as someone they personally killed and is dazed with surprise until the end of their next turn, hindering all tasks.

No IFrames.