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	==== [[Inhabited]] ====		==== [[Inhabited]] ====
	Once formless spirits wandering ~~the infinite plains of~~ the Dread Ethereal, some ~~ghosts~~ decide they wish to walk the Dread Material ~~and~~ be alive as they once were—by possessing the body of the Inhabited. ~~An exhaustive~~ struggle ~~characterizes~~ these ~~beings as the~~ specters vie for control, tricking or manipulating the Inhabited to tragic, terrible ends. The Inhabited may take on their ''spectral likeness'', temporarily rescinding corporeal forms for something insubstantial and twelvefold more wicked.		Once formless spirits wandering the Dread Ethereal, some decide they wish to walk the Dread Material again to be alive as they once were—by possessing the body of the Inhabited. A deathly struggle ensues as these specters vie for control, tricking or manipulating the Inhabited to tragic, terrible ends. The Inhabited may take on their ''spectral likeness'', temporarily rescinding corporeal forms for something insubstantial and twelvefold more wicked.

	=== The Beyond ===		=== The Beyond ===

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	==== [[Doomed One]] ====		==== [[Doomed One]] ====
	Born from the desperate and ~~the~~ foolish, Doomed Ones are any humanoid in the Realms of Terror who have given themselves to the Mists in pursuit of ambition or another vice. Their ''dreadful compulsion'' grants them power related to these aspirations, but it is the curse ~~they bear that will grow~~ ever more debilitating ~~and frustrating~~, hastening an inevitable descent into ~~pure~~ [[Corruption Checks\|Corruption]] and madness.		Born from the desperate and foolish, Doomed Ones are any humanoid in the Realms of Terror who have given themselves to the Mists in pursuit of ambition or another vice. Their ''dreadful compulsion'' grants them power related to these aspirations, but it is also the curse which grows ever more debilitating as it is fed, hastening an inevitable descent into [[Corruption Checks\|Corruption]] and madness.

	==== [[Feytouched]] ====		==== [[Feytouched]] ====
	Marked by native Fey, Feytouched gain ''fey enchantment'' in exchange for their humanoid mind ~~and senses~~ being slowly and irreversibly devoured by the chaotic, capricious whimsies of a true Fey in service to [[the Shadowed Sea]].		Marked by native Fey, Feytouched gain ''fey enchantment'' in exchange for their humanoid mind being slowly and irreversibly devoured by the chaotic, capricious whimsies of a true Fey in service to [[the Shadowed Sea]].

	==== [[Inhabited]] ====		==== [[Inhabited]] ====

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	# DFs begin play at the <code>9th level</code> across [[domains]]—should the character have existed prior to receiving an applied template, they will be raised to the <code>9th level</code> if lower. About a month and a half of active play IRT is expected to reach the <code>14th level</code>.		# DFs begin play at the <code>9th level</code> across [[domains]]—should the character have existed prior to receiving an applied template, they will be raised to the <code>9th level</code> if lower. About a month and a half of active play IRT is expected to reach the <code>14th level</code>.
	# DFs may be attacked with lethal damage at any time by other player characters without supervision—there is no opt out for being a DF is alone sufficient opt in.		# DFs may be attacked with lethal damage at any time by other player characters without supervision—there is no opt out for being a DF is alone sufficient opt in.
	# DFs may not attack other player characters lethally without cause ~~to do so~~, such as those characters hunting the DF after an initial skirmish. Should they attack others lethally, supervision is not required. Being downed by a DF equals being maimed for the victim the first time it happens—a DF is permitted to finish off player characters for whom they have already downed once ~~even~~ in future ~~engagements~~.		# DFs may not attack other player characters lethally without cause, such as those characters hunting the DF after an initial skirmish. Should they attack others lethally, supervision is not required. Being downed by a DF equals being maimed for the victim the first time it happens—a DF is permitted to finish off player characters for whom they have already downed once in any future engagement.
	# Likewise a DF is permitted to be downed once and be maimed rather than killed or destroyed. Assuming their applied template has no mechanisms in place for automatic resurrection, their next downed state is lethal and the DF shall be closured.		# Likewise a DF is permitted to be downed once and be maimed rather than killed or destroyed. Assuming their applied template has no mechanisms in place for automatic resurrection, their next downed state is lethal and the DF shall be closured.
	# A DF may always attack other player characters with nonlethal damage. Exceptions may be made for only real life inabilities to participate in the scene per the [[Game Rules]].		# A DF may always attack other player characters with nonlethal damage. Exceptions may be made for only real life inabilities to participate in the scene per the [[Game Rules]].
	# A DF~~, as~~ may ~~other player characters,~~ closure themselves at will and receive Mist Tokens.		# A DF may closure themselves at will and receive Mist Tokens.
	# Player characters kidnapped or detained by a DF are subject to the same rules as they would were the DF another player character, per the [[Character versus Character Rules]]. It is the DF’s responsibility to ensure sufficient roleplay is given to their prisoner and that clues are given to assist the search process for investigators.		# Player characters kidnapped or detained by a DF are subject to the same rules as they would were the DF another player character, per the [[Character versus Character Rules]]. It is the DF’s responsibility to ensure sufficient roleplay is given to their prisoner and that clues are given to assist the search process for investigators.
	# DFs will not appear in the active player list by default. This may be toggled on or off in their bespoke menu, invoked with the ''<code>!df</code>'' [[Chat Commands\|chat command]].		# DFs will not appear in the active player list by default. This may be toggled on or off in their bespoke menu, invoked with the ''<code>!df</code>'' [[Chat Commands\|chat command]].

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	The Realms of Terror sit alone among planes in its ~~capacity~~ to transform those once unremarkable, once good, and once keen into ~~the~~ unrecognizable twisted by what could have been. These creatures are Dread ~~Figures—while~~ not masters of ~~their own~~ domains, they have given themselves to the Mists of Death and been embraced in kind, thrust ~~forward~~ by ~~mad and~~ hungry compulsions. Dread Figures may be tragic ~~and~~ some even unwilling, but once they have found the cool embrace of the Mists, they will never, ever be let go.		The Realms of Terror sit alone among planes for its ability to transform those once unremarkable, once good, and once keen into unrecognizable things twisted by what could have been. These creatures are Dread Figures—though not masters of domains, they have nevertheless given themselves over to the Mists of Death and been embraced in kind, thrust forth by hungry compulsions. Dread Figures may be tragic, some even unwilling, but once they have found the cool embrace of the Mists, they will never, ever be let go.

	== Dread Figures in ''[[The Domains of Dread]]'' ==		== Dread Figures in ''[[The Domains of Dread]]'' ==

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	== Dread Figures in ''[[The Domains of Dread]]'' ==		== Dread Figures in ''[[The Domains of Dread]]'' ==
	Dread Figures, shorthand DF, are a separate class of playable characters angled toward monstrous, subversive, and antagonist play. While not every player antagonist must be a Dread Figure in ''The Domains of Dread'', all DFs create roleplay through conflict generated by their applied template which grant them novel mechanics, adjustments ~~and more~~ so to remain ~~threatening—and exciting—whenever~~ encountered.		Dread Figures, shorthand DF, are a separate class of playable characters angled toward monstrous, subversive, and antagonist play. While not every player antagonist must be a Dread Figure in ''The Domains of Dread'', all DFs create roleplay through conflict generated by their applied template which grant them novel mechanics and adjustments so to remain threatening but exciting when encountered.

	== Playing a Dread Figure ==		== Playing a Dread Figure ==

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	==== [[Dread Ghoul\|Ghoul, Dread]] ====		==== [[Dread Ghoul\|Ghoul, Dread]] ====
	Insidious creatures ever starving and ever hungry, Dread Ghouls are unique among the living dead for they alone may suppress their ''ghoulish mien'' to appear as though ~~truly~~ alive—for a time. Their more complex appetites require the constant consumption of sentient flesh, and ever-shifting palates work to ensure that there will always come the time where they ~~have not had enough and~~ are forced to shed any ~~disguise~~ to ~~become~~ the ~~mad,~~ ravenous carrion feeders so known to the Realms of Terror.		Insidious creatures ever starving and ever hungry, Dread Ghouls are unique among the living dead for they alone may suppress their ''ghoulish mien'' to appear as though alive—for a time. Their more complex appetites require the constant consumption of sentient flesh, and ever-shifting palates work to ensure that there will always come the time where they are forced to shed any deception to be among the ravenous carrion feeders so known to the Realms of Terror.

	==== [[Lich]] ====		==== [[Lich]] ====

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	The Realms of Terror sit alone among planes in its capacity to transform those once unremarkable, once good, and once keen into unrecognizable ~~things~~ twisted by what could have been. These creatures are Dread Figures—while not masters of their own domains, they have given themselves to the Mists of Death and been embraced in kind, thrust forward by mad and hungry compulsions. Dread Figures may be tragic and some even unwilling, but once they have found the cool embrace of the Mists, they will never, ever be let go.		The Realms of Terror sit alone among planes in its capacity to transform those once unremarkable, once good, and once keen into the unrecognizable twisted by what could have been. These creatures are Dread Figures—while not masters of their own domains, they have given themselves to the Mists of Death and been embraced in kind, thrust forward by mad and hungry compulsions. Dread Figures may be tragic and some even unwilling, but once they have found the cool embrace of the Mists, they will never, ever be let go.

	== Dread Figures in ''[[The Domains of Dread]]'' ==		== Dread Figures in ''[[The Domains of Dread]]'' ==

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	==== [[Inhabited]] ====		==== [[Inhabited]] ====
	Once formless spirits wandering the infinite plains of the Dread Ethereal, some ghosts decide they wish to walk the Dread Material and be alive as they once were—by possessing the body of the Inhabited. An exhaustive struggle characterizes these beings as the specters vie for control, tricking or manipulating the Inhabited to tragic, terrible ~~end~~. The Inhabited may take on their ''spectral likeness'', temporarily rescinding ~~their~~ corporeal forms for something insubstantial and twelvefold more wicked.		Once formless spirits wandering the infinite plains of the Dread Ethereal, some ghosts decide they wish to walk the Dread Material and be alive as they once were—by possessing the body of the Inhabited. An exhaustive struggle characterizes these beings as the specters vie for control, tricking or manipulating the Inhabited to tragic, terrible ends. The Inhabited may take on their ''spectral likeness'', temporarily rescinding corporeal forms for something insubstantial and twelvefold more wicked.

	=== The Beyond ===		=== The Beyond ===

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	== Dread Figures in ''[[The Domains of Dread]]'' ==		== Dread Figures in ''[[The Domains of Dread]]'' ==
	Dread Figures, shorthand DF, are a separate class of playable characters angled toward monstrous, subversive, and antagonist play. While not every player antagonist must be a Dread Figure in ''The Domains of Dread'', all DFs create roleplay through conflict generated by their applied template ~~granting~~ them novel mechanics, adjustments and more to ~~help them~~ remain threatening—and exciting—whenever encountered.		Dread Figures, shorthand DF, are a separate class of playable characters angled toward monstrous, subversive, and antagonist play. While not every player antagonist must be a Dread Figure in ''The Domains of Dread'', all DFs create roleplay through conflict generated by their applied template which grant them novel mechanics, adjustments and more so to remain threatening—and exciting—whenever encountered.

	== Playing a Dread Figure ==		== Playing a Dread Figure ==

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	==== [[Feytouched]] ====		==== [[Feytouched]] ====
	Marked by native Fey, Feytouched gain fey enchantment in exchange for their humanoid mind and senses being slowly and irreversibly devoured by the chaotic, capricious whimsies of a true Fey in service to [[the Shadowed Sea]].		Marked by native Fey, Feytouched gain ''fey enchantment'' in exchange for their humanoid mind and senses being slowly and irreversibly devoured by the chaotic, capricious whimsies of a true Fey in service to [[the Shadowed Sea]].

	==== [[Inhabited]] ====		==== [[Inhabited]] ====
			Once formless spirits wandering the infinite plains of the Dread Ethereal, some ghosts decide they wish to walk the Dread Material and be alive as they once were—by possessing the body of the Inhabited. An exhaustive struggle characterizes these beings as the specters vie for control, tricking or manipulating the Inhabited to tragic, terrible end. The Inhabited may take on their ''spectral likeness'', temporarily rescinding their corporeal forms for something insubstantial and twelvefold more wicked.

	=== The Beyond ===		=== The Beyond ===

	==== [[Awakened]] ====		==== [[Awakened]] ====
			Masters of solipsism, Awakened are the formerly mortal possessors of great Inherent power—stemming from their bodies as [[Ascetic\|Ascetics]] or their minds as [[Psion\|Psions]]—who believe themselves to have become perfect embodiments of the Dread Astral, manifesting ''reality pinholes'' wherever they walk as quasi-Outsiders.

	==== [[Aberrant Psion\|Psion, Aberrant]] ====		==== [[Aberrant Psion\|Psion, Aberrant]] ====
			Psions who have embraced their alien nature before the Dread Astral, these creatures devour sentient intelligences to fuel their dark desires, preferably through the brain. Indulging these feedings catalyzes a change within them known only as ''ceremorphosis—''a slow and insidious transformation to become what they call the ideal form in mind flayers.

	=== The Created ===		=== The Created ===

	==== [[Dread Homunculus\|Homunculus, Dread]] ====		==== [[Dread Homunculus\|Homunculus, Dread]] ====
			Stolen souls given to sculpted, inured simulacra, Dread Homunculi imitate familiar visages with frightening accuracy. Nevertheless, they are doomed to become aware over the course of their existence that they are “other than”, and lack life’s divine spark. Likewise they will become miserous and develop ''zeitgebers'' relating to the ambitions they can no longer realize, vengeful to the last for what has been taken.

	==== [[Dread Golem\|Golem, Dread]] ====		==== [[Dread Golem\|Golem, Dread]] ====
			Creations of intense passion impressed upon by their creator’s twisted desires, Dread Golems are novel consciousnesses which arise from these bodies as “alive” but naive constructs. Their relationship with their creator is forgone and tragic, as neither may live without the other, yet are constantly frustrated by their opposite’s inability to fulfill their own passions. Their zeitgebers are ironic parodies of the creator’s fears, as Dread Golems inevitably turn into their—and their own—worst nightmares.

	=== The Living Dead ===		=== The Living Dead ===

	==== [[Ancient Dead]] ====		==== [[Ancient Dead]] ====
			Preserved in a manner profane, the Ancient Dead are the corporeal guardians of specific times and places, now displaced by the Mists of Death. Their anger over not being able to return to their rightful halls cause these creatures to bestow deadly ''ancient hexes'' upon the still living as they scourge and scour the land in pursuit of impossible answers.

	===== [[Death Knight]] =====		===== [[Death Knight]] =====
			As loyal in death as they were in life, Death Knights are raised for eternal service to evil ideoligions. This bracken and blackguard connection to their beliefs or deities permit them great Occult powers based on the nature of their ''unholy knighthood'' as the gleeful vassals of only the most vile.

	==== [[Dread Ghoul\|Ghoul, Dread]] ====		==== [[Dread Ghoul\|Ghoul, Dread]] ====
			Insidious creatures ever starving and ever hungry, Dread Ghouls are unique among the living dead for they alone may suppress their ''ghoulish mien'' to appear as though truly alive—for a time. Their more complex appetites require the constant consumption of sentient flesh, and ever-shifting palates work to ensure that there will always come the time where they have not had enough and are forced to shed any disguise to become the mad, ravenous carrion feeders so known to the Realms of Terror.

	==== [[Lich]] ====		==== [[Lich]] ====
			Arcanists formerly alive who have taken on the shroud of undead immortality in pursuit of greater ambition, Liches are feared throughout the Prime Material and the Realms of Terror prove no exception. Their ''unholy archmagic'' allows Liches capabilities well beyond mortal arcanists—after trapping the souls of said mortal arcanists. They remain tethered to the Dread Material through their phylactery, whereupon they will be destroyed in an instant were it ever to come under harm.

	==== [[Dread Revenant\|Revenant, Dread]] ====		==== [[Dread Revenant\|Revenant, Dread]] ====
			What is dead may never die, and this is made no truer than beyond the Misty Border with Dread Revenants. Raised in moments of utter, vociferous hatred and need for vengeance, these engines of terror refuse their own destruction unless it is by the object of their ''unholy revenge''. In this Dread Revenants cannot be stopped—only ever slowed down.

	==== [[Vampire]] ====		==== [[Vampire]] ====
			Inheritors of the “first gift” ever bestowed by the Mists of Death, vampires are the unliving children of their vampiric sires. Clannish feeders upon the blood of the living, these creatures are nocturnal predators cursed to be annihilated should they ever again walk in sunlight. The nature of their curse provides power in exchange for ironic weaknesses relating to the vampires’ lives, times which are now frustratingly closed and foreign to them.

	=== Shapechangers ===		=== Shapechangers ===

	==== [[Dread Doppelganger\|Doppelganger, Dread]] ====		==== [[Dread Doppelganger\|Doppelganger, Dread]] ====
			The spawn of amorphous beings uncommon to the Realms of Terror, Dread Doppelgangers may emulate the appearance of any human they are able to touch. Yet they are relentlessly jealous of their ''double'', normal humanoids of whom they cannot kill and must instead torment, harangue and gaslight into believing that they are the copy and the Dread Doppelganger the real article.

	==== [[Werecreature (template)\|Werecreature]] ====		==== [[Werecreature (template)\|Werecreature]] ====
			Divided between accursed and trueborn, Werecreatures are any who may change their shape from humanoid to any hybrid contingent with their ''wereborn strain''. Thrust ever onward by whatever desires their new instincts dictate, these beings separate themselves from their “kin” by their strength and willingness—should the beast ever overcome the man—to precipitate untold disaster and misery.