City Dweller
The City dweller is a rare form of undead that is only found in large cities. The dweller is a manifestation of all the negative and hateful emotions that form in the minds of the inhabitants. Once the dweller is formed it will begin to cause strife in the city. It does this by employing agents and thugs to do it's dirty work. The Dweller works in secret, hiding itself behind several layers of lackeys. Only after careful investigation will the mastermind be discovered. Before the Dweller begins it's attack upon a given city, it will spend time learning the layout of the city and it's people. A City Dweller will have intimate knowledge of the town, every dark alley, hideout will be known to the dweller. The Dweller will also have vast knowledge of the city's people, those that have influence and power, and how to use them. Thus the dweller will be able to bring the weight of a whole city upon those that would set out to destroy it. The City dweller has tremendous role-play and puzzle-solving potential, a whole adventure could be made up just to defeat one.
The Dweller will organize it's lackeys in small cells. Each cell operates independent of each other, all given orders and payment by an anonymous contact. The contacts are often local scrubs or children who know no better and can't be a creditable witness. Dwellers often have contacts and favors from underground organizations to nobility. The dweller uses it's spy’s to dig up dirt for blackmailing powerful and influential people, all to serve it's sinister designs. Seldom will the Dweller have more than one trusted aid that has actual contact with the dweller. The dweller is clever, if someone is getting close to it, the dweller will back down and keep quite until the interest fades. If a party is getting too close to the Dweller it will put out contract hits on them. If assassinations do not work, then the Dweller will use it's political channels to remove the trouble makers.
Battle Tactics:
The dweller will avoid combat, choosing to use hired muscle to do the fighting for it. If the dweller has no choice it will use magic items and weapons that are at it's disposal to punch a hole through the enemy line in order to escape. Many Dwellers will have several hostages held throughout the city, it will use these as leverage in an attempt to escape. The City Dweller is very clever and cunning-it uses these tools to deadly effect.
Habitat:
The City Dweller is restricted to the confines of the city that they were created in. They cannot leave, if forced to do so they are destroyed and reformed back in the city. They will have an intricate lair deep under the bowels of the city. The lair will have several traps to protect it from the curious.
Life Cycle:
A City Dweller cannot leave the city it was created in. The dweller is a form of undead and will live as long as the city lives. Once the city is abandoned or destroyed, the dweller will fade away into nothingness from whence it came.
Description:
The Dweller appears as a skeletal corpse with black putrid skin wrapped tightly around it's bones. The City Dweller will be dressed in the finest clothing that can be found in the confines of the city. Dwellers usually have a sword-cane or cigarette-blowgun to augment their ensemble.