05-29-2009, 02:48 PM
...pondering that horror idea some more...
As Vllad said, these monsters are all basically "humans", or used to be.
So suppose you use "human" as the starting type.
If you want to join the ghouls, you go talk to the lich king and he turns you into a ghoul and now you're working for his faction.
If you get tired of this, you go seek out a priest, who turns you back into a human (perhaps for a hefty fee or complex ritual). From there you can go get turned into a werewolf, vampire, whatever.
Factions could be things like:
Vampire Red Court (evil)
Vampire Black Court (also evil)
Western Werewolves (evil)
Northern Werewolves (evil)
Paladins of the Citadel (good)
Warriors of the East (good)
Zombie Lich King (evil)
Ghoul Lich Queen (evil)
etc
Evil factions may ally with each other or declare war with anyone.
Good factions will tend to be allied with each other but may break off or even go to war under some conditions (especially if they start to become really powerful, in which case the Warriors of the East decide they're sick of the Paladins of the Citadel's bullshit).
As Vllad said, these monsters are all basically "humans", or used to be.
So suppose you use "human" as the starting type.
If you want to join the ghouls, you go talk to the lich king and he turns you into a ghoul and now you're working for his faction.
If you get tired of this, you go seek out a priest, who turns you back into a human (perhaps for a hefty fee or complex ritual). From there you can go get turned into a werewolf, vampire, whatever.
Factions could be things like:
Vampire Red Court (evil)
Vampire Black Court (also evil)
Western Werewolves (evil)
Northern Werewolves (evil)
Paladins of the Citadel (good)
Warriors of the East (good)
Zombie Lich King (evil)
Ghoul Lich Queen (evil)
etc
Evil factions may ally with each other or declare war with anyone.
Good factions will tend to be allied with each other but may break off or even go to war under some conditions (especially if they start to become really powerful, in which case the Warriors of the East decide they're sick of the Paladins of the Citadel's bullshit).