Category:Bastellus
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This section contains canon info from officially published sources |
A Bastellus, also known as a Dream Stalker, is an incorporeal undead that can invade dreams. They are rarely seen as they only show themselves in the presence of a sleeping person, and their cowardly nature.[1]
The Bastellus is drawn to creative, energetic, or extroverted personalities. They "feed" off this person's dreams, to their detriment. Like a vampire, this can result in the creation of another bastellus but due to the new undead spirit's need to "feast" on dreams before the sunrise after its burial, this is rare.[1]
The bastellus can be found in the following domains: Barovia[2], Dementlieu[3], Falkovnia[4]. Hazlan[5], Mordent[6], and Nova Vaasa[7]
Ecology
The Bastellus is a unique type of undead as it has been argued that they are a "natural" byproduct to a person's hopes and dreams. While this is conjecture, the value of the "essence" of this creature is not. It has been noted that the Bastellus' essence can amplify the effects of a magical illusion.[1] They can be controlled by an Amulet of Bastellus Control.[8]
Other Notes
It's stated in the game materials that the Bastellus resides in its own pocket universe during daylight hours. The pocket universe has been theorized to be a planar conjunction with the Negative Energy Plane and the Demiplane of Dread coming together. [1]
The pocket universe might possibly be instead classified as an Oubliette.
Descriptive Text
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I noted with very great interest an increase in the number and severity of nightmares experienced by the patients in block C in the last six weeks. I therefore spent last night in that hallway with two orderlies, to see if some external condition might be influencing this group. You can imagine my surprise as I observed that the patient in room 117, at the north end of the hall, was first to awake, screaming; no sooner had I collected his impressions than the patient in 118 awoke in a similar condition. Each and every patient from 117 to 132 (at the south end of C block) experienced a nightmare in sequence during the course of the night. Further investigation into the phenomenon is demanded.
-Case notebook for October 754, Dr. Heinrich Dominiani[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium I & II p. 10-11
- ↑ Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I p.15
- ↑ Gazetteer III p.13
- ↑ Gazetteer II p.91
- ↑ Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I p.46
- ↑ Gazetteer III p.44
- ↑ Gazetteer V p.20
- ↑ Children of the Night: Ghosts p. 71-76
- ↑ Descriptive text from John W. Mangrum's Teeny Tiny Tales of Terror project (contributed by Nathan Okerlund), from posts on the Fraternity of Shadows message board.
Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue
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Monsterous Compendium I & II - pp10-11 |
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Dream Stalker |
Pages in category "Bastellus"
The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
- Canon
- Speculation
- Homebrew non-canon
- Teeny Tiny Tales of Terror
- Native Monster of Dementlieu
- Native Monster of Mordent
- Undead
- Incorporeal
- Oneiric
- Cause of Madness
- Shadow
- Chaotic Evil
- CR 6
- Pocket Domain
- Native Monster of Barovia
- Native Monster of Falkovnia
- Native Monster of Hazlan
- Native Monster of the Nightmare Lands
- Native Monster of Nova Vaasa
- Incorporeal Undead
