Revenant

Revenant

Having met a cruel and undeserved end, Revenants have returned to the realm of the living. Revenants largely thirst for revenge against those who wronged them in life, or seek to complete a final, critical task they left unfinished. They reclaim its mortal body and superficially resembles a zombie. However, instead of lifeless eyes, a Revenant's eyes burn with resolve and flare in the presence of its adversary. If the Revenant's original body was destroyed or is otherwise unavailable, the spirit of the Revenant enters another humanoid corpse. Regardless of the body the Revenant uses as a vessel, its adversary always recognizes the Revenant for what it truly is.

ability score increase: Your Constitution score increases by 1.

age: Indeterminant

alignment: Hellbent on Revenge

Size: Medium

speed: Varies

Languages: Varies, Infernal

race features:

• Mortal Form: You have the same ability modifiers, size and speed as the current body your soul inhabits. For example, if the body you choose to inhabit is a mountain dwarf, you have a +2 to your Strength score, a +2 to your Constitution score, be considered a medium sized creature and have a base walking speed of 25 feet. If you inhabit the body of a human, you would instead have a +1 to all of your ability scores, be considered a medium sized creature and have a base walking speed of 30 feet. Etc.

• Undead: Raised from the dead as a being of undeath, you count as an undead creature for all spells and abilities that affect the undead. You do not need to eat or breathe, but you can ingest food and drink if you wish. Instead of sleeping, you enter an inactive state for 4 hours each day. You do not dream in this state; you are fully aware of your surroundings and notice approaching enemies and other events as normal.

• Adversary: As a Revenant, you have a being or several you must seek vengeance upon. You always know the direction and distance between you and adversary/s, even if they are on a different plane of existence. If your adversary dies, you know. If you are killed while your adversary lives, your soul lingers and possesses the corpse of a humanoid creature that has died recently. This corpse is one within a 5-mile radius. Your Mortal Form changes depending on the body inhabited.

• Darkvision: You have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern colour in darkness, only shades of grey.

• Poison Resilience: You have advantage on saving throws against poisoned, you have resistance against poison damage.

• Relic of the Past: You retain one racial trait of your choice from your current body's race.

A Revenant exists only for revenge. They usually come about from people who died with perceived wrongs against them that went unpunished. As a result, they are tethered by their anger and cannot pass onto the afterlife. Instead, it seeks a material form to possess to carry out its perceived righteous vengeance. However, as it is a spirit which does not belong, its body continually rots with accelerated rejection of the soul, making Revenant forms temporary at best. It will fulfill its vengeful desires by any means necessary and if its adversary is too powerful for the Revenant to destroy on its own, it seeks worthy allies to help it fulfill its quest. When its adversary dies, or if the Revenant fails to kill its adversary before its time runs out, it crumbles to dust and its soul fades into the afterlife. Some Revenants harbor hatred so strong that they cannot even pass on unless by means of magic as powerful as a wish spell. Once the target has been sighted, the Revenant's eyes will begin to glow ominously.
Revenants only began to appear after Kadamitas, where the gods that were meant to guide souls to the afterlife no longer had anywhere to go, or were completely absent. Revenants have become a more common appearance in recent years with the influx in border disputes and distrust among the 10 Nations, but are still considered rare and can be found most anywhere.