Undead
Undead. They got back up and started fighting again—this time, against the rest of us... They fell, they died, they got back up.
CALADORN CASSALANTER TO THE HARPERS WHO WERE INVESTIGATING RUMOURS OF DRACONIC SUMMONINGS.
The Undead are once-living creatures that have been animated by spiritual or supernatural forces. Some deities employ undead as divine servants; for example, the First Era dwarven god Dumathoin used undead dwarves as divine messengers.
Undead are extremely resilient to a number of effects and substances that are extremely harmful to the living. They are immune to: all mind-affecting effects, poison, sleep effects, paralysis, stunning, disease, and death effects. In addition, it is not possible to drain their life force in any manner.
Causes
There are six basic ways a living creature can become undead.
Purposeful personal reanimation
A living creature willingly underwent the transformation to undeath. In most cases, the creature possessed a disposition towards evil, but this is not always the case. More common reasons include fear of dying of old age, fear of dying from a grievous wound and a thirst for power.Minions
An intelligent creature can create undead servants as a means to their own ends. These mindless minions are created by malevolent spellcasters to serve as guards or otherwise carry out their bidding.Atrocity calls to unlife
A living creature commits an evil and heinous act that transformed into an undead creature. The intensity and specificity of the required act is somewhat random and not entirely uncommon.Unfinished Business
An intelligent creature died or was killed with an important deed left incomplete. In a similar manner to atrocities, the specifications surrounding undeath achieved in this manner are often left up to chance.The Dark Curse
Malign forces create undead beings seemingly at random. This has the potential to befall any creature, at any location and seemingly at any time.Death by wounds caused by another undead
Many forms of undead creatures inflict their undeath upon others when striking them with a mortal wound. Perhaps most famously, this occurred in the case of vampires and their bite.Remove these ads. Join the Worldbuilders Guild
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