The Dead

PRESTIGE CLASS OPTION

The Dead Level Features 1st Being Dead

Prestige Class Features

As a dead, you gain the following features.

Prerequisites

You must be dead, or feel dead on the inside.

Hit Points

Hit Dice: None

Proficiencies

None.

Saving Throws: None

Equipment

Being a dead person.

The dead prestige class does not grant any special equipment. Not that you need it.

Being Dead

When you take a level in the dead, you no longer have any life. Choose the type of death that ails you: Actually Dead, Basically Dead, and Undead.

Additionally, if you suddenly feel that you're not dead anymore, and the DM permits it, you may remove a level from this prestige class. This does not apply to the Undead type of death.

Types of Death

Actually Dead

No metaphors here. You are actually dead.

Sleep Forever

Upon taking this type of death as your ailment, you cannot move and cannot take any actions or bonus actions or reactions, because life has left your body. Your soul is taken to whatever happens to souls in the setting you are playing, and your body becomes an object.

All characters take this prestige class and this prestige class archetype when they die. All players too.

Basically Dead

You feel like you're dead, whether through physical stress or trauma, but you still walk among the living and you still must make it to your 9 to 5. In any case, you wish you were Actually Dead.

God(s) Why

Upon taking this type of death as your ailment, you always have at least one level of exhaustion. Additionally, your case of death be more specific. You may choose any number of deathly focuses that your death brings you, if they apply to you.

Physically Exhausted. You've overworked your body or are physically frail or are sick with any number of ailments. You can choose any number of ability scores from Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution. You have disadvantage with ability checks and saving throws with your chosen ability scores.

Mentally Exhausted. You've overworked your mind with worries and stresses. You can choose any number of ability scores from Intelligence or Wisdom. You have disadvantage with ability checks and saving throws with your chosen ability scores.

Braindead Like the last one, but more. You are under the effects of the feeblemind spell at all times.

Emotionally Exhausted. You just don't want to deal with people, due to stresses or traumas. You have disadvantage with Charisma ability checks and saving throws.

Undead

You were Actually Dead, but now you walk among the living again.

Choose your Destiny

You no longer have a class level in the dead. Instead, you may change your race to an undead race or take a different, undead-related prestige class. Here are some links.

Awakened Undead race

Vryloka race

Mummy or Wight race

Vampire Prestige class

Lich Prestige Class