Wight

You have seen the other side, and now live once more to tell about it. Well, you can tell about it, anyway. For one reason or another, you have been given another chance, your soul back from whence it came. Whether you were animated by necromantic energy, raised by a ritual gone wrong, or some god somewhere decided you needed another chance, you live once more.

What this new lease on life means to you is yours to determine, but there is a better-than-not chance that there are those that would see you as an abomination in need of slaying, despite your still-in-life demeanor. Though this new state of un-death is strong, it's not without its drawbacks. Everything you do must be made with careful calculation lest your secret get out and someone slay you.

In an attack, though a wight may not be the fastest or most carnal of combatants, when they get their chance to strike, they do so with a precision of power the likes of which few others may have the ability. More so yet, the ability to turn the tide is seen as one of the strongest of a wight's powers. Stealing life from others and taking it for themselves is something only a wight could seemingly master to such a degree, a boon granted by their new un-death life.

If one comes back as a wight, depending on the strength of ritual, intensity of death, and length of time dead, they may lose all precious class levels and abilities, instead returning with that same number of levels in the wight class. If they do so, they may add any lost skill proficiencies to their proficiency options during character re-creation.

Undead Scourge Though a powerful warrior in your own right, whether that be before death or only now after conquering it, you are still seen as a scourge of the earth to some. Indeed, your powers are strong, you have new magical capabilities and a harness over necromantic, negative energy, but it is not without drawback. Thanks to your survival over the end itself, you can see when death is coming and stare it in the face, giving it a chance to blink before you do. Your mastery over this and the negative energy that now powers you can keep you alive for the foreseeable future, one would hope. But would you have the gall to send others to the very place you escaped?

Curious Appearances Though a wight is technically an undead, whether or not they could pass as a living being would depend much on the way they died and were brought back. One who was felled by a dragon will have scars covering their body, while one assassinated in the night may just have to cover up a neck wound. Whatever the case may be, it's always best to err on the side of caution, especially amongst the civilized world. The hardier demeanor and capability to keep oneself alive when many others would fall has made wights, rare as they may be (or seem), perfect for the life of an adventurer. Of course, banding together with others, especially those willing and able to keep your secret, is a very fortuitous symbiotic relationship to any wight.









































































