Wight (Dungeons & Dragons)
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| Dungeons & Dragons creature | |
|---|---|
| Wight | |
| Alignment | lawful evil |
| Type | Undead |
| Source books | |
| First appearance | |
| Mythological origins | Wight |
| Image | Wizards.com image |
| Stats | OGL stats |
A wight is an undead creature in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game that takes its inspiration from the historical fantasy representation of the term wight. A wight is given a semblance of life through sheer violence and hatred. A wight can drain the life energy out of victims by touch, turning them into new wights upon death.
A wight is always lawful evil. A wight appears as a weird and twisted reflection of the form it had in life.
[edit] Variant Wights
- Dust Wights - Undead formed by a conjunction of elemental earth and negative energy. They destroy all creations of stone and metal.
- Vilewight - Has exposed innards which flail out like serpents, each ending in a bile-dripping mouth.
- Slaughter Wights - Wights especially endowed with power by the dark gods, giving them a more vicious outlook on the living.
[edit] References
- Cook, Monte. Book of Vile Darkness (Wizards of the Coast, 2004).
- Davis, Graeme. "The Ecology of the Wight." Dragon #348 (Paizo Publishing, 2006).
- Gygax, Gary. Monster Manual (TSR, 1977).
- Various. Monster Manual III (Wizards of the Coast, 2004).
- Williams, Skip, Jonathan Tweet, and Monte Cook. Monster Manual (Wizards of the Coast, 2000).
- Collins, Andy and Cordell, Bruce. Libris Mortis (Wizards of the Coast, 2004).
- Dungeons & Dragons set (1974)
- D&D Basic Set (1977)
- D&D Basic Set (1981)
- D&D Basic Set (1983)
- MC1 - Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989)
- Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (1991)
- Monstrous Manual (1993)
- D&D Miniatures: Harbinger set #52 (2003)
