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Undeads of BATMUD
It is of common knowledge that graveyards, burial mounds and ancient
battlegrounds often are haunted by evil forces and should be avoided by
night. These evil forces are spoken of as the Undead.
Undeads are brought to this plane of existance due to many a reason.
Everything dead and decaying, animal corpses, farmers and fallen warriors
can rise as minions in the cursed legions of Nitocris, the Ghoul Queen of
the dead. A proper and respecful burial often prevents corpses to turn
into disgusting beings such as hideous skeletons, rotting zombies, flesh-
eating ghouls and wailing ghosts. Alas, no matter how frightening, these
are just minor Undeads.
Supreme mages, kings of renown and legendary dragonslayers that die gruesome
deaths are rarely seen again, at least not as minor undeads. They have been
flirting with Death in many ways during their lifetime, thus Nitocris is
aware of their coming and has already started to corrupt their souls. Chances
are that they will turn into extremely powerful Undeads. If you stumble upon
emperor liches, screaming wraiths, mummies and eyeless banshees, you better
run for your life or face the might of Nitocris.
Undeads in general are very hard foes. This not only because of their
horrific appearance, but also their spells. Sometimes even the strongest
of warriors drops his sword as the Undead curses him, withering away his
muscles. The once so agile thief, suddenly clumsier than a giant; the
powerful magician, suddenly losing his memory and turning into a drooling
fool. The list of curses is long, some even make you several years older.
The worst fact about the Undead is that they are often resistant or
invulnerable to many natural ways of damage. Especially psionics and
poison seem to have little effect on these creatures of the night. Fire,
on the other hand, is known to be quite effective against many types of
undead, burning their dry skin and garments.
The Sisters of Las and the Templars of Faerwon are sworn enemies of the
Undeads and they are said to have been granted powers against the forces
of darkness by their patrons. Most undeads recognize the aura of such good
virtue and either fear or hate the bearer of light.
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