Editing Wight (section)

==Dungeons & Dragons==
The wight has been a constant member of the [[Dungeons & Dragons]] army of the undead, presented as intelligent and malevolent free-willed animated corpses with the ability to drain levels. Starting from [[Tolkien]]'s barrow-wights, they usually dwell in their own tombs and arise only when those tombs are being trespassed.

Their level drain ability (with no saving throw!) combined with their immunity to everything but magic and silver weapons, as well as [[Tom Moldvay]]'s decision to include them in the Basic Set therefore low-level modules, made them absolutely terrifying in those early editions. 5e nerfed them hard, turning their level drains into temporary loss of maximum hit points, but also giving them proficiency in melee and ranged weapons, allowing them to attack from a distance if they choose to do so.

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Wight 1e.jpg|1e
Wight MCV1.jpg|2e
Wight MM 2e.png
Wight GH3.jpg
Wight tRoSP.png
Wight 3e.jpg|3e
Dread wight DoD1.jpg
Wight 4e.jpg|4e
Wight 5e.png|5e
Wight B1.png|Pathfinder
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