The Undead | D&D Monster Lore | The Dungeoncast Ep.48

[@AnatoDragonshard]

"I like the idea of an undead warrior rising, not because of some dickish wizard or an arcane loophole, but but simply saying IM NOT DONE YET!!!" Got that from a meme and loved it.

[@chucklindelof8815]

The wights present a great opportunity. Since they retain their intelligence & personality (although probably twisted), I like rolling up an NPC character, and then making a wight out of it. I had an evil king that lost a war, and was killed. He cursed his vanquishers, and was rewarded by Orcus by being made into a wight. Thus, this wight has all the stats & equipment (and backstory) of a high level fighter, plus the advantages of being undead.

[@BardonPlays]

One of my party ran into a group on wights in a castle while he was venturing on his own and we ended the session with him on a max HP of 3 and still separated from us with all hell breaking loose in the castle.

[@Thedungeoncast]

+Bardon Plays Now thats an awesomely terrifying adventure! Party split +Wights= not a good time.

[@Giles29]

Keep hearing "Zombies, wights and ghouls" in my head like Cher's "Gypsies Tramps and Thieves"

[@notsae66]

I actually read a book where someone actually successfully set up that Necromantic utopia and the citizens thought of being necromanced as an honour. Everything was going fine 'till the damn Paladins showed up and torches the place.

[@micthem]

What is the name of this book?

[@ShineDark]

I've heard people bring up the idea of undead being used to do all the physical labor for a community in fantasy settings, and I've seen it be implemented in the Overlord Light Novel series. Still, I've always had an issue with the idea that no one has ever countered. That issue is, wouldn't everybody die from disease if literal corpses are walking around everywhere and handling all the food?

[@nickhill6062]

@@ShineDark Have clerics cast purify food and drink.

[@richardchester2675]

In libriss mortis (e3.5 think I spelt it right) there was the option to have a monstrous class as various undead. So if I had a level 1 gnome fighter (just an example) could I take levels in the undead monster class to kind of role play a slow transformation into the undead. Was thinking I could do some cool things with that.

[@TiffanyNTurner]

Found you a few weeks ago but making my way to D&D lore thanks to Baldurs gate 3 getting me interested start at the beginning of y'all's podcast and I plan on reaching the end 😊 I love necromancy any game I can do it in I can haha i never played DND but rrally want to now

[@darnell1391]

So that's where the idea for superquest saga came from

[@ColtNomad]

About critical role, the only reason he has brought back is because he is a Revenant, a form of Undead.

[@Thedungeoncast]

This makes more sense! Thanks for clarifying for us, since I don't watch the show. Using revenants is a cool way for implementing resurrection for a price.

[@sagesheahan6732]

We are so using the info discussed in these videoes. Theyre amazing guys. Keep it up please!

[@mike9139]

YOU ARE BOTH AWESOME! ❤❤❤

[@dtllmpn]

It'd be interesting to play a reincarnated ghoul, wight, or some other sentient undead, perhaps have the character want redemption because they never want to experience that hunger again.

[@benway23]

I love the longer videos.

[@zieryk6596]

As for disintegrated PC's or any other form of death there is the 5th-level spell Reincarnate which fashions a new adult body for the creature but you roll a d100 to determine it's race, the 7th-level spell Resurrection specifies that it "This spell closes all mortal wounds and restores any missing body parts." so depending on interpretation may count but I'd rule against this spell working in such a situation, and finally there is the 9th-level True Resurrection can provide a new body for a creature dead for as many as 200 years by simply speaking it's name.

[@Thedungeoncast]

Thanks for the clarification on the nature of the various "resurrection" spells!

[@ColtNomad]

And actually the players of CR were going to use True Resurrection but the player of the dead character became a revenant instead. Most like because of both story purposes and because the party would throw away the main objective at hand, i.e. the bbg, for resurrecting the character.

[@MrLimebomb]

24:07 for ghouls. Thanks for the video!

[@chasbrady2544]

We’ve always done resurrection, when resurrected you come back at a level based on how many levels the resurrecter gave up to bring you back, healer was level 10 gives up 5 levels you’re both level 5 now,

[@Kippiddy]

Realisticly without any magic involved most zombies would be gone within months of the start wandering around tripping on things being barraged by weather

[@liambrennan2495]

Love using these dudes before my campaigns

[@jiml9856]

Zombie rots away and becomes a skeleton.

[@kimjensen4977]

Question: A Zombie, that has rotten away - does it become a Skeleton by default (though a stupid one)?

[@zevil_2469]

No

[@ChromeDragonBastion]

Ghouls always make for a freaky opponent especially families of ghouls. Avoid their Thanksgiving meals.

[@scarletjester7831]

Wights, how I created my small undead army. Only really need to control the one that they follow, saves funding for "Create Undead" when you only use it for Wights

[@JaceDarkstar]

Hey guys my group was asking if there was a video for professances since every time we play we learn something new about it

[@Thedungeoncast]

We don't have any episodes covering proficiencies exclusively, but we do talk about the in depth character mechanics in our Character Creation episode. I believe we talk for a bit on character proficiencies there.

[@grizzly6667]

The cause of zombies in the Romero universe has never been explained.

[@paulcoy9060]

In the film, doesn't a reporter ask about a satellite that was out of control, or crashed ?

[@InquisitorThomas]

I recall hearing that the explanation of the zombies in the original Romero films was "Space Radiation"

[@dawsonwarner]

It’s because hell is full.

[@jamesgordon364]

Ok but what about game of thrones Thoros of Myr and Dondarrion from the brotherhood without banners, buddy is covered on scars and missing an eye from his bakers dozen of restrictions. I kinda like resurrection at a cost, the templates section in van richtens guide is a nice way to bring someone back with a macabre twist.

[@godsdemon7441]

Night of the living dead premise was what happens if there is no more room in hell. It was even brought up in the movie briefly.

[@jeffdauscha1436]

Wasn’t there also some sort of interaction with the radiation from a red comet?

[@TheLostArchangel666]

The cleric spell you mentioned also prevents the body from being raised as an undead, tho... I wonder if it would have any negative effects on a being that already IS raised as an undead because of it? Or would that body no longer be classified as a corpse, therefore not being a valid target for the spell?

[@TheLostArchangel666]

Casting Time:1 action Range:Touch Duration:10 days Components:V, S, M (a pinch of salt and one copper piece placed on each of the corpse's eyes, which must remain there for the duration) You touch a corpse or other remains. For the duration, the target is protected from decay and can't become undead. The spell also effectively extends the time limit on raising the target from the dead, since days spent under the influence of this spell don't count against the time limit of spells such as raise dead.

[@GodwinXZ]

August is named after Augustus Caesar.

[@BillyButton63]

Besides skeletons, what other types of undead can use weapons?

[@ericgrajeda9916]

Wights, revenants, liches, vampires and probably others

[@ShineDark]

I've heard people bring up the idea of undead being used to do all the physical labor for a community in fantasy settings, and I've seen it be implemented in the Overlord Light Novel series. Still, I've always had an issue with the idea that no one has ever countered. That issue is, wouldn't everybody die from disease if literal corpses are walking around everywhere and handling all the food?

[@greasysox]

getting ready to play my first campaign so i'm watching a bunch of spooky centric dnd videos. We're playing the carrion crown and I'm going to play a transmutation magus (and if he dies an aasimar sarenrae cleric of healing and glory, because I don't want to have to play a 3rd character)

[@epiccthulu]

I think it’s important to note that Necromancy itself is not evil, it just involves an energy that eats and decays whatever life is around it... which is evil. Zombies, and skeletons, are not trapt souls. Being a wizard that traps souls makes you evil. Also a body needs a brain/head and a heart for resurrection. This is why skilled assassins destroy either and why dying from brain extraction is scary

[@kylemendoza8860]

I would have ghouls being able to shape shift into Dire Rats.

[@YoungTroy23]

In the Living Dead series they were never completely explained but it was heavily hinted at being radiation.

[@godsdemon7441]

The original was no more room in hell, then as the series went on it became chemical spills near graveyards, etc.

[@t2av159]

@@godsdemon7441 no, I met Romero back in 2006; he never said there was no room in hell when I asked him.

[@judahthiem5487]

You mentioned orcus as a creator of ghouls. Doresain, the king of ghouls, also created a lot of ghouls

[@MrAllen1049]

Resurrection is a necromancy school spell so for me necromancy is not evil by default unless all those clerics are evil.

[@HowtoRPG]

Thanks.

[@AureliusDux99]

They say that wights can actually rival liches in power if they live long enough

[@Maddawg1984]

With the Critical Role Disintegration he was kinda Resurrected but not. He made a Pact earlier in the campaign with the Goddess Raven Queen. Vecna was trying to ascend to God hood. Raven Queen isn't about that she is the God of natural order of death. So she granted the characters request for a temporary resurrection to fight Vecna with his friends but once the fight was over he barrowed time would be up and he would die again and be her Agent in her plane. So the one your referring to isn't what you think. He has killed off Character in another campaign of theirs and that player made a new character. Critical role does treat death seriously if the players have access to that magic its not a guarantee a multi phase ritual has to be done to try and convince the soul to come back with skill checks and failed check increases the DC of the resurrection successful checks decrease it. Only 3 people can roll a check to try and convince the soul to return. Starting DC 10 for the DM role. Then the DM rolls a d20 no modifiers if the if the roll meets or exceeds the DC the are Resurrected. If not they are gone forever no redos on that character if lost. Every time a character is Resurrected the starting DC increases by 1. Now the 3rd level revivify that is a quick one during combat or shortly after its just a flat DM no modifiers roll. If you fail this roll a more powerful resurrection like 5th level Raise Dead can be attempted later. This is Matt Mercer homebrew rule to not have resurrection automatic without removing it all together.

[@TheCMoneyPlaya]

I've always found destroying undead very satisfying. I don't know why

[@mosshivenetwork117]

I think it's because the undead by default are lifeless but hostile targets that are easy to kill under some circumstances.

[@abeefdragon8743]

You guys should do the cadaver collector

[@christopherbonner4454]

Zombies in traditional cinema would be considered ghouls in the dungeons and dragons universe because their bite produces more zombies/ghouls. Zombies do not produce more zombies, Necromancy does. Then that rule would be up to the dungeon master. Your universe your rules.

[@GreenLanternCorps2814]

Why was Doomsday in the background? :D

[@Thedungeoncast]

Do you mean the Ogre Zombie? lol

[@adamholcomb200]

The ghoul paralyzed touch is lethal a character that is paralyzed only tries to save on there turn they do nothing and all creatures attacking have advantage and if they hit its auto crit. You can save on your turn that’s all you can do every turn

[@clintjones214]

Resurrection in my campaign is not something the players can do. The people who retained the knowledge are powerful clerics who charge a lot of money plus components. If my players use them they notice that enemies have better equipment, magic items, and lairs as the players are funding the war machine of the BBEG. They haven’t figured it out yet lol.

[@koobatashin]

I’ve had 9 minutes of commercials by the 17 minute marker. C’mon KZbin. WTF

[@AncientRylanor69]

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