Wight (Dungeons & Dragons)
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| Characteristics | |
| Alignment | Lawful Evil |
| Type | Undead |
| Image | Wizards.com image |
| Stats | Open Game License stats |
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| Mythological origins | Wight |
A wight is an undead creature in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.
The wight takes its inspiration from the barrow-wights in the world of Middle-earth created by J. R. R. Tolkien.
The wight was one of the first monsters introduced in the earliest edition of the game, in the Dungeons & Dragons "white box" set (1974), where they were described as being able to drain away energy levels on a touch.
The wight appears in the first edition Monster Manual (1977), where it is described as an undead human that inhabits barrow mounds or catacombs, evil and hateful, seeking to destroy all life it encounters.
This edition of the D&D game included its own version of the wight, in the Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set (1977, 1981, 1983). The wight was also later featured in the Dungeons & Dragons Game set (1991), the Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (1991), the Classic Dungeons & Dragons Game set (1994), and the Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Game set (1999).
The wight appears first in the Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989), and is reprinted in the Monstrous Manual (1993).
The wight undead dragon appears in Dragon #234 (October 1996).
The wight appears in the Monster Manual for this edition (2000).
The lavawight and winterwight appear in the Epic Level Handbook (2002). The vilewight appeared in the Book of Vile Darkness (2002).
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