Wight

A wight was an undead creature given a semblance of life through sheer violence and hatred. They could drain the life energy out of victims by touch, turning them into new wights upon death. Wights appeared as weird and twisted reflections of the forms they had in life.

Variants

 * Slaughter wight: These were wights that have been specially touched by the dark gods, giving them a vicious hate for all life that far outclasses the normal undead's.

Appearances

 * Adventures:
 * Curse of Strahd
 * Shadowdale: The Scouring of the Land
 * The Rise of Tiamat
 * The Twilight Tomb
 * Lords of Darkness: The Tombs of Deckon Thar
 * Computer Games:
 * Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear
 * Dungeon Hack
 * Icewind Dale
 * Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition
 * Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms
 * Neverwinter
 * Pools of Darkness
 * Pool of Radiance
 * Spelljammer: Pirates of Realmspace
 * Treasures of the Savage Frontier
 * Novels:
 * Extinction