All-consuming hunger

An all-consuming hunger was an abhorrent and terrifying undead.

Description
The all-consuming hunger was an absolute horror to behold. The creature was actually a swarm that was composed of rotting body parts and organs, all undead. It's always in motion and pulsated like a living heart.

Behavior
All-consuming hungers held an intense loathing for all living creatures. Their main desire was to kill the living.

Abilities
All-consuming hungers were immune to the effects of many types of spells. It did not feel fatigue or exhaustion and only the most devastating attack had an effect on it. It had the ability to see in darkvision with a range of. A raise dead spell has no effect on it and the resurrection spell only worked if its consent was given.

Combat
Creatures who encountered an all-consuming hunger were overcome with nausea. A smog of rotting death surrounded an all-consuming horror in a radius. Any creature in this smog suffered the effects of a fear spell.

All-consuming hungers attacked by swarming their victims.

History
Around the, one could occasionally encounter these undead within the Dungeon of the Crypt.

Ecology
If a creature was killed by an all-consuming hunger, their corpse became a entirely new and separate all-consuming hunger. This was due to the unique disease that every all-consuming hungers carried, known as all-consuming wasting, which furthermore could transform a living creature into an all-consuming hunger even if it survived the initial battle. This disease acted similar to mummy rot, where the victim wasted away until they died. Healing spells such as remove disease prevented this wasting and cured the creature of the disease. If an all-consuming hunger was killed, a new all-consuming hunger rose from the remains after a period of time.