Vaalingrade
Legend
I don't think even all the undead in the MM follow this.Sure. And the made up rule for the made up monster is "in order to be undead you must have previously been alive".
I don't think even all the undead in the MM follow this.Sure. And the made up rule for the made up monster is "in order to be undead you must have previously been alive".
Which of course, brings us back to the question of what is undead? Does it have any meaning at all?I don't think even all the undead in the MM follow this.
Things animated by necrotic/negative energy works for me. This can account for things like the Avatar of Death which has no indication it was ever alive and other pure spirits of death that have shown up, while the majority are the interactions of negative energy and death. I generally treat mummies, deathless, archliches, good ghosts, and such as being negative energy powered and connected in my games.Which of course, brings us back to the question of what is undead? Does it have any meaning at all?