D&D General have we had a player race of undead?

Tonguez

A suffusion of yellow
But as I say, "what is life" is irreverent to the question of "what is undead". Lots have things have been suggested, but they have all been dismissed on the basis of being "boring". If you can't define what it means to be undead, you cannot say how it differs from life.
once you have a definition of “what is Life” you dont need to define “what is undead” as the creature type description already tells us that Undead are once-living creatures. Its not a different state just a yes/no switch.
We are further told that the “horrifying state of undeath is brought about through the practice of necromantic magic or some unholy curse*.”

We also get told there re two categories for undead being walking corpses, and bodiless spirits.

*we know too that in DnD Unholy Power is an objective thing that can affect objects (Unholy Weapons) and creatures, regardless if individuals object to the connotations of such Holy/Unholy powers existing.
 

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once you have a definition of “what is Life” you dont need to define “what is undead” as the creature type description already tells us that Undead are once-living creatures.
I would be fine as that as a definition. But we have been told that to say undead can't reproduce via sexual reproduction is "boring".
 

Vaalingrade

Legend
But what "alive" means is irrelevant. The question is, "what does undead mean?" Unless you can come up with some sort of equivalent list for undead it is useless as a descriptor.
If we're going to go down this path, let's throw out aberration, monstrosity, elemental, outsider and humanoid as well. They're just broad general categories that, would serve as keywords to play off other abilities.
 




Vaalingrade

Legend
We're still talking about made up magic monsters right?

There's no actual rules. Like The Forest has an undead monster that throws babies it gives birth to at you as its primary weapon because maximum edgelord.
 







Voadam

Legend
Which of course, brings us back to the question of what is undead? Does it have any meaning at all?
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.
 

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