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<blockquote data-quote="Weiley31" data-source="post: 8874634" data-attributes="member: 7017196"><p>"Officially or unofficially?"</p><p>That question is both <em>easy</em> to answer if we're going by official WoTC 5E material. Pretty much No.......,,,,..ish.</p><p></p><p>By the books we have both the, as previously mentioned by others in the thread, the Hollowed One and the Reborn.</p><p></p><p>The Hollowed One is a Supernatural Gift introduced in Mythic Odysseys of Theros. It somewhat makes your pc an "Undead" and the background flavor states how the person was dead, but now is back into the world of the living. Although your typing is still <em>Humanoid,</em> your pc is still affected by spells that detect Undead or spells/effects that affect them.</p><p></p><p>The Reborn is a Lineage introduced in Van Richten's Guide to Ravensloft. Your dead, but back to the world of the living. Whether that means your Frankenstien's creature, a non-deity version of The Nameless One, or something is up to the PC, but the shoe still fits. Your typing is still <em>Humanoid,</em> but the Undead portion of the Lineage is definedish in the <em>Deathless Nature</em> feature. Advantage on Death Saving Throws, don't need to sleep/eat/breath/, and getting poisoned or sick isn't a major deal breaker for you.</p><p></p><p>We also had the Dhampir, which was classified as both a Humanoid and Undead in the Unearthed Article: Gothic Lineage. (Bout the closest and only time we had something officially from WoTC that Undead player race option). When it was officially released, the dual typing was ditched, and it stayed as a Humanoid. It too has a <em>Deathless Nature</em> but compared to the Reborn, it's a poorer version of the feature. (Don't have to breathe. Big Whoooooop).</p><p></p><p>Then we had the Revenant, which again was Unearthed Arcana material (Article: Gothic Heroes). Your type didn't change, from what I can tell, and you pretty much can't perma-</p><p>die unless you complete your quest. I'd say the ONLY super neat thing about it was if you made a Dragonborn Revenant, cuz then you FINALLY got something like Necrotic for the Breath Weapon. Way before Gem Dragonborn got introduced in 5E.</p><p></p><p>Regardless: none of the official options actually had an Undead Typing.</p><p></p><p>Unofficially, we start getting into some interesting territory.</p><p></p><p>Before we started getting MtG crossover books, we would get what were known as <em>Plane Shift</em> articles. They were pretty much the proto-crossover books with MtG that 5E have done before as major releases. (Ravnica, Theros, and Strixhaven).</p><p></p><p>Two of said Plane Shift articles were Ixalan and Zendikar. Both of those introduced Vampires as playable pc options. Well......Vampires that are typed as <em>Humanoid.</em> So from a fluff vantage point, they are undead but aren't typed as such. Honestly, in my humble of opinions, they can pretty much be used/refluffed as 4E Vyrlokas. (Vamps with all the pros and none of the cons.) </p><p></p><p>And then we have 3PP. The best version of the Undead player pc race option would be the Revenants and Specters option from the upcoming Iron King Requiem: The Nightmare Kingdom book. Compared to official 5E race write-ups, they have A CRAPTON of Traits/Features. But you get what ya expect for playable undead: Turn Resistance, Undead Typing, turning ghostly/insubstaantial and other neat things.</p><p></p><p>The Specter even has you select Banes like Salt, Running Water, and others. You also can get to choose from a small selection of ghostly powers like Possession, Haunting, Turning Invisible, and putting on your best Spooky face to scare the crap out of people.</p><p></p><p>Really, if you want to play as an Undead character in 5E, but tired of waiting for WoTC to actually pull the trigger on something like that,*** then Nightmare Kingdom is probably your best choice.</p><p></p><p>***Although, in WoTC's defense, they seem to be experimenting in giving us more pc race typings. Spelljammer FINALLY gave us Oozes and Constructs as a playable pc type. So, who knows what will happen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Weiley31, post: 8874634, member: 7017196"] "Officially or unofficially?" That question is both [I]easy[/I] to answer if we're going by official WoTC 5E material. Pretty much No.......,,,,..ish. By the books we have both the, as previously mentioned by others in the thread, the Hollowed One and the Reborn. The Hollowed One is a Supernatural Gift introduced in Mythic Odysseys of Theros. It somewhat makes your pc an "Undead" and the background flavor states how the person was dead, but now is back into the world of the living. Although your typing is still [I]Humanoid,[/I] your pc is still affected by spells that detect Undead or spells/effects that affect them. The Reborn is a Lineage introduced in Van Richten's Guide to Ravensloft. Your dead, but back to the world of the living. Whether that means your Frankenstien's creature, a non-deity version of The Nameless One, or something is up to the PC, but the shoe still fits. Your typing is still [I]Humanoid,[/I] but the Undead portion of the Lineage is definedish in the [I]Deathless Nature[/I] feature. Advantage on Death Saving Throws, don't need to sleep/eat/breath/, and getting poisoned or sick isn't a major deal breaker for you. We also had the Dhampir, which was classified as both a Humanoid and Undead in the Unearthed Article: Gothic Lineage. (Bout the closest and only time we had something officially from WoTC that Undead player race option). When it was officially released, the dual typing was ditched, and it stayed as a Humanoid. It too has a [I]Deathless Nature[/I] but compared to the Reborn, it's a poorer version of the feature. (Don't have to breathe. Big Whoooooop). Then we had the Revenant, which again was Unearthed Arcana material (Article: Gothic Heroes). Your type didn't change, from what I can tell, and you pretty much can't perma- die unless you complete your quest. I'd say the ONLY super neat thing about it was if you made a Dragonborn Revenant, cuz then you FINALLY got something like Necrotic for the Breath Weapon. Way before Gem Dragonborn got introduced in 5E. Regardless: none of the official options actually had an Undead Typing. Unofficially, we start getting into some interesting territory. Before we started getting MtG crossover books, we would get what were known as [I]Plane Shift[/I] articles. They were pretty much the proto-crossover books with MtG that 5E have done before as major releases. (Ravnica, Theros, and Strixhaven). Two of said Plane Shift articles were Ixalan and Zendikar. Both of those introduced Vampires as playable pc options. Well......Vampires that are typed as [I]Humanoid.[/I] So from a fluff vantage point, they are undead but aren't typed as such. Honestly, in my humble of opinions, they can pretty much be used/refluffed as 4E Vyrlokas. (Vamps with all the pros and none of the cons.) And then we have 3PP. The best version of the Undead player pc race option would be the Revenants and Specters option from the upcoming Iron King Requiem: The Nightmare Kingdom book. Compared to official 5E race write-ups, they have A CRAPTON of Traits/Features. But you get what ya expect for playable undead: Turn Resistance, Undead Typing, turning ghostly/insubstaantial and other neat things. The Specter even has you select Banes like Salt, Running Water, and others. You also can get to choose from a small selection of ghostly powers like Possession, Haunting, Turning Invisible, and putting on your best Spooky face to scare the crap out of people. Really, if you want to play as an Undead character in 5E, but tired of waiting for WoTC to actually pull the trigger on something like that,*** then Nightmare Kingdom is probably your best choice. ***Although, in WoTC's defense, they seem to be experimenting in giving us more pc race typings. Spelljammer FINALLY gave us Oozes and Constructs as a playable pc type. So, who knows what will happen. [/QUOTE]
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