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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8640120" data-attributes="member: 2209">Well wights were never slow and shambling like zombies. As a DM the hair was always my description giveaway for wights going off of the <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/17002/Monster-Manual-1e?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">1e MM</a> art.[ATTACH=full]228452[/ATTACH]In 2e <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/183092/MC1-Monstrous-Compendium-Volume-One-2e?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">MC1</a> they were described as:From a distance, wights can easily be mistaken for any number of humanoid races. Upon closer examination, however, their true nature becomes apparent. As undead creatures, wights are nightmarish reflections of their former selves, with cruel, burning eyes set in mummified flesh over a twisted skeleton with hands that end in sharp claws.[ATTACH=full]229096[/ATTACH]This description was repeated in the 2e Monstrous Manual:[ATTACH=full]233659[/ATTACH]and the 3.5 MM art emphasizes the hair to me as well.[ATTACH=full]234157[/ATTACH]as did the 4e MM wight art[ATTACH=full]234565[/ATTACH]Even the 5e one has lots of hair though coming at it fresh the pale wight flesh is a prominent characteristic.[ATTACH=full]235281[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 8640120, member: 2209"] Well wights were never slow and shambling like zombies. As a DM the hair was always my description giveaway for wights going off of the [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/17002/Monster-Manual-1e?affiliate_id=17596']1e MM[/URL] art. [ATTACH type="full"]228452[/ATTACH] In 2e [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/183092/MC1-Monstrous-Compendium-Volume-One-2e?affiliate_id=17596']MC1[/URL] they were described as: From a distance, wights can easily be mistaken for any number of humanoid races. Upon closer examination, however, their true nature becomes apparent. As undead creatures, wights are nightmarish reflections of their former selves, with [B]cruel, burning eyes set in mummified flesh over a twisted skeleton with hands that end in sharp claws.[/B] [ATTACH type="full"]229096[/ATTACH] This description was repeated in the 2e Monstrous Manual: [ATTACH type="full"]233659[/ATTACH] and the 3.5 MM art emphasizes the hair to me as well. [ATTACH type="full"]234157[/ATTACH] as did the 4e MM wight art [ATTACH type="full"]234565[/ATTACH] Even the 5e one has lots of hair though coming at it fresh the pale wight flesh is a prominent characteristic. [ATTACH type="full"]235281[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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