---
title: Wight
description: The wight creature for OSR gaming.
date_pub: 2023-10-27T23:26:36.000-04:00
section: bestiary
content_type: feature
short_code: bwt
hd: 3
---

A humanoid corpse possessed by a malevolent spirit.

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|                 |                                    |
| --------------- | ---------------------------------- |
| **Hit Dice**    | 3\* (13 hp)                        |
| **Armor Class** | 14                                 |
| **Movement**    | 30'                                |
| **Attacks**     | 1 (+3) @ energy drain (touch, 1d4) |
| **Alignment**   | Chaotic                            |
| **Save**        | 12 (4)                             |
| **Morale**      | 12                                 |

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-   Immune to damage from non-magical, non-silver weapons.
-   Takes half damage from silver weapons.

### Energy Drain

Damage inflicted by this attack reduces the target's maximum HP.

-   A humanoid killed by this ability becomes a wight in 1d4 days, under the control of the wight that killed them.
-   The victim gains back 1 hit die worth of hit points to their maximum after each long rest they take, until they return to their original total.

!!!include(bestiary/undead.md)!!!
