Many night riders were companions of the skeletal horses known as gaunts or deadmounts, hence their name. They were often found among other undead, especially the zombies and skeletons they were indistinguishable from. They had no organization of their own, but were found alone or in groups of three to two-dozen night riders.
Created for a purpose, they were typically employed as servants or guardians and went where they were ordered. They were usually found serving him or greater undead. Night riders were rare, being animated from corpses by a few liches and wicked clerics, but most notably by the god Myrkul himself. They moved and fought in utter silence, which could be quite disturbing. They were however vulnerable to healing magic, which reduced their unlife energy and did as much damage as would've been healed on a living creature. They were immune to charm, sleep, hold, and cold spells. They could also conjure darkness, 15' radius, as they pleased. ĭue to their great inherent evil, they could emanate a protection from good, 10' radius, spell whenever they willed. Being dead, they didn't feel pain and didn't need to eat. For the same reason, they couldn't use anything that required the touch of a living creature. Their very touch was unnaturally cold, harming all living things they touched and sapping their strength for an hour. Timoth suffering under the cold hand of death. They were capable of subtle military tactics, not only charging head on but also keeping forces in reserve and hanging back, and attacking and retreating to harry their opponents. They were faster than zombies, but still a little slower and clumsier than they would've been in life, usually being sluggish to react in battle or to dodge a ranged assault. Combat įor all that they resembled zombies and skeletons, night riders were much more powerful. The only time they made a sound was to chuckle or cheer exultantly when they struck a foe.
It retained a little of the intelligence and skills it had in life, so night riders appeared to be drawn to places they'd once lived or often visited. Personality Īlthough possessed of low intellect, a night rider was not mindless like a zombie or skeleton, making it much more dangerous than either, and profoundly evil besides.
Night night rider skin#
Their skin was withered and their eyes were dried out, and they stunk of rotting flesh. Night riders appeared as decaying corpses, invariably seeming to be zombies, sometimes partially skeletal or even complete skeletons.
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