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[Iituem]

Wight
A Tale of Cruelty, Violence and Song

You are a wight.  Up until very recently, you were the complete and total slave of your master, the wight that created you.  Who you were before you died, you do not know, remember or care - the tattered rags of clothes you wear give little identity to that person.  After you were drained of all life, your master brought you into being under his complete control.  You were a blank slate, but while the link between slave and master is not telepathic as such, your creator imparted certain basic information to your new mind as he made you.  Language.  Concepts.  Vital survival information - the identity of holy men that would destroy you, of holy knights and paladins, to fear the weakening caused by daylight.

You were a complete slave to him.  Any order he gave, you obeyed.  Whatever thoughts you might have, however you might have hated him, the magic that gave you life forced your compulsion.  For months you served him, sneaking out at night with the other servile wights, draining just enough life from wayward victims and livestock to render them unconscious, then bringing them back for your master to feast upon the lion's share.  Very rarely did he bring one back as a wight - he had slaves enough for his purpose.



Today, you are free.  You felt his grip over your mind break, suddenly and without warning.  You were standing in one of the distant wings of the catacombs that you and your pack had taken up residence in, waiting (amidst unending boredom) for the sun to set and hunting time to begin.  Then suddenly you were free.

This can only mean one thing.  Your master has been killed, almost certainly by outsiders.  What will you do?

Spoiler: Stats (click to show/hide)

Un-named Wight
Health: 3/10
Might: 3
Stealth: 4

Sustenance: 0 Days (You must feed!)

Spoiler: Spells/Powers (click to show/hide)

Drain Life: On a successful attack, drains life directly from the victim and adds to your health pool, or to sustenance.  No cost.
Create Wight: A victim you have recently drained of all life can be brought back as a wight under your complete control.  Cost: Health.  Half of the total health you spend creating the wight will be its new (and total) health.

No mage training!

[Shadestyle]

I love it.

Search the holes in the walls.

[IronyOwl]

Find the others, but carefully. We would do well to ally with our recently-liberated brethren, but whatever slew our master is most likely more than a match for us. We'll need to avoid being detected at all costs.

[GiglameshDespair]

Whatever we do, do it carefully.

[Prophet]

Find the others, but carefully. We would do well to ally with our recently-liberated brethren, but whatever slew our master is most likely more than a match for us. We'll need to avoid being detected at all costs.

+1

[Ozarck]

feast on any catchable creatures nearby to restore health. Avoid any particularly dangerous ones.

[tntey]

Find the others, but carefully. We would do well to ally with our recently-liberated brethren, but whatever slew our master is most likely more than a match for us. We'll need to avoid being detected at all costs.

+1

+1

[Ambidextrous]

Find the others, but carefully. We would do well to ally with our recently-liberated brethren, but whatever slew our master is most likely more than a match for us. We'll need to avoid being detected at all costs.

+1

+1

+1

[Xantalos]

Find the others, but carefully. We would do well to ally with our recently-liberated brethren, but whatever slew our master is most likely more than a match for us. We'll need to avoid being detected at all costs.

+1

+1

Yes

[Iituem]

Search the holes in the walls.

feast on any catchable creatures nearby to restore health. Avoid any particularly dangerous ones.

You are pretty certain that anything of value in these crypts has been taken to the master's hoard by now.  It's also pretty unlikely to find any rats or the like.  Since your master has first call on any large creatures or people to drain, you and your brothers fought pretty hard for anything that fell beneath your master's interest.  Still, you might as well check.



Huh.  A couple of ancient pennies, of the type put on one's eyelids after death.  That's about it, though.  No rats.



Yeah, nothing of interest here.

Find the others, but carefully. We would do well to ally with our recently-liberated brethren, but whatever slew our master is most likely more than a match for us. We'll need to avoid being detected at all costs.

You sneak through the corridors of the catacombs.  You had never really been allowed to wonder up to this point why this place exists.  You suppose that the dead who aren't up and about need to be stored somewhere.  Mostly your master just tossed any spent corpses into a corner.  You check through the side corridors of the catacombs, then risk a foray near the master's chambers - the big one with the nice carved stone beds.



Ah.  Well, there's the master.  And the master's treasure hoard.  And several piles of dust that you strongly suspect used to be your brothers.  And three adventurers, busy looting the hoard.  Oh, and from your hiding position behind this archway you can see one of your sisters hiding behind another archway on the opposite side of the room.

Spoiler: Stats (click to show/hide)

Un-named Wight
Health: 3/10
Might: 3
Stealth: 4

Sustenance: 0 Days (You must feed!)

Spoiler: Spells/Powers (click to show/hide)

Drain Life: On a successful attack, drains life directly from the victim and adds to your health pool, or to sustenance.  No cost.
Create Wight: A victim you have recently drained of all life can be brought back as a wight under your complete control.  Cost: Health.  Half of the total health you spend creating the wight will be its new (and total) health.

No mage training!

Spoiler: Inventory (click to show/hide)

2 copper coins.

[tntey]

Drain life from the closet person, then throw a coin at one of them

[Tomcost]

PTW

[Criptfeind]

If they killed our master they are clearly far too powerful for us. Hide nearby and try to overhear them talking. Maybe if they are good instead of just greedy they can help you. If you want help. If you still have some type of morals. At the least you might be able to get at least some useful information.

[Armok]

> Sneak away, towards the surface

[Generally me]

Sneak past them to our sister bring her back then leave