The wight makes two longsword attacks or two longbow attacks. It can use its Life Drain in place of one longsword attack. Life Drain. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) necrotic damage.

Wight (Old English: wiht) is a generic term used for all-beings and non-beings, creatures and self-created, living and dead, especially (but not limited to): "Gods, elves, Dwarves, ettins, Ghouls, Humans, Vampire, Wanes, and Zombies; But usually …

Page recording a charm against a dwarf, from the Lacnunga collection, in which the dwarf is referred to as a wiht. [1] A wight is a being or thing. This general meaning is shared by cognate terms in Germanic languages, however the usage of the term varies greatly over time and between regions.

A wight was an undead creature given a semblance of life through sheer violence and hatred. They could drain the life energy out of victims by touch, turning them into new wights upon death.[3] Just one look in its eyes, and you know a wight is not a man.

Wights are intelligent undead humanoids that resemble armed and armored corpses. They never tire in pursuit of their goal of making eternal war against the living.

Living creatures hit by a wight’s slam attack gain one negative level. The DC is 14 for the Fortitude save to remove a negative level. The save DC is Charisma-based. For each such negative level bestowed, the wight gains 5 temporary hit points. Wights have a +8 racial bonus on Move Silently checks.

A humanoid slain by this attack rises 24 hours later as a zombie under the wight's control, unless the humanoid is restored to life or its body destroyed. The wight can have no more than twelve zombies under its control at one time.