Homebrew Awakened Dead - Human Species Details

Undead are created in a variety of ways: necromancy, a curse, or even a contagion. Whatever the cause, a very few people who fall victim and are transformed into undead nevertheless retain their minds and personalities from life. These lucky (or unlucky?) few reawaken after death to discover themselves transformed into an animate corpse. Appearing like a zombie, awakened undead nevertheless behave as they did in life – at least, they try. They often find that their previous communities are unsettled by their new appearance

• Age. Awakened undead do not age.
• Size. Awakened undead have the same size that they did in life.
• Speed. Awakened undead have bodies that are somewhat sluggish. Your walking speed is 25 feet.
• Inured to Poison. Undead bodies are not easily poisoned. You have resistance to poison damage and advantage on saves against poison.
• Memory of Life. Awakened undead still resemble their previous, living selves. Choose one trait other than Age, Size, and Speed from the ancestry you had prior to being awakened.
• Undead Form. Awakened undead retained their souls, so they have the creature type Humanoid, but they are still dead flesh. As such, they no longer need sleep, food or drink, or even air to breathe.

Awakened Dead - Human Traits

It’s hard to make generalizations about the awakened undead, but your undead character has these traits.

Inured to Poison

Undead bodies are not easily poisoned. You have resistance to poison damage and advantage on saves against poison

Undead Form

Awakened undead retained their souls, so they have the creature type Humanoid, but they are still dead flesh. As such, they no longer need sleep, food or drink, or even air to breathe.

Ability Score Increase

 Your ability scores each increase by 1.

Age

Awakened undead do not age.

Alignment

 Undead tend toward no particular alignment. The best and the worst are found among them.

Size

Awakened undead vary widely in height and build, from barely 5 feet to well over 6 feet tall. Regardless of your position in that range, your size is Medium.

Speed

Awakened undead have bodies that are somewhat sluggish. Your walking speed is 25 feet.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and one extra language of your choice. Awakened undead typically learn the languages of other peoples they deal with, including obscure dialects lost to history and time. They are fond of sprinkling their speech with words borrowed from other tongues times, cultures, and places: Orc curses, Elvish musical expressions, Dwarvish military phrases, and so on.