Homebrew Untote Geweckt (Awakened Undead) Species Details
"Oh restless one, thou has risen from the grave... What has drawn thou from the eternal slumber?"
-Dylan W Brandl, Duskfall
From eternal rest, you awaken and rise from the grave... Baffled by the strange circumstances that you find yourself amongst, questioning what the hell has occurred. Was this an act of god, do you have some unfinished business, or did someone piss on your grave? These questions echo endlessly through out your hollow skull.
The Awakened
Untote Geweckt are known as the Awakened Undead, they are corpses that have awakened from eternal rest, with the soul's return to the body. The means of this awakening is unknown, remaining enigmatic as a extremely rare phenomena.
The amount of time the deceased has been separated from their body determines the state the body is in, from perfectly preserved to being no more than a skeleton. The bodies are fully animate, werther it be a pale and emicated corpse or a stiff skeleton. This appearance and their undead nature has stricken fear, prejudice, and hatred against the Awakened Undead who are typically forced to live in hiding or exile.
Untote Geweckt (Awakened Undead) Traits
Awoken from their eternal rest, the Awakened Undead bear traits of the grave.Ability Score Increase
Awakened Undead have their Constitution increased by 2, and their Wisdom or Intelligence or Charisma is increased by 1.
Forgotten Mortality
Awakened Undead do not age, they remain amongst the state they awoken from. Werther it be a perfectly intact body, a rotten corpse, or just a skeleton.
Alignment
Awakened Undead hold the same alignment they held while living, as death does not change their sense of morality.
Size
Awakened Undead vary in size which is based off their race of origin, their weight also varies based of race and the condition of their body.
Speed
Awakened Undead have a base walking speed of 30 feet.
Darkvision
The Awakened Undead possess darkvision. This allows the Awakened Undead to see in dim light within 60 feet of them as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. They can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.
Undeath
The Awakened Undead hold no need for sustenance to sustain themselves but can still eat and drink for fun. The Awakened Undead do not sleep but instead enter a dormant state where they do not dream and are completely aware of their surroundings, this can last for four hours, which will count as a successful long rest. Do to being undead, the Awakened Undead are immune to disease, poison, and the poisoned condition. Awakened Undead are resistant to necrotic damage and vulnerable to radiant damage.
Beyond The Grave
The Awakened Undead possess powers from beyond the grave, wielding necrotic forces.
You know the thaumaturgy cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the false life spell at 2nd level once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the speak with dead spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. These spells use your spellcasting ability.
A Bone To Pick
If both hands are free, you can use a bonus action to remove an arm and use it as a weapon. This arm has a finesse property and as a action you can attack with it, dealing bludgeoning damage, 1d8+ proficiency modifier. The arm can be reattached by using a bonus action.
Languages
Awakened Undead can speak, read, and write in common, as well as any language they knew before dying.