Undead

**Max HP:** 14

**Attributes:**

Immortal Body - Gain an extra 1HP at the end of every day

Immune - Poisons have no effect

Undeath - Healing spells will harm Undead and Cure will have no effect. You cannot become a Cleric. Holy type damage is doubled

**Appearance:** How the undead appear is entirely dependent
 on, firstly, what race they were before resurrection and, secondly, at
what stage of decomposition their corpse was before re-animation. Zianites
 cannot be undead, due to their bodies never having been biologically
"alive" to begin with. If a corpse is resurrected within a couple of
days, it will appear pale and glassy-eyed, but not drastically
different. After a few months, they will have rotten and decayed flesh
and possibly bones showing from where insects have feasted. After a few
years, unless the body was somehow frozen or embalmed, they will be
entirely skeletal. Past this point, the person's body will not have the
strength to hold itself and what bones are left will crumble and the
host spirit will become lost and haunt the area, unable to comprehend
it's existence and can only leave through guidance from someone like a cleric.

**Ecology:** The existence of intelligent undead are thought of by mages
 as a breakthrough in magical science. "Common" undead like the average
zombie are merely mindless, animated corpses, but magic has been refined
 enough that there is a resurrection spell powerful enough to recover
both the mind and body. They do not need sleep and their bodies are
immune to toxins. A side effect of the spell does mean that many undead
crave living flesh and they will eat to satiate this hunger, how they
are able to break this food down with inactive digestive systems (or
none at all) is still debated, but common theory points toward the
similar conversion into magical energy that occurs with zianites and
their food.

**Diplomacy:** Shunned by almost all others, they live in
their safe-haven of Graveheim and look after themselves. This has led to
 a distinct unity among undead and they refer to themselves as "brethren
 in death". It seems unclear if the undead will ever have a place among
the intelligent races of Longbirch.

**Religion:** The magic used to create undead is an affront
 to most deities, seeing themselves as the only ones who may create or
restore life. It is also thought of as an "imperfect" spell of
resurrection due to the fact that it does not fully restore life to the
person and instead creates the abomination that is the living dead. Most
 undead Colvatchians are zealous followers of Venion
 who wish to follow their old leader even into undeath and continue to
deify him above all things. They are the polar opposite of the modern cultist and their goal is to help in their leader's aim to rule again as a lich king, regardless of what darkness it may bring.
Otherwise, undead do not have any gods of their own. Many can barely
fathom their own existence, let alone the existence of some higher being.

**Naming Conventions:** If the undead can remember the name
 they had in life, they will sometimes choose to keep it. Some search
for their own gravestones in order to seek out this information. Others
either cannot remember, or wish to seperate themselves from the person
they were while living and so they choose a new one for themselves. This
 usually pertains to the race that they were while alive, or can
sometimes be something entirely of their own imagining. As such, there
are no clear examples to give.