Draugr
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Description:
Draugr are the corpses of warriors, usually of significant repute or at least of high birth, who were long ago interred in their burial mounds, along with their weapons, armour, and often other prized belongings. When disturbed from their rest, draugr will rise to defend their tombs, showing no mercy to intruders. Armed, armoured and tough, draugr they will fight until they are destroyed. Draugr are most commonly encountered in their tombs or barrows where they guard their burial treasures, but if their treasures are stolen, or if their enemies or their enemies’ descendants are nearby, they may venture forth from their tombs to reclaim what is theirs or to take revenge.
Special:
Draugr are immune to normal weapons, poison, and disease though Blessed weapons do +25% damage to them. Their own weapons and armour are considered magical.
Variants:
All draugr are principally melee combatants, and individual fighters. They do not typically look to use combined tactics, but instead seek to close distance to nearest enemy and attack relentlessly with all of their might.
Standard Draugr
The typical draugr was, in life, a highly skilled and feared warrior - entombed with their weapons, armour, and typically treasurers and spoils of war they may have earned with their prowess and valor on the battlefield. In death, they are as dangerous as they were in life.
Draugr Ward
These lesser draugr likely served as squires or pages to their higher ranked and more powerful counterparts, but despite their smaller size, they remain a threat even to seasoned veterans. Draugr wards are often entombed along with the master who they served in life.
Draugr Berserker
In life, berserkers were exceptionally ferocious warrriors, and the intense battles into which they fearlessly flung themselves forged them rage fueled killing machines. Now risen as draugr, they berserkers can bring two full sized weapons to bear at once, and should be considered a serious threat by even the most highly-trained, battle-hardened, fully-equipped warriors.
Draugr Thegn
A Dragur Thegn (Thane) was, in life, a warrior who had risen to some noble rank as a result of victory and glory acheived on the battlefield. In undeath, they remain extrordinarily fierce warriors, and have several spells they can use to increase their combat effectiveness.