dave2008
Legend
I never thought it would be something commercially available. I just thought it was cool.
D&D (2024) Monster Manual 2025 Undead Video
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Nikosandros
Golden Procrastinator
He disarmed his opponent.
Charlaquin
Goblin Queen (She/Her/Hers)
I would have guessed zombie if there wasn’t another zombie image further in. Might be a zombie variant though.
Probably shadows
I would say Juju Zombie but I don't feel like WotC would include those these days.
I agree
Charlaquin
Goblin Queen (She/Her/Hers)
I definitely don’t think they would use that term for it, but I could see them doing a more Haitian folklore inspired zombie variant, if they had the appropriate cultural consultants.
Charlaquin
Goblin Queen (She/Her/Hers)
Really interesting to me that the very first thing they chose to emphasize in the undead video is how one of the most appealing things about undead in D&D is the clarity of “what your job is” as a player… They’re beating around the bush a little, but I feel like what they’re trying to get at is, “here’s a morally unambiguous enemy type that you can always know is ok to kill.” They also mentioned fiends in the same breath, so here’s my government-mandated grumbling about gnolls. But more to the point, I find it fascinating that they’re putting that front and center as a selling point of undead. I wonder if they’re trying to reassure folks who are unhappy about humanoid monsters no longer coming in always-evil.
That is a strong possibility, and a good thing IMO.
As to gnolls: I would personally prefer some sort of WFRP "beastman" chaos mutant rather than a specific "species" -- if only because it opens up a bunch of opportunities. Sure, hyenas that eat demon flesh turn into gnolls, but what about boars or tigers or even humans. There's a whole class of awesome enemies in there, kind of "blocked" by making gnolls THE demon humanoid type.
Stormonu
NeoGrognard
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