| Bodak | |
|---|---|
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| Alignment | Lawful evil, Neutral evil, Chaotic evil |
| Classes | Hunter |
| Homeland | The Shadowfell, Plane of Shadow (formerly) |
| Leader(s) | Unknown |
| Homeworld | Toril |
| Classification | Shadow humanoid (undead) |
| Languages | Common |
Bodaks are a race of what is left of a humanoid. They have been touched by evil, often in nightwalker form. They appear in the "Forgotten Realms" series.
Background[]
Bodaks are creatures without a personality, they are terrible and relentlessness hunters. either of their own volition or at the behest of some greater power, such as the nightwalker that created them.
Ecology[]
Due to them being undead, they have a weakness to light which makes them deny light when able to. Bodaks are not affected by poisons or diseases and therefore have a major resistance to necromancer magic.
Ability[]
Bodaks have an ability that allows them to stare into a nearby creature's soul which can injure or kill the target if already very weak. Creatures killed by the "gaze of death" are destine to become bodaks. Bodaks have a death aura surrounding them which will wound or hinder a person if they are at least twenty-five feet away.
Other Information[]
Many undead creatures are feared by living people due to the immense power they hold, but no undead is as feared as the bodak. The result of becoming a bodak is being a humanoid and being attacked with powerful necrotic magic. The surge of negative energy combined with the pain and anguish of the victim sometimes reform into a the feared undead monstorsity.
Bodaks can be found in the furthest corners of Abeir-Toril. They are always hiding from light becuase it affects them greatly. These undead creatures barely remember their life when they were alive, but sometimes one will have a flashback in battle and they will stop fighting. The person the bodak was attacking will likely not be attacked again for a while. Anyhow, the only thing bodaks truly remember is hatred and anguish. Bodaks are absolutely evil and seek only to destroy every living things. This desire is easily achieved by a bodak, as its gaze is deadly. Anyone who stares at a bodak's eye will instantly die and return one day as a bodak.
Trivia[]
- Bodak have a similar appearance to the real world's perspective of extraterrestrial life.