Revenants are undead creatures that rise from the dead to hunt down and slay their killers with unwavering zeal.
Description
Appearing as decayed and emaciated versions of their once-living selves, revenants typically have open festering wounds and drawn, clammy skin covering their flesh. Ordinarily, revenants have lifeless eyes but when faced with their murderers their eyes flare with an unnatural light.
A revenant possesses greater physical strength and a stronger force of personality than they did in life. Along with the usual differences between the undead and the living, revenants are also impervious to the effects of acid, gases, cold, electricity, and polymorphing. Accompanied by their resistance to non-magical weapons, this all makes revenants particularly tough physically.
The "lifespan" of a revenant lasts only until they slew their killer or killers, or about a year, whichever comes first. After succeeding in its mission of revenge, the revenant crumbles to dust. As long as its task remains unfinished, the revenant slowly decays and will finally fall apart after about twelve to eighteen months. In either case, the restless spirit animating the corpse is able to move on to the appointed afterlife.
Psychology
Revenants have an unrelenting desire for revenge against their killers, almost to the point of ignoring anyone else who was not involved in their murder. This desire for vengeance sometimes spreads to accomplices involved in the murder, but they tend to be less important than their primary target.
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