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* Wights in ''[[The Carpet People]]'' are a clairvoyant, varnish-mining race who can [[Mental Time Travel|remember the future]]; mostly sympathetic, but with something of an [[Omniscient Morality License]] attitude. They're really more [[Our Elves Are Better]] with Pratchett simply [[Call a Pegasus a Hippogriff|playing with names]]. |
* Wights in ''[[The Carpet People]]'' are a clairvoyant, varnish-mining race who can [[Mental Time Travel|remember the future]]; mostly sympathetic, but with something of an [[Omniscient Morality License]] attitude. They're really more [[Our Elves Are Better]] with Pratchett simply [[Call a Pegasus a Hippogriff|playing with names]]. |
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* In the ''[[Books of Pellinor]]'', Maerad destroys "a wight of the abyss". It's implied to be some sort of demon. |
* In the ''[[Books of Pellinor]]'', Maerad destroys "a wight of the abyss". It's implied to be some sort of demon. |
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* ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' borrowed the wight from Tolkien and made it an undead monster that drained energy levels (Character Levels) from its victims and [[The Virus|was created by draining a character of all their levels]]. |
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** ''[[Nethack]]'' runs with this, giving wights an attack that drains character levels. Interestingly, when eaten, they {{spoiler|provide zero nutrition but also raise the consumer's level}}. |
** ''[[Nethack]]'' runs with this, giving wights an attack that drains character levels. Interestingly, when eaten, they {{spoiler|provide zero nutrition but also raise the consumer's level}}. |
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* In [[Norse Mythology]], "Wights" (Vaettir) essentially means [[Differently-Powered Individual]] - the term covers any non-divine magical beings, including [[Our Elves Are Better|Elves]], [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same|Dwarfs]], [[Our Giants Are Bigger|Giants]] and [[All Trolls Are Different|Trolls]]. |
* In [[Norse Mythology]], "Wights" (Vaettir) essentially means [[Differently-Powered Individual]] - the term covers any non-divine magical beings, including [[Our Elves Are Better|Elves]], [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same|Dwarfs]], [[Our Giants Are Bigger|Giants]] and [[All Trolls Are Different|Trolls]]. |
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* ''[[Might and Magic]] 7.'' Wights, wraiths and barrow wights (in order of increasing power) are a somewhat rare sort of undead that wear long brown robes and tote really nasty knives. Aging, spell point drain and magical terror may result from their attacks. |
* ''[[Might and Magic]] 7.'' Wights, wraiths and barrow wights (in order of increasing power) are a somewhat rare sort of undead that wear long brown robes and tote really nasty knives. Aging, spell point drain and magical terror may result from their attacks. |
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** And by 'Somewhat rare' we mean 'You fight them every ten feet in The Barrow Downs. And less often in other areas too.' |
** And by 'Somewhat rare' we mean 'You fight them every ten feet in The Barrow Downs. And less often in other areas too.' |
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* Similar to the [[Dungeons |
* Similar to the [[Dungeons & Dragons]] wights, ''[[Exile]]'' and ''[[Avernum]]'' have wights that are higher-level undead who drain experience on hitting. |
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* Wights in ''[[Myth]]'' are zombies that [[Action Bomb|explode]] when attacked or when they get close to enemies, and spray a paralyzing toxin over nearby units. |
* Wights in ''[[Myth]]'' are zombies that [[Action Bomb|explode]] when attacked or when they get close to enemies, and spray a paralyzing toxin over nearby units. |
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* In ''[[Morrowind]]'', "heartwight" is an alternate name for an ash vampire. It fits better, since they aren't vampires at all. |
* In ''[[Morrowind]]'', "heartwight" is an alternate name for an ash vampire. It fits better, since they aren't vampires at all. |
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