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Post subject: Odd Question - What is a Wight?
 Posted: Aug 02, 2005 - 03:13 AM
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Hi,
Im putting together a couple teams out of minis laying around, and some ocassional purchases. Im strapped so most of the miniatures Ill be buying are from Reaper, not GW... Anyway, Im a little puzzled to what a Wight is. In Tolkien's novels, they are a bit ghostly/spirit/ethereal like, but some things I've seen they are more like a zombie, and the GW minis look like skeletons. Does anyone have any info on what a fantasy wight really is? |
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Posted: Aug 02, 2005 - 05:38 AM
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Posted: Aug 02, 2005 - 06:47 AM
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Wikipedia wrote: "Wicht", meaning "small person, dwarf", and also "unpleasant person" I know that guy  |
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Posted: Aug 05, 2005 - 02:51 AM
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Well in the old world wights and skeletons are pretty much very similar. What sets the wights apart is that they were true heroes/kings etc. in life and so in death won't relinquish their souls. They pretty much wander around trying to fend of ppl who are robbing them off their gold/jewels. Essentially wights are ghosts in skeleton bodies and skeletons are just animated bones  Hope that helped  |
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Posted: Aug 05, 2005 - 05:55 AM
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That helps a lot, thank you. Wikipedia just made me even more confused  |
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Posted: Aug 07, 2005 - 09:18 PM
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Nomadik wrote: Wikipedia just made me even more confused
Glad I wasn't the only one. |
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Posted: Aug 08, 2005 - 10:30 AM
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PhrollikK wrote: Well in the old world wights and skeletons are pretty much very similar. What sets the wights apart is that they were true heroes/kings etc. in life and so in death won't relinquish their souls. They pretty much wander around trying to fend of ppl who are robbing them off their gold/jewels. Essentially wights are ghosts in skeleton bodies and skeletons are just animated bones Hope that helped
Yeah, that's a good explaination of what they are - I tend to think of them as more powerful and intelligent versions of animated skeletons.
D&D describes them as "A wight???s appearance is a weird and twisted reflection of the form it had in life. A wight is about the height and weight of a human." |
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Posted: Aug 11, 2005 - 05:53 AM
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| Male wights are also capable of emulating the sounds of a full soul-jazz ensemble with a slap bass and eight-man horn section. Undead and Necromantic coaches can often be heard shouting "play that funky music, wight boy." |
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Posted: Aug 12, 2005 - 08:08 AM
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 That was great! |
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