Barrow wight

W barrow wight
Difficulty	7
Attacks	Claw: 1d4, Random magic spell with nominal damage of (level/3+1)d6, projectile as weapon, melee weapon for level drain (no damage)

W barrow wight
Difficulty	7
Attacks	Claw: 1d4, Random magic spell with nominal damage of (level/3+1)d6, projectile as weapon, melee weapon for level drain (no damage)
Base level	3
Base experience	93
Speed	12
Base AC	5
Base MR	5
Alignment	-3 (chaotic)
Frequency (by normal means)	Very rare
Genocidable	Yes
Weight	1200
Nutritional value	0 (but leaves no corpse)
Size	Medium
Resistances	Cold, sleep, poison
Resistances conveyed	None
does not breathe. has a head, a couple of arms, and a torso. does not eat. (*) is undead. is normally generated hostile. can follow you to other levels. can pick up weapons and food.

A barrow wight is a mythical creature, very rarely found in the dungeons. A barrow wight may follow the player from level to level, if it is nearby when the player leaves, and can be a stronger threat than its figures may suggest. From long range, the barrow wight may throw projectiles and use spells to attack the player. If the player attempts to engage in melee combat he or she puts him or herself at risk of the barrow wight's level draining (but otherwise harmless) weapon attacks. It always carries a long sword and a knife. A barrow wight is best dealt with quickly, without undue alarm.

Encyclopedia entry

When he came to himself again, for a moment he could recall
nothing except a sense of dread. Then suddenly he knew that
he was imprisoned, caught hopelessly; he was in a barrow. A
Barrow-wight had taken him, and he was probably already under
the dreadful spells of the Barrow-wights about which whispered
tales spoke. He dared not move, but lay as he found himself:
flat on his back upon a cold stone with his hands on his
breast.

[ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]