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Death Tyrant
Artist: Nicholas Gregory TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link
Never A Peaceful Night
(A FFXIV WoL/OC short story) - [A follow-up of 'Haunted Dreams' requested by @wandererxiv, thank you for the motivation to try something a little new!]
"Leave. Me. Alone! Can't I have a single night of peace-!?"
An explosive blaze lingered in the air, lighting what it could of the abyssal cavern as the fiery spell punctuated the exhausted mage's exceedingly rare ire. His unseen spectator was, as always, hidden away in the unnatural darkness that surrounded him. By now, Rinji knew well that he had a mentally exhausting night ahead of him.
Feeling a familiar swell in his chest, Rinji reached out and opened his palm, swapping out his staff for his long sword and giving it a twirl to adjust his grip. Then, resting the flat of the heavy blade upon his forearm, his cold and dispassionate gaze studied his pitch black surroundings as his head barely turned, only adjusting towards the slightest muddled sounds his pointed ears could pick up.
Death tyrants were an undead form of beholder, similar to zombies, that retained some innate magical abilities. They were often used by powerful wizards as guardians. They were almost never encountered near other beholders, who found them abhorrent.
“A cluster of tiny lights descended from a dark crevice in the ceiling. These motes cast an eerie glow on the great, alien skull that hung beneath them.” — From the journal of Jastus Hollowquill, explorer of Undermountain.
A death tyrant was the result of a beholder's mad dreams of existing beyond death. On the rare occasion in which such dreams took hold of a live beholder, its flesh rotted away, and a naked skull with spectral points of red light for eyes would emerge. A death tyrant held much of the powers of the original beholder, now fueled by the power of Undeath.
Although somewhat similar to a zombie, a death tyrant was a much more powerful creature, that continued to lord over others the same way beholders did. On the other hand, a true beholder zombie was the result of the necromantic reanimation of a dead beholder, and although a formidable foe, was a considerably weaker creature and a mindless servant.
Death tyrants retained enough of their intelligence to be capable of performing complex commands. When not taking orders or if faced with a situation that was not detailed in their orders, they would attempt to destroy any living creature that wasn't expressly identified as off-limits.
If an accident was made during their creation, death tyrants were known to go into a "rogue" state. Death tyrants in such a state were incapable of being commanded by any means, even by spells.
Unlike the gaze of a beholder, which disabled any magic where a beholder was looking, a Death Tyrant's gaze caused recovery to become impossible. Healing magic ceased to work, wounds failed to heal themselves, the very essence of life was gone in anything under the view of a Death Tyrant.
As creatures with the powers of necromancy, death tyrants could summon undead. However, unlike human necromancers who could at best summon a few hundred undead with intense concentration, a Death Tyrant could summon as many zombies as it pleased without effort.
The ritual to create a death tyrant was quite elaborate and the components required for it would typically cost around 3,000 gp. Elder orbs and beholder mages were both known to be capable of casting a spell that would transform dead beholders into death tyrants. They were also known to have a unique spell that would override the orders given to a death tyrant.
Death tyrants were capable of being magically bound to items by wizards, forcing them to obey the commands of whoever wields it. In a similar fashion, they could be bound to obey those who spoke a specific code-word, but this was considered faulty by comparison.
Kasharin were death tyrants who had been raised from the bodies of beholders infected with the beholder-contagion malohurr. Though their abilities and behavior largely paralleled that of regular death tyrants, kasharin carried a highly contagious disease similar to mummy rot that slowly killed whatever creature they touched.
Source: https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Death_tyrant
WHICH IS MORE SMASHABLE?
Death Tyrant
Mummy
On the left is a beholder who dreamt it wouldn't die, and therefore became undead through sheer willpower. That's a 5-6 foot (1.5-1.8 m) skull, complete with the ability to charm, paralyze, induce fear, induce sleep, petrify, and telekeneticly grab/manipulate! And the extra ability to spawn spectral hands and tentacles to restrain!
On the right is a classic, the mummy! It can make you scared and stunned, and powerful ones get spells like "command" and "hold person" with a legendary action that stuns!
BEHOLD(er)
This is my new Death Tyrant. I call him Grungus.
Ridiculously fun to paint this one. Definitely need to get my hands on every beholder type eventually.
bonus from the discord replies:
I painted a few Wizkids beholder type creatures: the death tyrant and zombie beholder.
Added a brown wash to the skeletons I did.
Tirano de los Muertos
I’m not sure if there’s much of a D&D or miniature painting fanbase on Tumblr, but I thought I’d start posting some things I’ve been working on. This was the first of what’s becoming a series of holiday-themed minis, painted at the end of October 2021 for Día de los Muertos.
Features the D&D Death Tyrant miniature from WizKids.
