Thread:MediocreKnight/@comment-27666783-20200227215226/@comment-28358106-20200228033216

New Vegas was by far my favorite Fallout, bar none.

Hound: Primarily two things, how they're formed, and in temperament. A normal Wight is an undead who are promoted to the position through time and SE from their husband, primarily starting as Zombies. A Barrow Wight is an undead that are linked to a specific burial spot and were already powerful magic users in their former lives. They aren't "promoted," but Mamonoified through enough DE coursing through the land. Their two prime requirements are that they retained a high level of intelligence as "normal" undead, and that their lairs were made specifically for them. They could be a burial barrow, a dungeon, or even a buried castle.

Their temperament is different in that they aren't already attached to a human. This is perpetuated by the fact that the DE of the area sustains them, and as they were usually mages or scholars in their former lives they see little reason to leave, and in fact can be quite testy and territorial.