Barrow-Wights

These strong yet miserable remnants commonly haunt their own tombs in areas affected by and afflicted with evil power. They, appear as dark, shadowy forms with glowing lights for eyes. They attempt to capture living beings and sacrifice them to whateverevil power they now worship (in Middle-earth, usually Morgoth), thus gaining the life energy of the victims, which is what Wights "feed" on. As they draw energy, they become more corporeal, showing hands like claws and faces like skulls. If seen with magical means, they appear as faded, pale versions of their former living selves. They possess a 60-ft radius "Fear" spell that is an intrinsic facet of their being; in addition, they can either paralyze or use sorcerous sleep on their victims to keep them immobile while the Wights drain 5 constitution points per round. When all of the victim's constitution is gone, he dies. Barrow Wights can use the actual weapons and magical items buried with them; unlike lesser undead beings, they will remember to do so, and quite effectively,