# Overview --- Undead were creatures that had died and then been animated by spiritual or magical forces. Some deities employed undead as divine servants; for example, the dwarven god Dumathoin used undead dwarves as divine messengers. Among the inhabitants of the Malatran Plateau, undead were known as the Headshrinker's children. Undead were extremely resilient to a number of effects and substances that were extremely harmful to the living. They were immune to all mind-affecting effects, poison, sleep effects, paralysis, stunning, disease, and death effects. In addition, it was not possible to drain their life force in any manner. [^1] [^1]: [The Forgotten Realms Wiki](https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Undead)