History Main / FearlessUndead

* In another White Wolf example, this is steadily averted in both ''{{Vampire}}'' games. Vampires have the Beast, the predatory half of their vampiric nature that has a tendency to hijack their bodies in certain circumstances. One of those is mortal fear (such as when sunlight or fire make an appearance), in which case the Beast might grab hold and make the vampire run screaming into the night.

* Most undead in Dominions have a morale of 50, a purely symbolic value meaning that they are completely unbreakable.

* On ''Deadliest Warrior'', this was actually listed as an X Factor in the Vampires vs. Zombies episode. [[spoiler: The Zombies recieved the higher number due to being physically incapable of fear(unlike vampires).]]

* Reg Shoe and many other undead from ''{{Discworld}}'', along with the Igors.

** Averted, however, in ''Warhammer40K'', where the Necrons are basically Zombie Robots: The game explains that while they do ignore fear (comes with having your soul eaten by your gods and your entire body transferred into a machine), they can still judge when it would be advantageous to flee if in presence of a stronger enemy, and so must still take morale tests.

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** [[spoiler: Until Mia decides to show her otherwise.]]

* In ''The DeathGateCycle'', there are two kinds of undead- Cadavers (which are nearly mindless) and lazar (which are sentient). Both are completely fearless- cadavers because they are barely aware of what's going on around them, and lazar because they are aware of the agony of their undead condition and know for a fact that nothing is worse. Fireballs, sword thrusts, decapitation, arrows through the heart- none of it matters to something that's that far beyond our meager understanding of "pain".
** The cadavers aren't exactly mindless, their minds have just gotten stuck to the moment of their death, and they can't learn anything new, and are inclined to return to whatever they were doing just before their death, unless somebody constantly keeps an eye on them. They're essentially dementia patients taken up to eleven.

* In another White Wolf example, this is steadily averted in both ''{{Vampire}}'' games. Vampires have the Beast, the predatory half of their vampiric nature that has a tendency to hijack their bodies in certain circumstances. One of those is mortal fear (such as when sunlight or fire make an appearance), in which case the Beast might grab hold and make the vampire run screaming into the night.
* In ''{{GURPS}}'', the templates for most undead include Unfazeable and Indomitable, making them disregard all reaction rolls and fear effects.

** Played straight with the Plague Marines, who are described as being so rotten they can barely sense what's going on around them and are completely immune to pain. Perfectly represented on the tabletop in that they're far more durable than the standard marines, have the actual Feel No Pain rule, is slower than the average marines, and is completely and utterly fearless. Small wonder why they're one of the best units in the book.

** Then again, skeletons are implicitly free CannonFodder anyway.

* The Undead monster family in one of two types (machine is the other) that cannot be intimidated in DragonQuestVIII.

* On ''Deadliest Warrior'', this was actually listed as an X Factor in the [[YourMileageMayVary either infamous or surprisingly good]] Vampires vs. Zombies episode. [[spoiler: The Zombies recieved the higher number due to being physically incapable of fear(unlike vampires).]]

* The Cauldron-Born in Lloyd Alexander's ''Prydain Chronicles'' have no emotions at all, including fear.

* In another White Wolf example, this is steadily averted in both ''{{Vampire}}'' games. Vampires have the Beast, the predatory half of their vampiric nature that has a tendency to hijack their bodies in certain circumstances. One of those is mortal fear (such as when [[ItBurns sunlight or fire]] make an appearance), in which case the Beast might grab hold and make the vampire run screaming into the night.

* BeingHuman often has the ghost character, Annie, reminding herself or others that she is a ghost and thus has no reason to be afraid of any physical danger.

* The Apostle from ''Dogma'' states that the dead have few things to worry about.

* Reg Shoe and many other undead from {{Discworld}}, along with the Igors.

--> Dread Warlock flavor text, Magic The Gathering

** Averted in the Test of Spite tournament house rules for ''Dungeons And Dragons''. Fear is no longer considered a "mind effecting" effect, and thus undead are not immune.

* Reg Shoe and many other undead from {{Discworld}}, along with the Igors (who may or may not be technically undead, but they're big and scary and come from Uberwald).

** This is something of GameplayAndStorySegregation. In the original alpha, forsaken were treated as undead and had all the benifits that came with, including immunity to fear. They also had the downsides, which allowed priests and paladins(then exclusive to the opposing faction, the Alliance) to utterly dominate them. In Warcraft's tabletop rpg companion, they're treated as undead and are immune to fear.

* ''DungeonsAndDragons'', to a varying degree in different editions. Undead are typically immune to all fear spells, and if morale is a factor, undead are unshakable morale-wise. The only thing that will set undead running for the hills is holy power, such as that unleashed by the Cleric's ability to TurnUndead.

Being dead sucks. On this most people agree. However, there are perks and this particular perk derives from the fact that there is very little imaginable that can happen to you that has not already happened. In works of fiction, the Undead are usually depicted as being without fear and immune to supernatural attempts to inflict it.