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| Description | A Thought Eater is one of the oddest and most hated of all monsters. They appear out of nothing, surrounded by a wavy distortion in the air as if they are surrounded by massive heat-ripples (even though they are cold), and they hover a few feet above the ground. They appear emaciated, even skeletal, ribs and pelvis standing out against translucent ectoplasmic 'skin'. Their heads are ghastly, a large round skull with huge eye sockets that may or may not evidence eyes, and a vast jagged beak on the front. Their skeletal limbs are stunted,and they have a paddle-like tail and wide-flippered feet as if they are meant to swim. | | Description | A Thought Eater is one of the oddest and most hated of all monsters. They appear out of nothing, surrounded by a wavy distortion in the air as if they are surrounded by massive heat-ripples (even though they are cold), and they hover a few feet above the ground. They appear emaciated, even skeletal, ribs and pelvis standing out against translucent ectoplasmic 'skin'. Their heads are ghastly, a large round skull with huge eye sockets that may or may not evidence eyes, and a vast jagged beak on the front. Their skeletal limbs are stunted, and they have a paddle-like tail and wide-flippered feet as if they are meant to swim. | ||
It is speculated they live in the Ether, and after sensing prey in the Prime they force their way into our world to feed. | It is speculated they live in the Ether, and after sensing prey in the Prime they force their way into our world to feed. | ||
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Thought Eaters have some mysterious ability to know the exact Int score of all intelligent creatures they can see. Since they 'feed' by eating thoughts, they will always attack the member of their foes who has the highest Int score, that they can currently reach. If two or more foes have the same Int in range, they will share their attacks as evenly as they can between them. | Thought Eaters have some mysterious ability to know the exact Int score of all intelligent creatures they can see. Since they 'feed' by eating thoughts, they will always attack the member of their foes who has the highest Int score, that they can currently reach. If two or more foes have the same Int in range, they will share their attacks as evenly as they can between them. | ||
However, since each successful attack lowers the victims Effective | However, since each successful attack lowers the victims Effective Intelligence Score by -2, Thought Eaters will often switch targets after they've pounded a high-int caster, and switch targets at seeming random as they use psychic Vortex on the highest INT score that remains. | ||
If they are attacked with spells, they simply use Absorb Aura on the spell, dispelling it to no effect and draining the caster. Even worse, every successful Absorb Aura they make as a consequence of their Psychic Vortex empties a memorized spell slot, if the target has one. Thought Eaters are not exceptionally deadly, but they are exceptionally damaging, as they can reduce a spellcaster to the use of cantrip and bloodline powers with frightening speed, before they switch to other, smarter, victims. | If they are attacked with spells, they simply use Absorb Aura on the spell, dispelling it to no effect and draining the caster. Even worse, every successful Absorb Aura they make as a consequence of their Psychic Vortex empties a memorized spell slot, if the target has one. Thought Eaters are not exceptionally deadly, but they are exceptionally damaging, as they can reduce a spellcaster to the use of cantrip and bloodline powers with frightening speed, before they switch to other, smarter, victims. | ||
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| OutOfCombat = Thought Eaters are incredibly smart, despite their appearance, but they are also extremely alien and weird. They have been known to make common cause with many other kinds of monsters, such as orcs, gnolls, kobolds, and the like, where they use the prime monsters as cannon fodder to keep the melee fighters off them. | | OutOfCombat = Thought Eaters are incredibly smart, despite their appearance, but they are also extremely alien and weird. They have been known to make common cause with many other kinds of monsters, such as orcs, gnolls, kobolds, and the like, where they use the prime monsters as cannon fodder to keep the melee fighters off them. | ||
Thought Eaters seem to have a weird affinity for souterrains | Thought Eaters seem to have a weird affinity for souterrains as well, and have often been seen in areas where those other monsters infest. Why this is so is completely unknown, and might even be unknowable. | ||