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| Description | Ellours are one of the myriad of terrible things that afflict the world, often at seeming random times and places. Ellours can be encountered almost anywhere, at any time, although they are most commonly found on clear nights, when the stars are at their most | | Description | Ellours are one of the myriad of terrible things that afflict the world, often at seeming random times and places. Ellours can be encountered almost anywhere, at any time, although they are most commonly found on clear nights, when the stars are at their most limpid. For this reason, as well as their oddly star-like tentacled shape, they are sometimes known as 'Star Beasts'. | ||
Like many of the truly odd and awful things in the world, no one | Like many of the truly odd and awful things in the world, no one really knows what Ellours are, or what they want, or how they think. They are undeniably intelligent, but they are not exactly talkative, being hostile to all beings with the Spark, meaning, they usually attack adventurers on sight. They are also enemies of all civilized beings, and a constellation of Ellours that attacks a town or city is an urgent problem that must be addressed by heroes as quickly as possible. | ||
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| CombatTactics = Ellours much prefer attacking with their intensely deadly Starstrike ability, but they recognize that foes who are suffering from Immolated due to The Cold Between the Stars may be best attacked with their Etheric Slap. This creates a tension in their tactics, which will often see them moving backwards and spreading Starstrikes among as many foes as they can attack, looking to do damage and ignite the cold radiance of The Cold Between the Stars. | | CombatTactics = Ellours much prefer attacking with their intensely deadly Starstrike ability, but they recognize that foes who are suffering from Immolated due to The Cold Between the Stars may be best attacked with their Etheric Slap. This creates a tension in their tactics, which will often see them moving backwards and spreading Starstrikes among as many foes as they can attack, looking to do damage and ignite the cold radiance of The Cold Between the Stars. Indeed, Ellours often spend the first few rounds of a battle backing away, picking away at their foes in a most frustrating manner. | ||
But, once many foes are strongly alight, Ellours grow reluctant to hit them with Starstrike again, and will then rush into melee, even though their melee abilities are at best lackluster. | But, once many foes are strongly alight, Ellours grow reluctant to hit them with Starstrike again, and will then rush into melee, even though their melee abilities are at best lackluster. | ||
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| OutOfCombat = Rumor has it that Ellours are literally denizens of the spaces between the stars, and as such, are sometimes seen drifting to the earth on intensely clear, dark, starry nights. Once they are manifested in the Prime Material, Ellours have no fear or favor, and can be found working as single attackers, or as constellations that appear from the night and attack a party with immediate fury. | | OutOfCombat = Rumor has it that Ellours are literally denizens of the spaces between the stars, and as such, are sometimes seen drifting to the earth on intensely clear, dark, starry nights. Once they are manifested in the Prime Material, Ellours have no fear or favor, and can be found working as single attackers, or as constellations that appear from the night and attack a party with immediate fury. | ||
Ellours can also be found working happily alongside other monsters of any sort, allying with the intelligent or adopting the unintelligent. | Ellours can also be found working happily alongside other monsters of any sort, allying with the intelligent or adopting the unintelligent. Ellours can be found in almost any setting, and their crazy short-range air sense combined with their long-range, hard-hitting Starstrike ability makes them valuable allies to almost any monster clade worth the name. | ||
Oddly, Ellours are completely blind to both sound and smell, which may explain how they get along well with Otyughs.... | Oddly, Ellours are completely blind to both sound and smell, which may explain how they get along well with Otyughs.... | ||