Cleon
Legend
"but to occasionally swip unattended valuables"
Swip?
Methinks you're missing an "e" there.
Apart from the typo that Phase Dragon looks finished.
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"but to occasionally swip unattended valuables"
Swip?
Methinks you're missing an "e" there.
Apart from the typo that Phase Dragon looks finished.
Shade
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Thendar
FREQUENCY: Rare on Astral Plane; very rare elsewhere
NO. APPEARING: 1 (5% chance of 2-8)
ARMOR CLASS: See below
MOVE: 17" to 20" on Astral Plane; 12" elsewhere
HIT DICE: 5 + 5
% IN LAIR: Nil
TREASURE TYPE: See below
NO. OF ATTACKS: 1 weapon
DAMAGE/ATTACK: By weapon type
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Spell use
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Spell use, spell immunities
MAGIC RESISTANCE: 25%
INTELLIGENCE: Genius to supra-genius
ALIGNMENT: Neutral good
SIZE: M (6. to 6½. tall)
PSIONIC ABILITY: Nil
Attack/Defense Modes: Immune to psionic attack
LEVEL/X.P. VALUE: VI/550 + 6/hp
Thendar are native to the Astral Plane, though they may be found on any of the known planes. They are a wandering race, seldom remaining in one place for very long. Thendar are generally peaceful and have a great thirst for knowledge of all sorts. They have life spans ranging in the thousands of years, and seek out new experiences to relieve the monotony of their existence.
Thendar appear to be tall, slender humans with golden skin, silvery hair, and glowing white eyes. They prefer to wear hooded robes of durable gray or blue material. Thendar do not usually collect treasure but may carry a memento or two picked up during their travels. Ornate jewelry, magical staffs, walking sticks, and other such items are typical examples. Such items will not usually have any great magical power but may have some value as antiques on the worlds where they were acquired, as they are liable to be several centuries old. Weapons are rarely carried or used.
Thendar possess natural true seeing and communicate by an innate ability to understand all spoken languages, as per tongues. They have normal ultravision. They may use the following spell-like powers, one at a time, one per round, at the 12th level of ability: change self, dimension door, light, magic missile (5 times/day), plane shift (2/day), project image (l/day), sunburst (as per wand of light, S/day), wall of force (1/day). Thendar have excellent memories, never forgetting anything that they have experienced. They are immune to the effects of feeblemind or forget spells as well as all psionic attacks or powers.
Because of their long lives and far travels, thendar are great sources of information. They may answer questions as sages, with special categories in the inner and outer planes and major fields in humankind, demi-humankind, humanoids, and giantkind. The prices asked to provide such knowledge to other races are often unusual. Minor questions have been answered for no more than a demonstration of a simple knot or the telling of an old folktale. More exacting information has been gained simply by allowing the thendar to accompany the party and observe their actions for a time (if the thendar found the journey interesting) or in exchange for an equally arcane bit of knowledge. Thendar are only interested in lore that they do not already possess.
The githyanki hold a particular hatred for the thendar, who respond with only an indifferent annoyance. The thendar are on good terms with astral devas and star leviathans (see DRAGON issue #89, Creature Catalog I).
Originally appeared in Dragon Magazine #101 (1985).
FREQUENCY: Rare on Astral Plane; very rare elsewhere
NO. APPEARING: 1 (5% chance of 2-8)
ARMOR CLASS: See below
MOVE: 17" to 20" on Astral Plane; 12" elsewhere
HIT DICE: 5 + 5
% IN LAIR: Nil
TREASURE TYPE: See below
NO. OF ATTACKS: 1 weapon
DAMAGE/ATTACK: By weapon type
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Spell use
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Spell use, spell immunities
MAGIC RESISTANCE: 25%
INTELLIGENCE: Genius to supra-genius
ALIGNMENT: Neutral good
SIZE: M (6. to 6½. tall)
PSIONIC ABILITY: Nil
Attack/Defense Modes: Immune to psionic attack
LEVEL/X.P. VALUE: VI/550 + 6/hp
Thendar are native to the Astral Plane, though they may be found on any of the known planes. They are a wandering race, seldom remaining in one place for very long. Thendar are generally peaceful and have a great thirst for knowledge of all sorts. They have life spans ranging in the thousands of years, and seek out new experiences to relieve the monotony of their existence.
Thendar appear to be tall, slender humans with golden skin, silvery hair, and glowing white eyes. They prefer to wear hooded robes of durable gray or blue material. Thendar do not usually collect treasure but may carry a memento or two picked up during their travels. Ornate jewelry, magical staffs, walking sticks, and other such items are typical examples. Such items will not usually have any great magical power but may have some value as antiques on the worlds where they were acquired, as they are liable to be several centuries old. Weapons are rarely carried or used.
Thendar possess natural true seeing and communicate by an innate ability to understand all spoken languages, as per tongues. They have normal ultravision. They may use the following spell-like powers, one at a time, one per round, at the 12th level of ability: change self, dimension door, light, magic missile (5 times/day), plane shift (2/day), project image (l/day), sunburst (as per wand of light, S/day), wall of force (1/day). Thendar have excellent memories, never forgetting anything that they have experienced. They are immune to the effects of feeblemind or forget spells as well as all psionic attacks or powers.
Because of their long lives and far travels, thendar are great sources of information. They may answer questions as sages, with special categories in the inner and outer planes and major fields in humankind, demi-humankind, humanoids, and giantkind. The prices asked to provide such knowledge to other races are often unusual. Minor questions have been answered for no more than a demonstration of a simple knot or the telling of an old folktale. More exacting information has been gained simply by allowing the thendar to accompany the party and observe their actions for a time (if the thendar found the journey interesting) or in exchange for an equally arcane bit of knowledge. Thendar are only interested in lore that they do not already possess.
The githyanki hold a particular hatred for the thendar, who respond with only an indifferent annoyance. The thendar are on good terms with astral devas and star leviathans (see DRAGON issue #89, Creature Catalog I).
Originally appeared in Dragon Magazine #101 (1985).
demiurge1138
Inventor of Super-Toast
Yeah, the SLAs push it over the top for me. Considering how powerful those SLAs are (and we might want to consider pushing sunburst down to, say, searing light), I would definitely suggest increasing the HD. After all, in previous editions things like bone devils only had 5 HD.
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