Ethergaunt

The ethergaunts , or Khen-zai as they call themselves, are an extraplanar aberration that exist in the Ethereal Plane . [1]

History

The ethergaunts served the daelkyr , their creators, ten thousand years ago during the Daelkyr War . When the gates to Xoriat were closed by the Gatekeeper druids , the ethergaunts fled to the Ethereal Plane. After the fall of the Dhakaani Empire , human settlers from Sarlona came to Khorvaire . The humans became food for a race of fey known as Joystealers . The ethergaunts began taking the Joystealers as slaves. Most ethergaunts remain on the Ethereal Plane, though some permanently reside on the Material Plane . [2]

Description

The ethergaunts are long, spindly humanoids. [2]

They come in three species: red ethergaunts, white ethergaunts, and black ethergaunts. [1]

Weapons and Equipment

Ethergaunts use a number of technological devices to aid them. First is the etherblade, a short glaive topped with a hollow barrel. The etherblade can project a spell-like blast, and can be used as a two-handed bladed weapon.

Another tool they use are called doubt bombs. These small ceramic spheres overstimulate the "doubt centers" of most humanoids' brains. Upon shattering, doubt bombs create a noxious smoke over an area of 10 feet (3 meters) in width. Ethergaunts themselves are immune to their doubt bombs. [1]

Appendix

Notes

  1. Per the Eberron Campaign Setting page 47, as aberrations , ethergaunt would speak Daelkyr.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Eric Cagle , Jesse Decker , James Jacobs , Erik Mona , Matthew Sernett , Chris Thomasson , & James Wyatt (April 2003). Fiend Folio . ( Wizards of the Coast ), pp. 64–68. ISBN 0-7869-2780-1 .
  2. 2.0 2.1 (July 2006). Monster Manual IV . ( Wizards of the Coast ). ISBN 0-7869-3920-6 .