Displacer Beast

DISPLACER BEAST

Neutral (Evil) Large Monster (8-ft long)

FREQUENCY: Very Rare

NO. APPEARING: 2-5

SURPRISE: 17%

SENSES infravision

ARMOR CLASS: 4

MOVE: 15"

HIT DICE: 6 (hp 27)

% IN LAIR: 25%

TREASURE TYPE: D

THAC0: 15

MELEE: 2 tentacles (2d4 each) and 2 claws (1d4+1 each) and bite (1d10)

SPECIAL ATTACKS: rake (2d4 each), pounce - Hits As: +1

SPECIAL DEFENSES: displacement, save as a Fighter Lvl 12

MAGIC RESISTANCE: Standard

INTELLIGENCE: Semi- (2-4)

MORALE: +30%

SAVES: Poison 7, Petrify 8, Wand 9, Breath 8, Spell 10

LEVEL: V (XP 475 + 8 per hp)

This vaguely puma-like creature is bluish black, its tentacles are dead black, the horney edges of the tentacles are brownish yellow, and its eyes glow a hellish green.

A pack of these monsters always contains only full-grown beasts. These fierce creatures hate all life, but they particularly hate blink dogs.

In combat the displacer beast lashes out with its two tentacles, inflicting horrible wounds with the rough, horney edges of these appendages.

Campaign Rule. A displacer beast can also attack like any other great cat with claws, bite, and rake. The creature can rake if both tentacles hit or both claws.

The molecular vibrations of the displacer beast are such that it always appears to be 3-ft (left, right, ahead, or behind) its actual position. Thus, these monsters always cause opponents to subtract 2 from attack dice rolls and add 2 to their dice rolls for saving throws.

Campaign Rule. As per a cloak of displacement, the first attack by any opponent targeting any individual displacer beast will automatically miss. The displacer beast has the saves of a 12th level fighter and any effect that targets the creature by using visual sighting will grant the creature a +2 bonus on its saving throw (not included in the above saves).

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