Monsters: Thought Eaters

Monsters: Thought Eaters

Thought eaters are bestial aberrations with transparent flesh. They can drain mental energies and shift between the Ethereal and the Material planes. Thought slayers are stronger, bigger, and scarier.

Thought Eater [Expanded Psionics Handbook, page 211]

157 points

Attribute Modifiers: DX+3 (No Fine Manipulators, -40%) [36]; IQ-2 [-40].

Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: Will+2 [10]; Per+3 [15]; Basic Speed +0.25 [5]; Basic Move +1 [5].

Advantages: Extra Legs (Four Legs) [5]; Infravision [10]; Sharp Beak [1].

Ethereal Jaunt: Jumper (Planar; Accessibility, Only on the Ethereal Plane and planes that border it, -5%; Limited Access, Ethereal, -20%; Reliable 5, +25%; Takes Recharge, 5 seconds, -10%; Teleportation, -10%) [80].

Disadvantages: Bestial [-10]; Cannot Speak [-15]; Hidebound [-5]; Horizontal [-10]; No Fine Manipulators [-30]; Restricted Diet (Energy stolen from sapient creatures; 5 FP per day) [-30].

Racial Psionic Abilities: Mental Blow 4 [28]; Psidar 3 [19]; Steal Energy 7 [51].

Racial Psionic Skills: Mental Blow (H) Will+1 [8]; Psidar (H) Per+2 [12]; Steal Energy (H) Will+2 [12].

Notes: Size 2 hexes.

Creature Type: Aberration.

Sapient-Only Telepathy [-1] Mental Blow 4 [28] -> Mental Blow 4 [27]

Typical Stats

ST:	10	HP:	10	Speed:	6
DX:	13	Will:	10	Move:	7
IQ:	8	Per:	11
HT:	10	FP:	10	SM:	+0
Dodge:	9	Parry:	N/A	DR:	-

Sharp Beak (15): thrust 1d-2 large piercing, Reach C.

Ethereal Jaunt (13): The thought eater can psionically slip into the Ethereal Plane from the Material Plane and the other way around as per Jumper (p. B64). After using this ability, it cannot reactivate it for 5 seconds.

                Traits: Bestial; Cannot Speak; Extra Legs (Four Legs); Hidebound; Horizontal; Infravision; No Fine Manipulators; Restricted Diet (Energy stolen from sapient creatures; 5 FP per day).

Psionic Abilities: Mental Blow 4; Psidar 3; Steal Energy 7.

Skills: Brawling-15; Stealth-14.

Psionic Skills: Mental Blow-11; Psidar-13; Steal Energy-12.

Notes: Size 2 hexes.

Creature Type: Aberration.

Thought Slayer [Expanded Psionics Handbook, page 212]

288 points

Attribute Modifiers: ST+16 (No Fine Manipulators, -40%; Size Modifier, -30%) [48]; DX+1 (No Fine Manipulators, -40%) [36]; IQ-2 [-40]; HT+2 [20].

Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: SM+3; Will+4 [20]; Per+4 [20]; Basic Speed +0.25 [5]; Basic Move +3 [15].

Advantages: DR 3 (Tough Skin, -40%) [9]; Extra Legs (Four Legs) [5]; Infravision [10]; Resistant to Psionics (+3) [10]; Sharp Beak [1].

Ethereal Jaunt: Jumper (Planar; Accessibility, Only on the Ethereal Plane and planes that border it, -5%; Limited Access, Ethereal, -20%; Reliable 5, +25%; Takes Recharge, 5 seconds, -10%; Teleportation, -10%) [80].

Mind-Consuming Gaze: Affliction 1 (Will; Accessibility, Only on sapient creatures, -10%; Based on Will, +20%; Cone, 15-yard width, +200%; Coma, +250%; Selective Area, +20%; Malediction 2, +150%; Vision-Based, -20%; Telepathy, -10%) [70].

Disadvantages: Bestial [-10]; Cannot Speak [-15]; Hidebound [-5]; Horizontal [-10]; No Fine Manipulators [-30]; Restricted Diet (One destroyed mind per two days) [-30].

Racial Psionic Abilities: Brain Lock 4 [30]; Chameleon 2 [6]; Psidar 3 [19].

Racial Psionic Skills: Brain Lock (H) Will+1 [8]; Chameleon (H) HT+0 [4]; Psidar (H) Per+2 [12].

Notes: Size 10 hexes.

Creature Type: Aberration.

Knowing Your Own Strength [400] Replace ST+16 (No Fine Manipulators, -40%; Size Modifier, -30%) [48] with ST+16 [160]

Sapient-Only Telepathy [-1] Brain Lock 4 [30] -> Brain Lock 4 [297]

Typical Stats

ST:	26	HP:	26	Speed:	6
DX:	11	Will:	12	Move:	9
IQ:	8	Per:	12
HT:	12	FP:	12	SM:	+3
Dodge:	9	Parry:	N/A	DR:	3 (tough skin)

Sharp Beak (13): thrust 3d-1 large piercing (KYOS: 5d+1 large piercing), Reach C.

Mind-Consuming Gaze: A thought slayer’s mind-consuming gaze spreads out in a cone 15 yards long and 15 yards wide at the end. It can select who is affected; potential victims must be looking at it. For every sapient target, there is a Quick Contest of Will (minus a range penalty taken from the Speed/Range Table). If the thought slayer wins, the targe’s mind is consumed, and it falls into a coma (p. B429). Someone looking at a reflection of a thought slayer is not affected by its gaze. Fighting while looking in a mirror is at a -5 penalty; attacks made with closed eyes are at -10. The gaze cannot affect creatures on the Material Plane while the thought slayer remains ethereal, but it can affect ethereal creatures while the thought slayer is on the Material Plane.

Ethereal Jaunt (13): The thought slayer can psionically slip into the Ethereal Plane from the Material Plane and the other way around as per Jumper (p. B64). After using this ability, it cannot reactivate it for 5 seconds.

                Traits: Bestial; Cannot Speak; Extra Legs (Four Legs); Hidebound; Horizontal; Infravision; No Fine Manipulators; Resistant to Psionics (+3); Restricted Diet (One destroyed mind per two days).

Psionic Abilities: Brain Lock 4; Chameleon 2; Psidar 3.

Skills: Brawling-13; Stealth-13.

Psionic Skills: Brain Lock-13; Chameleon-12; Psidar-14.

Notes: Size 10 hexes.

Creature Type: Aberration.