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SPELLEATER LORE
Characters with ranks in Knowledge (arcana) can learn more
about spelleaters. When a character makes a skill check, the
following lore is revealed, including the information from
lower DCs.
Knowledge (arcana)
DC Result
24 Spelleaters are rare draconic creatures that date back
to the dawn of civilization.
29 Spelleaters favor attacking spellcasters and pose a
major threat to wizards and sorcerers.
34 Spelleaters can consume the magical energy of spells
used against them, converting the spells into fuel to
boost their own natural abilities.
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thus there is a great deal of competition among spelleaters
for dominance.
TYPICAL TREASURE
Unlike true dragons, spelleaters do not hoard treasure or
wealth. More highly prized are magic items that they can
slowly devour to sate their hunger. They often keep a stash
of magic items for emergencies, such as when they are nearly
consumed by the desire to destroy and devour casters. Hopefully,
the enchanted objects will see them through until they
can regain their composure.
ADVANCED SPELLEATERS
Spelleaters of up to 22 Hit Dice are Huge, while the few that
grow to 23 to 30 Hit Dice are Gargantuan. Creatures of that
size result only when a spelleater fully gives in to hunger,
gorging itself on spellcasters and magic. Fortunately, most
spelleaters manage to restrain themselves.
SPELLEATERS IN EBERRON
Like most other dragons in Eberron, spelleaters are extremely
rare and try to stay out of the affairs of humanoids. Scholars
believe that dragons created spelleaters during the Age of
Demons, sending them to hunt down and destroy infernal
spellcasters encroaching upon the land. When that era ended,
most spelleaters settled on Argonessen or fled to the icy lands
to the northwest of the Demon Wastes.
SPELLEATERS IN FAERÛN
A very small number of spelleaters exist in Faerûn; most of
them were hunted nearly to extinction long ago. The few
remaining family groups live in seclusion north of the Spine
of the World in Icewind Dale, hiding in order to avoid being
completely eradicated by fearful wizards.
TWILIGHT GUARDIAN
“It’s just a bunch of rocks and dirt—nothing to be afraid of. We
should have brought a gardener.”
—Zerric, a dwarf warrior,
encountering his first twilight guardian
This creature resembles a dragon in form but is made of a combination
of wood, earth, and stone. It has two shining eyes of reflective
obsidian but no mouth, with a ridge of spines running down its back
to the end of its thorny tail. Twisted vines and roots crisscross its
body, giving the beast the appearance of a mouthless dragon pieced
together from various parts of the land.
Twilight Guardian CR 7
Always N Large plant (dragonblood)
Init +2; Senses low-light vision, Listen +2, Spot +2
AC 19, touch 11, flat-footed 17
(–1 size, +2 Dex, +8 natural)
hp 76 (8 HD); DR 10/magic
SR 16
Immune plant immunities (MM 313)
Fort +11, Ref +4, Will +1
Speed 50 ft. (10 squares)
Melee 2 claws +12 (1d6+7) and
tail +7 (2d6+3 plus poison)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 5 ft.
Base Atk +6; Grp +17
Atk Options Combat Reflexes
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 8th):
At will—transport via plants
Abilities Str 25, Dex 14, Con 20, Int 1, Wis 8, Cha 6
Feats Combat Reflexes, Improved Natural Attack (tail), Run
Skills Climb +9, Listen +2, Search –1, Spot +2
Advancement see text
Poison (Ex) Injury, Fortitude DC 19, initial and secondary
damage 1d4 Con. The save DC is Constitution-based.
Twilight guardians are physical manifestations of the spirits
of dragons that have become one with the land. When a
dragon chooses to become a perpetual warden of a particular
area (usually around its home), it blends with the land and disappears.
Soon after, one or more twilight guardians emerge,
their bodies forming from the environment. Though possessing
only a rudimentary sense of the dragon spirits that create
them, twilight guardians are tough creatures constructed
from the earth and capable of defending their chosen lands
against those who would encroach upon it.
STRATEGIES AND TACTICS
Twilight guardians are almost mindless and have little capacity
for tactics. As creatures built of the land itself, they can
travel nearly instantaneously between two locations by melting
into the ground and then emerging some distance away.
They often use their ability to transport via plants to throw
their quarry into disarray; a twilight guardian might engage
a foe in one round only to transport across the battlefield
and attack another target the following round. The creatures
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DRACONIC
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