Astral Deva

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At a Glance

A good extraplanar outsider— specifically an angel.


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Climitat


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Arrowhawk

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At a Glance

An airy extraplanar outsider.

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Air Mephit

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An airy extraplanar outsider— specifically a mephit.

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Achaierai

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At a Glance

A lawful evil extraplanar outsider.

Absurd Adversary

Even within the context of a fantasy world which breaks many of the “rules” that govern our own, this monster is irrational and/or fundamentally stupid, earning it a spot in my Absurd Adversaries list.

  • “…massive, 15-foot tall flightless birds…” — Being a flightless bird, this critter automatically has massive odds stacked against it. It’s just incredibly hard to take this kind of thing seriously as an opponent. I will give it some credit for being much better than the abrian… but that’s not saying much and it’s not enough to redeem the achaierai.
  • The fact that it has a fart attack which causes insanity makes it even more dumb. There’s a spell based on it, so your PC can “release a choking, toxic black cloud” too, although theirs will only cause confusion instead of insanity… so they’ll never be as cool as the giant infernal parakeet.

This thing might show up on a random encounter list some day in a slapstick game where everything the PCs face is taken from the Absurd Adversaries list, but it will not appear in anything resembling a serious campaign.

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Nishruu

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At a Glance

A chaotic extraplanar outsider.

Related to hakeashar.

Sources

  • Lost Empires of Faerûn [17738] page 186
  • Monstrous Compendium Annual 1 [2145]
  • WotC Monster Index

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Ghour

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At a Glance

A chaotic evil extraplanar outsider.

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Stone Flyer

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An earthy extraplanar magical beast.

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Skiurid

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An extraplanar magical beast.

This monster is featured on Stupid Monsters, which is a fun read.

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Mivilorn

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A chaotic magical beast.

Source

  • Monster Manual III [17921] page 106

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Shadow Spider

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An extraplanar magical beast.

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