Ethereal marauder
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In the Dungeons & Dragons
fantasy
role-playing game
, an ethereal marauder is a magical beast
with abilities similar to ethereal filcher
s and phase spider
s.
(2000), and in the 3.5 revised Monster Manual (2003).
-like body that is a bluish-violet in color, with darker markings along the spine. It has a barbed tail, and feet with thick claws. The ethereal marauder's head is triangular, extending from the body into a large, triangular mouth with a single, hook-like claw at each point and rows of teeth going back down the throat also going down each point.
Like the ethereal filcher and phase spider, the ethereal marauder is an expert at traveling between the Ethereal Plane and the Material Plane
. Unlike the filcher, whose purpose for doing this is to steal, the marauder is more like the spider and does it for the purpose of hunting. It looks in the ethereal plane for a place where it suspects a victim will be, and then goes to the material plane, hoping to catch its prey unaware. It bites them, kills them, and then shifts back to the ethereal plane. Due to its fearsome mouth and raptor-like body, it is somewhat better at this than the phase spider. If an ethereal marauder is injured, it prefers to teleport back to the ethereal plane rather than put up a fight.
Ethereal marauders cannot speak.
They are regarded as neutral in alignment, but have distinctly evil habits.
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, an ethereal marauder is a magical beast
Magical beast (Dungeons & Dragons)
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, magical beast is a type of creature, or "creature type". Magical beasts are similar to animals in many ways, but usually have a higher intelligence, and possess supernatural or extraordinary abilities....
with abilities similar to ethereal filcher
Ethereal filcher
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the ethereal filcher is a bizarre aberration.-Publication history:The ethereal filcher appeared in the third edition Monster Manual , and in the 3.5 revised Monster Manual ....
s and phase spider
Phase spider
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, a phase spider is a magical beast akin to a predatorial version of the ethereal filcher.-Publication history:The phase spider first appeared in the original Greyhawk supplement ....
s.
Publication history
The ethereal marauder appeared in the third edition Monster ManualMonster Manual
The Monster Manual is the primary bestiary sourcebook for monsters in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. It includes monsters derived from mythology, and folklore, as well as creatures created for D&D specifically...
(2000), and in the 3.5 revised Monster Manual (2003).
Description
An ethereal marauder has a muscular, velociraptorVelociraptor
Velociraptor is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur that existed approximately 75 to 71 million years ago during the later part of the Cretaceous Period. Two species are currently recognized, although others have been assigned in the past. The type species is V. mongoliensis; fossils...
-like body that is a bluish-violet in color, with darker markings along the spine. It has a barbed tail, and feet with thick claws. The ethereal marauder's head is triangular, extending from the body into a large, triangular mouth with a single, hook-like claw at each point and rows of teeth going back down the throat also going down each point.
Like the ethereal filcher and phase spider, the ethereal marauder is an expert at traveling between the Ethereal Plane and the Material Plane
Prime Material Plane
The Prime Material Plane is the central plane of existence in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game...
. Unlike the filcher, whose purpose for doing this is to steal, the marauder is more like the spider and does it for the purpose of hunting. It looks in the ethereal plane for a place where it suspects a victim will be, and then goes to the material plane, hoping to catch its prey unaware. It bites them, kills them, and then shifts back to the ethereal plane. Due to its fearsome mouth and raptor-like body, it is somewhat better at this than the phase spider. If an ethereal marauder is injured, it prefers to teleport back to the ethereal plane rather than put up a fight.
Ethereal marauders cannot speak.
They are regarded as neutral in alignment, but have distinctly evil habits.