The ethergaunts, or Khen-zai as they call themselves, are an extraplanar aberration that exist in the Ethereal Plane.[1]
History[]
The ethergaunts served the daelkyr, their creators, ten thousand years ago during the Daelkyr War. When the gates to Xoriat were closed by the Gatekeeper druids, the ethergaunts fled to the Ethereal Plane. After the fall of the Dhakaani Empire, human settlers from Sarlona came to Khorvaire. The humans became food for a race of fey known as Joystealers. The ethergaunts began taking the Joystealers as slaves. Most ethergaunts remain on the Ethereal Plane, though some permanently reside on the Material Plane.[2]
Description[]
The ethergaunts are long, spindly humanoids.[2]
They come in three species: red ethergaunts, white ethergaunts, and black ethergaunts.[1]
Weapons and Equipment[]
Ethergaunts use a number of technological devices to aid them. First is the etherblade, a short glaive topped with a hollow barrel. The etherblade can project a spell-like blast, and can be used as a two-handed bladed weapon.
Another tool they use are called doubt bombs. These small ceramic spheres overstimulate the "doubt centers" of most humanoids' brains. Upon shattering, doubt bombs create a noxious smoke over an area of 10 feet (3 meters) in width. Ethergaunts themselves are immune to their doubt bombs.[1]
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Notes[]
- ↑ Per the Eberron Campaign Setting page 47, as aberrations, ethergaunt would speak Daelkyr.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Eric Cagle, Jesse Decker, James Jacobs, Erik Mona, Matthew Sernett, Chris Thomasson, & James Wyatt (April 2003). Fiend Folio. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 64–68. ISBN 0-7869-2780-1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 (July 2006). Monster Manual IV. (Wizards of the Coast). ISBN 0-7869-3920-6.