Like many other great cats, displacer beasts could play with their prey, keeping it alive until the cat was ready to eat. A sated displacer beast was just as likely to hunt and kill an unwitting traveler as a starving one. The creatures enjoyed the pursuit and killed prey for sport. Behavior ĭisplacer beasts were not just hunters and predators, they were also killers. The creatures were not very intelligent, but they were more so than animals and could even speak some Common. Their jumping height was around 20 feet (6.1 meters) up and 25 feet (7.6 meters) forward. They possessed the ability to see in the dark as far as 60 feet (18 meters). ĭisplacer beasts were generally strong creatures and their barbed tentacles were hard enough to punch through pure steel armor.
Among their other defenses, displacer beasts were resistant to many magical effects and poisons. Spells like dispel magic did nothing against their displacement, but true seeing allowed the caster to see displacer beast's true position. The ability to displace could be nullified via the phase trap spell. Displacer beasts could see each other's true location, despite the illusions, as was evident when observing displacer beasts interacting amongst themselves. This image was apparently projected by the thorns on the ends of its tentacles, as the real displacer beast would have a faint blue glow about these thorns when the power was in use. Sages believed that the ability was unconscious for the beasts, but they could direct the illusory image at will. The vibrations were too fine to be noticed by the naked eye but were enough to bend light and create an illusion of the beast's body. The light-bending effect was caused by molecular vibrations generated by specialized nerves located only in the outer layers of the displacer beast's skin. The same ability made them resistant to all ranged attacks and excellent at hiding. Abilities ĭisplacer beasts used their innate magic to bend light, making them appear to be between 1 foot (0.3 meters) to 3 feet (0.91 meters) from their actual positions. Īn umbral variety of displacer beasts existed but was rarely seen outside the Plane of Shadow. These pack lords were a mutation of a regular displacer beast with slightly higher intelligence, on par with a human, allowing them to lead other displacer beasts. These enormous ebony cats were larger than their regular kin. Ī bigger and stronger variety of displacer beast known as a pack lord existed in the Realms. The green radiance continued even after the creature's demise. The creatures had striking emerald-green eyes that glowed with malevolence. In some breeds, they appeared thin as if emaciated. It was believed that displacers could live up to a hundred years. Female displacer beast were generally smaller in size, from 8 feet (2.4 meters) to 9 feet (2.7 meters) in length and weighing 450 pounds (200 kilograms). They were usually about 9 feet (2.7 meters) long and weighed as much as 500 pounds (230 kilograms), but the occasional mutant could be twice this size. They were covered in a pelt of blue-black fur. The tentacles ended in pads with sharp horny edges, brownish yellow in color. 9.2.7 Organized Play & Licensed Adventuresĭisplacer beasts were large cat-like creatures, sometimes described as panther- or puma-like with six legs and a pair of tentacles 5 feet (1.5 meters) long sprouting from their shoulders.
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