Blight Born
"There are within the shadows certain things best left unseen."
The Blight Born are creatures that, for all intents and purposes, have sprung into existence from the negative energy of the Void itself. They are foul and twisted, each having a slightly unique appearance from the next, but what they all share is an entropic need to devour every living thing they touch.
Basic Information
Anatomy
In a generalized way, they seem to take on the form of whatever life they encounter as they emerge from the Void. The mindless force that creates and drives them is one of hunger and devoid of thought or purpose. They appear as a writhing mass of shadow, black at the central core and fading into a wispy grey in the areas furthest from it, such as limbs. Their form itself shifts and changes, but seems to fade back and forth between solid and ghostly. The only deviation from this design is the pair of glowing, blue hued eyes that have an eerie way of following a target despite the fact they are devoid of iris or pupil.
Ecology and Habitats
The Blight Born are manifestations caused by the constant interaction of positive and negative energy being brought together. The paradox created by the event paired with the unending physical reactions in the Blighted Lands has led to numerous aberrations and breaches within reality, allowing unspeakable things such as this to come into existence. The show no signs of intelligence and appear to be unable to communicate at all. As such, they do not hold any form of social structure or direct interactions within the environment other than following their base need to absorb life. Observation has shown that there is enough evidence that within the Void itself, there is some form of hive mind at play, but there is no empirical evidence to support this as of yet.
Dietary Needs and Habits
The creatures that spring from the void are not unlike a vacuum. They are not following any form of hate or malice, or even hunger in the common sense, but instead are following a natural order in that, a void needs to be filled. They will attempt to absorb any living creature they encounter in this way, killing them by surrounding their physical form and draining the life force out, destroying the creature in the process. This process leaves behind a brittle husk of a body that, if left unattended, will rise as a Blighted Aberration the following day. Beyond the need to absorb life energy, the creatures do not actually have a need to either eat nor sleep, and once they have marked a target by assuming its rough form very little will dissuade them from their course.
Additional Information
Perception and Sensory Capabilities
- Void Sight 120' These creatures can see through the murky depths of the Void unhindered.
- Medium Aberration, Unaligned
- Armor Class 15
- Hit Points 18(4d6 + 3)
- Speed 30'
- STR 17 (+4)
- DEX 10
- CON 16 (+3)
- INT 6 (-2)
- WIS 6 (-2)
- CHA 3 (-3)
- Condition Immunities cold, necrotic, poison, void
- Condition Resistances acid, fire, lightning, thunder; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks
- Condition Immunities harmed, exhaustion, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained
- Vulnerabilities Bright light will disorient the creature, and light based attacks do double damage.
- Senses Void Sight 120', Passive Perception 14
- Challenge 3 (9483 XP)
Abilities
- Void Sight. Can sense invisible creatures and see through all forms of darkness.
- Blight Born. This creature is made of pure void energy, and exists as a form of entropy. Any physical touch from anything not of the void will cause an explosive reaction and negative and positive material come into contact creating a negative energy explosion in a 10' radius of the creature dealing 4d10 damage of void energy. A Dex save can be made to reduce this to half damage. Each reaction heals the creature for 2d10 hit points.
Actions
- Grapple. Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit, reach 5ft., one target. Hit 22 (4d10 + 2 per round grappled)
Genetic Descendants
Scientific Name
Blight Born
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