Lunar ravager

Lunar ravagers were bloodthirsty fey that lived in lodges among the clouds and came to the surface of the world to hunt. Some said that they embodied nature's viciousness.

"I've heard the horns that come with the full moon. I've helped bury the headless bodies of those who've ventured into the forest on such nights. Unless you wish to end up as a ravager's trophy, I suggest you spend the night here."

- Ostler the barkeep, advising the adventurer Regdar

Description
Lunar ravagers stood about tall and weighed about. They had pale skin, females slightly more so than males, and their hair was always blond. Lunar ravagers wore heavy armor and carried a shield and crescent-bladed battleaxe when hunting. They always had a bronze hunting horn with them as well.

Personality
Lunar ravagers were cruel, selfish, and bloodthirsty. Some were less bloodthirsty, focused more on testing their skill than on killing other creatures; these rare ravagers were chaotic neutral and known to occasionally trade.

Abilities
Lunar ravagers had some innate magical abilities, but were also powerful fighters. They were recorded as being able to replicate the effects of air walk and faerie fire at will, and pass without trace and invisibility (though on themself only) three times each night. Additionally, they could mimic a visual-only variation of clairaudience/clairvoyance on an area with which they were familiar, if it was illuminated by moonlight at the time.

Their most notable magical ability was that they could teleport, similar to the greater teleport spell. They could transport only themself and whatever items they carried in this manner, and it required 1 minute of concentration to use this ability. When inside a cloud lodge, they could transport themself to any point within of the lodge. When outside a lodge, they had to be standing in moonlight and could only transport themself to the nearest lodge. They became visibly misty and insubstantial just before teleporting.

Lunar ravagers could see five times as far as a human could in dim light, and ten times as far when in moonlight. Despite their size, they were exceptionally skilled at hiding when outside at night.

Combat
Lunar ravagers typically wore enchanted studded leather armor when hunting, and carried an enchanted, heavy wooden shield, a masterwork axe, and about eight javelins, as well as their distinctive hunting horns.

When hunting alone, a lunar ravager relied on its innate magic to surprise enemies, and would observe a potential enemy for some time before attacking, hoping to learn of some weakness and to gain a terrain advantage. Once in melee, they tested their opponent's defenses before fully attacking. If facing a group, then a lone ravager would seek to slay a single foe, grab their body, and flee.

When hunting groups, lunar ravagers tried to cover large areas by spreading out in ragged lines with between or even half a mile between each hunter, each of whom would "cast" pass without trace to evade trackers. They would sweep across the land, screaming war cries, sounding their bronze horns, and generally driving all other creatures before them while they communicated with each other and tracked potential prey. When one ravager spotted a likely target (which could be anything from a hapless farmer to a dragon disturbed from its lair), they sounded their horn and the entire group would use invisibility while closing in. Further horn calls told hunters where to go to prepare for an ambush, while a single ravager drove the quarry into said ambush. Once they encircled their target, they fought with vicious abandon. Some used air walk to prevent an aerial escape, while most stayed on the ground. Such a hunting party fled only if half of its members were slain, and would otherwise continue hunting all night.

Society
Lunar ravagers lived in floating lodges built in the clouds; these lodges drifted at random, although the ravagers did have some measure of control, they typically allowed the winds to carry them. Each lodge was home to a lunar ravager clan, which were groups related by blood or marriage. Lunar ravagers' society was based upon the principles of strength, battle prowess, and wealth. They lived by raiding the surface world, and their lodges were often full of treasure and art they had stolen from that place. They disdained crafts as a waste of time.

When two lunar ravager clans met, always by chance, they might trade goods, members, or news, fight, steal from each other, or have a debauched revel, in no particular order.

Lunar ravagers in Toril typically avoided more settled areas, having learned the hard way of the power of wrathful mages and Harpers. In the east, however, rumors claimed that the Red Wizards had entered a pact with several ravager clans, providing the fey with gold and other riches in exchange for transport and mercenary service.