Nighthaunts were the weakest and smallest type of nightshade.[2]
Description[]
Nighthaunts were said to somewhat resemble a gargoyle made of night and shadow, including curling horns and a tail. The eyes were the only part that were a different color: they were pale and lifeless orbs inset into the flat, triangular face.[2][3]
Personality[]
Nighthaunts were thoroughly malicious creatures that took pleasure in the destruction of the good and the innocent.[2]
Abilities[]
Like the other nightshades, nighthaunts radiated a desecrating aura of great power, but were averse to sunlight. Additionally, nighthaunts could drain the energy of living creatures by pressing their blank face against their victim's.[2]
Nighthaunts possessed a number of spell-like abilities, being able to mimic deeper darkness, detect magic, see invisibility, and unholy blight at will; contagion, greater dispel magic, haste, and invisibility thrice each day; and hold monster, finger of death, ice storm, and plane shift once each day.[2]
One time each day, a nighthaunt could summon either 3-6 shadows, 2-4 wraiths, or 1 greater shadow to aid it.[2]
Combat[]
Nighthaunts preferred to harass well-organized or stronger opponents from a distance with the spell-like abilities, often using deeper darkness and invisibility to cause confusion and division. They typically went for spellcasters first when they entered melee.[2]
Ecology[]
Nighthaunts were native to the Plane of Shadow, but they were drawn to places of defiled goodness and evil power, such as desecrated temples and emptied graveyards.[2]
History[]
In 1375 DR, a nighthaunt named Ysval led an army of undead with the goal of conquering Thay.[4]
Appendix[]
References[]
- ↑ Bruce R. Cordell, Eytan Bernstein, Brian R. James (January 2009). Open Grave: Secrets of the Undead. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 170. ISBN 0786950692.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Richard Baker, Ed Bonny, Travis Stout (February 2005). Lost Empires of Faerûn. Edited by Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 185–186. ISBN 0-7869-3654-1.
- ↑ Richard Lee Byers (April 2007). Unclean. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 46. ISBN 978-0-7869-4258-9.
- ↑ Richard Lee Byers (April 2007). Unclean. (Wizards of the Coast), p. ?. ISBN 978-0-7869-4258-9.