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| A '''displacer beast''' is a ] from the '']'' ]. This ] resembles a ] with a pair of powerful black ]s sprouting from its shoulders, and two to four additional forelimbs. Displacer beasts are coloured blue-black, like a dark panther. The tentacles are tipped with horny edges which can inflict terrible wounds and resemble the club-shaped catching tentacles of a squid. | |||
| Displacer beasts are fierce and vicious, and hate all other creatures. These sentient, magical cats often kill purely for pleasure, though they never fight among themselves. This beast uses a magical ''displacement'' ability, a form of illusion which causes it to appear to be a few feet away from where it actually is. This makes the creature hard to hit, while it attacks with its long tentacles. | |||
| The hide of a displacer beast has many useful magical properties, making it highly sought after by ] and ]. Many ] use the eyes of a displacer beast as good luck charms, believing that they will protect the bearer from detection. | |||
| The displacer beast is inspired by the ], a feline-like creature from the science fiction novel '']'' by ]. | |||
| In the ] campaign setting, the displacer beast is the heraldic animal of the dragonmarked ]. | |||
| ==Further reading== | |||
| *Cook, David, et al. ''Monstrous Compendium Volume One'' (], ]). | |||
| * ]. ''Ecology of the Displacer Beast'', ''] #109'' (], 1986). | |||
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