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{{hatnote|This page is about the displacer beast creature. You may be looking for [[Displacer Beast Shape]], the ability.}}
{{hatnote|This page is about the displacer beast creature. You may be looking for [[Displacer Beast Shape]], the ability.}}
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| level = 5
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| size = Medium
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'''Displacer Beasts''' are a race and type of [[Beast]] found in the [[Gauntlet of Shar]] and the [[Circus of the Last Days]]. Characters can polymorph into a Displacer Beast with the [[Illithid Power]] [[Displacer Beast Shape]].
| passives = Darkvision, Evasion, Extra Attack, Opportunity Attack
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'''Displacer beasts''' are a [[:Category:Non-playable races|non-playable race]] and [[beast]] creature, found in the [[Gauntlet of Shar]] and the [[Circus of the Last Days]]. [[Displacer Beast Shape]] allows a creature to polymorph into a displacer beast.
{{Quote race|Displacer Beast}}


==Attacks and Abilities==
==About==
==== {{SAI|Tentacle Whip (Displacer Beast)|Tentacle Whip|w=40}} ====
Displacer beasts are feline, tentacled creatures resembling panthers. They often live in small groups, preferring sheltered habitats such as caves or tree hollows.
* Melee attack dealing {{DamageText|2d6+4|Bludgeoning}} and {{DamageText|2d6|Piercing}} damage.  


==== {{SAI|Displace (Displacer Beast)|Displace|w=40}} ====
Displacer beasts can be spoken to using {{SAI|Speak with Animals}}, and can be transformed into by [[Partial-Illithid|partial-illithid]]s with {{SAI|Displacer Beast Shape}}.
* Teleport yourself and a target to a nearby location, shredding the target's mind, and leaving behind an {{SAI|Illusory Copy}} of yourself.


==== {{SAI|Illusory Copy|w=40}} ====
==Combat==
* Create an illusory displacer beast to attack nearby enemies.
===Attacks and abilities===
{{Feature box|Tentacle Whip (Displacer Beast)}}
{{Feature box|Displace (Displacer Beast)}}
{{Feature box|Illusory Copy}}


==Tactics==
=== Tactics ===
Displacer beasts are significant combat threats. 18 strength makes them formidable attackers. while {{SAI|Displace (Displacer Beast)|Displace}} gives them free roam of the arena while leaving behind a double that can still dish out damage. This brute strength can be countered by targeting their low mental abilities, which make them more susceptible to manipulating or controlling effects like {{SAI|Fear}} or {{SAI|Banishment}}.


== Notable Displacer Beasts ==
== Displacer beast characters ==
*[[Nessa]]
* {{CharLink|Nessa}}
*[[Shadow-Whiskers]]
* {{CharLink|Shadow-Whiskers}}


== Notes & Trivia ==
== Gallery ==
* Displacer Beasts are typed as Large [[Monstrosity|Monstrosities]] in 5e, but are typed as Medium Beasts in Baldur's Gate 3.
<gallery heights="250">
Tan-burci-displacer-beast-concept.jpg|Concept art by Tan Bur-Ci
</gallery>


==External Links==
== Notes ==
* {{FRWiki|Displacer Beast|long}}
* Displacer Beasts are typed as Large [[Monstrosity|Monstrosities]] in 5e, but are typed as Medium [[Beast|Beasts]] in ''[[Baldur's Gate 3]]''.


[[Category: Races]][[Category: Non-playable Races]]
==External links==
* {{FRWiki|Displacer beast|long}}
 
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[[Category:Creatures]]
[[Category:Beasts]]
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Latest revision as of 07:36, 11 November 2024

This page is about the displacer beast creature. You may be looking for Displacer Beast Shape, the ability.

Displacer beasts are a non-playable race and beast creature, found in the Gauntlet of Shar and the Circus of the Last Days. Displacer Beast Shape allows a creature to polymorph into a displacer beast.

Portrait Displacer Beast.png
“
A displacer beast's coat is slick with illusory magic that can bend light, letting it project images of itself and turn invisible. Adventurers say you can never know a displacer beast's true location - until its claws sink into your belly, that is.
„
— In-game racial description

About[edit | edit source]

Displacer beasts are feline, tentacled creatures resembling panthers. They often live in small groups, preferring sheltered habitats such as caves or tree hollows.

Displacer beasts can be spoken to using Speak with Animals Speak with Animals, and can be transformed into by partial-illithids with Displacer Beast Shape Displacer Beast Shape.

Combat[edit | edit source]

Attacks and abilities[edit | edit source]

Tentacle Whip Displacer Beast.webp
Tentacle Whip Tentacle Whip ()
D6 Bludgeoning.png 2d6 + 4 (6~16) Damage TypesBludgeoning
+
D6 Piercing.png 2d6 (2~12) Damage TypesPiercing

Lash out with a sleek, spinous tentacle.

 Range: 3 m /  ft
Displace Displacer Beast.webp
Displace Displace ()
D8 Psychic.png 2d8 (2~16) Damage TypesPsychic

Teleport yourself and a target to a nearby location, shredding the target's mind, and leaving behind an Illusory Copy of yourself.

 Range: 3 m / 10 ft
Illusory Copy.webp
Illusory Copy Illusory Copy ()
Create an illusory displacer beast to attack nearby enemies.
 Range: 18 m /  ft

Tactics[edit | edit source]

Displacer beasts are significant combat threats. 18 strength makes them formidable attackers. while Displace Displace gives them free roam of the arena while leaving behind a double that can still dish out damage. This brute strength can be countered by targeting their low mental abilities, which make them more susceptible to manipulating or controlling effects like Fear Fear or Banishment Banishment.

Displacer beast characters[edit | edit source]

Gallery[edit | edit source]

  • Concept art by Tan Bur-Ci

    Concept art by Tan Bur-Ci

Notes[edit | edit source]

External links[edit | edit source]

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