Ecology of the Cloaker
Knowledge check/ecology info for the Cloaker.
- Appear to be twisted, evil manta rays.
- 8 feet from wingtip-to-wingtip an over 100lbs.
- They live far underground.
- They have above average intelligence, but they are mistrustful of all creatures, including their own kind.
- Their thought processes are alien and only those of very high intelligence are likely to communicate with a cloaker.
- Their shape naturally disguises them as cloaks (hence their common name “cloaker”) and tapestries.
- Their true name is unpronounceable and all but forgotten.
- A very rare number are priests of ancient gods practicing horrible rites toward sinister goals.
- Cloakers have rear-eye spots, so they can not be flanked.
- A cloaker’s moan at the lowest level can cause nervousness and unease and numbs the minds of those who listen for too long.
- At the next level a cloaker’s moan can cause fear.
- A third moan level can cause nearby creatures to throw up.
- A fourth moan level can cause nearby creatures to become entranced, motionless.
- Cloakers attempt to hold a foe motionless then envelope the target. The cloaker’s tail can fight off anyone coming to the target creature’s rescue.
- Cloakers can also manipulate shadows to hide, create images or even make doubles of themselves.
- Magical light cast on the cloaker may prevent its shadow-shifting abilities.
- Sometimes they are allied with frog-like humanoids, Skum.
- Rumors of cloaker lords also exist. These are said to be a subrace of cloakers able to dominate other cloakers.
- A cloaker lord near death can devour another cloaker. If the lord is not slain, the cloaker lord splits apart, surviving, with several baby cloakers.
