Category:Caller from the Deeps

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A caller from the deeps is a malicious elemental of the Water Subtype formed in the darkness of the ocean depths as debris from above- corpses, errant magic, and even light- seep in from above and are trapped there for eternity. The decaying detritus from above impels the caller from the deeps to seek prey, a task it primarily performs using a Siren's Call spell-like ability to draw prey to it. Once in the caller's grasp, a victim is crushed and subjected to a weakening drain (actually ability damage) on his Constitution. In times of need, a caller of the deeps can summon a water elemental or fiendish shark[1], but this special ability is of lesser use due to Ravenloft's restrictions on summoning.

Noncanon Information

Callers from the Deeps can be encountered in the the Sea of Sorrows[2], the [[Nocturnal Sea]}[3], and the Drowning Deep[4]

Descriptive Text

I was staring at the black night sea from atop the Valiant, [the ship Silvana's father lent to Marco and Silvana to reach Vechor at the end of the first book of the saga] when I saw it. Or rather, I felt it. The sea had become much more dark, so dark that even the stars of that beautiful summer night were no more reflecting on its surface. The sea was so beautiful, that night... It was calling my very soul. I could remember the long swim with my dear Julia at night... The passionate love that followed our night swim, when we still lived in our pacific hut on the Jagged Shore...

The sea was calling me. I could feel it. Julia was somewhere in there, I was sure. I was about to jump, when Silvana grabbed my cape and dragged my far from the railing. "Wake up, Marco, you cretin!" she yelled at me.

Only then I saw the amorphous blot of ink covering the light of the stars.

Silvana clutched her pendant, showing the symbol of Ezra, and whispered "It seems that, if you don't go to the sea, the sea comes to you..." I said nothing, ashamed, and grabbed my dagger...

-From The Stormy Sea, second book from the Trilogy of the Two Clerics series by Sir Julius Renaut (published in Mordent, Richemulot, Dementlieu, and Martira Bay. Banned in Borca, Hazlan and Nova Vaasa for heresy and scabrous content)<[5]

References

  1. ↑ Stormwrack p. 149-150
  2. ↑ Quoth the Raven 22 p. 53
  3. ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 86
  4. ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gaz. p. 229
  5. ↑ Descriptive text from John W. Mangrum's Teeny Tiny Tales of Terror project (contributed by Jakob), from posts on the Fraternity of Shadows message board.

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