Displacer beast

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

Displacer Beast
Stats
Level 7
STR 18 (+4) DEX 15 (+2) CON 16 (+3) INT 6 (-2) WIS 12 (+1) CHA 8 (-1)
Race	Displacer beast
Type	Beast
HP	85
AC	16
Size	Medium
Weight	140 kg / 308 lbs
Passive features
Darkvision  Evasion  Extra Attack  Opportunity Attack
In-game

Displacer beasts are a race and of the Beast creature type, 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.

About displacer beasts

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.

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, and can be transformed into by partial-illithids with  Displacer Beast Shape.

Displacer beast characters

• Nessa
• Shadow-Whiskers

Attacks and abilities

 Tentacle Whip

• Melee attack dealing 2d6+4Bludgeoning and 2d6Piercing damage.

 Displace

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

 Illusory Copy

• Create an illusory displacer beast to attack nearby enemies.

Notes and trivia

• Displacer Beasts are typed as Large Monstrosities in 5e, but are typed as Medium Beasts in Baldur's Gate 3.

External links

• Displacer beast on the Forgotten Realms Wiki