Veilwraith
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The Veilwraith is an aberrant creature that hunts those who meddle with time and reality.1
The Veilshard
Meddling with the Veil is not without peril, for it may draw the attention of beings that dwell beyond mortal understanding. A Veilshard crystal is a rare, shimmering stone that forms where the barriers between worlds grow thin, and such shards are often found where strange things happen: sudden disappearances, ghostly apparitions, secrets whispered on the wind. In hushed circles of arcane scholars and daring adventurers, it is whispered that a shard can show visions of paths not taken and of uncertain futures.1
A shard must be attuned by bathing it in moonlight for three nights in a row while the ritualist chants an invocation to the Veil. If the attunement fails, the shard cracks in a burst of chaotic energy and briefly draws the attention of a veilwraith. Every use of the attuned shard, the Veilshard Echo, makes it more unstable and the summoning of a veilwraith more likely.1
Nature
A veilwraith does not walk; it flies and hovers, and it can pass through creatures and objects. It understands every language but speaks none, and it sees in darkness.2
It pursues the ritualist who called it with particular ferocity, and when that ritualist dies, it leaves the Material Plane. Its touch drains the life out of its victims, and its piercing gaze can hold a creature it sees motionless.2
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- BoDBook of Dead(Bad Badger Games, 2024), pp. 112-113
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