Invisible stalker

Infobox D&D creature
name=Invisible stalker
alignment=Usually Neutral
type=Elemental
subtype=Air, Extraplanar
source=Monster Manual
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In the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy roleplaying game, the invisible stalker is an elemental creature from the Elemental Plane of Air.

Physical description

As its name obviously implies, an invisible stalker is invisible, resembling a completely see-through, completely silent, and highly undetectable and stealthy humanoid made of a wispy shimmering.

Invisible stalkers have an amorphous form. A "see invisibility" spell only reveals a dim outline of a vaguely humanoid cloud, while a "true seeing" spell reveals a roiling cloud of vapor.

ociety

Invisible stalkers live predominantly on the Elemental Plane of Air, but are sometimes summoned by mages to perform various tasks. A summoned invisible stalker does whatever task its master, the summoner, commands, even if the task sends it hundreds or thousands of miles away. It of course, makes an ideal spy or assassin. The creature follows a command until it is completed and obeys only its summoner. It, however, resents protracted missions or complex tasks and seeks to pervert the instructions accordingly.

While invisible stalkers can only speak Auran, they do understand Common.

Invisible stalkers are usually neutral in alignment, and could be regarded as good or evil if given a task or summoned by a master of such an alignment.

Combat

An invisible stalker of course uses stealth to attack. It sneaks up to the enemy and then creates a single blast of wind which pounds the enemy, supposedly weakening it. Then it starts pummeling the opponent with its own strength. As the creature can remain invisible even in combat, fighting back against it is difficult. Invisible stalkers can only be killed on the Elemental Plane of Air, and if they take enough damage to kill them when not there, they teleport back.

Trivia

When it comes to a miniature of the invisible stalker, the developers of the "Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures" game have often joked about using just the base with nothing on it, because the creature itself is invisible. In fact, the 2nd Edition picture of an invisible stalker was, in fact, a blank picture. This picture was credited as a joke to Doug Stewart and Tim Beach in the 2nd Edition "Monstrous Manual" book.

References

*Williams, Skip, Jonathan Tweet, and Monte Cook. "Monster Manual" (Wizards of the Coast, 2000).