Eberron - Rising from the Last War

Kalaraq Quori

The most powerful quori are the kalaraqs, also known

as eyebinders-entities formed of pure shadow that is

outlined by a nimbus of energy. A host of disembodied

eyes whirl around a kalaraq, each reflecting a conscious­

ness the creature has consumed.

Kalaraq quori guide the quori race, and the Devourer

of Dreams-the personal emissary of the Dreaming

Dark-is of this order. Although the kalaraqs never fight

one another overtly, each has its own agenda, and each

hopes to someday seize the throne of the Devourer of

Dreams. Because of this internal conflict, it is unusual

for a kalaraq to leave Dal Quor to inhabit a mortal vessel

and become one of the Inspired.

Armor Class 18 (natural armor)

Hit Points 161 (19d8 + 76)

Speed 30 ft., fly 60 ft. (hover)

STR

12 (+1)

DEX

21 (+5)

CON

18 (+4)

INT

23 (+6)

Saving Throws Int +12, Wis +13, Cha +1 3

WIS

24 (+7)

Skills Deception +13, Perception +13, Persuasion +1 3

Damage Resistances cold, necrotic, poison, psychic;

CHA

25 (+7)

bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks

Condition Immunities blinded, charmed, exhaustion,

frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, prone, restrained

Senses truesight 120 ft., passive Perception 23

Languages all, telepathy 120 ft.

Challenge 19 (22,000 XP)

All-Around Vision. The quori can't be surprised while it isn't

incapacitated.

Incorporeal Movement. The quori can move through other

creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. It takes 5

(ldlO) force damage ifit ends its turn inside an object.

Innate Spellcasting (Psionics). The quori's spellcasting ability is

Charisma (spell save DC 21 , +1 3 to hit with spell attacks). It can

innately cast the following spells, requiring no components:

At will: arcane eye
3/day each: clairvoyance, confusion, dream, eyebite
Magic Resistance. The quori has advantage on saving throws
against spells and other magical effects.

ACTIONS

Multiattack. The quori makes two Soul Binding attacks. Alter­

natively, it can make four attacks with Arcane Blast.

Arcane Blast. Ranged Spell Attack: +1 3 to hit, range 120 ft., one
target. Hit: 12 (l dl 0 + 7) force damage.

Soul Binding. Melee Spell Attack:+ 13 to hit, reach 5 ft., one
target. Hit: 29 (4dl0 + 7) necrotic damage. A creature reduced

CHAPTER 6 I FRIENDS AND FOES

to 0 hit points from this attack dies and has its soul imprisoned

in one of the quori's eyes. The target can't be revived by any

means short of a wish spell until the quori is destroyed.

Mind Seed (1/Day). The quori touches one humanoid, which

must succeed on a DC 21 Intelligence saving throw or be

cursed. The curse lasts until it's removed by a remove curse or

greater restoration spell.

The cursed target suffers l level of exhaustion every 24

hours, and finishing a long rest doesn't reduce its exhaustion.

If the cursed target reaches exhaustion level 6, it doesn't die; it

instead becomes a thrall under the quori's control, and all its

exhaustion is removed. Only the wish spell can free the thrall

from this control.

Swarm of Eyes (Recharge 6). The quori creates a swarm of spec­

tral eyes that fills a 30 -foot-radius sphere centered on a point

it can see within 60 feet of it. Each creature in that area must

make a DC 21 Wisdom saving throw. On a failure, a creature

takes 45 (10d8) psychic damage, and it is blinded for l min­

ute. On a success, a creature takes half as much damage and

isn't blinded. A blinded creature can repeat the saving throw

at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on

a success.

Possession (Recharge 6). One humanoid that the quori can see

within 5 feet of it must succeed on a DC 21 Charisma saving

throw or be possessed by the quori; the quori then disappears,

and the target is incapacitated and loses control of its body.

The quori now controls the body but doesn't deprive the target

of awareness. The quori can't be targeted by any attack, spell,

or other effect, and it retains its al ignment, Intelligence, Wis·

dom, Charisma, and immunity to being charmed and fright­

ened. It otherwise uses the possessed target's statistics, but

doesn't gain access to the target's knowledge, class features,

or proficiencies.

The possession lasts until the body drops to 0 hit points, the

quori ends it as a bonus action, or the quori is forced out by an

effect like the dispel evil and good spell. When the possession

ends, the quori reappears in an unoccupied space within 5 feet

of the body. The target is immune to this quori's Possession

for 24 hours after succeeding on the saving throw or after the

possession ends.