Pale Screamer
Medium Aberration · Neutral Evil · CR 3
- Aberration
- Medium
- Tier 1
- Evil
Pale Screamer, CR 3, fills the medium aberration role with neutral evil disposition. Encounter regions: underground and underwater. Sourced from Tome of Beasts 2.
Stat Block
- Challenge Rating
- 3
- Type
- Aberration
- Size
- Medium
- Alignment
- Neutral Evil
- Speed
- 30, swim 30
- Habitats
- Underground, Underwater
- Sources
- Tome of Beasts 2
Ecology
Pale Screamer is an outsider to the natural order, often associated with the Far Realm or other planes whose laws differ from this world. It is most often found in underground regions. It is medium-sized, which shapes how it hunts, hides, or fights.
Behaviour
Pale Screamer is cold and inhuman in its goals; it does not think the way mortals think. Its Neutral Evil alignment shapes how it engages with the world — predictable in tendency, even when unpredictable in detail. It is intelligent enough to plan, scheme, or remember.
Origin
Pale Screamer is introduced in Kobold Press's Tome of Beasts 2 (2020). Aberrations leak from the Far Realm or older creations that predate the gods, where the laws of reality differ. Within a campaign, its existence anchors a region with the kind of weight only an old, named species carries.
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Frequently Asked Questions about Pale Screamer
- What is the challenge rating of Pale Screamer?
- Pale Screamer is rated CR 3. The rating suits an early or mid tier-1 group.
- What type of creature is Pale Screamer?
- Pale Screamer is classified as a aberration in D&D 5e, medium size, neutral evil alignment.
- Where does Pale Screamer live?
- The published habitats for Pale Screamer: Underground, Underwater.