Phade
Invisible stalker
- This article covers the type of creature. For the phade named Phade, see Phade (person).
Phades,1 also known as invisible stalkers,2 are enigmatic, invisible elemental creatures from the Plane of Air.21
Appearance
A phade can never be seen, even when attacking, although its actions can briefly reveal a vague silhouette of its humanoid form.21
Society
Phades live in small nomadic groups, perpetually fulfilling missions given by their masters. They work for jaathoom shuyookhs34 and their sultan, usually as spies and sometimes as assassins, due to their natural invisibility and stealthy skills, which allow them to track prey without being detected and give them the element of surprise when striking. Phades have been responsible for neutralising numerous extraplanar threats to jaathooms over millennia.56
Phades can be summoned to the Universe by mortal spellcasters, most of whom deploy phades for violent purposes of their own. Such tasks further lower phades' opinions of mortals at large.7 Due to their dedication to their job, phades detest being summoned to other planes to serve mortals, often seeking to find a loophole around a poorly worded command to take revenge on the person that dared summon them. Some phades hate mortals to the point that they attack any magic-using extraplanar travelers on sight. Only the youngest phades keep an open mind about mortals' intentions, but over time their opinion inevitably degrades.6
Notable phades
- See also: Category:Phade/Inhabitants
- Ahlish, commander of the Pyramid of Sounding Gales8
- Master Phade, member of the Council of Three and Nine, the ruling body of Nex9
References
Paizo referred to phades as invisible stalkers until the publication of Monster Core.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 . “Air elemental” in Monster Core, 140. Paizo Inc., 2024
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 . “Monsters A-Z” in Bestiary, 144–145. Paizo Inc., 2019
- ↑ Paizo referred to jaathooms as djinn until the publication of Rage of Elements. See Rage of Elements pg. 3 and Pathfinder Core Preview pg. 2.
- ↑ Paizo referred to nobles of each type of genie by different titles until the publication of Rage of Elements, which refers to genie nobles of all types as shuyookhs. See the genie articles in Rage of Elements and Pathfinder Core Preview pg. 14.
- ↑ . “Monsters A to Z” in Bestiary, 181. Paizo Inc., 2009
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 . “Plane of Air” in Planes of Power, 13. Paizo Inc., 2016
- ↑ . “Monsters A-Z” in Bestiary, 144. Paizo Inc., 2019
- ↑ . “Bestiary” in Pyramid of the Sky Pharaoh, 81. Paizo Inc., 2014
- ↑ . “Nex” in The Inner Sea World Guide, 131. Paizo Inc., 2011
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