I have another water-spirit/fey today. Unlike the undine, this one was on my list from day one. These creatures are from the Asturian area of Spain. I will admit, there are not a lot of X monsters out there.
Medium Fey (Water) Frequency: Rare
Number Appearing: 1 (2d6)
Alignment: Neutral [Neutral]
Movement: 90' (30') [9"]
Swim: 240' (80') [24"]
Armor Class: 8 [11]
Hit Dice: 4d8* (18 hp)
THAC0: 17 (+2)
Attacks: None
Damage: None
Special: Charm potion, invisibility, witch spells
Save: Witch 4
Morale: 6 (6)
Treasure Hoard Class: X (M)
XP: 125 (OSE) 135 (LL)
Str: 8 (-1) Dex: 13 (+1) Con: 10 (0) Int: 10 (0) Wis: 10 (2) Cha: 20 (+4)
Xana are a type of water faerie that lives in cool rivers, streams, and freshwater ponds. They are described as beautiful with long curly brown or blond hair. They are similar to other water faeries in that they prefer to spend their time in their watery lairs.
They are social creatures, with several living in an area. Their lairs are under the water where they are 100% invisible.
They will leave their lairs to seek out mates. They can take their waters and make a weak love potion that will affect one male of her choice. They get a saving throw vs. poison. If they fail they are treated as if they have a charm person spell on them. A successful save means the potion had no effect. The children they have from these encounters, xanín, can’t be cared for by the xana. They will sneak into homes at night and leave their children in place of human babies.
Xanín will grow fast. The girls will seek out their mothers and join them. The boys will tend to grow up to become sailors.
Xana can cast spells as a 3rd level witch. They however will not attack physically. They will swim to the deepest part of their watery lairs.
There is a rumor of a smaller xana that feeds on children. These creatures are indistinguishable from other xana and are chaotic evil.
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There are a lot of water spirits and water fey out there. How to make them all different from each other will be my goal.
Hi Timothy - goodness ! This is fascinating stuff. My husband's nickname for me is Xani so I'm very interested to hear about my namesake :) I am a social person but my hair isn't curly. My name is Alexandra so Xani is a derivative of that. That is the second time today I have used the word derivative. My husband is more into fantasy and sci fi than I am but I do like all the beautiful illustrations on your blog posts. I like the idea of the male Xanas becoming sailors. Makes sense :)
ReplyDeleteA smaller Xana that feeds on children, interesting monster. And an interesting find, will have to come back to see more of these monster posts.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Crackerberries
I used Xana for my X last year! =) But I didn't hear about make xanas.
ReplyDeleteBlack and White: X for Xanadu
Do you suppose the sons are the best sailors? I mean, you'd think they'd get a bonus or something.
ReplyDeleteI love letter X posts! Always such variety.
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