Silt Weird

The silt warps and shifts and forms a writhing pseudopod in the shape of a huge serpent, which launches itself towards you.

Combat
Silt weirds attack with their slam and, if successful, will drain Constitution from their prey as well as suffocate them. Silt weirds are very aggressive and will use psionics to help speed up the process, protect themselves from others, and fend off attackers while they are draining and suffocating a victim. Sometimes silt weirds will have earth elementals under their control which they will use to their full advantage.

Description
Believed to have been birthed in the paraelemental plane of silt, the silt weird is a formidable foe, forming the silt it inhabits and taking the shape of a huge serpent or a vaguely humanoid figure. It uses a humanoid shape, sometimes confused with a true earth elemental, to lure travelers to their deaths.

Silt weirds are extremely dangerous, existing as they do between the Material Plane and the Paraelemental Plane of Silt.

A silt weird obtains its nourishment from the life force of its victims. Silt weirds find the harsh conditions of Athas much to their liking and thrive because of this. It is rumored that the border between the paraelemental Plane of Silt, and the Material Plane on Athas is continually shifting, which enables the silt weirds and other denizens such as dune stalkers and sandmen to enter Athas easily.

Silt Weird Society
The silt weird is a solitary creature that wanders the Sea of Silt and inland silt basins hunting for prey. Since the weird forms its body from the silt in which it lives, it is unable to travel over land, therefore confined to only attack creatures that pass within its reach.

Silt weirds avoid their own kind; they view each other as competition and battle furiously over a section of silt. These fights usually end in stalemates however, as the weirds cannot harm each other, and one of the weirds usually gives in and goes its own way. It is rare to find more than one silt weird in a 10-mile square radius.