Baldander
- Armor Class
- 5 [14]
- Hit Dice
- 5
- Attacks
- Weapon (1d3)
- Special
- spells, shapechanging
- Move
- 9 Swim 12
- HDE/XP
- 6/400
Description
Baldanders, also called shifters, are marine creatures similar to dopplegangers, yet with several significant differences. In its original form, a baldander looks like a middle-aged man with the feet of a goat and a long serpentine tail ending in a fin. However, it is seldom encountered in this form. A baldander is able to take the exact form of any creature it kills, along with most of its abilities, including spells. In fact, a baldander seems to live only to acquire new forms.
A baldander usually carries a trident and a large book. The book is used to record every shape it has acquired along with any magical spells that were known by the creatures it has killed.
Strangely enough, a baldander can only acquire one form from a given species, although it can still acquire new spells by killing additional Magic-users of the same species.
A Baldander cannot acquire Clerical spells from their victims however.
Source note: This creature is converted from The Basic Fantasy Field Guide of Creatures Malevolent and Benign – Omnibus Edition, 1st Edition Release 4, © 2010–2025 Chris Gonnerman, R. Kevin Smoot, James Lemon, Matt Sluis, and Contributors. The Basic Fantasy Field Guide textual material is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International; this page adapts that creature to White Box.