シャニング・チャイルド Shining Child
Shining children are wicked, enigmatic monsters that roam remote planes and untraveled corners of the universe in search of esoteric lore. With their abnormally gaunt frames, long white hair, and unnerving, four-fingered hands, shining children are both strangely familiar and otherworldly in appearance, though they are barely visible within the shroud of blinding light they continually emit. Their faces are truly horrible, however, as their overlarge eyes and distended, gaping mouths reveal their heads to be voids filled with unnatural light. Shining children use this light as a weapon, weaving illusions and focusing beams of fiery brilliance.
Because of their reputation as scholars of the alien and the eldritch, shining children are sometimes summoned by powerful wizards or occultists in search of rare knowledge. The creatures never give away their lore without some price, though, and typically demand in return the performance of contemptible deeds that further their inscrutable, far-ranging plans.
These mysterious beings are natives of the Astral Plane . In that vast plane, accretions of metaphysical matter gradually accumulate and eventually coalesce into demiplanes. During this tumultuous process, sparks of living light sometimes shear off the newly formed planes, and these sparks of raw planar energy somehow transform into shining children. Every newly formed demiplane leaves a different mental imprint on its shining “offspring,” making it easy for shining children to telepathically recognize their brothers and sisters. Forever trapped in apparently adolescent bodies, shining children dedicate themselves to scholarship and violence with equal measure in a futile effort to understand their roles in the multiverse and the burning injustice of their births. Shining children confuse most other creatures with their refusal to use individual names in favor of alternating between referring to each other singularly and collectively.
“知識の想起”――アストラル（〈伝承学〉） : DC 30
一般的な知識 : DC 28
専門知識 : DC 25
Because of their reputation as scholars of the alien and the eldritch, shining children are sometimes summoned by powerful wizards or occultists in search of rare knowledge. The creatures never give away their lore without some price, though, and typically demand in return the performance of contemptible deeds that further their inscrutable, far-ranging plans.
These mysterious beings are natives of the Astral Plane . In that vast plane, accretions of metaphysical matter gradually accumulate and eventually coalesce into demiplanes. During this tumultuous process, sparks of living light sometimes shear off the newly formed planes, and these sparks of raw planar energy somehow transform into shining children. Every newly formed demiplane leaves a different mental imprint on its shining “offspring,” making it easy for shining children to telepathically recognize their brothers and sisters. Forever trapped in apparently adolescent bodies, shining children dedicate themselves to scholarship and violence with equal measure in a futile effort to understand their roles in the multiverse and the burning injustice of their births. Shining children confuse most other creatures with their refusal to use individual names in favor of alternating between referring to each other singularly and collectively.
“知識の想起”――アストラル（〈伝承学〉） : DC 30
一般的な知識 : DC 28
専門知識 : DC 25
シャニング・チャイルド Shining Child クリーチャー12
中型 アストラル
出典 Monster Core 308ページ
知覚＋23；暗視
言語 アクロ語；テレパシー120フィート
技能 〈威圧〉＋21、〈交渉〉＋21、〈伝承学〉＋18、〈秘術〉＋18、〈ペテン〉＋23
【筋】＋2、【敏】＋5、【耐】＋6、【知】＋2、【判】＋5、【魅】＋7
Radiance Dependence／Radiance Dependence The shining child is 立ちすくみ状態while in areas of darkness .
知覚＋23；暗視
言語 アクロ語；テレパシー120フィート
技能 〈威圧〉＋21、〈交渉〉＋21、〈伝承学〉＋18、〈秘術〉＋18、〈ペテン〉＋23
【筋】＋2、【敏】＋5、【耐】＋6、【知】＋2、【判】＋5、【魅】＋7
Radiance Dependence／Radiance Dependence The shining child is 立ちすくみ状態while in areas of darkness .
AC 33；頑健＋22、反応＋19、意志＋19
HP 215；完全耐性 盲目状態、目が眩んだ状態、［火炎］
Blinding Aura／Blinding Aura (秘術、オーラ、無力化、光) 60フィート. The shining child sheds bright light. Any creature that starts its turn in the aura must succeed at a DC 29 Fortitude save. If it fails, it is blinded for 1分, and if it critically fails, it's permanently blinded. A creature that succeeds at its save is temporarily immune to this effect for 24時間.
Overwhelming Light／Overwhelming Light [reaction] (光) トリガー The shining child enters an area of magical darknessor begins its turn in an area of magical darkness；効果 The shining child attempts to counteract the magical darkness (counteract rank 7、counteract modifier ＋23).
HP 215；完全耐性 盲目状態、目が眩んだ状態、［火炎］
Blinding Aura／Blinding Aura (秘術、オーラ、無力化、光) 60フィート. The shining child sheds bright light. Any creature that starts its turn in the aura must succeed at a DC 29 Fortitude save. If it fails, it is blinded for 1分, and if it critically fails, it's permanently blinded. A creature that succeeds at its save is temporarily immune to this effect for 24時間.
Overwhelming Light／Overwhelming Light [reaction] (光) トリガー The shining child enters an area of magical darknessor begins its turn in an area of magical darkness；効果 The shining child attempts to counteract the magical darkness (counteract rank 7、counteract modifier ＋23).
移動速度 30フィート、飛行50フィート
近接 [one-action] 拳 ＋25［＋21／＋17］（機敏、巧技、魔法）、ダメージ 3d4＋5［殴打］、加えて4d6［火炎］ and 2d4持続［火炎］
近接 [one-action] fire ray ＋25［＋20／＋15］（arcane、魔法、射程100フィート）、ダメージ 3d10＋3［火炎］、plus 2d10［活力］ damage if the target is undead
伝承生得呪文 DC 33；7ランク サンバースト（×2）；6ランク ヴァイブラント・パターン、ウォール・オヴ・フォース、ディスペル・マジック；5ランク トランスロケート、フォールス・ヴィジョン、ミラージュ；4ランク トランスロケート（回数無制限）；2ランク イリューソリイ・オブジェクト（回数無制限）；キャントリップ （6ランク） ライト
近接 [one-action] 拳 ＋25［＋21／＋17］（機敏、巧技、魔法）、ダメージ 3d4＋5［殴打］、加えて4d6［火炎］ and 2d4持続［火炎］
近接 [one-action] fire ray ＋25［＋20／＋15］（arcane、魔法、射程100フィート）、ダメージ 3d10＋3［火炎］、plus 2d10［活力］ damage if the target is undead
伝承生得呪文 DC 33；7ランク サンバースト（×2）；6ランク ヴァイブラント・パターン、ウォール・オヴ・フォース、ディスペル・マジック；5ランク トランスロケート、フォールス・ヴィジョン、ミラージュ；4ランク トランスロケート（回数無制限）；2ランク イリューソリイ・オブジェクト（回数無制限）；キャントリップ （6ランク） ライト
