Ghost of a lost, thirsty traveler. An undead.

Imagine a person so dehydrated you can see through it. Its mummified skin seems tightly stretched on its bones. Sand trickles out of its pores.

Longing for home, Bottomless hunger, Melancholic fatalism.

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HD: 3	Armor: none
Hit it: easy	Dodge it: normal
Move: slow

While ethereal, the ghost can pass through anything, and it cannot be affected by physical creatures. The ghost is ethereal by default.

It is immune to nonmagical damage, being grappled or petrified (because it is ethereal), as well as poison and exhaustion (because it is undead). It doesn’t need to eat, breathe, sleep.
It can see in the dark as well as the ether.

A dhaot can only be killed when its remains are brought to the destination of its last voyage. If it loses all HP and its remains are still lost, it comes back fully healed after 10 minutes for each time it was defeated that week.

Attacks (1/round) while ethereal

Phantasm. One creature the dhaot can see must save or believe it sees something. The illusion has the statistics of the real thing but can only affect or be seen by the target. The illusion cannot inflict more than (1D6) damage per turn. The illusion can cast the spell charm person.

Possession. One creature the dhaot can see must save or be possessed by it. The possession lasts until the host drops to 0 hit points, the dhaot ends it, or the dhaot is turned or forced out by a spell. Until then, the target must obey a two-word command given to it by the dhaot to the best of its capacities without revealing they are possessed. While possessing, the dhaot can use its drain water ability.

If a creature possessed by a dhaot disobeys it’s command, the dhaot leaves the ethereal realm. The triggering creature must save or lose all HP and get a Wound.

Spatial Distortion. Target creature the dhaot can see reverts to where it was at the beginning of last turn.

Attacks (1/round) while manifested

Drain Water. The dhaot turns 1 ration or liquid into sand. The dhaot can drain the water out of a living creature’s system, which must save or take damage (1D8), vomit sand and take one level of exhaustion.

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Random Encounter

1. Monster: 1 dhaot
2. Lair: A dried well.
     OR
   Omen: The wind stops, nature becomes silent.
3. Spoor: A mirage of water.
4. Tracks: A silhouette walking in the horizon.
5. Trace: An old, empty water-skin.
6. Trace: A saddled horse’s skeleton.

D6 What the Monster Wants

1. To return to a loved one.
2. To deliver an important message.
3. To reach a sacred temple.
4. To reach an undiscovered archeological site.
5. To reach the sea.
6. To be buried with its mount.

Salvaging the body

Dhaot Sand. Used to transfer water to the land of the dead.

Ectoplasma. Physical emotional matter that forms a ghost. Can be eaten to speak with the dead. Hard to harvest.

Summoning the Spirit

If you know the spell Occult Consultation, you can alter it in such a way for a minimum of 3 Spell Dice:

Summon Dhaot
R: 60’ D: [dice] rounds

You summon one dhaot, each round, it will attempt to drain water. If it can’t, it will disappear.

Credits

The dhaot is a creation of the Dark Sun setting. This version of the ot is greatly inspired by Dael Kingsmill ghost design — SaltyGoo