Weekly Beasties: Night Terror (d20)
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"Don't worry¸ it's just a bad dream!"
Sometimes that's true. But when your planet happens to be in close proximity to the Astral Plane¸ your nightmares could be something else.
It's common knowledge that sleeping creatures can experience loosely-remembered journeys into the Astral Plane. So if your drifting spirit encounters a hungry night terror¸ you're likely to wake up in a horrible sweat as it rips into your astral form. Thankfully¸ short of causing you to fall out of bed in a panic¸ there's little harm a night terror can inflict on dreamers.
The problem comes when direct portals to the Astral Plane - which spellcasters have been creating with great efficiency - causes night terrors to leak into the Material Plane. Now they can directly feed on dreamers¸ disrupting their rest and consuming psychic energy. While unlikely to kill an adventurer on their own¸ they can still make life incredibly difficult for a party travelling through dungeons without any rest.
But don't worry¸ it's just bad dreams.