Aboleth

Aboleth

Harper Field Dossier
Combat reference
Type	Aberration — an ancient, alien horror of the deep water, with a memory older than empires
Vulnerabilities	None discovered
Resistances	None known
Immunities	None known
Condition Immunities	None known
Strong Saves	Strong of will and wit (wisdom, intelligence, constitution)
Senses	Sees in the dark; feels anything touching the water around it; can perceive through the eyes of those it enslaves
Movement	Swims; near-helpless out of water
Notable Abilities	A mind that enslaves across distance, riding its thrall's senses; tentacles whose touch rots flesh into a slime that must stay wet to live; a curtain of fear; it forgets nothing and bears grudges across ages
Provenance
Knowledge	Partial — one tense encounter
First Encountered	Session 46, an underground lake beneath Garmok's Mine
Filed by	Agent Wren, of the Tellstone circle

The Harpers' Read

An aboleth is not a beast but an intelligence older than the surface world, and it fights with the mind first. It can enslave a will at range and see through the captured eyes; its tentacles transmute flesh into a slime that cracks and chokes away from water. It is all but helpless on dry land, so the fight is won by drawing it from its lake or staying well off the shore. Above all, guard your minds — and never believe the voice that offers you exactly what you most want.

It is older than the gods, and it does not truly die. An aboleth is primordial — said to have existed since the beginning of time, and to feed by drawing the memories and knowledge of those it ensnares onto the Material Plane. Destroying its body is not the end of it: it simply reforms elsewhere, perhaps even on another plane. The drow researcher Ilyra keeps the one beneath Garmok's Mine as a long-term subject of study for precisely this reason.

Encounters of Record

The company met one lurking in an underground lake beneath Garmok's Mine — a wary standoff more than a brawl (46). It never engaged them directly, but it accepted the drow corpses they threw into the water (tidying the lake of bodies with unsettling, unhurried care) and the Eye of Gilbraxis pressed a flat warning onto Shade: "avoid the water." It remains alive in its lake.

Harvest Profile

CR 10 — Very Rare ceiling. Rules: Monster Harvesting. Search all components by effect: Find Components. The one beneath Garmok's Mine yet lives; this is what the oldest lore says such a body holds — for whoever one day dares the lake.

Component	Tool	Rarity	Effect	Primary for	Contributor to
Aboleth Memory-Brine Brain (signature)	Alchemist's	Very Rare	A brain steeped in ages — memories older than empires swim in it still Utility: Divination • Boost: Intelligence	Potion, Wondrous	Staff
Aboleth Enslaver Mucus-Glands	Poisoner's	Very Rare	The glands of the enslaving touch — a will-bending draught's dark heart Afflict: Charm	Poison	Potion, Wondrous
Aboleth Threefold Hearts	Alchemist's	Very Rare	The primordial hearts that beat before the gods — vitality that refuses ending Boost: Constitution • Restore: Regeneration	Potion	Wondrous
Aboleth Slime-Membrane	Poisoner's	Rare	The transmuting slime-coat — flesh it touches sickens into something that must stay wet Afflict: Disease	Poison	Bomb
Aboleth Sense-Lines	Navigator's	Rare	The lines by which it feels every ripple of its lake Sense: Tremorsense • Sense: Blindsight	Wondrous	—
Aboleth Red Eye-Lenses	Jeweler's	Rare	The three red eyes that watch through stolen faces Utility: Scrying • Sense: Darkvision	Wondrous	Wand
Aboleth Gray Hide-Plates	Leatherworker's	Rare	Eel-gray plated hide, ancient and water-supple Boost: Armor Class • Utility: Environmental Adaptation	Armor	Wondrous
Aboleth Tentacle Sinew	Leatherworker's	Uncommon	Cabled tentacle-cores — lash and whip stock Damage: Bludgeoning	Weapon	Armor
Aboleth Ink-Ichor	Calligrapher's	Uncommon	Ichor dark with drowned thought — ink for scripts that whisper back Boost: Spell Power • Utility: Telepathy	Wondrous	Wand, Staff
Aboleth Gill-Rakes	Alchemist's	Uncommon	The great gill-rakes that drink the deep water Move: Water Breathing	Potion	Wondrous
Aboleth Dream-Mucus	Alchemist's	Uncommon	The mucus of its sending-dreams — visions cling to it Utility: Illusion • Afflict: Sleep	Potion	Bomb
Aboleth Fin Membranes	Navigator's / Leatherworker's	Uncommon	The great tail-fin vanes of a tireless swimmer Move: Swimming	Wondrous	Armor
Aboleth Ichor-Brine	Alchemist's	Common	Structure only	—	Potion, Poison
Aboleth Cartilage	Smith's / Woodcarver's	Common	Structure only	—	Armor, Wand
Aboleth Hide Scraps	Leatherworker's	Common	Structure only	—	Armor, Wondrous
Aboleth Slime Jelly	Herbalism	Common	Structure only	—	Potion
Aboleth Tooth Ridges	Woodcarver's	Common	Structure only	—	Weapon
Aboleth Gut Trove	Scavenge	Common	Structure only'(relics of the ages it has swallowed — scavenge)	—	—

See also

• Bestiary — the company's field bestiary
• Monster Harvesting · Harvested Materials · Find Components