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fantasy setting, energons are enimatic, incorporeal outsiders

Outsider (Dungeons & Dragons)

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 found throughout the Inner Plane

Inner Plane

The Inner Planes are the innermost planes of existence in the standard cosmology of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. They are the building blocks of the multiverse, the elements and energies from which all of the material universe is made.The Inner Planes, the material building blocks of...

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Publication history

The xag-ya and xeg-yi first appeared in the first edition adventure module The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth (1982), and were reprinted in the original Monster Manual II (1983).

The xag-ya and xeg-yi appeared in the second edition for the Planescape

Planescape

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 setting in the Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III (1998).

The xag-ya and xeg-yi appeared as energons in the third edition Manual of the Planes

Manual of the Planes

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(2001). The spiritovore energons, including the soulmarauder, the soulscaper, and the soulsipper, appeared in the adventure module Bastion of Broken Souls (2002). The xag-az psionic energon appeared on the Wizards of the Coast website in 2002. The xac-yel, the xac-yij, the xap-yaup, the xong-yong, and the xor-yost energons appeared in the Planar Handbook

Planar Handbook

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(2004).

Description

In the first edition only two types were known to exist, the xag-ya and xeg-yi, and the generic term "energon" was not used. These were associated with positive and negative energy, respectively. Energons associated with different types of energy were introduced later.

Energons appear as incorporeal floating globes with a pair of spots that resemble eyes. A half-dozen to a dozen tentacles protrude from the sphere. Energons look like octopuses when they "swim" through the air.

Types of Energons

• Xac-Yel — Energons associated with fire.
• Xac-Yij — Energons associated with acid.
• Xag-Az — Psionic
  Psionics (role-playing games)
  Psionics, in role-playing games, is a broad category of fantastic abilities originating from the mind, similar to the paranormal psionic abilities that some people claim in reality.- Common features :...
  
  energons that have evolved on the Astral Plane.
• Xag-Ya — Energons associated with positive energy.
• Xap-Yaup — Energons associated with electricity.
• Xeg-Yi — Energons associated with negative energy.
• Xong-Yong — Energons associated with sonic.
• Xor-Yost — Energons associated with cold.

Spiritovore Energons

Spiritovores are a specific subset of energons native to the Positive Energy Plane. These energons tend and feed upon preincarnate souls. Three types have been identified:

• Soulsipper — Fishlike energons that mostly feed upon preincarnate souls.
• Soulmarauder — Mantalike energons that predate upon other energons.
• Soulscaper — Four-armed, humanoid-shaped spiritovores that tend gardens of life force.

Additional reading

• Cook, Monte and William W. Connors. The Inner Planes (TSR, 1998).
• Grubb, Jeff. Manual of the Planes (TSR, 1987).