A hakeashar, also known as an Eater of Magic, appears as a bright red, misty sphere. Their bodies pulse and glow as they drift about. They can seep through finger-width cracks with great ease.

Hakeashar are relatives of the nishruu. These weird, thankfully rare creatures are believed to be from another plane. Within the red mist comprising the body of a hakeashar are hundreds of grasping hands, probing eyes, and gaping, hungry mouths.

Combat: Hakeashar have no attacks. Fire and physical attacks affect them normally; hits are automatic if the attacker is enveloped by a hakeashar. Cold attacks do half damage, but magical fire and cold cannot form within a hakeashar and do no damage. If magical fire or cold contact the outside of a hakeashar's body area, they deal one round of damage and are then absorbed harmlessly by the monster. (No hit points are gained for absorbed cold- and fire-based spells.)

Hakeashar move fearlessly and relentlessly toward sources of magic within 60 feet, taking full damage from physical attacks.

The unique structure of the hakeashar and its diet of magic have the following effects in combat:

• Mind control spells and illusions have no effect on them.
• Spells cast at a hakeashar are absorbed by it, having no effect except to give the creature hit points of life energy equal to the damage the spell normally does (the exceptions are cold- and fire-based spells, as mentioned above). A non-damaging spell gives a hakeashar extra hit points equal to its spell level.
• Chargeable magical items are drained of 1d4 charges upon contact with a hakeashar. If contact is continued, 1d4 more charges are drained at the end of every second round.
• All magical items and artifacts are nonoperational while in contact with a hakeashar. Artifacts do not function for one round after such contact ceases; magical items have their powers negated for 1d4 rounds after contact ends. If a potion or scroll is used while in contact with a hakeashar, it does not take effect until 1d4 rounds after the contact is broken.
• Spellcasters of all classes lose one memorized spell, determined randomly, at first contact with the hakeashar. Thereafter, they lose one random spell for each round they remain within the body aera of the monster (whether partially or fully). Each time a spell is lost in this manner, the spellcaster must make a successful saving throw vs. breath weapon or become feebleminded; see the 5th-level wizard spell of the same name for effects and duration.

When a hakeashar is slain, its body dissipates, losing luminosity and hue, seeming to sink to the ground and drift away. Any magical item within its body area when it is slain, or any magical weapon slaying it, even if no longer in contact with the body, receives a magical bonus of 1d6 additional charges, or a second use in the case of a one-shot item, such as a scroll or an magical arrow. Potions, memorized spells, artifacts, and items that do not have charges are not augmented.

If a rod of absorption or a ring of spell turning is within the body area of a hakeashar, there is a 5% chance of instantly destroying the creature upon contact (regardless of the wishes of the owner). The magic-absorbing and -warping capabilities of the items interact with the magical substance of the hakeashar and fully absorb the creature. The item change color to a dusky red, but otherwise suffer no effect. If this doesn't occur upon contact, the item is affected as normal by the hakeashar.

Habitat/Society: Hakeashar are not native to the Prime Material plane, and are suspected natives of one of the Outer Planes. On the Prime Material Plane, they appear to be solitary creatures.

A hakeashar has the ability to give 20% of the number of spells or charges absorbed to a person, but this is done very unwillingly; this is usually an action done on its original plane in exchange for transport to the Prime Material Plane (or vice-versa).

Ecology: Hakeashar feed on magic, and their bodies correspondingly pulse and glow as they drift about. Hakeashar can sense magic within a 600-foot radius; and they always move toward the greatest concentration of magic within that aera. If a hakeashar encounters a wild magic zone, it tends to stay within its environs due to the background magic (unless powerful magic sources draw it out of the area). Their life spans are measured in centuries.