Sand Devils

Men who die in desert storms have been known to linger on in Middle-earth as tortured spirits known as Sand Devils. They maintain a semi-material form with the appearance of miniature, sand-choked whirlwinds, and travel across the open wastes of the desert searching aimlessly for lives which they can end. Their form also makes for perfect camouflage in their environment, since ordinary whirlwinds are not at all uncommon in the region.

A Sand Devil attacks by enveloping its prey inside its cloud-like body, clogging the foes eyes, ears, mouth, and nose with a mass of swirling sand. The sand also tears at the victim's flesh (delivering one point of damage in each of the first two rounds, two in the third and forth, four in the fifth and sixth, and so forth).

Sand Devils are susceptible to magical attacks, but they are most vulnerable to water. The contents of a waterskin. when thrown on a Sand Devil's dry body, will have the effect of a +10F i r e b a l l. Any magical attacks from water-based spell lists w ill have triple effect. For this reason, many experienced Haradan travellers journeying across the Mirror of Fire or the Dune Sea carry their w ater bottles open and ready, figuring that the loss of water is worth the insurance.