Tear Drinkers

The Tear Drinkers were not always the hollow, pallid entities that haunt the margins of human suffering—they were once a civilization of empaths so attuned to the emotional frequencies of others that they could perceive sorrow as clearly as light itself. When a great calamity befell their world, their collective grief became so overwhelming that it transformed them into something neither fully alive nor dead, their bodies warping into elongated frames with grasping fingers and vacant eyes, their senses of sight and hearing withering as their ability to smell despair intensified to supernatural acuity. Desperate to alleviate the unbearable anguish that consumed them, they discovered that consuming the tears of the suffering provided temporary relief—a bitter sustenance that slowly reshaped them, each tear drunk drawing them further from their original humanity. Over centuries, the most ancient among them learned to weaponize their gift, drawing sorrow directly from the living with merely a breath, and legend whispers of a time when one of their kind drank so deeply from a Tear Drinker's own tears that it unmade them entirely, reducing the creature to nothingness. Those who consume enough suffering begin to mimic human appearance once more, as if wearing a mask of normalcy stitched from the stolen souls of their victims, forever trapped between their ruined past and their insatiable hunger for the world's pain.

Strength

12, modifier 1

Dexterity

16, modifier 3

Constitution

18, modifier 4

Intelligence

14, modifier 2

Wisdom

20, modifier 5

Charisma

10, modifier 0

Tear Drain

Melee Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 2d10 + 5 necrotic damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened until the end of its next turn.

Sorrowful Breath

Recharge 5-6. As an action, the Tear Drinker exhales a wave of despair. Each creature in a 30 ft. cone must make a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw, taking 4d10 psychic damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success.

Consume Tears

As a bonus action, the Tear Drinker can drink the tears of a creature within 30 ft. that is suffering. The target must make a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or take 3d8 necrotic damage and the Tear Drinker regains hit points equal to the damage dealt.

Mimic Human

As an action, the Tear Drinker can alter its appearance to resemble a humanoid. This effect lasts for 1 hour or until it uses this ability again.

Empathic Resonance

Can sense emotional states within 60 feet, gaining advantage on Wisdom checks.

Soul Drain

When a Tear Drinker drinks tears, they regain hit points equal to half the damage dealt.

strength

5

dexterity

7

constitution

8

wisdom

9

Psychic

Necrotic