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	For 3e ''[[Lords of Madness]]'' introduced a few new kinds of Aboleths and also contained some great lore on them. An amphibious aboleth is an aboleth that has adapted to be able to live both in and out of water, at the cost of not being as good at swimming. Uobilyths are aboleths don't live in water at all and can fly, and also are never lawful aligned. Stygian aboleths are aboleths that have been mutated as a result of living a long time in [[Baator\|Stygia]]. Most aboleths do not worship gods, but do pay respects to five beings known as the [[Elder Evils]].		For 3e ''[[Lords of Madness]]'' introduced a few new kinds of Aboleths and also contained some great lore on them. An amphibious aboleth is an aboleth that has adapted to be able to live both in and out of water, at the cost of not being as good at swimming. Uobilyths are aboleths don't live in water at all and can fly, and also are never lawful aligned. Stygian aboleths are aboleths that have been mutated as a result of living a long time in [[Baator\|Stygia]]. Most aboleths do not worship gods, but do pay respects to five beings known as the [[Elder Evils]].

			if a race with perfect ancestral memory, including every slave eaten was not bad enough, the 5e entry also snuck in a tidbit that thier spirit flees and reforms in the plane of water when slain, making them an even longer-term resepicall of knowledge and schemes.
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	Unlike the [[beholder]] and [[illithid]], aboleth are [[OGL]] content. For this reason, ''[[Pathfinder]]'' uses them as the main shadowy, manipulative aberration with innate mind control magic. In fact, Pathfinder aboleths are just the most common member of a whole family of psychic fish monsters known collectively as '''alghollthus''' (If you look at the gallery below you can see they ran out of design ideas and just started to put red eyes on random aquatic animals). Aboleths have also been renamed ''Alghollthu Masters'' in Pathfinder 2e, just in case WotC decides to copyright the name.		Unlike the [[beholder]] and [[illithid]], aboleth are [[OGL]] content. For this reason, ''[[Pathfinder]]'' uses them as the main shadowy, manipulative aberration with innate mind control magic. In fact, Pathfinder aboleths are just the most common member of a whole family of psychic fish monsters known collectively as '''alghollthus''' (If you look at the gallery below you can see they ran out of design ideas and just started to put red eyes on random aquatic animals). Aboleths have also been renamed ''Alghollthu Masters'' in Pathfinder 2e, just in case WotC decides to copyright the name.

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	'''Aboleths''' are aquatic [[aberration]]s with impressive [[Psionics\|psionic]] abilities (or magic, depending on edition). Can Dominate, as well as force you to lose the ability to breath air. They created the [[Skum]] and [[Chuul]], from enthralled humanoid slaves. Also, their species is older than the world and ''the gods themselves'', and they can back up that claim thanks to their ancestral memory, meaning that they are incapable of forgetting and all their memories are passed down from parent to offspring. They can also absorb the memories of anything they eat. The only thing they don't recall is the genesis of the [[illithid]] species (since they're from the distant future) so of course this freaks the aboleths out a little bit since they have no idea where the fuck they came from.		'''Aboleths''' are aquatic [[aberration]]s with impressive [[Psionics\|psionic]] abilities (or magic, depending on edition). Can Dominate, as well as force you to lose the ability to breath air. They created the [[Skum]] and [[Chuul]], from enthralled humanoid slaves. Also, their species is older than the world and ''the gods themselves'', and they can back up that claim thanks to their ancestral memory, meaning that they are incapable of forgetting and all their memories are passed down from parent to offspring. They can also absorb the memories of anything they eat. The only thing they don't recall is the genesis of the [[illithid]] species (since they're from the distant future) so of course this freaks the aboleths out a little bit since they have no idea where the fuck they came from.

	They first appeared in the ''[[Dwellers of the Forbidden City]]'' adventure module in 1980-81, and then in ''[[Monster Manual]] II'' a few years later. ''[[Dragon Magazine]] #131'' has an Ecology article. The normal aboleth are merely well... normal; we're here for larger and more powerful iterations. With psychic abilities that would put [[The Emperor]] and [[/co/\|Professor X]] to shame. [[/v/\|Mother Brain]] ain't got SHIT on the most powerful one. Sadly this article got ignored by everything that came after the ''[[~~Dungeoneer's~~ Survival Guide]]''.		They first appeared in the ''[[Dwellers of the Forbidden City]]'' adventure module in 1980-81, and then in ''[[Monster Manual]] II'' a few years later. ''[[Dragon Magazine]] #131'' has an Ecology article. The normal aboleth are merely well... normal; we're here for larger and more powerful iterations. With psychic abilities that would put [[The Emperor]] and [[/co/\|Professor X]] to shame. [[/v/\|Mother Brain]] ain't got SHIT on the most powerful one. Sadly this article got ignored by everything that came after the ''[[Dungeoneers Survival Guide]]''.

	[[Carl Sargent]], midway through [[Advanced_Dungeons_&_Dragons#AD&D_2nd_Edition\|2nd edition]], tried again: with ''[[Night Below]]''. The Savant and Grand Savant overlapped (so supplanted) the Greater and Noble Aboleth from the ''Dragon'' article, also introducing the Blood Queen to supplant the Grand Aboleth. Sargent-Aboleth are further handy with [[Glyph]] magic. Sargent did "forget" to include the skum but nobody cared because he'd used dominated [[kuo-toa]] for that niche.		[[Carl Sargent]], midway through [[Advanced_Dungeons_&_Dragons#AD&D_2nd_Edition\|2nd edition]], tried again: with ''[[Night Below]]''. The Savant and Grand Savant overlapped (so supplanted) the Greater and Noble Aboleth from the ''Dragon'' article, also introducing the Blood Queen to supplant the Grand Aboleth. Sargent-Aboleth are further handy with [[Glyph]] magic. Sargent did "forget" to include the skum but nobody cared because he'd used dominated [[kuo-toa]] for that niche.

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	{{topquote\|Readers will notice a thematic resemblance between the aboleths, the [[Elder Evils]], and various creatures or beings found in the stories of H. P. Lovecraft. This is, of course, completely intentional. Of all the major aberration races in the DUNGEONS & DRAGONS game, the aboleths best personify the sense of cosmic horror and the ultimate insignificance of humankind expressed in Lovecraft’s writings. In fact, it’s quite easy to treat the aboleths themselves as a Lovecraftian race akin to the [[Elder Thing\|elder thing]]s featured in “At the Mountains of Madness” and “The Dreams in the Witch House.”\|Lords of Madness}}		{{topquote\|Readers will notice a thematic resemblance between the aboleths, the [[Elder Evils]], and various creatures or beings found in the stories of H. P. Lovecraft. This is, of course, completely intentional. Of all the major aberration races in the DUNGEONS & DRAGONS game, the aboleths best personify the sense of cosmic horror and the ultimate insignificance of humankind expressed in Lovecraft’s writings. In fact, it’s quite easy to treat the aboleths themselves as a Lovecraftian race akin to the [[Elder Thing\|elder thing]]s featured in “At the Mountains of Madness” and “The Dreams in the Witch House.”\|Lords of Madness}}

	'''Aboleths''' are aquatic ~~aberrations~~ with impressive [[Psionics\|psionic]] abilities (or magic, depending on edition). Can Dominate, as well as force you to lose the ability to breath air. They created the [[Skum]] and [[Chuul]], from enthralled humanoid slaves. Also, their species is older than the world and ''the gods themselves'', and they can back up that claim thanks to their ancestral memory, meaning that they are incapable of forgetting and all their memories are passed down from parent to offspring. They can also absorb the memories of anything they eat. The only thing they don't recall is the genesis of the [[~~mind flayer~~]] species (since they're from the distant future) so of course this freaks the aboleths out a little bit since they have no idea where the fuck they came from.		'''Aboleths''' are aquatic [[aberration]]s with impressive [[Psionics\|psionic]] abilities (or magic, depending on edition). Can Dominate, as well as force you to lose the ability to breath air. They created the [[Skum]] and [[Chuul]], from enthralled humanoid slaves. Also, their species is older than the world and ''the gods themselves'', and they can back up that claim thanks to their ancestral memory, meaning that they are incapable of forgetting and all their memories are passed down from parent to offspring. They can also absorb the memories of anything they eat. The only thing they don't recall is the genesis of the [[illithid]] species (since they're from the distant future) so of course this freaks the aboleths out a little bit since they have no idea where the fuck they came from.

	~~==Dungeons & Dragons==~~		They first appeared in the ''[[Dwellers of the Forbidden City]]'' adventure module in 1980-81, and then in ''[[Monster Manual]] II'' a few years later. ''[[Dragon Magazine]] #131'' has an Ecology article. The normal aboleth are merely well... normal; we're here for larger and more powerful iterations. With psychic abilities that would put [[The Emperor]] and [[/co/\|Professor X]] to shame. [[/v/\|Mother Brain]] ain't got SHIT on the most powerful one. Sadly this article got ignored by everything that came after the ''[[Dungeoneer's Survival Guide]]''.
	They first appeared in the ''[[Dwellers of the Forbidden City]]'' adventure module in 1980-81, and then in ''[[Monster Manual]] II'' a few years later. ''[[Dragon Magazine]] #131'' has an article ~~called Ecology of the Aboleth~~. The normal aboleth are merely well... normal~~. There are~~ larger and more powerful ~~aboleth~~. With psychic abilities that would put [[The Emperor]] and [[/co/\|Professor X]] to shame. [[/v/\|Mother Brain]] ain't got SHIT on the most powerful one. Sadly this article ~~has seemed to have been~~ ignored by everything that came after it, ~~even though~~ [[Advanced_Dungeons_&_Dragons#AD&D_2nd_Edition\|2nd edition]] ~~had some fantastic campaign~~ and ~~lore books~~ for ~~a lot of races~~. [[Lords of Madness]] introduced a few new kinds of Aboleths and also contained some great lore on them. An amphibious aboleth is an aboleth that has adapted to be able to live both in and out of water, at the cost of not being as good at swimming. Uobilyths are aboleths don't live in water at all and can fly, and also are never lawful aligned. Stygian aboleths are aboleths that have been mutated as a result of living a long time in [[Baator\|Stygia]]. Most aboleths do not worship gods, but do pay respects to five beings known as the [[Elder Evils]].
			[[Carl Sargent]], midway through [[Advanced_Dungeons_&_Dragons#AD&D_2nd_Edition\|2nd edition]], tried again: with ''[[Night Below]]''. The Savant and Grand Savant overlapped (so supplanted) the Greater and Noble Aboleth from the ''Dragon'' article, also introducing the Blood Queen to supplant the Grand Aboleth. Sargent-Aboleth are further handy with [[Glyph]] magic. Sargent did "forget" to include the skum but nobody cared because he'd used dominated [[kuo-toa]] for that niche.

			For 3e ''[[Lords of Madness]]'' introduced a few new kinds of Aboleths and also contained some great lore on them. An amphibious aboleth is an aboleth that has adapted to be able to live both in and out of water, at the cost of not being as good at swimming. Uobilyths are aboleths don't live in water at all and can fly, and also are never lawful aligned. Stygian aboleths are aboleths that have been mutated as a result of living a long time in [[Baator\|Stygia]]. Most aboleths do not worship gods, but do pay respects to five beings known as the [[Elder Evils]].

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	Aboleth MM2 1e.jpg\|1e		Aboleth MM2 1e.jpg\|1e
	Aboleth Dungeon 12.png\|Saltwater Aboleth, Dungeon #12		Aboleth Dungeon 12.png\|Saltwater Aboleth, Dungeon #12
			Greater Aboleth Dragon 131.jpg\|Greater Aboleth, Dragon #131
			Noble Aboleth Dragon 131.jpg\|Noble Aboleth, Dragon #131
			Ruler Aboleth Dragon 131.jpg\|Ruler Aboleth, Dragon #131
			Grand Aboleth Dragon 131.jpg\|Grand Aboleth, Dragon #131
	Aboleth MCV2.jpg\|2e		Aboleth MCV2.jpg\|2e
	Aboleth and friends Night Below.jpg\|Aboleth & Friends, Night Below		Aboleth and friends Night Below.jpg\|Aboleth & Friends, Night Below
	Savant aboleth MCAV2.jpg\|Savant Aboleth, Night Below		Savant aboleth MCAV2.jpg\|Savant Aboleth, Night Below
			Grand savant Night Below.jpg\|The Grand Savant, Night Below Reference Card 6
	Fatty Night Below.jpg\|The Blood Queen, Night Below Reference Card 5		Fatty Night Below.jpg\|The Blood Queen, Night Below Reference Card 5
	~~Grand savant Night Below.jpg\|The Grand Savant, Night Below Reference Card 6~~
	Fat aboleth tokens Night Below.jpg\|Blood Queen and Grand Savant tokens, Night Below Reference Card 7		Fat aboleth tokens Night Below.jpg\|Blood Queen and Grand Savant tokens, Night Below Reference Card 7
	Shaboath Night Below.jpg\|Shaboath (Aboleth city), Night Below		Shaboath Night Below.jpg\|Shaboath (Aboleth city), Night Below
	~~Greater Aboleth Dragon 131.jpg\|Greater Aboleth, Dragon #131~~
	~~Noble Aboleth Dragon 131.jpg\|Noble Aboleth, Dragon #131~~
	~~Ruler Aboleth Dragon 131.jpg\|Ruler Aboleth, Dragon #131~~
	~~Grand Aboleth Dragon 131.jpg\|Grand Aboleth, Dragon #131~~
	Aboleth MM 2e.png\|Monstrous Manual (Premium Edition)		Aboleth MM 2e.png\|Monstrous Manual (Premium Edition)
	Aboleth MM 3.5e.jpg\|3e		Aboleth MM 3.5e.jpg\|3e

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	==Dungeons & Dragons==		==Dungeons & Dragons==
	They first appeared in the ''[[Dwellers of the Forbidden City]]'' adventure module in 1980-81, and then in ''[[Monster Manual]] II'' a few years later. ''[[Dragon Magazine]] #131'' has an article called Ecology of the Aboleth. The normal aboleth are merely well... normal. There are larger and more powerful aboleth. With psychic abilities that would put [[The Emperor]] and [[/co/\|Professor X]] to shame. [[/v/\|Mother Brain]] ~~aint~~ got SHIT on the most powerful one. Sadly this article has seemed to have been ignored by everything that came after it, even though [[Advanced_Dungeons_&_Dragons#AD&D_2nd_Edition\|2nd edition]] had some fantastic campaign and lore books for a lot of races. [[Lords of Madness]] introduced a few new kinds of Aboleths and also contained some great lore on them. An amphibious aboleth is an aboleth that has adapted to be able to live both in and out of water, at the cost of not being as good at swimming. Uobilyths are aboleths don't live in water at all and can fly, and also are never lawful aligned. Stygian aboleths are aboleths that have been mutated as a result of living a long time in [[Baator\|Stygia]]. Most aboleths do not worship gods, but do pay respects to five beings known as the [[Elder Evils]].		They first appeared in the ''[[Dwellers of the Forbidden City]]'' adventure module in 1980-81, and then in ''[[Monster Manual]] II'' a few years later. ''[[Dragon Magazine]] #131'' has an article called Ecology of the Aboleth. The normal aboleth are merely well... normal. There are larger and more powerful aboleth. With psychic abilities that would put [[The Emperor]] and [[/co/\|Professor X]] to shame. [[/v/\|Mother Brain]] ain't got SHIT on the most powerful one. Sadly this article has seemed to have been ignored by everything that came after it, even though [[Advanced_Dungeons_&_Dragons#AD&D_2nd_Edition\|2nd edition]] had some fantastic campaign and lore books for a lot of races. [[Lords of Madness]] introduced a few new kinds of Aboleths and also contained some great lore on them. An amphibious aboleth is an aboleth that has adapted to be able to live both in and out of water, at the cost of not being as good at swimming. Uobilyths are aboleths don't live in water at all and can fly, and also are never lawful aligned. Stygian aboleths are aboleths that have been mutated as a result of living a long time in [[Baator\|Stygia]]. Most aboleths do not worship gods, but do pay respects to five beings known as the [[Elder Evils]].

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	'''Aboleths''' are aquatic aberrations with impressive [[Psionics\|psionic]] abilities (or magic, depending on edition). Can Dominate, as well as force you to lose the ability to breath air. They created the [[Skum]] and [[Chuul]], from enthralled humanoid slaves. Also, their species is older than the world and ''the gods themselves'', and they can back up that claim thanks to their ancestral memory, meaning that they are incapable of forgetting and all their memories are passed down from parent to offspring. They can also absorb the memories of anything they eat. The only thing they don't recall is the genesis of the [[mind flayer]] species (since they're from the distant future) so of course this freaks the aboleths out a little bit since they have no idea where the fuck they came from.		'''Aboleths''' are aquatic aberrations with impressive [[Psionics\|psionic]] abilities (or magic, depending on edition). Can Dominate, as well as force you to lose the ability to breath air. They created the [[Skum]] and [[Chuul]], from enthralled humanoid slaves. Also, their species is older than the world and ''the gods themselves'', and they can back up that claim thanks to their ancestral memory, meaning that they are incapable of forgetting and all their memories are passed down from parent to offspring. They can also absorb the memories of anything they eat. The only thing they don't recall is the genesis of the [[mind flayer]] species (since they're from the distant future) so of course this freaks the aboleths out a little bit since they have no idea where the fuck they came from.

			==Dungeons & Dragons==
	They first appeared in the ''[[Dwellers of the Forbidden City]]'' adventure module in 1980-81, and then in ''[[Monster Manual]] II'' a few years later. ''[[Dragon Magazine]] #131'' has an article called Ecology of the Aboleth. The normal aboleth are merely well... normal. There are larger and more powerful aboleth. With psychic abilities that would put [[The Emperor]] and [[/co/\|Professor X]] to shame. [[/v/\|Mother Brain]] aint got SHIT on the most powerful one. Sadly this article has seemed to have been ignored by everything that came after it, even though [[Advanced_Dungeons_&_Dragons#AD&D_2nd_Edition\|2nd edition]] had some fantastic campaign and lore books for a lot of races. [[Lords of Madness]] introduced a few new kinds of Aboleths and also contained some great lore on them. An amphibious aboleth is an aboleth that has adapted to be able to live both in and out of water, at the cost of not being as good at swimming. Uobilyths are aboleths don't live in water at all and can fly, and also are never lawful aligned. Stygian aboleths are aboleths that have been mutated as a result of living a long time in [[Baator\|Stygia]]. Most aboleths do not worship gods, but do pay respects to five beings known as the [[Elder Evils]].		They first appeared in the ''[[Dwellers of the Forbidden City]]'' adventure module in 1980-81, and then in ''[[Monster Manual]] II'' a few years later. ''[[Dragon Magazine]] #131'' has an article called Ecology of the Aboleth. The normal aboleth are merely well... normal. There are larger and more powerful aboleth. With psychic abilities that would put [[The Emperor]] and [[/co/\|Professor X]] to shame. [[/v/\|Mother Brain]] aint got SHIT on the most powerful one. Sadly this article has seemed to have been ignored by everything that came after it, even though [[Advanced_Dungeons_&_Dragons#AD&D_2nd_Edition\|2nd edition]] had some fantastic campaign and lore books for a lot of races. [[Lords of Madness]] introduced a few new kinds of Aboleths and also contained some great lore on them. An amphibious aboleth is an aboleth that has adapted to be able to live both in and out of water, at the cost of not being as good at swimming. Uobilyths are aboleths don't live in water at all and can fly, and also are never lawful aligned. Stygian aboleths are aboleths that have been mutated as a result of living a long time in [[Baator\|Stygia]]. Most aboleths do not worship gods, but do pay respects to five beings known as the [[Elder Evils]].

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	==Further Reading==		===Further Reading===
	; Books<!--Roughly organized by edition-->		; Books<!--Roughly organized by edition-->
	* [[Dwellers of the Forbidden City]] pp. 7, 24		* [[Dwellers of the Forbidden City]] pp. 7, 24
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	* [[Polyhedron Magazine]] #87 "Eye of the Leviathan" pp. 10-19		* [[Polyhedron Magazine]] #87 "Eye of the Leviathan" pp. 10-19

	=Pathfinder=		==Pathfinder==
	Unlike the [[beholder]] and [[illithid]], aboleth are [[OGL]] content. For this reason, ''[[Pathfinder]]'' uses them as the main shadowy, manipulative aberration with innate mind control magic. In fact, Pathfinder aboleths are just the most common member of a whole family of psychic fish monsters known collectively as '''alghollthus''' (If you look at the gallery below you can see they ran out of design ideas and just started to put red eyes on random aquatic animals). Aboleths have also been renamed ''Alghollthu Masters'' in Pathfinder 2e, just in case WotC decides to copyright the name.		Unlike the [[beholder]] and [[illithid]], aboleth are [[OGL]] content. For this reason, ''[[Pathfinder]]'' uses them as the main shadowy, manipulative aberration with innate mind control magic. In fact, Pathfinder aboleths are just the most common member of a whole family of psychic fish monsters known collectively as '''alghollthus''' (If you look at the gallery below you can see they ran out of design ideas and just started to put red eyes on random aquatic animals). Aboleths have also been renamed ''Alghollthu Masters'' in Pathfinder 2e, just in case WotC decides to copyright the name.

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	=GURPS=		==GURPS==
	In Dungeon Fantasy for [[GURPS]] 4e, aboleths are called '''Deep Beyonders'''. They are not restricted to the water, and can in fact innately levitate in the air just like a [[beholder]]!		In Dungeon Fantasy for [[GURPS]] 4e, aboleths are called '''Deep Beyonders'''. They are not restricted to the water, and can in fact innately levitate in the air just like a [[beholder]]!
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	Aboleth MCV2.jpg\|2e		Aboleth MCV2.jpg\|2e
	Savant aboleth MCAV2.jpg		Aboleth and friends Night Below.jpg\|Aboleth & Friends, Night Below
	Aboleth ~~and friends~~ Night Below~~.jpg~~		Savant aboleth MCAV2.jpg\|Savant Aboleth, Night Below
	Fatty Night Below.jpg		Fatty Night Below.jpg\|The Blood Queen, Night Below Reference Card 5
	Grand savant Night Below.jpg		Grand savant Night Below.jpg\|The Grand Savant, Night Below Reference Card 6
	Fat aboleth tokens Night Below.jpg		Fat aboleth tokens Night Below.jpg\|Blood Queen and Grand Savant tokens, Night Below Reference Card 7
	Shaboath Night Below.jpg\|Shaboath~~, an~~ Aboleth city		Shaboath Night Below.jpg\|Shaboath (Aboleth city), Night Below
	Greater Aboleth Dragon 131.jpg\|Dragon #131		Greater Aboleth Dragon 131.jpg\|Greater Aboleth, Dragon #131
	Noble Aboleth Dragon 131.jpg		Noble Aboleth Dragon 131.jpg\|Noble Aboleth, Dragon #131
	Ruler Aboleth Dragon 131.jpg		Ruler Aboleth Dragon 131.jpg\|Ruler Aboleth, Dragon #131
	Grand Aboleth Dragon 131.jpg		Grand Aboleth Dragon 131.jpg\|Grand Aboleth, Dragon #131
	Aboleth MM 2e.png		Aboleth MM 2e.png\|Monstrous Manual (Premium Edition)
	Aboleth MM 3.5e.jpg\|3e		Aboleth MM 3.5e.jpg\|3e
	Stygian aboleth.jpg\|Stygian Aboleth		Stygian aboleth.jpg\|Stygian Aboleth
	Aboleth Revealed.png		Aboleth Revealed.png\|[[Lords of Madness]]
	Aboleth Dungeon 144.jpg\|Dungeon #144		Aboleth Dungeon 144.jpg\|Dungeon #144
	Aboleth 4e.jpg\|4e		Aboleth 4e.jpg\|4e

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	Aboleth MM2 1e.jpg\|1e		Aboleth MM2 1e.jpg\|1e
	Aboleth Dungeon 12.png\|Dungeon #12		Aboleth Dungeon 12.png\|Saltwater Aboleth, Dungeon #12
	Aboleth MCV2.jpg\|2e		Aboleth MCV2.jpg\|2e
	Savant aboleth MCAV2.jpg		Savant aboleth MCAV2.jpg

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	'''Aboleths''' are aquatic [[aberration]]s with impressive [[Psionics\|psionic]] abilities (or magic, depending on edition). Can Dominate, as well as force you to lose the ability to breath air. They created the [[Skum]] and [[Chuul]], from enthralled humanoid slaves. Also, their species is older than the world and ''the gods themselves'', and they can back up that claim thanks to their ancestral memory, meaning that they are incapable of forgetting and all their memories are passed down from parent to offspring. They can also absorb the memories of anything they eat. The only thing they don't recall is the genesis of the [[illithid]] species (since they're from the distant future) so of course this freaks the aboleths out a little bit since they have no idea where the fuck they came from.		'''Aboleths''' are aquatic [[aberration]]s with impressive [[Psionics\|psionic]] abilities (or magic, depending on edition). Can Dominate, as well as force you to lose the ability to breath air. They created the [[Skum]] and [[Chuul]], from enthralled humanoid slaves. Also, their species is older than the world and ''the gods themselves'', and they can back up that claim thanks to their ancestral memory, meaning that they are incapable of forgetting and all their memories are passed down from parent to offspring. They can also absorb the memories of anything they eat. The only thing they don't recall is the genesis of the [[illithid]] species (since they're from the distant future) so of course this freaks the aboleths out a little bit since they have no idea where the fuck they came from.

	They first appeared in the ''[[Dwellers of the Forbidden City]]'' adventure module in 1980-81, and then in ''[[Monster Manual]] II'' a few years later. ''[[Dragon Magazine]] #131'' has an Ecology article. The normal aboleth are merely well... normal; we're here for larger and more powerful iterations. With psychic abilities that would put [[The Emperor]] and [[/co/\|Professor X]] to shame. [[/v/\|Mother Brain]] ain't got SHIT on the most powerful one. Sadly this article got ignored by everything that came after the ''[[~~Dungeoneer's~~ Survival Guide]]''.		They first appeared in the ''[[Dwellers of the Forbidden City]]'' adventure module in 1980-81, and then in ''[[Monster Manual]] II'' a few years later. ''[[Dragon Magazine]] #131'' has an Ecology article. The normal aboleth are merely well... normal; we're here for larger and more powerful iterations. With psychic abilities that would put [[The Emperor]] and [[/co/\|Professor X]] to shame. [[/v/\|Mother Brain]] ain't got SHIT on the most powerful one. Sadly this article got ignored by everything that came after the ''[[Dungeoneers Survival Guide]]''.

	[[Carl Sargent]], midway through [[Advanced_Dungeons_&_Dragons#AD&D_2nd_Edition\|2nd edition]], tried again: with ''[[Night Below]]''. The Savant and Grand Savant overlapped (so supplanted) the Greater and Noble Aboleth from the ''Dragon'' article, also introducing the Blood Queen to supplant the Grand Aboleth. Sargent-Aboleth are further handy with [[Glyph]] magic. Sargent did "forget" to include the skum but nobody cared because he'd used dominated [[kuo-toa]] for that niche.		[[Carl Sargent]], midway through [[Advanced_Dungeons_&_Dragons#AD&D_2nd_Edition\|2nd edition]], tried again: with ''[[Night Below]]''. The Savant and Grand Savant overlapped (so supplanted) the Greater and Noble Aboleth from the ''Dragon'' article, also introducing the Blood Queen to supplant the Grand Aboleth. Sargent-Aboleth are further handy with [[Glyph]] magic. Sargent did "forget" to include the skum but nobody cared because he'd used dominated [[kuo-toa]] for that niche.

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	{{topquote\|Readers will notice a thematic resemblance between the aboleths, the [[Elder Evils]], and various creatures or beings found in the stories of H. P. Lovecraft. This is, of course, completely intentional. Of all the major aberration races in the DUNGEONS & DRAGONS game, the aboleths best personify the sense of cosmic horror and the ultimate insignificance of humankind expressed in Lovecraft’s writings. In fact, it’s quite easy to treat the aboleths themselves as a Lovecraftian race akin to the [[Elder Thing\|elder thing]]s featured in “At the Mountains of Madness” and “The Dreams in the Witch House.”\|Lords of Madness}}		{{topquote\|Readers will notice a thematic resemblance between the aboleths, the [[Elder Evils]], and various creatures or beings found in the stories of H. P. Lovecraft. This is, of course, completely intentional. Of all the major aberration races in the DUNGEONS & DRAGONS game, the aboleths best personify the sense of cosmic horror and the ultimate insignificance of humankind expressed in Lovecraft’s writings. In fact, it’s quite easy to treat the aboleths themselves as a Lovecraftian race akin to the [[Elder Thing\|elder thing]]s featured in “At the Mountains of Madness” and “The Dreams in the Witch House.”\|Lords of Madness}}

	'''Aboleths''' are aquatic ~~aberrations~~ with impressive [[Psionics\|psionic]] abilities (or magic, depending on edition). Can Dominate, as well as force you to lose the ability to breath air. They created the [[Skum]] and [[Chuul]], from enthralled humanoid slaves. Also, their species is older than the world and ''the gods themselves'', and they can back up that claim thanks to their ancestral memory, meaning that they are incapable of forgetting and all their memories are passed down from parent to offspring. They can also absorb the memories of anything they eat. The only thing they don't recall is the genesis of the [[~~mind flayer~~]] species (since they're from the distant future) so of course this freaks the aboleths out a little bit since they have no idea where the fuck they came from.		'''Aboleths''' are aquatic [[aberration]]s with impressive [[Psionics\|psionic]] abilities (or magic, depending on edition). Can Dominate, as well as force you to lose the ability to breath air. They created the [[Skum]] and [[Chuul]], from enthralled humanoid slaves. Also, their species is older than the world and ''the gods themselves'', and they can back up that claim thanks to their ancestral memory, meaning that they are incapable of forgetting and all their memories are passed down from parent to offspring. They can also absorb the memories of anything they eat. The only thing they don't recall is the genesis of the [[illithid]] species (since they're from the distant future) so of course this freaks the aboleths out a little bit since they have no idea where the fuck they came from.

	~~==Dungeons & Dragons==~~		They first appeared in the ''[[Dwellers of the Forbidden City]]'' adventure module in 1980-81, and then in ''[[Monster Manual]] II'' a few years later. ''[[Dragon Magazine]] #131'' has an Ecology article. The normal aboleth are merely well... normal; we're here for larger and more powerful iterations. With psychic abilities that would put [[The Emperor]] and [[/co/\|Professor X]] to shame. [[/v/\|Mother Brain]] ain't got SHIT on the most powerful one. Sadly this article got ignored by everything that came after the ''[[Dungeoneer's Survival Guide]]''.
	They first appeared in the ''[[Dwellers of the Forbidden City]]'' adventure module in 1980-81, and then in ''[[Monster Manual]] II'' a few years later. ''[[Dragon Magazine]] #131'' has an article ~~called Ecology of the Aboleth~~. The normal aboleth are merely well... normal~~. There are~~ larger and more powerful ~~aboleth~~. With psychic abilities that would put [[The Emperor]] and [[/co/\|Professor X]] to shame. [[/v/\|Mother Brain]] ain't got SHIT on the most powerful one. Sadly this article ~~has seemed to have been~~ ignored by everything that came after it, ~~even though~~ [[Advanced_Dungeons_&_Dragons#AD&D_2nd_Edition\|2nd edition]] ~~had some fantastic campaign~~ and ~~lore books~~ for ~~a lot of races~~. [[Lords of Madness]] introduced a few new kinds of Aboleths and also contained some great lore on them. An amphibious aboleth is an aboleth that has adapted to be able to live both in and out of water, at the cost of not being as good at swimming. Uobilyths are aboleths don't live in water at all and can fly, and also are never lawful aligned. Stygian aboleths are aboleths that have been mutated as a result of living a long time in [[Baator\|Stygia]]. Most aboleths do not worship gods, but do pay respects to five beings known as the [[Elder Evils]].
			[[Carl Sargent]], midway through [[Advanced_Dungeons_&_Dragons#AD&D_2nd_Edition\|2nd edition]], tried again: with ''[[Night Below]]''. The Savant and Grand Savant overlapped (so supplanted) the Greater and Noble Aboleth from the ''Dragon'' article, also introducing the Blood Queen to supplant the Grand Aboleth. Sargent-Aboleth are further handy with [[Glyph]] magic. Sargent did "forget" to include the skum but nobody cared because he'd used dominated [[kuo-toa]] for that niche.

			For 3e ''[[Lords of Madness]]'' introduced a few new kinds of Aboleths and also contained some great lore on them. An amphibious aboleth is an aboleth that has adapted to be able to live both in and out of water, at the cost of not being as good at swimming. Uobilyths are aboleths don't live in water at all and can fly, and also are never lawful aligned. Stygian aboleths are aboleths that have been mutated as a result of living a long time in [[Baator\|Stygia]]. Most aboleths do not worship gods, but do pay respects to five beings known as the [[Elder Evils]].

	===Gallery===		===Gallery===
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	Aboleth MM2 1e.jpg\|1e		Aboleth MM2 1e.jpg\|1e
	Aboleth Dungeon 12.png\|Saltwater Aboleth, Dungeon #12		Aboleth Dungeon 12.png\|Saltwater Aboleth, Dungeon #12
			Greater Aboleth Dragon 131.jpg\|Greater Aboleth, Dragon #131
			Noble Aboleth Dragon 131.jpg\|Noble Aboleth, Dragon #131
			Ruler Aboleth Dragon 131.jpg\|Ruler Aboleth, Dragon #131
			Grand Aboleth Dragon 131.jpg\|Grand Aboleth, Dragon #131
	Aboleth MCV2.jpg\|2e		Aboleth MCV2.jpg\|2e
	Aboleth and friends Night Below.jpg\|Aboleth & Friends, Night Below		Aboleth and friends Night Below.jpg\|Aboleth & Friends, Night Below
	Savant aboleth MCAV2.jpg\|Savant Aboleth, Night Below		Savant aboleth MCAV2.jpg\|Savant Aboleth, Night Below
			Grand savant Night Below.jpg\|The Grand Savant, Night Below Reference Card 6
	Fatty Night Below.jpg\|The Blood Queen, Night Below Reference Card 5		Fatty Night Below.jpg\|The Blood Queen, Night Below Reference Card 5
	~~Grand savant Night Below.jpg\|The Grand Savant, Night Below Reference Card 6~~
	Fat aboleth tokens Night Below.jpg\|Blood Queen and Grand Savant tokens, Night Below Reference Card 7		Fat aboleth tokens Night Below.jpg\|Blood Queen and Grand Savant tokens, Night Below Reference Card 7
	Shaboath Night Below.jpg\|Shaboath (Aboleth city), Night Below		Shaboath Night Below.jpg\|Shaboath (Aboleth city), Night Below
	~~Greater Aboleth Dragon 131.jpg\|Greater Aboleth, Dragon #131~~
	~~Noble Aboleth Dragon 131.jpg\|Noble Aboleth, Dragon #131~~
	~~Ruler Aboleth Dragon 131.jpg\|Ruler Aboleth, Dragon #131~~
	~~Grand Aboleth Dragon 131.jpg\|Grand Aboleth, Dragon #131~~
	Aboleth MM 2e.png\|Monstrous Manual (Premium Edition)		Aboleth MM 2e.png\|Monstrous Manual (Premium Edition)
	Aboleth MM 3.5e.jpg\|3e		Aboleth MM 3.5e.jpg\|3e

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	Aboleth Dungeon 12.png\|Saltwater Aboleth, Dungeon #12		Aboleth Dungeon 12.png\|Saltwater Aboleth, Dungeon #12
	Aboleth MCV2.jpg\|2e		Aboleth MCV2.jpg\|2e
	Savant aboleth MCAV2.jpg		Aboleth and friends Night Below.jpg\|Aboleth & Friends, Night Below
	Aboleth ~~and friends~~ Night Below~~.jpg~~		Savant aboleth MCAV2.jpg\|Savant Aboleth, Night Below
	Fatty Night Below.jpg		Fatty Night Below.jpg\|The Blood Queen, Night Below Reference Card 5
	Grand savant Night Below.jpg		Grand savant Night Below.jpg\|The Grand Savant, Night Below Reference Card 6
	Fat aboleth tokens Night Below.jpg		Fat aboleth tokens Night Below.jpg\|Blood Queen and Grand Savant tokens, Night Below Reference Card 7
	Shaboath Night Below.jpg\|Shaboath~~, an~~ Aboleth city		Shaboath Night Below.jpg\|Shaboath (Aboleth city), Night Below
	Greater Aboleth Dragon 131.jpg\|Dragon #131		Greater Aboleth Dragon 131.jpg\|Greater Aboleth, Dragon #131
	Noble Aboleth Dragon 131.jpg		Noble Aboleth Dragon 131.jpg\|Noble Aboleth, Dragon #131
	Ruler Aboleth Dragon 131.jpg		Ruler Aboleth Dragon 131.jpg\|Ruler Aboleth, Dragon #131
	Grand Aboleth Dragon 131.jpg		Grand Aboleth Dragon 131.jpg\|Grand Aboleth, Dragon #131
	Aboleth MM 2e.png		Aboleth MM 2e.png\|Monstrous Manual (Premium Edition)
	Aboleth MM 3.5e.jpg\|3e		Aboleth MM 3.5e.jpg\|3e
	Stygian aboleth.jpg\|Stygian Aboleth		Stygian aboleth.jpg\|Stygian Aboleth
	Aboleth Revealed.png		Aboleth Revealed.png\|[[Lords of Madness]]
	Aboleth Dungeon 144.jpg\|Dungeon #144		Aboleth Dungeon 144.jpg\|Dungeon #144
	Aboleth 4e.jpg\|4e		Aboleth 4e.jpg\|4e

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	Aboleth Dungeon 12.png\|Dungeon #12		Aboleth Dungeon 12.png\|Saltwater Aboleth, Dungeon #12
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	Savant aboleth MCAV2.jpg		Savant aboleth MCAV2.jpg

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	==Further Reading==		==Further Reading==
	; Books<!--Roughly organized by edition-->		; Books<!--Roughly organized by edition-->
	* [[Dwellers of the Forbidden City]] pp.7, 24		* [[Dwellers of the Forbidden City]] pp. 7, 24
	* [[Monster Manual#Monster Manual II (AD&D)\|Monster Manual II (AD&D)]] p.8		* [[Monster Manual#Monster Manual II (AD&D)\|Monster Manual II (AD&D)]] p.8
			* Monstrous Compendium Volume Two p. 14
	* [[Lords of Madness]] Book of Aberrations pp. 15-36		* [[Lords of Madness]] Book of Aberrations pp. 15-36

	; Magazines		; Magazines
	* [[Dragon Magazine]] #131 "Ecology of the Aboleth" pp.36-39		* [[Dragon Magazine]] #131 "Ecology of the Aboleth" pp. 36-39
			* [[Dragon Magazine]] #222 "Secrets of the Sunless Seas" pp. 90-94
	* [[Dungeon Magazine]] #12 "Intrigue in the Depths" pp.34-47		* [[Dungeon Magazine]] #12 "Intrigue in the Depths" pp.34-47
	* [[Dungeon Magazine]] #144 "The Lightless Depths" pp. 29-66		* [[Dungeon Magazine]] #144 "The Lightless Depths" pp. 29-66
			* [[Polyhedron Magazine]] #87 "Eye of the Leviathan" pp. 10-19

	=Pathfinder=		=Pathfinder=