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	~~{{NeedsImages}}~~		[[File:Malenti RoA5.png\|thumb\|Not pictured: retractile claws and fangs]]
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	'''Malenti''' are a bizarre subrace of the [[Sahuagin]], the sharklike "sea devils" that plague many of the worlds of [[Dungeons & Dragons]], which resemble [[Aquatic Elf\|Aquatic Elves]] rather than the usual vaguely shark-like fishfolk. As a result, they are used as spies and subversives in the ancient feud between these races.		'''Malenti''' are a bizarre subrace of the [[Sahuagin]], the sharklike "sea devils" that plague many of the worlds of [[Dungeons & Dragons]], which resemble [[Aquatic Elf\|Aquatic Elves]] rather than the usual vaguely shark-like fishfolk. As a result, they are used as spies and subversives in the ancient feud between these races.

	The earliest confirmed appearance of malenti is as an addendum at the bottom of the [[Aquatic Elf]] entry in the Monstrous Manual for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] 2nd edition. Here, they are simply stated to be randomly occur in 1 out of 100 [[sahuagin]] births if the two races are living within a mile or so of each other. This entry notes that malenti are usually killed upon hatching, unless a powerful leader dictates otherwise, in which case they are reared to serve as spies amongst the aquatic elves - a trait aided by the fact that most aquatic elves don't believe or even actively refuse to believe they exist, since this raises some disturbing possibilities about the ultimate origins of the sahuagin.		The earliest confirmed appearance of malenti is as an addendum at the bottom of the [[Aquatic Elf]] entry in the Monstrous Manual for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] 2nd edition. Here, they are simply stated to randomly occur in 1 out of 100 [[sahuagin]] births if the two races are living within a mile or so of each other. This entry notes that malenti are usually killed upon hatching, unless a powerful leader dictates otherwise, in which case they are reared to serve as spies amongst the aquatic elves - a trait aided by the fact that most aquatic elves don't believe or even actively refuse to believe they exist, since this raises some disturbing possibilities about the ultimate origins of the sahuagin.
	Mechanically, at least according to this entry, malenti are completely identical to aquatic elves in terms of mechanics, save for the fact that they have much shorter lives (only 170 years compared to the centuries of true elf-kind) and they "often" develop the ability to sense the presence and position of any aquatic elves within 120 feet.		Mechanically, at least according to this entry, malenti are completely identical to aquatic elves in terms of mechanics, save for the fact that they have much shorter lives (only 170 years compared to the centuries of true elf-kind) and they "often" develop the ability to sense the presence and position of any aquatic elves within 120 feet.

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	Dolphins have a 20% chance to recognize a malenti's true nature, and as a result malenti avoid the creatures.		Dolphins have a 20% chance to recognize a malenti's true nature, and as a result malenti avoid the creatures.

	The next major appearance of ~~malent~~ was, understandably, in the sahuagin [[splatbook]]: "Monstrous Arcana: The Sea Devils". Whilst largely a reiteration of the lore from the Monstrous Manual in a slightly wordier format, it does have some unique elements. Malenti are characterized as retaining an inherent sahuagin physicality, making them stronger and tougher than the normal fragile elves they resemble. Their hands and feet sport rectractile claws, and their mouths contain sharp teeth lining powerful jaws; whilst not as formidably as their obviously armed cousins, malenti can still wield these natural weapons to lethal effectiveness. It's actually possible for a sahuagin to be born with both the malenti mutation ''and'' the four arms mutation, although these rare freaks are '''always''' killed off. The lore from the Monstrous Manual that malenti could eventually "breed out" a sahuagin community is refuted with the statements that a) most sahuagin wouldn't mate with malenti, and b) surplus malenti offspring are swiftly killed. All-malenti communities are stated to descend from runaways who fled after learning the truth of their "status" amongst their kin.		The next major appearance of malenti was, understandably, in the sahuagin [[splatbook]]: "Monstrous Arcana: The Sea Devils". Whilst largely a reiteration of the lore from the Monstrous Manual in a slightly wordier format, it does have some unique elements. Malenti are characterized as retaining an inherent sahuagin physicality, making them stronger and tougher than the normal fragile elves they resemble. Their hands and feet sport rectractile claws, and their mouths contain sharp teeth lining powerful jaws; whilst not as formidably as their obviously armed cousins, malenti can still wield these natural weapons to lethal effectiveness. It's actually possible for a sahuagin to be born with both the malenti mutation ''and'' the four arms mutation, although these rare freaks are '''always''' killed off. The lore from the Monstrous Manual that malenti could eventually "breed out" a sahuagin community is refuted with the statements that a) most sahuagin wouldn't mate with malenti, and b) surplus malenti offspring are swiftly killed. All-malenti communities are stated to descend from runaways who fled after learning the truth of their "status" amongst their kin.

	This book also states that there are two in-universe theories behind the existence of malenti - that sahuagin are somehow ''incredibly'' mutated descendants of [[drow]] that took to the seas in the same way as the ancestors of the aquatic elves did, with malenti being throwbacks to their ultimate elfin heritage, or that malenti are artificially created by priestesses of [[Sekolah]] - and a third theory that is presented as the objective truth: that malenti descend from an ancient experiment by [[wizard]]s in [[fleshcrafting\|melding]] [[elf]] and [[shark]] in an effort to create super-soldiers with which to conquer the seas. These shark-elf hybrids escaped and, somehow, interbred into sahuagin society, with malenti being freakish throwbacks to these shark-elf hybrids... at least, that's the aquatic elf version of the story. A fourth version builds upon this third theory, stating that the wizards experiments weren't in fusing elves and sharks, but elves and ''sahuagin'', so ultimately the malenti are proof of a connection between the two races... albeit a distant, artificial and unwanted one.		This book also states that there are two in-universe theories behind the existence of malenti - that sahuagin are somehow ''incredibly'' mutated descendants of [[drow]] that took to the seas in the same way as the ancestors of the aquatic elves did, with malenti being throwbacks to their ultimate elfin heritage, or that malenti are artificially created by priestesses of [[Sekolah]] - and a third theory that is presented as the objective truth: that malenti descend from an ancient experiment by [[wizard]]s in [[fleshcrafting\|melding]] [[elf]] and [[shark]] in an effort to create super-soldiers with which to conquer the seas. These shark-elf hybrids escaped and, somehow, interbred into sahuagin society, with malenti being freakish throwbacks to these shark-elf hybrids... at least, that's the aquatic elf version of the story. A fourth version builds upon this third theory, stating that the wizards experiments weren't in fusing elves and sharks, but elves and ''sahuagin'', so ultimately the malenti are proof of a connection between the two races... albeit a distant, artificial and unwanted one.
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	==Malenti PCs==		==Malenti PCs==
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	The only depictions of malenti as a playable race have been in the [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] era, with Heroes of the Sea and Sea of Fallen Stars offering very different takes.		The only depictions of malenti as a playable race have been in the [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] era, with Heroes of the Sea and Sea of Fallen Stars offering very different takes.

1d4chan>QuietBrowser: Cross-posted the Monstrous Manual Aqautic Elf pic, since Malenti do look like that.

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Cross-posted the Monstrous Manual Aqautic Elf pic, since Malenti do look like that.

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	'''Malenti''' are a bizarre subrace of the [[Sahuagin]], the sharklike "sea devils" that plague many of the worlds of [[Dungeons & Dragons]], which resemble [[Aquatic Elf\|Aquatic Elves]] rather than the usual vaguely shark-like fishfolk. As a result, they are used as spies and subversives in the ancient feud between these races.		'''Malenti''' are a bizarre subrace of the [[Sahuagin]], the sharklike "sea devils" that plague many of the worlds of [[Dungeons & Dragons]], which resemble [[Aquatic Elf\|Aquatic Elves]] rather than the usual vaguely shark-like fishfolk. As a result, they are used as spies and subversives in the ancient feud between these races.

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-'''Malenti''' are a bizarre subrace of the [[Sahuagin]], the sharklike "sea devils" that plague many of the worlds of [[Dungeons & Dragons]], which resemble [[Aquatic Elf|Aquatic Elves]] rather than the usual vaguely shark-like fishfolk. As a result, they are used as spies and subversives in the ancient feud between these races.
+==Malenti PCs==
-Normally used as monsters, they gained PC stats for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] 2e in [[Dragon Magazine]] #250.
+The Sea of Fallen Stars version is very cut down in comparison, and consists solely of the following details, although the book implies that malenti otherwise have all the traits of aquatic elves except where noted:
 Malenti appeared as a background for [[Eberron]] player characters in [[Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition]] in the semi-official [[Exploring Eberron]], by setting-creator [[Keith Baker]]. In Eberron, Malenti are [[sahuagin]] who have been permanently transformed into the shape of a surface-dwelling humanoid and imbued with its memories through powerful [[fleshcrafting]] before being dispatched as spies.
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	Normally used as monsters, they gained PC stats for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] 2e in [[Dragon Magazine]] #250.		Normally used as monsters, they gained PC stats for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] 2e in [[Dragon Magazine]] #250.

			Malenti appeared as a background for [[Eberron]] player characters in [[Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition]] in the semi-official [[Exploring Eberron]], by setting-creator [[Keith Baker]]. In Eberron, Malenti are [[sahuagin]] who have been permanently transformed into the shape of a surface-dwelling humanoid and imbued with its memories through powerful [[fleshcrafting]] before being dispatched as spies.

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'''Malenti''' are a bizarre subrace of the [[Sahuagin]], the sharklike "sea devils" that plague many of the worlds of [[Dungeons & Dragons]], which resemble [[Aquatic Elf|Aquatic Elves]] rather than the usual vaguely shark-like fishfolk. As a result, they are used as spies and subversives in the ancient feud between these races.

Normally used as monsters, they gained PC stats for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] 2e in [[Dragon Magazine]] #250.

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