Phirblas (GEP)

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A tall, gaunt humanoid race that appears to float a few inches above the ground when on material planes, the phirbias share this and other characteristics with the dabus of Sigil. Both look somewhat alike, though the phirblas are lighter in color, younger looking than the dabus, and have no horns. And both employ a strange (yet different) means of visual communication.
Mildly telepathic, the phirblas project their words as written script in the language of the intended recipient in the air above the phlrblas. Only about 10 words are visible at a time, so anyone who wants to communicate with one of these humanoids must be a fast reader. Illiterate berks can't understand them at all.
Although often encountered on the Ethereal in free-floating habitats, phirblas actually originate from a demiplane they call Inphirblau, a city-realm filled with tall towers elegantly carved and shaped from living stone. Chant says that lnphirblau is one of the oldest of the demiplanes, though no one knows if the phlrblas created it themselves or simply took up residence there. The demiplane is difficult to find. It's a huge city that seems to go on forever once a body's found his way in. Millions of phirblas live in the burg, yet somehow they all seem to know each other. (PLANESCAPE MONSTROUS COMPENDIUM Appendix III)
PHIRBLAS: AC 8 or 1 (plate mail); MV 9; HD 5; THAC0 15; #AT 1; Dmg 1d4+1 (fist) or by weapon; SA Hypnotic pattern and suggestion, both 1/day; SD ESP, 1/2 damage from heat and cold-based attacks, immune to disease, poison, charm, suggestion, and control based on verbal commands; MR 20010; SZ M (6' tall); ML steady to elite (11-14); Int high to genius (14-18); AL NG; XP 1,400.
Note: The phirblas' AC and MV reflect the creature's statistics in the demiplane of Inphirblau.