Aerial Servant

Frequency:  Very rare No. Appearing: 1 Armor Class: 3 Move: 24" Hit Dice: 16 % in Lair: 0 Treasure Type: Nil No. of Attacks: 1 Damage/Attack: 8-32 Special Attacks: Surprises on 1-4 Special Defenses: Can be hit only by magical weapons Magic Resistance: Standard Intelligence: Semi- Alignment: Neutral Size: 8" tall Psionic Ability: Nil     Attack/ Defense Modes: Nil

The aerial servant is a semi-intelligent form of an air elemental.  It is typically encountered only due to conjuration by a cleric, although there creatures roam the ethereal and astral planes and when encountered they can be dimly seen.  An aerial servant is normally invisible.  Aerial servants do not fight per se, but they are exceedingly strong and very fast.  They can carry weights in excess of 10,000 gold pieces, and if they grasp any creature it requires an 8 strength to have any chance of breaking free.  For each percentage point score the creature has, there is a like chance to escape the grasp of the aerial servant, i.e. a human with an 18/50 strength has a 50% chance of breaking free of the grasp, and an 18/00 or 19 indicates automatic breaking of the grasp.  They travel at twice the speed of an invisible stalker, and when on the physical plane they are able to achieve surprise on a die roll of 1-4 (out of 6).  If the aerial servant is frustrated from completion of its assigned mission it becomes insane, returns to the cleric which sent it forthm and attacks as a double strength invisible stalker.  Likewise, if it is encountered ethereally or astrally the aerial servant will typically attack in the same fashion.  For further details regarding aerial servants consult the volume detailing clerical spells.