Displacer Beasts are predatory feline beasts in Skylands. They are panther-like with six legs and a pair of tentacles sprouting from their back, with pads ending in sharp horns. They were usually about 9 feet (2.7 meters) long and weighed as much as 500 pounds (230 kilograms), but the occasional mutant could be twice this size. Female displacer beasts were generally smaller in size, from 8 feet (2.4 meters) to 9 feet (2.7 meters) in length and weighing 450 pounds (200 kilograms). It was believed that displacers could live up to a hundred years. Displacer beasts used their innate magic to bend light, making them appear to be between 1 foot (0.3 meters) to 3 feet (0.91 meters) from their actual positions. The same ability made them resistant to all ranged attacks and excellent at hiding. The light-bending effect was caused by molecular vibrations generated by specialized nerves located only in the outer layers of the displacer beast's skin. The vibrations were too fine to be noticed by the naked eye but were enough to bend light and create an illusion of the beast's body. Sages believed that the ability was unconscious for the beasts, but they could direct the illusory image at will. This image was apparently projected by the thorns on the ends of its tentacles, as the real displacer beast would have a faint blue glow about these thorns when the power was in use. Displacer beasts could see each other's true location, despite the illusions, as was evident when observing displacer beasts interacting amongst themselves. The ability to displace can be nulliefied with magic, but this is difficult to do. IT is easier to use a spell to see the true beast. Among their other defenses, Displacer beasts are resistant to many other magical effects and poisons. Displacer beasts were generally strong creatures and their barbed tentacles were hard enough to punch through pure steel armor. They possessed the ability to see in the dark as far as 60 feet (18 meters). Their jumping height was around 20 feet (6.1 meters) up and 25 feet (7.6 meters) forward. The length was doubled if running. The creatures are not very intelligent, but they are more so than animals and can even speak some english. Displacer beasts were not just hunters and predators, they were also killers. The creatures enjoyed the pursuit and killed prey for sport. A sated displacer beast was just as likely to hunt and kill an unwitting traveler as a starving one. Like many other great cats, displacer beasts could play with their prey, keeping it alive until the cat was ready to eat. Once the prey was slain, displacer beasts used their back tentacles to drag the carcass to a safe and remote spot to consume it. Despite being evil creatures, displacer beasts never fought amongst themselves over food nor for dominance. Displacer beasts have a habit of sharpening their claws and tentacle barbs on stone, often marking their lairs with numerous claw abrasions.Masters of the hunt, displacer beasts, and their pack lord kin, acted in a similar manner when in battle. They targeted spellcasters first, attempting to wound them with their barbed tentacles from afar while facing armed opponents head-first. The beasts used their deadly claws and bites. When able, displacer beasts used their speed and nimbleness to dash past melee combatants, always attacking weaker members of the group first. However, if faced with overwhelming odds, displacer beasts tended to flee rather than fighting to the death. They are not above hunting and attacking in groups and were known to lure prey into an ambush. Like many big cats, displacer beasts were often pack hunters, living in small groups called prides, although they were sometimes encountered alone. Displacer beasts preferred to hunt smaller creatures but were not picky eaters, consuming anything they could kill. All other creatures were considered prey by the beasts. Among intelligent beings they preyed upon, the most common ared orcs, goblins, dwarves, Mabu, humans and greebles. Giant deer, buffalos, boars, boghogs, bears, cattle, and dogs are their favorite prey. Displacer beasts themselves were close to the top of the food chain in the areas they inhabited and had little to fear from other creatures, apart from local trolls, as KAos's minions enjoyed killing these creatures for sport to prove how smart and strong they are. When mated displacer beasts raised their young, they lived separately from the rest of the pride. These great cats mated in the fall, bearing kittens in the spring. Each couple produced two to four kittens per litter. Newborn displacers came into the world with their eyes open and their mouths filled with functional sharp teeth. Kittens were fed meat and the mother's milk until the age of four months. The kittens were small and looked like ordinary albeit six-legged domestic cats, lacking tentacles, with only small knobby growths in their place. Tentacles started sprouting around eight weeks into their lives and grew swiftly, an inch per day. Displacer kittens displayed playful behavior; however, it was completely gone by the time they reached adulthood. Displacer beasts were mature at the age of four months but continued to grow. After four months, they were taught to hunt and kill by their parents. That period usually lasted for two months. The offspring did not leave the family lair until their tentacles and magical abilities were fully developed. Once developed and taught how to hunt, the family of displacer beasts went their own way. Displacer beasts who preferred forest hunting grounds laired in areas hidden by thick greenery and foliage or in hollowed-out massive trees, while those who inhabited plains and mountains claimed hidden caves as their homes. Being highly territorial creatures, each lone cat and each pride had their own territory, and they attacked anything that threatened it. One brought prey back to the lair to be devoured by the entire litter, which led to displacer beast lairs being littered with the bones, horns, and gear of slain creatures. In the Skylanders games, they can be found in such places and attack anyone and everyone, Skylander or enemy alike. PRiorotize killing the displacer beats first, and you can tell the real one apart quickly as it is larger than the illusions.