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The creature spears the opponent with an antler, horn, or
similar appendage, dealing piercing damage.

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The creature ba ers opponents with an appendage,
dealing bludgeoning damage.

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The creature stabs with a stinger, dealing piercing dam-
age. Stings are o en poisoned.

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Creatures wielding manufactured weapons follow the
same rules as heroes when using them.

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Creatures o en have various special qualities listed in
their statistics and described here.

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Some creature a acks reduce an opponent’s score in
one or more abilities. This loss can be permanent or
temporary.
• Ability Drain: This effect permanently reduces an
ability score. The creature’s description gives the
ability and the amount drained. If an a ack causing
permanent ability drain scores a critical hit, it drains
twice the normal amount. A draining creature can
make an immediate recovery check whenever it
drains an ability score, with a bonus on the check
equal to the ability points drained (this is true even
of creatures that do not normally make recovery
checks, like the unliving).
Some ability drain a acks allow a Fortitude save
with a Difficulty of 10 + half the draining creature’s
level + the draining creature’s Charisma score (the
exact Difficulty is given in the descriptive text). If no
saving throw is mentioned, none is allowed.
• Ability Damage: This a ack temporarily damages
(reduces) an ability score. The description gives the
ability and the amount of damage. A critical hit does
twice the given amount. Ability damage returns at
the rate of 1 point per day per damaged ability.
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A creature with arcane resistance can avoid the effects
of arcana used directly on it. To determine whether an
arcanum works, the wielder must make a level check
(1d20 + adept level). If the result equals or exceeds the
creature’s arcane resistance, the arcanum works normally;
although, the creature is still allowed a normal saving
throw. If the level check fails, the arcanum doesn’t work
(but the caster still suffers any fatigue and so forth).
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The creature can use various arcana. Unless specified, a
creature uses arcana like an adept of its level, with the
normal effects and fatigue, if the arcanum is fatiguing.
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Using nonvisual senses, such as acute smell or hearing,
a creature with blindsense notices things it cannot see.
The creature usually does not need to make Notice
checks to pinpoint the location of a creature within range
of its blindsense ability, provided the creature does not
have total cover. Any opponent the creature cannot see
normally still has total concealment, and the creature
still has the normal miss chance when a acking foes that
have concealment. Visibility still affects the movement
of a creature with blindsense. A creature with blindsense
is still denied its dodge bonus to Defense against a acks
from creatures it cannot see.
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Using nonvisual senses, such as sensitivity to vibrations,
scent, acute hearing, or echolocation, the creature
maneuvers and fights as well as a sighted creature.
Invisibility and darkness are irrelevant to such a creature.
The ability’s range is specified in the text. The creature does
not need to make Notice checks for creatures within range
of its blindsight ability, it detects them automatically.
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The creature crushes the opponent, dealing bludgeoning
damage, a er making a successful grapple check. The
amount of damage is given in the creature’s entry. If
the creature also has the Improved Grab feat, it deals
constriction damage in addition to damage dealt by the
a ack used to grab.

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