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Introduction 4 Lorkan 64
Deadliest Creatures by Challenge Rating 5 Mirror Haunt 66
Anakim 6 Mortislange 68
Arcane Stalker 8 Mourning Glory 70
Azamer 10 Plague Wench 72
Beetleback 12 Psimorph 74
Behklit 14 Quicksilver Assassin 76
Bone Orchard 16 Rgulbuk 78
Bongdall. 18 Sangregudja 80
Canirod 20 Scorminar 82
Caractyn 22 Scuttle Monks 84
Cenworm 24 Scyther 86
Corrupted Elemental 26 Sebek 88
Daylight Shadow 28 Shimmer Dragon 90
Deathstorm 30 Sholloth 92
Dreydnar 32 Sidhe Lord 94
Face-Eater 34 Silent Sorcerers 96
Finger Swarm 36 Sky Squid 98
Flipit 38 Stillwater Lurker 100
Glade of Horror 40 Stone Guardian 102
Glut 42 Stralg 104
Grease Bug 44 Thornspitter 106
Ha' algin 46 Thunder Lord 108
Heart Shrub 48 Tower Golem 110
Hushek 50 Treska 112
Hyrblit 52 Tulpa 114
Ik'taan 54 Vile Emissary 116
Iron Burrock 56 Voice of Doom 118
Kratch 58 Wall Walker 120
Leprous Vagrant 60 Wastewalker 122
Lizard Hound 62 Young Feyoak 124
 The Deadliest Creatures Tome is a d20 System
sourcebook designed for gamemasters that are
looking for new and different challenges to bring
into their games. Whether running a campaign
for high-level characters or just a number of
experienced players that "know it all," this book
has something for you.
But rather than give you a book filled with
nothing but dry statistics, we've gone a step
further. We wanted to give you something that
you could use throughout your games, that you
could weave into your stories. Even the most evil
of creatures is more than a killer made up of a
bunch of numbers put together. Every creature
- be it humanoid, animal or Outsider - has its
own story, the reasons it does what it does,
how, where and when. We're all used to killing
orcs and goblins, but why? Just because they've
always been portrayed at the "bad guys?"
In the Deadliest Creatures Tome, you have
something that we hope you will see is a little
different. We've given you complete and detailed
information about each of the creatures included
in this book, enough that you can build entire
civilizations around them, or at the very least a
complete and believable society (or environment,
for those creatures with just animal intelligences
or less) that they each belong to.
Ultimately, while each of the creatures in
this book is "deadly" in its own way, they each
have their own places in nature (whether or not
they are of natural origins) and their own roles
to fulfill. Even if that role is to be a supernatural
assassin for a powerful wizard. You have enough
information now at your fingertips to be able
to place these creatures and their societies or
ecologies into your campaign world, making
them suddenly far more than just another
creature to kill. You then have something more
for your characters to interact with. Perhaps that
evil-looking creature they ran into and killed was
more than just a random monster; maybe it was
the shaman and chief advisor to a powerful tribal
lord, a lord that will now want revenge upon
those that murdered the ambassador he was
sending to negotiate a peace with a rival.
What you do with this information, of course,
is completely up to you. We have given you the
tools you need to design and run any kind of
adventures that you want. If hack and slash is
what you want, you've got a book full of new and
different creatures that your players know nothing
about. And if you want to craft an intricate story
arc that will last you through dozens, or more,
gaming sessions, you've got more than enough
information to do that as well.
USING THIS BOOK
The Deadliest Creatures Tome follows the
typical format for entries as found in the MM.
Every entry includes the typical statistical
information, including HD, Initiative, Speed,
AC, Attacks (normal and special), Size, Saves,
Ability scores, Skills, Feats, Challenge Rating and
Alignment. Where the creature has the chance
to advance and grow, information about that is
included, as is information about how to make
the necessary adjustments 0 play one of that
particular creature as a Player Character or NPC.
The first block of information provides
a general description of the creature, often
including background information on the
entire race. Where appropriate, however, we
have broken off cultural information into its
own block. The Combat section describes how
the creature tends to fight, providing detailed
descriptions and game rules about its special
abilities and qualities.
Each of the creatures described in this book
is listed in alphabetical order. To aid GMs in
designing and creating adventures, however, we
have also listed each by Challenge Rating in the
table that follows.
 DEADLIEST CREATURES
BY CHALLENGE RATING

Creature Challenge Creature Challenge

Name Rating Creature Rating
Anakim 1 Leprous Vagrant 7
Grease Bug 1 Lorkan (Large) 7
Lorkan (Small) 1 Scorminar 7
Stillwater Lurker 1 Azamer 8
Treska 1 Face-Eater 8
Canirod 2 Hushek 8
Finger Swarm 2 Mourning Glory 8
Flipit 2 Scyther 8
Beetleback 3 Wall Walker 8
Dreydnar 3 Bongdall 9
Hyrblit 3 Glut 9
Iron Burrock 3 Daylight Shadow 10
Lizard Hound 3 Sidhe Lord 10
Lorkan (Medium) 3 Vile Emissary 10
Rgulbuk 3 Voice of Doom 11
Young Feyoak 3 Heart Shrub 12
Behklit 4 Mortislange 12
Caractyn 4 Scuttle Monks 12
Ik'taan 4 Mirror Haunt 14
Sangregudja 4 Quicksilver Assassin 14
Corrupted Elemental 5 Silent Sorcerers 15
Psimorph 5 Wastewalker 15
Shimmer Dragon 5 Bone Orchard 18
Stone Guardian 5 Thunder Lord 18
Glade of Horror 6 Sholloth 19
Ha'algin 6 Cenworm 20
Kratch 6 Plague Wench 20
Sebek 6 Sky Squid 20
Stralg 6 Arcane Stalker 22
Thornspitter 6 Tower Golem 22
Tulpa 6 Deathstorm 24
Fine Outsider (Chaotic, Evil)
Hit Dice: 1/4d8 (1 hp)
Initiative: +9
Speed: 10 ft., fly 90 ft. (Perfect)
AC: 27 (+8 Size, +9 Dex), touch 27, flatfooted 18
Base Attack/Grapple: +0/-20
Attacks: Bite +3 melee (enter body and vitriolic
strain)
Space/Reach: 1/2 ft. /1/4 ft.
Special Attacks: Enter body, vitriolic strain
Special Qualities: SR 5; ethereal jaunt; electricity
and poison immunity; acid, cold and fire
resistance 10; telepathy
Saves: Fort +1, Ref +10, Will +2
Abilities: Str 1, Dex 28, Con 10, Int 13, Wis 13,
Cha 11
Skills: Hide +25, Move Silently +13
Feats: Weapon Finesse (Bite)
Climate/Terrain: Any land and underground
Organization: Solitary or in a swarm (4-36)
Challenge Rating: 1
Treasure: None area effect spells or those that ensure a character
Alignment: Always chaotic evil will deal damage to the target, such as true strike
Advancement: 1/2 -1 HD (Fine) or magic missile.
Level Adjustment: -
COMBAT
DESCRIPTION Anakim like to specifically target either good
Anakim are extremely small demons that warriors or champions of peace.
have spread throughout the Ethereal Plane to These creatures have been known to follow
plague the realms of the Prime Material. An potential targets for days in the Ethereal Plane,
anakim will flit about in ethereal form, spying gathering information and waiting for the perfect
upon mortals until he finds an opportunity to time to strike. A popular tactic of these creatures
cause mischief. They resemble tiny scarlet flies, is to wait until the victim yawns or sneezes, then
no larger than a thumbnail, wielding disease- they quickly phase into the Prime Material in
filled, bulbous abdomens that pulse with a sickly order to force their way into the victim's body. It
crimson glow. Although anakim are carnivores is true that it would be easier to invade a sleeping
they require very little food to survive. They victim's body than one that is awake, but anakim
normally feast upon the internal organs of larger enjoy the terrified reaction of a fully cognizant
beings, or if none are available, they devour creature when it realizes that something has
smaller insects and drink pus. violated its body and is attacking from within.
Anakim enjoy causing havoc within a group After they have successfully infected a
without putting themselves at risk and, due to victim, anakim will typically escape back into
their small size and rapid speed, anakim are the Ethereal Plane to observe the results. When
almost impossible to kill. Protection spells afford the disease has taken hold, the anakim will try
the best defense against anakim and the most to hide somewhere near the character (preferably
effective means of destroying them are usually on or inside the diseased character) and begin
projecting violent thoughts into the victim's
mind. Sometimes these thoughts will be cloaked
 so they seem to be the character's own internal
voice, or the anakim may attempt to bargain with
the character. Though they are happy to compel
their victims to make others suffer, they will try
to convince the character to cause harm of their
own accord.
A number of magical traditions ascribe
certain diseases and forms of mental illness to
the activity of these creatures. Anakim tend to
appear on worlds were the distinction between
evil and physical or mental illnesses is blurred,
though whether the anakim create such places or
are simply attracted to them is unclear.
Ethereal Jaunt (Su): An anakim can shift from
the Ethereal to the Material Plane as a free action
and shift back again as a move equivalent action
(or as part of a move equivalent action). The
ability is otherwise identical with ethereal jaunt
cast by a 15th level sorcerer.
Enter Body (Ex): On a successful hit, an
anakim may attempt to enter a victim's body
through the nose, mouth, or an ear. The victim
is allowed a Reflex saving throw (DC 23) to
block the attempt. On a successful save, the
anakim is stopped, though it may then attempt
to hide in the victim's clothing. If the victim fails,
the anakim slips in and may chose to inflict 1
automatic hit point of damage per round on the
victim (though they may choose not to do so or to
reserve the damage as a threat), as well as infect
him with a disease that causes insanity. A simple
abjuration spell, such as protection from evil, is
required to drive the anakim out once it is in the
body, though remove disease has the same effect.
Vitriolic Strain (Su): On a successful hit
with its bite attack, the anakim demon injects a
diabolical disease into the victim that provokes
a bout of destructive madness. The incubation
period is 1 day, and the character must make
a Fortitude save (DC 20) or take 1d4 points of
temporary Charisma damage. The disease causes
the victim to constantly moan and twitch, his
face contorting into ugly expressions, as well
as forcing him to insult random people and
utter blasphemies. The victim suffering from
this disease is susceptible to suggestions of a
violent nature, as if he was under the effect
of a permanent suggestion spell cast by a 5th-
level sorcerer. This disease is supernatural and
not treatable by use of the Heal skill. Instead,
it requires a remove disease spell. Paladins are
immune to this disease.
Telepathy (Su): Anakim can communicate
telepathically to all sentient creatures within five
feet. Otherwise this is like the spell telepathy cast
by a 15th level sorcerer.
SOCIETY
For the most part, other demons, who think
of anakim as little more than vermin, ignore
them. The anakim return the compliment in
kind, regarding other demons as unsubtle bullies
who rely on muscle to take the place of brains.
Once in a great while, an evil wizard or cleric will
summon a large swarm of anakim together and
unleash the demons on their enemies. As often
as not, however, the anakim swiftly turn and
infest the ranks of their summoner's forces as
well. They take a perverse joy in petty betrayals
of this sort.
Anakim are accustomed to living in realms
with little natural light and prefer to move about
at night rather than during the day. Though they
suffer no penalties from moving about in the
light of day, anakim despise sunlight, even when
it is filtered through the window of the Ethereal
Plane, and will try to avoid it. Adult anakim are
attracted to scenes of mass death, preferably
battles (which they are sometimes responsible
for).
After such battles anakim lay their eggs in
the corpses of the fallen. Reproduction is asexual
involving the parent anakim wiggling into a
corpse's wound and laying 5d12 eggs. Rumors
say that an anakim will lay one egg for each
death it has caused during its existence. After
laying its eggs, the anakim collapses and dies.
These eggs hatch within 3-5 days, and the newly-
hatched anakim spend an additional week as
grubs, voraciously consuming anything they
can, including other anakim grubs, after which
they sprouts wings. Though dozens of eggs are
laid, only one or two anakim out of a clutch
survive to become fully developed adults, the
rest being killed (and devoured) by other young
anakim. Years are then spent observing demonic
or mortal culture (depending on which plane the
anakim is born) as the anakim inflicts as much
pain and suffering as possible. Anakim may live
for scores of years, but they are all eventually
drawn to reproduce.
Large Monstrous Humanoid
Hit Dice: 32d8+32 (182 hp)
Initiative: +5
Speed: 40 ft.
AC: 20 (-1 size, +1 Dex, +10 natural), Touch 10,
Flatfooted 19
Base Attack/Grapple: +32/ +40
Attacks: Claw +36 melee (ld6+4)
Full Attack: 2 claws +36 melee (ld6+4)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./10 ft.
Special Attacks: Leech
Special Qualities: Damage reduction 10/magic,
shadowslip, stalk, spell resistance 25
Saves: Fort +11, Ref +21, Will +22
Abilities: Str 18, Dex 13, Con 12, Int 10, Wis 14,
Cha10
Skills: Concentration +11, Hide +7, Move Silently
+11, Listen +12, Search +10, Spellcraft +10,
Spot +12
Feats: Combat Reflexes, Improved Initiative, Iron
Wilt Lightning Reflexes, Run, Toughness
(x2), Track
Climate/Terrain: Any land and underground Once detected, the arcane stalker travels to that
Organization: Solitary location, intent on locating prey. That said, the
Challenge Rating: 22 stalker is a patient creature, and has been known
Treasure: Standard to bide its time for as long as a decade awaiting
Alignment: Always neutral a potential meal. Inevitably, it finds one. Like
Advancement: - attracts like, after all, and areas that reek of magic
Level Adjustment: - draw mages in search of knowledge and power.
If the prey is alone the arcane stalker attacks
immediately using its abilities to ambush the
DESCRIPTION victim. If the arcane spellcaster is accompanied
Among arcane spellcasters, the arcane by others (often an adventuring cadre), the
stalker is one of the most feared creatures of the arcane stalker instead bides its time, and simply
Prime Material Plane. Stalkers feed off magical follows the group. It sticks to the shadows, and
energy and are more than willing to tap the remains at a safe distance. Arcane stalkers are
source: arcane spellcasters. An arcane stalker will not foolish and do not attack unless they can be
literally strip the magic from an arcane spellcaster certain of an uninterrupted meal. For example,
in order to feed its own unholy hunger. rather than attacking a mage as he stands watch
Arcane stalkers are vaguely humanoid over his party's camp (even though he is alone)
in appearance, standing roughly 10 feet tall. the arcane stalker follows the group back to
They have no facial features or distinguishing civilization and waits for its victim to return to
coloration as their entire bodies seem to be made his home or tower, where the arcane stalker can
up of inky black shadow. Their outline is fuzzy attack and feed without fear of retribution from
and indistinct and when under direct light seems nearby allies who have been alerted to its attack.
to shift slightly from moment to moment, like Since arcane stalkers feed solely on their
ripples in a still pond. victim's mystical might, they rarely inflict
Arcane stalkers are determined hunters, physical damage in an attack. In fact, once a
and can sense areas that possess a strong victim has been completely drained of power,
magical dweomer from many miles distant.
arcane stalkers frequently cease their attack and
leave the victim in peace. They are not malicious
creatures; they are simply trying to survive.
Arcane stalkers speak no language, though
they can communicate with their own kind
through a basic form of empathic transmission.
Specific information cannot be communicated
in this fashion, only a general sense of an arcane
stalker's disposition. An arcane stalker may
communicate with another at a distance of up to
100 feet. Arcane stalkers cannot naturally speak
any language, though they can temporarily gain
the ability to speak an arcane spellcaster's native
tongue after feeding off his magical energy.
COMBAT
As soon as the arcane stalker attacks it
immediately attempts to grapple with and
subdue its victim. Once it overpowers the mage,
it uses its leech ability to draw out the mystical
energy carried within the spellcaster.
Improved Grab (Ex): If the arcane stalker
hits a single opponent with both claw attacks in
a single round, it may attempt to start a grapple
as a free action without provoking an attack of
opportunity. Thereafter, it may use its leech
ability.
Leech (Ex): The arcane stalker's most horrific
attack, at least as far as arcane spellcasters
are concerned, is leech. In order to leech, the
arcane stalker must have successfully grappled
his opponent. Rather than deal damage in the
grapple, the arcane stalker may use this ability.
Only an arcane spellcaster may be targeted with
this ability, which drains one spell from the
target. If the opponent is a wizard, the opponent
chooses which memorized spell is lost. If the
opponent is a sorcerer or bard he simply loses
one spell slot for that day. In either case, the lost
spell or spell slot is of the highest level available.
The opponent may make a Will save (DC 26) to
negate this effect, though the arcane stalker may
attempt to leech again each round he maintains
the grapple.
After an arcane stalker makes a leech
attack and successfully drains a spell from its
opponent, the arcane stalker gains temporary hit
points equal to the spell's level times the arcane
stalker's Wisdom bonus +2. These temporary
hit points last 1 minute per level of the spell
the stalker leeched. Further, the arcane stalker
gains the ability to communicate in his victim's
native language for a number of hours equal to
the arcane stalker's Wisdom modifier (usually 2
hours).
Shadowslip (Sp): As a full round action, the
arcane stalker may shadowslip. This is a limited
form of teleportation. The arcane stalker steps
into its own shadow and disappears, reappearing
in any shadow within its line of sight. The arcane
stalker must reappear adjacent to an object
when using this ability, since he can only arrive
at locations that are cast in shadow. For this
purpose, creatures of at least Medium-size are
considered objects. When the arcane stalker
uses this ability, it must make a Concentration
check (DC 10 + 1 per five feet traversed). Failure
indicates the arcane stalker does not move from
its current square. When using this ability, the
arcane stalker provokes an attack of opportunity
from any character adjacent to his starting
position, though not from characters adjacent to
its destination. This ability is usable at will.
Stalk (Ex): When an opponent attempts a
movement action that would provoke an attack
of opportunity from the arcane stalker, rather
than take the attack of opportunity the arcane
stalker may use this ability. The shadow stalker
must make a Reflex save (DC 10 + 1/2 the
target's HD + the target's Dexterity modifier).
If successful, the arcane stalker may take a free
move immediately after the target character's
move is finished. The arcane stalker must attempt
to finish this move adjacent to the target. If
unable to do so, it must come as close as possible.
Regardless of whether this ability is successful,
it counts as one of the arcane stalker's attacks of
opportunity for the round. This move provokes
attacks of opportunity from adjacent opponents
(other than the target) as usual.
Medium-Size Elemental (Fire)
Hit Dice: 12d8+12 (66 hp)
Initiative: +4
Speed: 30 ft.
AC: 18 (+8 natural)
Base Attack/Grapple: +9j +10
Attacks: Slam +10 melee (ld6+1 plus Id6 fire
damage)
Space/Reach: 5 ft.j5 ft.
Special Attacks: Burn, enhance flame, hypnotize,
spawn
Special Qualities: Damage reduction 5 j + 1,
elemental, fire subtype, vulnerability
Saves: Fort +5, Ref +8, Will +6
Abilities: Str 12, Dex 11, Con 13, Int 12, Wis 14,
Cha14
Skills: Hide +17, Listen +13, Move Silently +17,
Spot +13
Feats: Alertness, Combat Reflexes, Improved
Initiative
Climate/Terrain: Warm desert or plains
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 8 consume the dwellings of humanoids, whether
Treasure: None houses, mighty castles, or simple hovels. They
Alignment: Always Chaotic Evil usually only appear in cities that occupy warm and
Advancement: 13-16 HD (Medium-Size) 17-20 dry climes, though they are occasionally found at
HD (Large) the heart of a blaze that consumes a lone homestead
Level Adjustment: - on the frontier.
Regardless of their orIgm, azamer are
destructive in the extreme, partially as a means of
DESCRIPTION self-preservation. These creatures survive only as
Azamer are a particularly rare type of fire long as the fire that births them, and they cannot
elemental. They are vaguely humanoid in size leave the heat generated by such flames. In order
and shape, but their forms lack substance. Instead, to survive, they must foster the flame of their birth
their torsos are composed of a cloud of flames, with into spreading to nearby buildings, a goal which,
flaming arms and legs sprouting out. A fiery head for obvious reasons, runs counter to the interests
rests atop their shoulders, and within are two deep, of most creatures that encounter the azamer.
black voids that resemble eye sockets. Humanoid Unfortunately, as the azamer is allowed to spread,
facial features seem to flicker and play across its the problem increases exponentially, as each new
amorphous "face," though such images never take blaze can birth a new azamer, which then sets out to
on solid definition. They do not appear to have set still more buildings alight. Entire cities have been
hands or feet; instead, their limbs seem to simply burned nearly to the ground by a single azamer that
terminate at the wrist or ankle, with no further was allowed to spread and spawn more of his kind.
discernible anatomy. Oddly, left unchecked, azamers do not necessarily
Many sages and occult scholars refer to azamer destroy everything in reach. Sometimes, they
as destruction elementals. Azamer are only found - and the flames that birthed them - simply fade to
in the heart of flames which consume artificial embers, and disappear.
constructions. They do not appear to occur naturally, Azamers are possessed of sinister intelligence,
except perhaps on the plane of fire. Instead, they and attempt to conceal their presence within a fire
only spring into being in the depths of fires which unless threatened. As far as can be determined,
 azamers are motivated nothing more than destruction
for its own sake. Even their "reproduction" is solely
a means by which the azamer creates more havoc,
by spawning another of its ilk.
Azamer are apparently asexual. They can
understand Common, and individual azamers are
believed to be able to understand the predominant
language of whatever settlement they appear
in. However, none have ever witnessed an
azamer speak a humanoid tongue or attempt to
communicate in any way with foes or victims. They
do speak Ignan, but their words invariably seem like
garbled gibberish rather than measured and rational
speech.
Some theorize that azamers have no desire to
exist on the Prime Material Plane, and are instead
summoned against their will by particularly
destructive fires. Once they arrive, however, these
creatures seem intent on forcing their surroundings
to match their home plane, natives be damned.
COMBAT
Even when forced into combat Azamer try
to avoid a stand up battle. Instead, they use their
control over fire to keep foes at arm's length until
they are able to spread the flames wide enough to
create more azamers, then overwhelm foes with
superior numbers.
Azamers generally prefer to use their control
over fire to inflict damage, rather than physically
attack. It is far less dangerous to an azamer to engulf
an opponent using its enhance flame ability than it is
to engage in melee combat.
Hypnotize (Ex): The dancing flames contained
within an azamer's body can easily hypnotize even
the most hardened adventurer. Each round, any
opponent looking at an azamer (and within 30 feet)
must make a Will save (DC 18) or become shaken
for 1 round. Shaken opponents who fail this save
become helpless for Id3 rounds. This save must
be attempted at the beginning of each opponent's
action.
The opponent may avert his eyes from the
azamer (or wear a blindfold) in order to mitigate the
need for this save, as if it were necessitated by a gaze
attack (see Special Attacks in the Introduction of the
MM). However, it is not a gaze attack, and therefore,
the azamer may not actively gaze as an action.
Burn (Ex): Opponents hit by an azamer's
slam attack, in addition to suffering additional
fire damage, must succeed at a Reflex save (DC
17) or catch fire. The flame does Id6 damage per
round and burns for Id4 rounds (see Catching on
Fire in Chapter 3: Running the Game of the DMG).
A burning opponent can take a move-equivalent
action to put out the flame.
Creatures hitting the azamer with natural
weapons or unarmed attacks take fire damage as
though hit by the azamer's attack, and also catch fire
unless they succeed at the above Reflex save.
Elemental: Azamers are immune to poison, sleep,
paralysis, and stunning. Azamers are not subject to
critical hits or flanking. Unless noted otherwise, they
have darkvision with a range of 60 feet.
Enhance Flame (Su): An azamer may, as a full
round action, spread a blaze in one of two ways.
First, the azamer may cause all squares adjacent to
an already ablaze square to light, provided there
is fuel to burn. Second, the azamer may create a
line of flame leading from a burning 5 ft. square.
This must be a straight line of no more than 5
squares, and does not require fuel in those squares
to create. However, unless there is fuel to burn, the
line of flame extinguishes at the end of the round.
Azamer's usually use this ability to spread flame
across a street or alley to another building.
Fire Subtype (Ex): Fire immunity, double
damage from cold except on a successful save.
Spawn (Su): As a full round action, the azamer
may attempt to spawn another of its kind. It may
only attempt such if it is standing within a blaze
whence an azamer has not already sprung. The
azamer has a 25% chance to create another of its
kind, which appears adjacent to the original azamer.
For the purposes of this ability, a blaze that has
consumed a second building - even if it spread from
the site of the original azamers birth - is considered
a separate fire.
Skills: Azamer receive a +8 racial bonus to Hide
and Move Silently checks attempted while standing
within flame.
Vulnerability: Azamer cannot exist outside of
a flaming environment. If, at the beginning of an
azamer's action, he is ever in a square that is not
on fire, he dies immediately. Further, dousing an
azamer with a full bucket of water (a melee attack
at a -4 penalty for lack of proficiency) inflicts 5d4
damage on the creature.
Large Monstrous Humanoid
Hit Dice: 3d8+3 (18 hp)
Initiative: +1
Speed: 15 ft.
AC: 22 (-1 size, +1 Dex, +12 natural), touch 10,
flat-footed 21
Base Attack/Grapple: +31 + 11
Attacks: Halberd +7 melee (ldl0+6, x3), poison
+4 ranged (poison spit)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./I0 ft.
Special Attacks: Poison Spit
Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 feet, Defensive
Position, Poison Resistance
Saves: Fort +2, Ref +4, Will +4
Abilities: Str 19, Dex 12, Con 13, Int 9, Wis 12,
Cha8
Skills: Balance +3, Listen +3, Spot +5, Survival
+3
Feats: Alertness, Martial Weapon Proficiency
(halberd)
Climate/Terrain: Any temperate or warm land
Organization: Squadron (4-10)
Challenge Rating: 3 A beetleback's underbelly is nearly as well-
Treasure: Standard armored as its back. The beetlebacks view their
Alignment: Any lawful shells in the same way fighters view their armor,
Advancement Range: Huge (5-7 HD) and a beetle back warrior never considers hiding
Level Adjustment: - from combat by retreating into its shell. The
shells are a narrow oval, only slightly wider than
the bodies concealed inside.
DESCRIPTION Though slow, beetlebacks are not clumsy and
Beetlebacks were a common sight for are difficult to knock over. If they are brought
travelers long before anyone discovered how down, they can usually get themselves back to
to make use of their abilities. Left to their own their feet with a quick push of their arms.
devices, beetle backs are peaceful creatures, Centuries ago, an alchemist in the service of
never attacking unless provoked and even then a minor duke noticed that beetlebacks only live
preferring retreat to combat. However, when in areas where terinav roots grow. The roots,
properly led, beetlebacks become valuable front poisonous to most living creatures, are a vital
line troops. food source to the beetlebacks. As long as terinav
At first sight, a beetleback looks something roots are plentiful, they are docile. If threatened
like an upright turtle. It has a smooth, thick shell with a.lack of the roots, beetlebacks can easily be
on its back with two short, squat legs sticking pushed to violence.
out the bottom and two powerful arms in front. The alchemist made two others notable
These arms are much more flexible than a turtle's discoveries: beetlebacks become very loyal to
legs, with elbows that give the arms a full range anyone they perceive as a source of terinav roots,
of movement. The shell is very smooth, looking and they are much more intelligent than their
like polished stone. The shell is generally red or activities in the wild suggest. Beetlebacks are
brown in color, though a few black or brightly capable of learning techniques for group combat
colored specimens exist. A beetleback does not and ways to take advantage of their natural
have a visible head, but rather a gap at the top of defensive capabilities.
its shell from which glare two beady eyes.
 With the alchemist's discovery, the duke
rapidly grew in power and nearly managed to
challenge the throne of his kingdom. However,
when his enemies discovered that' they could
also command beetlebacks if they had enough
terinav root. The battlefield leveled, and in the
end, the duke who first discovered how to train
beetlebacks for use in his army was crushed
beneath one of the creatures.
Beetlebacks are not imaginative and do not
make good leaders, but they are fearsome foot
soldiers. They have been used in the front lines
of advancing armies, in invaded territories to
present a completely unyielding defense, and in
cities to quell riots and quash disorder. Wherever
they are used, the beetlebacks are not easy to
get past. They have proven especially useful
when laying siege to villages and cities. A line of
beetle back soldiers simply lying on the ground
is impervious to nearly all attacks coming over
settlement's walls, while the creatures are still
able to prevent anyone from passing their line
of defense.
Most beetleback soldiers who are part of an
army or other military force have some degree of
loyalty toward their commander. This is rarely
a personal loyalty and is most likely a result of
the commander being the person supplying the
beetle back soldiers with terinav root for at least a
year. In many cases, if beetlebacks discover proof
that following a new leader will bring them even
more terinav root with less personal risk, they
may switch allegiances.
COMBAT
The center of beetleback combat strategy
is positioning. Beetlebacks are always aware
of where their allies are on the battlefield. If
they have faster, more maneuverable warriors
fighting with them, beetlebacks make sure they
do not take a position that would interfere with
their allies' movement. In these cases, they form
a defensive line and wait for the faster troops to
drive their enemies toward them.
If a fighting force is made entirely of slower-
moving troops (like a force composed entirely
of beetlebacks), they scatter their positions,
attempting to leave little space in which their
enemies can maneuver. Some may assume the
defensive position, while others remain upright
and more mobile. They use sweeping halberd
attacks to cut down their enemies. Ideally, in this
formation, there is no spot of ground that could
not be reached by a beetleback's halberd.
Beetlebacks prefer battles of attrition to fast-
paced combat, using their defensive capabilities
to wear down opponents while attempting to land
critical blows with their halberds and employing
their poison spit. They do not use their defensive
position ability immediately in combat as it takes
away their mobility. The beetlebacks prefer to
maneuver into an advantageous position on
the field before lying on the ground. However,
they are not above falling to the ground in self-
preservation when the battle turns against them.
Poison Spit (Ex): Beetlebacks eat so much
terinav root that its essence is part of their saliva.
They may attempt to spit on their enemies as a
ranged attack (+4 on attack rolls; maximum range
20 feet). If the spit hits any exposed skin, it has
the same effect as terinav root poison (contact DC
16; initial damage 1d6 Dex; secondary damage
2d6 Dex). Since their mouths are in the middle
of their chests, beetlebacks cannot spit while they
are in defensive position.
Defensive Position (Ex): The shell of a
beetleback is harder then the underbelly and
it receives a defensive advantage when their
opponents cannot reach anything besides its shell.
To assume the defensive position, beetle backs
prop themselves on their thick, scaly elbows,
leaving enough room between their shells and
the ground to make sweeping attacks with their
halberd while lying on the ground. When in this
position, beetlebacks cannot move. They receive
an additional +5 bonus to their natural AC but
lose their Dexterity bonus. In addition, their
carapace protects them from critical hits and
sneak attacks. They also take a -3 penalty on any
attack rolls made while in defensive position.
The defensive position is not very useful if
a beetleback is in solitary combat, as opponents
can simply back away from them. It is much
more useful as a part of group combat when
more mobile combatants can herd their
opponents toward the beetlebacks or in response
to a charge.
Poison Resistance: Beetlebacks are immune to
the effects of terinav root poison and receive a +5
bonus on saving throws against all other poison.
Medium-size Monstrous Humanoid
Hit Dice: 5d8+5 (29 hp)
Initiative: +6
Speed: 30 ft.
AC: 14 (+2 Dex, +2 Natural), touch 12, flatfooted 12
Base Attack/Grapple: +5/+6
Attacks: Heavy mace +6 melee (ld8+1), claw +6 melee
(ld4+ 1 plus poison), bite +6 melee (ld4+ I), Tail +6
melee (ld2+ 1 nonlethal plus poison)
Full Attack: Heavy mace +6 melee (ld8+1), claw +1
melee (ld4+1 plus poison), bite +1 melee (ld4+1),
tail +1 melee (ld2 nonlethal plus poison)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Poison, Tail Thrash
Special Qualities: Glide, Darkvision 60 ft.
Saves: Fort +2, Ref +6, Will +6
Abilities: Str 13, Dex 14, Con 13, Int 12, Wis 15, Cha 13
Skills: Balance +4, Climb +5, Handle Animal +2, Hide
+6, Jump +6, Listen +4, Move Silently +4, Spot +4,
Survival +4
Feats: Improved Grab, Improved Initiative, Snatch
Climate/Terrain: Forest, plains, or mountains
Behklits use these mane spikes in combat, along
Organization: Solitary, pack (2-4, plus 1 alpha behklit),
with the retractable claws on their five-fingered
tribe (8-24, plus 3 alpha behklits)
hands and feet; even the barbed tail can be used as
Challenge Rating: 4
a weapon. As intelligent creatures, behklits are also
Treasure: Standard
adept at using weapons, and most prefer the heavy
Alignment: Often chaotic neutral
mace for close-quarters fighting. As if that were
Advancement: 6-9 HD (Medium-size); 10-12 HD
not enough, the behklits' spikes and claws secrete
(large)
a foul-smelling green-gray poison very similar to
Level Adjustment: +2
that used by the hyrblit's stench cloud attack. More
concentrated, and directed straight into the victim's
DESCRIPTION bloodstream by the nature of their attack, this poison
Though distantly related to hyrblits, behklits is far more potent and can be lethal if left untreated.
only resemble their reclusive, violent cousins in the Behklits typically live up to 55 years and are
broadest of possible terms. They are larger, more considered fully-grown by 14. Packs and tribes tend
intelligent, and more canine in appearance than to stay close together with each generation of young
hyrblits of similar age and development. In addition, raised to adulthood by the tribe. These young adults
behklits feature a spiked mane, a barbed tail, and a usually stay to care for their more elderly kin.
set of wings that can be used for gliding.
Standing on two legs, behklits average about COMBAT
five to five and a half feet in height and are covered
Behklits do not usually initiate combat and
with a thick, coarse fur that varies between golden
will only do so if they feel threatened or have been
brown and rusty red to a deep, charcoal black.
attacked by that person before. If outnumbered they
Regardless of their fur color, however, the long
will almost invariably retreat, unwilling to fight to
spikes that hide among the longer hairs of the furry
the death unless there is no chance of escape. In
mane surrounding their heads are glossy black.
most cases outnumbered and threatened behklits
Similar, but much shorter, black spikes also protrude
will summon reinforcements by releasing a kind of
from the end of the behklit's tail.
war cry before attacking with any weapons on hand.
 As most of these creatures stay fairly close to their SOCIETY
tribe or pack, this can mean that additional behklits
Behklits are nomadic, but they are nonetheless
will be close, able to appear within minutes. Behklit
known to be more civilized than their hyrblit
warriors favor the mace and similar weapons when
cousins, with a distinct hierarchy in which more
battling other humanoids.
intelligent or powerful behklits - known as alphas,
Poison (Ex): Behklits secrete a toxin in their
typically female in the matriarchal social structure
claws and tail spikes similar to the spray their hyrblit
- lead their pack or tribe and assign tasks for each of
cousins can release. Because this toxin is released
their number. Because they travel with the seasons,
directly into a victim's bloodstream, it is much more
behklits avoid the need to enter into a period of
potent than that of the hyrblit spray. Any successful
hibernation as hyrblits do, though behklits left
claw or tail thrash attack made by a behklit may
behind for any reason may be forced to seek shelter
release this toxin into an opponent's bloodstream,
for the winter.
with effects ranging from extreme nausea and
Behklits hunt any local animals for food,
disorientation to fatigue and even unconsciousness.
preferring smaller wild mammals such as squirrels
Avoiding the effects of the behklit's poison
and rabbits as the main staple of their diet. They
requires a successful Fortitude save once the target
communicate with one another using a primitive,
is struck by the behklit's claws or tail. If the save
but effective, language of grunts, growls, and barks
fails, the victim is nauseated for 2d6+1 rounds, and
but are also capable of speaking and understanding
may take only a single move or move-equivalent
Common and many other widely used languages.
action per round for the duration of this effect. Any
Less territorial by nature, behklits do not commonly
additional effects will occur as outlined below. If the
attack without warning or even upon an intrusion
save succeeds, there is no effect outside of the usual
into one of their encampments, but they may warn
damage from a claw attack.
off unwanted company with threatening growls and
In addition to being nauseated, the victim
menacing glares.
receives a concentrated dose of poison that causes
Behklit religion centers on nature and the
a temporary loss of 1d2 Constitution points in
earth. However, because of their nomadic nature
initial damage and a temporary loss of another 1d4
and preference for living in naturally formed caves
Constitution after a minute from secondary damage.
or temporary, tent-like shelters, there is no church.
The DC to save against this additional damage is 14.
Behklits also have no societal laws, save for the
Tail Thrash (Ex): The behklit's long, semi-
law of common sense, and the final arbiter of right
prehensile tail may be used to either trip or .strike
and wrong among these creatures is the senior-
an opponent anywhere within a five-foot radius. If
most alpha in the tribe for practical matters or the
used to trip, this attack works like a standard trip
tribal shaman for spiritual matters. Because they
attack (see the Player s Handbook), but the length and
lack a formal educational or academic apparatus,
flexibility of the behklit's tail gives the behklit a +2
preferring to learn from their ancestors by an oral
bonus to the opposed strength checks. A character
tradition, behklit wizards are almost unheard of
tripped by a successful tail sweep is knocked prone
though sorcerers are not unknown.
and suffers all normal modifiers.
If the tail is used to strike at an enemy, use the
same melee modifiers as a claw attack. The behklit's BEHKLIT CHARACTERS
tail does the same damage as a normal whip (ld2 + Behklits are hunters by nature, and as a result,
strength nonlethal, slashing), though the spikes may most become fighters, rangers, or barbarians. The
cause additional effects per the Poison rules above. favored behklit character class is ranger, and most
Glide (Ex): Thanks to their wings, behklits can select a magical beast or a humanoid race as their
glide on currents of air, though their bodies are .too favored enemy. Behklit shamans (usually druids
heavy for actual flight. Using this ability reqUIres though sometimes clerics) tend to become the
the presence of a strong wind current and enou?h tribe's spiritual leader, and their opinions are highly
open space to keep the behklit aloft, so behklits regarded, as if divinely inspired. Behklit cle~ics
encountered indoors or in underground tunnels must choose from the animal, plant, and protection
may not use this ability. When they are able to glide, domains.
behklit's can "fly" at double their listed speed, but
their maneuverability is poor.
Huge Plant
Hit Dice: 16d10+80 (168 hp)
Initiative: +0
Speed: -
AC: 19 (-2 size, -1 Dex, +12 natural), Touch 7,
Flat-footed 19
Base Attack/Grapple: +12/ +29
Attacks: Slam +19 melee (2d6+9)
Full Attack: 2 slams +19 melee (2d6+9)
Space/Reach: 10 ft./15 ft.
Special Attacks: Animate
Special Qualities: Blindsight, forest for the trees,
fire vulnerability, half damage from piercing,
plant
Saves: Fort +15, Ref +4, Will +5
Abilities: Str 29, Dex 8, Can 21, Int -, Wis 10, Cha
16
Climate/Terrain: Warm or temperate forest and
marsh
Organization: Solitary or grove (2-7)
Challenge Rating: 18
Treasure: Standard
Bone orchards are actually larger than their
Alignment: Always neutral
appearance would indicate, thanks mostly to
Advancement: 17-24 HD (Gargantuan)
their extensive canopy. The leaves and branches
Level Adjustment: -
of a single bone orchard often stretch and
intertwine with surrounding trees, creating the
DESCRIPTION false impression of many such macabre plants.
Bone orchards are immense, shadowy trees It is likely that the tree's name springs from
usually found deep in the darkest forests and this false impression. Regardless, the simplest
swamps, where few venture, and from where method to discern the true threat lies not in
even fewer return. At first, they appear to be a the overhanging vines and branches, but in
mundane specimen of the deciduous family of determining where the tell-tale moss that grows
trees. Their broad leaves are a rich green color, among its roots lies.
but speckled with flecks of red, as if beginning Bone orchards feed on blood and putrefying
to turn with the autumn season. During the animal matter. The method of their seeding is
spring, summer, and early fall, this appearance unknown, though it can be inferred that the bone
makes them virtually indistinguishable from orchard relies on the death of nearby creatures to
any other tree in the forest, but unlike their nurture it during its sapling years. This is largely
ordinary cousins, they maintain their leaves due to the fact that neither of the plant's primary
during the colder months as well. A thick black attack forms are sufficiently developed to obtain
mossy substance grows at the base of the bone its own nourishment until at least one - and
orchard, concealing its roots. Nestled within the preferably several - creatures have died beneath
moss however, are hints to the bone orchard's its shadowed boughs.
true nature: putrefying corpses and bones of Its first attack mode is quite simple: it simply
the tree's many victims lie half covered in the rakes about with its two largest branches, which
spongy substance. Tell-tale glitters of gold and lack leaves or other foliage of any kind, and
metal betrays the fact that not all of the dead are appear expressly designed with this purpose in
forest creatures. mind. Though powerful attacks, these are not
the tree's only means by which to bring down
 prey. Further, a sapling bone orchard would
find it impossible to hunt by this method, as its
growth would not yet be advanced enough for it
to develop the mighty branches required for this
attack.
The bone orchard's other attack form is
far more insidious. The tree's natural growth
includes not just branches, but vine-like tendrils
that both hang from the boughs overhead, and
wrap around the tree's trunk. When threatened
(or attacking potential prey), these tendrils
snake down and weave themselves among
the bones and corpses that lie in the mossy
substance among the tree's roots. Then it uses
these extensions to animate the corpses. They are
not granted any semblance of life (or undeath);
rather the tree simply manipulates their limbs
and bodies, guiding them to attack the bone
orchard's prey.
Once fallen, the blood of new victims is
rapidly leeched from the victim through the
mossy substance at the tree's roots, and feed to
the roots themselves, nourishing the tree on the
life blood of its prey. The corpse, which decays
at the normal rate, joins the bone orchard's
"undead" minions in bringing down its next
meal.
On rare occasions, several bone orchards can
be found in a grove. Such groves always attack
in tandem, and act in the best interest of the
grove, rather than the individual. There is at least
one reliable report of a bone orchard literally
passing a fallen meal to a stunted compatriot,
that he might grow strong like his brothers. That
said, there is no evidence that bone orchards
communicate in any sort of language nor have
they ever exhibited anything more than animal
intelligence.
If a trespasser approaches with a torch, bone
orchards forgo their usual method of "stalking"
prey, instead attacking on sight. They are well
aware of the destructive capabilities of fire, and
they rightly fear it. However, rather than wait
and allow the bearer to draw near, a bone orchard
usually attempts to overwhelm the intruder with
animated corpses before he draws close enough
to do any damage to the bone orchard itself.
COMBAT
Bone orchards rarely attack passersby unless
and until they pass within only a few feet of the
tree so that it is impossible for them to escape.
Ideally, the prospective meal stops to shade
beneath the tree's boughs before noticing the
remains of those who have gone before, though
this is rarely the case.
Before the start of combat, the tree stealthily
animates the dead surrounding the victim.
Only once its band of fallen warriors dances
on its strings does the massive plant make a
devastating attack with its two largest branches,
stunning the victim. Hopefully, by the time the
opponent recovers his senses, he is overcome by
the tree's servants.
Forest for the Trees (Ex): As the bone orchard
appears much like any other tree, excepting the
accumulated remains beneath it, it is sometimes
difficult to spot. Any character who fails a Spot
check (DC 20) as the bone orchard first attacks
fails to realize that he is being attacked by the
bone orchard, and not a simple pack of undead.
Animate (Ex): As a full round action, the tree
may animate 2d6 medium skeletons or medium
zombies. This action may be performed any
number of times, though a single bone orchard
may only control a maximum number of these
undead equal to its Hit Dice. The undead are
under the bone orchard's complete control.
Further, as they are actually an extension of the
tree and not truly undead, they are not subject
to a cleric's turning, spells that specifically affect
undead, or any other effect that specifically
targets undead. These creatures fight until they
are reduced to 0 hit points, at which point they
are temporarily destroyed. However, the bone
orchard may once again reanimate the destroyed
corpse simply by shifting its grip slightly. The
corpse remains inert until the bone orchard once
more uses its ability to animate fresh minions,
at which time it may be raised as one of the 2d6
minions the bone orchard creates. The tree can
recycle destroyed corpses in this fashion, making
its supply of minions effectively limitless.
Plant: Immune to mind-influencing
effects, poison, sleep, paralysis, stunning, and
polymorphing. Not subject to critical hits.
Fire Vulnerability (Ex): A bone orchard
takes double damage from fire attacks unless
the attack allows a save, in which case it takes
double damage on a failure and no damage on
a success.
Half Damage from Piercing (Ex): Piercing
weapons deal only half damage to bone orchards,
with a minimum of 1 point of damage.
Large Aberration
Hit Dice: 12d8 + 36 (90 hp)
Initiative: +6
Speed: 20 ft., Swim 60 ft.
AC: 21 (-1 Size, +10 Natural, +2 Dex), touch 11,
flatfooted 19
Base AttackiGrapple: +9/+19
Attacks: Bite +14 (ld8+6), slam +14 melee
(ld6+6)
Full Attack: Bite +14 (ld8+6) slam +9 melee
(ld6+3)
Space/Reach: 10 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Breath Weapon, Frightful
Presence, Improved Grab
Special Qualities: Fast Healing 5, Low-Light
Vision
Saves: Fort +7, Ref +6, Will +8
Abilities: Str 23 Dex 15, Con 17, Int 10, Wis 10,
Cha8
Skills: Handle Animal +3, Hide +3, Listen +7,
Move Silently +7, Search +5, Spot +8
Feats: Improved Initiative, Alertness
that a great crime has been committed. When
Climate/Terrain: temperate aquatic (freshwater
one appears, perpetrators often confess to their
only) or temperate marsh
crimes rather than face the bongdall's wrath.
Organization: Solitary, pair, or pod (5-12)
In reality, bongdalls are simply carnivores
Challenge Rating: 9
that live unseen in or near freshwater rivers and
Treasure: 1/2 coins; 50% goods; 50% items
seldom stay in one place for long. They swim up
Alignment: Usually chaotic neutral
and down the rivers, hunting for fish and small
Advancement: 12-16 HD (Large); 17-24 HD
water mammals, although they will happily
(Huge)
devour humans or humanoid creatures if an
Level Adjustment: -
opportunity arises.
Bongdalls are large seal-like creatures with
DESCRIPTION muscular bodies about the size of a cow. A
River sailors sometimes talk in hushed tones bongdall has a long, sinewy neck, atop which
about strange creatures that haunt some of the sits a small, bird-like head with a hooked beak.
riverbeds. Some say they do not exist while The creature's head is bare, but the neck and
others swear they are demons bent on destroying body are covered with long dark feathers that get
any who stray into their territory. People progressively larger across the creature's back.
who live along the rivers sometimes tell of a Four powerful flippers and a long muscular
horrifying bellow that echoes across the rivers at tail can propel the bongdall quickly through the
night. Rumor says that when these creatures call water, but they leave it somewhat sluggish on
out in the night, someone is going to die. land.
Native legends talk of the bongdalls, Bongdalls spend most of their time in the
mysterious creatures that live in the river and water, as it is where they are safest and the most
stalk the night for evildoers. The people say agile. They are mostly nocturnal, using the cover
the bongdalls only appear when someone has of darkness to hunt and move around. Able to
committed a great atrocity - and they are seeking hold their breath for over ten minutes at a time,
retribution on behalf of the victim. Any sign bongdalls often spend their time near towns and
of a bongdall's appearance nearby is an omen villages underwater to avoid being detected.
During the day, they either sleep in the shallows
or haul themselves up on the riverbank, where
their feathers resemble piles of rotting leaves.
Bongdalls have a strict social hierarchy.
Small pods are led by the dominant male bull,
who keeps a harem of up to a dozen females.
Other males are usually solitary. During the
mating season males grow rings of bright blue
feathers around their necks that they can raise
like a fan around their heads to attract the
attention of a female in heat. Unattached males
try to sneak close enough to a harem in order to
lure away one of the bull's younger females. This
often results in violent clashes with the bull male
who works extremely hard to protect his females
from interlopers. Young males are often badly
wounded and usually limp away with large,
bleeding bite marks on their necks and backs.
Occasionally, one of the younger males will best
the dominant bull and take his place as head of
the harem.
With a diet of mostly fish, bongdalls often
cause trouble for river fishermen. A pod of
bongdalls can quickly eat its way through most
of an area's fish stocks, leaving little for the locals.
Bongdalls hunt at night so fishermen find it hard
to defend against them. Many river communities
try all sorts of magical protections to ward off the
creatures, but most fail to do anything.
However, bongdalls also have a taste for
mammalian flesh if they can catch any. Unable
to move quickly or easily on land, they often wait
in the shallows as cattle, deer, or horses approach
the river at to drink. They lie mostly submerged
in the water, striking rapidly like a crocodile to
stun their prey and quickly drag it underwater.
COMBAT
A bongdall's primary attack is its bite. The
creature's beak is extremely sharp and hooked
like an eagle's. The inner edge has serrations,
which help to tear flesh from its prey when
eating. The creature's long neck makes it easy
for the bongdall to strike at targets without
getting close enough for the prey to strike back
effectively.
The bongdall always fights to maximize
its abilities. If it can, the bongdall will grab its
prey and dive into the deepest part of the river,
looking to drown it if possible. Bongdalls are
extremely strong, and much of their strength is
in their necks, allowing them to pick up creatures
as heavy as a small cow. If the bongdall can
successfully grapple its prey with its beak, it
often clubs them with its front flippers.
The bongdall's breath is especially noxious to
humanoids, and the creature often uses this to its
best advantage. By breathing on a creature first, it
can often leave its prey choking and gasping for
breath, which makes it much easier to grab with
its beak.
The bongdall's booming roar is so loud that
it can leave attackers feeling shaken. A bongdall
will always call out challenges whenever anyone
or anything approaches too close, especially the
dominant bull is protecting his harem.
Breath Weapon (Su): Bongdalls can exhale a
cone of poison gas for 30 feet, every Id4 rounds;
damage IdS + I, Reflex save half DC 19.
Frightful Presence (Ex): The bongdall's call
automatically unsettles foes within 30 feet if they
have fewer HD than the bongdall. A potentially
affected creature that succeeds at a Will save
(DC 15) is immune to the bongdall's call for 24
hours. On a failure, the creature is shaken for 5d6
rounds.
Improved Grab (Ex): If the bongdall hits
a Medium-size creature or smaller with a
successful bite attack, it deals normal damage and
can attempt to grapple as a free action without
invoking an attack of opportunity (grapple
bonus +15). Thereafter, the bongdall can conduct
the grapple normally or simply use its mouth to
hold the opponent (-20 penalty to grapple check,
but the bongdall is not considered grappled). In
either case, each successive grapple check made
during successive rounds automatically deals
bite damage.
Fast Healing (Ex): Bongdalls recover quickly
from wounds; they can regain 5 hp per round.
This healing does not restore hit points lost from
starvation, thirst, or suffocation and only works
when the creature is alive.
Low-Light Vision (Ex): Bongdalls are
predominantly nocturnal creatures and can
see four times as far as a human in starlight,
moonlight, torchlight, and similar conditions of
low illumination.
Small Magical Beast
Hit Dice: 2d10+8 (20 hp)
Initiative: +2 (+2 Dex)
Speed: 50 ft., swim 20 ft.
AC: 15 (+2 Dex, +2 natural, +1 size), touch 13,
flat-footed 13
Base Attack/Grapple: +2/-2
Attacks: Claw +3 melee (ld4), bite +3 melee
(ld6)
Full Attack: 2 claws +3 melee (ld4)
Space/Reach: 5 ft. /5 ft.
Special Attacks: Tail Trip
Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 feet,
Extraordinary Tracking, Low-Light Vision,
Scent, Sharp Senses
Saves: Fort +7, Ref +5, Will +1
Abilities: Str 11, Dex 14, Con 18, Int 8, Wis 12,
Cha 10
Skills: Spot +9, Listen +9, Survival +15
Feats: Endurance
Climate/Terrain: Any terrain
Organization: Usually solitary, occasionally used
of the creature, and canirods can move as quickly
in groups of 2-4
as a horse, maintaining a high speed for large
Challenge Rating: 2
amounts of time. Canirods are comfortable on
Treasure: None
almost any terrain and are better swimmers than
Alignment: Always neutral
most creatures their size.
Advancement Range: Large (3-4 HD)
One often-repeated canirod story tells of a
Level Adjustment: -
thief who absconded with a freshly unearthed
diamond larger than his fist. He fled into nearby
DESCRIPTION mountains, flew over the mountains with a
With extraordinary senses of smell, sight, previously stolen magical device of levitation,
and hearing, canirods are perhaps the most landed in a dense forest, traveled for three days
skilled trackers in existence. Though some view to exit the forest into open plains, and finally
the beasts' low intelligence as an impediment to strode into a desert. Somewhere in the sandy
their hunting abilities, others believe it allows waste a canirod sent by the diamond's previous
them a single-minded focus while tracking. owner found the thief, bit deeply into his leg,
Canirods look like large dogs with a rat- and expired. Weeks later the diamond's owner
like face and tail. They are about four feet long found the thief, the diamond, and the canirod in
(not including their thin, rope-like tail) and just the desert. The thief was dead with the canirod's
over three feet high. Most of their height is in teeth still embedded in his flesh.
their long, muscular legs. Canirods' bodies are Once a canirod is put on a trail it thinks
solid cylinders, more solid than most dogs and of nothing besides finding its quarry. Canirod
wolves. Their fur, without exception, is short owners must be careful to force their beasts to eat
and black. Canirods' muzzles narrow into sharp and drink; on several occasions canirods have died
noses above mouths that are small for their size of starvation because they forgot they need food.
and filled with pointed teeth. Their ears are Canirods are rare and almost never seen in the
upright triangles, and their eyes are small black wild. Their skill as hunters and trackers make them
beads. The long, thick legs of a canirod move far too valuable to be left to wander the world on
quickly, especially considering the overall bulk their own. There is fierce competition for canirod
 ownership between wealthy gentry wanting help
in their hunting parties and highly-paid assassins
who know the value of being able to track anyone
anywhere. Most people who buy canirods do so
because they are serious about hunting.
One of the most significant problems in
using a canirod when hunting is keeping up
with it. Canirods are capable of tracking while
at a dead run, a speed of 200 feet. Most horses
are capable of maintaining this speed over long
distances but they lack canirods' endurance and
single-mindedness. A hunter using a canirod
must be prepared to sustain a rapid pace for days
or weeks at a time.
Canirod owners know they will usually
need to finish off the quarry located by the
canirod, and they tend to be skilled at that job.
Though not without defenses, canirods are not
particularly deadly in single combat but since
a wealthy, highly skilled handler nearly always
follows them, the approach of a canirod is highly
feared. Those who see them coming know death
is not far behind.
COMBAT
Canirods will not fight alone. If trapped and
isolated, they will attempt to flee instead of enter
combat.
Ideally, canirods are the first wave of a larger
assault. Their job is to locate the prey and distract
it until their more powerful handlers arrive. If
they believe they have the advantage of surprise,
canirods charge into an attack and overrun their
quarry. They always unfailingly target their prey,
no matter how many other people or creatures
might be in the way.
If overrunning is not an option canirods
attempt to run just past their prey and trip them
with their tail. The last thing a canirod wants is
to be caught in combat, unable to flee, before its
handler joins the battle.
Some very wealthy hunters own more than
one canirod. If multiple canirods hunt together,
they communicate through high-pitched yelps
beyond the range of human hearing. Hunting
in a pack is one of the few occasions in which
canirods show patience in approaching their
prey. One canirod waits for the others to draw
near, then the first attempts to overrun the prey,
immediately followed by the others, teeth bared
and closing for the kill.
Tail Trip (Ex): Canirods can attack any
creature on their sides or behind them with their
tail. The tail does not inflict any damage, but
with a successful hit, the canirod can attempt to
trip the target as a free action. Their tails are very
dexterous, giving them a bonus of +4 on their trip
check. The attempt does not provide an attack of
opportunity.
Extraordinary Tracking (Ex): Canirods can
follow their prey across any terrain, similar to
the Track feat, except there is no limit on the
canirod's speed while tracking. Additionally,
canirods receive a +5 bonus on Survival checks
related to tracking.
Scent (Ex): Canirods receive a +4 racial
bonus that stacks with other racial bonuses when
tracking by scent.
Sharp Senses (Ex): Due to their powerful
senses of smell, hearing, and sight, canirods
receive a +8 racial bonus on Listen, Spot, and
Survival checks.
TRAINING A CANIROD
Although intelligent, a canirod requires
training before it can be used for tracking. While
the few canirods still in the wild learn from their
parents, even they need to be trained to track
what their handler wants them to track. Training
a friendly canirod requires two months of work
to train a pup or four months to train an adult
(you can teach an old dog new tricks, it just takes
longer). At the end of this time make a Handle
Animal check DC 25 for a pup, thirty for an adult.
Failure means the training didn't take and must
be started over.
Canirod adults go for 10,000 gp on the open
market while pups are go for up to 15,000. A
trained canirod, either an adult or a pup, goes
for up to 20,000. Professional trainers are rare,
charging up to 2,500 gp a month. Few owners,
however, their investments to a trainer for that
length of time, and with good reason. There is
a thriving canirod black market and more than
one trainer has disappeared into the night while
securing himself enough gold to live in style for
years.
 Medium-size Outsider (Chaotic, Demon,
Extraplanar, Evil)
Hit Dice: 3d8+3 (19 hp)
Initiative: +0
Speed: 10 ft., fly 30 ft. (average)
AC: 15 (+5 natural), touch 10, flat-footed 15
Base Attack/Grapple: +3/+4
Attacks: Bite +4 melee (ld6+1), claw +4 melee
(ld6+1)
Full Attack: 2 Claws +4 melee (ld6+1), Bite -1
(ld6+1)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Spell Reflection
Special Qualities: Darkvision 90 feet; Spell
Absorption; electricity and poison immunity;
acid, cold and fire resistance 10; telepathy
Saves: Fort +4, Ref +5, Will +5
Abilities: Str 12, Dex 11, Con 12, Int 10, Wis 14,
Cha11
Skills: Concentration +7, Hide +6, Knowledge
(the planes) +6, Listen +10, Move Silently +6,
Spellcraft +6, Spot +10, Survival +8
Feats: Alertness, Lightning Reflexes maneuverable, disposable, and able to absorb
Climate/Terrain: Any land or underground some of the powerful magic often used in such
Organization: Solitary, pair, or family (3-5) fights could be the deciding factor in battle.
Challenge Rating: 4 The original caractyn were no more than
Treasure: Standard drones, flying in front of demon legions and
Alignment: Chaotic evil absorbing as many spells as possible before
Advancement Range: Large (4-5 HD); Huge (6-8 exploding under the pressure of the magic
HD) energies they carried. These drones had
Level Adjustment: - many shortcomings, including their lack of
maneuverability and intelligence. It was easy
for enemies to direct spells just past the caractyn,
DESCRIPTION devastating demon hordes while the caractyn
A caractyn looks like the glowing skeleton of flew ahead undamaged.
a carrion bird. Their bones are bleached white and Later generations of caractyn were smarter,
they usually glow purple, though some caractyns quicker, and better able to intercept spells. For a
glow blue or green. They are usually about three brief time, they worked exactly as their designers
feet long and have eight foot wingspans. Their intended, and armies with caractyn at their head
have sharply pointed beaks and razor sharp devastated other hordes, both in the Abyss and
, talons. Their eye sockets are empty. Caractyn beyond.
flight makes no sound, but when entering battle However, as caractyn grew in intelligence,
they open their beaks and let forth the screech of they became less willing to do the bidding of
a damned soul. others, especially when that bidding involved
The demons behind the original spawning their destruction. They became interested
of caractyn had a simple idea: powerful magic in self-preservation while at the same time
is often a deciding factor in the battles raging developing a hunger for magic. As time went
within the Abyss. Creatures that were quick, on this hunger grew stronger and today it is the
strongest motivation driving caractyn. Unlike
other demons, who will hunt anyone to satisfy
a taste for human flesh, caractyn hunt sorcerers,
wizards, clerics, and anyone else who uses
magic. They goad these spell casters into using
their powers, so the caractyn may feed off divine
and arcane energies.
Caractyn are no longer commanded by other
demons, but they have not separated themselves
from demon society entirely. Caractyn will
form short-term alliances when they sense an
advantage, though they are happy to break that
alliance the moment the advantage disappears.
There are numerous stories of caractyn flying
into battle ahead of some of their spell-wielding
kin, then turning on the demons to feed as soon
as the first spell is cast.
Like most demons, caractyns do not have
much of a social structure. They are driven by
hunger and do whatever necessary to satisfy
their cravings. They do not hunt their prey out
of hatred but out of necessity, though they still
enjoy the hunt. The only creatures caractyn truly
hate are the ones that stand in the way of their
next meal.
COMBAT
Caractyn have an insatiable hunger for magic.
Unlike the earliest spawn, modern caractyn do
not fly headlong into battle. Initially, they stay
on the outskirts of a fight, hoping to absorb
spells while avoiding the more physical dangers
of combat. Most of the time this tactic does not
give them enough power to feed on, and caractyn
eventually make a more direct assault. If at all
possible, they target a spell caster. Their initial
attack consists of a few feints and passes, hoping
to goad the spell caster into feeding them.
Caractyn tend to ignore combat that does
not involve a spellcaster. They may make a few
passes near the battlefield to determine if anyone
has wands or other magic items. If no magic is
involved, the caractyn depart.
Spell Absorption (Su): Caractyn have a
chance to absorb any spell or spell-like ability
(including psionic powers) that might affect
them. This ability works on arcane spells, divine
spells, and spell-like effects from magic items. If
a caractyn is within a spell's area of effect it may
make a Will save vs. the spell's DC, regardless
of whether the spell normally allows a save
or the type of save allowed. A successful save
means the caractyn absorbs the spell, completely
canceling the effect on it and any other creatures
as if the spell had been counterspelled or as if the
item had been dispelled. Every spell the caractyn
absorbs makes the creature stronger, giving it an
additional +1 enhancement bonus on all attack
and damage rolls and Id4 temporary hp for one
hour (cumulative).
Spell Reflection (Sp): This ability can be used
once per day and only after the caractyn has
first absorbed four spells (see above) and may
not be used again until the caractyn absorbs
another four spells. As with spell absorption,
caractyn may reflect nearly any kind of magic
(or psionics), including spell-like effects from
magic items. This ability functions like the spell
turning spell with some exceptions: caractyn do
not need to be the primary target of the spell,
only within the area of effect. They may reflect
touch range spells and area spells, but not self-
affecting spells. There is no diminishing effect of
turning the spell- it is reflected completely back
on its caster.
Caractyn making a successful Concentration
check (DC 15 + spell level + rounds delayed) can
briefly delay the timing of the spell reflection.
They absorb the spell and turn it back after 8
rounds. They may use this time to change the
angle of the reflection for the spell and aim it at
someone other than the caster.
If the spell is reflected back to a caster
protected by spell turning, determine the result
as follows:
D% Effect
01-65 Spell dissipates with no effect.
65-80 Spell affects both the caractyn and the
original caster at full strength.
81-90 Spell is turned on the caractyn at half
strength; the caractyn may not use the
spell absorption ability on this spell.
91-97 The two fields disrupt each other,
nullifying the spell turning from the caster
and the caractyn's spell absorption and
spell reflection abilities for Id4 rounds.
98-100 Both the caractyn and caster fall through
a rift to a different plane.
Telepathy (Su): Caractyn can communicate
telepathically to all sentient creatures within 30
feet. Otherwise this is like the spell telepathy cast
by a 15th level sorcerer.
C~nw()pn
Huge Aberration
Hit Dice: 21d8+63 (157 hp)
Initiative: -1
Speed: 20 ft., burrow 40 ft.
AC: 29 (-2 size, +1 Dex, +20 natural), Touch 9,
Flat-footed 28
Base Attack/Grapple: +15/ +27
Attacks: Gargantuan greatsword +18 melee
(2dl0+6, 19-20/x2), huge greatsword +18
melee (2d8+4), claw +18 melee (ld8+4), tail
slap +17 melee (2d6+4)
Full Attack: Gargantuan greatsword +18/
+13/+8 melee (2dl0+6, 19-20/x2), 2 huge
greatswords +13 melee (2d8+4), 2 claws +16
melee (ld8+4), Tail slap +15 melee (2d6+2);
or 6 claws +18 melee (ld8+4), tail slap +15
melee (2d6+2)
Space/Reach: 20 ft./l0 ft.
Special Attacks: Breath Weapon, Spell-Like
Abilities
Special Qualities: Acidic Metabolism, Damage
Reduction 5/-, Strange Anatomy, Fast
bodies are coated in a slightly acidic slime that helps
Healing 5, Tremorsense, Blindsight,
them move through the earth. Chitinous scales protect
Darkvision 60 ft., Scent
the soft flesh from blows, though the scales do not fully
Saves: Fort +10, Ref +8, Will +14
encase the cenworm, resulting in areas where the soft
Abilities: Str 19, Dex 13, Con 17, Int 8, Wis 15,
flesh shows through.
Cha 13
Cenworms lack brains. Instead they have complex
Skills: Listen +14, Wilderness Lore +14
nervous systems which run the length of their bodies.
Feats: Multiattack, Track, Weapon Focus (claws),
Therefore, unlike true worms, cutting a cenworm
Weapon Focus (greatsword)
in half does not eventually result in two cenworms.
Climate/Terrain: Any underground
Like worms, however, cenworms have multiple
Organization: Solitary, pair, brood (2-6), or nest
internal organs, such as hearts, livers, and lungs; such
(6-20)
redundancy makes it difficult to find a vital organ in
Challenge Rating: 20
order to deal critical damage.
Treasure: Double gems, otherwise nothing
Because they live underground, cenworms have
Alignment: Usually lawful neutral
very poor vision, possessing only darkvision to a
Advancement Range: 22-24 HD (Huge); 25-29 HD
range of 60 feet. They cannot see with what humanoids
(Gargantuan); 30-40 HD (Colossal)
consider normal vision, and they have no concept of
Level Adjustment: -
color. Their love of gems comes only from the refractive
nature of the stones, not from any partiality to their
DESCRIPTION colors.
Bizarre and disconcerting creatures, cenworms Cenworms are nomadic in nature. Their acidic
appear as gigantic earthworms capped by the upper physiologies help them melt away rock and stone, so
half of a humanoid body. Their heads are relatively their arms may pull them along while their long worm
wide and slightly pointed, with no neck separating bodies undulate behind to push them down tunnels.
them from the shoulders. Six arms reach out from the A cenworm moves faster underground, where its
cenworm's humanoid torso. Some bear weapons, while powerful arms can pull it along at great speeds. When
others are used only to help pull the cenworm along not burrowing, the cenworm's long body slows it
in the tunnels its acidic spray creates. Their worm-like down. A cenworm's acidic mouth spray dissolves even
the hardest stone with ease. It can create a tunnel 10 feet
deep and 10 feet wide and 5 feet long in two rounds,
adding an additional 5 feet to the tunnel every other
round as a full round action. Typically, one of the larger
cenworms in a family unit creates the initial tunnel
and is followed by the rest of the family, which helps
to widen the tunnel in order to accommodate the Nest
Mother.
Because of their acidic nature, most creatures
avoid cenworms. Their flesh is deadly to creatures not
immune to acid. Black dragons consider cenworm flesh
aldelicacy.
Cenworms speak their own language, Cenna.
COMBAT
If combat is unavoidable Cenworms always
attempt to attack from ambush. For the most part, they
are relatively inoffensive.If left alone, they leave others
alone.
If combat does break out, a cenworm tries to keep
enemies at bay with its breath weapon. Those who
come within the cenworm's reach are attacked with all
of its weapon attacks, if possible. A cenworm can use its
breath weapon even while using a full-attack action to
strike with all six of its arms.
Breath Weapon (Ex):Acid 6d4, 5-foot diameter line,
30 ft. range, every round, Reflex save (DC 22) for half
damage. The acid stream sticks to whatever it strikes,
dealing Id4 points of damage every round for Id6
rounds after the initial hit.
Spell-LikeAbilities (Su): A cenworm can use the
following spells as special abilities at will as a 16th level
sorcerer (Save DC 11 + spell level):stone shape (3/ day),
passwall, stone tell, transmute mud to rock, and transmute
rock to mud.
Acidic Metabolism (Ex): The body chemistry of a
cenworm is dangerously acidic to most other living
creatures. An attacker using a piercing or slashing melee
weapon has a chance of being splashed with blood from
the cenworm. On a successful hit, the attacker must
succeed at a Reflex save (DC 10 + damage dealt) or be
splashed with enough blood to take Id4 points of acid
damage. Carnivores eating a cenworm take Id4 points
of acid damage for every hit die of the cenworm.
Strange Anatomy (Ex): Due to its strange anatomy,
a cenworm is immune to critical hits and sneak attack
damage 50% of the time, as the moderate fortification
special ability of magical armors. Not all of a cenworm's
vital organs are in its worm-like body, but those that
are in its humanoid portion are not placed like a typical
humanoid's. Beheading a cenworm does not kill it,
though it will eventually starve to death.
Fast Healing(Ex): As long as it is alive (-9 hit points
or more), the cenworm heals 5 hit points every round.
This healing does not regrow lost limbs or heal ability
score damage. Cenworms immediately stabilize if
reduced to less than 0 hit points.
Tremorsense (Ex): A cenworm can automatically
sense the location of anything within 90 feet that is in
contact with the ground.
Blindsight(Ex):By using its acute hearing and other
non-visual cues (mostlyfrom scent and vibrations in the
air and earth) a cenworm can ascertain the location of
any creature with 60 feet of it.
Darkvision (Ex): Cenworms have darkvision to a
range of 60 feet, but they do not possess normal vision.
Scent(Ex):A cenworm gains a +4 bonus to Survival
checks when tracking if the creature being tracked has
a scent.
SOCIETY
Cenworms live in small family units called nests.
The leader of a nest is an egg-laying female called a
Nest Mother, always surrounded by 2-3 males ready
to fertilize eggs. Nest Mothers are always the largest
cenworms in a group, and they are the only ones of their
race to have more than 25 hit dice. Due to the nomadic
nature of cenworms, eggs and young are carried in
the arms of the attending males, as well as immature
cenworms that stay close to the Nest Mother.
Smaller groups of cenworms are usually scouts or
hunters sent out by a Nest Mother to find food or look
for danger. If such a scouting party discovers something
it perceives as dangerous, the party returns to the nest
and reports its finding. The nest then changes their
course to avoid the threat, unless it poses a continuing
menace, such as a permanent underground city. In
that case, the nest will send out messengers to other
cenworm nests until enough are gathered together to
launch an assault on the large threat. This is the only
time cenworms gather in groups larger than 20 adults.
Within cenworm society,only two types of material
items attract attention: cut gems and large weapons.
Cenworms covet the former because of their sparkle
and resistance to acid. The latter they search for because
they often must replace the rusted and acid-corroded
weapons they frequently use. Though most cenworms
prefer greatswords, they will use any large weapon (or
huge version of a smaller weapon) they can find. Often
they make trade agreements with dwarves, helping the
dwarves delve deep tunnels in exchange for gems and
weapons.
Huge Outsider (Earth, Evil, Neutral)
Hit Dice: 4d8+12 (39 hp)
Initiative: -1
Speed: 20 ft.
AC: 18 (-1 Dex, +9 natural), Touch 9, Flat-footed 19
Base attack/Grapple: +4/ +17
Attacks: Slam +9 melee (ld8+7), hurled lava +4 ranged
(ld6 plus Id4 fire)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Earth Mastery, Push, Corrosion, Poison
the Land
Special Qualities: Elemental, Telepathy, Immunity to
Electricity, Resistance to Acid, Resistance to Fire
Saves: Fort +7, Ref +3, Will +5
Abilities: Str 21, Dex 8, Con 17, Int 9, Wis 12, Cha 12
Skills: Hide -2, Knowledge (nature) +6, Knowledge (the
planes) +6, Listen +8, Move Silently +6, Spot +8,
Survival +7
Feats: Improved Sunder, Power Attack
Climate/Terrain: Any land and underground
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 5
Treasure: None COMBAT
Alignment: Always neutral evil
Advancement: Small 3 HD (Small); medium 5-7 HD Corrupted earth elementals do not normally notice
(Medium-size); large 9-15 (Large); huge 17-20 HD living creatures. Instead, they move from place to place,
(Huge); greater 22-23 HD (Huge); elder 25+ HD seeking to foul especially verdant or fertile regions and
(Huge) reducing beautiful natural rock formations to dust. On
occasion, they will also stop to destroy the homes of
Level Adjustment: -
intelligent creatures, leaving them exposed to the cruelty
of the elements.
DESCRIPTION In battle, a corrupted earth elemental may engage
These beings are massive humanoid creatures made enemies from a distance by hurling gobs of lava. The
of packed earth and stone, but that is where their similarity range increment of these missiles is 20 feet and they do
to regular earth elementals stops. Corrupted elementals bludgeoning and fire damage. If forced into close combat
are casualties of a war between the diabolical creatures of with an armed opponent, a corrupted earth elemental
the lower realms and the elemental planes. When an earth will often attack a creature's armor and weapons before
elemental is captured, demons infuse it with infernal power attacking the creature itself, attempting to destroy them
and intelligence and unleash it on its own kind. Corrupted with its corrosive touch.
earth elementals are tortured beings. Their bodies are shot Corrupted earth elementals are cunning fighters and
through with pulsating veins of obsidian, their coal-black will not hesitate to flee from a more powerful foe or lay an
eyes and mouths lit by drooling lava, and twisted shards of ambush for a victim. They are also aware that their kind
metal burst through their stony skin. are especially vulnerable to magic and will quickly note
Corrupted earth elementals do not need food or any spellcasters among their enemies, making it a point to
water. Unlike true earth elementals, these beings have eliminate those individuals first.
mouths and teeth that they use to chew up living creatures. Elemental: Immune to poison, sleep, paralysis, and
This provides them no nourishment, only enjoyment. stunning. Not subject to critical hits.
Corrupted earth elementals do not need sleep, remaining Earth Mastery (Ex): A corrupted earth elemental
completely aware at all hours of the day and night. gains a +1 attack and damage bonus if both it and its
However, they have a marked preference for moving foe are touching the ground. The elemental suffers a -4
about at night. penalty to attack and damage if its opponent is airborne
or in the water.
 Push (Ex): A corrupted earth elemental can start
a bull rush maneuver without provoking an attack of
opportunity. The combat modifiers given in Earth Mastery
also apply to the elemental's opposed Strength checks.
Corrosion (Su): A corrupted earth elemental may
choose to target an object with its slam attack rather
than an opponent, including objects being worn by an
opponent. Any natural object of Large size or smaller
struck in this manner immediately begins to crack and
deteriorate, falling apart the following round. Magic items,
armor, and weapons must succeed at a Reflex save (DC 15)
or be destroyed in the same fashion.
Poison the Land (Su): Once per day, a corrupted earth
elemental may spill its own essence into the earth beneath
it, causing the region to become a wasteland. This effect
requires 10 minutes to accomplish and a sacrifice of up to
one-third of the creature's hit points. For each hit point that
the corrupted earth elemental sacrifices, a foot of earth
around the elemental is infected by the creature's taint.
The land itself becomes useless for growing things for
at least a century. Bodies of water become polluted and
undrinkable. Plants and animals inhabiting the area must
roll a Fortitude saving throw (DC 10 + 1/2 the elemental's
hit dice + elemental's Constitution bonus) or acquire the
slimy doom disease. The entire area is affected as if by an
unhallow and bane spell cast by a 20th-level Cleric for 24
hours.
Telepathy (Su): A corrupted earth elemental can
communicate telepathically with any creature with 100
feet that has a language.
Immunity to Electricity (Ex): Corrupted earth
elementals are immune to electricity.
Resistance to Acid (Ex): Corrupted earth elementals
have acid resistance 20.
Resistance to Fire (Ex): Corrupted earth elementals
have fire resistance 20.
SOCIETY
Due to their extreme rarity corrupted earth elementals
do not generally gather or work together. They exist to
undermine the element of earth, throw the elements out of
balance, and cause as much destruction as possible.
Corrupted elementals are created when the spiritual
essence of a fiend merges with an elemental. This
abomination only occurs as the intentional and direct
result of a magical ritual known only to a handful of the
most powerful Outsider wizards and clerics. Once created,
these beings are then unleashed on the Elemental Planes
and Prime Material Plane in order to spread the foulness of
the lower realms into other planes.
The particulars the ritual are contained in the
following spell:
Corrupt Elemental
Transmutation [Evil]
Level: Clr 9, SorjWiz 9
Components: V, 5, M
Casting Time: 1 hour
Range: Touch
Target: One Elemental
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: None
Spell Resistance: No
The spellcaster may use this ritual to merge the
spiritual essence of a fiend with that of an elemental. The
fiend to be merged must be sacrificed during the spell and
must possess at least half the hit dice of the elemental to be
corrupted. The elemental undergoes the following changes
as a result of the ritual:
Creature type changes to Outsider.The corrupted
elemental has a Wisdom and Charisma of 12 and an
Intelligence of 9. All other abilities remain the same.
These creatures gain a ranged attack that does
damage based on size. Small creatures inflict 1d4 points of
bludgeoning damage plus 1d2 points of energy damage.
Medium-size creatures inflict 1d6 points of bludgeoning
damage plus 1d4 points of energy damage. Large creatures
inflict 2d4 points of bludgeoning damage plus 1d6 points
of energy damage. Huge creatures inflict 2d6 points of
bludgeoning damage plus IdS points of energy damage.
The energy damage type is specified by the elemental's
type. Air elementals cast bursts of solid air that do sonic
damage. Earth elementals hurl balls of lava that do fire
damage. Fire elementals throw bolts of hellfire which
crackle with electricity damage. Finally, water elementals
spit gouts of caustic fluid that inflict acid damage.
Corrupted elementals also gain two supernatural
corruption abilities which allow them to pollute their
native elements. All corrupted elementals have the
Poison the Land ability (Described above). In addition,
air elementals gain the ability to emit a stinking cloud, as
if cast by a sorcerer of a level equal to the elemental's hit
dice, once per hour. Earth elementals gain a corrosive
touch attack that requires items hit to make a Reflex
save against a DC of 10 + half the creature's hit dice + the
creature's Constitution bonus. Fire elementals gain the
spell-like ability ofpyrotechnicsonce per hour, as if cast by a
sorcerer whose level equals the elemental's HD. The water
elemental gains the spell-like ability of curse water, which
may be used at will.
Lastly, the corrupted elemental gains telepathy, an
immunity to electricity, and an acid and fire resistance of
20.
The challenge rating of the corrupted elemental is as
the base creature +2.
Medium-size Aberration
Hit Dice: 9d8+9 (49 hp)
Initiative: +4
Speed: 40 ft.
AC: 17 (+4 Dex, +3 natural), touch 14, flat-footed 13
Base Attack Bonus: +6/ +8
Attacks: Dagger +11 melee (ld4+2), +11 ranged
(ld4+2)
Full Attack: Dagger +11/ +6 melee (ld4+2)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Lethal Lunge, Sneak Attack
Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 feet, Daytime
Camouflage
Saves: Fort +4, Ref +7, Will +8
Abilities: Str 14, Dex 18, Con 13, Int 14, Wis IS, Cha
12
Skills: Hide +12, Listen +8, Jump +6, Move Silently
+13, Spot +9
Feats: Dodge, Simple Weapon Proficiency, Weapon
like reflected sunlight. A shadow can lie or walk
Finesse (dagger), Weapon Focus (dagger)
on nearly any surface lit by daylight and be well
Climate/Terrain: Any land
camouflaged.
Organization: Solitary
It is not always convenient to perform
Challenge Rating: 10
assassinations at night-often, targets are more
Treasure: 1/2 Standard
wary after the sun falls, expecting an attack to come,
Alignment: Neutral evil
and they surround themselves with a heavy guard.
Advancement Range: By character class
In the daytime, however, targets are not nearly as
Level Adjustment: -
cautious. When someone must be killed in broad
daylight, daylight shadows are the creatures to
DESCRIPTION employ.
Daylight shadows have long, thin, ellipsoid Only a few of the daylight shadows in existence
bodies with four limbs. The limbs are long and interact with other beings as paid assassins. The
flexible, each having two joints. While normally majority of them reside in warren-like cities carved
quadrepedal daylight shadows can stand on their into mountains. Their cities are dark (the creatures
hind legs and walk when necessary, including do not trust each other in the light), isolated, difficult
during an attack. Their forelegs have long toes to locate, and not open to outsiders. Though most of
capable of grasping objects and weapons, which the best daylight shadow assassins are away from
they rely upon since their bodies are not equipped the cities, plying their trade, a few always stay
with naturally deadly features. Daylight shadows behind to guard the entrance caves to these cities.
have eyes set on the sides of their bodies, near the Daylight shadows are not particularly
top. The eyes rotate, so they can look forward both bloodthirsty. They have simply found a job they
when the shadow is standing on its hind legs and excel at and can help bring riches and other
when it is moving on all fours. They have small resources to their cities. In essence, the daylight
mouths in the middle of their bodies, slightly below shadows have established an export economy
than the forelegs. The mouth is only useful for based solely on assassination. Since the wealth they
eating, not communication. receive for doing their jobs is crucial to their society,
A daylight shadow's most distinctive trait is and since they are highly skilled, daylight shadows
its coloring, a mottled combination of grey, brown, command high prices for their assassinations.
tan, and black. The color patterns on its skin shift
rapidly and often shimmer with faint luminescence,
 Despite their affinity with death, daylight shadows
take a certain pride in not killing people they are not
paid to kill.
Finding and hiring a daylight shadow is
not easy. Daylight shadows never meet directly
with their employers. They prefer to be seen by
as few creatures as possible, keeping their actual
appearance a mystery. In each city where a daylight
shadow operates, it has one to three contacts who
field and screen requests for them. The screeners
demand three things from anyone wishing to hire a
shadow: at least half of the total payment (generally
starting at 10,000 gp) up front, a detailed description
of the target (a portrait or magical representation
is better, of course), and the reason the employer
wants the target killed. Ostensibly, the screener
wants the justification to be sure there is a good
reason for the killing. In truth, the daylight shadow
and its screener do not care how good the reason
is as long as they get paid. They want to know the
motive for the assassination in case things go bad
and someone starts looking for revenge. In these
cases, the daylight shadow and its screener can
carefully deflect attention away from themselves
and toward the person with a motive. Just as often,
the screener will approach the wronged party with
a contract offer against the original patron.
Daylight shadows have strong loyalty to their
species, and one daylight shadow never targets
another. Additionally, in some rare circumstances,
daylight shadows work together against a powerful
target. They consider this an extra service provided
to make sure the job they were hired for gets done.
COMBAT
Daylight shadows' power rests in their ability
to be practically invisible in broad daylight without
having to use magic (which those targeted for
assassination are often on the lookout for). They are
also quite fast, able to sneak up on their prey, strike,
and melt away into a crowd before anyone knows
they are there.
Daylight shadows approaching their victim
will either spread their limbs out and creep near the
ground or tuck their legs beneath them in order to
sneak through narrow spaces.
Like any assassin, daylight shadows prefer that
their victims die quickly, but they are thorough and
professional and do not quit a job until it is done.
However, if the fight is going badly, they might try
to run away from melee combat, hide in the light,
and return for a second lunge.
Lethal Lunge (Ex): This ability can only be
used if the daylight shadow's Hide check beats its
victim's Spot check (generally with a -10 penalty
for inattention, though not always) as it approaches
within 15 feet. The shadow can lunge toward the
target, dagger poised to slash the throat of its prey.
The shadow receives an improved chance of a
critical hit on this attack. The target must make a
Reflex save (DC 15). If the save is unsuccessful, the
hit is critical on a natural 17-20.
The lunge takes time and effort. After making
a lethal lunge, a daylight shadow's initiative falls
below all others involved in combat, and it acts last
in all subsequent rounds.
Sneak Attack (Ex): Instead of making a lethal
lunge, a daylight shadow may choose to make a
sneak attack. Its target must make a Reflex save (DC
15) or be caught flat-footed and does an additional
5d6 sneak attack damage. Additionally, if the save
is unsuccessful, the daylight shadow acts first in all
subsequent rounds.
Daytime Camouflage (Ex): In daylight, daylight
shadows receive a +10 bonus on all Hide checks.
DAYLIGHT SHADOW CHARACTERS
Daylight Shadow characters possess the
following racial traits:
• +4 Strength, +8 Dexterity, +2 Constitution, +4
Intelligence, +4 Wisdom, +2 Charisma.
• A daylight shadow's base speed is 30 feet.
• Darkvision out to 60 feet.
• Racial Hit Dice: A daylight shadow begins with
nine levels of aberration, which provide 9d8 Hit
Dice, a base attack bonus of +6, and base saving
throw bonuses of Fort +3, Ref +3, and Will +6.
• Racial Skills: A daylight shadow's aberration
levels give it skill points equal to 12 X (2 + Int
modifier). Its class skills are Hide, Listen, Jump,
Move Silently, and Spot.
• Racial Feats: A daylight shadow's aberration
levels give it four feats.
• Weapon Proficiency: A daylight shadow is
proficient with all simple and rouge weapons.
• +3 natural armor bonus.
• Special Attacks (see above): Lethal lunge (DC
10 +1/2 daylight shadow's Hit Dice + daylight
shadow's Dexterity modifier), sneak attack.
• Special Qualities (see above): Daytime
camouflage.
• Automatic Languages: Common, Undercommon.
Bonus languages: any.
• Favored Class: Rouge.
Colossal Elemental (Air)
Hit Dice: 40d8+200 (380 hp)
Initiative: +12
Speed: Fly 100 ft. (perfect)
AC: 24 (-8 Size, +10 Natural, +12 Dex), Touch 14,
Flat-footed 12
Base Attack/Grapple: +30/ +53
Attacks: Slam +34 melee (4d6+7)
Full Attack: Slam +34/+29/+24/+19 (4d6 + 7)
Space/Reach: 40 ft./25 ft.
Special Attacks: Air Mastery, Whirlwind
Special Qualities: Elemental, Damage Reduction
IS/magic
Saves: Fort +18, Ref +34, Will +13
Abilities: Str 25, Dex 35, Con 20, Int 8, Wis 10,
Cha9
Skills: Listen +22, Spot +21
Feats: Dodge, Flyby Attack, Improved Initiative,
Power Attack, Weapon Finesse (slam)
Climate/Terrain: Any desert
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 24
winds so quick and fierce that it is difficult to
Treasure: Triple standard
stay standing when close to the creature. The
Alignment: Always chaotic neutral
high wind speed picks up dust, rocks, and other
Advancement: 41-60 HD (Colossal)
debris, giving the deathstorm an almost solid
Level adjustment: -
appearance. Occasionally, bright orange flashes
mix with the debris whirling around. So far no
DESCRIPTION one has managed to explain what these flashes
Desert nomads tell strange stories of a actually are.
sandstorm that comes alive and tries to kill them Scholars believe deathstorms are bound to
if they get too close to the sacred mountains. The particular locations. Summoned by powerful
mountains - rumored to contain a lost king's vast wizards, they are tasked with ensuring that
treasure chambers - lie in an isolated part of the the location under their protection remains
desert, far from civilization. Many have set off in safe at all times, regardless of what they have
search of the legendary treasure but none have to do to ensure it. Consequently, deathstorms
ever returned. remain within a mile or two of where they were
The treasure is protected by a deathstorm, an summoned to ensure that groups attacking from
enormous air elemental, summoned specifically different directions do not surprise them.
to prevent tomb raiders from breaking into the Strangely enough, the elementals are not
underground vaults. The mountains are not the always active. They sometimes appear to rest,
only place in the desert where deathstorms lurk. with their whirlwinds subsiding to a light
Dozens of others are scattered about, protecting breeze. When this happens, the dust and rocks
other treasures of ancient times. fall, making it difficult to ascertain exactly where
Deathstorms appear as enormous the deathstorm is lurking. Many treasure hunters
whirlwinds, whipping up the sand and rocks have fallen for this ruse, sneaking towards the
as they zoom across the desert. They are usually ruins, only to have the deathstorm attack them
10 feet across at their base spreading to over 40 from behind.
feet wide at the top, more than 60 feet above
the desert floor. Deathstorms whirl about with
 Deathstorms do not normally communicate COMBAT
with anyone other than their summoner,
Deathstorms use brute force to ward off
although they can understand Common and
would-be treasure hunters. Their sheer size
Auran. Although their main task is to protect
makes an intimidating picture, and they can
the treasures they were assigned, on very rare
easily fight several opponents at once. As soon as
occasions they have allowed scholars to study
they detect someone approaching the lair, they
the hoard, providing nothing is taken from the
usually launch themselves at the intruders.
collection. The creatures seem to have a complete
Whenever possible, they lift their opponents
knowledge of the treasure they guard and know
from the ground, looking to quickly disarm and
if even a single coin is missing from it. If they
disorient them in the high, swirling winds. Those
even suspect that someone allowed to study the
they can't suck up are battered with flying rocks
treasure has stolen something their wrath is swift
and other pieces of debris or with extremely
and deadly. More often than not, the deathstorms
powerful gusts of wind.
will simply think that someone petitioning to
Elemental: Deathstorms are immune to
study the treasure is lying and will kill them
poison, sleep, paralysis and stunning. They are
without hesitation.
not subject to critical hits.
No one knows for sure how the deathstorms
Air Mastery (Ex): The high winds
sense incoming raiders but anecdotal evidence
surrounding a deathstorm make it difficult for
suggests they can detect a Medium-size
airborne creatures to fight effectively. Airborne
humanoid creature over half a mile away. An
creatures suffer a -1 penalty to attack and damage
individual moving stealthily and utilizing
rolls against a deathstorm.
camouflage to break up his outline can reduce
Whirlwind (Su): Creatures of Huge size
the chance of the deathstorm detecting the
or smaller might take damage when caught in
approach, but it still takes a master thief to sneak
the whirlwind and may be lifted into the air.
past the elemental.
An affected creature must succeed at a Reflex
Some people suggest that deathstorms may
save (DC 27) when it comes into contact with
be fiercely territorial. Only one deathstorm has
the whirlwind or take 2d8 damage. It must also
ever been seen at any given time, although there
succeed at a second Reflex save or be picked
are apocryphal tales of wizards attempting to
up bodily and held suspended in the powerful
summon more than one deathstorm into the
winds, automatically taking the listed damage
same area and being killed in the ensuing melee.
each round. Flying creatures are allowed a Reflex
However, there is little evidence to support these
save each round to escape the whirlwind. If the
stories.
save is successful the creature still takes damage
Very rarely, deathstorms are outwi.tted by
but can leave.
clever opponents who manage to lure It away
The deathstorm can eject any carried
from the treasure long enough for the vault to be
creatures whenever it wishes, depositing them
raided. This is an exceptionally complex task and
wherever the whirlwind happens to be. A
requires some extremely careful pl~nning and
summoned elemental always ejects trapped
exquisite timing on the part of the raiders. Most
creatures before returning to its home plane.
deathstorms who fail in their tasks to protect
When the whirlwind's base touches the
their treasures vanish back to their home plane.
ground, it creates a swirling cloud of debris.
The few others become free spirits, wandering
This cloud is centered on the elemental and
the desert looking for revenge.
has a diameter equal to half the whirlwind's
Although deathstorms are forbidden to touch
height. The cloud obscures all vision, including
any part of the treasure they guard, they still
darkvision, beyond 5 feet. Creatures 5 feet away
have an unexplainable attraction to shiny metal
have one-half concealment, while those farther
objects. They will collect anything metalli~ fro~
away have total concealment. Any wizard or
anyone they kill and carry it back to their lair,
sorcerer caught in the cloud must succeed at a
starting a collection of their own. Deathstorms
Concentration check to cast a spell (DC equal to
protect their own treasures just as fiercely as they
the Reflex save DC).
protect the ones they were summoned. to protect
and take every opportunity to expand It.
Diminutive Fey
Hit Dice: 1d4 (2 hp)
Initiative: +4
Speed: 5 ft., 40 ft. fly (medium)
AC: 13 (+3 size), Touch 13, Flat-footed 13
Base Attack/Grapple: +0/-11
Attacks: Bite -1 melee (1)
Space/Reach: 1/2ft./1/2 ft.
Special Abilities: Bore,Fading Attack, Death Poison
Special Qualities: Sense Non-Faerie
Saves: Fort +0, Ref +2, Will +2
Abilities: Str 6, Dex 10, Con 10, Int 7, Wis 10, Cha 10
Skills: Survival +4
Feats: Faerie Sense, Improved Initiative, Track
ClimatelTerrain: Forest
Organization: Small swarm (10) to a massive swarm
(1,000)
Challenge Rating: 3
Treasure: None
Alignment: Neutral
Advancement: -
Level Adjustment: -
COMBAT
DESCRIPTION Immediately after dreydnar hatch they swarm
and proceed to track and sense non-faerie beings. If
Dreydnar appear as very small, tube-like worms. a dreydnar detects a non-faerie close by it will forgo
They range in color based upon the reincarnation effect swarming and attack.
possessed. When viewed in typical form, drey~ar While closing in, dreydnar draw close together
gather in colorful swarms, dipping and rapidly and fade in color to appear as if they are moving away
zipping through the faerie forestlands. Swarms range from a target. The first dreydnar to successfully hit a
in size from 10 to 1,000, generating glowing, dancing, victim is the one whose reincarnation will manifest.
breathtaking lights. As dreydnar fly along in search When a dreydnar strikes a victim, it bores through the
of non-faerie life forms to infect, they pulsate and flit skin in order to die and release its contents, infecting the
about, making it difficult to judge how far away they host. The infection does two things. First, the victim dies
might be, as well as the direction they are traveling. from the deadly contents of the dreydnar, rising again
Dreydnar live for only one day. During this one once reincarnated. Second, the corpse of the dreydnar
day, dreydnar are born, mature, find their swarm, produces offspring, which appear from the wound
follow their instincts to bore into non-faerie life forms, when they hatch and flyaway. A victim who has been
and die. When a life form not native to the faerie forest reincarnated is immune to the poison of the dreydnar
is invaded by a dreydnar, it becomes infected and thereafter.
dies within minutes, poisoned by the dead dreydnar's The venom of a dreydnar is highly virulent
essence. This essence is both physical and spiritual, (Fortitude DC 18 death). If one dreydnar has attacked
causing the death of the victim and then later, its a victim and been resisted, any nearby dreydnar will
reincarnation. The victim will reincarnate into a faerie continue to attack until the victim dies. Dreydnar
being (see table below) within one to six hours. continue to swarm through the forest until their life
Beings native to a faerie forest are never attacked span expires, or they find a victim.
by the dreydnar. Dreydnar have an innate sense for Victims of the dreydnar poison reincarnate into
detecting non-faerie life forms to within one mile. When random faerie beings (see table above for details). When
a dreydnar does not find a victim within the day of their a victim rises up as a newly reincarnated being they
lifespan, they fall to the ground and die.
 REINCARNATION BY DREYDNAR COLOR
d% (color) Incarnation Str Dex Con Int
01-10 (brown) Elf, Wood +2 +2 +2 +0
11-20 (green) Elf, Wild +2 +2 +2 -2
21-30 (white) Elf, High +0 +2 -2 +2
31-35 (gray) Elf, Dark -2 +2 +0 +4
36-40 (gold) Brownie -4 +4 -2 +0
41-45 (pink) Pixie -2 +2 -2 +0
46-50 (cyan) Sprite -2 +4 -2 +0
51-60 (magenta) Treant +6 +0 +4 -2
61-65 (red) Dryad +0 +0 +2 +2
66-70 (orange) Satyr +2 +2 +2 -2
71-75 (yellow) Unicorn +2 +2 +0 -2
76-80 (lavender) Leprechaun -4 +4 +0 -2
81-85 (black) Centaur +4 +2 +2 -2
86-90 (tangerine) Rgulbuk -2 +2 +2 -4
91-95 (pine) Feyoak +6 +0 +4 -2
96-00 (clear) Psimorph -2 +4 -2 +4

have absolutely no memory of who they were before SOCIETY

the dreydnar attack. They retain all their levels, classes,
One day of lifepasses quickly,leaving the dreydnar
skills, feats, special abilities, and spellcasting abilities,
little time to swarm, fly, and reproduce in victims.
though wizards and sorcerers lose their connection
Dreydnar have an inborn sense as to where their kind
to their familiar and clerics shift their allegiance from
are swarming, enabling them to immediately seek
their previous deity to their new racial deity (includu:g
out their kin. Once a newly hatched dreydnar locates
choosing new domains). They also know the basic
other hatchlings, it will shine its light in excitement.
language of their new race. Such beings are often more
When ready, the dreydnar collectivelydecide to swarm
pure in their behaviors as the race they have become
swiftly through the faerie woodlands in search of beings
than the existing beings. As such, they are welcomed
not native to the environment. Dreydnar are typically
into communities when found by their kind. A sign of
found on the edges of faerie woodlands, as this is where
good fortune is witnessing a reincarnated victim having
dreydnar offspring hatch from their prior victims.
3-6 dreydnar eggs hatch from within its body and bore
If a dreydnar does not locate a victim within the
out to swarm. Reincarnated individuals are said to be
hour, it perishes, losing its coloration. When this occurs,
very sensitive to the will of the forest, but this is merely
the dreydnar falls lifelesslyto the forest floor, its eggs for
speculation. the next generation of dreydnar resting on its remains,
Bore (Ex): If a dreydnar successfully hits, it bores
destined to never hatch.
into a victim's body and bursts, releasing its poison. The
Dreydnar are beautiful but deadly, like the faerie
boring causes 1 point of damage. This attack commences
lands. The hatching of a dreydnar has been studied
the round following a successfulhit and requires only 1
thoroughly by elven researchers. The majority of these
round to complete. researchers conclude that hatch time is exactly at the
Fading Attack (Ex): Dreydnar are capable of
quarter moon. Some researchers believe .the dreydnar
confusing an enemy about the distance of the swarm.
hatch when a significant threat looms ill the forest,
When in flight as a swarm, dreydnar are capable of as well as following the cycle of the moon. The latter
collectivelyfading the light shed by their bodies, so ~ey researchers believe the dreydnar are somehow linked
appear to be flying away when, in fact, they are rapidly to the psyche of the forest, becoming more active when
closing in on a victim. A victim must make a Spot chec,k
great evil threatens.
(DC 11) to avoid being confused as to the dreydnar s
position.
Death Poison (Ex): The venom of a dreydnar
requires a DC18 Fortitude save to avoid death. Death
automatically results in reincarnation from the venom.
Sense Non-Faerie (Ex): Drevdnar are capable of
sensing the direction of non-fey beings within one mile.
Medium-size Monstrous Humanoid (Shape-
changer)
Hit Dice: 9d8+18 (76 hp)
Initiative: +6
Speed: 30 ft.
AC: 20 (+2 Dex, +8 natural), Touch 12, Flatfooted
18
Base Attack/Grapple: +9/ + 11
Attacks: Slam +11 melee (ld4+2), bite +12 melee
(ld8+2), weapon (by weapon type)
Full Attack: Bite +12 melee (ld8+2), 2 slams +9
melee (ld4+1)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Improved Grab, Brain Drain,
Consume Vital Humors
Special Qualities: Limited Polymorph Self,
Immunities, Blindsight, Damage Reduction
la/magic, SR 13, Regeneration 1
Saves: Fort +5, Ref +8, Will +8
Abilities: Str 14, Dex 15, Con 15, Int 14, Wis 14,
Cha 14
Skills: Bluff + 13, Disguise +13, Gather Information
+5, Hide +8, Listen +8, Move Silently +8, Face-eaters like to attack their prey while they
Open Lock +8, Spot +8, Wilderness Lore +5 are sleeping and will alter their activity cycle to
Feats: Improved Initiative, Multiattack, Weapon accommodate the sleeping habits of their primary
Focus (bite) victims. In human lands, this means that face-eaters are
Climate/Terrain: Any land or underground most active at night. In ore lands, and in the lands of
Organization: Solitary, pair, or gang (3-6) other creatures that avoid sunlight, face-eaters prefer to
Challenge Rating: 8 seek out their food during the day.
Treasure: Double standard Face-eatersare pure carnivores and draw some sort
Alignment: Often neutral of strange sustenance from draining the thoughts and
Advancement: By character class memories of intelligent creatures. A face-eater cannot
Level Adjustment: +6 go more than a month without devouring the vital
humors of a creature or go a week without tasting the
thoughts of an intelligent creature. Due to their special
DESCRIPTION diet, face-eatersdo not distinguish between animals and
Face-eaters are thought to be a subspecies of the other intelligent creatures. There are simply predator
doppelganger. However, they are more physically and prey, and face-eaters believe they are at the top of
powerful than their cousins and their shape-changing the food chain.
power is tied to their ability to consume the powers
of other creatures. Face-eaters look similar to COMBAT
doppelgangers in their natural state. They are tall and
thin, with three long, spindly fingers on each hand and Face-eaters prefer to observe a community of
a bulbous head. Face-eaters have no eyes and possess intelligent beings from a distance at first, waiting for
a gaping mouth that covers half their face. Their skin a weak specimen (usually a child) to wander off on
is a mottled pattern of gray and red. Face-eaters have its own. The face-eater will lay a trap for this creature,
strange filia, tiny hair-like tendrils that resemble veins, devour it, assume its form, and use the victim's
under each arm. memories to find its way around the community. It
will then identify which individuals in the community
may disappear without being missed (vagrants,
traders passing through, criminals) and eat them next.
Exceptional individuals are also preferred over average
ones. If someone in the community begins to suspect
that there is something peculiar about the face-eater's
cover identity the face eater will quickly move on
to another identity. Even though these creatures are
physically powerful, they prefer to be left in peace when
hunting, since they are picky about whom they eat.
Improved Grab (Ex): If the face-eater hits with
both its slam attacks on a single target it deals normal
damage and may attempt to start a grapple as a free
action without provoking an attack of opportunity. The
face-eater may use this attack on creatures of any size
but normal size modifiers apply.
Brain Drain (Su): In order to use this special
ability, the face-eater must first succeed at a grappling
check against its victim. Every round thereafter, the
face-eater may make telepathic contact with the victim
and begin draining their memories and personality,
inflicting 1d4 points of temporary ability score damage
to the grappled creature's Intelligence, Wisdom, and/ or
Charisma abilities (The face-eater decides how to split
up the damage). This ability score damage is inflicted
in lieu of the automatic slam damage that the face-eater
is allowed as a part of the grapple. If any of the victim's
ability scores drop to 0 in this manner, the character dies.
The face-eatermay now draw on the victim's memories
and mannerisms when taking the form of the victim,
giving the face-eater a +10 circumstance to its Disguise
skill when it is masquerading as the fallen victim. If the
absorbed ability that killed the victim was higher than
the face-eater's own score in that ability, the face-eater's
score permanently increases by one, but the creature's
memories are somehow incomplete. In this latter case,
the face-eater only gets a +5 circumstance bonus to his
Disguise skill when posing as the dead victim.
Consume Vital Humors (Su): This ability is similar
to the face-eater's Brain Drain ability but the face-eater
must first grapple a victim and then inflict damage with
its bite attack. As a free action, once the face-eater has
bitten down on the grappled victim, it locks its jaws
and begins to suck out the creature's innards. The face-
eater may continue dealing automatic bite damage for
each following round, as well as cause 1d6 temporary
ability score damage to the victim's Strength, Dexterity,
and/ or Constitution (The face-eater decides how to
split up the damage). If any of these scores drops to 0 in
this manner, the victim dies as a result. If the absorbed
ability that killed the victim was higher than the face-
eater's own score in that ability, the face-eater's score
permanently increases by one.
Limited Polymorph Self (Su): A face-eater is able
to assume the shape any other creature that it has
killed through the use of the Consume Vital Humors
ability. The ability works in all other ways like the spell
polymorph self, as if cast by a 20th-level sorcerer except
the face-eater may remain in the new form indefinitely
and switch to any other form as a standard action.
GMs should assume that any face-eater encountered is
already able to transform into a dozen different shapes,
most of them of Small size or less and at least one or two
humanoid forms.
Immunities (Ex): Face-eaters are immune to sleep
and charm effects.
Blindsight (Ex): Lacking eyes, face-eaters have
developed an alternate means of sensing prey. The filia
on their arms are sensitive to vibrations, allowing face-
eaters to detect creatures within a 60 foot radius, even
through darkness and invisibility spells or potions.
SOCIETY
Face-eatersare asexual and reproduce by budding.
When a face-eater's Constitution increases to 20, it
begins to develop a huge swelling somewhere on
its body. In a matter of a few days, a second, small
face-eater will begin to develop from this swelling
and finally drop when it is fully formed. These two
creatures divide the first creature's Constitution score
between them (Leaving them both with a score of 10),
and the second creature has scores of half the original
creature's Intelligence,Wisdom and Charisma. Strength
and Dexterity start at 14. The new face-eater recognizes
the original creature as its parent but does not retain any
of the parent's memories or repertoire of forms.
A younger face-eater may choose to remain with
their parent for an extended period of time, learning
how to hunt, how to pass itself off as another race, and
more esoteric skills such as class abilities. Face-eaters
are by nature somewhat solitary creatures, however,
and once a parent's offspring goes through its own
first budding, the first generation face-eater will usually
drive the new parent and its offspring off. If a younger
face-eater still insists on clinging to the figurative apron
strings, older face-eaters have been known to consume
their own children.
Technically, face-eaters do not age. They live,
devour the physical and mental vitality of other
creatures, and then split into two separate entities.
If both face-eaters are left to their own devices, these
two new beings will move on and further divide. In
essence, a face-eaterwill only die as a result of violence,
exposure to the elements, or starvation.
Tiny Aberration
Hit Dice: 2d8 (11 hp) (Queen: 4d8+4 (23 hp))
Initiative: +4 (Queen: +3)
Speed: 20 ft., roll 40 ft.
AC: 18 (+2 size, +4 Dex, +2 natural), touch 16,
flat-footed 14 (Queen: 17 (+2 size, +3 Dex, +2
natural), touch 15, flat-footed 14)
Base AttackiGrapple: +1/-14 (Queen +3/-9)
Attacks: Claw -2 melee (ld3-2 and poison)
(Queen: Claw +0 melee (ld3 and poison))
Space/Reach: 2 ft./2 ft.
Special Attacks: Exploding Roll, Eye Gouge,
Poison, Swarm Attack
Special Qualities: Queen Allegiance
Saves: Fort +0, Ref +4, Will +4 (Queen: Fort +2,
Ref +4, Will +6)
Abilities: Str 6, Dex 18, Can 10, Int 8, Wis 12, Cha
8 (Queen: Str 10, Dex 16, Can 12, Int 12, Wis
14, Cha 10)
Skills: Hide +16, Jump +3, Tumble +9, Climb
+2 (Queen: Balance +7, Hide +9, Jump +7,
Tumble +10, Climb +6)
While unwilling to act as servants, the first finger
Climate/Terrain: Mountains, hills, plains, and
deserts
swarms often worked in concert with Olveri, since he
Organization: Swarm (20-40, including 1 queen)
was their maker, and only through him could they
Challenge Rating: 2
ensure that more of their kind would be created.
Treasure: See below
Eventually, though, Olveri made a critical mistake.
Alignment: Chaotic evil
One of the queens he created convinced him (through
Advancement: -
the language of finger swarms, a form of sign language)
Level Adjustment: -
to allow the creatures to assist in their own manufacture.
After a year or two of research, Olveri managed to
imbue a stone with the power necessary to create more
DESCRIPTION finger swarms. Once Olveri's stone was completed his
Great ideas are often borne out of finding new creatures had no further use from him. His body was
uses for unwanted materials. Centuries ago, a sorcerer found in a river, covered with scrapes and bruises, as if
named Olveri discovered a method for animating he had been punched and slapped hundreds of times,
disembodied hands. He lived in a city where such hands and his eyes were gouged out.
were plentiful as having limbs publicly removed was a Since that time finger swarms have controlled their
common punishment for criminals. These punishment own destiny. They are forever in search of new intact
ceremonies were held on an almost daily basis. Olveri's hands to bring to their hidden lair and animate as new
dark arts gave the hands both intelligence and the members of their family.
ability to move freely. He also tipped their fingers Each swarm consists of 20 to 40 hands and a queen
with poison since he knew the creatures would need a (two hands joined together at the wrist). The hands of
deadlier weapon than mere slaps and punches. Olveri's each swarm are fiercely protective of the queen and
finger swarms have no visible eyes so most sages have been known to destroy themselves if their queen
believe they see through supernatural means. These dies before they do.
means, however, have not given them the darkvision Beyond the organization of each swarm, little is
ability most aberrations possess. Initially, he hoped the known about finger swarm society. Very few people
strange creatures would do his bidding but they soon understand their language, and those that do have not
developed a will of their own. been told much about the society's organization. They
believe, however, there is a Queen who rules over all
the individual queens and protects Olveri's stone. What
that queen looks like, or where she lives, is a mystery.
Finger swarms protect their society fiercely, and
the exact location of their central lair is a closely-
guarded secret. Some adventurers have sought the lair,
as finger swarm queens often wear rings of astonishing
rarity and power, but none have ever found it.
Finger swarms have developed two primary means
of travel. The slower method consists of a large group of
hands crawling on the ground in tight formation with
their queen perched atop. In the faster method, all the
hands in a particular swarm form a ball by grasping on
to the queen and each other. Then, careful and precise
muscle movements roll them along.
Some degree of self-expression can be found in
finger swarms through tattoos and nail paint. Most
hands have short, sharp nails that can deliver a scratch
without breaking. Their fingertips, and often their entire
fingers, are generally rough and calloused, except for
the queen, whose fingers are smooth and pampered.
COMBAT
Finger swarms are well aware that, individually,
they are weak, and they are careful to attack only when
they have a significant numerical advantage. When
the surface is right and the finger swarm has time to
prepare, they begin combat with the exploding roll.
After that, individual hands concentrate on one or two
individuals instead of spreading out evenly amongst
their combatants. In many battles, finger swarms benefit
when an opponent swings at them and hits the enemy
to which they are clinging instead.
Individual hands in a finger swarm work in concert
against a single enemy. One tries to gouge eyes, another
tries to keep the enemy from swinging their weapon
smoothly, others grab at his ankles to trip him, and yet
another perches on the opponent's shoulder and tries to
poison him with a deep scratch near the jugular.
The hands of a finger swarm cause particular
problems when they crawl up the body of an opponent.
A well-intentioned friend trying to strike these hands
may miss and hit his ally instead. On any attack against
a hand that has crawled onto an opponent, a miss has
a 30% chance of hitting the person upon which the
member of the finger swarm sits.
Exploding Roll (Ex): In this attack, a finger swarm
traveling in ball form begins a rapid roll, then the
individual hands leap out from the ball and fly toward
their enemies (the queen does not leap, but rather rolls
to a stop out of the melee range). The speed and angle
of the attack gives a temporary +2 AC bonus to each
member of the swarm and +2 damage to any successful
hits. However, the hands are often flying out of control
in this attack, so they take a -2 penalty on their attack
rolls.
Eye Gouge (Ex): In any fight, at least one hand in
a finger swarm attempts to gouge the eyes of one of
their opponents. An eye gouge threatens a critical hit on
natural rolls of 18-20. Rather than doing double damage,
a critical hit on an eye gouge causes the following
effectsin the eye that was hit. On a natural 18 or 19, the
blindness is temporary (2d4 rounds). On a natural 20,
the damage is permanent (though reversible through
remove blindness/deafness). Note that the critical damage
only applies if the rolls 18 and 19, after adjustments,
are hits. Two successful eye gouges mean the target is
completely blind.
Poison (Ex): The fingernails of each hand in a
finger swarm drip with a black poison called 'the
finger of death' (Injury DC 18; Initial damage: Id6 Can;
Secondary damage: 2d4 Can; Price: 2,000 gp). Each
finger of a hand (including the thumb) in a swarm has
one dose of poison. The poison may be extracted from a
hand after it is dead.
Swarm Attack (Ex): The dozens of hands in a finger
swarm prefer to focus on a single target. If ten or more
hands crawl onto a single victim, he suffers a -2 penalty
to attacks, saves, and AC, due to the distraction of
having so many hands on him. A concentration check
(DC 20) negates these penalties. Spellcasting requires a
concentration check (DC 20 + spell level).
Queen Allegiance (Ex): Each hand in a finger swarm
is fanatically dedicated to the queen. If the queen dies
before the other hands, they suffer a -4 morale penalty
to all ability checks, attack rolls, saving throws, and skill
checks.
TREASURE
Most hands in a finger swarm have no treasure.
However, out of respect for their queen, they ensure
she has at least two rings on her hands. Queens with
more valuable rings have greater prestige within finger
swarm society.Some of the rings worn by finger swarm
queens are magical. In these cases, the queen knows
how to use the magic and does not hesitate to do so in
combat.
..
Medium-size Elemental (Air)
Hit Dice: 3d8+3 (16 hp)
Initiative: +2 (+2 Dex)
Speed: 30 ft., fly 50 ft. (perfect)
AC: 16 (+2 Dex, +4 natural), Touch 12, Flat-
footed 14
Base Attack/Grapple: +21 +3
Attacks: Slam +3 melee (ld6+1), bite +3 melee
(ld6+1)
Full Attack: 2 slams +3 melee (ld6+1), bite +1
melee (ld6+1)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./I0 ft.
Special Attacks: Snatch
Special Qualities: Air Mastery, Awareness,
Elemental Traits
Saves: Fort +2, Ref +5, Will +0
Abilities: Str 13, Dex 14, Con 12, Int 12, Wis 8,
Cha 12
Skills: Hide +5, Listen +5, Move Silently +5,
Sleight of Hand +5, Spot +4
Feats: Alertness, Multiattack
Climate/Terrain: Any land and underground
Organization: Solitary or pair but trouble. The elemental's capricious nature
Challenge Rating: 2 causes it to wander from place to place, only about
Treasure: None providing amusement for itself. Several children's
Alignment: Usually chaotic neutral stories have emerged that describe the flipit as an
"air monkey" and the swirling bringer of woe." In
II
Advancement: 4-6 (Medium-size); 7-9 (Large)
Level Adjustment: - these tales the flipit takes a person's most treasured
possession and throws it into a dangerous spot.
More often than not, the protagonist of the story
DESCRIPTION perishes before he can reclaim his property. The
An irritating air elemental, those who know flipit moves on to find more prey, untouched by
of its existence often refer to the flipit as the feelings of guilt or remorse for its actions.
IIelemental imp." This being's ability to pull items Like most fairy tales, these stories have more
from another's grasp has brought about all manner than a kernel of truth to them. Flipits have indeed
of dreadful situations, from children crying to snatched others' personal effects and pitched
kings dying. them onto rooftops, into raging rivers, and over
The flipit resembles a skinny, hairless ape with cliffs. The victims are commonly injured while
incredibly long arms for its size. A faint orange retrieving their property as the flipit harries them
glow highlights the flipit' s features, much like the on every step of the journey. These pranks are the
light shed from a faerie fire spell. While in flight the elemental's mainstay and its appearance is cause
creature's short legs curl and its arms trail behind. for concern among all that see its telltale glow.
When aglow, its face can be seen grinning evilly. As Since no one in their right mind would willingly
an elemental, these features are unfixed, swirling summon a flipit (those with the power to control
in a constant chaotic state. The rotation of the them invariably have better things to summon)
elemental is so fast, however, that the features are their presence is indicative of a naturally-occurring
often recognizable to those concentrating on them. portal or rift into the elemental plane of air. This is a
The flipit was only discovered and recorded boon to those persons searching for such apertures
within recent decades, but this short time has been but other positive uses for the creature are few.
enough to tell onlookers that they bring nothing One enterprising merchant group has managed
to capture a few flipits and magically encase them
in large lantern-like devices. These items are sold
to caravan masters as an early warning system to
announce the approach of potential danger. The
glow of a flipit occurs whether the creature desires
it or not when humanoids draw near to it. After
setting up camp sentries place the flipit lantern far
enough away from the perimeter so they do not set
off its glow, while at the same time being able to
keep an eye on it. The approach of bandits or other
humanoids is then heralded affording the guards
an extra minute or two to prepare their defenses.
Should the flipit's prison be damaged or
the elemental intentionally freed its rescuers are
granted a favor. Such a gesture of thanks is usually
the snatching of an enemy's weapon when the
rescuing group (or person) finds itself in combat.
This action satisfies the flipit' s own urge to thank
its saviors while at the same time giving itself
pleasure. Unfortunately, the creature's inability to
speak Common makes its intentions unclear and
the constant shadowing of its rescuers more often
than not forces them to drive it away with words
or actions. After this, the flipit leaves for a time
and then finds the group again in order to snatch
something away from them for their ingratitude.
The malevolent acts of flipits are believed by
sages to be the result of unnatural origins. Certain
magical cultures exorcised their criminals' souls
from their bodies and exiled them to another plane.
The souls were commanded to "be forever buffeted
by the winds of their misdeeds." It is possible
that these souls somehow gained form within the
elemental plane of air. If this theory is correct, the
motives of flipits become more understandable, if
not forgivable. However, this theory has yet to be
proven, since the creatures do not generally tarry in
one place long enough for magical communication
to be attempted.
COMBAT
The flipit is content to snatch items and retreat
to a safe distance yet the creature is easily provoked.
If denied its snatch ability, attacked, or injured, it
does not hesitate to use its natural weapons against
a foe. When fighting as a pair, one flipit attacks
while the other continues to snatch weapons and
items from its companion's target.
Air Mastery (Ex): Airborne creatures suffer
a -1 penalty to attack and damage rolls against a
flipit because of the creature's familiarity with this
environment.
Awareness (Ex): The ape-like facade of the flipit
is illuminated when it is near to humanoids. Within
30 feet of any intelligent humanoid, the flipit faintly
glows an orange color with the intensity of a candle.
This light serves less to warn the flipit of danger,
and more, to perversely delight it by mocking the
creatures who know what is terrorizing them.
Elemental Traits: Immune to poison, sleep,
paralysis, and stunning. Flipits are not subject to
critical hits.
Snatch (Ex): A flipit can use concentrated
bursts of air to snatch an object from a creature's
hand and hurl it away from them. This ability is
identical to the spell telekinesis as cast by a 10th-
level sorcerer. It is usable every other round as a
standard action.
FLIPIT SOCIETY
What many people don't know is that
flipits actually have a very advanced culture.
The problem, at least according to traditional
sociological views, is that this culture is based on
theft. To flipits, KurIan Deos, god of property, is the
greatest being in the universe, and theft is a way of
worshipping him. By making other people work
for their property, they are reminded of Kurlan
Deos's gifts.
Flipit society originates from the elemental
plane of air and is best described as a kleptocracy.
Once every ten years flipits return to the plane
with all the treasures whose owners didn't survive
the recovery process (flipits value these items as
symbolic artifacts of the value of property). For
over a week flipits try and take the items others
collected while retaining their own. Whoever has
the most at the end of the week is the new Great
Exalted Stealer of the Shiny and rules the flipits for
the next decade. The Great Exalted Stealer of the
Shiny has few duties, the most significant being
deciding what plane the flipits will steal from and
who may steal there. While the past few rulers have
all raided the prime material plane, previous rulers
targeted the various heavens and hells (taking
great delight in tormenting fiends), the two energy
planes (flipits are highly amused when a negative
energy creature tries to pursue their treasure into
the positive energy plane), and even the infinite ~
transitive planes. '
Gargantuan Plant
Hit Dice: 8d8+40 (76 hp)
Initiative: -1
Speed: 0 ft.
AC: 15 (-1 Dex, +10 natural, -4 size), Touch 5,
Flatfooted 15
Base Attack/Grapple: +6/+27
Attacks: Lashing vine +11 melee (ld10+8)
Full Attack: 3 lashing vines +11 melee (ld10+8)
Space/Reach: 30 ft./15 ft.
Special Attacks: Sleep Pollen, Improved Grab,
Swallow Whole
Special Qualities: Plant, Tremorsense, Camouflage,
Primary Root, Flower Bush
Saves: Fort +11, Ref +1, Will +2
Abilities: Str 28, Dex 8, Con 20, Int -, Wis 10, Cha
1
Climate/Terrain: Tropical jungles
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 6
Treasure: No coins; 50% goods (stone only); 50%
items (stone only)
displaying no movement or traces of former victims
Alignment: Always neutral
(all such traces having been swept into its digestive
Advancement: 9-16 HD (Gargantuan); 17-24 HD
chamber), and is often drenched in sunlight.
(Colossal)
Level Adjustment: - Despite its outward appearance, the glade of
horror is a highly dangerous predatory plant. The
orange flowers continuously produce two forms
DESCRIPTION of pollen. The first has a potent sweet odor and is
A glade of horror is a gargantuan plant that reminiscent of honey-suckle. This pollen carries in
feeds upon living creatures by disguising itself as a the air surrounding the plant for distances up to half
tranquil jungle glade. It then lures victims into range a mile, often attracting animals or other creatures. The
of its lashing vines with its sweet-smelling pollen. This second pollen emitted by the glade of horror's flowers
horrid carnivorous plant depends upon subtlety and has a very short range but is far more dangerous. This
camouflage to lure prey. The main body of the glade of pollen is a strong narcotic that puts living creatures
horror consists of a gigantic mass of short, green roots within 10 feet of the plant to sleep and leaves them
that appear virtually identical to grass. In the center of vulnerable to its lashing vines.
this mass rises a low hill-like structure roughly 10 feet Glades of horror are found only in equatorial
in diameter. Beneath that structure grows the main jungles and wet climates where it is always hot and
root of the plant and its digestive chamber. The glade there is both an over-abundance of water and living
of horror can open an orifice at the top of the hill (5 prey. Virtually unknown to humanoids, except for a
feet in diameter) at will, exposing a shallow pit filled very few highly-skilled jungle tribes and a handful
with digestive juices and unfolding three 30 foot long of scholars, few in civilized lands have even heard
lashing vines. Three large thorn bushes, each covered of the monstrous plants. Even those who have think
with a host of bright orange, tulip-like flowers, such stories are nothing more than superstitious
surround the hill. Larger glade of horror specimens myths. Those tribes who are familiar with the glades
have been known to have as many as six flower of horror often use the monstrous plants to enhance
bushes with a corresponding number of lashing vines. their own reputations and defend themselves from
The glade of horror normally appears quite tranquil, other tribes.
 Since most people are ignorant of the plants'
existence, little is known of their life-spans, rate
of reproduction, or use as a medicinal or magical
component. However, two unconfirmed stories do
trouble those few scholars in the know. The first
regards an unnamed tribe that is known to trade herbs
and tribal drugs to caravan traders. Rumors persist of
a sweet-smelling perfume that the tribe often trades, a
substance that is said to have an almost supernatural
ability to attract the attentions of the opposite sex. It
is believed that this substance, and possibly others,
is being made of extracts from the flowers of a glade
of horror. The second tale is even wilder and is
considered strongly suspect among the scholars who
know enough to understand its implications. The
rumor claims that a rich and powerful prince has had
a glade of horror magically teleported to his personal
garden by a powerful wizard. Collections of exotic
creatures and plants are not unknown among the
opulently rich, but such a feat seems impossible. Still,
if true, the implications could be terrible indeed.
COMBAT
Using its tremorsense, a glade of horror can
detect the approach of potential prey. Once suitable
prey (one or more creatures of Small size or larger)
is detected the glade of horror waits a few moments
before releasing its sleep-inducing pollen. Once at
least one potential victim approaches within 10 feet
and becomes motionless the glade of horror opens its
digestive chamber orifice and attacks with its lashing
vines. If a potential victim comes within 10 feet does
not become motionless and attempts to move away,
the glade of horror attacks before the meal can escape.
Sleep Pollen (Ex): Any living creature within
10 feet of the glade of horror when it releases its
sleep pollen must make a successful Fortitude save
(DC 19) or fall asleep for 5d6 rounds. This narcotic-
induced sleep is very heavy, and only magic (such as a
neutralize poison spell) can awaken a victim before the
pre-described duration ends. Elves and half-elves are
immune to this pollen.
Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, the glade
of horror must hit with one or more of its lashing vine
attacks. If it successfully deals damage the glade of
horror may attempt to start a grapple as a free action
that does not provoke an attack of opportunity. If it
successfully latches on to its prey it deals no further
damage but automatically draws the grabbed victim
back 10 feet toward its digestive chamber each round
unless the victim breaks free (sleeping victims are
automatically drawn 15 feet). To break free, a victim
must make a successful Strength (DC 18) or Escape
Artist (DC 22) check. If the glade of horror draws a
victim within 5 feet of its digestive chamber orifice, it
attempts to swallow it whole (see below).
Swallow Whole (Ex): A glade of horror can
attempt to swallow a grappled opponent of Large Size
or smaller by making a successful grapple check. If
successfully swallowed, victims are dropped into a pit
of digestive juices (9 feet in diameter and 3 feet deep),
taking 4d4 points of digestive acid damage per round.
A swallowed opponent may attempt to escape by
making a successful Strength (DC 18) or Escape Artist
(DC 22) check. The opponent may also attempt to cut
its way out by using a size small or smaller slashing
weapon and doing at least 20 points of damage.
Muscular action automatically constricts and closes
the hole after the opponent leaves. There is enough
room in the digestive chamber for 2 large, 4 medium,
or 8 small creatures.
Plant: A glade of horror is immune to mind-
influencing effects, poison, sleep, paralysis, stunning,
and polymorphing. It is not subject to critical hits.
Tremorsense (Ex): A glade of horror can
automatically sense the location of anything within 60
feet that is in contact with the ground.
Camouflage (Ex): A glade of horror has developed
its disguise to appear perfectly innocuous when not
actively attacking prey. To notice the creature as
anything other than a simple jungle glade requires
a successful Spot check (DC 24). Characters with the
Survival or Knowledge (nature) skills may use those
skills to notice the plant as well.
Primary Root (Ex): The glade of horror is a robust
plant adapted to survive in a harsh environment. It can
withstand severe damage, even total destruction of its
surface roots and flower bushes, and still grow back.
To reflect this, all damage done to the glade of horror
is ignored unless directed against its primary root (the
hill-like structure at the center of the plant). The hit
points, AC, and other crucial information reflected in
the statistics above apply to this primary root.
Flower Bush (Ex): Though the glade of horror does
not need its flower bushes to attack prey, they do serve
as a potent weapon for luring victims to the plant. If
attacked directly in combat, these bushes have AC 12
and 15 hit points each. The glade of horror requires six
full weeks to re-grow a destroyed flower bush.
Huge Construct
Hit Dice: 10dl0 (55 hp)
Initiative: -1
Speed: 30 ft. (can't run)
AC: 17 (-2 size, -1 Dex, +10 natural), Touch 7,
Flatfooted 17
Base Attack/Grapple: +7/+24
Attack: Slam +15 melee (2d6+9)
Full Attack: 2 slams +15 (2d6+9)
Space/Reach: 10 ft./15 ft.
Special Attacks: Assimilate, improved grab,
swallow whole
Special Qualities: Construct, damage reduction
15/ + 1, magic immunity
Saves': Fort +3, Ref +2, Will +3
Abilities: Str 28, Dex 9, Con =. Int 6, Wis 11, Cha
10
Skills: Climb +15, Jump +16
Feats: Weapon Focus (Slam)
Climate/Terrain: Any land or underground
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 9
Treasure: Standard intruders, for example, but the glut's master cannot
Alignment: Always neutral specify exceptions that are to be allowed to pass
Advancement: 11-22 HD (Huge); 23-30 HD other than himself.
(Gargantuan) Obviously, the risk of mishap is fairly high if
Level Adjustment: - the creator ever expects visitors. Fortunately, the
caster, with a simple command, can force the glut to
expel any creature it is currently assimilating.
DESCRIPTION Gluts cannot speak or communicate in any
Gluts are a particularly insidious type of fashion. Unlike some other golems, multiple gluts
flesh golem. They possess several of the golem's never exist in close proximity for long. Though the
advantages, as well as the ability to absorb smaller reason for this is unknown, multiple gluts invariably
creatures into its form, gaining mass and becoming attempt to assimilate one another, destroying each
even more formidable in combat. other in the process.
Unlike the patchwork corpus of true flesh Creating a glut is a grisly process and usually
golems, gluts are one unified blob of slightly only the most evil or deranged spellcasters attempt
amorphous flesh, which is vaguely humanoid in it. Even ignoring the rather gruesome creation
appearance. At creation, they stand roughly 20 feet process, the glut's combat abilities are quite
tall, and their bodies wobble and quiver like gelatin. horrific.
Their flesh is pearly gray in color, and translucent.
The bones of past victims are easily visible, flesh CONSTRUCTION
and muscle long since stripped away.
Gluts have rudimentary intelligence, and can The flesh of a glut can come from any animal or
obey simple commands. They can distinguish humanoid source that has not decayed significantly
their master (whom they serve faithfully) from since death. Live subjects are acceptable, though
other humanoids, but lack the ability to further they do not remain alive for long. Assembly is a
distinguish other humanoids from one another. fairly straightforward process: the fat must then
They can be ordered to guard an area against all be rendered from this flesh. It is important to note
that the creator cannot simply use pre-rendered
fat. This process is part of the creation ritual, and
must be performed by the creator himself. Many
gallons of fat must be accumulated, requiring the
equivalent of twenty Small, ten Medium-size, or 5
Large creatures.
The glut costs about 50,000 gp to create, which
includes all costs. Assembling the body requires a
successful Craft (sculpture) check (DC 15), in order
to shape the fat into the desired form.
The creator must be at least 17th level and
able to cast arcane spells. Completing the ritual
drains 1,500 XP from the creator, and requires bull s
strength, geas/quest, limited wish, polymorph any object,
and soul bind.
COMBAT
Construct: Immune to mind-influencing effects,
poison, disease, and similar effects. Not subject to
critical hits, sub dual damage, ability damage,
energy drain, or death from massive damage.
Improved Grab (Ex): If the glut hits a single
opponent with both slam attacks in a single round,
it may attempt to start a grapple as a free action
without provoking an attack of opportunity. The
target must be at least one size category smaller
than the wall walker. Thereafter, it may use its
swallow whole ability.
Swallow Whole (Ex): As a full round action,
the glut may swallow an opponent it is grappling.
The opponent must be at least two size categories
smaller than the glut. The glut does not pop its
opponent into its mouth, but instead presses the
opponent into the mass of its torso. The glut's flesh
gives way, and the opponent is enfolded into the
glut's massive torso. Escape requires an opposed
Strength check, which may be attempted on each of
the opponent's actions. The opponent, while within
the glut, is held fast, and may not attack the glut
in any manner. A glut may only use this ability if
another opponent is not already swallowed (or has
escaped), or he has assimilated any opponent he has
previously swallowed.
Unswallowed opponents may attempt to aid
a swallowed opponent's escape. In order to do so,
the unswallowed opponent must make an unarmed
attack roll against the glut. If successful, he plunges
his arm into the creature's corpus and grabs hold
of the swallowed opponent. This may be attempted
by any number of characters, so long as each is
adjacent to the glut. Thereafter, when the swallowed
character attempts to escape, he may benefit from
the cooperation rules for each character aiding his
escape (see Cooperation in Chapter 4: Skills of the
Player s Handbook).
Opponents swallowed by the glut suffer the
effects of any magic just as the glut does (though
other sources of damage and effects do not affect
the swallowed opponent), with one exception:
though the swallowed opponent does not suffer
any damage from electricity attacks, nor does
he heal damage as the glut does. Otherwise, the
swallowed opponent is affected (or not) by magic
exactly as described under Immunities, below.
If the glut is killed, any opponents that have
been swallowed may freely extricate themselves
from its grasp.
Assimilate (Ex): Once the glut has swallowed
an opponent, the opponent is in danger of being
assimilated by the glut. At the beginning of each of
the glut's actions, the opponent must make a Will
save (DC 15) or suffer Id4 temporary Charisma
damage. If the opponent is reduced to a Charisma
in this fashion, it has been wholly absorbed into the
glut's being, and dies.
When the glut fully assimilates an opponent,
the unfortunate's features play across the glut's
"face," almost like a ghostly mockery of its victim.
Any character that sees this must make a Will save
(DC 15) or become shaken for Id4 rounds. Further,
the glut immediately gains 1 Hit Die. Its base
attack bonus and saving throws increase to match
according to the rules of monster advancement
in the MM A glut's size increases as it assimilates
opponents. If it reaches 23 Hit Dice, it grows to
Gargantuan size, and gains the size change bonuses
and penalties as listed in the MM
Opponents killed in this fashion are more than
just dead, as their soul has been consumed by the
glut. Victims cannot be returned to life through
clone, raise dead, reincarnation, resurrection, true
resurrection, or even limited wish, miracle, or wish. If
the glut is destroyed, a victim can subsequently be
restored to life, but only through a miracle or wish
spell followed by a true resurrection.
Magic Immunity (Ex): Gluts are immune to all
spells, spell-like abilities, and supernatural effects,
except as follows. Acid and sonic based effects slow
them (as the spell) for 2d6 rounds, with no saving
throw. A cold effect breaks any slow effect on the >
golem and cures 1 point of damage for every 3
points of damage it would otherwise deal. The
golem rolls no saving throw against electricity
effects.
Large Vermin
Hit Dice: 2d8+4 (13 hp)
Initiative: -1
Speed: 20 ft.
AC: 11 (-1 Size, -1 Dex, +3 natural), Touch 8,
Flatfooted 11
Base Attack/Grapple: +1/ +9
Attacks: Grease blast -1 ranged (ld3 + special)
Space/Reach: 10 ft. /5 ft.
Special Attacks: Grease Blast, Trample
Special Qualities: Fire Vulnerability, Vermin
Traits
Saves: Fort +5, Ref -1, Will +0
Abilities: Str 19, Dex 8, Con 15, Int -, Wis 10, Cha
2
Climate/Terrain: Any land and underground
Organization: Solitary, pair, brood (2-5), or pod
(5-10)
Challenge Rating: 1
Treasure: None
Alignment: Always neutral
Advancement: 3 HD (Huge)
harming of them under penalty of death. These
Level Adjustment: -
creatures have even been known to wage war
on subterranean neighbors who use the grease
DESCRIPTION bugs as beasts of burden.
Grease bugs are hardy vermin that can Elsewhere in the world, however, the
show up anywhere in a campaign world. bugs are often harvested and their carcasses
Known for their acrid smell and the telltale oily stripped of their oil-producing glands. The
stains in their wake, these bugs are an irritant greasy substance is easily extracted and used
to adventurers and a boon to entrepreneur- in the fashioning of scented oils, lantern fluid,
minded persons who harvest the carcasses for lubricants, paints, and even a cooking additive
their multiple market commodities. (although this latter use is commonly restricted
The grease bug is a large, centipede-like to the less civilized surface dwellers, like ogres
creature with glistening, purple slime littered and trolls). The skin has been used throughout
in patches across its light red-colored exterior. the years to make candle wicks, canvas, and
It measures a dozen feet in length and weighs cheap waterproof sacks.
approximately 1,000 pounds. The feet on its Adaptable to any climate and terrain, the
many-segmented body are very thin and end grease bug is most often discovered enjoying
in sharp points. A stubby tubule between the its favorite pastime - eating. The bug consumes
creature's tiny eyes is capable of firing a wad any vegetable matter through the tiny mouth
of the same greasy substance seen on the body. beneath its tubule. It is not carnivorous and is
This tubule constantly drips its purple grease only dangerous to those creatures that threaten
when the creature is excited. it or its home. A grease bug lair is almost always
Due to a propensity for fleeing in the found within a spot sheltered from direct
face of resistance, the grease bug maintains a sunlight. It is not the heat that bothers it as much
healthy presence in the world because of its as the light for the bugs are generally nocturnal
connection to primitive monstrous humanoid creatures. Reproduction is accomplished by
tribes. For some reason these humanoids revere laying eggs. The grease bug buries a single egg
grease bugs as sacred beings and forbid the beneath the soil, which then hatches into 2d12
larvae after a week. The parents care for these
hatchlings as they mature into full-grown adults
in one month. The average lifespan of a grease
bug is 6 years.
COMBAT
Preferring flight to a fight, the grease bug
defends itself only when the need arises. The
standard tactic of the bug is to fire a grease
blast at the closest enemy and then attempt to
trample him. If only one attacker is seen but he
is out of blasting range, the grease bug charges
this target. If more than three opponents are
present the grease bug tries to flee unless it is
either cornered or defending its lair. However,
if the grease bug knows it has allies nearby (as
with a pod), if often answers intruders with
an attack of its own. The bugs have even been
known to trample over each other to keep an
opponent down. No thought is given to tactics.
The bugs rely on instinct, surprise, and numbers
to win their fights. Opponents are often times
fearful that these creatures, which look very
much like other monstrous centipedes, harbor
venom in their grease blasts and take overly
great precautions before engaging in close
combat.
Fire Vulnerability (Ex): A grease bug
takes double damage from fire attacks unless
a successful Fortitude save is made for half
damage. A successful save halves the damage,
and a failure doubles it. The bug's grease is also
highly flammable.
Grease Blast (Ex): As a standard action, the
grease bug can fire a slimy projectile from its
tubule at an opponent. On a successful hit, the
target takes Id3 damage from the mildly acidic
properties of the grease. In addition, the target
must succeed a Reflex save (DC 12) or slip and
fall. A creature that successfully saves can only
move at half-speed until a round is taken to
remove the slick fluid from its feet.
The maximum range of the blast is 20 feet
and covers a 5-ft. square area. If the bug does not
score a hit, the blast is treated as a grenade-like
weapon (see Chapter 8: Combat in the Player s
Handbook). The grease bug is immune to its own
grease effects.
This grease can be burned, both removing the
negative effects and harming whoever is there.
If a greased area is affected by fire everyone on it
takes Id6 fire damage (this includes not only the
square hit but any greased connected squares,
greased squares connected to them, and so on),
no save allows. People within five feet of the
greased area must make a Reflex save (DC 15)
or suffer half damage.
Trample (Ex): As a standard action on each
round, the grease bug can trample opponents of
up to Medium-size. The bug has only to move
over the targets to deal Id4+4 bludgeoning
damage. A trampled opponent may either
make an attack of opportunity with a -4 penalty
or attempt a Reflex save (DC 15) to avoid the
maneuver.
AWAKENED GREASE BUGS
While grease bugs are normally impossible
to train, some monstrous druids have found a
way to do so. An awakened grease bug can be
trained to serve as a warrior or, more often, as
a mount. There are tales of the good knight Sir
Veramir entering the Kashmian forest with over
a hundred lancers. An hour later he limped out, !
alone, on foot, and covered in grease.
GREATER AWAKEN
Transmutation
Level: Drd 6
Components: V, S, DF, XP
Casting Time: 12 hours
Range: Touch
Target: Creature touched
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: Will negates
Spell Resistance: Yes
As awaken except it can also affect magical
beasts, vermin, and all plants (not just trees).
XP Cost: 300 XP.
[fa'aJgin
Large Animal
Hit Dice: 8d8+18 (54 hp)
Initiative: +1
Speed: 60 ft.
AC: 16 (+1 Dex, +6 natural, -1 size), Touch 10,
Flat-footed 15
Base Attack/Grapple: +6/ + 16
Attacks: Claw +9 melee (ld6+4), bite +9 melee
(ld4+4)
Full Attack: 2 claws +9 melee (ld6+4), bite +7
melee (ld4+2)
Space/Reach: 10 ft./S ft.
Special Attacks: Bear down, improved grab
Special Qualities: Low-light vision, darkvision,
scent
Saves: Fort +9, Ref +5, Will +3
Abilities: Str 19, Dex 13, Con 17, Int 2, Wis 13,
Cha6
Skills: Listen +6, Spot +7
Feats: Multiattack
Climate/Terrain: Temperate and warm plains
Organization: Solitary or herd (20-40)
away from its compatriots, to be brought to bay by
Challenge Rating: 6
the rest of the ha' algin herd and killed. Ha' algin
Treasure: None
are slightly faster than horses, which allows them
Alignment: Always neutral
to hunt their favored prey even when the horses
Advancement: -
stampede. Indeed, it is common for the scent of a
Level Adjustment: -
ha' algin to send a herd of wild horses into a panic,
and just as common for the ha' algin to cull one from
DESCRIPTION the herd for a meal once it begins to tire.
The ha' algin is a quadrupedal beast, resembling In lean times, ha' algin have been known to
a horse or other equine creature. A few major hunt smaller prey. Such alternate food sources are
differences set the Ha' algin apart from its more sometimes as small as hares. Often, in such desperate
common cousins, however. First and foremost, the times, individual ha' algin break off from the herd to
ha' algin is a carnivorous creature, a fact most clearly hunt for themselves, and sometimes stay away for
reflected by its mouthful of razor-sharp teeth. months. Such prodigals are always welcomed into
Though the skeletal structure and musculature of the herd upon their return, however.
its head and neck are similar to its equine cousin It is rare that aha' algin resorts to hunting
the horse, its jaw is set slightly lower on its neck a humanoid of any sort, though not completely
to accommodate these larger teeth. Similarly, unheard of. Usually, this only occurs if the ha' algin
exaggerated musculature beneath the hinge of its are pressed to the point of starvation, and even
jaw gives its neck a slightly bulbous appearance. then, they only attack solitary humanoids, and only
Rather than hooves, its long legs end in pads not when accompanied by at least three other ha' algin.
dissimilar to a canine's, the feet of its forelegs It is not unknown for humanoids - particularly
crowned with claws. Otherwise, the creature is monstrous humanoids - to domesticate ha' algin for
similar to a horse in appearance and size. use as war steeds. Though of animal intelligence,
The ha' algin feeds almost exclusively on horses. ha' algin seem to relish such work, and sometimes
They live and hunt in herds. A common tactic is for press the attack even when their rider slumps
several ha' algin to insinuate themselves into a herd dead in the saddle. However, in battle, they are
of wild horses, then gradually force a single animal not stupid creatures and retreat when faced with
overwhelming odds. Of course, if the rider has
fallen, they are more likely than not to escape to
freedom rather than return to the stables.
Adult ha' algin are virtually impossible to
train, but young are a great deal more amenable.
Therefore, ha' algin young demand a high price
on the black market, though most civilized" races
/I
consider these creatures unsuitable as mounts.
Training an adult ha' algin requires the trainer
to make several successive Handle Animal checks
over the course of six months, at the rate of one
check a month. The DC begins at 35 for the first
check. Provided this check is successful, the DC for
the following check falls to 30. The DC is reduced
by 5 for each additional successful check. After
six consecutive successful checks, the ha' algin is
considered trained and may take a rider. If any of
the checks fail, the process begins anew. Young
ha' algin, however (those not yet grown to full size),
require only three successive checks, and the DC
begins at 25, dropping by 5 after each successful
check.
Ha' algin are mammals, and aha' algin female
bears only one foal at a time. Ha' algin mothers
are usually back to full strength within roughly 36
hours of delivery. During this period they are able to
travel with the herd but not hunt. Ha' algin mothers
are not fed during this period, which aids them in
quickly returning to fighting trim. Gestation period
is usually about 11 months, at the end of which a
ha' algin foal is born. The young are hairless, but
develop a short, stubbly coat after about 24 hours,
and a full coat after a week. The young are raised
collectively by the herd. Ha' algin foals do not
nurse from their mothers, or at all, in fact. Instead,
a ha' algin - which mayor may not be the mare that
bore the foal - regurgitates a small portion of its
meals for the foal to ingest. This partially digested
meat is gentler on the young ha' algin's digestive
system. When the foal reaches approximately 6
months old, it begins to feed as an adult ha' algin. A
ha' algin reaches full size after about two years.
Ha' algin herds are nomadic and aggressive.
Rather than hunt within a defined territory, they
roam the planes and grasslands freely. If they
arrive in an area with competitive predators, one
of two things happens. If the ha' algin feel they
are overmatched - which seems to be governed as
much by instinct as experience in the area - they
move on peaceably. If the herd is stronger than
its competition it simply considers other predators
another source of food.
Domesticated ha' algin do not understand
verbal commands of any sort. Instead, the rider must
rely on physical guidance. Further, thanks to their
muzzle full of sharp teeth, a horse's bit and bridle
is inappropriate for these creatures, and custom kit
must be designed for their use. This usually costs
roughly four times that of a standard bit and bridle.
Similarly, domesticated ha' algin cannot be fed oats,
nor can they be left to simply graze. They must be
fed a steady diet of fresh meat.
COMBAT
When hunting, ha' algin tend to separate a
single victim from its pack and attempt to run it
to ground. This is true whether the intended prey
is hare, wolf, horse, or even human. Though they
possess a powerful bite, ha' algin rarely utilize their
teeth in combat, preferring to flay their victims with
their razor sharp claws. In order to do so, they must
rear up or kick behind it like a horse.
Assuming a ha' algin is trained almost from
birth, it can be taught to use its bite attack in combat.
This is the preferred approach of most trainers, as a
ha' algin's claw attack threatens to throw any rider
that may be mounted upon its back. In the wild,
ha' algin only resort to bite attacks when injured
and unable to rear in order to deliver a claw attack,
or when pregnant.
Improved Grab (Ex): If a ha' algin is not bearing
a rider and hits with both claw attacks it may bear
down on an opponent that is at least one size
category smaller than the ha' algin.
Bear Down (Ex): Once aha' algin strikes its
victim with both claws, it leans forward and places
its weight against its opponent, driving it to the
earth. The opponent is considered grappled by
the ha' algin. While grappling an opponent, the
ha' algin may make no other attacks. However, the
opponent suffers 4d6 damage from the weight of
the ha' algin.
Darkvision (Ex): Ha' algin have darkvision with
a range of 60 feet.
Carrying Capacity: A light load for a ha' algin is
up to 300 pounds; a medium load, 301-600 pounds;
a heavy load, 601-900 pounds. A ha' algin can drag
4,500 pounds.
Medium-size Plant
Hit Dice: 10d8+30 (75 hp)
Initiative: -1
Speed: 5 ft. (can't run)
AC: 17 (-1 Dex, +8 natural), Touch 9, Flatfooted
17
Attacks: Tentacle +8 melee (ld10+1 plus poison)
Full Attack: 6 tentacles +8 melee (ld10+1 plus
poison)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./15 ft.
Special Attacks: Domination, Improved Grab,
Constriction
Special Qualities: Plant, Blindsight, Healing
Berries, Sleeping Heart, Telepathy
Saves: Fort +10, Ref +2, Will +5
Abilities: Str 16, Dex 8, Con 16, Int -, Wis 14, Cha
10
Climate/Terrain: Any except arctic
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 12
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Neutral evil
In time, using its power of domination, a heart
Advancement: 11-16 (Medium-size); 17-24
shrub can take over an entire village. The victim
(Large)
villagers turn into slaves, puppets of the creature.
Level Adjustment: -
They work tirelessly to appease their master, turning
their town into a snare for travelers needed to feed
DESCRIPTION the hunger of the heart shrub. When the servants fail
To the untrained eye, the heart shrub (sometimes to provide it with sufficient food, the creature turns
called a blood vine) appears to be an innocuous, even upon them. Finally, when the heart shrub has grown
attractive, shrub. It is a small bush, vibrant green in so large and ravenous that all its servants have been
color, with bright red berries that are slightly oblong annihilated, it will bloom and spread its seeds to all
and, with some imagination, the bush might look like neighboring lands, spreading its scourge far and wide.
a stylized heart. The berries are delicious, prolific, and This creature can actually uproot and slowly move
even offer a minor healing effect. The heart shrub lacks itself. However, most heart shrubs are reluctant to do
thorns or sharp leaf spines of any sport. It appears to this as they are extremely vulnerable above ground.
be a perfect medicinal plant and is often cultivated by
ignorant herbalists because of this. This action can COMBAT
easily destroy an entire small town.
It is only when someone approaches the bush
In truth, the heart shrub is a malevolent creature
alone, and preferably at night, that the heart shrub
that feeds upon flesh and blood. It uses its berries
reveals its true nature. It can sense targets in its area
as a means of controlling thralls who serve as both
by vibration and is a patient hunter. It can also detect
feeders and food. The origin of the heart shrub is much
heat and only attacks warm-blooded targets (undead,
debated, but many cite esoteric tomes referring to an
constructs, reptilian creatures, and other cold-blooded
ancient archmage known as Gregorius Faun, renowned
for his creation of plant creatures. Whether Gregorius beings are safe from the heart shrub unless they attack
first). The photosynthesis of its leaves tell the heart
is an actual historical character or an alias is difficult to
shrub when it is day and night. If the Heart Shrub
ascertain. What is beyond debate is the great damage
that even a single heart shrub can inflict. is hungry, it attacks; its six tentacles erupt from the
ground, catching their prey by surprise. The tentacles
rip the victim apart and drag the meaty bits back down
the holes, left by their eruption, to feed its fleshy core.
The fleshy heart can be anywhere from ten to fifteen
feet deep and is a thick-skinned horrid mass of tissue
surrounding a toothed maw that can grind even bones
to meal. The creature never attacks living creatures
with its maw, which is comparatively vulnerable.
Instead, the maw only feeds on dead meat. Once a
victim has been consumed, the tentacles till the dirt,
so the blood is dispersed. This takes ten minutes and
makes signs of a struggle very hard to find (Search DC
25).
If the heart shrub only employed this tactic, it
would be deadly enough. Yet, the heart shrub is far
more insidious. Once it has claimed its first victim and
sated itself on flesh and blood, the heart shrub employs
another method of attack. In the space of a day, the
heart shrub can produce a single domination berry.
This large, beautiful berry appears particularly sweet
and delicious. Whoever eats it is subject to domination.
In time, the heart shrub will slowly dominate more
and more of the creatures in the area. Once dominated,
the heart shrub can communicate with its minions
telepathically. It commands its followers to feed it. A
small town dominated by a heart shrub can turn into a
death trap for travelers. The followers will use knock
out poison on unsuspecting travelers, bind them, and
feed them to the heart shrub.
In return for their slavish devotion, the heart shrub
keeps the community alive. Continued consumption
of the healing berries has several effects. First, they
prolong the domination and make the consumer more
vulnerable (a cumulative -1 for every month they have
been eating berries). Second, the berries slowly (over
a period of six months) make the consumer immune
to disease (exactly like the paladin ability). This effect
continues as long as the thrall eats the berries. Finally,
after a year of consumption, the thrall gains a +2 to
Strength, Dexterity and Constitution. To gain these
benefits, the berries must be picked and eaten fresh.
Preserved berries grant no such benefit.
Plant: The heart shrub is immune to mind-
influencing effects, poison, sleep, paralysis, stunning,
and polymorphing. It is not subject to critical hits.
Poison (Ex): Any tentacle hit or constriction
inflicts a poison effect from its thorns. Initial damage
is paralysis (2d6 minutes, DC 17 to resist) with no
secondary damage. Once paralyzed, the heart shrub
continues to attack its victim with tentacles until the
victim is ripped to easily digestible shreds. This poison
can be extracted and concentrated and has a market
price of 150 gpo A single medium size heart shrub has
enough poison to make 4 doses while a large heart
shrub can make 8.
Domination (Su): Once per day, the heart shrub
can create a perfect and appealing berry which, if
consumed, affects the eater as if under the influence
of the spell dominate monster, as cast by an 18th level
wizard (Will save DC 15). The berry also heals 2d8+5
hit points. This domination lasts for as long as the
victims continues to eat the smaller berries (which
reinforce the domination), for eighteen days after
the consumer stops eating berries, or until the Heart
Shrub is killed. This domination differs by the spell
only in intensity. The domination of the heart shrub is
so complete that it can command its thralls to perform
actions radically against their nature. Only those over
8 HD receive another saving throw (Will save DC 20)
when given such orders. If the victim fails its save, the
order is still performed. This effect only occurs when
the berry is eaten fresh.
Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, the heart
shrub must hit with its tentacle attacks. If it successfully
grabs a creature, the heart shrub begins to constrict the
victim using its constriction attack (see below).
Constriction (Ex): A heart shrub deals 1d10+3
points of damage plus poison with a successful grapple
attack against Large sized or smaller creatures.
Blindsight (Ex): Heart shrubs have no visual
organs but can sense all creatures within 50 feet using
sound, heat, and vibration.
Healing Berries (Ex): Eating the berries of the
heart shrub when uncontrolled heals one hit point per
handful. This effect only occurs when eaten fresh. The
berries quickly lose their healing properties (within an
hour).
Sleeping Heart (Su): The heart shrub can shed its
body at will and fall into a dormant state. This small
seed pod contains the mind and malevolence of the
heart shrub but is helpless and harmless. If planted
in rich suitable soil, the heart shrub will return to its
monstrous form over a period of three months. These
seed pods are highly valued by certain evil individuals
and can sit dormant for years.
Telepathy (Su): The heart shrub can communicate
telepathically with any creature within 100 feet that has
a language. Generally, the heart shrub only chooses to
communicate with those it has dominated.
Huge Magical Beast
Hit Dice: 10d10+50 (105 hp)
Initiative: +2 (+2 Dex)
Speed: 20 ft.
AC: 17 (+2 Dex, +1 enhancement, +6 natural, -2
size), Touch 10, Flatfooted 15
Base Attack/Grapple: +101 +23
Attacks: Bite +16 melee (2d8+8)
Full Attack: Bite +161 + 11 melee (2d8+8)
Space/Reach: 15 ft. (coiled)/10 ft.
Special Attacks: Improved grab, swallow whole,
thrashing constriction
Special Qualities: Camouflage, frightful presence,
magical scales, scent
Saves: Fort +8, Ref +9, Will +9
Abilities: Str 26, Dex 14, Con 20, Int 3, Wis 14, Cha
8
Skills: Balance +5, Hide +8, Listen +6, Move
Silently +17, Spot +6
Feats: Alertness, Skill Focus (Hide), Stealthy,
Track
Climate/Terrain: Savannah and other regions of
deep grassland in diameter and 50 feet long, weighing about
Organization: Solitary or mated pair 28,000 lbs. Its long, serpentine body is devoid
Challenge Rating: 8 of appendages and is covered in thick scales of
Treasure: None green, dull yellow, or brown (the coloration varies
Alignment: Usually neutral evil with the foliage of the season). Its enormous head
Advancement: 11-16 HD (Huge); 17-30 HD is long and narrow like that of a crocodile, with a
(Gargantuan) huge maw lined with 4-inch fangs.
Level Adjustment: - Though husheks display little intelligence,
they are highly cunning, preferring to ambush
their prey. When stalking they demonstrate
DESCRIPTION highly developed hunting skills, such as
A hushek (pronounced who-shek), approaching from down-wind or even luring
sometimes called a "lurker in the grass," is a prey to them when the occasion allows. They are
huge serpentine predator with a reputation for primarily active during the day and, like sharks,
striking suddenly from the concealment of tall when not feeding or mating they are constantly
grass. They are highly aggressive and fearless stalking more prey.
hunters, often attacking large herds of animals or Unsurprisingly, husheks are the top of
even traveling caravans to satisfy their voracious their food chain, eating whatever they like
appetites. The word "hushek" means serpent of
1/ and fearing nothing. A hushek has even been
death" in several tribal languages. known to attack an unwary dragon feeding in its
Some scholars believe that husheks are territory. Husheks do not usually win such rare
evolutionary thrown-backs, creatures that encounters though the victorious dragon leaves
should have died out with the massive reptiles the hushek corpse uneaten. This is wise, as the
that once reigned supreme when the world was meat of a hushek is foul tasting, rots quickly, and
young. Regardless, the species has haunted the induces intense nausea in most creatures that eat
tall grasses of the tropical lands for eons, preying it (treat as a poison, Fortitude DC 12, initial and
upon animals and men alike. An adult hushek secondary 1d2 Constitution). Few creatures can
appears as a gigantic snake-like monster, 4 feet tolerate the taste.
 The body of a hushek does have its uses,
however. The scales of the creature are extremely
hard and, in the hands of a talented artisan, can
be used to fashion scale mail armor. Such armor
is quite resilient and is seen as a mark of high
favor among the gods of several savannah tribes.
Aside from their scales, the numerous huge teeth
of a hushek are made of highly sought after ivory.
When polished, hushek ivory displays such a
brilliant sheen that it almost glows in bright
light. Hushek ivory is most commonly used in
earrings, nose-rings, necklaces, and other pieces
of jewelry, though it is sometimes used to make
the tiny idols of the various gods throughout the
world.
Those who have returned to the civilized
lands from expeditions to the savannahs often
bring back with them rumors of a great dry
lakebed nestled somewhere in the vast foothills
beyond the savannahs. Many tribes whisper that
this is where husheks go to die and the lakebed
is said to be littered with their bones. Those same
tribes claim that the lakebed is the home of a pair
of hushek so large and ancient that they must
be the gods of the monsters, watching over the
remains of their race for all time.
COMBAT
Husheks attack prey (any non-hushek they
see) on sight. When attacking groups of creatures
husheks strike at a creature in the middle of the
group, attempting to grab the victim with their
sharp teeth and flip their thrashing coils into the
surrounding area to snatch up stragglers. The
hushek then attempts to swallow the primary
victim whole while constricting nearby victims
in preparation for further attacks with its maw.
Camouflage (Ex): A Hushek gets a +10
circumstance, bonus to Hide checks in natural
settings.
Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, the
hushek must hit with its bite attack. If it gets a
hold, it automatically deals bite damage and can
attempt to swallow the victim. Note that if this is
the hushek's initial successful attack, and there
is more than one potential prey present, it will
forego the swallow whole attempt on the first
round it successfully bites in favor of its thrashing
constriction ability (see below). Once the hushek
has successfully levered itself into position to use
its thrashing constriction ability, it attempts to
swallow all opponents it successfully bites.
Frightful Presence (Ex): Any creature within
40 feet who witnesses the initial strike of a hushek,
and who is not directly attacked by either its bite
or thrashing constriction, must make a successful
Will save (DC 14) or become panicked. Affected
creatures remain panicked for 4d6 rounds.
Magical Scales (Su): The scales of a hushek
are innately magical, giving it a +1 enhancement
bonus to armor class.
Scent (Ex): A hushek gets a +4 bonus to
survival checks when attempting to track by
scent.
Skills: Husheks receive a +8 racial bonus to
Hide and Move Silently.
Swallow Whole (Ex): A hushek can attempt
to swallow a grabbed opponent of Medium-size
or smaller by making a successful grapple check.
Once successfully swallowed, opponents take
2d6+8 points of crushing damage plus 2d4 points
of digestive acid damage per round from the
hushek's gizzard. A swallowed opponent may
attempt to cut its way out of the hushek's throat
by using a Small or Tiny slashing weapon to deal
20 points of damage (AC 20). Once an opponent
exits, muscular action seals the rupture, and
other swallowed creatures must cut their own
way out.
Thrashing Constriction (Ex): On its initial
successful bite attack against a group of Medium-
size or smaller creatures, the hushek uses its
improved grab ability to latch on to the victim as
normal. If successful, the hushek uses the victim
as a lever to bring its coils to bear against adjacent
opponents instead of attempting to swallow the
victim whole. The hushek then begins to wildly
thrash its coils about in an attempt to constrict
its opponents. It may make a free grapple check
against all creatures within 5 feet of the initial
victim. Success indicates that the new victim is
grappled by the hushek's coils and is dealt 2d6+8
points of bludgeoning damage.
HUSHEK ARMOR
One Hushek contains enough choice scales
to make a single suit of armor (any type listed
in the Player s Handbook) for one medium size
creature. Shields cannot be made. This armor
is masterwork quality and retains the Hushek's
enhancement bonus. In addition, the wearer
gains a +8 equipment bonus to Hide checks in
natural settings.
Small Monstrous Humanoid
Hit Dice: 4d8+4 (23 hp)
Initiative: +7
Speed: 20 feet
AC: 16 (+1 size, +2 natural, +3 Dex) 14 touch, 13
flat-footed
Base Attack/Grapple: +41 +0
Attacks: Bone claw +5 melee (ld4+2), bite +5
melee (ld3+2)
Full Attack: 2 bone claws +5 melee (ld4+2), bite
+0 melee (ld3+1)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Spray
Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft.
Saves: Fort +2, Ref +6, Will +5
Abilities: Str 10, Dex 16, Con 12, Int 11, Wis 14,
Cha 12
Skills: Hide +10, Listen +4, Move Silently +6,
Spot +4, Survival +4
Feats: Improved Initiative, Improved Grab
Climate/Terrain: Forest
Organization: Solitary, gang (2-4), or pack (5-10)
The extension and retraction of the hyrblit's
Challenge Rating: 3
hand claws also releases a stinking, greenish gray
Treasure: Standard
poison spray from the same openings. This gas-like
Alignment: Often chaotic evil
spray is the same as that which a hyrblit can also
Advancement: 5-8 HD (Small); 9-12 HD (Medium-
release from its hindquarters and is used not only
size)
for defense but also to mark territory, as the scent
Level Adjustment: -
lingers long after the toxic effects have worn off.
Though omnivorous, hyrblits favor a diet of
DESCRIPTION mostly raw meat and they routinely hunt and kill
The hyrblit is a humanoid creature that looks local game to sustain themselves and their packs.
like a strange cross between a skunk and a cat. These packs are reclusive and generally dwell deep
Though clearly feline in nature, a hyrblit stands on within thick forests and woodlands where they make
its hind legs and is covered head to toe with deep their homes high in the trees and sleep on the larger
red fur. A broad white stripe runs from the hyrblit's branches. During the winter months hyrblits enter a
forehead and back down the length of its spine. period of hibernation, taking cover in burrows dug
Black tiger-like stripes radiate out from this stripe between the roots of their home trees and waiting
and curl around the torso and arms. Though their out the passage of the colder months.
features are distinctly feline hyrblits have no tails. Despite these distinctly animal practices hyrblits
Hyrblits walk on their hind legs and have five- are intelligent creatures, and many speak Common,
fingered hands capable of wielding small melee Elven and Sylvan. They prefer a primitive, simpler
weapons though they tend to prefer their natural way of life, isolated from other humanoid races,
weapons. A quartet of bone claws, each roughly which they find revolting. Dedicated to a ruthless
six inches long, can extend and retract from the kill-or-be-killed philosophy, hyrblits shun all
knuckles of these hands. These claws can be used governments and large social groupings. They rarely
both for combat and for climbing, aided by the enter the towns and cities that other intelligent races
much-smaller toe claws. are so fond of constructing. Hyrblits very rarely
gather in groups larger than a single pack and will
bitterly attack anyone, even others of their own
kind, who infringe on their territory or preferred
hunting grounds.
Hyrblits have an average life span of 45 years
and are considered fully-grown at 15. They are
patriarchal with packs ruled by a dominant male
that is usually the strongest or smartest of his group.
Many born of the pack are forced out upon reaching
maturity, left to find their own way in the cold, cruel
world that surrounds them.
COMBAT
Fiercely territorial, hyrblits viciously attack any
intruders venturing into their territory but vary
tactics depending on who the interlopers are and
how many are present. Neither particularly strong
nor terribly brave, solitary hyrblits or smaller gangs
generally focus on stealth and surprise tactics, trying
to sneak up on interlopers. Unless the perceived
invaders are hyrblits themselves they will not
challenge them face-to-face.
If outnumbered, hyrblits prefer not to attack at
all and will often gather additional reinforcements
from their own pack. They will either stay in the
shadows, awaiting any opportunity to somehow
even the odds (typically by picking off weaker
members of their quarry's party from the rear) or
silently move off, hoping to avoid detection. If more
than two-thirds of their gang or pack are killed or
otherwise incapacitated, hyrblits will generally
scatter, melting into the shadows and underbrush.
In combat, hyrblits prefer to use their spray to
stun or incapacitate their prey first and follow this
attack with their bone claws. Particularly aggressive
hyrblits may even try to grab their victims, so they
can bring their fangs into playas well.
Though humanoid, hyrblits prefer to use their
claws, teeth, and spray in combat. In the rare cases
where they do use manmade weapons, their weapon
of choice is either the dagger or the club.
Spray (Ex): Hyrblits have glands located in the
backs of their hands and at the base of their spines
which can release a fine, gas-like spray of greenish
gray liquid that is both foul-smelling and toxic if
inhaled or swallowed. If released from the hands
(an incidental action of extending or retracting the
bone claws just above their knuckles), this gas is
only effective on creatures within five feet of the
attacking hyrblit.
All living creatures within the spray's 45-degree
arc must make a Fortitude save (DC 13) or be
nauseated for Id6 + 2 rounds. Nauseated characters
may only take a single move or move-equivalent
action per turn for the duration of this effect.
In addition to the nauseating effects, the toxic
nature of hyrblit spray may also cause damage if
injected or inhaled (DC 17 to save in either case).
Initial damage from hyrblit spray is Id4 hit points.
Secondary damage is Id2 temporary Constitution
loss.
Hyrblits may use their spray ability six times
per day.
Improved Grab (Ex): If a hyrblit hits an
opponent its own size or smaller with both claw
attacks, it does normal damage and attempts to
start a grapple as a free action without provoking
an attack of opportunity (grapple bonus +4). The
hyrblit then has the option to conduct the grapple
normally, or simply use its claws to hold the
opponent (-20 on grapple check, but the hyrblit
is not considered grappled). In either case, each
successful grapple check it makes during successive
rounds automatically deals damage for two claw
attacks.
SOCIETY
Hyrblits are social creatures in only the loosest
possible sense of the word, as their behavior is
more akin to wolf or wild dog packs than to tribal
organization. Strongly believing in a survival of
U
the fittest" mentality, they shun artificial constructs
of law and government, carving out their arboreal
communities in the depths of woodlands as far as
possible from civilization.
What little organization they do respect is that of
the pack, typically made up of an equal mix of male
and female hyrblits led by a dominant male (known
as the alpha). Hyrblit young are often regarded as
a threat to the integrity of the pack, and far more
often than not, the dominant male forcefully ejects
hyrblit offspring from the pack. Only if the young
hyrblit can successfully resist the alpha's efforts can
it remain with the pack after reaching maturity - an
event that usually heralds the ascendance of a new
pack alpha. Hyrblits from outside the pack are as
often regarded as intruders as members of any other
race.
Hyrblits do not practice any religion or
follow any known gods, and their primitive social
development also does not recognize higher
learning or the magical arts.
Medium-size Undead
Hit Dice: 6d12 (39 hp)
Initiative: +4
Speed: 30 ft.
AC: 15 (+5 natural), Touch 10, Flat-footed 15
Base Attack/Grapple: +31 +4
Attacks: Claw +5 melee (ld4+1)
Full Attack: 2 claws +5 melee (ld4+1)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Extract, Frightful Presence, Improved
Grab
Special Qualities: Create Spawn, Undead Traits
Saves: Fort +2, Ref +4, Will +6
Abilities: Str 12, Dex 11, Con -, Int 14, Wis 13, Cha 10
Skills: Bluff +9, Hide +9, Listen +12, Move Silently +9,
Search +11, Spot +12
Feats: Alertness, Improved Initiative, Lightning
Reflexes, Weapon Focus (claw)
Climate/Terrain: Any land and underground
Organization: Solitary, pair, or gang (2-4)
Challenge Rating: 4
Treasure: Standard
An ik'taan possesses no memories of its life prior to
Alignment: Usually lawful evil
death and is completely devoted to its lich creator. Should
Advancement: 7-9 (Medium-size); 10-12 (Large)
the humanoid that existed before the transformation ever
Level Adjustment: - come into contact with a part of its former life (an old
friend, homeland, or personal item), there is a slight (5 %)
DESCRIPTION chance the creature may recognize it. Yet even if the ik'taan
does recall this thing from its past, it would only pause
Ik'taan (or "lichlings" as they are commonly called)
long enough to either remember if it poses a threat to, or if
are the personal undead servants of liches. They perform
it can be used by, its master.
mundane tasks for their powerful masters and propagate
The term lichling came about over long ages. In order
their kind by ripping the hearts from living beings.
Male and female ik'taan share the same physical to avoid conflict, these seldom seen creatures hide their
traits. They possess wicked claws, eyes slit like a snake's, undead status when running their master's errands. When
and a tattered hooded cloak hanging from a muscular they were discovered to have connections with liches,
frame. They do not have a nose but two small nostril the term seemed to naturally evolve from the observed
holes are located between eyes that rest below a thinning, relationship. Inexperienced adventurers often take the
straight mop of hair. term literally and expect a more powerful foe than the
As long as there have been liches, there have been ik'taan truly represents. This is not to say, however, that
ik'taan to serve them. When a lich attains its undead the lichlings pose no threat - nothing could be further
status, it often fashions an ik'taan from the first humanoid from the truth - but a party prepared to take on a powerful
it slays. Gender and race are of no concern when choosing undead mage is usually more than capable of dealing with
the first ik'taan of a lich's brood. After slaying its chosen a lichling provided they do nothing foolish.
humanoid, the undead lord returns with the corpse to its The ability to rip a foe's still-beating heart right out
lair. Here, the body is prepared with spoken enchantments of his chest is enough to make any opponent think twice
and ancient glyphs inscribed across the skin. The being's about engaging the ik'taan in melee. Besides being a
heart is casually removed at the ritual's conclusion and the graphically lethal attack, this heart extraction is the manner
ik'taan is born as an independently thinking entity that in which lichlings reproduce. The magic which creates the
performs tasks for its master. first ik'taan carries through its" descendants" and causes
other humanoids slain in this manner to arise as lichlings
after 12 hours. These new ik'taan are under the command
of the same lich of the ik'taan that slew them. This need to
propagate, however, is also a minor flaw in the ik'taan's
design. If the creature does not extract a humanoid's heart
over a month's time, it becomes focused on doing so to the
exclusion of all else. The ik'taan forgoes its duties until a
heart can be removed and "ingested." Rational thought
is subdued by the overwhelming need to extract a heart.
This urge is thought to be an echo of the lich's own need
to create an ik'taan in the first place. A few sages desire
research but, for obvious reasons, is not likely to occur.
Encountering an ik'taan during this hunger phase
is the exception, not the rule. Lichlings are encountered
surprisingly often in urban areas. Black markets and seedy
establishments are frequented by ik'taan looking to buy
spell components, information, or just out spying for their
masters. When encountered on the road, the lichling is
either going to or from its lair or transporting materials to
its master's allies. During these outings, an ik'taan carefully
hides its form within voluminous hooded robes of light
colors. It must take special care to cover its chest area,
because the gaping wounds left after the heart extraction
can never be healed or otherwise sealed by magical or
natural means. An ik'taan can bluff its way out of most
situations unless this hole is discovered. If questioned, it
pretends to be a lone traveler, itinerant monk, or a leper.
Traveling ik'taan almost always travel alone in order to
keep suspicion low.
Lichlings act as guards for their master's lair. They
serve as perimeter sentries and are never allowed to
oversee the protection of an important item or chamber
directly. The lich knows these servants are weaker than
the adventurers foolish enough to approach its lair, but
the ik'taan intellect makes them good field commanders
for lesser undead, able to take actions without direct
overseeing by the lich itself.
COMBAT
An ik'taan's actions in combat depend on whether
it is encountered near or away from its master's lair. The
lichling avoids direct melee as much as possible when
carrying out tasks in an urban area. In such situations it
attempts to scare opponents with its frightful presence
ability before retreating to a secret location already scouted
out when it first entered the community. The exception to
this procedure is if the creature is confronted by only one
foe. The lichling still attempts to frighten the person but, if
successful, immediately tries to use its extraction power.
When confronted in the rural wilderness, the ik'taan
flees and hides. Upon escaping detection, the undead
follows those that discovered its true nature. It tracks their
movements, numbers, strengths, and weaknesses before
returning to its assigned duties. AIl information learned is
reported to the lich upon returning to the lair.
When an ik'taan is met near its lair, its first action is
always offensive. The lichling is usually on guard duty
with a number of skeletons and zombies under its direct
command and has the ability to call upon more powerful
undead, such as wraiths, specters, ghouls, and shadows. It
sends these mindless minions into battle with the intruders
while watching the fight from a safe vantage point, noting
any exploitable weaknesses the intruders may have and
sending word of them back to its master. The ik'taan
proceeds to shadow the intruders if they penetrate the lair
and attacks them at the most opportune time.
Inside the lair is the only place ik'taan are encountered
as a group. Multiple lichlings use their frightful presence
before attacking. They attempt to separate one member of
the intruding group, one lichling performing the extraction
while its fellows keep the other foes at bay or use the aid
another action to give the extracting ik'taan a +2 to its
grapple check.
Create Spawn (Su): Creatures slain by an ik'taan's
extract attack rise as ik'taan after 12 hours. They do not
possess any of the abilities they had in life.
Extract (Ex): An ik'taan that begins its turn with both
claws attached to an opponent, and successfully maintains
its hold, may extract the opponent's heart, instantly killing
him. The opponent must make a Fortitude save (DC 12 +
the ik'taan's total number of HD) or be killed in this way.
An it'taan that misses the Extract attack may attempt
again in the following round so long as it retains hold of
its prey.
Frightful Presence (Ex): This ability only manifests
when the ik'taan screams at an opponent. Unless those
witnessing the scream within a 30 ft. radius succeed a Will
save (DC 13), they become shaken. This ability does not
have an effect on creatures with 6 HD or more.
Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, an ik'taan
must inflict a critical hit with a claw attack. If it does, it
has pierced the target's chest and begun to reach for the
heart. After a successful grab, the ik'taan can try to imbed
its other claw into the target with a single grapple check
(dealing normal claw damage). The opponent can escape
with a successful grapple check or Escape Artist check, but
the ik'taan gets a +4 circumstance bonus if its other claw is
attached at the beginning of the opponent's turn.
Undead Traits: Ik'taan are immune to mind-
influencing effects, poison, sleep, paralysis, stunning, and
disease. They are not subject to critical hits, non-lethal
damage, ability damage, energy drain, or death from
massive damage.
Tiny Magical Beast
Hit Dice: 3d10 (17 hp)
Initiative: +4
Speed: 20 ft., burrow 8 ft.
AC: 21 (+4 Dex, +5 Natural, +2 Size) touch 16,
flat-footed 17
Base Attack/Grapple: +3/-5
Attacks: Claw +5 melee (ld3)
Full Attack: 4 claws +5 melee (ld3 each)
Space/Reach: 2 ftl1 ft.
Special Attacks: None
Special Qualities: Partial Construct Traits, DR
5 I magic and slashing or magic and piercing,
Fire Resistance 5, Metalsense, Tremorsense,
Susceptibility to Cold, Darkvision 50 ft.
Saves: Fort +3, Ref +5, Will +3
Abilities: Str 10, Dex 18, Con 10, Int 2, Wis 14,
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Skills: Hide +12, Listen +6, Move Silently +4,
Spot +6, Survival +4
Feats: Alertness
Climate/Terrain: Any except cold, marsh, or
aquatic. of their number, the creatures learned how to
Organization: Cluster (2-8), swarm (9-16), or hive fight back, in their own limited way, and spread
(20-100) out ever farther, eventually overrunning the
Challenge Rating: 3 lands in their endless quest for the minerals they
Treasure: None magically crave and the organic food they still
Alignment: Always chaotic neutral need to survive.
Advancement: 4-10 HD (tiny); 11-12 (small) The iron burrock is much larger than an
Level Adjustment: - average crawling insect, with the largest being
no bigger than one foot from head to tail and
weighing no more than seven pounds. They look
DESCRIPTION like giant beetles with a hide of dull, galvanized
The tiny iron burrock is an example of good iron and walk on eight legs, any four of which
intentions gone horribly wrong. A well-meaning may be used against attackers or prey. They
wizard, whose name is lost to antiquity, magically radiate magic, and even burrocks in hibernation
enhanced large native beetles into construct-like may be found by a detect magic spell that detects
hybrids of metal and magic, perpetually hungry their aura of transmutation. They are able to
for minerals found in stone and soil. Intended to see and sniff out the presence of raw metallic
aid in tilling fields in difficult environments, yet minerals with their tiny eyes and wiry antennae,
able to breed quickly and cheaply produce more allowing the burrocks to consume fuel for their
burrocks for larger fields, the purpose of the reproductive cycles. When enough minerals are
burrock's existence was benign. However, their consumed (roughly up to the burrock's own
magically enhanced reproductive systems and weight), the burrock produces a cluster of six
the resurfaced survival instincts of the beetles to twelve magical eggs in the nearby soil. These
used as a basis for these magical creatures led eggs hatch within a week's time, unleashing a
to wildly uncontrolled breeding and migration cluster of smaller burrocks that immediately
of these creatures when the seasons changed. As begin devouring any local minerals.
the iron burrock population swelled and efforts
to contain the creatures slaughtered thousands
 In addition to metals, iron burrocks also
require organic food to survive. Though they
often attack underground-dwelling animals and
smaller insects for such sustenance. When food
is scarce they have been known to swarm upon
larger prey, including passing adventurers. This
is particularly true in the case of burrocks that
have been drawn deeper underground in search
of more metals.
Iron burrocks are not intelligent and cannot
be reasoned with. Among themselves, they
communicate only the most basic information,
such as the location of food or minerals, by an
insectoid system of natural scents and body
language, but they lack the ability to be trained.
COMBAT
The iron burrock is not aggressive by nature;
generally, it only attacks if attacked first, or if
it identifies a target as something that can be
consumed. In general, iron burrocks ignore
creatures larger than themselves when hunting
for food, but only as long as smaller creatures
are available and plentiful enough to sustain
their population. Their metalsense ability
enables them to track large deposits of metallic
minerals that can be consumed for reproduction,
so characters wearing metal chain or plate armor
may attract more attention from burrocks eager
to consume and multiply.
If iron burrocks attack larger prey for
any reason they generally do so en masse.
Choosing the most tempting target or targets, the
burrocks swarm the creature, striking out with
all appendages, unconcerned with tactics and
oblivious to any other threats. The attacks are
quite mindless in nature and continue to until the
burrocks the burrocks bring down their prey or
they are destroyed. Five iron burrocks can strip
a medium-sized creature to the bone in less than
five minutes - ten, if it was wearing any metallic
armor.
Partial Construct Traits: Although they
are not true constructs, the unique nature of
their creation gives iron burrocks many of the
same benefits. Iron burrocks are immune to
mind-affecting effects, poison, sleep, paralysis,
stunning, disease, death effects, necromantic
effects, and any effect that requires a Fortitude
save unless that effect also works on objects.
They are also not subject to critical hits, non-
lethal damage, ability damage, energy drain, or
death from massive damage.
However, unlike constructs, iron burrocks
can heal damage at a rate of one hit point per
day. Iron burrocks have darkvision with a range
of 50 feet. Magical healing methods, such as any
cure wounds spell, function normally.
Metalsense (Ex): Iron burrocks can sense the
presence of any metallic minerals within a range
of 60 feet and are attracted to these sources,
regardless of origin. In all other ways this is
like the spell detect magic except it detects metal
instead of sources of magic.
Tremorsense (Ex): Iron burrocks can
automatically sense the location of anything
within 60 feet that is in contact with the ground.
Susceptibility to Cold: Iron burrocks began
their original migration when the weather turned
cold and the earth they were intended to till
gradually began to freeze. This deliberate flaw,
intended to send the creatures into a hibernation
from which they would awaken the following
spring, instead drove them to exodus, spreading
and moving toward warmer climates. This same
flaw remains evident today in the burrocks'
obvious susceptibility to all cold attacks or
and cold weather conditions. Any time an iron
burrock is subjected to temperatures below
freezing level, such as being struck by chill metal,
chill touch, or cone of cold, increase any listed
damage effects by Id6.
Furthermore, the burrock's speed after
subjected to such conditions is reduced by
half, and all attack rolls and saving throws
made during that time will suffer a -2 penalty.
Burrocks reduced to half their hit points as a
result of a cold-based attack immediately enter
a hibernation cycle and become inert. They will
remain that way for Id6 hours after the effects
wear off, after which they become fully active
again and will eagerly attack the nearest food
source.
Medium-size Monstrous Humanoid
Hit Dice: 7d8 (31 hp)
Initiative: +1
Speed: 30 ft.
AC: 16 (+1 Dex, +5 natural), Touch 11, Flat-footed 15
Base Attack/Grapple: +7 1+7
Attacks: Shortspear +8 melee (ld8), shortspear +9
ranged
Full Attack: Shortspear +81 +3 melee (ld8)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Spells, Weapon Bond
Special Qualities: Damage Reduction 5 I magic, Levitate,
Scent
Saves: Fort +4, Ref +6, Will +8
Abilities: Str 11, Dex 13, Con 10, lnt 12, Wis 16, Cha 16
Skills: Animal Empathy +8, Balance +6, Concentration
+5, Craft (any) +7, Heal +8, Hide +9, Listen +5, Spot
+6, Wilderness Lore +8
Feats: Great Fortitude, Spell Penetration, Weapon Focus
(shorts pear)
Climate/Terrain: Any hill, mountain, and underground
Organization: Solitary, pair, or covey (3 kratch plus 1-5
while there is still a covey of these humanoids living there,
lantern archons)
the race has since expanded into the hills, mountains, and
Challenge Rating: 6
underground of the rest of the world.
Treasure: Standard
Each community of kratch (the singular and plural
Alignment: Always chaotic good of the word) is comprised of three members. They live
Advancement: By character class in inaccessible locales where their innate power to levitate
Level Adjustment: +5 becomes one of the only of means gaining access. These
humanoids live off of the land, tending personal gardens
DESCRIPTION and consuming the occasional small animal on important
feast days. The bulk of each day is spent walking barefoot
Kratches are a deceptively powerful subspecies of
through their territory or meditating. The kratch have a
hags. These benevolent, spiritual humanoids aid others
special relationship with the lantern archons that share
they encounter while eternally struggling to rid the world
the daily journeys when they visit the covey. Together,
of hag evil.
these good creatures monitor the surrounding area for
A kratch looks very much like a wizened old man.
evil creatures that threaten visitors or themselves. They
Hunched over with black-rimmed eyes, a kratch is
provide succor to all who ask for it, giving food and
deceptively powerful, its frame hidden by light toned
healing freely. The humanoids also enjoy crafting small
baggy clothing. Its legs are bowed, hands gnarled, but
objects from the stones they live around. Every. ~o often,
its wide open eyes are clearly alert for danger. Kratches
a known covey is visited by nearby communities who
typically live 250 years.
trade food and supplies for some of the expertly-fashioned
The natural world is a system of checks and balances.
kratch stoneware.
For every plant and creature, there is another plant and
When a kratch's meditations finally reveal his destiny
creature that opposes it. The kratch is yet another example
he loses his position within a covey. This is a defining
of this balance. The divine forces of good and evil monitor
moment in these humanoids' existences in which they
each other very closely and when the vile hag race was
see in perfect clarity what they were born to do. Whether
created, their righteous opposites were not far behind.
this is defending a community from oppression, bringing
Kratch civilization can trace its origins back to a heavily
divine healing to those who are without it, or destroying
wooded mountain plateau they refer to as the Cradle. And
their hated hag cousins, the kratch's destiny is personal,
and he leaves the covey without word of his destination.
 The other kratch know what has transpired and silently
wish their comrade luck in his quest. If the destiny is
particularly challenging, a lantern archon accompanies
the kratch for the journey. The glowing sphere typically
follows the kratch from high above during the day and low
to the ground at night. These positions draw less attention
to the humanoid.
Even if the kratch joins with others on his journey
(usually an adventuring band), his constant traveling
companion is his personal shortspear. Each kratch crafts
his own spear from wood that comes from the Cradle. It is
vertically notched with divine symbols and dotted spirally
with a particular color. Other variant decorations have
been observed, but this pattern is the most common. While
these shortspears may appear the same to outsiders, each
is somehow different and personalized to the kratch who
made it. The weapon is a sacred instrument that the kratch
bonds with before leaving to complete his destiny-quest.
Once bonded, the humanoid can channel divine energy
through it to produce supernatural effects (see the Weapon
Bond ability below). The shortspear itself is not magical
but merely a vessel through which a kratch can channel
his divine energy.
If lost or stolen, the kratch must retrieve his shortspear
as quickly as possible. Every day spent without it reduces
his effective cleric level by one. He can only fashion one
spear in his lifetime so such a loss is a tragic event that
most kratch never recover from. These humanoids exile
themselves to inhospitable climates where they become
feral and lose any hope of ever rejoining their fellows or
completing their destiny. Beside these exiles, it is theorized
that more, as yet undiscovered, species of kratch exist in
the world. Since they directly oppose the hags, whom have
a few other sub-species, the theory is plausible. But if other
kratch types do exist they have not yet decided to reveal
themselves.
Kratch sometimes become clerics, druids, monks,
paladins, and rangers. Kratch rangers always choose hags,
giants, and ogres as favored enemies (since the latter two
humanoids often consort with hags). Cleric is their favored
class. These humanoids worship a being called Alendri,
and they can choose two of the following domains:
Animal, Good, Plant, and Protection.
COMBAT
The kratch do not negotiate with evil beings,
especially hags. They know diplomacy never sways hearts
so mired in hatred. While they can use their shortspears
as ranged weapons, kratch do not throw them unless a
fleeing opponent is about to escape. The bond with their
weapon is so strong that they prefer letting an opponent
get away (and catching up to them later) rather than
tossing it into an unknown situation. On their own, kratch
use their spears to fight with a ferocity that comes from
repressing negative emotions before their destiny-quest.
They have no reservations about slaying those creatures
that are obviously evil.
As part of a group, kratch enjoy a position behind the
front lines where they can heal injured friends or take the
place of a fallen comrade in melee. They scan the battlefield
after dispatching an opponent and use their shortspear's
ray of healing power to help comrades that might otherwise
be too far away.
Whether a kratch is alone or with a group he will
attack hags on sight. The first act he performs is to close
into melee and use the weaken resistance power of his
shortspear. Once the spell resistance of his hated foes is
lowered he pounds her with every offensive spell at his
disposal. If the battle goes against the kratch, he levitates to
safety in order to heal himself before rejoining the battle.
Once battle has begun with a hag, the only outcome is for
her or the kratch to die.
Levitate (Su): The kratch can move through the air
vertically at will. This ability functions like a levitate spell
(caster level 5th), except this condition is so natural to the
kratch that he suffers no attack penalty while levitating.
Scent (Ex): A kratch can detect approaching creatures,
sniff out hidden foes, and track by sense of smell.
Spells: A kratch can cast spells as a 7th-level cleric
(spells/ day: 6/5/4/3/1; save DC 13 + spell level).
Weapon Bond (Su): Using his personal shortspear, the
kratch can perform the following actions up to three times
per day while holding it:
Ray of Healing - A kratch can spontaneously cast cure
spells as if he was a cleric of 7th-level. However, instead of
a touch delivery, the positive energy is channeled through
the shortspear and capable of being delivered to a target
from up to 60 feet away. No attack roll is required, but
if this power is attempted while in melee combat, the
kratch provokes an attack of opportunity. A kratch cannot
otherwise spontaneously cast cure spells.
Weaken Resistance-If the kratch scores a critical hit
on an opponent, he may expend a spell slot of any level
(besides zero) to lower the spell resistance of the target by
5 + spell level expended. For example, the kratch scores a
critical hit with his shortspear against a hag and decides to
spend the level 4 spell he has not yet cast. This wipes the
spell from memory but channels its energy through the
spear and into the hag, lowering her SR by 9. This effect
lasts for a number of rounds equal to 3 + kratch's Charisma
modifier (if positive).
Medium-size Monstrous Humanoid
Hit Dice: 6d8 (27 hp)
Initiative: +1
Speed: 30 ft.
AC: 14 (+1 Dex, +3 Natural), touch 11, flat-footed 13
Base Attack/Grapple: +61 + 10
Attacks: Scythe +6 melee (2d4, x4)
Full Attack: Sickle +61 +1 (2d4, x4)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Radiate Disease
Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 feet, Disease
Immunity, Poison Resistant
Saves: Fort +2, Ref +6, Will +8
Abilities: Str 11, Dex 13, Con 10, Int 16, Wis 16, Cha 8
Skills: Bluff +6, Disguise +5, Hide +5, Innuendo +8,
Listen +7, Move Silently +7, Sense Motive +8,
Spot +8
Feats: Dodge, Improved Grapple, Mobility
Climate/Terrain: Any land
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 7
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Chaotic evil
Advancement Range: -
Level Adjustment: -
DESCRIPTION
Leprous vagrants are pathetic, repellant
creatures. They seem barely able to walk, yet over
time, they have brought down warriors, wizards,
and even kings. They wait at roadsides and public
squares, begging for alms and even warning
people away from them because of their disease,
all the while killing specific targets for purposes
only the vagrants understand.
Leprous vagrants appear as diseased beggars,
stooped over and begging for alms from passers-
by. They cover themselves in several layers of
rotting fabric - clothing, cloaks, and blankets.
According to some stories these scraps are actually
an organic part of the creature, a form of thick,
patchy hide.
Leprous vagrants stand and walk with an
extreme hunch, practically crawling on all fours.
Any visible skin is either yellow or grey and
perpetually peeling. When their hands come into
sight they are often missing a few fingers. Their
eyes are usually whitened or clouded and they
have only a few long wisps of steel-grey hair.
Disease surrounds leprous vagrants like a cloud.
Analyze dweomer can help a spell caster discover
this aura of sickness. Spells like true seeing do not,
since there is nothing illusory or unreal about a
leprous vagrant's appearance.
Leprous vagrants are often mistaken for
humans, though they are not. Their origins are
widely disputed; some sages claim their ancestors
were once human but became twisted and
corrupted by disease that turned them and their
descendants into monsters. Others believe that
the disease they carry did not originate on this
plane and both the disease and its carriers came
from somewhere elseStill others believe a wizard,
secluded in a distant fortress, produces more and
more leprous vagrants for some hidden purpose.
In general, the activities of leprous vagrants
show little evidence of being part of a larger plan.
No one has discovered a pattern to where they
appear and when. They simply materialize in a
town or alongside a country road, stay long enough
to frighten away anyone who sees them, dispose of
their target, then disappear without explanation.
There are no records of leprous vagrants ever
associating with any other creatures, except to beg
for alms. They ignore attempts at conversation,
walking away if these attempts grow too forceful.
Some who have seen them believe they are not
capable of utterances beyond" Alms for the poor!"
and "Leper! Beware!" Yet on some rare occasions
where two leprous vagrants are in the same place,
they have been observed talking with each other,
though neither mundane nor magical means have
been able to discern what they say. The vagrants
at least seem to be cordial with each other, as there
are no records of them ever fighting with one of
their own kind. In the observed conversations,
they appear receptive to each other if not overtly
friendly.
Other than these brief conversations, leprous
vagrants act alone. Over time, some rulers have
attempted to coax leprous vagrants into their
service as assassins, but the vagrants consistently
resist such overtures. Part of the difficulty of
attempting to employ a leprous vagrant is that the
vagrants do not seem to want anything. Though
they consistently beg passers-by for coins or scraps
of food, more often than not they leave behind
anything they are given. Bags of gold have been
dangled in front of leprous vagrants, but their eyes
never focus on the bag. The vagrant never reaches
forward to grab it, while he continues to mutter
" Alms! Alms for the poor!"
No one has been able to discern a pattern
in whom and when leprous vagrants choose to
attack. Sometimes they let a party go by without
incident, other times they pick out a single person
or two from a group to kill, still other times they
slaughter an entire party. There are no obvious
patterns in their attacks. they have killed people
of every alignment, while letting others of each
alignment go unscathed. Low-ranking members
of some royal families have been stricken by the
disease the vagrants carry, while higher-ranking
members who have met the vagrants receive a
free pass. Every time the leprous vagrants kill, a
new theory as to the motivation of their attacks is
advanced, only to be seemingly disproved by their
next kill.
COMBAT
Leprous vagrants are assassins, using their
pathetic disguise to approach their quarry and
strike with the advantage of surprise. In many
cases, leprous vagrants have made their kill
without ever entering combat by getting close to
their prey and infecting him with their disease.
The victim dies without ever knowing he has
been attacked. The creatures have a sixth sense
for knowing when they have successfully infected
their target and know when to break off their
attack if infection is their only goal.
Though they often avoid open combat, leprous
vagrants are more skilled in battle than their
outward appearances suggest. Many warriors
have not seen the scythe a leprous vagrant carry
under his cloak until the moment it flashes out and
cuts into their flesh.
Finishing off their quarry is of the utmost
importance to leprous vagrants. They will not flee
a dangerous situation as long as their prey is alive.
In any encounter where a leprous vagrant does
not have a specific target they are quite willing to
retreat and preserve their own lives.
Radiate Disease (Ex): Any creature that comes
within five feet of a leprous vagrant is exposed to
leprous rot, an extremely fast-acting and potentially
deadly cousin to ordinary leprosy (Inhaled; DC 18;
Incubation: 1 day; Damage: 2d4 Con, -3 on attack
rolls). The -3 penalty on attack rolls immediately
affects anyone infected by the disease, while the
other symptoms do not show up until the next
day. The save is made at a -2 penalty if the leprous
vagrant has physical contact with the victim.
The first symptom of the disease is weakness
and occurs just after infection. The next day
patches of skin begin to flake off the victim's
extremities, and numbness settles into their hands
and feet. The rot spreads until either the victim
makes a successful save or is cured through magic.
Unlike other forms of leprosy, the numbness and
lesions disappear as the victim recovers.
Remove disease heals anyone affected by leprous
rot but does not affect the leprous vagrant.
Poison Resistant (Ex): Leprous vagrants
receive +5 on saving throws for poison.
TACTICS
A leprous vagrant is a melee combatant,
drawing into close range and engaging his target
up close and personal.
Prior to combat: Wait along a well traveled
route and determine when and where to expect
the target.
Round 1: Bull rush the target ignoring any
attacks of opportunity caused by movement
(though try and surprise and followers to negate
such attacks).
Round 2: If target has been infected by radiate
disease use scythe until all guards are infected or
dead. If target has not been infected start a grapple
with it. Continue grappling until the target is
infected or dead.
Round 3: When target is infected use scythe on
anyone else still fighting. When they are all dead
or infected, flee.
Medium-size Animal (Aquatic, Reptilian)
Hit Dice: 2d8+4 (13hp)
Initiative: +2
Speed: 40 ft.
AC: 18 (+2 Dex, +6 natural), Touch 12, Flat-
footed 16
Base Attack/Grapple: +1/ +3
Attacks: Claws +3 melee (ld4+2), bite +3
melee (ld6+2 plus poison)
Full Attack: 2 claws +3 melee (ld4+2), bite
-2 melee (ld6+1 plus poison)
Space/Reach: 5 ft'; 5 ft.
Special Attacks: Poison
Special Qualities: Scent, Difficultto Train
Saves: Fort +5, Ref +5, Will +1
Abilities: Str 15, Dex 15, Con 15, Int 2, Wis
12, Cha 6
Skills: Survival +6
Feats: Track
Climate/Terrain: Any warm land (usually
marsh and jungle)
Organization: Solitary or pack (2-10)
Challenge Rating: 3 blues and yellows. The lizardfolk tribes
Treasure: None often speak of the different breeds of
Alignment: Always neutral lizard hounds, giving them such exotic
Advancement: 3-8 HD (Medium-size) names as "muck skippers," "jungle woe,"
Level Adjustment: - and "keening redcrests." The subtle
differences between these breeds are
often lost on humans and demi-humans.
DESCRIPTION Training lizard hounds is a difficult
These dog-sized, bipedal raptor- art to master. Lizard hounds are intensely
like reptiles are frequently found in the distrustful of mammals or anyone who
company of lizardfolk. When properly spends too much time around mammals.
trained, they are courageous and loyal For example, any attempts to train them
defenders of their homes and camps. like dogs inevitably end in disaster. The
Though packs of lizard hounds still reason for this is simple: lizards do not
dwell in the wild, they are most often think like dogs. In order to train a lizard
encountered as the guards and pets hound as a "watch dog," lizardmen
of lizardfolk. They are also valued as will often hide lizard hound egg shells
trackers and are often used by lizardfolk around the place they wanted guarded.
rangers to hunt for prey and to search for In time, the lizard hound comes to
intruders into the marshland homes of think of this place as an egg clutch and
the tribes. will fiercely defend the clutch from any
The lizard hound is about the size of intruders. Mammal humanoids that
a large rottweiler or German shepherd. have successfully trained lizard hounds
Unlike dogs, however, they are bipedal. gain some measure of respect from
Their heads are perched on long, snake lizardmen tribes who generally believe
like necks and they balance their stances that mammals are too stupid to master
with long tails. They are covered in this subtle art.
segmented scales patterned in greens,
 Lizard hound eggs and pups are their prey and leap at them in unison.
valuable to lizardmen. An unhatched, If cornered, however, lizard hounds are
viable egg or a young pup will fetch 20 ferocious.
gp (or more often, the equivalent in trade In combat beside lizardfolk, the
goods) from lizardmen while a well- situation is different. Lizardfolk rarely
trained adult could easily fetch 150 gpo use lizard hounds in large combats unless
Lizard hounds speak no languages, but the situation is desperate. When they
trained individuals often understand do use them, they unleash the hounds
simple commands in draconic. Wild while standing back and throwing their
lizard hounds are ferocious hunters and javelins. Lizardfolk tribes that routinely
attack any animal they think they can use lizard hounds are often distinctive in
overcome. Training does little to quell this that they use the hounds' venom on their
viciousness against mammals. Indeed, weapons. These tribes are often proficient
lizardfolk training often reinforces the at using this poison and have no chance
tendency of all lizard hounds to regard of poisoning themselves when using an
mammals as either food or intruders. envenomed weapon.
Like the lizardfolk, lizard hounds Poison (Ex): The lizard hound's venom
are equally at home in the water and on is administered by bite attack (Fortitude
land. It is rare to find packs of wild lizard save, DC 15, initial and secondary damage
hounds outside of marshes (although Id6 temporary Constitution). The venom
there are breeds that have adapted quickly spoils when extracted (within Id6
to drier land and some scholars even minutes), but some lizardmen tribes have
speak of desert dwelling lizard hounds). perfected a secret method of keeping the
Some lizard hounds' preferred method poison intact. They frequently use lizard
of hunting is very similar to crocodiles, hound venom on their weapons, making
hiding at the water's edge, waiting for a perfectly serviceable blade poison.
prey to come close, and leaping at them Difficult to Train (Ex): Lizard hounds
as they lean down to drink. are naturally hostile whenever mammals
In the wild, lizard hounds are pack (such as humans and demi-humans) try
hunters. They often use surprisingly to train them. All Handle Animal checks
cunning tactics, including having one of made by mammals add +5 to their DC.
their members pretend to be wounded in On the other hand, lizardmen and other
order to draw would-be predators into an reptilian species find lizard hounds
ambush. It is easy to mistake this cunning simple to train. The lizard hounds
for actual intelligence, and some forest seem remarkably at ease around these
dwelling humans have spread the rumor creatures. All reptilian races receive a +2
that these lizards are actually highly circumstance bonus when making Handle
intelligent and have their own secret Animal checks involving lizard hounds.
language. In actuality, the lizard hound
is a creature of animal instinct. This is
reflected in their combat style.

COMBAT
Lizard hounds are pack predators;
they cooperate with each other. If a single
lizard hound attacks, it is either wounded,
defending its young or is a trained guard
hound. Lizard hounds rarely fight to the
death. If they are wounded or outmatched,
they will run. They prefer ambush tactics
and are naturally stealthy. The preferred
method of attack is to slowly surround
 Large Lorkan Medium Lorkan Small Lorkan
Large Aberration Medium-Size Aberration Small Aberration
Hit Dice: 10d8+30 (81 hpj 6d8+6 (36 hpj 4d8 (18hp)
Initiative: +1 +2 +3
Speed: 20ft. 25ft. 30 ft.
AC: 20 (-1 size, +1 Dex, +10 natural), 18 (+2 Dex, +6 natural), 16 (+1 size, +3 Dex,
+2 natural), Touch 14,
Flat-footed 13
Touch 10, Flat-footed 19 Touch 12, Flat-footed 16
Base Attack/Grapple: +7/+15 +4/+4
Attacks: Slam +10 melee (2d4+4) Slam +4 melee (ld6) Slam +1 melee (ld4-2)
Full Attack: 2 slams +10 melee (2d4+4)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft. 5 ft. /5 ft. 5 ft. /5 ft.
Special Attacks: Consume, improved grab Consume, improved grab Consume, improved grab
Special Qualities: Divide, scent Divide, scent Immunities, scent
Saves: Fort +6, Ref +4, Will +8 Fort +3, Ref +4, Will +6 Fort +1, Ref +4, Will +5
Abilities: Str 19, Dex 12, Con 17, Str 11, Dex 14, Con 13, Str 7, Dex 16, Con 11, 1
Int 12, Wis 12, Cha 8 Int 12, Wis 12, Cha 8 Int 12, Wis 12, Cha 8
Listen +14, Search +14, Spot +14 Listen +10, Search +10, Spot +10 Listen +8, Search +8, Spot +8
Power Attack, Toughness (x2) Power Attack, Toughness Power Attack ~
Climate/Ierrain:
Organization:
Any underground
Solitary or cluster (2-5)
Any underground
Pair
Any underground
Pair I
Challenge Rating: 7 3 1
Treasure: Standard Standard Standard
Alignment: Always neutral Always neutral Always neutral
Advancement: 7-9 HD (Medium-size) 5HD (Small)
Level Adjustment:

DESCRIPTION known to attack adventurers in an effort to feed on

their weapons, armor, coin and other metal valuables.
Lorkan are crystalline beings, proportioned
In such cases, the lorkan are relentless. Refined minerals
similarly to humans, though they usually stand roughly
- particularly steel - are quite tasty to these creatures.
10 feet tall at the shoulder. Their shoulders are broad
Adventurers vexed by lorkans would be well advised
and blocky with bulky, squared off arms that terminate
to simply drop the metal they are carrying and allow
in blocks of crystal ideal for pulverizing foes. Their
the lorkans to consume it, after which the adventurer
legs are similarly geometric, though they seem to lack
will be of no further interest to the creature. Lorkans
feet. Instead, they balance easily on the flat bottoms
have been known to "eat" metal armor right off an
of their legs. They completely lack facial features or
adventurer's back, though other items, such as weapons
distinguishing marks of any kind. Most humanoids
and coin, the lorkan consumes after the owner is either
cannot discern the difference between one lorkan and
dead or fled.
the next. Though they generally live in subterranean
Lorkan reproduce asexually. From birth, when
areas, when light shines through their bodies, it creates
they are roughly 6 feet high, they grow steadily until
a beautiful prismatic effect.
they reach 12 feet. At this point, the lorkan seems to
Lorkans are peaceful creatures by nature but do not
cleave down its center, as if struck by a chisel at some
hesitate to fight to defend themselves when threatened.
vital weak point. Once divided, each piece of the lorkan
They exist on a steady diet of minerals. Rather than
quickly metamorphoses into a whole creature. Over the
actually eat the rocks in any fashion a humanoid
course of the following ten years or so, the new lorkans
would recognize, they instead absorb the nutrients
each grow to full size before once more dividing.
through contact. Once a lorkan has fed on a particular
Lorkans tend to colonize areas rich in ore, and
mineral, whether it be gold, iron, silver or anything
remain in one area for as long as possible. That said,
else, it resembles nothing more than cold, hard granite.
they seem well aware that if too many lorkans live in
Though not inherently aggressive, lorkans have been
one area, the mineral resources are quickly tapped.
 As lorkans divide and reproduce the population rises
towards a critical mass. When there are enough younger
lorkans half of them will depart to seek another source
of nourishment.
This peculiar method of reproduction generates
an additional benefit. When struck sufficiently hard in
combat, rather than shatter, lorkans divide. This is true
even of young lorkans, who divide into lorkans as small
as three feet tall. Such diminutive lorkans require six
months to grow to the size of young lorkans, after which
they grow into adult lorkans in the usual time.
Lorkan communicate through harmonic vibrations,
which emanate from their crystalline forms. Clearly,
this is a language of some sort, though thus far, none
have been able to interpret it, nor communicate with the
lorkans in any fashion. That said, their song is beautiful
to listen to, and music lovers have traveled for miles just
to hear the song of a known lorkan colony. Some feel
safer leaving their coin at home, but others make certain
to bring a small supply of coin with which to "feed" the
lorkan in exchange for their" performance." They pay in
advance, if they know what's good for them.

COMBAT
Lorkan generally do not attack other creatures,
unless the victim is carrying a quantity of refined metal.
In this case, the lorkan is a relentless foe, though it
seems to bear no particular malice toward its victim.
Usually, the lorkan will attempt to subdue its victim
before feeding off his possessions, but if the opponent
is wearing metal armor, the lorkan may simply grapple
with the opponent and feed on the spot.
H is possible for lorkan to divide during combat
(usually due to a particularly powerful blow in just the
right spot). This appears to cause them no discomfort,
and they simply keep attempting to feed as they were
before the split.
Lorkan generally go after the highest quality
material they can find to feed on, whether carried
by another or not. They prefer alloys to pure metals.
This makes steel armor and weaponry particularly
appealing, though a canny adventurer with alloyed
coins in his pocket could easily use his belt pouch as a
distraction while he escapes with his equipment intact.
Scent (Ex): Lorkans can detect the presence of
metals and alloys by scent at a distance of 30 feet.
Improved Grab (Ex): If a lorkan hits with both
slam attacks on the same opponent, it may immediately
grapple the opponent as a free action without provoking
an attack of opportunity. Thereafter, it may consume.
Consume (Ex): If a lorkan is grappling an opponent
that is wearing metal armor, it automatically attempts
to consume the armor, in addition to dealing grappling
damage as normal. In order to do so, the lorkan must
grapple its opponent for a number of consecutive rounds
equal to the Armor bonus of the armor in question. If
the armor magical in any way, this time requires ten
times the usual amount of time. If successful,the armor
is rendered useless. If the grapple is broken before the
lorkan can fully consume the armor, there is no lasting
effect.
Divide (Ex): Any time a Large or Medium-size
lorkan is dealt a critical hit with a melee weapon, it
automatically divides into two lorkan of the next lesser
size category. One lorkan begins in the same square,
while the second appears in any adjacent square. Both
begin at average hit points, though if the lorkan was
grappling with an opponent when it divided, it is no
longer considered grappling (and must move out of its
opponent's square).
Immunities (Ex): Small lorkan are not subject to
critical hits.
Medium-Sized Outsider (Chaotic, Evil)
Hit Dice: 16d8 (72 hp)
Initiative: +4
Speed: 30 ft.
AC: 16 (+6 natural), Touch 10, Flat-footed 16
Base Attack/Grapple: +16/+17
Attacks: Claw +17 melee (ld4+1), bite +17 melee
(ld6+1)
Full Attack: 2 claws +17 melee (ld4+1), bite +12
melee (ld6+1)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Echo, proxy
Saves: Fort +11, Ref +10, Will +15
Abilities: Str 12, Dex 11, Con 12, Int 12, Wis 16,
Cha 16
Skills: Bluff +22, Diplomacy +22, Disguise +22,
Gather Information +22, Hide +19, Listen
+22, Move Silently +19, Search +20, Spot +22
Feats: Dodge, Improved Initiative, Iron Will,
Mobility
Climate/Terrain: Any land or underground
Organization: Solitary
Fortunately, it is not as simple as them merely
Challenge Rating: 14
stepping through to our side of these portals. It is at
Treasure: Standard
once more difficult and far more horrifying. Mirror
Alignment: Always chaotic evil
haunts can only gain access to the Prime Material
Advancement: -
Plane by making mental contact with a mortal who
gazes upon them, and only through truly reflective
DESCRIPTION surfaces. Though they can observe the Prime Material
Mirror haunts are extraplanar creatures that exist Plane through any reflective surface, water surfaces
as dark reflections of mortal beings. Sages theorize and other things that cast unstable reflections are not
they were once creatures of the Prime Material Plane a reliable gateway. Further, in order to gain permanent
who were somehow banished to their current home, a access to the Prime Material Plane, these creatures
dimension of eternal darkness and cold. They dabbled require regular contact with an individual mortal,
in magical energies too powerful to control and were which virtually requires a reflective device be used
excised from the Prime Material Plane by some higher regularly.
power. Others posit that the creatures are and always While mirror haunts do require a mortal, they do
have been creatures native to the darkness beyond the not require cooperation. Over time, these creatures
stars. Whatever their true origin, they constantly seek gradually assume the appearance of their victims.
to invade the Prime Material Plane. After they have sufficiently disguised themselves as
The creatures accomplish this through the only their opponents, they enter the Prime Material Plane
means available to them: mirrors. Whether by some through any mirror.
dark design or by simple twist of fate, mirror haunts Once arrived on the Prime Material Plane, these
can gaze into the Prime Material Plane through creatures immediately set about assuming the life and
reflective surfaces of all kinds: still pools of water, the habits of their victims. This is a long, time consuming
shine of newly polished steel or, most often, mirrors. process, and one which hopefully goes unnoticed by
For all of history, these creatures have lurked at the the mirror haunt's victim, lest the process of subsuming
edges of our awareness. With the invention of mirrors, the victim's life to the mirror haunt's own ineffable
however, we gave them not only a window to our purpose be hindered.
world, but also a door.
 Once the mirror haunt arrives in the Prime Material
Plane, it is only a matter of time before either the haunt
or its victim overpowers the other in a cosmic test of
wills, of which the victim may not even be aware.
Over the course of the next dozen or so days,
the spirits of the mirror haunt and the victim vie
for the right to exist on the Prime Material Plane, as
n~ture can only accept one of the two. Unfortunately,
rrurror haunts are strong of will, and they often easily
overpower their chosen victims, going on to live their
stolen lives. Fortunately, this process can be hindered
by a victim who discovers the extraplanar creature.
If the victim is overcome, he ages at an accelerated
rate, and his presence seems to diminish. Though he
does not actually shrink, he appears smaller somehow
to those who know him, his voice quieter, his gaze
distant. These symptoms gradually grow more and
n:ore pronounced until one day, the victim simply ...
disappears. He does not wink out of existence suddenly
- nothing so blatantly sinister. Instead, he falls ill for
several days, during which time the mirror haunt
makes its final bid for control of the victim's life. If the
mirror haunt succeeds, its spirit and consciousness is
fused with the victim's forevermore, and the mirror
haunt remains in control.
It is unknown at this time exactly how many
mirror haunts have already succeeded in establishing
their existence in the Prime Material Plane, nor what
their ultimate agenda in this reality actually is. Indeed,
whether or not they even have a unified agenda
remains to be seen. Their overriding goal may simply
be establishing a life on this plane, removed from the
bone cutting cold and eternal darkness of their own
dimension. Or, perhaps they seek not to dominate the
humanoid races of the Prime Material Plane, but to
replace them entirely - to relegate humanoids to the
same void whence the mirror haunts came, and claim
the Prime Material Plane for their own.
Despite their ineffable motives and alien cunning,
mirror haunts can be defeated. The key to their defeat
lies in their discovery. If confronted, they first attempt
to convince their accuser that they are who they claim
to be. Indeed, they continue to assert this even through
interrogation, torture, even unto the point of death
- though they cannot truly be killed by most mortals.
Only their victims are capable of harming them
in any lasting fashion, and even then the battle is
ultimately one of wills rather than weaponry. If a
mirror haunt is ultimately overcome, it reverts to its
natural form, and may be killed, though they do not
yield easily.
Mirror haunts, in their native shape, are vaguely
humanoid creatures, with flesh so black that the eye
seems to slide across it. Their joints and bones bend
at impossible angles, and their eyes seem to hold an
infinitude of void, and stars - impossibly distant stars
- sparkle deep within.
COMBAT
Until revealed in their true form, mirror haunts
echo their victims in every respect (behaviorally and
statistically) except as noted below. Once revealed,
their statistics match those given in the statistics block
above.
Echo (Ex): If for thirteen nights in a row a potential
victim gazes into the same mirror, says nothing, falls
asleep, wakes up, says nothing, and looks in the mirror
again, the mirror haunt may thereafter echo that victim.
This allows the mirror haunt to pass through the mirror
and into the Prime Material Plane, disguised as the
victim (+10 racial bonus to disguise checks).
Proxy (Ex): Once arrived in the Prime Material
Plane, the mirror haunt assumes all of the statistics of
its intended victim, including (but not limited to) racial
benefits, class abilities, feats, and spellcasting ability.
Further, the mirror haunt is equipped with its choice of
exact copies of any equipment the victim wore during
any of the thirteen visits to its mirror, even otherwise
unique items. Only the mirror haunt's alignment
and subtype remain intact (though it is no longer
considered an Outsider, but whatever monster type
its victim is with the augmented outsider subtype).
Further, the mirror haunt gains the special quality fast
healing 10.
After 24 hours, the mirror haunt and its victim
must make opposed Will saves. The victor is unaffected,
while the loser suffers 1 point of permanent Charisma
damage. If the victim is reduced to 0 Charisma first, he
is expelled to the mirror haunt's home dimension, and
the mirror haunt fully assumes the victim's identity,
including all of his memories. If the mirror haunt is
reduced to 0 Charisma, it is forced back to its native
form (though not expelled from the Prime Material
Plane), and may be killed normally.
For each full round during a 24 hour period the
victim remains in physical contact with the mirror
haunt (usually requiring a grapple), the mirror haunt
suffers a cumulative -1 circumstance penalty to the
Will save described above. Prolonged contact is the
only known way for the victim to exert his prior claim
to his own identity.
Huge Magical Beast
Hit Dice: 10d10+50 (105 hp)
Initiative: +2
Speed: 40 ft
AC: 21 (+2 Dex, -2 size, +11 natural), Touch 10,
Flatfooted 19
Base AttackiGrapple: +10/+26
Attacks: Bite +16 melee (2d6+4 plus poison)
Space/Reach: 30 ft./15 ft.
Special Attacks: Poison, Gaze Attack, Breath
Weapons, Blinding Spittle
Special Qualities: Regeneration 5, Improved Grab,
Constrict, Deaf, Tremorsense, Resistances
Saves: Fort +12, Ref +9, Will +15
Abilities: Str 27, Dex 14, Con 20, Int 5, Wis 15,
Cha 13
Skills: Spot + 15
Feats: Combat Reflexes, Multiattack
Climate/Terrain: Any warm land
Organization: Solitary or pair
Challenge Rating: 12
Treasure: None
in a final warning gesture. Creatures that do not
Alignment: Usually neutral
quickly flee from either of these warnings often end
Advancement Range: 11-20 HD (Huge); 21-28 HD
up dead.
(Gargantuan); 29-50 HD (Colossal)
Medusas sometimes keep mortislanges as
Level Adjustment: -
pets or guardians. Of all creatures, they have a
natural immunity to the poison and gaze attacks
DESCRIPTION of mortislanges. Some sages wonder if there is a
A mortislange looks like a massive, 30-foot long biological connection between the two races, with
cobra with a rattlesnake tail and twelve smaller medusas possibly representing the sentient version of
snakes radiating from its body just behind its hood. some parallel evolution. Whatever their connection,
Each of the smaller heads acts independently of the the only time mortislanges peacefully coexist is when
main head. under the control of a medusa owner.
Mortislanges combine qualities of many different
types of snakes, as well as a few abilities that no other COMBAT
snake possesses, such as a petrifying gaze. They are
Mortislanges rarely initiate combat but their
slightly more intelligent than normal snakes but
varied abilities can quickly end them. A mortislange
cannot speak. Like snakes, mortislanges are cold-
can only attack with three lesser heads against any
blooded carnivores. Most are green or brown with
single creature in a round. If it attacks a creature with
stripes or patterns similar to those of normal snakes.
its main head, the mortislange may use three of its
The lesser heads of a mortislange have the same basic
lesser heads to also attack that creature in the same
coloration of the main head, though they may differ
round. As predators, mortislanges only attack when
slightly in hue or tone. It is not possible to determine
hungry, which is typically every other day. They
the special attack of a lesser head by its coloration or
must eat a Large size creature (or 2 Medium-size, 4
marking.
Small, or 8 Tiny creatures) to sate their hunger.
If surprised or approached, a mortislange warns
A mortislange's lesser heads can be cut off
away pestering creatures by shaking its tail like a
without killing the mortislange itself. To sever a
rattlesnake. When alarmed or provoked, it rises up
and extends the cobra-like hood of its main head head, an opponent must hit the lesser head's neck
 (represented by a critical hit) with a slashing weapon
and deal 10 points of damage in a single blow. The
severed head dies, and the mortislange's natural
regeneration ability closes the wound to prevent
further blood loss. The mortislange can no longer
attack with the severed head but suffers no other
penalties.
Because they prefer to eat their prey, mortislanges
only use their gaze attacks when sorely threatened or
outnumbered by at least three to one. Most creatures
are killed by their poison or breath weapons.
A mortislange almost never fights to the
death, preferring to retreat as soon as its hit points
are reduced by half. Even as it flees, however, it
continues to use its breath weapons and gaze attacks
to keep pursuers at bay.
Poison (Ex): The poison of a mortislange's main
head is the most dangerous (Fortitude save (DC 20);
initial damage 1d6 temporary Dexterity, secondary
damage 1d6 permanent Dexterity). However, three
of the lesser heads are also poisonous (Fortitude save
(DC 20); initial damage 1d4 temporary Strength +
1 permanent Constitution, secondary damage 1d3
permanent Constitution).
Gaze Attack (Su): Three of the lesser heads
have a potent gaze attack, which they can activate
at will with 30 feet. The victim is turned to stone
permanently (Fortitude save DC 20).
Breath Weapons (Ex): Three of the lesser heads
of a mortislange possess a breath weapon. These
heads may either bite or use their breathe weapons
in any single round but cannot do both. One head
breathes fire: Cone of fire, 30 feet, every 2d4 rounds;
damage 3d6 + 3, Reflex half DC 20. The fiery breath
also ignites any flammable materials within the cone.
One breathes cold: Cone of cold, 30 feet, every 2d4
rounds; damage 3d6+3, Reflex half DC 20. The final
head breathes lightning: Line of lightning, 5 feet by
50 feet, every 2d4 rounds; damage 3d6+3, Reflex half
DC 20.
Blinding Spittle (Ex): Three of the mortislange's
heads can spit a sticky black ooze. The ooze is
completely harmless, except when the mortislange
attempts to strike its victim's eyes, rendering that
creature blind. The blinding spittle attack is a range
touch attack. However, eyes are diminutive targets
and gain a +16 size bonus to AC. If an attack is
successful, the creature is blinded 1d12 hours.
Regeneration (Ex): Fire and acid deal normal
damage to a mortislange. All other damage is treated
as non-lethal damage and is healed at a rate of 5 hit
points per round. If a mortislange loses a limb or
body part, the lost portion regrows in 3d6 minutes.
The creature can reattach the severed member
instantly by holding it to the stump.
Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, the
mortislange must hit with a successful bite attack
from its main head. If it gets hold, it can constrict its
victim.
Constrict (Ex): A mortislange deals 2d6 + 4
damage with a successful grapple check against
Large or smaller creatures. In addition, a creature so
constricted can be targeted by up to six lesser heads
each round.
Deaf (Ex): Mortislanges cannot hear. They are
immune to any effect that relies on sound, such
as power word spells. They have immunity to sonic
attacks.
Tremorsense (Ex): A mortislange can
automatically sense the location of anything within
30 feet that is in contact with the ground.
Resistances: Mortislanges have cold, fire and
lightning resistance 10.
SOCIETY
Most mortislanges live and hunt alone. They
mark their territory with glands at the base of their
rattle tails, and other mortislanges either avoid such
areas or attempt to drive off or kill the mortislange
living there. The only time mortislanges meet without
trying to kill one another is during the mating season
of early spring. As soon as the ground has thawed
mortislanges emerge from hibernation and begin
seeking others of their kind. All mortislanges are
hermaphroditic in nature, allowing any two to come
together and mate. The two dig a crude nest, lay their
eggs, fertilize their partner's eggs, cover the nest with
dirt and underbrush, and part ways. The eggs hatch
near the end of summer. Most mortislange hatchlings
attempt to kill and consume one another, until only
a handful of hearty creatures are left. These set out
in different directions and begin hunting small prey
such as voles and mice.
A mortislange grows to maturity in two years
but are deadly in one. Immature mortislanges have
half the hit dice of their adult brethren. For their
special attacks, the DC of each is reduced by 5, but
their special abilities are otherwise unchanged (i.e.
they deal the same amount of damage, have the
same ranges, etc).
Medium Monstrous Humanoid
Hit Dice: 8d8 (32 hp)
Initiative: +2 (Dex)
Speed: 30 ft.
AC: 18 (+2 Dex, +6 Mourning cloak), touch 12, flat-
footed 16
Base Attack Bonus/Grapple: +8/+9
Attacks: Mourning dagger +12 melee, Mourning
Dagger +12 ranged
Full Attack: Mourning dagger +12/ +7 melee
(ld4+2)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 feet, infectious
sadness
Saves: Fort +2, Ref +8, Will +10
Abilities: Str 13, Dex 15, Con 10, Int 16, Wis 14,
Cha20
Skills: Bluff +12, Disguise +11, Escape Artist +5,
Listen +8, Move Silently +8, Sense Motive +8,
Spot +8
Feats: Dodge, Iron Will, Quick Draw, Weapon
Finesse (dagger), Weapon Focus (dagger)
Climate/Terrain: Any land infidelity destroyed the one person she truly
Organization: Solitary loved, the woman prayed out to dark gods and
Challenge Rating: 8 fiends to make the pain stop. Some dark forces
Treasure: Standard, plus magical items below resonate with her agony and gladly fulfill the
Alignment: Neutral evil woman's request - with her soul consumed she
Advancement Range: -- can feel nothing else. The shell of sadness and
Level Adjustment: +10 pain that remains behind becomes animated as a
mourning glory.
Description Mourning glories seek to spread the sadness
Often referred to as "sirens of the land," they feel, either by forcing others to feel their
mourning glories use their beautiful forms and emotions or by killing others, thus making
otherworldly attraction to lure creatures to their someone, somewhere mourn the deaths of their
death. A mourning glory appeara as a woman victims in the same way that mourning glories
grieving over the loss of a loved one. Very few grieve over people now centuries dead.
people can approach a mourning glory without Though all mourning glories are evil, there is
feeling at least a hint of the overwhelming grief a marked difference in the way various mourning
and despair they carry with them everywhere glories treat those they encounter. Some are
they go. ruthless, killing anyone that comes near them.
Most sages believe mourning glories were Others prefer to torment their victims, infecting
once human, but they gave into despair and them with despair and waiting until their victims
submitted themselves to dark arts that made beg the mourning glory to take their life. Still
them monstrous, giving them long life spans others have vengeance on their mind, delighting
but preserving them forever in their time of in targeting, torturing, and finally murdering
grief. The truth is far more sinister: a mourning anyone they believe has caused sorrow similar
glory is a woman whose true love was killed to their own.
by a jealous lover she'd been consorting with. While not susceptible to bribes, mourning
Driven insane by the knowledge that her own glories may be bluffed. They listen with particular
attention to tales of violence that springs from
sorrow, and they receive a -2 on their Sense
Motive check if anyone weaves such an element
into their bluff.
Mourning glories prefer secluded areas and
stay away from cities of any size. No one has ever
seen two mourning glories together, though on
rare occasions they have been seen acting with
other creatures, such as harpies, medusas, and
darknagas.
On occasion, people infected by a mourning
glory's despair become strangely attached to
the creature, staying by her side until they
recover from the gloom. They become as slaves,
losing their will in their depression and giving
themselves over to anything the mourning glory
commands.
Encounters with mourning glories are very
rare, and some sages believe there are no more
than a handful of them in existence.
APPEARANCE
Mourning glories appear as tall, slender
women dressed in a clingy black dress and a
nearly opaque veil. Their figure is enough to
make most men (and some women) who see
them take a second look. Their long black hair
is so dark it blends nearly seamlessly into their
dresses.
The face of a mourning glory is never visible
from afar, but they still somehow give the
impression of great beauty. A mourning glory
never removes her veil, or even moves it away
from her face on her own volition. Beneath the
veil, mourning glories' faces are parched, gaunt,
and eyeless. They have no eyebrows or teeth, and
they usually hold their mouths in a small, open
circle.
COMBAT
Mourning glories' first assault is emotional-
they radiate despair. Ideally, their victims are
crushed and debilitated by sadness, after which
the mourning glory approaches and slowly
draws a dagger across their throat.
If their opponents are not affected by despair,
mourning glories try to gain the advantage of
surprise, quickly attacking long before anyone
gets close enough to see the inhuman face
beneath their dark veil. They may throw their
daggers if necessary, but they prefer not to, as
such a weapon is too powerful to risk losing.
Infectious sadness (Su): Anyone who sees a
mourning glory feels at least a touch of the sadness
they radiate; in close quarters, the despair can be
overwhelming. Any creature within 25 feet of a
mourning glory must make a Will save (DC 19)
or be suffused with despair, as in the arcane spell
emotion (-2 morale penalty to attack rolls, ability
checks, skill checks, and weapon damage rolls).
Any creature failing their Will save by more than
10 suffers extreme depression and loses the will
to act in any way.
Any creature failing their first Will save must
make a second save in the subsequent round
(DC 15); failure on this save means the creature
is overcome by pity for the mourning glory and
will fight to keep her from harm.
All effects of the infectious sadness quality
fade within 1d4 rounds once the mourning glory
is more than 25 feet away.
ITEMS
Mourning Dagger +1: If the damage roll of
a mourning dagger is a natural I, it has no effect
other than the physical damage. If the roll is
greater than I, the recipient of the damage must
make a Fort save (DC 15) or have their muscles
go immediately limp. The victim falls to the
ground, as if prostrating himself in mourning.
They are effectively prone, paralyzed, and
helpless (see DMG p. 301). Muscle control returns
in 1d4 rounds.
Caster level: 10th; Prerequisites: Craft Magic
Arms and Armor, ray of enfeeblement; Market
price: 18,000gpo
Mourning Cloak +6: Along with the listed
enhancement bonus to armor class, the cloak
provides immunity against any spells with
emotional effects (e.g. charm spells, emotion, and
fear). The wearer of a mourning cloak risks being
infected with the despair that characterizes
mourning glories. Any creature donning the
cloak must make a Will save (DC 19) or suffer
from despair (as in "Infectious sadness" above).
The save must be made each day the cloak is
worn, and for each consecutive day it is worn the
DC increases by one. However, if the possessor of
the cloak removes it and leaves it off for an entire
day, the DC returns to 17 the next time the cloak
is worn.
Caster level: 6th; Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous
Item, emotion; Market price: 12,000gpo
Medium-size Undead
Hit Dice: 16d12 (78 hp)
Initiative: +6
Speed: 20 ft
AC: 22 (+2 Dex, +10 natural), Touch 12, Flat-
footed 20
Base Attack/Grapple: +8/+6
Attacks: Melee Touch attack +8 (Disintegration)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Disease, touch of emptiness
Special Qualities: Damage reduction 15/ -, SR 30,
track attacker, spell-like abilities, immunities,
resistances, spell deflection, weakness, death
throes, undead traits
Saves: Fort +5, Ref +7, Will +17
Abilities: Str 7, Dex 15, Con =, Int 23, Wis 25, Cha
23
Skills: Intuit Direction +38, Listen +38, Spot +38
Feats: Great Fortitude, Improved Initiative, Iron
Will
Climate/Terrain: Any land
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 20 already exists on the continent). Her skin pulls free of
Treasure: None her muscles, bones and innards; her clothing, eyes, and
Alignment: Always neutral hair turn black.
Advancement Range: - Since a plague wench only ceases roaming when
Level Adjustment: - destroyed, hearty and foolish adventurers must risk
annihilation in order to halt the spread of disease
caused by a roaming plague wench.
DESCRIPTION A plague wench always appears female, and is
Pestilence incarnate, a plague wench leaves always referred to as a she. Plague wenches do not
disease, suffering, and death in her wake. Though a speak, and no one has ever successfully communicated
plague wench appears as an attractive human woman, with one.
her beauty is only skin deep. The flesh that walks upon
the earth harbors within it incorporeal vapors causing COMBAT
a painful and lingering disease.
A plague wench never touches the ground; her A plague wench never actively begins a combat
bare feet levitate a few inches above the surface at a encounter. Most creatures flee from her path, hoping
constant height she cannot alter. She is thus able to to avoid the death she brings. If attacked, the plague
hover over water, but not over a chasm or empty space. wench moves in the direction of her attacker, using her
Any clothing a plague wench wears is dark and tight, dimension door ability to close the distance as quickly
accentuating the outward beauty of the creature. as possible. She attempts her disintegrating touch
Only one plague wench may roam a continent at attack against anyone who attacks her. Creatures
a time. A plague wench is created when a beautiful that do not attack her are effectively invisible, as the
young human woman (under 20 years old, Charisma spell invisibility. See that spell's description for what
constitutes an attack.
If If
16+) survives a deadly plague or pestilence that kills
everyone she knows only to die shortly thereafter Plague wenches never charge or run. They move
by some violent cause (suicide, murder, or the like). at a constant speed of 20 ft. If greater speed is needed,
Several days after she is struck dead, the woman rises they dimension door.
as a plague wench (unless an active plague wench
 The plague wench uses her spell-like abilities to
"heal" herself, rather than using the spells to damage
foes.
Disease, "Weakening Death" (Ex): Automatic
infection (no save); Fortitude DC 26 to avoid damage;
Contact; Incubation period varies; 1d4 permanent Str,
Con, Cha; 1d4 temporary Dex, Int, Wis; victim cannot
shake off the disease naturally, regardless of how
many successful saves are made. Only a remove disease
or similar effect can end the disease and allow healing
to begin.
The incubation period varies depending on how
close to the plague wench the victim came. Within
10 feet of the plague wench, the disease's incubation
period is 2d4 rounds; new Fortitude saves must
be made every 2d4 rounds thereafter, until either
the victim dies or is magically cured. To 30 feet, its
incubation period is 1d4 minutes; with new saves
every 1d4 minutes. To 90 feet, its incubation period
is 2d6 hours; with new saves every 2d6 hours. To 180
feet, the disease's incubation period is 1 day, with new
saves required daily.
Touch of Emptiness (Su): Any solid thing that
touches or is touched by a plague wench must
immediately make a Fortitude save (DC 22). Creatures
that fail their save are disintegrated, as the spell cast
by a 20th level sorcerer. Those that succeed still take
5d6 points of damage. Non-magical weapons used to
strike a plague wench are automatically disintegrated
(no save); magic weapons get a Fortitude save to resist
the effect; a successful save has no effect on a magical
weapon, while a failed save destroys it. Artifacts used
to strike the plague wench only have a 1 % chance of
being destroyed, but still lose all magical abilities
for Id4 hours if the Fortitude save is failed. Monks
or others who strike the plague wench with natural
weapons are affected by the disintegrate effect with
every strike they succeed at.
Track Attacker (Su): A plague wench always
knows who struck her last. She moves in a direct line
toward that creature, using dimension door if within
range. If not, she moves at a constant speed of 20
feet per round until she can dimension door to her
last attacker's position, where she attempts to strike
her attacker with her Touch of Emptiness ability. If
more than one creature harms her in a round, she
approaches the one who did the most damage.
Spell-LikeAbilities: At will- dimension door, harm,
inflict critical wounds, inflict light wounds, inflict moderate
wounds, inflict serious wounds. These spells are all cast
as by a 20th level sorcerer. A plague wench is never
disoriented from using her dimension door, and may
take actions the following round.
Immunities (Ex): Plague wenches are immune to
all spells of less than 7th level. The lone exception is
remove disease (see below). In addition, a plague wench
is immune to turn and rebuke undead attempts.
Resistances (Ex): A plague wench has acid, fire
and sonic resistance 15. She also has cold and lightning
resistance 30.
Spell Deflection (Su): Any spell that targets the
plague wench (aside from those she casts on herself)
has a 50% chance of affecting a different random target
within range. If no other targets are within range and
the spell is deflected, it simply fizzles away without
effect. Check for spell deflection before spell resistance
is rolled and before the plague wench's immunity to
spells is determined.
Weakness (Su): A remove disease spell that
successfully targets the plague wench deals 1d6 points
of damage per caster level. The spell is still subject to
the plague wench's spell deflection ability (see above)
and SR.
Death Throes (Ex): Reducing a plague wench
to 0 hit points or less does not immediately destroy
it. Instead, at that point it has suffered enough
damage to knock the hollow skin off. This leaves an
incorporeal mist that is the trapped soul of the young
woman whose death created the plague wench. After
comfortably existing within the trapped hollows of
the plague wench's skin, the soul is displeased to
be stripped of its physical body again. It lashes out
against the destruction of its body, destroying itself
in a retributive strike. The strike's area is in the form
of a 20-foot radius emanation. Everything within
that space is affected as if by a disintegrate spell cast
by a 20th level sorcerer (Fortitude DC 24). Those that
succeed still take 5d6 points of damage. This blast
destroys everything within the radius, including earth
(leaving a crater) and the very air around the plague
wench. The rush of air moving in to fill the void causes
a thunderclap that can be heard up to a mile away.
Undead Traits: Immune to mind-influencing
effects, poison, sleep, paralysis, stunning and disease.
Not subject to critical hits, subdual damage, ability
damage, energy drain or death from massive damage.
Immune to effects that require a Fortitude save, unless
they can also affect an object.
Skills: A plague wench has a +8 racial bonus to
Survival, Listen, and Spot checks.
Diminutive Fey
Hit Dice: 4d6 (14 hp)
Initiative: +1
Speed: 5 ft., 30 ft. flying (medium)
AC: 15 (+1 Dex, +4 Size), Touch 15, Flat-footed
14
Base attack/Grapple: +2/-9
Attacks: Bite +6 melee (ld6+2 plus poison)
Space/Reach: 1 ft./O ft.
Special Attacks: Charm Host, ESP, Memory
Wipe
Special Qualities: Ability Score Adjustment,
Detect Psionics, Psionic Invisibility, Null
Psionics Field, Psionic Mirror, Telepathy
Saves: Fort +3, Ref +5, Will +7
Abilities: Str 12, Dex 12, Can 10, Int 17, Wis 12,
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Cha8 z-cp$
Skills: Climb +6, Diplomacy +6, Heal +6,
Knowledge (Psionics) +7, Knowledge
(Arcana) +7, Listen +7, Spot +6
Feats: Great Fortitude, Improved Initiative, Iron
Will
a host proves incapable of dominating others over a
Climate/Terrain: Forest
sustained period, the psimorph will revert to more
Organization: Solitary
subtle means to achieve its objective. A psimorph will
Challenge Rating: 5
have its host use whomever she has power over to
Treasure: Standard
buffer and protect the host from any threats, while the
Alignment: Neutral Evil
host pursues any obstacles in her path without looking
Advancement: -
back.
Level Adjustment: -
Some theorize that all the rulers of the world's
empires and kingdoms are hosts for psimorphs. A
OVERVIEW wild notion brought up by sages from time to time is
Psimorphs are from 3 to 6 inches in diameter. that the psimorphs are all working in collusion, being
They are built like cloakers, flat masses of flesh capable controlled by a greater power over their collective
of slowly flying by alternately gliding and flapping consciousness. As psimorphs live in the woods,
their body. The body of the Psimorph is transparent, some believe they seek to preserve the woodlands
revealing the organs and internal flow of their body. by controlling the minds of those who might destroy
A psimorph flies onto the back of a victim's neck and the faerie forests. Others theorize that psimorphs are
applies a paralytic bite. Then he penetrates the skin merely the forest dwelling cousins of the dungeon
and wraps an internally stored tentacle around the dwelling cloakers.
victim's spinal column. After the tentacle is inserted,
the psimorph can control the victim's mind for his own COMBAT
selfish ambitions.
A psimorph attacks only after he has assessed the
A psimorph feeds upon others' fear of his host.
potential strength of a victim. The psimorph will try
When someone is taken over by a psimorph, her
to select the most powerful possible subject as a host
personality undergoes a dramatic shift. Power becomes
when a choice presents itself. The psimorph reads the
the host's obsession, with all her actions reflecting
victim's thoughts with ESP, gains altitude above the
a fervid drive to control others. The host will often
victim's back (most likely catching them flat footed),
take the most reckless, obtuse course toward gaining
then drops down and bites. The bite has a paralysis
said control, using whatever means she possesses. If
poison, giving the psimorph time to dig into the spinal
column area and tap into the brain of the host. Once
inserted, the psimorph leaves a very small bump
visible on the exterior of its victim that is very hard to
notice (Search DC 20 or Spot DC 25).
Once attached to a host, the psimorph uses the host
to gain power. The psimorph will cause the host to try
and take the lead of her companions and all situations.
When faced with a psionic opponent, the psimorph
will use his mind defenses so the host can enter melee
or cast spells with relative psionic immunity.
Charm Host (Ex): Once attached, the psimorph's
host must make a Fortitude save (DC 20) or be
charmed. Once the charm has taken hold it may not be
broken as long as the psimorph is attached.
Psionic Invisibility (Su): This ability makes the
psimorph and its host invisible to psionic effects.
While this ability is activated, the psimorph cannot
be detected with any psionic power or ability, though
magic and normal abilities can detect the psimorph as
normal. This ability does not hide any of the psimorph' s
psionic abilities except Charm Host. This ability is
always active but can be voluntarily suppressed.
ESP (Sp): The psimorph may detect the thoughts
of others at a range of 60 ft. (Will save DC 20). This is
useable only on one individual at a time. This ability
may be used at will.
Detect Psionics (Sp): Psimorphs can detect beings
using psionics up to 120 ft. away. Even psionic
invisibility cannot prevent this ability from detecting a
psionic being (which is why psimorphs can detect one
another and stay out of each other's way). This ability
is always active but can be voluntarily suppressed.
Psionic Mirror (Su): This defense will reflect a
psionic attack, targeted at the psimorph or his host,
directly back at the origin. The attacker must make
a saving throw against its own attack. This effect is
useable three times a day.
Null Psionics Field (Sp): This is a powerful but
risky defense against psionic attacks. Once every ten
rounds, the psimorph may erect an anti-psionic barrier
with a radius of 10 ft. around the host. This ability
acts like the power of the same name with several
additional abilities. If the psimorph hits the barrier's
shell he is stunned for 30 minutes. While the psimorph
may be able to keep his host inside the barrier's shell,
outside forces may move or push the host through the
barrier.
Ability Score Adjust (Ex): When needed, the
psimorph can enable the host to draw upon untapped
potential for any ability, for up to one hour once per
day. The amount of the ability upgrade depends
on how long the host has been occupied by the
psimorph.
Time Occupied Amount Modified
1 day + 1 to anyone ability
3 days +2 to anyone ability
1 week +2 to any two abilities
1 month +3 to anyone ability
3 months +3 to any two abilities
9 months +3 to any three abilities
1 year +3 to any four abilities
2 years +3 to any five abilities
5 years +4 to any 3 abilities
10 years +4 to any 4 abilities
20 years +5 to all 6 abilities
Telepathy (Ex/Sp): A psimorph may communicate
telepathically with his host as an extraordinary ability
and with anyone else within 30 feet as a psionic
power.
Mini-memory Wipe (Ex): Should a psimorph
believe that an associate of the host threatens his
position he will use his memory wipe ability. This
ability has a range of 30 feet and wipes all negative
and suspicious thoughts regarding the psimorph's
host from memory (Will save DC 20 negates). This
gives the host time to have the individual dealt with
before it grows suspicious again.
PSIMORPH SOCIETY
Once every 9 years, a psimorph will reproduce.
When this occurs, a new psimorph will bud from the
body of its parent. If the psimorph has a host he will
leave his host to reproduce. The young psimorph is
born with the parent's entire knowledge, enabling it to
seek a host immediately.
Aboleths hate psimorphs. Psimorphs have
controlled hosts that have wreaked havoc upon aboleth
slave cities. The greatest fear for intellect devourers is
to be infiltrated by a psimorph that controls one of their
kind. Quite often, after a psimorph's host relationship
has matured, the host will have accumulated enough
power to lead an assault upon intellect devourer and
aboleth lairs deep beneath the earth. Psimorphs seek
the items that can enhance their own powers from
such raids, but the aboleths believe the psimorph's
interests exceed just a lust for their psionic items.
Medium-size Construct
Hit Dice: 14d10 (77 hp)
Initiative: +4
Speed: 30 ft.
AC: 24 (+4 Dex, +10 Natural), Touch 14, Flat-
footed 20
Base Attack/Grapple: +101 + 11
Attacks: +1Iongsword+12 or self-blade +11
Full Attack: +1 longsword +121 +7 (ld8+2/19-20),
self-blade +6 (ld8+1/19-20)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Sneak Attack +3d6, Death
Attack
Special Qualities: Construct qualities, Change
Physical Form, Electricity Resistance 15, Low
Light Vision, Darkvision, Regeneration 10,
SR 15.
Saves: Fort +3, Ref +7, Will +9
Abilities: Str 13, Dex 19, Con -, Int 17, Wis 22,
Cha17
Skills: Hide +14, Move Silently +14
Climate/Terrain: Any
Organization: Solitary changed its appearance once more to appear as the
Challenge Rating: 14 Duke himself and rode out of the castle on Hetrosi's
Treasure: Double Normal own horse.
Alignment: Always neutral evil After word of the assassin's success spread,
Advancement: - Zoranos started making quicksilver assassins to order.
Level Adjustment: - Over the past four years he has made fourteen of
the constructs, eleven of which are still serving their
owners. To ensure that the assassins are not turned
DESCRIPTION back against him, part of the construct's enchantment
Zoranos, an expert transmuter, originally built prevents the construct from attacking its creator.
quicksilver assassins to kill Duke Hetrosi who had put In their natural state, quicksilver assassins appear
a price on the wizard's head for refusing to make him to be a huge puddle of mercury. Zoranos' enchantment
a new magical sword. After Zoranos fought off three animates the construct and allows it to change shape at
mercenary bands he decided the best defense was a will. The mercury takes on a life of its own, instilled
strong offense and created his own assassin to remove with a natural cunning and heartless efficiency. Its
the Duke. disguise abilities are extraordinary, allowing it to
The original assassin was a stunning success. resemble any person, or even part of the surroundings
After disguising itself as one of Duke Hetrosi's guards if it desires. Their shape changing abilities also allow
(whom it had killed entering the castle) it crept into the them to squeeze through extremely tight spaces - as
Duke's bedchamber. Changing its form to become part small as a keyhole - to get to their targets.
of the ornate bed head, it waited until the Duke retired Quicksilver assassins have extraordinary patience
for the evening. Once Hetrosi was asleep it reformed and spend a considerable length of time studying
next to the bed as Zoranos, and skewered the Duke's the target before moving in for the kill. They watch
wife through the heart. The spraying blood woke for weak spots in the target's defenses and use them
Hetrosi who saw what looked like the wizard standing to their full advantage. They usually attack at night,
next to his bed. The assassin delivered the wizard's using the extra protection provided by the darkness
message before slashing the Duke's throat. It then
to help with their disguises, although they have been
known to strike in broad daylight if the opportunity
arises.
COMBAT
Quicksilver assassins were designed to kill their
targets and then escape from the area as quickly as
possible. They rely on stealth and cunning to approach
their targets, using their ability to change their physical
form to hide from pursuers. Wherever possible,
they blend in with crowds both before and after the
attack to confuse their pursuers. If in a crowd, they
take advantage of the confusion to switch identities
regularly to further throw off the chase.
Quicksilver assassins can use any man made
weapon or they can form part of their own bodies into
stabbing weapons if necessary.
Sneak Attack: If a quicksilver assassin can catch
an opponent when she is unable to defend herseIf
effectively from its attack, it can strike a vital spot for
extra damage. In short, the quicksilver assassin deals
an additional 3d6 damage any time its target would
be denied a Dexterity bonus to AC (whether the target
actually has a Dexterity bonus or not) or when the
quicksilver assassin flanks its target. This stacks with
any other sources of sneak attack damage. Should the
quicksilver assassin score a critical hit with a sneak
attack, this extra damage is not multiplied.
Ranged attacks can count as sneak attacks only
if the target is within 30 feet. A quicksilver assassin
cannot strike with deadly accuracy beyond that range.
With a sap (blackjack) or an unarmed strike, the
quicksilver assassin can make a sneak attack that
deals nonlethal damage instead of lethal damage. It
cannot use a weapon that deals lethal damage to deal
nonlethal damage in a sneak attack, not even with the
usual-4 penalty, because it must make optimal use of
its weapon in order to execute the sneak attack.
A quicksilver assassin can only sneak attack
living creatures with discernible anatomies - undead,
constructs, oozes, plants and incorporeal creatures
lack vital areas to attack. Additionally, any creature
immune to critical hits is not vulnerable to sneak
attacks. The quicksilver assassin must be able to see
the target well enough to pick out a vital spot and must
be able to reach a vital spot. A quicksilver assassin
cannot sneak attack while striking at a creature with
concealment or by striking the limbs of a creature
whose vitals are beyond reach.
Death Attack: If the quicksilver assassin studies its
victim for 3 rounds and then makes a sneak attack with
a melee weapon that successfully deals damage, the
sneak attack has the additional effect of possibly either
paralyzing or killing the target (quicksilver assassin's
choice). While studying the victim, the quicksilver
assassin can undertake other actions so long as his
attention stays focused on the target and the target
does not detect the quicksilver assassin or recognize
the quicksilver assassin as an enemy. If the victim of
such an attack fails her Fortitude saving throw (DC
22) against the kill effect, she dies. If the saving throw
fails against the paralysis effect, the victim's mind and
body become enervated, rendering her completely
helpless and unable to act for 1d6 rounds plus 1 round
per HD (and/or level) of the quicksilver assassin. If
the victim's saving throw succeeds, the attack is just a
normal sneak attack. Once the quicksilver assassin has
completed the 3 rounds of study, he must make the
death attack within the next 3 rounds. If a death attack
is attempted and fails (the victim makes her save) or
if the quicksilver assassin does not launch the attack
within 3 rounds of completing the study, 3 new rounds
of study are required before he can attempt another
death attack.
Construct Qualities (Ex): Immune to mind-
influencing effects, poison, disease and similar
effects. Not subject to critical hits, sub dual damage,
ability damage, energy drain, or death from massive
damage.
Electricity Resistance (Ex): A quicksilver assassin
ignores the first fifteen points of any electrical damage
done to it each round.
Change Physical Form (Su): A quicksilver assassin
can assume any medium-size shape or appearance
it chooses. Changing its appearance while keeping
the same form is a move equivalent action, while
changing forms completely is a full-round action.
The new appearance may be of an existing person,
or it may be of an inanimate object, completed at the
creature's discretion.
Regeneration (Ex): Fire and acid deal normal
damage to a quicksilver assassin. If a quicksilver
assassin loses a limb or body part, the lost portion
reforms in 3d6 minutes. The construct can reattach the
severed member instantly by holding it to the stump.
Skills: Quicksilver Assassins get a + 10 racial bonus
to both Hide and Move Silently skill checks.
Fine Sized Fey
Hit Dice: 2d6 (7 hp)
Initiative: +1
Speed: 5 ft.
AC: 24 (+8 size, +6 splint mail), Touch 18, Flat-
footed 24
Base Attack/Grapple: +1/ -11
Attacks: Tiny longspear +9 melee (ld2) or Tiny
longbow +10 ranged (ld2)
Space/Reach: 2ft./2 ft. (when using a mini-
longspear, otherwise 1ft. by 1ft./1ft.)
Special Attacks: Thundersmash, Rage of the
Rgulbuk
Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft.
Saves: Fort +0, Ref +4, Will +2
Abilities: Str 10, Dex 12, Con 10, Int 7, Wis 8, Cha
6
Skills: Climb +5, Intimidate +3, Listen +4, Spot
+4, Survival +4
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Feats: Far shot, Point blank shot, Track
Climate/Terrain: Forest
Organization: Patrol (9 and 1 shaman) to Horde
Rumored to exist somewhere in the faerie
CR: 3 (for a patrol)
forest are massive underground bastions where
Treasure: Standard
tens of thousands of rgulbuks are based. From
Alignment: Lawful Evil
such bases, massive hordes of these beings issue
Advancement: By character class
forth once a year to conquer and destroy all who
LevelAdjustment: +1
oppose them. Inside these bases, forges are said
to run night and day. Wild rumors report that
DESCRIPTION rgulbuks have even dragged prisoners to these
Hyper aggressive, miniature ore-like beings, underground lairs. About once every year tales
the rgulbuks are ever on the march or laying surface about a rgulbuk horde capturing a fair
siege. These inch-tall beings, native to faerie maiden to sacrifice to their gods. While some
forests, continually drive their hordes against individuals find rgulbuks amusing to observe
the innumerable enemies they are at war in action, death awaits those who underestimate
with. Rgulbuks look like green skinned miniature what these determined, diminutive beings can
orcs, with large fangs. A rgulbuk horde on the unleash. More often than not, it is the rgulbuks
march can stretch up to fifty yards long, wielding who will end up having the last laugh over those
weapons and armor that are similar to that of who find them amusing.
orcs. The rgulbuks' enemies range from "druid
spies" such as shrubs, flowers and small trees to COMBAT
small animals and even lone giants (giants being
Rgulbuks are always at war. They are ever
anyone higher than a tree stump - especially
on the march, in search of enemies to topple and
player characters). Laughter at their efforts serve
glory to be had. Rgulbuks operate in patrols
to fuel the unleashing of massive Thundersmash
ability, coupled with the rain of death from their of roughly 10 warriors or as the main body of
mini catapults and arrows, assault by ground the horde. Rgulbuks are highly regimented,
forces intent upon staking the enemy to the operating from their combat units in perfect
ground, as well as a flying swarm of hornet
riding" air" cavalry.
 unison. Rgulbuks typically target "giants" such
as humans, dwarves, elves, gnomes and other
humanoids of that size to slay.
Rgulbuks usually open with massive waves
of arrows while their ground troops attempt
to trip the enemy with tiny ropes and stakes
pounded into the earth. Should an enemy appear
to be getting the best of the Rgulbuks or, worse
still, should an enemy laugh and ridicule the
Rgulbuks, then the most devastating attack these
creatures possess is unleashed. The Rgulbuks
most powerful weapon is the Thundersmash
spell.
When a force of rgulbuk is threatened by
a superior foe, they quickly adopt a defensive
posture. Each rgulbuk carries one caltrop (1
damage per caltrop, Id6 caltrops stepped on per
step taken by a human sized being). The caltrops
are used to slow down an advancing foe. The
Thundersmash spell is also used in defense when
a superior foe is closing. The favored tactic used
when falling back is for hornet riders to fly in the
faces of the enemy while caltrops are spread all
about their feet. This combination has proven
itself extremely effective time and again, saving
the rgulbuks from certain death.
Rage of the Rgulbuk (Ex): When laughed at
or ridiculed, rgulbuk warriors gain +5 to hit and
+2 damage for the next ten rounds with melee or
ranged attacks within 5 feet.
Thundersmash (Sp): This ability can be used
when three or more rgulbuk shamans gather
and join hands to speak the spell. This spell
impacts just one target as directed by the shaman
leading the Thundersmash ritual. Thundersmash
requires five rounds to cast, with a Fortitude save
(DC 18) to resist the spell entirely. If the target
fails to resist, they suffer Id6 damage for every
2 rgulbuk shamans joined in the chain to cast
this spell. The spell also stuns the target for ten
rounds, allowing the rgulbuk ground forces time
to tie down the enemy for execution. This ability
may be used but once per day by the rgulbuk
shaman who participated in the casting.
RGULBUK SOCIETY
Rgulbuk families live within their military
units. A company of Rgulbuks consists of two
platoons. Each platoon has about forty warriors
(male and female) and ten young. A platoon
leader is a level 3 warrior, while the company
commander is a level 5 warrior. A battalion
consists of four companies (about 400 rgulbuks)
led by a level 7 fighter. A regiment consists of two
to five battalions (roughly 800 - 2,000 rgulbuks)
and is led by a level 9 fighter. A horde consists
of 2-10 regiments and is led by a Warlord. The
warlord's level is 11 + the number of regiments
in the horde.
Shamans advise each leader in rgulbuk
society on spiritual matters. Shamans are
typically 1 to 2 levels below the warrior they
support. Shamans heal the wounded and usually
tend to the young ones, teaching them rgulbuk
culture. The shamans are highly respected in
society, reinforcing the order and command of
rgulbuk society. Shamans never lead, however; a
unit or tribe always selects a new warrior to lead
should the current one die. Shamans have the
same stats as warriors (except they have ranks
in Heal instead of Survival) and generally one
shaman accompanies every patrol.
Female rgulbuks are not like ore females.
They are physically powerful, standing alongside
the males equally. Female rgulbuks raise the
young, carrying them while on the march and
leaving them in the back of the fights when they
assault a foe. Females often become shamans,
advising males and tending the wounded, but
they still hold their own as warriors.
Rgulbuk society is said to have originated
from orcs who invaded a faerie forest and were
cursed. In faerie woodlands, rgulbuks thrive on
the plentiful food and water coupled with the
never-ending supply of "enemies" to overcome.
Rgulbuks embrace overcoming obstacles and
barriers to their size such as, thick grass, streams,
and insects. On rare occasions rgulbuks create
an air cavalry unit by taming hornets. These
mounted units serve as excellent scouts of the
terrain ahead of the horde, as well as being
particularly savage in combat with their stinging
attack.
The true marvel of rgulbuk society is their
ability to move across terrain with innovation
and teamwork. Bridges made from grass and
mud, cutting down shrubs, taming hornets
and small rodents to perform tasks as needed
all occur while a massive force is underway.
Rgulbuk's armor and weapons are forged,
lending credence to the notion that a massive
underground rgulbuk base exists somewhere in
the fey forestlands.
Medium-size Monstrous Humanoid (Shapechanger)
Hit Dice: 2d8+6 (15 hp)
Initiative: +5
Speed: 30 ft
AC: 17 (+1 Dex, +6 natural), Touch 11, Flat-footed 16
Base Attack/Grapple: +2/ + 12
Attacks: slam +12 melee (ld6+10)
Full Attack: 2 slams +12 melee (ld6+ 10) I
I
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft. !
Special Attacks: Blood drain, improved grab, spells
Special Qualities: Alter self, darkvision 60 ft, regeneration
2, damage reduction 10/magic, SR 17.
Saves: Fort +3, Ref +4, Will +5
Abilities: Str 30, Dex 12, Con 16, Int 13, Wis 11, Cha 17
Skills: Disguise +13, Hide +11, Move Silently +10, Sense
Motive +5, Spot +11, Survival +2
Feats: Improved Initiative, Iron Will
\. \
Climate/Terrain: Any land and underground \ r "
Organization: Solitary, pair, cluster (2-5) or swarm (5-
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20)
Challenge Rating: 4
Treasure: Double standard (higher class) or 50%
standard (lower class) only kill their victims if their identities are somehow
Alignment: Often neutral evil revealed, or if the town or city has organized a hunt of
Advancement Range: By character class sangregudjas.
Level Adjustment: +2 Some sangregudjas hide by appearing as thugs,
beggars and other undesirables. Others, however,
prefer the better life, and hide themselves in plain sight
DESCRIPTION by appearing as wealthy socialites, minor nobles or
These blood-sucking parasites use an innate powerful merchants. The latter type works harder to
shapeshifting ability to blend in with their victims, lure maintain its cover, and typically only feed on visiting
them away from companions, and feed off them. nobility and the like. In order to throw off suspicion
Even in their natural forms, sangregudjas look they are often the instigators of citywide hunts meant to
like attractive humans. Their only unnatural-looking eliminate "the sangregudja threat."
features are the long, hollow spines that run the length Sangregudja speak Common, Giant and any two
of their forearms. These arm spines are what they other languages.
use to impale their victims and suck blood. While a
sangregudja can eat and drink as a normal humanoid, COMBAT
mostly to aid it in its disguise, food and drink consumed
this way offers no nourishment and quickly becomes Sangregudja possess a super-human strength that
waste. A sangregudja must draw a pint of blood every they use to good effect.
day or begin to starve and dehydrate (see rules for Alter Self (Su): A sangregudja can assume the
starvation and dehydration in the DMG). shape of any Medium-size humanoid, though they
Sangregudjas often live near the outskirts of a always prefer that of an attractive young member of
population center, feeding off the ignorance and blood the appropriate race. This works like alter self as cast by
of their neighbors. When on the hunt, they never appear a 16th-level sorcerer. The sangregudja can maintain an
in their true forms or in forms that a victim or witness altered appearance for up to three days, at which time it
could identify, meaning that they must often have automatically resumes its natural form. It can assume a
a different look every time they hunt. Sangregudjas new form or return to its own as a standard action.
 Blood Drain (Ex): As soon as the sangregudja
succeeds at a grapple, as free action it can insert its arm
spines into its victim inflicting an additionalld8 points
of damage. Every round the sangregudja maintains its
grapple, blood is drawn from its victim into its arm
spines. This blood loss inflicts Id4 points of temporary
Con damage to its victim every round (no save) and
heals Id6 hit points to the sangregudja. A sangregudja
instinctivelyknows how much blood it can drain from a
creature without killing that creature, though in combat
situations it usually ignores that knowledge and drains
blood until its victim dies.
Spells (Sp): A sangregudja casts spells as a 5th level
sorcerer. It does not actually possess levels of that class,
and therefore does not have any of the other abilities
that a sorcerer has (such as a familiar). Spells from the
schools of illusion and divination are the most likely to
be selected, though transmutation is a close third. Due
to their desire to remain inconspicuous, sangregudjas
almost never select spells from the school of evocation.
They fear attracting attention to themselves through
flashy spells, though sangregudja posing as wizards
and sorcerers are apt to select spells from near any
school.
Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, the
sangregudja must hit the same creature with both
slam attacks in a single round. Any such creature
struck is automatically grappled, and is subject to the
sangregudja's blood drain ability (see above).
Regeneration (Ex): Cold and lightning deal normal
damage to a sangregudja. A sangregudja can reattach
lost limbs by holding it to the stump. Otherwise, it
regrows a limb in 3d6 minutes. It cannot regrow its
head (though it can reattach its head) but decapitation
does not kill a sangregudja. Since its primary form of
nutrient ingestion is via its arm spines, a decapitated
sangregudja can survive as long as it can locate prey. A
decapitated sangregudja is effectivelyblind and deaf.
Skills: A sangregudja has a +8 racial bonus to
Disguise, Hide, Move Silently and Spot checks.
SANGREGUDJA SOCIETY
Becausethey live offhumanoid blood, sangregudjas
need to live near major population centers. The larger
the town or city they hunt, the more sangregudjas that
can live together.
Most often, sangregudjas operate alone, only
rarely coming together to discuss plans. This usually
happens when a city's guards catch on to the presence
of the sangregudja and move to eliminate them. Those
who choose to emulate the lower classes tend to band
together, while those who invade the upper echelons
of a city usually only associate with one another. Like
the humanoid cultures in which they live, there is little
chance for upward mobility in sangregudja society.
Occasionally,the lower-class shapeshifters become
somewhat careless,and attract more attention than their
upper class brethren care for. At other times, one of the
upper class sangregudjas becomes reckless, or feeds too
often in one location, and whispers begin circulating
through the high society circles. In either case, an
upper class sangregudja usually instigates a purge of
its lower-class brethren, blaming them for the surge
in deaths and bloodlettings (though particularly high
minded sangregudja may try blaming vampires and
call for a purge of undead). This tactic usually works,
as many humanoids cannot believe that a creature
would betray its entire race in order to maintain its own
position within the society of another. The sangregudjas
do nothing to convince their neighbors otherwise. This
ploy results in blame being shifted from a suspected
shapeshifter, or can be used as a tactic to eliminate the
lower-class competition.
As a result of these betrayals, there is a certain
amount of class war that constantly operates between
the two levels of sangregudjas. Whenever they can,
those of the lower classes attempt to frame or reveal one
or more of their higher brethren. Such a coup always
ends bloodily, with sangregudjas of both social levels
and many of their humanoid neighbors dead.
In order to gain some level of respect and power,
those stuck in the lower social levels often join or
start thieves' guilds and assassins' guilds. They are
particularly desired as assassins, their shapechanging
inherent spellcasting abilities combined with their
natural attack forms make them ideal untraceable hired
killers. Usually, sangregudja assassins command a price
double that of the going rate.
SANGREGUDJA CHARACTERS
A sangregudja's favored class is sorcerer. Nearly
all higher-class sangregudjas are sorcerers, while their
lower-class brethren multi-class as sorcerer/rogues or
sorcerer/fighters. Sangregudjas almost never become
clerics, as they find it difficult to devote themselves
to something; being shapeshifters, they often feel that
things in life are not as they seem, particularly religions.
Also, because of numerous religiously inspired attacks
on their race, they have a poor opinion of those who
devote themselves to religion.
Large Monstrous Humanoid
Hit Dice: 9d8+27 (67 hp)
Initiative: +0
Speed: 50 ft.
AC: 14 (+5 natural, -1 size), Touch 9, Flat-footed
15
Base attack/Grapple: +8/ +18
Attacks: Huge greataxe +12 melee (2d8+5), gore
+12 melee (ld8+2), sting +12 melee (ld6+2
plus poison)
Full Attack: Huge greataxe +12/ +7 melee
(2d8+5), gore +7 (ld8+2), sting +7 melee
(ld6+2 plus poison)
Space/Reach: 10 ft./IO ft.
Special Attacks: Charge 4d6+8, poison
Special Qualities: Ferocity, natural cunning,
scent
Saves: Fort +6, Ref +6, Will +6
Abilities: Str 20, Dex 10, Con 16, Int 5, Wis 10,
Cha5
Skills: Intimidate +3, Search +3
Feats: Cleave, Great Fortitude, Power Attack
armor plating and a long poisonous tail stinger.
Climate/Terrain: Any underground
Only the huge claws of a scorpion are missing. An
Organization: Solitary
adult scorminar stands fully 12 feet tall and weighs
Challenge Rating: 7
more than 3,000 lbs. No encounter with an immature
Treasure: Standard
scorminar has ever been recorded and it is unknown
Alignment: Usually chaotic evil
if the creatures are capable of reproduction.
Advancement: 10-18 HD (Huge); 19-27 HD
(Gargantuan)
Level Adjustment: - COMBAT
Scorminars unfailingly attack any creature they
DESCRIPTION encounter, charging into melee the instant they are
aware of foes.
A scorminar is a horrible magical crossbreed
Charge (Ex): Like minotaurs, a scorminar prefers
between a minotaur and a monstrous scorpion that
to begin battle by charging amongst its foes with its
prowls underground regions, attacking anything it
head lowered and its mighty horns brought to bare.
encounters.
In addition to the normal benefits and hazards of a
It is unknown who first created the scorminars or
charge, this allows the scorminar to make a single
why. What is known is that these foul monstrosities
gore attack that deals 4d6 + 8 points of damage.
are thankfully rare. Often encountered in the
Poison (Ex): Stinger, Fortitude save (DC 18);
same regions one would expect to find minotaurs,
initial and secondary damage ld6 temporary
scorminars savagely attack any living creature
Strength.
they encounter. They view everything as their prey
Natural Cunning (Ex): Perhaps because
and are utterly fearless when they attack, always
a scorminar is mainly a mutated minotaur, it
fighting to the death.
demonstrates an uncanny ability to maintain
Like a minotaur, a scorminar looks like a
its bearings and logically work its way through
powerfully built man with the head of a bull from
confusing labyrinths. A scorminar is immune to
the waist up. Unlike a minotaur, below the waist
~ scorr_ninar has the body of a monstrous scorpion,
mcludmg three pairs of spider-like legs, chitinous
maze spells, cannot become lost, and can unfailingly
track terrestrial enemies. In addition, they are never
caught flat-footed.
Ferocity (Ex): A scorminar is such a tenacious
combatant that it continues to fight without penalty
even while disabled or dying (see Chapter 8: Combat
in the Player s Handbook).
ECOLOGY
Scorminars are mutated monsters that have
no place in this world. Current scholarly theories
concerning this monster's origins include: the
creation of a mad wizard, the work of creatures
from the Darkbelow trying to create a new biological
weapon to use against their enemies on the surface,
or the result of a divine curse upon a mortal whose
transgression must have been terrible indeed.
Whatever its origins, the scorminars fit poorly into
any ecological system, as they invariably attack
every creature they encounter, no matter how
innocuous. Left unchecked, a single scorminar can
devastate a whole ecological system. Fortunately,
this is rarely the case, as scorminars are usually
killed by adventurers or a creature more powerful
than themselves soon after appearing in a region (it
is not known where they come from or how).
Despite the scorminar's mysterious origins,
quite a few things are known about the creatures.
They usually are encountered in large, labyrinthine
cave systems underground, though such places
must have chambers and passages large enough to
accommodate their bulk. Like minotaurs, scorminars
seem to possess an uncanny ability to navigate such
maze-like regions, never getting lost and easily
outmaneuvering those who try to evade them in
such places. Exactly how such a raging monster
accomplishes this feat in unknown, but it unfailingly
does so. In addition to this trait, scorminars seem to
possess a number of similar minotaur traits, such
as the tendency to lower their horns to charge into
combat and the overall appearance of the bull-men
from the waist up. From there the similarity ends as
scorminars seem incapable of even the rudimentary
social interactions of minotaurs. They are invariably
hostile to all creatures they encounter, including
minotaurs, and have been witnessed attacking
such creatures on numerous occasions. One band
of renowned adventurers, the Leaping Lions, even
reported witnessing two scorminars encountering
one another while pursuing the band through
the Bleakmaw Caverns. The Lions report that the
creatures immediately attacked one another upon
sight, and that they were able to make their escape
while the two monsters were distracted.
Perhaps most important to adventurers that
may encounter scorminars in their travels is the
various uses scholars have found for the anatomy
of the monsters. First and foremost, their stinger
venom is very potent, and if properly harvested
from the corpse of a scorminar, as much as five vials
(one dose per vial) can be collected. Of course, this
assumes that the creature's venom sac, poison gland
and stinger all remain intact upon the scorminar's
demise. A vial of scorminar venom can command
as much as 250 gp on the black market or from other
individuals willing to purchase such things. Aside
from the scorminar's venom, the creature's magical
nature makes many of their body parts highly
desirable as components, such as their blood, as it
can be used as a prime ingredient in potions offury (a
new magic item, see below for details). Several other
body parts, including their eyes, horns, tongue and
chitinous plates, can be used as substitutes for the
various requirements for creating magical items.
For example, a scorminar's eyes, if treated with
certain alchemical fluids and then powdered, can
be substituted for the feeblemind spell requirement
for creating a berserking sword. Such body parts vary
in cost depending upon whom they are sold to and
for what purpose, but they must be kept fresh and
unspoiled to be of any use (the GM is free to come
up with any manner of uses for the various parts of
a scorminar).
NEW MAGIC ITEM
Potion of Fury: A character drinking this potion
becomes instantly gripped with berserker fury.
The character temporarily gains +4 Strength, +4
Constitution, and a +2 morale bonus on Will saves,
but suffers a -2 penalty to AC. The berserker fury
lasts for 8 rounds. In all other respects, the berserker
fury is identical to the Barbarian Rage ability (see
Chapter 3: Classes in the Player s Handbook for more
details).
Caster Level: 4th; Prerequisites: Brew Potion,
spellcaster level 8th+, creator must have 1 or more
levels of barbarian or have 2 pints of fresh scorminar
blood can be substituted for this requirement (cost
250 gp); Market Price: 500 gpo
Medium-size Monstrous Humanoid
Hit Dice: 12d8+24 (78 hp)
Initiative: +6
Speed: 90 ft.
AC: 20 (+6 Dex, +4 monk bonus), touch 16, flat-footed
14
Base Attack/Grapple: +12/ +15
Attacks: Unarmed strike +12 melee (2d6+ 3)
Full Attack: Unarmed strike +12/ + 12/ + 12/ +7 (2d6+3)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Ki strike (magic, lawful), leaping kick,
standing kick, stunning attack
Special Qualities: Abundant step, darkvision 60 feet,
diamond body, improved evasion, leap of the
clouds, purity of body, slow fall (60 ft.), still mind,
unexpected leap, wholeness of body
Saves: Fort +6, Ref +14, Will +10
Abilities: Str 16, Dex 22, Con 14, Int 14, Wis 15, Cha 12
Skills: Jump +16, Listen +10, Move Silently +12, Spot +9,
Tumble +14
Feats: Alertness, Combat Reflexes, Dodge, Improved
Trip, Mobility, Run, Spring Attack
The nature of this training academy makes the
Climate/Terrain: Any land
number of students limited, but any who survive its
Organization: Solitary or small group (1-4)
rigorous training emerge with a combination of grace,
Challenge Rating: 12
speed, and strength practically unmatched by any
Treasure: 1/2 standard
humanoid creatures.
Alignment: Any lawful
In this monastery,the four-legged monks are taught
Advancement Range: By character class (if monk, start
that their additional limbs give them an advantage over
at 13th level)
traditional bipeds, and they learn how to exploit their
LevelAdjustment: +11
gift. When their training is complete, the monks can
run backward as quickly as they can forward, and their
DESCRIPTION lateral movement is only slightly slower. The skittering
Stories abound of babies who were not born quite quality of their running, combined with their ability
right, babies with too many (or not enough) limbs. to change directions almost instantly, earned them the
Sometimes these children die very young, other times nickname by which they are commonly known. Scuttle
they adapt to a fairly normal life. Sometimes, though, monks themselves, however, never refer to themselves
a child born with extra limbs disappears shortly after as anything other than a normal monk.
their birth, and much later return to the civilized world Since there is only one monastery in the world
as extraordinary beings. that trains scuttle monks, those who run it do not feel
High on a distant mountaintop sit a number of it is appropriate to force their students to follow one
platformed buildings that make up one of the best- pre-selected spiritual path. They present the students
equipped training facilities for monks in the world. To with a number of options, and each chooses the path
gain admittance to this place, a monk must be strong, they desire. Whatever their choice,though, the students
dedicated, and willing to sacrificeeverything, even their must follow the rigorous discipline expected of any
life, in pursuit of greater strength and knowledge. And monk. Thus, graduates of this academy are always
they must have four legs. lawful, but may be neutral, good, or evil within that
alignment.
 Once they leave the training monastery, scuttle
monks generally have little to do with each other. Some
of this is due to the fact that there are few of them in the
vast world, and they simply are not in the same place at
the same time. Their lack of contact, however, also has
elements of respect and fear - each monk knows what it
took for her to complete the scuttle monk training, and
she knows that anyone else who survived that ordeal
would be a formidable opponent.
APPEARANCE
Scuttle monks have four legs, two jointed in front
like normal humanoid legs, two jointed at the back. All
four join together at the scuttle monk's hips. Scuttle
monks walk on all four legs, keeping them spread
apart like the legs of a chair to keep them stable and
maneuverable.
The race and gender of scuttle monks are as varied
as the race and gender of regular monks. The only
consistency in their appearance is a long, thin braid
growing from somewhere on their head. Some have
it on their scalp, others on the base of their skull, still
others on their chin.
COMBAT
Scuttle monks have a number of attack styles they
may choose from, based on each combat situation. They
may make a series of relatively gentle punches and kicks
to subdue an opponent, or they may use their front legs
to ward off their enemy and fight a defensive battle, or
they may unleash the full range of their running and
leaping abilities in a whirlwind assault.
When fighting as part of a group, scuttle monks try
to stay away from the tight fighting at the center of most
battles. They prefer to have plenty of space to their sides
and behind them so they may make the best use of their
maneuverability.
On rare occasions, a small group of scuttle monks
fight together. They fight as a single unit, in complete
harmony. They spread out to give each other room
and then attempt to force their opponents into the
range of one of their comrades, allowing one of their
allies to make a flanking attack on an enemy. Many a
warrior has prepared for a killing blow against a scuttle
monk, only to discover (too late) that another monk has
skittered to their side and is ready to break their neck
with a quick, lethal kick.
The following scuttle monk special abilities and
special qualities are identical to those in the monk
character class: Ki strike, stunning attack, abundant step,
diamond body, improved evasion, leap of the clouds,
purity of body, slow fall, still mind, and wholeness of
body. Other special attacks and qualities are described
below
Flurry of blows (Ex): Scuttle monks normally get
three attacks per round, but use of this ability gives
them four - two punches and two kicks. In order to
perform all of these attacks in a single round, the monk
must move quickly. This decreases the accuracy of their
blows, and the attack bonus for these attacks are +9/
+5/ +2/ +0. Additionally, the damage from these attacks
decreases to 2d8.
Leaping kick (Ex): In this attack, a scuttle monk
leaps high enough in the air to aim a kick at their
opponent's head. The height and speed of this attack
makes the scuttle monk difficult to hit while they jump.
A scuttle monk making a leaping kick receives a +2
dodge bonus to their AC while making this attack. Since
they have a better chance to hit their target in the head,
scuttle monks using the leaping kick threaten a critical
hit (x2 damage) on a natural 19 or 20.
Scuttle monks must have enough space to make
this attack. If there are three or more creatures close
enough to the monk to threaten him with melee
weapons, the scuttle monk does not have enough room
to make the attack.
The leaping kick takes a fair amount of energy, and
scuttle monks cannot make a series of these attacks in
rapid succession. After making one leaping kick, they
must wait at least five rounds before making another.
Standing kick (Ex): In a standing kick, scuttle
monks lean on their back legs (or their front legs if their
target is behind them) and kick with the two legs off the
ground, similar to a horse wheeling its forelegs in battle.
This kick gives the same chance at improved critical
damage as the leaping kick, but does not provide any
AC bonus. This attack may be used in close quarters,
but, like the leaping kick, it takes too much energy to
perform a rapid series of the attacks. A scuttle monk
must wait three rounds after performing one standing
kick to do another.
Unexpected leap (Ex): Scuttle monks keep their
legs spread apart and their center of gravity low. They
are ready to jump in any direction at any moment. The
unexpected leap helps scuttle monks jump away from a
perilous combat situation. Opponents who fail a Reflex
save (DC 20) cannot make an attack of opportunity
against the scuttle monk when they jump through a
threatened area. However, if the leap puts the monk
within range of another enemy, that enemy may make
an attack of opportunity.
Large Magical Beast
Hit Dice: 8d10+24 (60 hp)
Initiative: +4
Speed: 40 ft., Burrow 10 ft.
AC: 20 (-1 size, +11 natural), Touch 9, Flatfooted 20
BaseAttack/Grapple: +8j +21
Attacks: Scythes +14 melee (2d4+7, x4)
Full Attack: 4 Scythes +14 (2d4+7, x4)
Space/Reach:5 ft.j10 ft.
Special Attacks: Magical scythes, magic breaker
Special Qualities: Blind, magic eater, scent, smell
magic, tremorsense
Saves: Fort +9, Ref +6, Will +2
Abilities:Str 20, Dex 10, Con 16, Int 2, Wis 10, Cha 6
Skills: Hide -2, Listen +2, Move Silently +2, Spot +2 firl",
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Feats: Improved Initiative, Power Attack, Sunder 70.03

Climate/Terrain: Any (often guarding magical

sites)
Organization: Solitary, pair, squad (3-8), or horde
(9-16)
Challenge Rating: 8
Treasure: None
Alignment: Always neutral
Advancement: 9-15 HD (Large), 16-24HD (Huge)
LevelAdjustment: -
DESCRIPTION
A scyther is large insectoid predator. Four
of its six limbs are sharpened and act like deadly
chitin scythes capable of cutting a man in half
with a single slash. It is a burrowing creature that
ambushes from below. Of fearsome reputation,
scythers are often mistaken for evil or malicious
creatures. In reality they are merely predators
interested in nothing more sinister than feeding
upon easy prey and creating more scythers.
Still, a scyther is not entirely without magical
heritage.
Scythers are magic eaters. They burrow into
magic rich structures and eat away at the aura.
Why they do this and what benefit they gain
is unknown but it is known that this magical
consumption causes them to radiate a faint
magic aura and for their scythes to count as +2
magic weapons. Because of this peculiar diet of
magic, magic colleges, and other institutions that
routinely deal with enchantments, fear scyther
infestations. Scythers are drawn to concentrations
of magic, feeding upon it and leeching it away.
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Scythers cannot thrive where there is no magic.
Where the magic is strong, scythers can multiply
at a terrifying rate.
No one is certain what the origin of the scyther
is, but common wisdom states that it cannot be
from an entirely natural source. Legends speak of
an angry wizard determined to get revenge upon
a magical city that had banished him. The scyther
was the agent of his revenge. He worked for
years to breed this potent magical monster until
he was certain it was perfect. The legend relates
how he seeded the sewers of his former home
with scyther eggs. In time they reached maturity
and began to feed upon the magical roots of
the city. By the time the citizenry realized the
extent of the infestation, their towers and stately
edifices began to collapse around them. The end
came quick for that doomed and nameless city.
By the time the scythers emerged from their
underground nurseries they were legion and
unstoppable. Somewhat fittingly, the legend
does not specify what ultimately became of the
wizard. Some say that survivors of the city found
him and that his torments continue even to this
day. But that can only be considered conjecture.
 Regardless of the truth, scythers continue
to blight the society of wizards. They are often
found patrolling ruins and places of intense
residual magic. It is here that they usually run
into adventurers. Adventurers are natural prey
for the scythers - after all, it is a rare party of
heroes that does not carry magic with them.
Scythers are hermaphrodites. After they
have consumed enough magic, they spontaneous
generate an egg sac. Scyther eggs sacs are very
valuable to the right people and sell for 1,000
gp to those who have problems with magical
enemies. Depending on the quality of the magic
they have consumed, the egg sacs produce either
one or a horde of tiny baby scythers. Well fed,
they mature quickly.
COMBAT
Scythers are ambush predators who prefer to
attack their prey from below. They will collapse
sections of floor to create impromptu pits to trap
their enemies. They cooperate in packs and are
ravenous in their appetite for magic. Scythers are
relentless enemies. Once they catch the scent of
magic, they never give up. They are driven by
an irresistible urge to consume magic and their
hunger is insatiable.
Magical Scythes (Su): A scyther's arms count
as +2 scythes. The melee bonus and damage
shown above take this into account.
Magic Breaker (Ex): The scythes of a scyther
are particularly good at destroying items of
magic. When attacking a magic item its damage
is doubled before taking damage reduction into
account. This effect also applies to constructs.
Blind (Ex): Scythers have no visual sense
organs. They cannot see at all. As such they are
completely unaffected by darkness or any magical
attack that causes blindness. Instead they use
a combination of echolocation, vibratory sense
and olfactory senses to understand the situation
around the. If they are deafened (such as through
blindness/deafness or silence) they are treated as
being blind for purposes of concealment, but
suffer no other penalties (i.e. they still retain their
Dex bonus to AC).
Magic Eater (Su): Scythers feed upon magic.
In general it takes a long time for a scyther to
extract magic from an area (think months for a
small concentration and years for larger areas).
However they also feed on magic items and the
corpses of spellcasters. Those can be drained in
much quicker increments of time. For every 100
gp of market value of the magic item it takes
one move equivalent action for the scyther to
consume its magic (rounded to the nearest full
round). So, for example, it would take ten move
equivalent actions (five turns) for a scyther to
consume a bracers of natural armor + I, but twenty
move equivalent actions (ten rounds) to consume
a cloak of elvenkind.
Magic items consumed totally are reduced
to non-magical ash. Magic items that are
consumed less than half the way to destruction
will recover from the experience, but will not
function properly for one day for every action
used in consuming them. For example, the
bracers mentioned above would be ultimately
unaffected if consumed for two turns, but would
not provide a +1 for four days after the scythers
stop feeding. Magic items that are consumed
half-way or more will still recover though at half
the rate and will develop a permanent quirk. For
example, if the cloak of elvenkind were drained for
five turns (which is exactly half) it would take
twenty days for it to work again, and then would
develop a quirk. The exact nature of the quirk
is left to the GM, but should be inconvenient
rather than disabling. For example, for the cloak
of elvenkind to work it now requires the wearer to
stand on one foot and say 'hello' in BIven.
Smell Magic (Ex): Scythers can automatically
sense the location of anything magical within 100
feet that is magic or a spellcaster who has cast
a spell in the last 24 hours or has any magical
effect upon their persons. In all other ways this is
similar to the detect magic spell.
Tremorsense (Ex): Scythers can automatically
sense the location of anything within 100 feet that
is in contact with the ground. Knowing this piece
of information requires succeeding at a relevant
monster related Knowledge (Nature) skill roll
(DC 30).
Medium-Sized Magical Beast
Hit Dice: 7dl0+14 (53 hp)
Initiative: +2
Speed: 30 ft., fly 40 ft. (poor), burrow 10 ft.
AC: 19 (+2 Dex, +7 natural), Touch 12, Flatfooted
17
Base Attack/Grapple: +7 1+11
Attacks: Bite +11 melee (2d6+4), claw +11 melee
(ld4+2)
Full Attack: Bite +11 melee (2d6+4), 2 claw +6
melee (ld4+2)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Improved grab, turn to dust (ld4
Constitution drain)
Special Qualities: Camouflage, scent
Saves: Fort +7, Ref +7, Will +3
Abilities: Str 18, Dex 15, Con 14, Int 3, Wis 13,
Cha 10
Skills: Hide +5, Listen +3, Move Silently +5, Spot
+3
Feats: Multiattack, Flyby Attack
Climate/Terrain: Any desert
they are somewhat vulnerable when they are
Organization: Solitary or pair
feeding, sebek prefer to catch creatures when
Challenge Rating: 6
they are alone.
Treasure: Double goods
Some desert tribes believe that the sebek are
Alignment: Usually neutral evil
descended from a crocodile god that waits in the
Advancement: 8-13 (Medium); 14-20 (Large)
underworld to devour those deemed too wicked
Level Adjustment: -
to move on to the blessed realms of the afterlife.
Priests of these tribes claim that the sebek were
DESCRIPTION released into the world by the gods in order to
A sebek is a winged crocodile-like creature punish the wicked nature of the people in it. By
with feathers running down its back. Though killing indiscriminately, the sebek honor their
their feathers are an alternating brilliant yellow progenitor.
and orange, their scaly hide is a pale gray color. The sebek are intelligent enough to
Sebek are desert creatures and survive there by understand the rudiments of the humanoid
draining the fluids of other living (or formerly tongues but have no language of their own and
living) creatures, leaving a trail of desiccated, cannot carryon a real conversation. The few
shriveled corpses in their wake. times humanoids have had the opportunity to
Sebek are masters of the desert ambush, question a sebek about its heritage or culture, the
able to burrow into the sand and magically scaly beasts have always responded in the same
camouflage themselves. They are also able to fashion. They've all laughed.
follow a group of victims for miles, either by
spying on them from the air or trailing them COMBAT
on the ground by scent. They will often strike
Sebek frequent the area surrounding oases,
without warning, sating their horrific thirst on
humanoids settlements, and other water holes
the first few unfortunates they are able to lay
teeth on, and then saving the remaining creatures near the desert. They lie in wait until a creature
or group of creatures sets out into the wastes.
to slowly savor over the next few weeks. Since
The sebek then tracks its prey from a discrete
 distance. If the sebek is stalking a group, it will SOCIETY
attack in the night, taking out lone creatures
Sebek prefer to hunt at night and conserve
when they wander away from the group. If the
their energy during the day by sleeping half
sebek is trailing a lone creature, it will either set
buried in the dirt to remain cool. The exception is
up an ambush for it, or simply swoop down out
when they are on the scent of a victim that moves
of the sky and carry the creature off.
about during the day. In that case, a sebek will
These beasts are leery of using their turn
slink from shadow to shadow during the day,
to dust ability on creatures where other beings
keeping a few dozen yards behind its prospective
might see. They know they are vulnerable when
victim, and cover a great deal of territory at night
grappling a victim, and draining their prey
by flying, landing occasionally to verify by scent
completely takes time.
that it is still on the trail.
Camouflage (Su): A sebek is able to change
the color of its hide and features so that it blends
Diet
into the rock and sand of the desert. When it
Sebek are omnivores, but eat sparingly.
is half submerged in the sand, it gains a +10
When their bodies crave most however, is a huge
circumstance bonus on its Hide skill.
amount of fluid. Due to a divine curse, sebek
Scent (Ex): Sebek have a keen sense of
are loath to approach rivers or large bodies of
smell that allows them to notice the approach of
standing water. Instead, sebek drain moisture
enemies, detect those that are hidden, and track
directly from the skin of other living creatures.
down prey. They can also identity creatures by
scent, just as other creatures identify others on
Habitat/Society
sight. Sebek can normally approach creatures
Sebek are very competitive when it comes to
within 30 feet by sense of smell, halved it the
territory and are extremely temperamental and
creature is upwind and doubled if the creature is
violent besides. They do not work well with each
downwind. They can also track down creatures
other, and prefer to hunt singly or as a mated
by scent, with a default DC of 10, which increases
pair. Mates separate shortly after c~nsu~matin.g
by 2 every hour. In all other ways, the ability uses
their union, and the young remam WIth their
the rules for the Track feat.
mother only as long as it takes for them to learn
Improved Grab (Ex): If the sebek hits with its
to survive on their own, usually a period of 3-6
bite attack, it deals normal damage and attempts
months.
to start a grapple as a free action without
provoking an attack of opportunity. No initial
Ecology
touch attack is required, and Tiny and Small
The sebek are desert predators specifically
creatures do not suffer a special size penalty. The
adapted to prey upon intelligent humanoid
sebek may perform this action on creatures its
desert-dwellers. Because of a god's curse, the
own size, or smaller. Once a creature is grappled
sebek are unable to drink pure water and have
in this manner, it may use its Turn to Dust ability
an aversion to all but the driest of environments.
on the creature.
While they frequently claw their way up to :he
Turn to Dust (Su): In order to use this ability,
top of the food chain of whatever desert they hve
the sebek must first grapple its victim. Full body
in, sebek contribute nothing to their environment.
contact with the sebek allows it to suck the fluid
They are an abomination that has no proper place
directly from the creature's body, dehydrating
in the natural world.
the victim. Each round the sebek grapples a
victim, including the one following its initial
attack, the victim must succeed at a Fortitude
saving throw (DC 13) or take Id4 points of
permanent Constitution ability score damage. If
a creature dies in this manner, its body turns to
dust.
Large Dragon
Hit Dice: 4d12+16 (42 hp)
Initiative: +2 (Dex)
Speed: 40 ft.
AC: 18 (-1 size, +2 Dex, +7 natural), Touch 11,
Flatfooted 16
Base Attack/Grapple: +41 +12
Attacks: Foreclaw +7 melee (ld6+2), bite +7
melee (2d6+2)
Full Attack: 2 foreclaws +7 melee (ld6+2), +2
melee (2d6+2)
Space/Reach: 5 ft.1 10 ft.
Special Qualities: Cunning, darkvision, dragon
immunities, Scent, Shimmer Skin
Saves: Fort +8, Ref +6, Will +5
Abilities: Str 19, Dex 14, Con 18, lnt la, Wis 12,
Cha 10
Skills: Bluff +8, Climb +11, Hide +5, Listen +8,
Move Silently +9, Spot +8, Survival +8
Feats: Improved Feint, Track
Climate/Terrain: Warm forest, hills, jungle,
plains, desert and marsh
Organization: Solitary, pair or a tribe (3-15) has proven himself or herself the greatest fighter
Challenge Rating: 5 (shimmer dragons are unusual in that they have
Treasure Rating: None no leadership bias towards males or females).
Alignment: Always neutral However, although intelligent, the shimmer
Advancement: 5-8 HD (Large), 9-16 HD (Huge) dragons are warlike. They have little interest in
Level Adjustment: - technology even though they are quick to grasp
most simple tools and devices. They can rear up
on their back claws and use their front claws as
DESCRIPTION surprising nimble hands.
Not a true dragon at all, the shimmer The shimmer dragon culture is centered
dragon appears to be a vicious scaled dinosaur- on warriors. They strive to prove themselves
like quadruped predator. The first thing (and both to each other and their own satisfaction.
sometimes the last) that anyone sees is its mouth They maintain a rigid code of honor and other
full of flesh-shredding teeth. At maturity they shimmer dragons will sit back and watch as one
are at least twelve foot long and can grow as shimmer dragon fights an opponent one on one.
long as twenty feet. It's natural chameleon like The other dragons will only intervene if others
abilities make it seem to shimmer and fade into try to help or the challenger "cheats" such as
natural backgrounds. Furthermore, once it gets a using magic.
scent, it is a relentless tracker who will stalk its Shimmer dragons realize that most other
prey for miles if need be. It is often regarded as races regard them as dumb beasts. They recognize
a mere beast searching the landscape desperate this for the powerful advantage that it is, and try
for another meal of fresh meat. This is simply to cultivate this belief. Their language is easily
nothing but a ruse. disguised as bestial roars. They purposefully act
Shimmer dragons are actually as intelligent in an animal-like manner. Shimmer dragons have
as most humans. They possess a unique language had bad experiences with humanoids in the past
of their own, though they almost never use it and it is not easy to gain their trust. Once gained,
amongst outsiders. They are organized along however, that trust is very valuable. Shimmer
strict tribal lines lead by an alpha leader who dragons have a great knowledge of their
 homeland's lore. They understand the secrets COMBAT
of the wild. They know the hidden places in the
It is only in life and death situations that
world. Those who could gain the aid of a tribe
the true intelligence of the shimmer dragons
of shimmer dragons would find a valuable ally
becomes apparent. They build pit traps against
indeed. Shimmer dragons know the geography
dangerous foes, digging out hollows and filling
of their wilderness homes better than nearly
them with spikes. Those expecting to fight
anyone, save the Fey. They know where long
simple beasts may be surprised when the "beast"
forgotten treasures lie and where ancient cities
performs a feint maneuver and leads them into a
await discovery. They can serve as emissaries
field of pits.
between foreigners and the druid-led tribes of
Shimmer dragons are not interested in
the wilds. Though no shimmer dragon would
combat with outsiders for merely fighting's sake.
ever deign to serve as a simple mount, they make
They defend their territory, their dens and their
ferocious allies in combat.
fellow tribe members voraciously. They may
That said, gaining a shimmer dragon's
also hunt intelligent beings who look weak and
trust is no simple matter. They are a warrior
vulnerable. However, shimmer dragons prefer
people and respect only strength. The best
animal meat to humanoid flesh, and in any event
way to gain the shimmer dragons' respect is to
they appreciate the possible repercussions of
challenge the leader of a tribe and defeat him
their actions. Humanoids therefore are rarely
in unarmed combat, without the aid of any
on the menu. Shimmer dragons will as often flee
items or magics. This is the traditional rite for
from a hard fight rather than risk their lives in a
challenging leadership and technically it would
pointless battle.
make the victor the tribal chieftain. Although it
Cunning: Shimmer dragons have a +8 racial
is very unlikely that the tribe will recognize a
bonus to bluff. This bonus rises to +16 when they
non-shimmer dragon as chief, they will at least
are pretending to be dumb beasts.
be forced to deal with the victor. The problem is
Shimmer Skin (Ex): When the shimmer
communication. The shimmer dragon language
dragon moves at half speed, they gain a +10
is a closely guarded secret and shimmer dragons
bonus to hide checks as they blend into the
rarely speak any other languages at even the
surroundings almost perfectly.
most basic level.
Druids regard shimmer dragons as semi-
divine beings. They are believed to be the pure SHIMMER DRAGON CHARACTERS
spirit of nature given form and mind. Whatever Instead of advancing by merely growing
the truth this means that the druids are perhaps larger, in their parlance pursuing the path of the
the best people to talk to learn the truth about the warrior, some shimmer dragons instead chose
shimmer dragons - their culture and customs. the path of the priest. They take the levels of
Shimmer dragons have a priest class that cleric and dedicate themselves to the god of the
serves as shamans and historians. It is they who shimmer dragons, the Shimmering Lord. Instead
serve as repositories of the wisdom of the tribe. of using the normal advancement, they instead
These clerics worship the Shimmering Lord, a advance by character class. They may choose two
great shimmer dragon whose pelt shines like from the following domains: Animal, Strength
a rainbow. The Shimmering Lord is the oldest and Trickery. These shimmer dragons often have
and first shimmer dragon and remembers all the a higher Wisdom score and a lower Strength and
secrets of the tribes. It is to his den that the fallen Constitution.
go and where, at the end of time, all shimmer
dragons will gather.
The pelt of a shimmer dragon is very
beautiful and valuable. When properly treated
it creates iridescent leather that is quite popular
with nobles in certain cities. They will pay 100 gp
for each hit die of the shimmer dragon that was
skinned.
Large Outsider (Chaotic, Demon, Extraplanar,
Evil)
Hit Dice: 16d8+48 (120 hp)
Initiative: +6
Speed: 40 ft.
AC: 31 (-1 size, +2 Dex, +20 natural), Touch 11,
Flat-footed 29
Base AttackiGrapple: +16/+25
Attacks: +1 unholy scimitar +20 melee (ld6+6, 18-
20/x2)
Full Attack: 4 + 1 Unholy scimitar +18 melee
(ld6+6)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./10 ft.
Special Attacks: Frightful presence, spell-like
abilities, spells
Special Qualities: Damage reduction 30/lawful
and magic; SR 29; relentless; electricity and
poison immunity; acid, cold and fire resistance
10; telepathy
Saves: Fort +13, Ref +12, Will +15
Abilities: Str 21, Dex 15, Con 17, Int 20, Wis 20,
Cha20
elfin, and their skin is a dusky red color, not
Skills: Bluff +21, Concentration +21, Diplomacy
unlike brick. Sholloth are completely hairless,
+21, Gather Information +21, Hide +18, Listen
and their heads are wreathed in writhing black
+21, Move Silently +18, Scry +21, Search +21,
flame. From the waist down, their physiologies
Sense Motive +21, Spellcraft +21, Spot +21,
are ophidian in nature, and their scale pattern
Wilderness Lore +21
usually resembles that of a snake of the Prime
Feats: Improved Initiative, Multiattack, Track
Material Plane. The specific coloration can mimic
Climate/Terrain: Any land and underground
any of the hundreds of ophidian species that
Organization: Solitary
dwell on the Prime Material Plane.
Challenge Rating: 19
Sholloth are hunters of men and other
Treasure: Double coins and goods
mortals. In a sense, they are demonic bounty
Alignment: Always chaotic evil
hunters, often accepting comrrussions to
Advancement: 17-20 HD (Large); 21-36 HD
eliminate specific and often powerful
(Huge)
- mortals. The nature of this commission is often
Level Adjustment: -
unpredictable, sometimes nonsensical, and never
monetary. Sholloth have been known to hunt
DESCRIPTION men in exchange for anything from dominion
Sholloth are relentless creatures, and over a city on the Prime Material Plane to an
ruthlessly hunt foes of demonkind. They take oath to hunt and eliminate all cattle in the region.
great pleasure in this task, and sometimes have Frequently, they fulfill commissions on behalf of
been known to toy with their prey for years other demons they have summoned to aid them
before striking the killing blow. They relish the in the past. Sholloth therefore rarely hesitate to
fear and apprehension instilled in a foe who summon their demonic compatriots to battle, as
knows the sholloth is on his trail. their debt is usually discharged in exchange for
Sholloth are roughly 8 feet tall at the their services as hunters.
shoulder. From the waist up, they appear Usually, sholloth attempt to ambush their
humanoid, though they have four arms, rather prey far from civilization, often in remote
than the normal two. Their features are vaguely dungeons and hard to reach locales. That said,
 they have been known to strike at their targets
even in the heart of the busiest metropolises, so
their prey would be well advised to remember
that nowhere is safe. Similarly, no one can be
trusted, as sholloth frequently use their sorcerous
abilities to disguise themselves as ordinary
mortals in an effort to close in on a well protected
target.
Sholloth are feared even among other
demons, as they have no apparent compunction
against accepting a contract against their fellow
demons. That said, they are too valuable a tool to
dispose of casually, so their occasional treachery
is tolerated among demons as part of the cost of
doing business. That said, they are never allowed
dominion over even the smallest portion of the
Hell.
Sholloth pride themselves on their stealth
and guile, and go out of their way to eliminate
possible witnesses to their deeds - or, in the case
of mortal witnesses, their very existence. Only
a few mortals have survived an encounter with
a sholloth in its true form, and all of them died
under mysterious circumstances within three
months of the incident.
Only a small number of sholloth exist, even
in their home plane. Why this is so is unknown,
though it is suspected that their murderous ways
brought down the wrath of their fellow demons,
which launched a nearly genocidal war against
the sholloth. Some were left alive in order to
serve their role as demonic assassins and bounty
hunters, but most were killed in battle, or later
executed in captivity.
Sholloth make extensive use of illusion
and divination magic in pursuit of their prey,
practically to the exclusion of other schools of
magic.
In addition to Abyssal, Celestial, and
Draconic, sholloth speak a number of languages
equal to their Intelligence modifier. These
languages vary from sholloth to sholloth, but are
invariably tongues of the various civilized races
of the Prime Material Plane.
COMBAT
Sholloth are relentless and ruthless foes. In
combat, they concentrate on a single foe until he is
eliminated, usually attacking the most significant
threat first. Any creature that attempts to escape
combat is allowed to do so, provided the sholloth
is able to "tag" him with his relentless ability.
Immunities (Ex): Sholloth are immune to
poison and electricity.
Resistances (Ex): Demons have cold, fire, and
acid resistance 20.
Telepathy (Su): Sholloth can communicate
telepathically with any creature within 100 feet
that has a language.
Frightful Presence (Ex): A sholloth' s relentless
fury of blows is frightening to behold. When a
sholloth takes a full attack action, all opponents
within 30 feet may be affected, provided they
have fewer Hit Dice or levels than the sholloth.
Affected opponents must make a Will save
(DC 23) or be frightened for 5d6 rounds. An
opponent who succeeds at this save is immune
to that specific sholloth's frightful presence for
24 hours.
Spell-Like Abilities (Sp): At will-blasphemy,
deeper darkness, desecrate, detect good, detect law,
fear, greater dispelling, pyrotechnics, read magic,
suggestion, symbol (any), telekinesis, teleport without
error (self plus 50 pounds of objects only), tongues
(self only), true seeing, unhallow, unholy aura,
unholy blight, and wall offire; 1/ day-fire storm and
implosion. These abilities are as the spells cast by a
20th-level sorcerer (save DC 15 + spell level).
Spells (Sp): A sholloth casts spells as if he
were a sorcerer with a level equal to his Hit Dice.
However, a sholloth may cast only one spell per i
day (of any level) that is not of the illusion or
divination school.
Relentless (Sp): A sholloth may use this ability
as a free action once per round. The sholloth
targets an opponent it can see. The opponent
must make a Will save (DC 21) or be marked by
the sholloth. Thereafter, the sholloth is always
aware of the opponent's exact location, including
the distance and direction from the sholloth to the
marked opponent (the sholloth must be on the
same plane in order to get a fix on his opponent's
location). Spells such as nondetection can conceal
the opponent's presence, though once per day,
the sholloth may make a level check (opposed
by the concealing spell's caster) to overcome this
limitation for one full round. This effect lasts 13
years, or until the effect is dispelled with limited
wish, miracle, remove curse, or wish.
Medium-Sized Fey
Hit Dice: 10d6-20 (15 hp)
Initiative: +5
Speed: 30 ft.
AC: 22 (+5 Dex, +7 elven chain), Touch IS, Flatfooted
17
Base Attack/Grapple: +5/+4
Attacks: +3 rapier +13 melee (ld6+2, 18-20/x2), or
oathbow +11 ranged (ld8+1)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Spell-like abilities, summon/ control
fey .
Special Qualities: Low-light vision, sidhe traits,
regeneration 5, damage reduction 201 cold iron, SR
20, immunities, resistances, vulnerability to cold
iron, hidden life
Saves: Fort +1, Ref +12, Will +11
Abilities: Str 8, Dex 20, Con 6, lnt 18, Wis 18, Cha 18
Skills: Bluff +9, Concentration +4, Diplomacy +7,
Gather Information +7, Hide +18, Innuendo +7,
Intimidate +7, Knowledge (arcana) +9, Listen +12,
Move Silently +18, Ride +7, Scry +7, Search +10,
Spellcraft +9, Spot +12, Survival +7 planes. These sabbaticals usually involve a great hunt in
Feats: Point Blank Shot, Rapid Shot, Weapon Finesse which sidhe lords kill or capture a few specimens of the
(rapier) native wildlife.
Climate/Terrain: Any land Physically, sidhe resemble elves but their alien (from
a human standpoint, anyway) features are extremely
Organization: Solitary, or in a hunting party (3-6)
exaggerated. A sidhe lord's ears are more pointed, his eyes
Challenge Rating: 10
and nose narrower and longer, and cheekbones higher and
Treasure: Double Standard (+3 rapier, oathbow, +2 elven
more fragile looking. Their hair and eyes are made up of
chain, cloak and boots of elvenkind)
mad swirls of unnatural colors, and the voice of a sidhe
Alignment: Usually chaotic neutral
is both beautiful and terrible - like a fine blade cutting
Advancement: By character class through silk.
Level Adjustment: +6

DESCRIPTION
Thousands of years ago, the sidhe were very much like
the elves. Being extremely proficient in the arts of magic in
a world full of mundane races, the sidhe quickly rose to
dominance and used their power to conquer other planes
of existence. At some point, the sidhe discovered how
to conquer all the failings of mortality. They eliminated
disease, made their kind impervious to natural poisons
and extremely resistant to the ravages of the elements,
and even shrugged off the influence of time. Satisfied, the
empire of the sidhe settled down and began reshaping the
realms more to their liking. They are still tinkering with
their work to this day, though at times they vacation in
the uncivilized realms, as they like to call them, of other
COMBAT
Sidhe lords disdain personal combat, though they
love the hunt. They are often encountered riding unusual
or highly magical creatures, such as griffons, nightmares,
or unicorns, sometimes with a pack of winter wolves or
yeth hounds tracking their prey.
Those sidhe lords not hunting can often be found
holding huge celebrations in sylvan glades, surrounded
by a multitude of fey creatures. All types of fey recognize
sidhe as their overlords and will die fighting to protect
them.
In either scenario, if the sidhe lord is forced into a
battle, he will use his hounds or attendants to hold off his
attackers while he strikes at them with his magic or calls
for more allies.
 Keep in mind that just because sidhe lords are
unwilling to casually risk their person in battle, it doesn't
mean that they are pacifistic or kind. In fact, sidhe lords
make quite liberal use of their spells to humiliate those they
don't like, and they hold most other races in contempt.
Spell-like Abilities (Sp): At will - animal friendship,
change self, charm person or animal, detect magic, entangle,
heat metal, invisibility, misdirection, pass without a trace, speak
with animals, speak with plants, stone tell, tree stride; 3/ day
- awaken, bestow curse, find the path, freedom of movement,
liveoak, polymorph other, transport via plants, wall of thorns;
1/ day - elemental storm, plane shift, shapechange. These
spells are cast as if by a 20th level sorcerer (save DC 14 +
spell level).
Summon/Control Fey (Su): Once per day, while in a
wooded area, a sidhe lord may attempt to summon other
fey to act as his retainers. The number and type of fey (and
the percentage chance they will respond), is as follows;
a grove of Id4 + 3 dryads (50%), a band of Id6 + 5 grigs
(70%), a band of Id6 + 5 nixies (60%), a solitary nymph
(50%), a gang of 2-4 pixies (40%), or a band of Id4 + 1 satyrs
(40%). Summoned creatures will arrive in Id6 + 4 rounds.
A sidhe lord may command a number of fey retainers at
once equal to his hit dice + his Charisma modifier.
Sidhe Traits (Ex): Sidhe benefit from a number of
racial traits. All sidhe are proficient with the longsword,
rapier, longbow, composite longbow, shortbow and
composite shortbow. They gain a +5 racial bonus to Will
saves against enchantment spells or effects. They also gain
a +5 racial bonus to Search, Spot and Listen checks. In
addition, most sidhe lords traveling outside of their home
planes are equipped with a magical rapier, a suit of elven
chain, a cloak of elvenkind and a pair of boots of elvenkind.
Immunities (Ex): Sidhe are immune to magic sleep
spells and effects, as well as all poisons and forms of
disease.
Resistances (Ex): Sidhe have cold, fire and electricity
resistance 15.
Vulnerability to Cold Iron (Su): Cold iron, pure iron
taken from a fallen star, is inimical to the sidhe lords and
their magic. Just the touch of cold iron against the flesh of
a sidhe lord is enough to cause Id4 points of damage, and
anyone possessing a piece of cold iron has a spell resistance
of 15 against sidhe spells and spell-like abilities and may
see through the illusions of a sidhe as if affected by a true
seeing spell.
Hidden Life (Su): Sidhe lords often hide their souls
in a container back on their home plane. The container is
typically some small part of the sidhe lord's own body,
such as a lock of hair, a tooth or a finger. When a sidhe lord
is killed while abroad, powerful magicks will summon his
body back to the location of his hidden life within Id4 + 2
minutes of his death. The soul container will then dissolve
and restore the sidhe lord to life. This process is extremely
taxing on the sidhe lord, and it will take him at least six
months to a year to regain his strength and recreate his soul
container. If he is killed during this time, the sidhe lord is
dead permanently (no spell, short of a wish or miracle, can
restore him).
SOCIETY
Sidhe lords do not sleep, and it is said that their
mastery of magic is so complete that on their home planes,
the overlord of a particular region may cause the sun to rise
or set at a whim. Customarily, sidhe are known to go out
riding and hunt during the day, and save their nights for
their lavish and decadent social gatherings.
Diet
Sidhe do not eat normal food. Though their
celebrations feature culinary wonders, such as unheard-
of fruits and vegetables and dishes containing exotic,
legendary beasts, such as haunch of salamander or curried
dragon meat, it is not the substance of these foods that
sustain the sidhe but rather their inherent magic that the
sidhe consume. These potent dishes have been known to
have strange magical effects on mortal creatures, causing
them to sleep for years or forget who they are.
Habitat/Society
Sidhe society is effete, racist, frivolous, and at times,
extremely cruel. The value personal expression above all
else, viewing reality as a symphony and judging others
by how much they contribute or detract from the overall
theme. Among sidhe one is either an artist or a banal clod.
To a sidhe lord being labeled one of the latter is enough
excuse to put an end to someone's life. Sidhe have been
known to fight duels and even wars over esoteric rules of
etiquette or petty differences in aesthetic taste.
Ecology
The sidhe are creatures entirely sustained by magic.
The deterioration of their frail physical forms has been
arrested by potent sorceries, and a single lock of sidhe
hair is said to contain enough magic to prolong another
creature's life for a year or transform a man into an animal
or back again. A token favor from a sidhe lord, such as
a lock of hair or a drop of blood, is enough to halve the
experience cost for a spellcaster creating a magical item.
Normally, these favors must be freely given, but on the
occasions when a mortal being has actually contrived to
steal a bit of a sidhe lord's essence, the sidhe have stopped
at nothing to see that individual destroyed.
Medium-size Monstrous Humanoid
Hit Dice: 13d8 (63 hp)
Initiative: +1
Speed: 30 ft.
AC: 16 (+1 Dex, +5 Whisper cloak), touch 11, flat-
footed 15
Base Attack/Grapple: +13/ + 13
Attacks: Dagger +13 melee (ld4), dagger +14
ranged (ld4)
Full Attack: Dagger +13/+8/+3 melee (ld4)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Silent scream, spells
Special Qualities: Quiet focus, sensitive hearing,
stealth prowl
Saves: Fort +3, Ref +9, Will +11
Abilities: Str 11, Dex 13, Con 11, Int 20, Wis 16,
Cha 14
Skills: Concentration +16, Hide +17, Intimidate
+18, Listen +21, Move Silently +20, Spellcraft
+21, Spot +21
Feats: Alertness, Combat Casting, Craft
Wondrous Item, Dodge, Empower Spell,
Silent sorcerers are united in their dislike
Enlarge Spell, Maximize Spell, Mobility,
for noise and their desire for a quiet world, but
Silent Spell
they differ in their methods for achieving their
Climate/Terrain: Any land
goal. Silent sorcerers of good alignment may be
Organization: Solitary or twosome
content to carve out a quiet piece of the world for
Challenge Rating: 15
themselves and hope that the rest of the world
Treasure: Double Standard
is courteous enough to respect their wishes.
Alignment: Any
Some of them open their sanctuaries to pilgrims
Advancement Range: -
wishing to study magic or other aspects of the
Level Adjustment: -
world in total silence and many of those pilgrims
have come away with revelations they are certain
DESCRIPTION could not have been produced elsewhere. Good
There is a school of thought that believes that silent sorcerers may use silence spells to enforce
in the beginning the world was quiet and that their ideas of peace and calm, but do not attack
everything that has happened since that point with violence unless provoked.
has been a mistake, introducing too much noise. Silent sorcerers of evil alignment, however,
They seek to return to the complete calm and view almost any creature capable of making
quiet that characterized the origin of everything. noise as a blight on the world. They have some
Silent sorcerers belong to this school of limited tolerance for animals that make noise
thought. They do not speak. They prefer clothing (they know no better) but have little patience
made of fabric that does not rustle, fitted snugly for loud humans. These sorcerers know that the
but not tightly, so there are no loose folds. They quietest man in the world is a dead man, and
wear no metal, including armor, rings, and they have little compunction about sending the
necklaces. Some that recognize the usefulness living to join those silent ranks.
of magic items wear stone necklaces or crowns Despite their occasional ferocity, silent
and circlets, but even those items have too much sorcerers are fairly open to new recruits. Every
noise-making potential for some. new member of the order serves to increase
silence in the world. The only requirements to
join the ranks are to be a sorcerer of advanced
level and to be willing to endure the group's
secret initiation rituals, which include removal of
the ears, tongue and vocal cords, and sewing the
initiate's mouth shut.
Silent sorcerers have no known language.
They do not speak, nor do they use any form of
sign language (believing the movement of the
hands creates noise). Some silent sorcerers have
been known to communicate via detect thoughts
spells, but others view psychic noise as just
another interruption to silence and refuse to use
such spells.
Silent sorcerers occasionally find non-
spellcasters sympathetic to their cause. While
not allowed to join the official ranks of the silent
sorcerers, these individuals may ally themselves
with the sorcerers, traveling and fighting with
them as necessary.
Even more rarely, the silent sorcerers might
find allies among those who recognize their
power and wish to harness their spell-casting
abilities for their own gain. As the silent sorcerers
are so stringent in their demands for no noise,
though, such alliances are often short-lived.
APPEARANCE
Silent sorcerers have no hair, making the
lump of scar tissue where their ears used to be
easily visible. Their mouths are stitched closed
with a series of black "xl/s. Their skin is smooth
and very tight, and their eyes seem too far apart,
as if their skin has been pulled and stretched
from the back of their skull. Other than these
consistent traits, silent sorcerers come in a
variety of genders and body and face types. They
usually wear plain light brown or tan robes that
are neither loose nor tight.
COMBAT
The daggers silent sorcerers carry are more
often used for cutting rope and skinning game
than in combat. They live or die on the strength
of their spell-casting abilities.
In almost any given situation, the first
combat action by a silent sorcerer is to use their
silent scream attack. The only exception to this
is if the silent sorcerer believes their opponents
are so numerous or so powerful that more drastic
action (like casting chain lightning) must be taken
to ensure survival.
The Silent Spell feat is crucial to silent
sorcerers, since the vast majority of spells have
a verbal component. Silent sorcerers sometimes
focus on the small number of spells without a
verbal component, as use of the feat costs a spell
slot one level higher than normal.
Silent scream (Sp): When using this ability,
the lips of a silent sorcerer strain against their
stitching and emit a blast of quiet similar to the
cleric spell silence, as cast by a 14th-level cleric.
The only difference is the area of effect, which is
a 25-ft.-radius emanation centered on the silent
sorcerer.
Spells (Sp): Silent sorcerers cast spells as
16th-level sorcerers. They may only cast spells
with a verbal component using the Silent Spell
feat. Spells without a verbal component include
gaseous form, hypnotic pattern, mislead, and rainbow
pattern.
Quiet focus (Ex): Silent sorcerers thrive in
quiet. If they use their silent scream attack and
all affected creatures fail their Will save, silent
sorcerers gain a +4 bonus on Concentration,
Craft, Knowledge, and Profession skill checks
and all other Intelligence and Wisdom ability
checks.
Sensitive hearing (Ex): Silent sorcerers make
no noise themselves, and thus are very sensitive
to any surrounding noise. They receive a +4
bonus on all Listen checks.
Silent prowl (Ex): Since they spend most of
their lives learning how not to make noise, silent
sorcerers move very quietly and receive a +4
bonus on Move Silently checks.
MAGIC ITEMS
Whisper cloak: These garments are made of
a strange material that deflects both light and
sound waves. It makes the wearer difficult for
others to focus on (though not invisible) and
dampens any noise she makes (without entirely
silencing her). Though light, the fabric is strong
and able to deflect blows and blades. All these
factors combine to give the wearer of a whisper
cloak a +5 bonus to their AC and a +3 bonus on
Move Silently checks.
Caster level: 6th; Prerequisites: Craft
Wondrous Item, obscuring mist, silence; Market
price: 16,000gpo
S~B Squid
Gargantuan Magical Beast
Hit Dice: 20dl0 + 180 (290 hp)
Initiative: +8
Speed: Fly 40 ft. (good)
Base Attack/Grapple: +20/+46
AC: 24 (-4 size, +4 Dex, +14 natural)
Attacks: Tentacle rakes +26 melee (2d12+10), arm
+26 melee (ld6+5), bite +26 melee (4d6+5)
Full Attack: 2 tentacle rakes +26 melee (2d12+ 10),
6 arms +21 melee (ld6+5), bite +26/+21/
+16/+11 melee (4d6+5)
Space/Reach: 40 ft./l0 ft. (50 ft. with tentacle)
Special Attacks: Improved grab, constrict
Special Qualities: Jet, obscuring mist, spell-like
abilities
Saves: Fort +21, Ref +16, Will +11
Abilities: Str 31, Dex 18, Con 29, Int 20, Wis 20,
Chal0
Skills: Concentration +27, Escape Artist +27,
Intimidate +23, Knowledge (Nature) +28,
Listen +28, Spot +28, Survival +28
Feats: Dodge, Flyby Attack, Improved Initiative,
Mobility, Multiattack, Power Attack, Their pale blue and purple coloring blends well
Improved Bull Rush against the sky and the clouds that the squid likes
Climate/Terrain: Cold Mountains and Aerial to lurk around, making them very difficult to see
Organization: Solitary at a distance. They also have large flat wing-like
Challenge Rating: 20 fins down both sides of their bodies, helping
Treasure: Double normal them to stay aloft. The squids flap these wings
Alignment: Always chaotic neutral - like a bird - to provide forward momentum
Advancement: 21-32 HD (Gargantuan); 33-60 HD and steering control.
(Colossal) Like the giant squids that live in the deepest
Level Adjustment: - part of the oceans, sky squids mostly stay out of
sight. They live high in the atmosphere, feeding
on large birds and other creatures that also live
DESCRIPTION high above the ground. Occasionally however,
Mountainfolk and cloud sailors sometimes sky squids descend and grab cattle or yaks from
talk of a strange creature that zooms between mountaintop pastures, leaving a trail of bloody
the clouds, rarely bothering to come to earth. bones for miles.
They say it stays up where the air is coldest, Sky squids rarely bother landing. Inside
feeding on the strange creatures that live up their bodies, they have large gas sacs containing
there. But sometimes - or so the stories go a strange, lighter than air gas. This means that
- the creatures descend to prey on livestock or despite their huge size, they can actually float
to attack cloudships. Some sailors tell of how without needing to flap their "wings." Powerful
these gigantic squid-like creatures lurk inside muscles surround the gas sacs, which are able to
large thunderheads and dart out to wrap their squash or open the cells to decrease or increase
tentacles around a passing cloudship, before the amount of lift that each cell provides.
vanishing from sight back into the cloud again. Although not actually needing to land, sky
Sky squids look much like a normal giant squids do possess mountaintop lairs where they
squid. They have the same conical body, with store their treasures. The creatures are extremely
eight trailing tentacles from the base of the body. intelligent and have a love for anything of
golden, particularly ornamental statues. Their
lairs are filled with exquisite artifacts and gems,
all carefully arranged like a museum. Carefully
chosen, these lairs are usually impossible to reach
from land and their location is carefully hidden
- particularly from other sky squids who may
seek to raid another's collection.
The squids sometimes - on rare occasions
-make deals with cloud pirates instead of
destroying their ships and eating their crews. As
long as the pirates collect gold and gems for the
squid, the creature will not destroy their ship. The
squids are notoriously fickle and are sometimes
paranoid that a crew is keeping treasure from
it. If it even suspects that a crew is not handing
over some treasure, it will slaughter the crew and
destroy the vessel looking for it. Sky squids show
no remorse for their mistakes either; even if the
crew was hiding no treasure, the squids believe
that they stashed it somewhere else.
A sky squid will return to its hidden collection
at least once a month, to spend several days of
fondling and polishing. They are very jealous of
each other's treasure realms, and a sky squid will
go to extraordinary lengths to locate and raid
another squid's hoard. Rivalries between sky
squids can last for decades, and their blood feuds
usually end up with one or both of the squids
dead after a brutal battle.
The sky squids' gas sacs are prized for their
lighter-than-air properties. Some sky captains
make a living from hunting down sky squids and
harvesting the sacs, selling them to wizards for
material components, or to balloon or dirigible
makers.
Sky squids speak Common and Celestial.
COMBAT
Sky Squids are brutal combatants. Normally,
they prefer to approach their targets - both
ground and aerial ones - with as much stealth
and speed as possible. They are masters of
aerial combat, knowing that maintaining as
much energy in their flight as possible means
the difference between success and failure. Sky
squids attack hard and fast, before using their
jet ability to get them out of trouble extremely
quickly. If they failed to take down their targets
in a single pass, they will come around and
attack again in the same way. They never stick
around to fight in a prolonged melee combat to
the death.
They also use cloud cover and the sun's
glare when attacking, making things as hard
for the defenders as possible, particularly when
assaulting cloudships. Sky squids are intensely
aware of what the air is doing and will often try
to knock a cloudship out of the prevailing wind,
so that it has trouble giving chase. They also use
the blast from their jets to damage - or preferably
destroy - the ship's rigging, or to knock sailors
off the ship's decks.
When attacking an individual or an animal,
they normally rake with their barbed tentacles,
then grab and crush with their arms or drag
victims into their huge jaws. Sky squids have
huge appetites and often take cattle or horses
from mountain farms to satisfy their hunger.
Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, the
sky squids must hit an opponent of up to Huge
size with an arm or tentacle attack. If it gets a
hold, it can constrict its prey.
Constrict (Ex): A sky squids deals automatic
arm or tentacle damage with a successful grapple
check against Huge or smaller creatures.
Jet (Ex): A sky squid can jet backward once
per round as a double move action, at a speed of
360 feet per round. Anyone standing behind the
sky squid when it jets must make a Reflex save
(DC 25) or be knocked from their feet by the rush
of air.
Fog Cloud (Ex): A sky squids can emit a thick
white cloud 80 feet high by 80 feet wide by 120
feet long once per minute as a free action. The
cloud provides total concealment, which the
sky squids normally use to escape a losing fight.
Creatures within the cloud suffer the effects of
total darkness.
Spell-Like Abilities: 1/ day-control weather,
control winds, doom, and resist elements. These
abilities are as the spells cast by a 9th-level cleric
(save DC 15 + spell level).
Small Magical Beast
Hit Dice: 1d10+1 (7 hp)
Initiative: +3
Speed: 30 ft., swim 30 ft.
AC: 17 (+3 Dex, +3 natural. +1 size), touch 14,
flat-footed 14
Base Attack/Grapple: +1 I -3
Attack: Claw +2 melee (ld4) or Bite +2 melee
(ld6)
Full Attack: 2 claws +2 melee (ld4), Bite -3 melee
(ld6)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Sudden leap, long leap
Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 feet, low-light
vision, water camouflage (Hide +8 in water)
Saves: Fort +3, Ref +5, Will +1
Abilities: Str 11, Dex 17, Can 12, Int 4, Wis 12,
Cha11
Skills: Hide +10, Listen +2, Jump +15, Swim +8
Feats: Combat Reflexes
Climate/Terrain: Any land with moisture
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 1 merchant caravans, and soldiers from routed
Treasure: None armies have all blundered into areas heavily
Alignment: Always neutral populated by lurkers and never returned.
Advancement: Large (2-3 HD) Lurkers enjoy the hunt more than do most
Level Adjustment: - simple animals. Naturally, food is a strong motive
to hunt, but they also feel a thrill when they see
the surprised expression on the face of ambushed
DESCRIPTION prey. They enjoy using their concealment and
In lands inhabited by stillwater lurkers, leaping skills to attack and bring down prey
any body of water from lakes to ponds to small larger and stronger than themselves.
puddles is a potential ambush. Lurkers love to Some lurkers are not choosy about which
hunt, and they thrive wherever they can find humans they eat, and are content to find a good
a hiding space in a well-traveled area. Their hiding place and wait until prey comes along.
coloration gives them a special advantage when Others are more selective and deliberate in
hiding in water (see Combat on the next page), their hunting tactics, choosing a specific quarry,
and since they are very flexible and can make using whatever available water they can find to
themselves low to the ground, they sometimes conceal themselves as they track that quarry,
hide in small puddles. then springing upon it when the opportunity
Lurkers eat meat almost exclusively, only arises. Their quarry is chosen on the basis of size
resorting to vegetation when other prey are and muscle tone, just as a butcher might choose
scarce. Over the years they have developed a cattle.
fondness for human flesh and go out of their way Though they can be very patient waiting
to find places to ambush unwary prey. Creatures for an opportunity for attack to arise, lurkers
of nearly infinite patience, they are content are not always wise in deciding what creatures
to wait in a good spot for days until someone they should attack and which they should leave
walks into their range, though they prefer to eat alone. Lurkers generally cannot resist attacking
more frequently than that. Individual travelers, anything that comes into their range once they
have a good spot, even if the creature passing
by is much more powerful than the lurker.
The lurker hopes its speed, leaping ability, and
advantage of surprise will balance any battle.
While preferring to be solitary, some legends
tell fearsome stories of bands of lurkers working
in concert. According to one account, a band of
twenty lurkers once set upon the dwellers of
a marshy village, killing all 50 inhabitants in a
single night. None of the inhabitants heard or
saw any lurkers in the area until the moment they
leapt out of the water and began ripping out the
villagers' throats.
A few attempts have been made to tame or
train Lurkers for use as assassins, but Lurkers
have not responded well to any of these efforts.
All they care about is getting a good meal, and
the person attempting the training is often at
least as good a meal as any other creature. The
first time anyone attempting to train a lurker lets
his guard down, the lurker lets him know the
training is over with a leaping attack.
APPEARANCE
Lurkers look like large lizards, usually about
five feet long and a foot and a half wide. When
on all fours, lurkers are about 8 inches high,
though they can squat to about half that height.
Their tails are much shorter than most lizards,
stretching only a foot or so past their hind legs.
The most notable features of lurkers are their
hind legs and their coloration. The rear legs are
long and covered with thick, ropey muscles. The
legs end in wide pads with three strong webbed
toes on each foot, giving the lurker precise control
of the direction of any leap by flexing a few toes.
A lurker can jump fifteen feet in the air from dry
land, somewhat less than that if they leap out
of water (the maximum distance of their leap is
listed under "Long leap," below).
A lurker's coloration is the key to their
ability to hide in water. Their scales are blue and
somewhat translucent, and the blood that flows
through their clear veins is green. By increasing
or decreasing their heart rate, they can customize
their coloration to match water in oceans, lakes,
ponds, and even small, mossy puddles (see
"Water camouflage" for more details).
COMBAT
Lurkers have neither the offensive abilities
nor the armor to defeat most creatures in open
combat. They depend on stealth, secrecy, and
leaping ability. If they do not have a good hiding
spot to start combat, they generally choose to flee
rather than get involved in a losing battle.
When they enter combat, lurkers' tactics are
simple - they wait until their prey is in range, use
a sudden leap to get the initial upper hand, and
try to finish their quarry off with their speed.
In rare cases where more than one Lurker
fights together, their strategy depends on the
number of opponents. For groups of three
or fewer creatures, the lurkers leap out of
their hiding places simultaneously, trying to
overwhelm their quarry as soon as possible. For
larger groups, one Lurker attacks immediately,
while others wait a few rounds for the quarry to
be distracted by the first lurker. When they have
the opportunity, they launch a surprise attack at
one of the opponents' backs or sides.
Sudden Leap (Ex): A lurker's powerful back
legs allow it to jump quickly from almost any
position. If the sudden leap is long enough to
bring an opponent into the lurker's range, the
lurker may make a bite attack (though not a claw
attack) as part of the sudden leap. The speed
and ferocity of the leap gives the lurker -2 on
their attack roll for the bite, but +6 on damage.
Additionally, a lurker making a sudden leap in
the first round of combat can make an additional
standard action that same round if its target did
not detect it before its attack.
Long Leap (Ex): Lurkers receive a +15 bonus
on Jump checks. Their maximum jump distance
is double that of other creatures their height, and
quadruple for a standing high jump.
Water Camouflage (Ex): When hiding in
water of a foot or more in depth, Lurkers receive
a +10 bonus on Hide checks. In six inches to one
foot of water, they receive +5 on Hide checks.
Medium-Size Monstrous Humanoid
Hit Dice: 6d8+12 (41 hp)
Initiative: +6
Speed: 45 ft., fly 80 ft. (poor)
AC: 16 (+2 Dex, +4 natural), Touch 12, Flat-
footed 14
Base Attack/Grapple: +6/ +9
Attacks: Claw +9 melee (ld4+3), slam +9 melee
(ld6+3), or bite +9 melee (ld4+3)
Full Attack: 2 claws +9 melee (ld4+3), slam +4
melee (ld6+3), bite +4 melee (ld4+3)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Improved grab
Special Qualities: Stone coloring, damage
reduction 10/magic, freeze, darkvision 60 ft.
Saves: Fort +4, Ref +7, Will +8
Abilities: Str 16, Dex 14, Con 14, Int 8, Wis 17,
Cha11
Skills: Balance +4, Climb +5, Hide +7
Feats: Improved initiative, flyby attack
Climate/Terrain: Any land and underground
Organization: Solitary, pair, or wing (3-4 adults,
plus an equal number of young) the local rock, to the untrained eye, and with
Challenge Rating: 5 the guardian's ability to remain absolutely still
Treasure: None for hours on end. Few can ever be sure whether
Alignment: Often neutral they are in the presence of a stone guardian or a
Advancement: 7-10 HD (Medium-size); 11-14 HD realistic statue. When the guardian is awake, this
(Large) coloring remains, but no longer shifts to match
Level Adjustment: - the surroundings, and its eyes, which appear as
glowing gemstones, seem to constantly move
about the area.
DESCRIPTION Stone guardians are a nocturnal and
By all outward appearances, there is very territorial race, but not a terribly social one. When
little - if anything - to differentiate the stone they are not protecting their lairs, most of these
guardian from a gargoyle. Both share a distorted carnivores actively hunt by night, selecting small
humanoid form that looks as though carved out to medium-sized animals - such as squirrels,
of stone, and both can perch indefinitely without foxes and even deer - as their favored prey. By
moving. But similarities begin to break down day, they will return to their perch, which is
after that. usually located in front of the stone guardian's
The typical stone guardian stands five to lair, and sleep. Stone guardians rarely gather in
six feet in height, weighs over 280 pounds, large groups, though mated pairs are a common
and resembles stone when it sleeps during the Sight, perched before the entrance to their lairs.
day as its hide becomes almost as rigid as the They particularly prefer isolated areas and caves
surrounding rock. This hide actually has the to live in, but only in regions where there are
chameleon-like ability to change color during both ample rock surfaces to blend in with and
the guardian's sleep cycle to match the color plenty of local fauna to hunt.
patterns of whatever stone the creature may have Though they do not look it, stone guardians
perched upon for the day, even changing its tone have the ability to fly using their powerful wings.
to blend in with shadows. After doing this, the Because of their bodies' weight, however, and
creature appears as though it were carved from their poor maneuverability in the air, rather than
fly under their own power most stone guardians
prefer to lift off from high ground, allowing air
currents to help them glide.
Stone guardians are intelligent and a few
have even been known to use tools, weapons,
and even armor after being trained in their use.
Many stone guardians understand Common
and undercommon, even though they do not
often speak it, and a few also know the dwarf
and gnome languages. Stone guardians can live
as long as 300 years, and are considered mature
at 75.
COMBAT
Unless they, their wing or their lair is
threatened, stone guardians generally do not
attack anything other than the prey animals they
dine upon daily. In most cases, they use their
ability to freeze absolutely still along with their
stone coloring ability, to conceal their presence
until an intended victim draws near. Once their
chosen target closes to within ten or fifteen feet,
the stone guardian suddenly springs to life,
attacking either with their claws, or by slamming
their foe to the ground.
Stone guardians will fight even if
outnumbered, but will not fight to the death. If
a stone guardian engaged in combat is reduced
to less than five hit points, it must make a Will
save against a DC of 20 to remain in the fight.
Otherwise, the guardian retreats, taking flight if
at all possible.
Stone guardians that have been trained
to handle weapons and armor favor wearing
customized studded leather and using short
swords or long swords in battle.
Freeze (Ex): A stone guardian can hold itself
so still it appears to be a statue. An observer must
succeed at a Spot check (DC 20) to notice that the
stone guardian is really alive.
Stone Coloring (Su): Stone guardians possess
the chameleon-like ability to assume the color
patterns of whatever stone they perch upon for
a day's rest. For this ability to work, they must
simply spend a full day asleep upon the rocks
they wish to simulate, during which time their
hides gradually acquire the same colors and
patterns as the native terrain. When the effect
is complete, stone guardians who remain in
the area gain an additional +6 racial bonus to
all Hide checks when concealing themselves
against a background of worked or unworked
stone. Note, however, that if the process is
interrupted, the coloring change will be only
partially complete, and will actually serve to
make the guardian more conspicuous as a result,
receiving a -2 circumstance penalty instead.
These modifiers apply to the racial bonus for
Hide checks as described below.
Stone guardians that do not undertake the
change, either by staying awake, or upon moving
to a new area with different stone coloring
patterns, must receive another full day's sleep to
adjust again, or neither bonus or penalty applies.
Skills: *Stone guardians receive a +6 racial
bonus to Hide checks when concealed against a
background of worked or unworked stone. This
bonus does not include the bonuses from their
stone coloring ability.
STONE GUARDIAN SOCIETY
Stone guardians have no real society as
such, and live out a primitive existence more
akin to pack animal groupings than anything
else. Most stone guardians are raised in small;
transient - and often temporary - groups known
as a wing, but leave the group around the time
they reach thirty or forty years of age. A typical
wing consists of an equal number of male and
female adult guardians, plus young guardians
that typically have half the number of hit dice as
a guardian adult and none of the feats.
In certain rare cases, however, stone
guardians have been trained by various
humanoid races to act as sentinels around
important artifacts or areas. Such guardians
are either enslaved first or bargained for their
services - though getting through their initial
fear of all non-guardians would be a formidable
task. Trained stone guardians are often given
away by their use of clothing, armor, or weapons,
and their presence near places where other races
dwell. A few of these, however, have been
known to leave their masters' service, bringing
their newfound knowledge with them to train
others of their kind.
Large Fey
Hit Dice: 8d6+8 (36 hp)
Initiative: +2
Speed: 40 ft.
AC: 14 (+2 Dex, +3 natural, -1 size), Touch 11, Flat-
footed 12
Base Attack/Grapple: +4/ +9
Attacks: Huge longspear +7 melee (ldl0+4), gore +7
melee (ld8+3)
Full Attack: Huge longspear +7 melee (ldl0+4), gore +2
melee (ld8+1)
FacelReach: 5 ft./l0 ft.
SpecialAttacks: Weakening gaze
Special Qualities: SR 18, damage reduction 10/wood,
spell-like abilities
Saves: Fort +3, Ref +8, Will +10
Abilities: Str 16, Dex 15, Con 13, Int 10, Wis 18, Cha 14
Skills: Animal Empathy +13, Concentration +12, Jump
+14, Listen +15, Spot +15, Survival +15
Feats: Endurance, Track
Climate/Terrain: Blighted forests or wilderness regions
Organization: Solitary
A stralg is a savage, feral-looking creature
Challenge Rating: 6
appearing very much as a large, well-muscledman with
Treasure: None
the head of a stag. Its entire body is covered in thick,
Alignment: Always chaotic neutral
brown fur and its head is capped with an enormous set
Advancement: 9-16HD (Huge); 17-24 HD (Gargantuan)
of black antlers. Even without these towering antlers, a
LevelAdjustment: -
stralg stands more than 8 feet tall and weighs about 650
lbs. The eyes of a stralg always glow a deep red.
DESCRIPTION
Stralg, sometimes known as 'Nature's Avengers,' COMBAT
are woodland spirits that prowl natural settings that
A stralg views all creatures, except animals
have become tainted with evil to wreak vengeance
and plants, as enemies and ignores all attempts to
upon any creatures they view as unnatural to the
communicate with it. It immediately attacks any such
rightful order of the wilderness.
enemy it encounters, weakening opponents with its
No one knows where these creatures come from
gaze attack and wading into melee. Against large
but they only appear in natural settings that have
groups of enemies, it will attempt to summon aid
succumbed to evil after a long struggle. Some scholars
using its summon nature ~ ally III ability. While stralg are
believe that a stralg is formed by the fusion of multiple
unwavering in its pursuit to destroy intruders, they are
druid and ranger spirits that have died trying (and
not above withdrawing if faced with overwhelming
failing) to protect their wilderness homes. Whatever its
odds. A stralg always pursues fleeing enemies to the
origin, a stralg is the walking embodiment of nature's
borders of the tainted woodland it "protects" but rarely
fury. They indiscriminately attack any non-animal
follows past those boundaries unless threatened from
or plant creature they encounter in an attempt to rid
without (by archers, perhaps).
the r~~on of its affliction and return it to its proper
Weakening Gaze (Su): Id4 points of temporary
condition, Though such attacks focus primarily on
Strength damage, 30 feet, Fortitude save (DC 16).
the evil creatures that have come to taint the forest,
all humanoids are subject to such treatment and even
druids and rangers are viewed as intruders.
 Damage Reduction (Ex): A stralg has damage
reduction lO/wood. 'Wood' weapons must be
composed wholly of natural materials and may
not contain any worked metals or alloys as part of
their construction (though stone and bone are both
acceptable additions).
Spell-like Abilities (Sp): A stralg can communicate
with both plants and animals at will (as either speak with
animals or speak with plants). A stralg can also, at will, use
pass without a trace, as an 8th-level druid. A stralg can
use summon nature ~ ally III twice a day as the spell cast
by an 8th-level druid.
ECOLOGY
Stralgs are magical spirits that have taken physical
form. Much like fey creatures, such as pixies, sprites and
dryads, stralgs fit into the natural world as a reflection
of the wilderness environment. Whereas other such fey
creatures serve as the protectors and tenders of thriving
wilderness landscapes, a stralg manifests due to the
failure to preserve such natural treasures. As such,
stralgs are dark, foreboding and hostile, from their
outward appearances and reactions to humanoids of all
kinds, seemingly forces of darkness themselves. Because
of this, they are rarely recognized as fey creatures, but
they are in fact generated by the living earth even as
other more typical fey creatures are. But unlike such
bright, happy-go-lucky creatures as sprites and pixies,
stralgs are manifestations of darker emotions - of rage
and anger and a craving for vengeance.
Unlike other fey creatures, stralgs cannot be
reasoned with - perhaps not even by other fey
creatures. Stralgs seem only to know the darker
emotions of rage, hostility and hate and they lash out at
any and all creatures that they perceive as not naturally
of the setting. Usually this means the dark creatures
that have corrupted the setting in the first place, such
as goblinoids, undead or other terrible monsters, but
stralgs seem to make no distinction between these
creatures and goodly adventurers come to do battle
against them.
The first recorded instance of a stralg was over six
hundred years ago in the long-tainted woodland of
Fenerinn's Woe. The druidess Lendra Venryn claimed
in her Tales of Restoration that she and her band were
stalked by creatures matching a stralg's description and
known behavior on all five forays they made into the
woodland to try and detect the source of the forest's
taint. On each occasion, Venryn claims the creature
attacked their band and drove them away, though
she also claims to have witnessed the creature attack
bands of evil humanoids that the adventuring band
also encountered. Venryn also claims that though
she lost several companions to the creature's attacks
over the years, she could not help but feel somehow
attuned to the creature, to almost feel that its reactions
were justified and that they reflected her own on some
subconscious level.
In the years following this account, such stories
have been more and more frequent, though certainly
they are still a rare occurrence. It seems that the more
the civilized races encroach upon the wilder places of
the world, the more tales of destroyed or corrupted
wilderness environments are heard and the more
instances of stralg sightings are reported. There are
even some among the more radical groups of druids
and rangers that say that the stralg is just the beginning,
that the earth itself is heaving under the weight of these
blasphemies and is awaking to sorrow, anger and rage.
These groups speak of a coming war, when the earth
itself shall summon those creatures who remember the
way it was before civilization and humanity began to
destroy the pristine beauty of the untamed wilderness
and she shall unleash her power and fury to destroy
them. The stralg and even more terrible manifestations
shall stalk the civilized races and punish them for their
transgressions and in the end, the world will return
to the way it was: neither peaceful nor tranquil, but
beautiful - and without the disturbances of civilization.
Still, most folk think these ideas are merely the
ravings of madmen and zealots. For most, the stralg is
a terrible monstrosity bent on mayhem. As such, they
are viewed as obstacles and enemies to those who wish
to continue their operations in the former wilderness or
who are seeking to drive away the evil that corrupted
the landscape in the first place. Scholars have begun
to study the creatures, though the stralgs' nature has
made this difficult and little helpful information has
been collected. All that is known for certain is that they
are hostile magical creatures that seem to naturally
fit into natural settings, where despite the stralg's
appearance, they seem to be neither harmful to, or
feared by, the natural creatures of the environment they
are encountered in. They have never been witnessed
feeding or even drinking, and it is unknown how they
sustain their existence. When defeated, their bodies
quickly crumble into a fine black powder within a
matter of moments, and even this is quickly dispersed
by the wind. Though unconfirmed, it is said that this
powder has the ability to cause barren or tainted land
to spring to life with healthy plant life within hours of
being spread over such terrain.
Huge Plant
Hit Dice: 6d8 +40 (65 hpj
Initiative: +2
Speed: 40 ft.
AC: 20 (-2 Size, +10 Natural, +2 Dex), Touch 10, Flat-
footed 18
Base Attack: +4/ +21
Attacks: Slam +10 melee (2d6+9)or thorns +5 (6d4 plus
poison)
Full Attack: 2 slams +10 melee (2d6 + 9), thorns +0
ranged (6d4 plus poison)
Space/Reach: 15 ft./10 ft.
Special Attacks: Poison, Trample
Special Qualities: Plant, Blindsight,Fire Resistance30
Saves: Fort +10, Ref +6, Will +2
Abilities: Str 28, Dex 14, Con 20, Int 8, Wis =, Cha-
Skills: Hide -3, Move Silently +5, Spot +3
Feats: Lightning Reflexes, Weapon Focus (Slam),
Weapon Focus (Thorn)
Climate/Terrain: Warm Forest, Marsh and Hills
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 6
the forests and swamps - crawling forward by inches
Treasure: 1/10 coins; 50% goods; 50% items
- if they sense prey is nearby but outside of the range of
Alignment: Always neutral
their thorns. Usually, thornspitters prefer to move long
Advancement: 9-16 HD (Large);17-24HD (Huge)
distances at night and feed during the day.
Level Adjustment: -
Thornspitters have a voracious appetite. Although
not particularly greedy, they will attack more than one
DESCRIPTION target at a time if possible. Their normal prey is small
Found mainly in subtropical forests and swamps, animals - such as young deer or foxes - although
thornspitters are huge carnivorous plants that actively they often attack larger prey, including humanoids.
hunt for their own prey. Masters of camouflage, they The plants eat by injecting dozens of tendrils into the
usually resemble large stones covered with thick thorn prey's body and sucking all the fluids out of the body,
bush, although some individuals look more like rotting usually while their prey is still alive. The thornspitter
logs. The creature's main shape is only barely visible will then cover the desiccated corpse with leaves or
through the woody stems and broad, dark green foliage dead vegetation before moving off to find its next kill.
that grows from it. The plants usually feed at least three times a day, taking
Thornspitters are cunning hunters. They wait in an hour or more to digest each victim before hunting
ambush beside animal tracks and when their prey is in again.
close by, they spit dozens of poisonous thorns from a Farmers raising livestock near the edges of forests
hidden woody tube. The thorn's poison paralyzes the hate thornspitters for their voracious appetite. A
prey, allowing the thornspitter to then drag the creature thornspitter stays in the general area as long as it is
off the track to be digested later. They also have a pair of able to catch more food, often eating their way through
thick tentacle-like arms that they use to bludgeon prey whole flocks of sheep or goats. They are tough creatures
into submission if the poison fails to work properly. and their fire resistance leaves farmers with few
Despite their size and bulky appearance, weapons against them, short of attacking with hand-
thornspitters can move surprisingly quickly. They to-hand weapons. Most farmers simply move livestock
have dozens of short trunks protruding from their when they discover a thornspitter has moved into an
undersides, allowing the thornspitter to slide across the area, rather than trying to destroy the creature.
landscape. They are adept at moving silently through
 The poison on a thornspitter's thorns is popular
with rogues and assassins, who use it to paralyze
their victims. However, harvesting fresh ones is
exceptionally difficult, particularly from wild creatures.
Some apothecaries have tried growing thornspitters
in captivity and harvesting their thorns by enticing
the creature to attack, and catching all the thorns on a
special shield. However, thornspitters will not breed
in captivity and usually die within months of their
capture; keeping them alive and well is a difficult and
often dangerous business.
COMBAT
Thornspitters rely on stealth when attacking.
They look and act just like normal bushes when prey is
approaching, not wanting to give away their position.
They let their prey approach, then blast four to six darts
each round at their target. All a victim usually hears is a
series of faint popping sounds, which does little to give
away the thornspitters position (Listen DC 20 to hear
the popping, DC 30 to get a location). The thorns have
a range increment of 10 feet, and the maximum range is
50 feet (five range increments).
The short hollow tube hidden in the foliage fires
the thorns. Each thorn is about six inches long and about
a quarter inch wide at the tail end, tapering to a needle
sharp point. Thornspitters have a seemingly unlimited
supply of these darts, which are made from a hardened
resin. Some believe thornspitters have a special gland
that secretes the resin, which forms into the actual thorn
as it is fired.
If their prey isn't completely paralyzed by the
poison, or if the plant is forced into melee combat,
it attacks with a pair of thick club-like limbs and
bludgeons its prey into submission. Thornspitters are
far stronger than they appear and usually surprise
opponents with the ferocity of their attacks.
Plant: Thornspitters are immune to mind-
influencing effects, poison, sleep, paralysis, stunning
and polymorphing. They are also not subject to critical
hits.
Poison (Ex): Thorn, Fortitude Save (DC 18); initial
damage none paralysis for 1d8 + 5 rounds; secondary
damage none.
Trample (Ex): A thornspitter can trample Medium-
size or smaller creatures for 1d12 + 9 points of damage.
Opponents who do not make attacks of opportunity
against the thornspitter can attempt a Reflex save (DC
19) to halve the damage.
Blindsight (Ex): The Thornspitter "sees" using
special olfactory organs across its head. Its has an
incredibly well developed sense of smell and can use
it to distinguish individuals from the surrounding
environment over 100 feet away.
Skills: Thornspitters get a +4 racial bonus to Hide,
Move Silently and Spot checks. *They receive a +12
bonus to Hide checks when in a swampy or forested
area.
BREEDING CYCLE.
Unlike most plants, thornspitters do not flower
in the springtime. They are also solitary creatures,
who have nothing to do with one another. This
makes breeding a difficult proposition. However, the
thornspitters have developed a unique solution to the
problem.
Male thornspitters leave a special ball of dark
blue pollen along its path as it travels along. These
are usually strung from low bushes and shrubs, with
a substance that looks a lot like spider silk. The males
leave special scent markers in noticeable locations to
guide the female to the pollen sacs, rather than leaving
their discovery to chance.
Female thornspitters, when they later move
through the same areas, detect the marker's subtle
odor and follow them to the pollen sacs. They then use
their tentacles to pick up the balls, which are deposited
into a special pouch on the creature's body. Within a
month, the females plant a series of hard seedpods in
the ground, usually near one of their prey's desiccated
corpses.
Young thornspitter plants grow in the one place,
like most plants. It takes an average plant about three
years to grow to maturity, and during that time they
look like a simple thorn bush. However, during the
creature's third winter, the rock-likebody develops and
with the coming of spring, the roots snap off, leaving
behind the creature's legs. At that point, the juvenile
thornspitter moves off in search of its first prey.
Thornspitter pollen is also a highly addictive
hallucinogenic drug when inhaled or ingested. Users
see and hear visions of beautiful celestial creatures or a
heavenly paradise, and suffer badly when the pollen's
effects wear off. Shamans use the pollen in exceptionally
small doses to help bring on visions, or to help them
with spirit quests. However, in large doses, the pollen
is also highly poisonous and deaths from overdose are
common.
Thornspitter Pollen: Poison, Fortitude Save (DC
20)i initial damage 1d4 WiSi secondary damage 3d6
Wis; cost 600gp.
Large Construct
Hit Dice: 20dl0 (110 hp)
Initiative: -1
Speed: 20 ft. (can't run)
AC: 30 (-1 size, -1 Dex, +22 natural), Touch 8, Flat
footed 32
Base Attack/Grapple: +151 +22
Attacks: Slams +25 melee (2dl0+ 11 plus 5d6
electric)
Full Attack: 2 Slam +25 melee (2dl0+11 plus 5d6
electric)
Space/Reach: 5 ft.II0 ft.
Special Attacks: Chain lightning, thunderbolt,
storm call
Special Qualities: Construct, magic immunity,
damage reduction 251 conducting, rust
vulnerability, electrical shield
Saves: Fort +6, Ref +5, Will +6
Abilities: Str 33, Dex 9, Con -, Int -, Wis 11, Cha 1
Climate/Terrain: Any land
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 18
with a ponderous gait and do not run. Instead, they
Treasure: None slowly advance on their enemy pounding them with
Alignment: Always neutral the raw strength and electrical power.
Advancement: 21-26 HD (Large); 27-56 HD Like any golem, thunder lords can be commanded
(Huge) by their creator if the creator is within 60 ft. Unlike other
Level Adjustment: - golems however, thunder lords can be capricious. The
spirit of lightning that dwells in the heart of the gole~
DESCRIPTION makes it much more rebellious that most golems. ThIS
rebellion manifests not by disobeying orders but by
The thunder lord, sometimes called a lightning
their destructive nature. A thunder lord left alone in
golem, is an iron golem that has been modified to
a room and commanded to guard that room will not
wield fearsome electrical powers. Like all golems,
forsake their post but will destroy all the furnishings
they are animated with a spirit from the Elemental
in that room with lighting blasts. Thunder lords do not
Plane of Earth. They differ because that spirit must be
play well with others. It is only a matter of time before
combined with a spirit from the quasi-elemental plane
a thunder lord shoots a lightning bolt at an "ally" who
of lightning (where the elemental plane of air meets the
spends too much time near them. They seem to relish
positive energy plane). Electrical energy relentlessly
the destructive beauty of their lightning. In spite of
courses through the iron frame of the Thunder Lord.
this, thunder lords will never randomly attack another
Thunder lords are an impressive sight. These are
thunder lord or their creator.
not subtle servants, easily hidden in tombs or in lost
Wizards who create these terrible guardians are
ruins. The home of a Thunder Lord is wracked with
inevitably aware of this nature. Thunder lords are
storms and lightning strikes. The echoing blasts of
almost always found in reinforced stone halls, perhaps
thunder ring through out the halls. Their homes are
banded with conductive metal but never filled with
scarred and pocked by electrical burns. Its metal frame
anything even vaguely breakable.
is alive with arcing bolts of raw electrical intensity.
Thunder lords cannot speak, but they are not
silent. Their presence echoes with the noise of thunder.
As they enter combat, the ground shakes beneath their
great mass and issuing peals of thunder. They move
COMBAT deafen its opponents, but has no sonic related game
effects. Instead, this awesome display of power
Thunder lords are fearsome opponents in combat.
(coupled with the chain lightning effect noted above)
Not only do they pummel their opponents with their
acts as afear spell cast upon anyone within line of sight
mighty fists, they project immense amounts of raw
of the thunder lord. Every time the thunder lord uses
electrical power. Lightning bolts ripple from them in
its chain lightning ability again, the Thunderbolt ability
terrifying quantity. Like all golems, they are tenacious
is again activated.
and unrelenting. Trying to reason with a thunder lord
Magic Immunity (Ex): A thunder lord is immune
is a waste of breath.
to all spells, spell-like abilities and supernatural effects
Thunders lords lack any innate sense of cunning.
except as follows. Ice attacks (such as cone of cold)
They generally engage enemies closest first. They
slow the golem (as the slow spell) for 3 rounds, with
will attack their chosen target until it is dead and
no saving throw. A lightning effect breaks any slow
then switch to the next closest target. This lack of fine
effect on the thunder lord and cures 1 point of damage
strategy can be used the Thunder Lord and is probably
for each 3 points of damage it would otherwise deal.
their greatest weakness. If a target that the thunder
For example, a thunder lord hit by a lightning bolt and
lord cannot easily harm is placed in front of the golem,
taking 21 points of damage regains 7 hit points. The
the thunder lord will hammer at its enemy time and
thunder lord rolls no saving throws against lightning
time again even while the construct is damaged by
effects.
other enemies from afar. Thunder lords also do not
Rust Vulnerability(Ex): A thunder lord, much like
remember who amongst their enemies is immune to
an iron golem, is affected normally by rust affects such
lightning. They will strike the closest enemy with their
as that of a rust monster or a rusting grasp spell.
chain lightning power over and over again even if that
DamageReduction25/Conduction:The only way to
enemy is clearly unaffected.
harm a thunder lord is with weapons that drain off the
Construct: Immune to mind-influencing effects,
electricity that powers it. To that end damage reduction
poison, disease and similar effects. Not subject to
applies unless the weapon is capable of conducting
critical hits, nonlethal damage, ability damage, energy
electricity (meaning most metal weapons). Silver and
drain or death from massive damage.
other highly conductive materials do double damage.
Chain Lightning (Sp): On the first round of combat,
If a weapon is insulated it does not count as conducting
as a free action, the thunder lord casts chain lightning
unless it channels the electricity somewhere else. A
as an 18th level spellcaster. Every 1d4 + 1 rounds, the
trailing silver wire (worth gp) can be attached to any
lightning golem casts this effect again (it is still a free
hilted or hafted weapon with a metal tip or blade.
action) until all its enemies are defeated or the golem
This wire redirects electricity from the thunder lord
is destroyed.
when the weapon strikes the golem (but only when
Electrical Shield (Su): Any character who strikes a
the weapon strikes the golem, not when the golem
thunder lord either bare handed or with a conducting
strikes the wielder or uses any of its effects). When the
melee weapon (any metal weapon without an weapon strikes the golem the wielder is protected from
insulated handle) is immediately effected by the spell
the thunder lord's electrical shield ability but everyone
shocking grasp as if cast by an 18th level spellcaster (no
(including the wielder) takes 1d6 damage while the
save). Furthermore, any time the thunder lord strikes
thunder lord cures 1d6 damage.
an opponent with a slam attack, they are also subject
to this effect (as reflected in the stat block above). In
short, it is nearly impossible to touch a thunder lord CONSTRUCTION
without being effected by this effect. This can work as a A thunder lord is crafted from 5,000 pounds of
disadvantage. If the thunder lord for any reason needs pure iron and 1,000 pounds of crystal. The golem
to handle something fragile, this effect will destroy costs 150,000 gp to create which includes 5,000 gp for
those items in short order. the body. Furthermore, the creator requires a shard of
Storm Call (Su): Once per day, a thunder lord elemental lightning, a material usually not for sale at
casts control weather as a free action. The spell always any price (likely requiring an adventure to acquire).
causes storms, preferably electrical storms, to arise. As Assembling the body requires a successful Craft
a result of this effect, the area around a thunder lord (armorsmithing or weaponsmithing) check (DC 25).
is continually overcast, raining and often storming. The creator must be at least 18th level and able to cast
Even in the dead of winter, fierce blizzards assault the arcane spells. Completing the ritual drains 3,000 XP
domains of the thunder lord. from the creator and requires chain lightning, control
Thunderbolt (Su): On the first round of combat, as weather, geaslquest, limited wish, polymorph any object and
a free action, the thunder lord emits a huge booming shocking grasp. The method of making a thunder lord is
blast of thunder. This thunderbolt may temporarily a closely guarded secret amongst powerful wizards.
Colossal Construct
Hit Dice: 40d10 (220 hp)
Initiative: -3
Speed: 40 ft.
AC: 19 (-8 size, -3 Dex, +20 natural), Touch -1,
Flat-footed 19
Base Attack/Grapple: +30/ +69
Attacks: Slams +35 melee (4d6+13)
Full Attack: 2 slams +35 melee (4d6+13)
Space/Reach: 80 ft./15 ft.
Special Attacks: Rumble
Special Qualities: Construct, damage reduction
20/magic, hardness, hollow, magic
immunity, mental link, cannot run
Saves: Fort +13, Ref +10, Will +13
Abilities: Str 37, Dex 4, Con -, Int -, Wis 11, Cha 1
Climate/Terrain: Any land
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 22
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Always neutral
Advancement: 41-60 HD (Colossal)
Tower golems cannot communicate in any fashion,
Level Adjustment: -
even with their creator. If a tower golem is injured, for
example, the damage can only be discovered through
DESCRIPTION visual inspection.
The largest of all golems, tower golems are wizard's
towers that have been animated to defend their master, CONSTRUCTION
or perhaps simply to provide the creator with a mobile
A tower golem's body need not be specially
base of operations.
constructed for the purpose, though its arms and legs
Tower golems vary widely in appearance, from
must be added if this is not the case. A tower golem can
graceful, ivory spires to squat, granite citadels. The only
be created from any stone tower of at least 100 feet in
physical commonality among these constructs is their
height.
long, spindly legs and arms. Indeed, these legs seem
The golem costs 250,000 gp to create. This cost
inadequate to support the stress placed upon them by
includes 150,000 gp for the body (which may be reduced
the gargantuan creatures, but they nonetheless bear the
to 50,000 gp if creating the tower golem from an already
weight with little apparent difficulty.
existing tower, as only the arms and legs need be
Tower golems lack even the most rudimentary
constructed). Assembling the creature requires a Craft
self awareness, and cannot take any action without
(masonry) check (DC 30). Building a tower golem's
the motivating will of their creators. This is most likely
body from scratch requires approximately six months
a safeguard against accidents - if a tower golem's
and a team of at least two dozen laborers and a master
creator is killed, there is no risk of an uncontrolled
foreman. Building the arms and legs alone requires the
rampage through a nearby settlement. Many suspect
same labor force, but only a month.
that some evil wizards have managed to circumvent
The creator must be 16th level and able to cast
this difficulty, allowing tower golems to follow basic
eighth level arcane spells. Completing the ritual drains
commands. Whether this is true or not has yet to be
4,000 XP from the creator, and requires geas/quest, limited
confirmed, though it can be said with some certainty
wish, polymorph any object, and slow.
that no tower golem has ever attacked a settlement,
except while under the direct control of its creator.
 Finally, a creator may only be the master of a
single tower golem at a time. If the creator has created a
tower golem previously that has not been subsequently
destroyed, the ritual automatically fails (the creator
loses no experience, though the gp is still spent).
COMBAT
Tower golems are formidable opponents, to say
the least. They are tremendous in size, and equally
powerful. Further, they are a living wizard's tower, and
their masters often perch atop the golem during combat,
slinging spells down unto the golem's opponents. The
very earth shakes with the golem's every step.
Cannot Run: Tower golems, thanks to their
tremendous bulk, cannot run.
Construct: Tower golems are immune to mind-
influencing effects, poison, disease, and similar effects.
They are not subject to critical hits, subdual damage,
ability damage, energy drain, or death from massive
damage. Tower golems have darkvision with a range
of 60 feet.
Hardness (Ex): Tower golems are incredibly tough,
and just as difficult to harm as if they were inanimate.
A tower golem has hardness as if it were an object,
determined by the material from which the tower
golem is constructed. Most tower golems - including
those described here - are built of stone, and therefore
have a hardness of 8. See Attack an Object in Chapter 8:
Combat of the Player s Handbook for more information
on hardness and attacking objects.
The tower golem's hardness does not stack with
damage reduction. If attacked by a non-magical
weapon the golem benefits from its damage reduction.
If struck by a magical weapon the golem benefits from
its hardness value.
Slow (Su): A stone golem can cast slow as a free
action every other round. The effect has a range of
10 feet and a duration of 7 rounds, and requires a
successful Will save (DC 30) to negate. The ability is
otherwise identical to the slow spell.
Rumble (Ex): As a full attack action, a tower golem
may strike the earth, creating powerful reverberations
in the ground. Any opponent within 200 feet that is
Huge or smaller must make a Reflex save (DC 30) or
become dazed for Id4 + 1 rounds.
Even if the tower golem does not use this ability,
opponents are sometimes hard pressed to maintain
their balance, as the earth shakes with the enormous
construct's every step. Whenever a tower golem moves
(even if only a 5 ft. step), every ground based creature
within 40 ft. must make a Balance check (DC 30) or
fall prone. This save is made after the tower golem
completes its turn and is made by every creature within
40 feet of where the golem was at any point along its
movement.
Magic Immunity (Ex): Tower golems are completely
immune to most magical and supernatural effects,
except as follows. A transmute rock to mud spell slows it
(as the slow spell) for 2d6 rounds, with no saving throw
allowed. Transmute mud to rock heals all of its lost hit
points. A stone to flesh spell does not actually change
the golem's structure, but makes it vulnerable to normal
attacks for one full round; for this period, the tower
golem's hardness is O. This does not, however, make it
vulnerable to spells, even those that cause damage.
Mental Link (Ex): Unlike many golems, tower
golems are incapable of following even the simplest of
orders. They act only as directed by their masters, and
lack the ability to retain and follow even the simplest
commands. On each of the tower golem's turns, its
creator must make a Concentration check (DC 15) or the
tower golem may take no action. The creator must be
within line of sight in order to maintain control over the
tower golem. Saying and other spells are not sufficient
for this purpose; the controller must be able to see the
tower golem with his own eyes.
Controlling a tower golem requires only minimal
concentration, and the controller may act normally on
his own turn, including casting spells and attacking.
Only the tower golem's creator may exert mental
control over the tower golem. Lacking this driving will,
a tower golem is inert and harmless. Identifying an inert
tower golem requires a Knowledge (arcana) check (DC
20).
Hollow: When a tower golem is animated, its
interior does not change. It retains all of its rooms
and furnishings, and creatures may move about freely
within, even as it lumbers on its course. That said, it
is sometimes difficult to maintain one's balance while
within a tower that moves and fights. Any character
within a tower golem on its turn risks a fall if the
tower golem takes any action. Occupants must make a
Balancecheck when the tower golem acts (DC 27), or be
knocked prone. The tower golem's master is immune to
this effect.
Occupants may attack the tower golemfrom within
as normal, though entering an active tower golem is
near impossible, as any entrances are held far above the
ground by the creature's long legs. Damage inflicted by
such attacks is reduced by the tower golem's hardness
or damage reduction, as normal.
Small Monstrous Humanoid
Hit Dice: 2d8 (9 hp)
Initiative: +3
Speed: 20 feet
AC: 15 (+1 size, +1 natural, +3 Dex), touch 14,
flat-footed 12
Base Attack/Grapple: +2/-4
Attacks: Dagger +3 melee (ld4-2), claw +3 melee
(ld3-1), bite +3 melee (ld4-1), dagger +6
ranged (ld4-1)
Full Attack: Dagger +3 melee (ld4-2), 2 claws -2
melee (ld3-1), bite -2 melee (ld4-1)
Space/Reach: 5 ft.15 ft.
Special Attacks: Tail Sweep, Treska Frenzy
Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft.
Saves: Fort +3, Ref +6, Will +0
Abilities: Str 6, Dex 17, Con 11, Int 8, Wis 10, Cha
10
Skills: Handle Animal +1, Hide +8, Listen +3,
Move Silently +4, Spot +3
Feats: Alertness
Climate/Terrain: Forest or jungle
Closer observation, however, usually reveals
Organization: Solitary, gang (2-5), litter (6-12), or
the subtle differences that reveal the treskas'
tribe (20-50)
true nature, such as opposable thumbs on their
Challenge Rating: 1
clawed, four-finger hands or the patterns of their
Treasure: Standard
mew ling, purring speech. Intelligence is further
Alignment: Often chaotic neutral
evident in their golden-eyed gaze that is far
Advancement: By character class
more intent than one might expect from a mere
LevelAdjustment: +1
animal (even a cat). Not generally evil, the treska
are a nocturnal race of carnivores that prefer the
DESCRIPTION solitude of the forests and jungles in which they
The treska are a race of black-furred feline generally dwell. If attacked, however, treska
humanoids that stand only two feet tall at the become vicious predators and between their
most, and weigh anywhere from 15 to 25 pounds natural claws and other weapons, armed litters
fully grown, barely larger than the domestic cats of these reclusive creatures can be truly deadly.
they tend to resemble. Because of this, many Treska live about 90 years, though some have
who encounter them for the first time tend to been known to live as long as 125, and the elderly
assume they are merely harmless beasts, perhaps are revered by their tribe for their immense
escaped circus felines, trained to perform for the wisdom and experience. While generally
amusement of spectators, or maybe halflings, reclusive, a few have been known to adventure,
transformed into some kind of werecat. Knowing many becoming adept rogues or scouts for their
this, the reclusive treskas often enhance this native tribes. In addition to their own language,
misconception by walking on all fours and treskas usually speak Common or elven, even if
communicating with one another only in their they prefer not to use the language of strangers.
feline language, a mixture of howls, cries, and
purring sounds that is indistinguishable from
those of the animals they resemble.
COMBAT
Treska are not usually aggressors. Indeed,
most are more interested in giving strangers
a wide berth, watching from the protection of
shadows and the undergrowth as they pass by.
However, if threatened in any way, be it by the
tone of a stranger's voice, the presence of an
unsheathed weapon, or even an unexpected
move, treska tend to attack out of panic. In
most cases, a threatened treska will release a
screaming cry, punctuated by a hiss, which
summons reinforcements when endangered,
before attacking with any weapons on hand. As
most treska stay close to home, this can mean that
additional treskas may appear within minutes of
such a cry for help.
Treska enclaves are often surrounded by an
assortment of crude traps meant to either drive
off nosy parties or alert the treskas within to
the presence of trespassers. They rarely set up
ambushes, except for the purposes of hunting,
and most treska hunting parties carry daggers to
help bring down their prey.
Tail Sweep (Ex): The treska's long, semi-
prehensile tail may be used to deliver a tripping
attack in place of any normal combat action. This
attack works just like a standard trip attack, but
the length and flexibility of the treska tail gives
the treska a +2 bonus and does not provoke an
attack of opportunity. A character tripped by
a successful tail sweep is knocked prone and
suffers all normal modifiers.
Treska Frenzy (Ex): Because the treska act as
much on instinct as they do on reason, they can
whip themselves into a battle frenzy that works
much like a barbarian's rage ability. Treska can
only use this ability a number of times per day
equal to their number of hit dice, divided by two
(rounding up). While in a frenzy, treskas gain
a temporary +2 to Constitution and Strength,
and a +2 morale bonus on all Will saves, but
suffer a -1 penalty to their AC. The Constitution
increase adds 1 temporary hit point per hit die,
but these hit points are lost once the frenzy
ends. While in a frenzy, treskas cannot use any
weapons, equipment, skills or feats that require
concentration, nor can they use their Tail Sweep
attack.
The treska frenzy lasts 1d6 + 4 rounds, and
may be initiated as a free action during combat,
but only after the treska has suffered damage of
any kind by an attacker or fails a standard Will
save.
TRESKA SOCIETY
Treskas live in very loosely organized tribes,
which appear to have no clear leaders, though
members of a tribe often consult with the eldest
female for advice and guidance. These tribes
are reclusive, often located deep in the woods,
but close enough to water and other wildlife to
sustain their hunting parties, and they prefer to
make their homes in the trees, or in naturally
formed caves. Generally, they regard all non-
treskas as intruders or invaders, though their
trust can be won over. In such cases, treskas have
been known to warm up to other forest-dwelling
races first, such as elves, and are generally more
trusting of adventuring parties that include one
non-drow elf among them.
Closer to nature than other intelligent races,
treskas revere the "spirit of the land" and do
not often engage in the worship of any set god
in particular. The lack of strict societal laws and
codes of conduct among treska tribes means
that strangers often cannot know what a taboo
is among these half-wild creatures, but despite
their anarchistic nature, treskas generally respect
the privacy and property of other treskas. As
such, while treskas have no clerics most tribes
have at least one druid.
When their tribal enclaves are threatened
treskas become fierce fighters, often forming
haphazard gangs and litters to hunt down,
intercept, and kill anyone identified as a threat
to their way of life. In combat, they show no
mercy and offer no quarter, killing even those
who surrender in what can only be described as a
murderous frenzy.
TRESKA CHARACTERS
Most treskas are hunters by nature, and often
become rangers, fighters or barbarians as a result.
The favored treska character class is ranger, and
most select magical beasts or a humanoid race
as their favored enemy. Treska druids tend to
become the tribe's "wise ones," whose opinions
are highly regarded, but are never looked upon
as absolute leaders. The extremely rare treska
clerics do not choose a god, instead worshipping
the earth and nature in general, but can choose
spells from any two of the following domains:
Air, Animal, Earth, Plant or Water.
Large Outsider
Hit Dice: 8d8+16 (64 hp)
Initiative: +5
Speed: 40 ft.
AC: 17 (-1 Size, +1 Dex, +7 natural), Touch 10,
Flat-footed 16
Base Attack/Grapple: +81 + 17
Attacks: Slam +12 melee (ld8+5), bite +12 melee
(2d6+5)
Full Attack: 2 slams +12 (ld6+5), bite +7 (2d6+2)
Space/Reach: 5 ft. by 5 ft.II0 ft.
Special Attacks: Improved grab, fear aura
Special Qualities: Malleable self, darkvision 60 ft.,
ethereal jaunt, feed on fear
Saves: Fort +8, Ref +7, Will +8
Abilities: Str 20, Dex 12, Con 15, Int 10, Wis 15,
Cha15
Skills: Bluff +13, Climb+Ie, Disguise +13,
Intimidate +13, Jump +18, Listen +13, Sense
Motive +13, Spot +13
Feat: Improved Initiative, Multiattack
Climate/Terrain: Any land or underground
a mountain lion. Each part is calculated to elicit
Organization: Solitary
as much terror as possible from the creature's
Challenge Rating: 6
victims.
Treasure: None
Alignment: Often lawful evil
Advancement: 13-18 (Huge); 18-24 (Gargantuan) COMBAT
Level Adjustment: +6 Tulpa love to play with their food before
moving in for the kill. First, they will try to
DESCRIPTION sneak up on their quarry and toy with them by
breathing heavily, scratching at a doorpost, or
Tulpa vary greatly in appearance since they
loudly sharpening a knife, all just out the victim's
are formed from the ethereal by the stories that
sight. Whenever their prey goes to investigate the
are told about them. The more stories about
tulpa melts away into the Ethereal Plane only to
people tell about them, the more detailed they
emerge a short time later to resume the fun.
become. Consequently, younger tulpa tend to
When the tulpa finally decides to move in on its
be nasty things, large beasts with a shaggy coat
prey, it travels ethereally to emerge from a place
of dark fur, powerful muscles, and huge mouths
or direction that is totally unexpected. One might
filled with large, white teeth. Those that have
choose to leap from a closet, for example, or from
eyes are equipped with tiny red orbs that never
beneath a bed, or simply from the shadows.
blink.
Tulpa are reluctant to kill their prey, not
Older tulpa, those who have acquired a
because they value another being's life in the least,
name such as "the Horned Shadow" or the
but because they draw strength from the terror of
"Eyeless Hound," are a nightmare mix of
living creatures. Tulpa will watch closely when
elements, incorporating the parts of a dozen
they pounce on a group, noting which creatures
different monsters. One might have a barbed
react in the most extreme fashion. These are the
hook for a right hand, while another might have
beings that the tulpa will choose to leap upon
the head of a large, rabid wolf. A third might
and pull over to the Ethereal Plane with it.
bear a rattlesnake's tail and the ears and snout of
 Improved Grab (Ex): If the tulpa hits with
both slam attacks, it deals normal damage
and attempts to start a grapple as a free action
without provoking an attack of opportunity. The
tulpa's improved grab only works on creatures
one size less than the tulpa or smaller.
Fear Aura (Su): The fear aura of a tulpa is
continuous. All creatures within a 20 foot radius
of the creature must make a Will saving throw
against DC 16 or be frozen with fear for 1d6
rounds. Whether or not the creature is affected by
the tulpa's fear spell, it cannot be affected again
by its fear aura for 1 hour.
Malleable Self (Su): A tulpa is a being created
when mortals tell stories about an imaginary
beast so often that the matter of the Ethereal
Plane responds to mortal belief and makes the
stories a reality. Tulpa are creatures created by
the sort of stories that are meant to keep children
tucked in at night and dissuade young people
from venturing where they are not meant to be.
Since the stories that give rise to these creatures
are always changing, the tulpa themselves
change and become stronger with the retelling.
When a tulpa advances and becomes a Huge
creature, choose one supernatural power from
the following list. When the tulpa grows to a
Gargantuan size, choose a second supernatural
power. The powers that may be selected are:
acid, cold, fire or electricity resistance 20; +ld6
acid, cold or fire damage when biting; Scent; or
Swallow Whole.
Ethereal Jaunt (Su): A tulpa can shift from the
Ethereal to the Material Plane as a free action, and
shift back again as a move equivalent action. The
ability is otherwise identical to the spell ethereal
Jaunt, as if cast by a 15th-level sorcerer.
Feed on Fear (Su): A tulpa is empowered
by the terror of the creatures near it. The tulpa
is considered to have a fast healing ability equal
to the number of creatures within 20 feet that
are currently frozen by the tulpa's fear aura.
Therefore, if there were three creatures within
20 feet of the tulpa that had failed their saving
throws against its fear aura power, the tulpa
would have a fast healing ability of 3.
SOCIETY
Tulpa never venture out of the ethereal
plane during the day. They only hunt their prey
at night. They may have no natural aversion to
sunlight, but tulpa of this kind prefer to stick to
the shadows, letting their victims encounter them
bit by bit, in order to draw out and intensify the
poor soul's terror until it reaches a climax.
Diet
Tulpa are not natural, organic creatures, but
are made up of the stuff of the ethereal. They
may pretend to eat, but what truly sustains them
are the stories told about them and the fear of
their victims. Tulpa are known for snatching
small children and taking these unfortunates
with them to the Ethereal Plane. Many children
are kept there, imprisoned sometimes for many
years, and milked for every last drop of horror
that their little bodies possess.
Habitat/Society
Tulpa view the stories told about them as a
brand of worship. The more people who believe
in them, the more powerful the tulpa become, but
they must be careful not to reveal too much of
themselves, lest their existence become mundane
knowledge and mortals' fear of them begin to
wane.
There are other types of tulpa: heroic tulpa,
romantic tulpa, and wise tulpa, but the fear tulpa,
created from ghost stories and cautionary tales,
are the most powerful and persistent.
Ecology
Fear tulpa are like aborted godlings. They
begin as faceless boogeymen and jack-o-lanterns,
and as stories about them are told and retold,
each successive storyteller fills in a few more
details that provide the tulpa with more physical
features and more personality traits. The biology
of a tupla tends to reflect and adapt to the
environment that their storytellers live in. While
a young tulpa that hails from a large city with
cold weather might start as an eyeless, speechless
thing, driven by pure spite and bearing a shaggy
coat of fur, it could eventually be granted a
name and begin looking like a well-dressed
and dignified, if cadaverous, older gentleman
who likes to lure children into his clutches by
offering them candy. Sometimes a token mark of
the tulpa's previous incarnation survives into its
new form, such as a fur collar on the coat of the
gentleman in the above example.
Medium-sized Outsider (Evil)
Hit Dice: 9d8+45 (85 hp)
Initiative: +8
Speed: 30 ft.
AC: 26 (+12 natural, +4 Dex), Touch 14, Flat-footed
22
Base Attack/Grapple: +9/ + 17
Attacks: Spear of Corruption +12 melee (ld8+7 plus
2d6 to good creatures)
Full Attack: Spear of Corruption +12/ +7 melee
(ld8+7 plus 2d6 to good creatures, see special
rules below)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Aura of fear, summon outsider
Special Qualities: Damage reduction 20/+2, SR
23, outsider qualities, spell like abilities,
regeneration 5
Saves: Fort +11, Ref +10, Will +9
Abilities: Str 18, Dex 18, Con 20, Int 16, Wis 16, Cha
20
Skills: Bluff +17, Climb +16, Concentration +17,
Diplomacy +17, Hide +16, Intimidate +17,
The vile emissary can manifest from any evil
Listen +15, Move Silently +16, Search +15, Sense
deity, and its appearance can vary some depending
Motive +15, Spot +15
on the whims of its patron. A vile emissary is a sort
Feats: Dodge, Improved Initiative, Mobility
of minor avatar - literally, the foolish invoker has
Climate/Terrain: Any
been possessed by a small shard of the soul of the
Organization: Solitary
god. This does grant power, that part of the promise
Challenge Rating: 10
is true. It also causes the immediate and permanent
Treasure: Standard
eradication of the invoker's soul. His mind is wiped
Alignment: Any Evil
clean and utterly destroyed. His memories are
Advancement: By character class
subjugated and enslaved to the purposes of the vile
Level Adjustment: +8
emissary. For all intents and purposes, the would-be
lord of evil is destroyed and replaced by a fanatic
DESCRIPTION
servant of the dark god he sought to master.
Scattered across the prime material plane are
A typical vile emissary still resembles his base
various artifacts and scrolls that promise untold
race superficially. However the creature is warped
power and wealth to anyone who invokes the
and twisted. The skin seethes with barely contained
dark gods. When common sense is ignored and
magical energy. The emissary often wears a hood or
these invocations are recited by those far too weak
robe to mask these disturbing appearances so it may
to control them, the fool who invoked them is
more easily move amongst cultists of the dark god.
transformed into a vile emissary. The transformation
Twisting irregular horns are often erupted. Hands
only affects those who are far too weak to deal with
are sometimes clawed. Feet are sometimes hoofed.
the transformation (defined here as having less than
Indeed any physical traits associated with the patron
4 HD and no ability higher than 16). More powerful
deity are possible. They are cosmetic however and
individuals may become a half-fiend (see the MM) or
do not affect the statistics of the vile emissary.
gain the Black Guard prestige class (see the DMG).
Vile emissaries are rarely used by their patron
The vile emissary, by contrast, is what happens
for mere combat. They are instead subtle and
when the individual is so weak that the deity is
corrupting forces. They carry the message of their
entirely able to shape the being to their will.
patron to the prime material plane. They move
hidden amongst the world of mortals, setting
up cults and furthering the wishes of their god.
They are direct conduits to their evil deity. They
are capable of miracles and signs, proof of their
power and divine sanction. They take on pleasing
forms trying to represent their goals as noble and
commendable. They are agents of corruption and
perversion. As much as they lead evil organizations,
they also try to infiltrate good ones. Their schemes
are as varied as their appearance, but their ultimate
purpose is always the same - to further the cause
of evil. Anyone who would dare oppose them will
certainly earn their ire.
COMBAT
It is no easy thing to fight a vile emissary. Any
foe a vile emissary fears can actually win will find
that vile emissary melt away into shadows. Under
these circumstances the vile emissary uses his spell-
like abilities to flee. It is difficult, after all, for the
dark gods to create vile emissaries. The conditions
of formation are very rare. The gods would rather
expend other more common resources (mortal
followers for example) than waste a vile emissary.
When a vile emissary does fight it is either
because the objective is worth the risk or because the
emissary senses weakness in a potential adversary.
If at all possible, the vile emissary never fights
alone, calling up clerics and cultists to support him.
Being evil, the emissary prefers dirty tactics such as
ambushes, treachery and poison. The emissary has
no pride or interest in honorable conflicts. Instead,
the emissary is focused on only one goal- ruthlessly
executing the will of its master and creator.
Aura of Fear (Su): As a free action, a vile
emissary can create an aura of fear in a 5-foot radius.
It is otherwise identical withfear cast by a 12th-level
sorcerer (save DC 17). If the save is successful, that
creature cannot be affected by that vile emissary's
fear aura for one day. Other outsiders of similar
alignment are immune to this aura.
Summon outsider (Sp): Once per day vile
emissaries can summon other outsiders (depending
on their alignment) as though casting a summon
monster spell. Summoned creatures automatically
return after one hour, and cannot summon other
outsiders for that hour. Unlike other fiends, vile
emissaries (being a minor form of avatars) are much
less hesitant to summon outsiders to their aid. The
GM should feel free to modify these charts to better
fit specific deities.
Lawful Evil vile emissaries: 2d10 lemures (100%
chance of success) or 1d6 barbezu (75% chance of
success) or 1 erinyes (75% chance of success) or 1d6
hamatulas (50% chance of success) or 1 cornugon
(25% chance of success).
Neutral Evil vile emissaries: 2d6 Yeth Hounds
(100% chance of success) or 1 Nightmare (100%
chance of success) or 1 Night hag (50% chance of
success) or 1d3 Night Hags riding Nightmares (25%
chance of success)
Chaotic Evil vile emissaries: 2d10 dretches
(100% chance of success) or 2d6 quasits (75% chance
of success) or 1 succubus (75% chance of success) or
1 vrock (25 % chance of success)
Outsider qualities (Ex): Vile emissaries are
immune to fire and poison. Vile emissaries
have cold, electricity and acid resistance 20. Vile
emissaries can see perfectly in any kind of darkness
be it normal or magical (such as created by spells
such as darkness and deeper darkness). Vile emissaries
can communicate telepathically with any creature
within 100 feet that has a language.
Spell like abilities: At will - animate dead, charm
monster, deeper darkness, desecrate, detect good, detect
magic, dispel magic, hold person, invisibility (self only),
magic circle against good (self only), major image,
polymorph self, produce flame, see invisibility, suggestion,
teleport without error (self plus 50 pounds of objects
only), and unholy blight; 3/ day - fireball and lightning
bolt. All these abilities are as the spells cast by a
12th-level sorcerer (save DC 12 + spell level).
Regeneration (Ex): Vile emissaries take normal
damage from holy and blessed weapons of at least
+2 enchantment.
Spear of Corruption: This +3 unholy shortspear
is formed from the raw stuff of magic and evil as
the vile emissary comes into being. The twisted
barbed weapon radiates malevolence and exists
only to aid in the purposes of evil. Whenever a good
creature takes 10 points of damage from the spear of
corruption from a single hit, they receive a -1 penalty
to will saves against spells and spell-like effects from
the wielder. This penalty is cumulative (so 20 points
in a single hit would inflict a -2 penalty, and two 10
point hits would also give a -2 penalty). This penalty
lasts for 24 hours.
Caster level: 13th level; Prerequisites: Craft Magic
Arms and Armor, desecrate, unholy blight, creator
must be evil; Market Price: 50,302 gp; Cost to Create:
25,302 gp + 2,000 XP.
Medium Outsider
Hit Dice: 10d8+24 (47 hp)
Initiative: +1
Speed: 90 ft.
AC: 19 (+1 Dex, +8 size), touch 19, flat-footed 18
Base Attack/Grapple: +10/-
Attacks: Touch +14 melee (ld4)
Full Attack: Touch +14/+9 melee
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Corrupting kiss, spell-like
abilities
Special Qualities: Blink, incorporeal
Saves: Fort +7, Ref +11, Will +10
Abilities: Str -, Dex 18, Con -, Int 19, Wis 16, Cha
10
Skills: Bluff +10, Concentration +12, Innuendo
+13, Intimidate +12, Knowledge (arcane)
+15, Knowledge (planes) +15, Listen +14,
Move Silently +14, Scry +16, Sense Motive
+12, Spellcraft +16
Feats: Empower Spell, Maximize Spell, Quicken
Spell
Climate/Terrain: Any land from the burden of a mortal body. Voices of
Organization: Solitary doom may be slain, but without any interference
Challenge Rating: 11 from enemies or marauding adventurers, they
Treasure: 2x standard (1/2 standard for chaotic have the potential to live forever.
evil voices of doom) This is not to say that voices of doom do not
Alignment: Any evil have difficulties with aging. Shortly after they
Advancement: Age (see below) shed their mortal bodies, voices of doom tend to
Level Adjustment: - become lawful evil, engaged in activities similar
to those they performed in life. They amass
magical and political power and material wealth,
DESCRIPTION freed from the pressure of knowing all their gains
Rare is the spell caster who does not spend may be eliminated by their untimely death.
at least a portion of his life pondering how the Though voices of doom may not spend the
magic arts may help him extend his lifetime. wealth they amass, or even touch it, they often
The existence of lichs and other undead are all appreciate its presence. They fill their lairs with
outgrowths of this obsession. their accumulated riches, and they prefer to
Voices of doom have found a unique way travel with an entourage that will carry some of
to escape the death of the body -leave the their wealth for them.
body behind entirely. They are consciousness, However, inevitably, voices of doom learn
intelligence, and ability removed from any the consequences of life without a body. Many
physical presence. of the benefits of wealth and power are tied to
The hermetic magic used to turn a spell caster physical enjoyment, and these benefits are closed
into a voice of doom allows the consciousness to to voices of doom. They may have many servants,
continue to exist away from a body and to retain minions, or slaves, but they almost never have a
the ability to speak (most spell casters theorize real companion. This isolation and separation
it has to do with a version of the magic mouth from the physical world begins to drive them
spell combined with permanency). The immediate insane.
benefit of becoming a voice of doom is freedom
 The longer they are separated from their
physical bodies, the more voices of doom drift
toward chaotic evil alignment. Their wars and
combats are no longer part of a larger scheme
to gain power, but rather are an extension of a
base desire to destroy. The oldest voices of doom
are bereft of any sort of companionship, all their
followers having abandoned them or been killed
by the voice many years ago. They abandon most
of the worldly goods that had been so important
to them. These voices of doom drift silently
through the world, looking for something to
destroy, hoping to one day find something that
will destroy them first.
The statistics above are for a newly created
voice. The following modifications may be made
for older voices:*
100-200 200-500 500+
Age: years years years
Wis -1 -3 -7
Will save -1 -2 -4
HD +1 +2
Intimidate +2 +2
Spellcraft +2
*These are suggested modifications only.
A GM may make different modifications if
they wish to create a voice of doom that ages
differently than the typical pattern.
There has been speculation that someday,
instead of being driven to insane destruction, a
voice of doom might use their separation from
the perils, pleasures, and passions of the physical
world to become a voice of pure knowledge and
reason. Such a voice would find joy in learning
for learning's sake, and become a tremendous
resource for seekers of truth. To date, though,
no one knows of the evolution of such a voice,
perhaps because the profane rituals required
to become a voice of doom preclude such an
altruistic being from ever joining their ranks.
Voices of doom do not associate with each
other. The presence of another voice of doom
serves to remind them of their own strangeness,
a topic on which they do not like to dwell.
Additionally, the efforts of voices of doom to
gain wealth and power are often in competition
with each other, and in many cases the deepest
rival of one voice of doom is another voice.
APPEARANCE
As a disembodied voice, voices of doom
have no appearance. The more newly created
voices use this to their advantage, moving
through crowds of people unheard and unseen.
Older voices of doom are often insecure in their
incorporeality, and thus make constant noise and
are always talking or singing to themselves.
COMBAT
Voices of doom have no physical presence
and therefore have very limited physical attacks.
Their corrupting kiss (see below) allows them to
do some damage, but they greatly prefer using
their voice as a weapon, both by using their spell-
like abilities and talking.
Voices of doom are fond of talking before
combat, trying to intimidate their opposition.
Even when they have servants or followers
fighting for them, a voice of doom often ensures
that their minions withhold their attack until it
has said its peace.
When combat begins, voices of doom have no
hesitation in unleashing their full complement of
spells. They believe that if things go wrong, they
will have no difficulty in slipping away from the
combat unnoticed and finding a secluded spot to
heal and regain their spells.
As incorporeal creatures, only other
incorporeal creatures, magic weapons with a
bonus of +1 or better, or magic can harm voices
of doom. They have a 50% chance to ignore any
magic damage from a corporeal source.
Corrupting kiss (Su): Voices of doom
may attempt to make a touch attack with its
incorporeal mouth, doing Id4 damage. Voices
of doom receive an attack bonus of +4 Dex
against material opponents, -3 against ethereal
opponents.
Spell-like abilities (Sp): Out of necessity,
voices of doom focus on spells with verbal
components only. They may cast the following at
caster level 19: At will-flare; 2/ day - blindness/
deafness, contact other plane, hold portal, dimension
door, knock, lesser geas, shout; 1/ day - geas/quest,
mass charm, power word blind, power word stun,
power word kill, time stop, wail of the banshee.
Blink (Sp): Twice per day, voices of doom
may blink, as the spell cast by a 13th-level
sorcerer.
Large Aberration
Hit Dice: 12d8+36 (93 hp)
Initiative: +1
Speed: 30 ft.
AC: 18 (-1 size, +1 Dex, +8 natural), Touch 10, Flat-
footed 17
Base Attack/Grapple: +12/ +20
Attacks: Tentacle +15 melee (ld6+4), bite +15 melee
(2d6+6)
Flatfooted: 6 tentacles +15 melee (ld6+4), bite +10
melee (2d6+6)
Space/Reach: 5 ft. /10 ft.
Special Attacks: Improved grab, swallow whole
Special Qualities: Camouflage, damage reduction 5/
magic, SR 18
Saves: Fort +9, Ref +5, Will +9
Abilities: Str 18, Dex 13, Con 17, Int 4, Wis 12, Cha 10
Skills: Hide -3, Listen +6, Move Silently +6, Spot +6
Feats: Great Fortitude, Toughness
Climate/Terrain: Any underground
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 8
Behind their stony facade, however, wall walkers
Treasure: Double standard
are repulsive masses of flesh. Their corpus seems to
Alignment: Always neutral
hang off their disguise like a sack of cottage cheese, and
Advancement: 13-16HD (Large);17-24HD (Huge)
their flesh leaves a viscous trail of slime behind them as
Level Adjustment: -
they travel through their underground homes. Several
tentacles sprout from the underside of the beast, which
DESCRIPTION can be extended forward through the cracks in its
Wall walkers are creatures exclusively found face (or beneath and around, if the creature' s facade
in underground environs and only in dungeons or is seamless). Its entire body is dedicated to its simple
other locations where heavy magic use is (or once digestive system, which consists solely of a stomach.
was) prevalent. The actual method of their creation is Any creature consumed passes through its facade and
unknown, though it is likely that they are simply a side is immediately deposited here for digestion.
effect of excessive magical energies being manipulated The creature's flesh is a sickly pink color, shot
in the area. through with black and blue veins that pulse with
Whatever the reason for their existence, wall vile ichor. The creature seems instinctually aware of
walkers are blocky creatures, closely resembling their this vulnerability, and so rarely presents foes with any
native locale. Their front, which they use to conceal except its front side.
themselves within the walls of their homes, can appear When the wall walker consumes a foe, its facade
to be composed of any number of materials, from cracks and gapes wide, revealing a toothless maw
brick, to metal to slime-encrusted stone. Wall walkers and fetid breath. Within, trinkets and weapons of
have no ability to manipulate this appearance. Their past meals are easily visible, though adventurers
natural appearance varies depending on the individual favored with this revelation usually have more
wall walker's environment, much like a chameleon. If pressing concerns than retrieving such treasures, such
a wall walker somehow finds itself in a new locale, as survival. Regardless, when a wall walker is slain,
it takes roughly a week for the creature to adjust its these goods are a rich prize indeed; invariably, they
appearance to its new surroundings, a process as much represent the indigestible contents of a prior meal's
based on instinct as reason. possessions.
 Wall walkers have no reproductive system,
insofar as can be determined, nor any sort of society,
or even language. This lends further credence to the
theory that these creatures are the side effects (or
perhaps the purpose?) of mystical experimentation,
rather than creatures of nature, however abhorrent.
It is rare that two wall walkers exist within the same
area, though even when this is so, they rarely hunt in
tandem, seeming to prefer solitude.
COMBAT
Wall walkers prefer to lie in wait until their prey
draw near, then attack from ambush. This tactic is
particularly effective due to their natural camouflage,
and the fact that few adventurers expect danger from
the very walls themselves. Generally, wall walkers do
not attack unless an adventurer is either alone or far
enough from his companions that he can be quickly
subdued and swallowed before his companions
arrive. In either case, the wall walker disappears into
the environment when the victim is subdued. Only
desperately hungry wall walkers attack an entire
party, regardless of their apparent strength (or lack
thereof).
Once a wall walker consumes its fill (see below) it
attempts to retreat from combat regardless of its odds
of victory. It simply has no interest in fighting if it has
already claimed its meal. That said, it is not the most
subtle or swift of creatures, and has difficulty escaping
from even moderately mobile foes.
Camouflage (Ex): Wall walkers habitually lie in
wait at the access point for corridors and hallways,
disguising themselves as walls. As such, it appears
that the wall walker is simply another part of the
wall, though it conceals a passage behind. In order to
discover a wall walker, an adventurer must first make
a Search check as if attempting to locate a secret door
(DC 20). If successful, the opponent determines that
the wall walker conceals a passage behind it, but the
creature itself is not revealed.
If the adventurer subsequently searches for a
means to access the passage the wall walker conceals,
he must make a Spot check (opposed by the wall
walkers Hide check) to notice the creature is anything
other than an actual wall. If successful, the PC isn't
surprised when the wall walker attacks. Otherwise,
the wall walker attacks the PC as he examines the wall
for some hidden lever or switch - and finds only slimy
tentacles reaching out to ensnare him!
Damage Resistance (Ex): A wall walker only
benefits from its damage resistance when it can present
its tough forward facing to opponents. If attacked by a
flanking opponent or from inside its stomach, the walk
walker receives no benefit from its damage reduction.
Improved Grab (Ex): If the wall walker hits a
single opponent with a number of tentacles equal to
or greater than the opponent's Strength modifier, the
wall walker may attempt to start a grapple as a free
action without provoking an attack of opportunity.
The target must be at least one size category smaller
than the wall walker. Thereafter, it may use its swallow
whole ability.
Swallow Whole (Ex): If a wall walker makes a
second successful grapple check after grappling with
an opponent, the creature swallows its opponent
whole. The opponent must be at least one size category
smaller than the wall walker. When swallowed,
the opponent suffers 2d6 + 8 bludgeoning damage
plus Id6 acid damage per round, as the creature's
rudimentary digestive system attempts to break down
the heroes biological mass.
Fortunately, as the wall walker lacks an
esophagus, and the opponent is therefore digested
within the creature's "mouth," the opponent may
escape by prying open the creature's jaws. This
requires an opposed Strength check, during which
the wall walker receives a +8 circumstance bonus.
Similarly, the opponent's allies may attempt to pry
open the creature's mouth from the outside, though
this is dangerous. This, likewise, requires an opposed
Strength check (though the wall walker receives only
a +4 circumstance bonus). However, any opponent
attempting to open the wall walker's mouth from the
outside provokes an attack of opportunity from each
of the creature's tentacles.
If the wall walker is killed, swallowed opponents
are not automatically expelled, and they must still
attempt to escape as described above. Swallowed
characters continue to suffer acid damage, but suffer
no further bludgeoning damage.
A wall walker may hold up to two Medium-size
or four Small characters within its gullet at one time.
Complete digestion requires roughly 24 hours for a
Small character, and 48 for a Medium-size character,
though the wall walker cannot digest inorganic
materials. Such indigestibles tend to collect in its gullet
over several months, and are eventually expelled in
fashion similar to a cat coughing up a hairball.
Skills: Wall walkers receive a +8 racial bonus
to Hide checks when laying an ambush in an
underground environment.
Huge Outsider (Cold)
Hit Dice: 16d8 +80 (152 hp)
Initiative: +1
Speed: 40 ft.
AC: 21 (-2 Size, +12 Natural, +1 Dex), Touch 9,
Flat-footed 20
Base Attack/Grapple: +16/ +29
Attacks: Claw +19 melee (ld8+5), bite +19 melee
(2d6+5)
Full Attack: 2 Claws +19 melee (ld8+5), bite +14
(2d6+2)
Space/Reach: 10 ft. /15 ft.
Special Attacks: breath weapon, energy drain,
frightful presence, improved grab
Special Qualities: Cold subtype, DR 10,
Darkvision 60 ft., Scent, SR 20.
Saves: Fort +15, Ref +11, Will +13
Abilities: Str 20, Dex 12, Con 20, Int 10, Wis 16,
Cha 10
Skills: Concentration +24, Handle Animal +19,
Hide + 12, Intimidate +19, Listen +24, Search
+21, Spot +24, Survival +22.
Feats: Alertness, Blind-fight, Cleave, Power
last meal. Some of the creatures wear the remains
Attack, Track.
of old clothes, although they are always in tatters
Climate/Terrain: Any cold land and no protection from the cold at all.
Organization: Solitary
Their heads are long and thin, with large
Challenge Rating: 15 eyes that let them see even in complete darkness.
Treasure: Double Standard Despite their small noses wastewalkers have an
Alignment: Always lawful evil acute sense of smell and rely heavily on it to track
Advancement: 17-32 HD (Gargantuan)
down their prey when hunting. The creatures
Level Adjustment: - have large - almost oversized - mouths filled
with sharp teeth that they use to rip the flesh from
their victims. Their arms are long and strongly
DESCRIPTION muscled, ending in huge hands with sharp claws.
In depths of winter, or in lands where ice and The creatures are completely immune to the cold;
snow covers the ground year round, the darkness their body temperature is actually below freezing
of the new moon weakens the boundary between level.
the prime material plane and a strange plane of When a wastewalker crosses the dimensional
ice (where the plane of water meets the plane of boundary, the air shimmers and blue lightning
air). When the conditions are right, wastewalkers arcs out into the night. A thick mist boils through
breach the dimensional boundary and hunt for the gate, from which emerges the wastewalker,
fresh prey on the Prime Material Plane. But by who immediately gets its bearings and begins its
dawn, they fade back across the dimensional hunt. It moves out from the gate's location until
boundary, leaving only the bloody remains of the it detects the scent of a living creature, then it
night's feeding frenzy. follows the trail as far as it possibly can, or until
Wastewalkers are enormous bipedal creatures, it finds a new scent that appeals to it more. When
standing about eighteen feet tall and weighing it detects a scent it howls like a wolf, although the
over 5,000 pounds. Their bodies are covered cry is much deeper and its calls often carry for
with thick dark hair, which is usually matted and miles.
encrusted with ice and the frozen remains of their
 For some reason, wastewalkers are afraid of to quickly weaken the target. It will however use
man-made structures and will shy away from its breath weapon to ward off other attackers and
even a simple hunter's shack. If it corners its prey make it difficult for them to attack.
in some sort of building, it will circle around and Only after it has overcome all its foes will
wait for the creature to come out. However, if the the wastewalker sit down and feast. It considers
prey hides for more than 30 minutes, the creature internal organs to be an extreme delicacy and will
will move off in search of another victim. It is not often gorge itself on the entrails of all its victims
afraid of caves or other natural formations and before it finishes off the rest of the meat.
will chase its prey inside if it can. Breath Weapon (Su): Wastewalkers can
The wastewalker's home plane is an endless breathe out a cone of cold, 30 feet long, every 1d4
ice-covered mountain range on the border of the rounds; damage 6d6, Reflex save half DC23. The
elemental planes of water and air, scoured clean by creatures are immune to the effects of another
howling winds. The wind there is too strong even wastewalker's breath weapon.
for the wastewalkers, who usually take shelter Energy Drain (Su): Living creatures hit by the
in caves or under rocky overhangs whenever wastewalker's claw attack receive one negative
possible. Few humans level, because of the
have ever managed to creature's extreme low
When the moon is new and the lands are hidden
cross over to the creature's body temperature.
by the darkness of night,
home plane and returned The Fortitude save to
Walk not across the wastes, for death lurks upon
to tell about it; most perish remove the negative
them.
from exposure and a lack level has a DC of 18.
A figure, not of this world, stalks the frozen
of fresh water. Frightful Presence
landscape,
(Ex): The wastewalker's
Hungry for fresh meat and able to bring down
COMBAT appearance
even the largest offoes.
automatically unsettles
Wastewalkers are If the wind howls across the ice, then stay inside.
foes within 30 feet if
relentless hunters. Once For ifyou should venture out into the darkness,
they have fewer HD
they pick up a scent, Youwill not return.
than the wastewalker.
they will chase their prey - Campfire chant of the northlands A potentially affected
for hours or until they creature that succeeds
lose their prey inside a at a Will Save (DC 18)
manmade structure. is immune to the wastewalker's appearance for
Once they catch a victim, their only thought is 24 hours. On a failure, the creature is shaken for
to tear the creature apart and feast on its remains. 5d6 rounds.
The wastewalker's sharp claws are ideally suited Improved Grab (Ex): If the wastewalker hits
to this task, easily able to disembowel a humanoid a Large creature or smaller with a successful claw
within seconds. The creature's sharp teeth are able attack, it deals normal damage and can attempt to
to cut through even the strongest armor, making it grapple as a free action without invoking an attack
an extremely able fighter. of opportunity (grapple bonus +20). If the grapple
Wastewalkers use their size and appearance check was successful, it can automatically do bite
to their best advantage, knowing that they instill damage.
fear into its prey creatures. When it is hunting, it Cold Subtype (Ex): A wastewalker is immune
bellows like a bloodhound, knowing that its prey to cold damage, but takes double damage from fire
is going to run from it, and it often makes as much unless a saving throw for half damage is allowed.
noise as possible - particularly if in a forest - in In that case, the creature takes normal damage on
order to further intimidate its prey. a success and double damage on a failure.
If fighting more than one creature, it will tend Scent (Ex): Wastewalkers can detect living
to concentrate on taking out one target at a time creatures within 100 feet using their sense of smell
as quickly as possible before it tackles the rest. If alone. They can detect the scent left behind by an
it can get close enough to strike its target, it will individual and will track it through the snow like
slash at them as many times as possible, looking a bloodhound, hoping for a feast.
Skills: Wastewalkers get a +2 racial bonus to
Search checks due to their sense of smell.
Joung ~gou~
Medium-Size Plant
Hit Dice: 3d8+9 (24 hp)
Initiative: +0
Speed: 30 ft.
AC: 20 (+10 natural)
Base Attack/Grapple: +21 +6
Attacks: Slam + 6 melee (ld6+4)
Full Attack: 2 slams +6 (ld6+4)
Space/Reach: S ft./S ft.
Special Abilities: Spore cloud, double damage
vs. structures
Special Qualities: Plant, fire vulnerability, half
damage from piercing
Saves: Fort +7, Ref +1, Will +3
Abilities: Str 18, Dex 10, Con 14, Int 10, Wis -,
Cha-
Skills: Hide +4, Survival +4, Listen +4, Spot +4
Feats: Great Fortitude, Improved Bull Rush,
Iron Will, Power Attack, Sunder
Climate/Terrain: Forest
Organization: Solitary or Grove (4-7)
Challenge Rating: 3
Spore Cloud (Ex): A young feyoak's bark is layered
Treasure: Standard
with a thick, soft lichen which has a deep crimson color,
Alignment: Neutral
as well as a thick scent similar to lilies. If contacted, or
Advancement: By character class
it senses movement within five feet, a cloud of spores
Level Adjustment: +1
explode from the lichen in a fifteen foot radius around
the branch or trunk nearest to the being. These spores
DESCRIPTION are harmless to residents of faerie forests, but deadly
Young feyoaks appear identical to treants, save to all others (Fort save DC 16 negates infection). Once
for the crimson mosses adorning them. They are intent infected, the victim becomes seriously ill for five rounds,
on advancing the faerie forests by slaying victims then dies. One day after death, the victim reincarnates
with their death spores. Those who die in this manner into a faerie forest being per the table below. Those who
reincarnate as feyoaks or as other faerie beings. Some are reincarnated cannot recall their past prior to their
druidic sects of faerie forests lead enemies into groves reincarnation nor do they desire to. They have begun a
of young feyoaks to be slain and reincarnated as beings new life. The feyoak will slowly consume the corpse of
more in line with the druid's views. their victim, accelerating their own growth.
Creatures native to the faerie forests find feyoaks Skills: Young feyoaks receive skills as though they
to have a number of uses while those intent on were fey. They receive a +10 racial bonus to Hide checks
causing harm find them to be exceedingly dangerous. made in forested areas.
Regenerative sap, leaves which stop the flow of blood Fire Vulnerability (Ex): A young feyoak takes
when wounded, bark which can be used to repair any double damage from fire attacks unless the attack
items made of wood, are some of the purported uses of allows a save, in which case it take double damage from
young feyoaks. a failure and no damage on a success.
Plant: Immune to mind-influencing effects, poison,
sleep, paralysis, stunning and polymorphing. Not
COMBAT
subject to critical hits.
Double Damage against Objects (Ex): A young
feyoak that makes a full attack against an object or
structure deals double damage.
FEYOAK SOCIETY
Feyoaks live long lives, just like their treant cousins.
Treants and feyoaks are somewhat at odds, with the
treants viewing the feyoak's approach as questionable.
Treant sap is the only known cure against the spore
attack of the feyoaks.
Young feyoaks can be quite aggressive in defense
of the faerie forests. They have been known to even
travel outside their forests in search of humanoid
settlements to attack.
Young feyoaks are very useful to healers and
potion makers. The leaf of a young feyoak can stop the
bleeding of even the most severe wounds. The sap of
the feyoak can heal someone at the rate of 1 hp / minu~e
for up to one hour from a single dose. However, this
sap is often laden with the spores deadly to non-fey folk
(Fort save DC 25 or die). Thus, any who are not from
the faerie forest must be very cautious when using these
remedies. The bark of a young feyoak is highly malleable
for the first 15 minutes after it has been stripped from
the tree. It can be used to repair 10 structural points of
damage on wood from a single chunk of bark. Wi~
the hour, the bark hardens, resulting in the wood bemg
as hard as it was before.
Young feyoaks require centuries to matur~.
Feyoaksreproduce through the reincarnation from their
spores. Reaching full maturity requires a young feyoak
to feed on the corpse of at least one hundred victims.
A fully mature feyoak is much rarer and much more
powerful in comparison to the young feyoak. Some
druidic sects sacrificeevil beings to young feyoaks both
in worship of their gods as well as to mature the young
feyoaks into their mature form rapidly. Most druid sects
consider this tampering with nature's will and refuse to
indulge in it. Yet, as the forestlands rapidly vanish,
druidical sects have been known to suddenly assume a
more aggressive use of the young feyoak to further their
religion and preserve the forest. .
Young feyoaks display a unique power with
respect to when a dryad selects one as its home. When
such an event takes place, the dryad has a 50% chance
of becoming evil. Should a dryad become chaotic evil
from selecting a young feyoak as its home, the dryad
also feeds from victim's slain by the deadly spores of the
feyoak. Over time the evil dryad's power grows as does
the young feyoak's power. The advantage of a dryad
selecting a young feyoak as her home is that the feyoak
can move. For the evil dryad, moving and seeking prey
increases her power far more rapidly. When a feyoak is
bound with an evil dryad, the table of reincarnation is
altered to that of Table 2.
Another manifestation of the evil dryad is that
from 3-6 ghasts can spring forth from the fey oak in
defense. These undead may not travel more than 300 ft.
from the young feyoak. The young feyoak's appearance
is different than a normal young feyoaks in that it has a
number of thick pods hanging from its branches. These
pods are approximately 5 ft. in length and blackish
green in coloration. Within these pods are .th.e unde~d
defenders of the evil dryad, of her past Victims slam.
The final power an evil dryad possesses is the ability
to command the creatures reincarnated. The creatures
must have been slain by the deadly spores from the
young feyoak she is bound to, for her to command
them.

REINCARNATION FROM YOUNG

FEYOAK SPORE POISON REINCARNATION FROM YOUNG
d% Incarnation 8tr Dex Con Int FEYOAK SPORE POISON (EVIL
1-5% Elf, Wood +2 +2 +2 +0 DRYAD)
6-10% Elf, Wild +2 +2 +2 -2
11% Elf,High +0 +2 -2 +2 d% Incarnation 81r Dex Con Int
12-16% Elf, Grey -2 +2 -2 +4 1-10% Elf, Wild +2 +2 +2 -2
17% Brownie -4 +4 -2 +0 11% Medusa +0 +2 -2 +2
18% Pixie -2 +2 -2 +0 12-24% Elf, Drow -2 +2 -2 +4
19% Sprite -2 +4 -2 +0 25-30% Chimera -2 +2 -2 +0
20-29% Treant +6 +0 +4 -2 31-35% Manticore -2 +4 -2 +0
30% Dryad +0 +0 +2 +2 36-40% Treant +6 +0 +4 -2
31-35% Satyr +2 +2 +2 -2 41-45% Will-o-Wisp +0 +0 +2 +2
36-40% Unicorn +2 +2 +0 -2 46-50% Ogre Magi +2 +2 +2 +2
41-45% Leprechaun -4 +4 +0 -1 51-55% Nightmare +2 +2 +0 -2
46-50% Centaur +4 +2 +2 -2 56-60% Leprechaun -4 +4 +0 -2
51-55% Rgulbuk -2 +2 +2 -4 61-65% Winter Wolf +4 +2 +2 -2
56-95% Feyoak +6 +0 +4 6oc70% ,RguIbuk -2 +2 +2 c4 .
96-00% Psimorph -2 +4 -2 +4 71-00% Feyoak +6 +0 +4 -2

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