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Invisible Stalker to Ogre

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Invisible Stalker

SPECIES TRAITS

Elemental (Air): Invisible stalkers have the traits and immunities common to elementals.

Natural Invisibility (Su): An invisible stalker remains invisible even when attacking. Creatures that correctly discern the stalker’s location despite being unable to see it have a 50% miss chance on melee and ranged attacks.

Improved Tracking (Ex): Invisible stalkers are consummate trackers and make Spot checks instead of Survival checks to track a creature’s passage.

Automatic Language: Invisible stalkers speak (but neither read nor write) Auran. They understand (but do not speak, read, or write) two other languages.

Kobold

SPECIES TRAITS

Light Sensitivity (Ex): Kobolds take a –1 penalty on attack rolls in sunlight or in brightly lit areas.

Skill Bonuses: Kobolds receive a +2 species bonus on Craft (mechanical) and Search checks.

Bonus Feat: Kobolds are keenly aware of their surroundings and receive the bonus feat Alertness.

Automatic Language: Kobolds read, write, and speak Draconic.

Medusa

SPECIES TRAITS

Gaze (Su): A medusa’s gaze permanently turns to stone any creature within 30 feet that fails its Fortitude save (DC 15). See Special Qualities for more information on gaze attacks. A break enchantment spell can remove the effect of petrification. In a campaign where heroes have limited access to spells, the GM can make the petrification a temporary effect (lasting 1d6 hours).

Poison (Ex): Any creature bitten by the medusa’s snaky hair must succeed on a Fortitude save (DC 14) or succumb to the poison (initial damage 1d6 temporary Strength, secondary damage 2d6 temporary Strength).

Bonus Feat: Medusas receive the bonus feat Simple Weapons Proficiency.

Automatic Languages: Medusas read, write, and speak any two languages.

Minotaur

SPECIES TRAITS

Charge (Ex): A minotaur typically begins a battle by charging at an opponent. In addition to the normal benefits and hazards of a charge, the beast can make a single gore attack that deals 4d6+6 points of damage.

Scent (Ex): This ability allows the minotaur to detect approaching enemies, sniff out hidden foes, and track by sense of smell. See Special Qualities for more information.

Natural Cunning (Ex): Although minotaurs are not especially intelligent, they possess innate cunning and logical reasoning ability. This prevents them from ever becoming lost. Further, they are never caught flat-footed.

Skill Bonuses: Minotaurs receive a +4 species bonus on Search, Spot, and Listen checks.

Bonus Feat: A minotaur gains the bonus feat Archaic Weapons Proficiency or Simple Weapons Proficiency.

Automatic Language: Minotaurs speak (but neither read nor write) Giant or one other language.

Monstrous Flytrap

SPECIES TRAITS

Plant: Monstrous flytraps have the traits and immunities common to plants.

Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, a monstrous flytrap must hit with its bite attack. If it gets a hold, it can attempt to swallow its opponent (see below), provided its opponent is at least two size categories smaller than it. See Improved Grab.

Swallow Whole (Ex): A monstrous flytrap can swallow a grabbed opponent two size categories smaller than it by making a successful grapple check. The swallowed creature can attack the flytrap from inside its mouth using claws or a Small or Tiny slashing weapon. The flytrap does not release its opponent until it is slain or its swallowed prey is completely drained of blood (that is, dead). A monstrous flytrap’s mouth can swallow only one opponent at a time and cannot attack while it drains a creature’s blood.

Blood Drain (Ex): A creature swallowed by a monstrous flytrap takes 1d6+13 points of damage every round due to blood loss. For every 3 hit points it drains, the monstrous flytrap heals 1 hit point of damage. After draining its swallowed prey to death, it expectorates the lifeless husk and seeks out its next meal.

Automatic Language: Monstrous flytraps raised from seedlings can be taught to speak (but neither read nor write) one language.

Monstrous Spider

Monstrous spiders come in two general types: hunters and web spinners.

SPECIES TRAITS

Speed: Hunting spiders are speedier than their web-spinning counterparts. Increase the normal speed of hunting spiders by 10 feet. Climb speed remains unchanged.

Poison (Ex): A monstrous spider injects poison into its victim with a successful bite. The victim must succeed on a Fortitude save or take the initial damage; a second Fortitude save must be made 1 minute later to negate the poison’s secondary damage. The DC of the Fortitude saves and the effects vary depending on the monstrous spider’s size, as shown on Table: Monstrous Spider Poison.

Table: Monstrous Spider Poison

Web (Ex): Monstrous spiders often wait in their webs or in trees, then lower themselves silently on silk strands and leap onto prey passing beneath. A single strand is strong enough to support the spider and one creature of the same size.

Web-spinning spiders can cast a web eight times per day. Casting a web is a melee touch attack with a maximum range of 50 feet and a range increment of 10 feet, and the web is effective against targets up to one size category larger than the spider. The web anchors the target in place, allowing no movement. An entangled creature can escape with a successful Escape Artist check or burst it with a Strength check. Both are attack actions whose DCs are given in Table: Monstrous Spider Webs.

Web-spinning spiders often create sheets of sticky webbing from 5 to 60 feet square, depending on the size of the spider. They usually position these sheets to snare flying creatures but can also try to trap prey on the ground. Approaching creatures must succeed on a Spot check (DC 20) to notice a web; otherwise they stumble into it and become trapped as though by a successful web attack. Attempts to escape or burst the webbing gain a +5 bonus if the trapped creature has something to walk on or grab while pulling free. Each 5-foot section has the hit points listed on below and damage reduction 5/fire.

A monstrous spider can move across its own sheet web at its climb speed and can determine the exact location of any creature touching the web.

Table: Monstrous Spider Webs

Resistance to Massive Damage: Monstrous spiders gain a +5 species bonus on Fortitude saves to negate the effects of massive damage.

Skill Bonuses: Monstrous spiders receive a +4 species bonus on Hide and Move Silently checks and a +8 species bonus on Spot checks. Hunting spiders receive a +6 species bonus on Jump checks.

Bonus Feat: Medium-size or smaller monstrous spiders gain the bonus feat Weapon Finesse (bite).

Mummy

SPECIES TRAITS

Undead: Mummies have the traits and immunities common to undead.

Despair (Su): At the mere sight of a mummy, the viewer must succeed on a Will save (DC 15) or be paralyzed with fear for 1d4 rounds. Whether or not the save is successful, that creature cannot be affected again by that mummy’s despair ability for one day.

Mummy Rot (Su): A mummy’s touch carries a horrible rotting disease (Fort save DC 20 negates; incubation period 1 day; damage 1d6 temporary Constitution). The GM may allow characters to create medicine to treat the disease using the Craft (pharmaceutical) skill. In a campaign that uses magic, a remove disease spell can cure this disease. The only other way to halt the disease’s advance is to amputate whatever appendage the mummy touched (usually a hand, arm, leg, or foot). Amputating a limb deals 1d4+1 points of temporary Constitution damage, although a successful Treat Injury check (DC 25) reduces the temporary Constitution damage to 1 point.

An afflicted creature that dies of mummy rot shrivels away and turns to dust.

Fire Vulnerability (Ex): A mummy takes double damage from fire attacks unless a save is allowed for half damage. A successful save halves the damage, and a failure doubles it.

Resistant to Blows (Ex): Physical attacks deal only half damage to mummies. Apply this effect before damage reduction.

Damage Reduction 5/+1 (Su): In campaigns without magic weapons, the GM can either disregard the mummy’s damage reduction or apply the damage reduction only to certain types of weapons (ballistic, bludgeoning, sonic/concussion, piercing, or slashing).

Bonus Feat: Mummies receive the bonus feat Archaic Weapons Proficiency.

Automatic Language: Mummies read, write, and speak one language.

Ogre

SPECIES TRAITS

Bonus Feat: An ogre gains the bonus feat Archaic Weapons Proficiency or Simple Weapons Proficiency.

Automatic Language: Ogres speak (but neither read nor write) Giant or one other language.