The Drow War Book Two. The Dying Of - RoseRed

Challenge Rating: 18
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Always lawful neutral
Advancement: 31–60 HD (Colossal)
Level Adjustment: —
The origin of the chihulli is not in doubt. They were
purposefully bred to defend Lost Athul against the
return of its former masters. A group of archmagi
working in the laboratories of Xoth Sarandi crossbred
jellyfish with fragile sentient water-intelligences from
other planes, tinkered with experimental alchemical
steeping tablets, shrugged and dropped them into the
breeding vats, infused the pulsing result with reliable
growth vibrations and so produced these monstrous
creatures.
Chihulli are barely visible in their watery environment.
Onlookers can only discern the vague, glossy shape of
something immense and roughly spherical from whose
body hang trailing tentacles.
An opponent can make sunder attempts against a
chihulli’s tentacles as if they were weapons. A chihulli’s
tentacles have 30 hit points. If the creature is currently
grappling a target with one tentacle, it usually uses
another limb to make its attack of opportunity against
the sunder attempt. Severing a chihulli’s tentacle deals
damage to the creature equal to half the limb’s full
normal hit points. A chihulli regrows severed limbs in
1d10+10 hours.
Blindsight (Ex): The chihulli, despite their tough hides,
are extremely sensitive to vibrations in water. They
notice creatures that are within range in the same body
of water as they are without having to make Spot or
Listen checks. They cannot use this ability to discern
creatures that are not also in water.
Engulf (Ex): The chihulli use their tentacles to transfer
paralysed prey to their gullets. A chihulli can try to
engulf a grabbed opponent of a smaller size than itself
by making a successful grapple check. Once inside, the
opponent takes 2d8+16 points of crushing damage plus
ten points of acid damage per round from the chihulli’s
gullet. The gullet does not cause paralysis; the chihulli’s
paralysing barbs are in its tentacles. An engulfed
creature can cut its way out by using a light slashing
or piercing weapon to deal 25 points of damage to the
gullet (AC 17). Once the creature exits, muscular action
closes the hole; another swallowed opponent must cut
its own way out. A Colossal chihulli’s gullet can hold
two Huge, eight Large, 32 Medium, 128 Small, or 512
Tiny or smaller opponents.
Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, the chihulli
must hit with a tentacle attack. It can then attempt to
start a grapple as a free action without provoking an
attack of opportunity. If it wins the grapple check, it
establishes a hold and can attempt to engulf the target
on its next turn.
Paralysis (Ex): A chihulli’s tentacles contain stinging
barbs that have a paralysing effect on the victim (though
this is not a poison effect). A creature struck for damage
by a chihulli’s tentacle attack must make a Fortitude
saving throw (DC 37) or be stricken with paralysis for
2d8+1 rounds. Krakens are especially vulnerable to
this attack and suffer a –8 racial penalty to their saving
throws against it.
Water Transparency (Ex): The chihulli are nearly
invisible when immersed in water. While a chihulli
is immersed it gains concealment, and attacks against
it have a 20% miss chance. The chihulli must be
completely submerged for this ability to take effect.
If a chihulli has engulfed a visible victim who has not
yet been completely absorbed, the effect of the water
transparency is negated, as it can be located easily.
Skills: A chihulli has a +8 racial bonus on any Swim
check to perform some special action or avoid a hazard.
It can always choose to take 10 on a Swim check, even
if distracted or endangered. It can use the run action
while swimming, provided it swims in a straight line.
The Termador
The archmagi who created the chihulli and set them to
guard Lost Athul knew that the krakens would try to
send agents into the city who could bypass them. The
chihulli were adequate to defend against the krakens, but
they could easily miss smaller creatures. The archmagi
thus created a group of smaller guardians, the termador,
as a second line of defence. These will attack anything
that comes close to the ruins.
Termador
Large Construct
Hit Dice: 15d10+30 (112 hp)
Initiative: +1
Speed: 20 ft. (4 squares), swim 40 ft.
Armour Class: 32 (–1 size, +1 Dex, +22 natural), touch
10, flat-footed 31
Base Attack/Grapple: +11/+27
Attack: Pincer +22 melee (1d6+12)
Full Attack: 2 pincers +22 melee (1d6+12)
Space/Reach: 10 ft./20 ft.
Special Attacks: Crush, improved grab, spell-like
abilities, stunning pulse, thicken water
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