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Aeon, Bythos

CR 16.00 Outsider N Large
A shimmering, colorless mass congeals to form a four-armed humanoid shape with an eye-like pattern in its torso.

The bythos are guardians of time and planar travel—indeed, to bythos, the act of aging is nothing more than a highly specialized method of travel. Although bythos themselves have no additional method of traveling through time, they scour the multiverse, hunting for creatures that do have the ability to time-travel and may have abused this ability.

Far more often, though, bythos seek out abuses of planar travel, such as tears in reality, regions where planes overlap, or creatures that abuse the use of planar travel. In some cases, such distortions are ignored, but in others, a bythos or even a full tribunal comes to assess and repair the damage. In most cases, “repair” is analogous to the death of the creature responsible for the distortions, but placing such creatures in temporal stasis can also solve the problem.

While a bythos's body may seem to be made of smoke and vapor, it is strangely solid to the touch, feeling not dissimilar to dry stone. A bythos is 13 feet tall and weighs 600 pounds.

STR
22
DEX
19
CON
21
INT
24
WIS
28
CHA
21
HP
207 (18d10+108); fast healing 10
AC
31, touch 18, flat-footed 26 (+4 deflection, +4 Dex, +1 dodge, +13 natural, -1 size)
Speed
fly 40 ft. (good)
Init
+8
Melee
4 slams +23 (1d6+6 plus 1d6 cold and aging strike)
Space
10 ft.
Reach
10 ft.
BAB
+18
CMB
+25
CMD
44 (can't be tripped)
Fort
+18
Ref
+12
Will
+20
SR
27

Weapons: Martial, Simple

Confusion Gaze — Confusion for 1d4 rounds, 30 feet, Fortitude DC 24 negates. The save DC is Charisma-based.

Temporal Strike — As a standard action, a bythos can touch a creature or object to displace it from time. If the target fails a DC 24 Fortitude save, it disappears from the present moment and reappears in the same location 1d4 rounds later as if no time had passed. If an object occupies that space, the creature appears in the closest available space to its original location—this displacement does not cause the creature any additional harm. The save DC is Charisma-based.

extension of all

void form

Combat Casting from Feat

<p class="stat-block-1"> You get a +4 bonus on concentration checks made to cast a spell or use a spell-like ability when casting on the defensive or while grappled.</p>

Combat Reflexes from Feat

<p class="stat-block-1"> You may make a number of additional attacks of opportunity per round equal to your Dexterity bonus. With this feat, you may also make attacks of opportunity while flat-footed.</p>

Dodge from Feat

<p class="stat-block-1"> You gain a +1 dodge bonus to your AC. A condition that makes you lose your Dex bonus to AC also makes you lose the benefits of this feat.</p>

Great Fortitude from Feat

<p class="stat-block-1"> You get a +2 bonus on all Fortitude saving throws.</p>

<p class="stat-block-1"> You get a +4 bonus on initiative checks.</p>

Lightning Reflexes from Feat

<p class="stat-block-1"> You get a +2 bonus on all Reflex saving throws.</p>

Mobility from Feat

<p class="stat-block-1"> You get a +4 dodge bonus to Armor Class against attacks of opportunity caused when you move out of or within a threatened area. A condition that makes you lose your Dexterity bonus to Armor Class (if any) also makes you lose dodge bonuses.</p><p class="stat-block-2">Dodge bonuses stack with each other, unlike most types of bonuses.</p>

Toughness from Feat

<p class="stat-block-1"> You gain +3 hit points. For every Hit Die you possess beyond 3, you gain an additional +1 hit point. If you have more than 3 Hit Dice, you gain +1 hit points whenever you gain a Hit Die (such as when you gain a level).</p>

Bluff +26, Fly +6, Heal +30, Intimidate +26, Knowledge (arcana, nature, religion) +33, Knowledge (history, planes) +36, Perception +30, Sense Motive +30, Spellcraft +28, Stealth +21, Use Magic Device +23

spell-like abilities:
At will—Augury, At will—Teleport, Greater, At will—Slow, 3/day—Dimensional Anchor, 3/day—Haste, 3/day—Plane Shift, 1/day—Dimensional Lock, 1/day—Moment Of Prescience, 1/day—Temporal Stasis
Details
Type
Outsider
Alignment
N
Size
Large
Environment
any (Outer Planes)
Organization
solitary, pair, or tribunal (3 bythos)
Treasure
none
Senses
blindsense 60 ft., darkvision 90 ft., low-light vision; Perception +30
Languages
envisaging
Source
Bestiary 2
Sources Used in This Record
17 House/Core
  • Uses feat: Combat Casting (Feat)
    House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
  • Uses feat: Combat Reflexes (Feat)
    House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
  • Uses feat: Dodge (Feat)
    House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
  • Uses feat: Great Fortitude (Feat)
    House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
  • Uses feat: Improved Initiative (Feat)
    House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
  • Uses feat: Lightning Reflexes (Feat)
    House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
  • Uses feat: Mobility (Feat)
    House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
  • Uses feat: Toughness (Feat)
    House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
  • Knows spell: Augury (Spell)
    House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
  • Knows spell: Teleport, Greater (Spell)
    House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
  • Knows spell: Slow (Spell)
    House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
  • Knows spell: Dimensional Anchor (Spell)
    House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
  • Knows spell: Haste (Spell)
    House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
  • Knows spell: Plane Shift (Spell)
    House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
  • Knows spell: Dimensional Lock (Spell)
    House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
  • Knows spell: Moment Of Prescience (Spell)
    House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
  • Knows spell: Temporal Stasis (Spell)
    House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
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