Library / Bestiary

Couatl

CR 10.00 Outsider LG Large

This great serpent has multicolored wings and eyes that glimmer with intense awareness.

Description

Couatls are servants of lawful and good deities, though some operate independently of any greater being. Respected and admired for their wisdom and beauty, they try to steer mortals onto the right path and use their powers to fight evil, particularly those known to shift between the planes. Some couatls are viewed as benevolent gods by isolated societies, and while most couatls cringe at the thought of pretending to be a god, they allow such misconceptions to continue since they allow the couatls to guide and coax these societies onto paths of peace and cooperation with their neighbors. A couatl is about 12 feet long, with a wingspan of about 15 feet. It weighs 1,800 pounds.

As native outsiders, couatls must eat. They prefer the same foods as true snakes, such as mammals and birds, though they have been known to eat evil humanoids.

As they would rather spend their time promoting their agenda than hunting, couatls appreciate offers of food, particularly small boars and large game fowl.

A couatl sometimes shows its favor to an adventurer or party that has done it a service by gifting the group with 1d4 of its brightly colored feathers. Such a freely given feather, if used as an additional material component, allows a spellcaster to cast planar ally to conjure that specific couatl without expending the typical payment of gold or other valuables—provided the the couatl approves of the service asked for by the spellcaster.

Ability Scores

STR

DEX

CON

INT

WIS

CHA

Combat Stats

HP: 126 (12d10+60)
AC: 22, touch 13, flat-footed 18 (+3 Dex, +1 dodge, +9 natural, -1 size)
Speed: 20 ft., fly 60 ft. (good)
Init: +7
Melee: bite +16 (1d8+7 plus grab and poison)
Space: 10 ft.
Reach: 5 ft.
BAB: +12
CMB: +18 (+22 grapple)
CMD: 32 (can't be tripped)
Fort: +9
Ref: +13
Will: +14

Proficiencies

Weapons: Martial, Simple

Special Attacks

constrict (1d8+7)

Feats

Alertness, Dodge, Empower Spell, Eschew Materials, Improved Initiative, Iron Will, Lightning Reflexes

Special Abilities

Alertness from Feat

You get a +2 bonus on Perception and Sense Motive skill checks. If you have 10 or more ranks in one of these skills, the bonus increases to +4 for that skill.

Dodge from Feat

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.

Empower Spell from Feat

All variable, numeric effects of an empowered spell are increased by half, including bonuses to those dice rolls.Saving throws and opposed rolls are not affected, nor are spells without random variables. An empowered spell uses up a spell slot two levels higher than the spell's actual level.

Eschew Materials from Feat

You can cast any spell with a material component costing 1 gp or less without needing that component. The casting of the spell still provokes attacks of opportunity as normal. If the spell requires a material component that costs more than 1 gp, you must have the material component on hand to cast the spell, as normal.

Improved Initiative from Feat

You get a +4 bonus on initiative checks.

Iron Will from Feat

You get a +2 bonus on all Will saving throws.

Lightning Reflexes from Feat

You get a +2 bonus on all Reflex saving throws.

Skills

Acrobatics +18, Bluff +9, Diplomacy +18, Fly +20, Knowledge (arcana) +9, Knowledge (religion) +12, Perception +23, Sense Motive +15, Spellcraft +15, Survival +16, Use Magic Device +18

Spells

spell-like abilities:

Constant—Detect Chaos, Constant—Detect Evil, Constant—Detect Good, Constant—Detect Law, At will—Detect Thoughts, At will—Ethereal Jaunt, At will—Invisibility, At will—Plane Shift

spells known:

4th (4/day)—Charm Monster, 4th (4/day)—Freedom Of Movement, 3rd (7/day)—Gaseous Form, 3rd (7/day)—Magic Circle Against Evil, 3rd (7/day)—Summon Monster III, 2nd (7/day)—Cure Moderate Wounds, 2nd (7/day)—Eagle's Splendor, 2nd (7/day)—Scorching Ray, 2nd (7/day)—Silence, 1st (7/day)—Endure Elements, 1st (7/day)—Mage Armor, 1st (7/day)—Obscuring Mist, 1st (7/day)—Protection From Chaos, 1st (7/day)—True Strike, At will—Daze, At will—Disrupt Undead, At will—Light, At will—Ray Of Frost, At will—Read Magic, At will—Resistance

Details

Type: Outsider
Alignment: LG
Size: Large
Environment: warm forests
Organization: solitary, pair, or flight (3-6)
Treasure: standard
Senses: darkvision 60 ft., detect chaos/evil/good/law; Perception +23
Languages: Celestial, Common, Draconic; telepathy 100 ft.
Source: Bestiary

Source

Seeded catalog content, attributed to Paizo Inc. by catalog provenance — not an individual Open Game License attestation. Licensing for reproduced SRD content is covered by the site's Section 15 register.

Sources Used in This Record

35 House/Core

Uses feat: Alertness (Feat)

Core content from Paizo Inc., reproduced by TheCrazyGM under OGL 1.0a — see the Section 15 notice.
Uses feat: Dodge (Feat)

Core content from Paizo Inc., reproduced by TheCrazyGM under OGL 1.0a — see the Section 15 notice.
Uses feat: Empower Spell (Feat)

Core content from Paizo Inc., reproduced by TheCrazyGM under OGL 1.0a — see the Section 15 notice.
Uses feat: Eschew Materials (Feat)

Core content from Paizo Inc., reproduced by TheCrazyGM under OGL 1.0a — see the Section 15 notice.
Uses feat: Improved Initiative (Feat)

Core content from Paizo Inc., reproduced by TheCrazyGM under OGL 1.0a — see the Section 15 notice.
Uses feat: Iron Will (Feat)

Core content from Paizo Inc., reproduced by TheCrazyGM under OGL 1.0a — see the Section 15 notice.
Uses feat: Lightning Reflexes (Feat)

Core content from Paizo Inc., reproduced by TheCrazyGM under OGL 1.0a — see the Section 15 notice.
Knows spell: Detect Chaos (Spell)

Core content from Paizo Inc., reproduced by TheCrazyGM under OGL 1.0a — see the Section 15 notice.
Knows spell: Detect Evil (Spell)

Core content from Paizo Inc., reproduced by TheCrazyGM under OGL 1.0a — see the Section 15 notice.
Knows spell: Detect Good (Spell)

Core content from Paizo Inc., reproduced by TheCrazyGM under OGL 1.0a — see the Section 15 notice.
Knows spell: Detect Law (Spell)

Core content from Paizo Inc., reproduced by TheCrazyGM under OGL 1.0a — see the Section 15 notice.
Knows spell: Detect Thoughts (Spell)

Core content from Paizo Inc., reproduced by TheCrazyGM under OGL 1.0a — see the Section 15 notice.
Knows spell: Ethereal Jaunt (Spell)

Core content from Paizo Inc., reproduced by TheCrazyGM under OGL 1.0a — see the Section 15 notice.
Knows spell: Invisibility (Spell)

Core content from Paizo Inc., reproduced by TheCrazyGM under OGL 1.0a — see the Section 15 notice.
Knows spell: Plane Shift (Spell)

Core content from Paizo Inc., reproduced by TheCrazyGM under OGL 1.0a — see the Section 15 notice.
Knows spell: Charm Monster (Spell)

Core content from Paizo Inc., reproduced by TheCrazyGM under OGL 1.0a — see the Section 15 notice.
Knows spell: Freedom Of Movement (Spell)

Core content from Paizo Inc., reproduced by TheCrazyGM under OGL 1.0a — see the Section 15 notice.
Knows spell: Gaseous Form (Spell)

Core content from Paizo Inc., reproduced by TheCrazyGM under OGL 1.0a — see the Section 15 notice.
Knows spell: Magic Circle Against Evil (Spell)

Core content from Paizo Inc., reproduced by TheCrazyGM under OGL 1.0a — see the Section 15 notice.
Knows spell: Summon Monster III (Spell)

Core content from Paizo Inc., reproduced by TheCrazyGM under OGL 1.0a — see the Section 15 notice.
Knows spell: Cure Moderate Wounds (Spell)

Core content from Paizo Inc., reproduced by TheCrazyGM under OGL 1.0a — see the Section 15 notice.
Knows spell: Eagle's Splendor (Spell)

Core content from Paizo Inc., reproduced by TheCrazyGM under OGL 1.0a — see the Section 15 notice.
Knows spell: Scorching Ray (Spell)

Core content from Paizo Inc., reproduced by TheCrazyGM under OGL 1.0a — see the Section 15 notice.
Knows spell: Silence (Spell)

Core content from Paizo Inc., reproduced by TheCrazyGM under OGL 1.0a — see the Section 15 notice.
Knows spell: Endure Elements (Spell)

Core content from Paizo Inc., reproduced by TheCrazyGM under OGL 1.0a — see the Section 15 notice.
Knows spell: Mage Armor (Spell)

Core content from Paizo Inc., reproduced by TheCrazyGM under OGL 1.0a — see the Section 15 notice.
Knows spell: Obscuring Mist (Spell)

Core content from Paizo Inc., reproduced by TheCrazyGM under OGL 1.0a — see the Section 15 notice.
Knows spell: Protection From Chaos (Spell)

Core content from Paizo Inc., reproduced by TheCrazyGM under OGL 1.0a — see the Section 15 notice.
Knows spell: True Strike (Spell)

Core content from Paizo Inc., reproduced by TheCrazyGM under OGL 1.0a — see the Section 15 notice.
Knows spell: Daze (Spell)

Core content from Paizo Inc., reproduced by TheCrazyGM under OGL 1.0a — see the Section 15 notice.
Knows spell: Disrupt Undead (Spell)

Core content from Paizo Inc., reproduced by TheCrazyGM under OGL 1.0a — see the Section 15 notice.
Knows spell: Light (Spell)

Core content from Paizo Inc., reproduced by TheCrazyGM under OGL 1.0a — see the Section 15 notice.
Knows spell: Ray Of Frost (Spell)

Core content from Paizo Inc., reproduced by TheCrazyGM under OGL 1.0a — see the Section 15 notice.
Knows spell: Read Magic (Spell)

Core content from Paizo Inc., reproduced by TheCrazyGM under OGL 1.0a — see the Section 15 notice.
Knows spell: Resistance (Spell)

Core content from Paizo Inc., reproduced by TheCrazyGM under OGL 1.0a — see the Section 15 notice.

This entry is Open Game Content. TheCrazyGM is an open library and a Forge for building — and publishing — your own.

How publishing works Browse worlds

Rules