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Div, Ghawwas

CR 10.00 Outsider NE Large

Bristling with spiny ridges, coral horns, and needle-sharp teeth, this menacing biped seems to have emerged from some poisoned sea.

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Description

Full of poison and treachery, ghawwas foul the seas and seek to bring ruin to those who dwell there. Ghawwas resemble a mixture of hulking humanoid, prehistoric fish, and poisonous bottom-feeder. While most ghawwas live in salt water, they sometimes teleport to oases to defile them or suck them dry. Although they see all mortals as enemies, ghawwas bear a particular grudge against peaceable, water-breathing creatures such as merfolk and locathah.

All ghawwas find the tolling of bells insufferable, the sound filling them with rage and driving them to seek out the source and destroy either the bell or those ringing it.

The typical ghawwas stands 12 feet tall and weighs close to 1,200 pounds.

Ability Scores

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Combat Stats

HP: 161 (14d10+84)
AC: 26, touch 11, flat-footed 24 (+2 Dex, +15 natural, -1 size)
Speed: 30 ft., swim 80 ft.
Init: +6
Melee: bite +21 (1d8+7/19–20), 2 claws +20 (1d6+7), sting +20 (1d6+7 plus poison) orspear +20/+15/+10 (2d6+10/x3 plus poison), bite +19 (1d8+3/19–20), sting +18 (1d6+3 plus poison)
Ranged: spear +15 (2d6+7/×3 plus poison)
Space: 10 ft.
Reach: 10 ft.
BAB: +14
CMB: +22
CMD: 34
Fort: +10
Ref: +13
Will: +11
DR: 10/cold iron and good
SR: 21
Defensive Abilities: rough hide

Special Attacks

Boiling Sea — As a standard action, a ghawwas can cause the waters around it to boil. Any creature within 50 feet of the ghawwas, within the same body of water, and at least half submerged takes 6d6 points of fire damage (DC 23 Fortitude save for half). The save DC is Constitution-based.

Special Qualities

amphibious

Feats

Combat Reflexes, Improved Critical (bite), Improved Initiative, Lightning Reflexes, Multiattack, Power Attack, Weapon Focus (bite)

Skills

Bluff +19, Knowledge (geography and planes) +18, Perception +19, Stealth +15, Survival +19, Swim +32

Spells

spell-like abilities:

Constant—Detect Good, Constant—Detect Magic, At will—Control Water, At will—Curse Water, At will—Deeper Darkness, At will—Dimension Door, 3/day—Hallucinatory Terrain, 3/day—Stinking Cloud, 3/day—Quench

Details

Type: Outsider
Alignment: NE
Size: Large
Environment: any (Abaddon)
Organization: solitary
Treasure: standard
Senses: darkvision 60 ft., detect good, detect magic, see in darkness; Perception +19
Languages: Abyssal, Aquan, Celestial, Infernal; telepathy 100 ft.
Source: Bestiary 3

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