Hyakume
Description
Hideous and corpulent, with numerous eyes dotting their bodies, hyakumes are mystics of malevolence. They steal and collect the memories of other intelligent beings to increase their own knowledge.
Combat Stats
- Melee
- 2 slams +18 (3d6+4)
- Space
- 10 ft.
- Reach
- 10 ft.
- SR
- 26
Ability Scores
Special Attacks
Drain Memory — Once per day as a standard action, a hyakume can make a touch attack with either its hands or one of its eye probes to drain a target of its memories. The target loses the majority of memories relating to life and identity, and the hyakume can control the creature as if it were subject to a charm monster spell until those memories are regained (Will DC 28 negates). The hyakume absorbs the memories and can store and use them. It can store the memories of a number of creatures equal to its Intelligence bonus (typically 4) at one time. This is a mind-affecting effect. The save DC is Charisma-based.
quivering palm (1/day, DC 25)
stunning fist (4/day, DC 25)
Special Qualities
Eye Probe — Once per day as a full-round action, a hyakume can detach up to six of its eyes and send them on missions. An eyeball has AC 22, hp 5, and a fly speed of 60 ft. with perfect maneuverability. A hyakume can see through all of its eye probes, and can make drain memory attacks with them. If a hyakume's eyeball is destroyed, the hyakume takes 5 points of damage. An eye probe can't stray farther than 1 mile from a hyakume or the eye is destroyed (dealing 5 points of damage).
monk abilities
Transfer Memories — Once per day as a standard action, a hyakume can touch a willing creature with either its hand or one of its eye probes to transfer memories it has stored to the creature touched. This is a mind-affecting effect.
Feats
Combat Casting, Combat Reflexes, Dodge, Improved Initiative, Improved Unarmed Strike, Mobility, Skill Focus (Sense Motive), Stunning Fist, Weapon Focus (slam), Wind Stance
Special Abilities
Special Abilities
Feats, Traits & Items
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.
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.
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.
You are considered to be armed even when unarmed—you do not provoke attacks of opportunity when you attack foes while unarmed. Your unarmed strikes can deal lethal or nonlethal damage, at your choice.
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.
Dodge bonuses stack with each other, unlike most types of bonuses.
You get a +3 bonus on all checks involving the chosen skill. If you have 10 or more ranks in that skill, this bonus increases to +6.
You must declare that you are using this feat before you make your attack roll (thus, a failed attack roll ruins the attempt). Stunning Fist forces a foe damaged by your unarmed attack to make a Fortitude saving throw (DC 10 + 1/2 your character level + your Wis modifier), in addition to dealing damage normally. A defender who fails this saving throw is stunned for 1 round (until just before your next turn). A stunned character drops everything held, can't take actions, loses any Dexterity bonus to AC, and takes a –2 penalty to AC. You may attempt a stunning attack once per day for every four levels you have attained (but see Special), and no more than once per round. Constructs, oozes, plants, undead, incorporeal creatures, and creatures immune to critical hits cannot be stunned.
You gain a +1 bonus on all attack rolls you make using the selected weapon.
If you move more than 5 feet this turn, you gain 20% concealment for 1 round against ranged attacks.
Skills
Acrobatics +23, Bluff +21, Craft (any) +10, Diplomacy +17, Intimidate +24, Knowledge (arcana, planes, religion) +12, Knowledge (geography, history) +10, Perception +19, Sense Motive +17, Spellcraft +22, Stealth +15, Survival +17, Swim +8, Use Magic Device +17
Spells
- Type
- Aberration
- Alignment
- NE
- Size
- Large
- Environment
- any underground
- Organization
- solitary or enclave (2–6)
- Treasure
- standard
- Senses
- all-around vision, darkvision 90 ft., low-light vision; Perception +19
- Languages
- Common, Undercommon; telepathy 60 ft.
- Source
- Bestiary 4