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Jorogumo

CR 12.00 Monstrous Humanoid NE Medium HD 14
Eight spindly spider legs, flocked with coarse black hairs, stretch from the back of this otherwise beautiful black-haired woman.

Jorogumos are seductive schemers who secret themselves away in isolated mountain valleys where they lure travelers, especially men, to their dooms. Exclusively female, jorogumos must mate with humanoids to produce fertile eggs. After copulation, a jorogumo paralyzes her partner by poisoning him into a coma. She lays a single egg within the father's body, then cocoons the corpse and hides the victim. Periodic visits to re-poison the victim ensure his coma lasts for the 2d4 days required for the young jorogumo to hatch and feed. Jorogumos are enthusiastic enemies of tengus and attack them on sight—they never take tengus as “mates.”

HP
161 (14d10+84)
AC
27, touch 15, flat-footed 22 (+4 Dex, +1 dodge, +12 natural)
Init
+4
Speed
30 ft., climb 50 ft., swim 40 ft.
Fort
+10
Ref
+13
Will
+14
BAB
+14
CMB
+20
CMD
35
Melee
bite +20 (1d4+6/19-20 plus poison), 2 claws +20 (1d6+6)
DR
10/cold iron and magic
Racial Modifiers
+8 Climb with spider legs
str
22
+6
dex
19
+4
con
22
+6
int
15
+2
wis
17
+3
cha
24
+7

Weapons: Simple

sneak attack +3d6

web (+18 ranged, DC 23, 14 hp)

change shape (giant spider; vermin shape I)

Spider Empathy — This ability functions as a druid's wild empathy, save that it works only on spiders. A jorogumo uses her Hit Dice (normally 14) as her effective druid level. Spiders are normally mindless, but this empathic communication imparts upon them a modicum of implanted intelligence, allowing the jorogumo to train them and use them as guardians (though it does not grant them skills or feats).

swift shapechanger.

Universal Monster Rules

Change Shape (giant spider; vermin shape I) Su from Universal Monster Rule
A creature with this special quality has the ability to assume the appearance of a specific creature or type of creature (usually a humanoid), but retains most of its own physical qualities. The creature cannot change shape to a form more than one size category smaller or larger than its original form. This ability functions as a polymorph spell, the type of which is listed in the creature's description, but the creature does not adjust its ability scores (although it gains any other abilities of the creature it mimics). Unless otherwise stated, it can remain in an alternate form indefinitely. Some creatures, such as lycanthropes, can transform into unique forms with special modifiers and abilities. These creatures do adjust their ability scores, as noted in their descriptions.
Poison (bite) Ex from Universal Monster Rule
A creature with this ability can poison those it attacks. The effects of the poison, including its save, frequency, and cure, are included in the creature's description. The saving throw to resist a poison is usually a Fort save (DC 10 + 1/2 the poisoning creature's racial HD + the creature's Con modifier; the exact DC is given in the creature's descriptive text). Poisons can be removed through neutralize poison and similar effects.
Web (+18 ranged, DC 23, 14 hp) Ex from Universal Monster Rule
Creatures with the web ability can use webs to support themselves and up to one additional creature of the same size. In addition, such creatures can throw a web up to eight times per day. This is similar to an attack with a net but has a maximum range of 50 feet, with a range increment of 10 feet, and is effective against targets up to one size category larger than the web spinner. An entangled target can escape with a successful Escape Artist check or burst the web with a Strength check. Both are standard actions with a DC equal to 10 + 1/2 the creature's Hit Dice + the creature's Constitution modifier. Attempts to burst a web by those caught in it take a –4 penalty. Web spinners can create sheets of sticky webbing up to three times their size. They usually position these sheets to snare flying creatures but can also try to trap prey on the ground. Approaching creatures must succeed at a DC 20 Perception check to notice a web; otherwise they stumble into it and become trapped as though by a successful web attack. Attempts to escape or burst the webbing gain a +5 bonus if the trapped creature has something to walk on or grab while pulling free. Each 5-foot-square section of web has a number of hit points equal to the Hit Dice of the creature that created it and DR 5/—. A creature can move across its own web at its climb speed and can pinpoint the location of any creatures touching its web.

Special Abilities

Sneak Attack +3d6 from text
Spider Empathy from text
This ability functions as a druid's wild empathy, save that it works only on spiders. A jorogumo uses her Hit Dice (normally 14) as her effective druid level. Spiders are normally mindless, but this empathic communication imparts upon them a modicum of implanted intelligence, allowing the jorogumo to train them and use them as guardians (though it does not grant them skills or feats).
Swift Shapechanger from text

Feats, Traits & Items

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.

Calculated: +1 Ac
Improved Critical (bite) from Feat

When using the weapon you selected, your threat range is doubled.

Improved Iron Will from Feat

Once per day, you may reroll a Will save. You must decide to use this ability before the results are revealed. You must take the second roll, even if it is worse.

Also in: Fortune & Luck
Iron Will from Feat

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

Calculated: +2 Will
Mobility from Feat

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.

Situational: vs. attacks of opportunity caused by moving out of or within a threatened area: +4 dodge AC
Power Attack from Feat

You can choose to take a –1 penalty on all melee attack rolls and combat maneuver checks to gain a +2 bonus on all melee damage rolls. This bonus to damage is increased by half (+50%) if you are making an attack with a two-handed weapon, a one handed weapon using two hands, or a primary natural weapon that adds 1-1/2 times your Strength modifier on damage rolls. This bonus to damage is halved (–50%) if you are making an attack with an off-hand weapon or secondary natural weapon. When your base attack bonus reaches +4, and every 4 points thereafter, the penalty increases by –1 and the bonus to damage increases by +2. You must choose to use this feat before making an attack roll, and its effects last until your next turn. The bonus damage does not apply to touch attacks or effects that do not deal hit point damage.

Spring Attack from Feat

As a full-round action, you can move up to your speed and make a single melee attack without provoking any attacks of opportunity from the target of your attack. You can move both before and after the attack, but you must move at least 10 feet before the attack and the total distance that you move cannot be greater than your speed. You cannot use this ability to attack a foe that is adjacent to you at the start of your turn.

Acrobatics +14, Bluff +19, Climb +29 (+37 with spider legs), Diplomacy +18, Perception +18, Perform (string) +10, Sense Motive +15, Stealth +19, Swim +14

spell-like abilities:
At will—Charm Person (DC 18), At will—Detect Thoughts (DC 19), 3/day—Bestow Curse (DC 21), 3/day—Suggestion (DC 20), 1/day—Hold Monster, 1/day—Summon Nature's Ally V
Details
Type
Monstrous Humanoid
Alignment
NE
Size
Medium
Environment
temperate mountain valleys
Organization
solitary or cult (2-6 plus 2-8 spiders of various sizes)
Treasure
standard
Senses
darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +18
Languages
Aklo, Common, Sylvan
Source
Bestiary 3
Source

Bestiary 3

Attribution

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Sources Used in This Record
13 House/Core
  • Uses feat: Dodge (Feat) — core content under OGL 1.0a
  • Uses feat: Improved Critical (Feat) — core content under OGL 1.0a
  • Uses feat: Improved Iron Will (Feat) — core content under OGL 1.0a
  • Uses feat: Iron Will (Feat) — core content under OGL 1.0a
  • Uses feat: Mobility (Feat) — core content under OGL 1.0a
  • Uses feat: Power Attack (Feat) — core content under OGL 1.0a
  • Uses feat: Spring Attack (Feat) — core content under OGL 1.0a
  • Knows spell: Charm Person (Spell) — core content under OGL 1.0a
  • Knows spell: Detect Thoughts (Spell) — core content under OGL 1.0a
  • Knows spell: Bestow Curse (Spell) — core content under OGL 1.0a
  • Knows spell: Suggestion (Spell) — core content under OGL 1.0a
  • Knows spell: Hold Monster (Spell) — core content under OGL 1.0a
  • Knows spell: Summon Nature's Ally V (Spell) — core content under OGL 1.0a
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