Lamia
The hate-filled inheritors of an ancient curse, lamias appear as lean and attractive women from the waist up, while below they possess the bodies of powerful lions. Even their humanoid features bear distinctly feline traits, their eyes slitted and feral and their teeth like predatory fangs. A typical lamia stands over 6 feet tall, measures more than 8 feet long, and weighs upward of 650 pounds.
Lamias are attracted to the ruined and forsaken parts of the world. Crumbling keeps, abandoned cities, and forgotten monuments all satisfy these deadly hunters' cruel aesthetic—particularly those in arid or otherwise lifeless environs. Foremost, though, lamias favor decrepit temples. They delight in seeing the shrines of good deities in ruins and go out of their way to bring hardship to thriving holy places.
Lamias look to the eldest female of the group as their leader, mother, and shaman, cleaving to her with fanatical reverence. While lamias shun most religious followings—viewing such as the source of the curse that blighted them with bestial forms—lamia elders claim to hear the whispers of the scouring desert winds and know the cold whims of the stars, drawing upon such mystical sources to lead their people.
The lamias presented here are but the most common and least powerful members of this cursed race, with others bearing serpentine, avian, and even more perverse forms.
- HP
- 67 (9d10+18)
- AC
- 20, touch 13, flat-footed 16 (+3 Dex, +1 dodge, +7 natural, -1 size)
- Speed
- 60 ft.
- Init
- +3
- Melee
- +1 dagger +13/+8 (1d4+4/19-20), touch +7 (1d4 Wisdom drain), 2 claws +7 (1d4+2)
- Space
- 10 ft.
- Reach
- 5 ft.
- BAB
- +9
- CMB
- +14
- CMD
- 28 (32 vs. trip)
- Fort
- +7
- Ref
- +9
- Will
- +11
- Racial Modifiers
- +4 Bluff, +4 Stealth
Weapons: Simple
Wisdom Drain — A lamia drains 1d4 points of Wisdom each time it hits with its melee touch attack. (Unlike with other kinds of ability drain attacks, a lamia does not heal any damage when it uses its Wisdom drain.) Lamias try to use this power early in an encounter to make foes more susceptible to charm monster and suggestion.
Undersized Weapons — Although a lamia is Large, its upper torso is the same size as that of a Medium humanoid. As a result, lamias wield weapons as if they were one size category smaller than their actual size (Medium for most lamias).
<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>
<p class="stat-block-1"> You get a +2 bonus on all Fortitude saving throws.</p>
<p class="stat-block-1"> You get a +2 bonus on all Will saving throws.</p>
<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>
<p class="stat-block-1"> 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.</p>
Bluff +9, Diplomacy +4, Disguise +6, Intimidate +10, Knowledge (religion) +4, Perception +15, Stealth +15, Survival +12
- Type
- Monstrous Humanoid
- Alignment
- CE
- Size
- Large
- Environment
- temperate deserts
- Organization
- solitary, pair, or cult (3-12)
- Treasure
- double (+1 dagger, other treasure)
- Senses
- darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +15
- Languages
- Abyssal, Common
- Source
- Bestiary
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Uses feat: Dodge (Feat)House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
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Uses feat: Great Fortitude (Feat)House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
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Uses feat: Iron Will (Feat)House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
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Uses feat: Mobility (Feat)House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
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Uses feat: Spring Attack (Feat)House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
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Knows spell: Disguise Self (Spell)House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
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Knows spell: Ventriloquism (Spell)House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
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Knows spell: Charm Monster (Spell)House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
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Knows spell: Major Image (Spell)House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
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Knows spell: Mirror Image (Spell)House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
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Knows spell: Suggestion (Spell)House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
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Knows spell: Deep Slumber (Spell)House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
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