Lurker Above
Description
Lurkers above are the nearly mindless males of the species, and follow much the same tactics as executioner's hoods, save that they gain the ability to stretch themselves wide, glide with both speed and silence, and can even fly by awkwardly flapping their flesh. They typically hide on cavern ceilings, shifting their coloration and texture to match the surrounding terrain.
Like all lurking rays, lurkers above are carnivorous, preferring the tang of living flesh—though they can subsist for a time on the minerals they absorb from rocky surfaces through their tentacles. Males are less able to subsist on minerals, however, and hence hunt more actively. While lurkers above are poor fliers, they're excellent gliders, able drop off a ceiling and silently float more than 100 feet horizontally over the course of a 5- or 6-foot drop.
Lurkers above can grow to be 15 feet from tip to tip, and weigh nearly 500 pounds when fully fed.
Combat Stats
- Melee
- slam +15 (3d6+15 plus grab)
- Space
- 15 ft.
- Reach
- 10 ft.
- DR
- 10/piercing or slashing
- Defensive Abilities
- amorphous
- Racial Modifiers
- +4 Stealth (+12 in rocky areas)
Ability Scores
Special Attacks
constrict (3d6+15)
Smother — When a lurker above grapples a target, it forms an airtight seal around its prey. A grappled target cannot speak or cast spells with verbal components, and must hold its breath (see Suffocation).
Feats
Special Abilities
Universal Monster Rules
Special Abilities
Feats, Traits & Items
In melee, every time you miss because of concealment (see Combat), you can reroll your miss chance percentile roll one time to see if you actually hit.
An invisible attacker gets no advantages related to hitting you in melee. That is, you don't lose your Dexterity bonus to Armor Class, and the attacker doesn't get the usual +2 bonus for being invisible. The invisible attacker's bonuses do still apply for ranged attacks, however.
You do not need to make Acrobatics skill checks to move at full speed while blinded.
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 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 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.
Skills
Climb +18, Fly +1, Perception +5, Stealth +8 (+16 in rocky areas)
- Type
- Aberration
- Alignment
- N
- Size
- Huge
- Environment
- any underground
- Organization
- solitary
- Treasure
- standard
- Senses
- blindsense 10 ft., darkvision 60 ft., scent; Perception +5
- Source
- Bestiary 4