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Moon-Beast

CR 11.00 Aberration CE Large

This creature has a pale, froglike appearance with clawed hands, no eyes, a wide mouth, and a snout ending in pink tentacles.

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Description

Moon-beasts have no voice or eyes, yet they “see” more than most and can project their thoughts into the very minds of those they wish to communicate with. These monstrosities hail not from any physical moon, but rather from the shared satellite of all slumbering minds in the Dimension of Dream beyond the wall of sleep. Here, the moon-beasts raise stone cities on the oily shores of night-black seas found upon the dark side of the dreaming moon, from which they launch long, dark galleys crewed by not-quite-human slaves that sail through the void of space down to the seas of the Dimension of Dream to seek new slaves and stranger, more sinister wares.

Moon-beasts are slavers, first and foremost. They use their spell-like abilities to curb rebellion or to quickly gain minions, but much prefer using physical and mental regimens of torment and reconditioning to break the spirit of their captives. They often work with the denizens of Leng, a metaphysically nearby dimension of nightmare and madness, although as often as not these planar neighbors serve the moon-beasts merely as slaves.

Worshipers of ageless entities from beyond the stars, moon-beasts are often compelled to travel to the Material Plane for strange and frightening causes, not the least of which is gathering suitable sacrifices for their mysterious and demanding lords.

A moon-beast is 9 feet long and weighs 800 pounds.

Ability Scores

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Combat Stats

HP: 133 (14d8+70)
AC: 25, touch 13, flat-footed 21 (+3 Dex, +1 dodge, +12 natural, -1 size)
Speed: 50 ft., climb 20 ft.; air walk
Init: +7
Melee: 2 claws +15 (1d6+6), 4 tentacles +11 (1d6+3)
Space: 10 ft.
Reach: 10 ft.
BAB: +10
CMB: +17
CMD: 31
Fort: +9
Ref: +9
Will: +15
DR: 10/piercing or slashing
SR: 22
Defensive Abilities: amorphous
Racial Modifiers: +8 Stealth

Special Attacks

rend (2 tentacles, 1d6+9 plus Wisdom drain)

Special Qualities

compression

no breath

Feats

Combat Casting, Dodge, Improved Initiative, Iron Will, Lightning Reflexes, Mobility, Weapon Focus (tentacle)

Special Abilities

Combat Casting from Feat

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.

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.

Improved Initiative from Feat

You get a +4 bonus on initiative checks.

Iron Will from Feat

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

Lightning Reflexes from Feat

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

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.

Weapon Focus from Feat

You gain a +1 bonus on all attack rolls you make using the selected weapon.

Skills

Climb +14, Diplomacy +14, Intimidate +24, Knowledge (arcana) +11, Knowledge (planes) +18, Perception +21, Sense Motive +18, Spellcraft +21, Stealth +24, Use Magic Device +21

Spells

spell-like abilities:

Constant—Air Walk, At will—Detect Thoughts, 3/day—Charm Monster, 3/day—Dispel Magic, 3/day—Dominate Person, 3/day—Shadow Conjuration, 3/day—Shadow Evocation, 3/day—Veil, 1/day—Confusion, 1/day—Major Image, 1/day—Mirage Arcana, 1/day—Plane Shift

Details

Type: Aberration
Alignment: CE
Size: Large
Environment: any land
Organization: solitary, pair, or cabal (3-5)
Treasure: double
Senses: blindsight 90 ft.; Perception +21
Languages: Aklo (cannot speak); telepathy 300 ft.
Source: Bestiary 3

Sources Used in This Record

19 House/Core

Uses feat: Combat Casting (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Dodge (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Improved Initiative (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Iron Will (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Lightning Reflexes (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Mobility (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Weapon Focus (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Air Walk (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Detect Thoughts (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Charm Monster (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Dispel Magic (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Dominate Person (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Shadow Conjuration (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Shadow Evocation (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Veil (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Confusion (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Major Image (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Mirage Arcana (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Plane Shift (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.

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