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Naga, Royal

CR 11.00 Aberration LN Huge

This snake-bodied creature has five necks, each with a regal, humanoid face in a cobralike hood.

Description

Regal and proud, royal nagas haunt lost cities and forgotten kingdoms, guarding ancient treasures for their own inscrutable reasons. A royal naga's five faces are sharp and fierce, taking on a terrifying countenance when it becomes angered. Bespeaking their innate pride and vanity, royal nagas adorn their serpentine hoods and faces with elaborate and valuable piercings, crowns, or other precious accessories. Royal nagas are 18 feet long, and often weigh more than 750 pounds.

Royal nagas tend to be stern in nature and commanding in speech. Although naturally sociable, they are distrustful of strangers and seem to have great difficulty speaking to other creatures as equals.

Ability Scores

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CHA

Combat Stats

HP: 133 (14d8+70)
AC: 26, touch 11, flat-footed 23 (+3 Dex, +15 natural, -2 size)
Speed: 40 ft.
Init: +7
Melee: 5 bites +14 (2d6+6 plus bleed)
Space: 15 ft.
Reach: 15 ft.
BAB: +10
CMB: +18 (+22 grapple)
CMD: 31 (can't be tripped)
Fort: +9
Ref: +9
Will: +15

Special Attacks

bleed (1d6)

Dual Gaze — A royal naga has a piercing stare capable of crippling those that meet its gazes. The creature has two gaze attacks and can switch between them as a move action. One gaze causes those that succumb to it to become permanently blinded, while the other causes those that succumb to be permanently deafened. A DC 21 Fortitude save negates the effects of either gaze; otherwise, the effects are permanent until cured. Royal nagas generally prefer to keep their deafening gaze active, switching to the blindness gaze once combat begins and some of their foes have already been deafened, since those who are blinded can no longer be harmed by gaze attacks. The save DC is Charisma-based.

rend (3 bites, 2d6+9)

Special Qualities

Change Shape — A royal naga can use this ability to take one of five specific humanoid forms. Each of these forms has a unique appearance (such as a female dwarf with red hair, an elderly male human, and so on) and the naga can only use this ability to assume these five forms. The naga can still use its dual gaze in humanoid form.

Feats

Alertness, Blind-Fight, Combat Casting, Combat Reflexes, Eschew Materials, Improved Initiative, Lightning Reflexes, Stand Still

Special Abilities

Alertness from Feat

You get a +2 bonus on Perception and Sense Motive skill checks. If you have 10 or more ranks in one of these skills, the bonus increases to +4 for that skill.

Blind-Fight from Feat

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.

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.

Combat Reflexes from Feat

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.

Eschew Materials from Feat

You can cast any spell with a material component costing 1 gp or less without needing that component. The casting of the spell still provokes attacks of opportunity as normal. If the spell requires a material component that costs more than 1 gp, you must have the material component on hand to cast the spell, as normal.

Improved Initiative from Feat

You get a +4 bonus on initiative checks.

Lightning Reflexes from Feat

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

Stand Still from Feat

When a foe provokes an attack of opportunity due to moving through your adjacent squares, you can make a combat maneuver check as your attack of opportunity. If successful, the enemy cannot move for the rest of his turn. An enemy can still take the rest of his action, but cannot move. This feat also applies to any creature that attempts to move from a square that is adjacent to you if such movement provokes an attack of opportunity.

Skills

Acrobatics +20 (+24 when jumping), Bluff +18, Diplomacy +18, Knowledge (arcana) +18, Knowledge (history) +11, Knowledge (nobility) +11, Perception +27, Sense Motive +24, Stealth +12

Spells

spell-like abilities:

Constant—See Invisibility

spells known:

4th (5/day)—Arcane Eye, 4th (5/day)—Charm Monster, 3rd (7/day)—Blink, 3rd (7/day)—Dispel Magic, 3rd (7/day)—Suggestion, 2nd (7/day)—Enthrall, 2nd (7/day)—Hold Person, 2nd (7/day)—Invisibility, 2nd (7/day)—Scorching Ray, 1st (7/day)—Charm Person, 1st (7/day)—Mage Armor, 1st (7/day)—Magic Missile, 1st (7/day)—Ray Of Enfeeblement, 1st (7/day)—Shield, At will—Daze, At will—Detect Magic, At will—Flare, At will—Mage Hand, At will—Message, At will—Open/Close, At will—Read Magic, At will—Touch Of Fatigue

Details

Type: Aberration
Alignment: LN
Size: Huge
Environment: any land
Organization: solitary
Treasure: standard
Senses: darkvision 60 ft., see invisibility; Perception +27
Languages: Celestial, Common, Infernal
Source: Bestiary 3

Sources Used in This Record

31 House/Core

Uses feat: Alertness (Feat)

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

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

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

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

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

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

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Arcane Eye (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: Blink (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: Suggestion (Spell)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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