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Qlippoth, Cythnigot

CR 2.00 Outsider CE Tiny HD 3

This six-legged horror has a spider's face and a fibrous stalk growing out of its back—a stalk ending in a snapping mouth.

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Description

The cythnigot is a foul fungal parasite that grows and thrives within the corpses of small animals. The fungus transforms the host corpse in hideous ways, adding legs or rearranging features—a rat might gain an extra pair of legs and an insectoid visage, while a cat could lose all its legs and fur and gain a snake-like body. The only thing that all cythnigots have in common is a long stalk of fungal material that extends up from the creature's body, ending in a surprisingly strong set of fanged jaws. A cythnigot without a host body appears as little more than a foul-smelling puffball the size of a human's fist.

Chaotic evil spellcasters of caster level 7th who have the Improved Familiar feat can gain a cythnigot as a familiar—to do so, the spellcaster must already have a Tiny animal as a familiar. Infusing this familiar with the spores results in a cythnigot that is a loyal, if rather disgusting, minion of the spellcaster.

A cythnigot is about 20 inches long and weighs 10 pounds.

Combat Stats

16 (3d10)

14, touch 13, flat-footed 13 (+1 Dex, +1 natural, +2 size)

Init

Speed

40 ft., fly 60 ft. (good)

Fort

Ref

Will

BAB

CMB

CMD

13 (21 vs. trip)

Melee: bite +6 (1d6+1 plus spores)
Space: 2-1/2 ft.
Reach: 0 ft.
DR: 5/cold iron or lawful

Ability Scores

str

dex

con

int

wis

-1

cha

-2

Proficiencies

Weapons: Martial, Simple

Special Attacks

Horrific Appearance — Creatures that succumb to a cythnigot's horrific appearance become sickened for 1 round—a cythnigot's horrific appearance only functions to a range of 10 feet. Once a creature makes a saving throw against a particular cythnigot's horrific appearance, that creature is immune to the horrific appearance of all cythnigots for 24 hours. A spellcaster that has a cythnigot as a familiar is immune to the horrific appearance of all cythnigots, and also gains a +4 bonus on saving throws made against any qlippoth's horrific appearance.

Feats

Lightning Reflexes, Weapon Finesse

Special Abilities

Horrific Appearance from text

Creatures that succumb to a cythnigot's horrific appearance become sickened for 1 round—a cythnigot's horrific appearance only functions to a range of 10 feet. Once a creature makes a saving throw against a particular cythnigot's horrific appearance, that creature is immune to the horrific appearance of all cythnigots for 24 hours. A spellcaster that has a cythnigot as a familiar is immune to the horrific appearance of all cythnigots, and also gains a +4 bonus on saving throws made against any qlippoth's horrific appearance.

Spores (bite) from rider

Feats, Traits & Items

Lightning Reflexes from Feat

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

Calculated: +2 Ref

Weapon Finesse from Feat

With a light weapon, rapier, whip, or spiked chain made for a creature of your size category, you may use your Dexterity modifier instead of your Strength modifier on attack rolls. If you carry a shield, its armor check penalty applies to your attack rolls.

Skills

Acrobatics +7 (+11 jump), Fly +15, Knowledge (nature) +6, Knowledge (planes) +6, Perception +5, Stealth +15

Spells

spell-like abilities:

Constant—Detect Law, Constant—Detect Magic, Constant—Fly (DC 11), 1/day—Soften Earth And Stone, 1/day—Warp Wood (DC 10), 1/week—Commune

Details

Type: Outsider
Alignment: CE
Size: Tiny
Environment: any (Abyss)
Organization: solitary or bloom (2-12)
Treasure: standard
Senses: darkvision 60 ft., detect law, detect magic; Perception +5
Languages: Abyssal; telepathy (touch)
Source: Bestiary 2

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