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Qlippoth, Thulgant

CR 18.00 Outsider CE Large

This monster has ten spidery legs, a head writhing with dripping tentacles above a clutch of red eyes, and three whipping stingers.

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Description

The dreaded thulgant is among the most dangerous of the qlippoth, for it supports an array of deadly and painful physical attacks with a wide range of potent magical powers. Born from the cannibalistic orgies of augnagar qlippoth, each thulgant exists for one purpose only—the eradication of all demons from the Abyss.

Yet thulgants do not spend all of their lives hunting and destroying demons. They rule horrific hives deep in the Abyss populated by all manner of hideous minions, many of which are bound into servitude via binding spells. These qlippoth are fond of decorating their lairs with petrified or enstasised victims of great power—the more powerful the victims, the greater the prestige held by the thulgant.

Ability Scores

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Combat Stats

HP: 290 (20d10+180); fast healing 10
AC: 33, touch 25, flat-footed 21 (+4 deflection, +12 Dex, +8 natural, -1 size)
Speed: 40 ft., climb 40 ft, fly 60-ft. (good).
Init: +12
Melee: 3 stings +27 (1d6+8/19-20 plus ability drain), 5 tentacles +22 (1d6+4 plus 2d6 acid)
Space: 10 ft.
Reach: 10 ft.
BAB: +20
CMB: +29
CMD: 55 (71 vs. trip)
Fort: +25
Ref: +30
Will: +18
DR: 15/cold iron and lawful
SR: 25 vs. lawful spells and creatures
Defensive Abilities: displacement, evasion, freedom of movement

Proficiencies

Weapons: Martial, Simple

Special Attacks

Horrific Appearance — Creatures that succumb to a thulgant's horrific appearance are stunned for 1d4 rounds and take 1d6 points of Wisdom damage.

Savage Stingers — If a thulgant hits a single target with all three stings in the same round, it tears through the victim's body, dealing an extra 3d6+12 points of damage and draining an additional 2 ability points from all six of the victim's ability scores. A single DC 29 Fortitude save negates all of this additional ability drain. The save DC is Constitution-based.

Special Qualities

Demon Hunter — A thulgant gains a +10 racial bonus on caster level checks to penetrate the spell resistance of any demon. Its attacks are treated as cold iron and good against demons.

Feats

Combat Expertise, Combat Reflexes, Critical Focus, Greater Vital Strike, Improved Critical (sting), Improved Vital Strike, Lightning Reflexes, Quicken Spell-Like Ability (dimension door), Staggering Critical, Vital Strike

Special Abilities

Combat Expertise from Feat

You can choose to take a –1 penalty on melee attack rolls and combat maneuver checks to gain a +1 dodge bonus to your Armor Class. When your base attack bonus reaches +4, and every +4 thereafter, the penalty increases by –1 and the dodge bonus increases by +1. You can only choose to use this feat when you declare that you are making an attack or a full-attack action with a melee weapon. The effects of this feat last until your next turn.

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.

Critical Focus from Feat

You receive a +4 circumstance bonus on attack rolls made to confirm critical hits.

Greater Vital Strike from Feat

When you use the attack action, you can make one attack at your highest base attack bonus that deals additional damage. Roll the weapon's damage dice for the attack four times and add the results together before adding bonuses from Strength, weapon abilities (such as flaming), precision based damage, and other damage bonuses. These extra weapon damage dice are not multiplied on a critical hit, but are added to the total.

Improved Critical from Feat

When using the weapon you selected, your threat range is doubled.

Improved Vital Strike from Feat

When you use the attack action, you can make one attack at your highest base attack bonus that deals additional damage. Roll the weapon's damage dice for the attack three times and add the results together before adding bonuses from Strength, weapon special abilities (such as flaming), precision based damage, and other damage bonuses. These extra weapon damage dice are not multiplied on a critical hit, but are added to the total.

Lightning Reflexes from Feat

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

Staggering Critical from Feat

Whenever you score a critical hit, your opponent becomes staggered for 1d4+1 rounds. A successful Fortitude save reduces the duration to 1 round. The DC of this Fortitude save is equal to 10 + your base attack bonus. The effects of this feat do not stack. Additional hits instead add to the duration.

Vital Strike from Feat

When you use the attack action, you can make one attack at your highest base attack bonus that deals additional damage. Roll the weapon's damage dice for the attack twice and add the results together before adding bonuses from Strength, weapon abilities (such as flaming), precision based damage, and other damage bonuses. These extra weapon damage dice are not multiplied on a critical hit, but are added to the total.

Skills

Acrobatics +35 (+39 jump), Bluff +30, Climb +36, Fly +33, Intimidate +27, Knowledge (arcana) +27, Knowledge (history) +30, Knowledge (planes) +30, Perception +31, Sense Motive +31, Spellcraft +27, Stealth +31, Use Magic Device +30

Spells

spell-like abilities:

Constant—Cloak Of Chaos, Constant—Displacement, Constant—Freedom Of Movement, Constant—True Seeing, At will—Dimension Door, At will—Dispel Magic, Greater, At will—Telekinesis, 3/day—Dimension Door, 3/day—Flesh To Stone, 3/day—Word Of Chaos, 1/day—Binding, 1/day—Plane Shift, 1/day—Telekinetic Sphere, 1/day—Temporal Stasis

Details

Type: Outsider
Alignment: CE
Size: Large
Environment: any (Abyss)
Organization: solitary, pair, or patrol (3-4)
Treasure: double
Senses: darkvision 60 ft., true seeing; Perception +31
Languages: Abyssal; telepathy 100 ft.
Source: Bestiary 2

Sources Used in This Record

23 House/Core

Uses feat: Combat Expertise (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: Critical Focus (Feat)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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