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Rokurokubi

CR 14.00 Monstrous Humanoid LE Medium

This peasant woman sprouts a grotesquely long neck that coils about like a snake, with razor-sharp teeth filling her gaping maw.

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Description

A rokurokubi is an evil hag-like creature who seeks to spread as much mayhem and despair as possible. Her skin ranges in hue from pale blue to muted green, so to disguise herself she must cover up her flesh with makeup and clothing, and retract her neck so it is no longer than a human's.

A rokurokubi can mate with almost any male humanoid, monstrous humanoid, or humanoid-shaped creature. Her offspring is always a rokurokubi. The mate is usually devoured once the rokurokubi tires of his presence.

Ability Scores

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Combat Stats

HP: 195 (17d10+102)
AC: 28, touch 16, flat-footed 22 (+6 Dex, +12 natural)
Speed: 30 ft.
Init: +10
Melee: bite +24 (2d6+4/19–20 plus rokurokubi's curse), 2 claws +23 (1d6+4)
Space: 5 ft.
Reach: 5 ft. (20 ft. with bite)
BAB: +17
CMB: +21
CMD: 37
Fort: +11
Ref: +16
Will: +13
DR: 5/cold iron
SR: 25

Proficiencies

Weapons: Simple

Special Attacks

Elongate Neck — A rokurokubi can stretch her neck from a normal human length up to 20 feet, giving her reach with her bite attack and threatening all squares within that range.

Rokurokubi's Curse — Bite—injury; save Will DC 23; frequency 1 day; effect 1 Cha damage and permanently silenced after 4 Cha damage. Fully healing the Cha damage cures the silence. The save DC is Charisma-based.

Special Qualities

No Sleep — A rokurokubi does not need to sleep and is immune to all sleep effects.

Feats

Combat Casting, Combat Expertise, Combat Reflexes, Deceitful, Improved Critical (bite), Improved Initiative, Iron Will, Weapon Finesse, Weapon Focus (bite)

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.

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.

Deceitful from Feat

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

Improved Critical from Feat

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

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.

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.

Weapon Focus from Feat

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

Skills

Bluff +26, Climb +24, Disguise +26, Intimidate +25, Perception +21, Stealth +26

Spells

sorcerer spells known:

6th (3/day)—Permanent Image, 5th (6/day)—Feeblemind, 5th (6/day)—Nightmare, 4th (7/day)—Charm Monster, 4th (7/day)—Confusion, 4th (7/day)—Locate Creature, 3rd (7/day)—Dispel Magic, 3rd (7/day)—Fly, 3rd (7/day)—Keen Edge, 3rd (7/day)—Wind Wall, 2nd (7/day)—Ghoul Touch, 2nd (7/day)—Invisibility, 2nd (7/day)—Knock, 2nd (7/day)—Touch Of Idiocy, 1st (8/day)—Charm Person, 1st (8/day)—Disguise Self, 1st (8/day)—Obscuring Mist, 1st (8/day)—Shocking Grasp, 1st (8/day)—Sleep, At will—Arcane Mark, At will—Detect Magic, At will—Detect Poison, At will—Ghost Sound, At will—Mage Hand, At will—Message, At will—Open/Close, At will—Prestidigitation, At will—Read Magic

Details

Type: Monstrous Humanoid
Alignment: LE
Size: Medium
Environment: any ruins
Organization: solitary, pair, or harem (3–6)
Treasure: standard
Senses: darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +21
Languages: Aklo, Common
Source: Bestiary 4

Sources Used in This Record

37 House/Core

Uses feat: Combat Casting (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
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: Deceitful (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 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: Weapon Finesse (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: Permanent Image (Spell)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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