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Simurgh

CR 18.00 Magical Beast NG Gargantuan HD 24
This massive creature has the body of a resplendent bird but the head of a regal canine.

Regarded as living legends, simurghs are held in high regard by desert dwellers. Those who live in the desert lands where these benevolent creatures sometimes reside consider it a lifetime's worth of luck even to spot one soaring through the sky. Simurghs prefer to keep to themselves, well out of the way of lesser creatures and their often dubious morals, though they can be relied upon for aid when called by those in true need and with a pure heart. A simurgh can live for thousands of years, and frequent mentions of these giant avian beings throughout a region's historical record are more often than not sightings of the same creature.

HP
324 (24d10+192)
AC
34, touch 10, flat-footed 30 (+3 Dex, +1 dodge, +24 natural, -4 size)
Init
+7
Speed
40 ft., fly 120 ft. (good)
Fort
+22
Ref
+17
Will
+14
BAB
+24
CMB
+40
CMD
54
Melee
bite +32 (2d8+12 plus 2d6 fire), 2 claws +32 (2d8+12 plus 2d6 fire), tail slap +30 (1d4+6 plus banishing swipe)
Ranged
glaring ray +23 touch (20d6 fire)
Space
20 ft.
Reach
20 ft.
SR
29
Aura
peace (50 ft.)
Racial Modifiers
+10 Knowledge (all)
str
34
+12
dex
16
+3
con
27
+8
int
16
+3
wis
19
+4
cha
23
+6

Banishing Swipe — A simurgh can use its radiant tail to return creatures to their native planes. In addition to taking damage, any extraplanar creature touched by a simurgh's tail must succeed at a DC 28 Will save or be affected as if by banishment. A creature that makes this save cannot be affected by the same simurgh's banishing swipe for the next 24 hours. The save DC is Charisma-based.

Glaring Ray — A simurgh can blast a fiery ray of brilliant light from its eyes as a standard action to a range of 100 feet.

Radiant Feathers — Once per day as a standard action, a simurgh can fan out its glimmering tail feathers and blast its foes with a 100-foot cone of radiant light from its tail. Aside from its size, this attack is identical to a prismatic spray (DC 28). The save is Charisma-based.

Special Abilities

Banishing Swipe (tail slap) from text
A simurgh can use its radiant tail to return creatures to their native planes. In addition to taking damage, any extraplanar creature touched by a simurgh's tail must succeed at a DC 28 Will save or be affected as if by banishment. A creature that makes this save cannot be affected by the same simurgh's banishing swipe for the next 24 hours. The save DC is Charisma-based.
Glaring Ray from text
A simurgh can blast a fiery ray of brilliant light from its eyes as a standard action to a range of 100 feet.
Radiant Feathers from text
Once per day as a standard action, a simurgh can fan out its glimmering tail feathers and blast its foes with a 100-foot cone of radiant light from its tail. Aside from its size, this attack is identical to a prismatic spray (DC 28). The save is Charisma-based.

Feats, Traits & Items

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.

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.

Calculated: +1 Ac
Flyby Attack from Feat

When flying, the creature can take a move action and another standard action at any point during the move. The creature cannot take a second move action during a round when it makes a flyby attack.

Hover from Feat

A creature with this feat can halt its movement while flying, allowing it to hover without needing to make a Fly skill check.

If a creature of size Large or larger with this feat hovers within 20 feet of the ground in an area with lots of loose debris, the draft from its wings creates a hemispherical cloud with a radius of 60 feet. The winds generated can snuff torches, small campfires, exposed lanterns, and other small, open flames of non-magical origin. Clear vision within the cloud is limited to 10 feet. Creatures have concealment at 15 to 20 feet (20% miss chance). At 25 feet or more, creatures have total concealment (50% miss chance, and opponents cannot use sight to locate the creature).

Improved Disarm from Feat

You do not provoke an attack of opportunity when performing a disarm combat maneuver. In addition, you receive a +2 bonus on checks made to disarm a foe. You also receive a +2 bonus to your Combat Maneuver Defense whenever an opponent tries to disarm you.

Calculated: +2 Maneuver Check Bonus

You get a +4 bonus on initiative checks.

Calculated: +4 Initiative
Iron Will from Feat

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

Calculated: +2 Will
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.

Situational: vs. attacks of opportunity caused by moving out of or within a threatened area: +4 dodge AC
Multiattack from Feat

The creature's secondary attacks with natural weapons take only a –2 penalty.

Snatch from Feat

The creature can start a grapple when it hits with a claw or bite attack, as though it had the grab ability. If it grapples a creature three or more sizes smaller, it squeezes each round for automatic bite or claw damage with a successful grapple check. A snatched opponent held in the creature's mouth is not allowed a Reflex save against the creature's breath weapon, if it has one.

The creature can drop a creature it has snatched as a free action or use a standard action to fling it aside. A flung creature travels 1d6 × 10 feet, and takes 1d6 points of damage per 10 feet traveled. If the creature flings a snatched opponent while flying, the opponent takes this amount or falling damage, whichever is greater.

Wingover from Feat

Once each round, a creature with this feat can turn up to 180 degrees as a free action without making a Fly skill check. This free turn does not consume any additional movement from the creature.

Diplomacy +26, Fly +7, Heal +14, Knowledge (arcana) +33, Knowledge (dungeoneering) +21, Knowledge (all others) +15, Perception +27, Perform (sing) +19, Survival +14

spell-like abilities:
Constant—Detect Evil, Constant—Detect Magic, Constant—Tongues (DC 19), At will—Daylight, At will—Zone Of Truth (DC 18), 3/day—Flame Strike (DC 20), 3/day—Cure Critical Wounds, Mass (DC 24)
Details
Type
Magical Beast
Alignment
NG
Size
Gargantuan
Environment
warm deserts or mountains
Organization
solitary
Treasure
standard
Senses
darkvision 60 ft., detect evil, detect magic, low-light vision; Perception +27
Aura
peace (50 ft.)
Languages
Celestial, Common, Draconic; tongues
Source
Bestiary 3
Source

Bestiary 3

Attribution

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Sources Used in This Record
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  • Uses feat: Combat Expertise (Feat) — core content under OGL 1.0a
  • Uses feat: Combat Reflexes (Feat) — core content under OGL 1.0a
  • Uses feat: Dodge (Feat) — core content under OGL 1.0a
  • Uses feat: Flyby Attack (Feat) — cites Paizo Inc.
  • Uses feat: Hover (Feat) — cites Paizo Inc.
  • Uses feat: Improved Disarm (Feat) — core content under OGL 1.0a
  • Uses feat: Improved Initiative (Feat) — core content under OGL 1.0a
  • Uses feat: Iron Will (Feat) — core content under OGL 1.0a
  • Uses feat: Mobility (Feat) — core content under OGL 1.0a
  • Uses feat: Multiattack (Feat) — cites Paizo Inc.
  • Uses feat: Snatch (Feat) — cites Paizo Inc.
  • Uses feat: Wingover (Feat) — cites Paizo Inc.
  • Knows spell: Detect Evil (Spell) — core content under OGL 1.0a
  • Knows spell: Detect Magic (Spell) — core content under OGL 1.0a
  • Knows spell: Tongues (Spell) — core content under OGL 1.0a
  • Knows spell: Daylight (Spell) — core content under OGL 1.0a
  • Knows spell: Zone Of Truth (Spell) — core content under OGL 1.0a
  • Knows spell: Flame Strike (Spell) — core content under OGL 1.0a
  • Knows spell: Cure Critical Wounds, Mass (Spell) — core content under OGL 1.0a
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