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Two facts regarding the monsters and templates listed below are worth noting.

First, Taeran dragons are not considered "monsters" in the normal sense, but are instead treated as NPCs (or even PCs) in most ways, and they therefore are not listed in this document. See the Dragons document for more details on dragons, including several new types.

Second, the Level Adjustments given in the statistics below (for monsters which could potentially be played as PCs) are not balanced to the standard d20 rules, but are instead balanced to the standard races of Taera, which (as even a cursory glance at some of the more powerful races proves) are significantly more powerful than standard ones. When using these monsters in other campaign settings, it will be necessary to adjust the given Level Adjustments upward by +2 or more.

Animit

Combat

Animate Corpse (Su): The Life Seeds surrounding an Animit (see below) contain extremely concentrated positive energy, and can be released to provide it to other creatures. Most commonly, the energy is released to animate corpses the Animit comes across, and use them as mindless servants. This ability works essentially like the Animate Dead spell (caster level equals the Animit's hit dice), except that corpses animated by an Animit are Deathless rather than Undead because positive energy animates them rather than negative. Furthermore, an Animit can control up to twelve times its hit dice in animated creatures, rather than four as normal for the spell.
    The Animit may only use this ability once per day per Life Seed it has. Each time it uses the Animate Corpse ability, one of its Life Seeds loses its inner glow and becomes perfectly translucent, only regaining its internal glow 24 hours after being used. Because use of its Undeath to Death ability similarly drains its Life Seeds, the Animit must split its uses of the two abilities carefully during a given day.

Death Throes (Ex): When an Animit dies, any Life Seeds it had that are still intact explode immediately and violently. This explosion deals 1d6 points of Force damage per intact Life Seed to all creatures within 5 feet of the Animit at the time of its death (a DC 17 Reflex save applies for half damage). The save DC is CON-based. Animits larger than Tiny size produce larger explosions; increase the radius of the detonation by 5 feet per size category above Tiny the Animit was (for instance, a Large Animit produces a blast with a radius of 20 feet).

Immunities (Ex): As Old Ones, Animits are immune to poison, sleep effects, disease, and paralysis effects.

Intense Life Energy (Ex): Animits carry extremely high concentrations of positive energy in their bodies, and as a result have maximum hit points per hit die. Furthermore, an Animit has a deflection bonus to AC equal to its CHA modifier (minimum 1). Finally, Animits are immune to harmful effects of positive energy, including temporary hit points above the normal maximum granted by Positive-Dominant planes.

Life Seeds (Su): Animits are surrounded by tiny whirling crystals of solidified positive energy. These crystals orbit the Animit's body much like Ioun Stones, but are much faster and more difficult to damage; each Life Seed is AC 25 plus the Animit's DEX and CHA modifiers, has 5 hit points, and Hardness 50. If an Animit loses any Life Seeds, then it loses a corresponding number of hit dice as well unless it only has 4 hit dice (it cannot go below 4 hit dice). An Animit with less than its original number of Life Seeds regenerates them (and any corresponding HD) at the rate of one Seed per week. If the Animit dies, all of its remaining Life Seeds self-destruct in explosions simultaneously (as described under Death Throes, above).
    Each Life Seed that an Animit has gives it several benefits. First, the Life Seeds provide an Animit with its only natural attack form; the creature is able to control the orbits of its Life Seeds well enough to Slam creatures within its reach with them. Thus, an Animit has one Seed Slam attack per Life Seed it has (though it may direct no more than ten Life Seeds at any individual opponent within a single round, if it has more than ten Life Seeds). Though the Life Seeds are extremely small, they are also very hard and move at nearly unimaginable speed, so they can deal considerable damage to any opponents they hit. Second, the Animit gets +1 natural armor for every 2 Life Seeds it has, because the seeds tend to get in the way of any attacks that could otherwise reach the creature's actual body. Third, the Life Seeds provide the power source for an Animit's Animate Corpse and Resurrection abilities, and limit the number of times it may use those abilities. Finally, Life Seeds grant the Animit higher SR; an Animit's SR rating always equals 17 plus half its number of Life Seeds (rounded down).

Old One Qualities: Old Ones apply their CHA modifier (if positive) as a bonus to all saving throws, have Fast Healing at a rate equal to their CON modifiers (minimum 1), and do not need to sleep, eat, or breathe. Old Ones are not subject to critical hits.

Resurrection (Sp): An Animit may use the energy in its Life Seeds to restore actual life to a dead creature. This works like the spell True Resurrection, but destroys the Life Seed the Animit uses to activate it, and the Animit loses one hit die along with the Life Seed as normal. As a result, Animits are very reluctant to use this ability, and generally refuse to do so for any non-Animit creature that has not given great service to the resurrecting Animit in the past.

Undeath to Death (Su): An Animit may also use the positive energy stored in its Life Seeds on Undead targets. When so used, the Life Seed produces an effect essentially identical to an Undeath to Death spell, as the Animit's positive energy cancels out the negative energy held in the Undead forms. Animits do not seem to hold any particular animosity for Undead, but do not hesitate to use this ability if provoked by any such creatures.
    The ability affects 1d4 HD of Undead creatures per hit die of the Animit, within a 20-foot radius burst (plus 10 feet per size category above Tiny the Animit is- e.g. a Large-size Animit has a radius of 50 feet) centered on the Animit itself. Undead with the fewest HD are affected first, and those closer to the center are affected before those farther away. Undead with HD of double the Animit's hit dice or more are unaffected by the blast, and all creatures which are affected may make a Will save (DC 17) to avoid destruction. Those that fail the Will save are consumed in brilliant white flames as the intense positive energy burns through them. The save DC is CHA-based.
    The Animit may only use this ability once per day per Life Seed it has. Each time it uses the Undeath to Death ability, one of its Life Seeds loses its inner glow and becomes perfectly translucent, only regaining its internal glow 24 hours after being used. Because use of its Animate Corpse ability similarly drains its Life Seeds, the Animit must split its uses of the two abilities carefully during a given day.

Astral Juggernaut

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    Augmented Speed (Ex): The construct acts as though constantly Hasted. It gains a +1 Dodge bonus to AC and Reflex saves, a +1 bonus to attack rolls, and gains an extra attack when it uses the Full Attack action. The construct's modes of movement (however many it has) increase by 30 feet each, to a maximum of double the normal amount.
    Superior Carapace (Ex): The construct's surface is covered in a supremely hard carapace, granting it damage reduction of 5/-.
    Superior Repair (Ex): The construct gains Fast Healing 10.
    True Concussion (Sp): The construct manifests True Concussion as a free action once per round.
    Ultimate Armor (Ex): The construct gains a +16 Deflection bonus to AC.
    Ultra Buff (Ex): The construct gains 25d10 temporary hit points (multiple selections do not stack).

Astral Construct Menu D
(You may replace any choice on this menu with two choices on Menu C.)
    Amplified Invisibility (Sp): The construct manifests Amplified Invisibility (self only) as a standard action.
    Extra Hard Carapace (Ex): The construct's surface forms hard, armorlike plates. The construct gains a damage reduction of 10/adamantine. This replaces any damage reduction the construct might already have.
    Mass Concussion (Sp): The construct manifests Mass Concussion as a free action 3 times per day.
    Super Buff (Ex): The construct gains 17d10 temporary hit points (multiple selections do not stack).
    Toughest (Ex): The construct receives 10 hit points per die, instead of 5.5 per die.
    Ultraheavy Armor (Ex): The construct gains a +10 Deflection bonus to AC.
    Whitefire Aura (Ex): The entire surface of the construct radiates with an intense white-hot flame. Creatures within 5 feet of the construct take 5d4 points of damage. The fire ignites combustibles as the Whitefire power. Once activated, the aura burns for a number of rounds equal to half of the construct's Hit Dice. Multiple selections do not stack.

Balrog

Combat

Death Throes (Su): When killed, a Balrog explodes in a burst of black corruption that deals 100 points of damage to everything within 100 feet (Reflex half DC 42). This automatically destroys any weapons the Balrog is holding. The save DC is CON-based.

Entangle (Ex): A Balrog's +1 Flaming Whip entangles foes much like an attack with a net. The whip has 20 hit points, and needs no folding. If it hits, the target and the Balrog immediately make opposed STR checks; if the Balrog wins, it usually drags the target against its flaming body (see below). If the Balrog does this, the target remains anchored against the Balrog's body until it escapes the whip. Targets entangled in the whip take 1d6 points of fire damage per round if not actually held against the Balrog's body, and some Balrogs like to torture their foes this way rather than use their own body flames.

Spell-Like Abilities: At will- Blasphemy (DC 26), Deeper Darkness, Desecrate, Detect Good, Dominate Monster (DC 28), Greater Dispel Magic, Greater Teleport (self plus 50 pounds of objects only), Insanity (DC 26), Power Word Stun, Telekinesis (DC 24), Unhallow (DC 19 + spell level for any associated effect), Unholy Aura (DC 27), and Unholy Blight (DC 23); 1/day- Cause Fear (DC 20), Fire Storm (DC 27), Implosion (DC 28), Mirror Image, and Plane Shift (self only; to/from Plane of Shadow only). Caster level 30th. The save DCs are CHA-based.

Vorpal Sword (Su): Every Balrog carries a Huge-sized +1 Flaming Vorpal Longsword that looks like a flame or bolt of lightning.

Summon Tanar'ri (Sp): Once per day a Balrog can automatically summon 4d10 Dretches, 1d4 Hezrous, or one Nalfeshnee, Glabrezu, Marilith, or Balor. This ability is the equivalent of a 9th-level spell.

Flaming Body (Su): Balrogs are constantly wreathed in shadowy flames, and if the flames are somehow doused, they can be restarted by the Balrog as a free action (even on another creature's turn). Anyone grappling with it or trapped against its body takes 6d6 points of fire damage each round.

True Seeing (Su): Balrogs have a continuous True Seeing ability, as the spell (caster level 40th).

Fast Healing (Ex): Balrogs automatically heal 2 hit points per round as long as they are alive. When killed, a Balrog explodes as detailed above.

Shadow Blend (Su): In any conditions other than full daylight, a Balrog can disappear into the shadows, giving it nine-tenths concealment. Artificial illumination, even a Light or Continual Flame spell, does not negate this ability, though a Daylight spell will.

Shadow Luck: Balrogs receive a +2 luck bonus to all saving throws. This bonus is already added in to the numbers given above.

Skills: ^*Balrogs receive a +8 racial bonus to Listen and Spot checks, and a +6 racial bonus to Move Silently checks.
    ^@Lucid Dreaming is purchased as a cross-class skill for Balrogs, though all of them have the ability because they are sometimes sent to haunt the nightmares of mortals (for reasons only Cenob knows). They are, of course, free to use the ability of their own volition, but normally prefer real victims to dreaming ones.

Chaos Elemental

Combat

Summon Chaos Elemental: The larger Chaos Elementals have a quality common to many Outsider races- the ability to summon others of their kind. Medium Chaos Elementals can summon 1d4 Small ones, Large can summon either 3d4 Small or 1d4 Medium, and Huge can summon 1 Huge, 1d4 Large, or 3d4 Medium. Regardless of the number and type of creatures called, a Chaos Elemental can only use this ability once per day. Summoned creatures return from whence they came after 1 hour, and during that hour are unable to use their own summoning powers, if they have any. Chaos Elementals do not use the summoning power lightly, since there are few of them left in the Multiverse and they are the lifelines for their creators. In general, they only use it when necessary to save their own lives.

Boom Elemental

Combat

Explode (Su): Boom Elementals are the embodiment of explosions, and when they choose to do so, they may loose the power so embodied to run free. A Boom Elemental using this ability literally detonates itself in a powerful blast of flame and force; the explosion deals damage equal to the Boom Elemental's racial hit dice with no adjustments (i.e., a Huge Boom Elemental with 16 hit dice deals 16d8 damage) to all creatures within a radius dependent on the creature's size (see table above). The damage is half force, and half fire. Creatures caught within the blast radius may attempt a Reflex save for half damage; the DC is also listed above. The save DC is CON-based.
    A Boom Elemental typically uses this ability when a battle is going badly for it, or when it can take many injured enemies with it in the burst. The reason it tries to catch many injured enemies in the blast at once is that if an enemy reaches negative hit points or dies as a result of damage sustained in a Boom Elemental's Explosion, the body ruptures in the next round (treat as a coup-de-grace Bite attack from the Exploded Boom Elemental even though it is already dead) to produce a new Boom Elemental one size smaller than the original creature, with half its hit dice (if the Exploded Boom Elemental was Small with 2 hit dice, then new Boom Elementals birthed by the Explosion are also Small with 2 hit dice). It is, in theory, possible for extremely powerful and healthy creatures to survive this ghastly birthing process, but such a thing rarely happens. A creature brought to positive hit points before the next round does not birth a new Boom Elemental, so creatures with some contingency for instant healing in an emergency have the best chance for survival.
    Boom Elementals birthed by the Explosion of the previous one are not under the control of whatever creature summoned the Exploded creature, if it was summoned, but they are automatically Friendly to that creature (if it is still alive) and any companions it has. Likewise, newly birthed Boom Elementals are always Friendly toward any companion creatures of the Exploded Boom Elemental that created them, though they are not necessarily immediately Hostile to whatever opponents the original creature was fighting. Generally, newly-birthed Boom Elementals go off in search of something else to blow up as soon as they are able to do so.

Death Throes (Su): Boom Elementals killed by their opponents before they can Explode as an action (see above) cause explosions anyway, of identical radius to the sort that would have been created by actions. However, these death throes deal only as much damage as the Elemental had hit points before the last attack that killed it (for instance, a Boom Elemental which had 2 hit points before the last attack kills it, deals 2 hit points of damage in its Death Throes), and a Reflex save for half damage (save DC also identical to the standard Explode number given in the table) is still allowed. Creatures brought to negative hit points, or killed, by the Death Throes of a Boom Elemental to not give birth to new Boom Elementals as they would for an Exploding one.

Orange Elemental

Combat

Blinding Burst (Su): Orange Elementals can release intense blasts of orange light which have the potential to blind their enemies. When an Orange Elemental uses this ability, any creature within sight of the Elemental must succeed at a Reflex save (DC varies according to the Elemental's size, as shown in the table above) or be stricken blind for 2d4 rounds. The save DC is CHA-based. Orange Elementals most often use this ability at the start of combat, since it gives them time to perform other actions while their opponents recover.

Change Color (Su): Being the very embodiment of the color Orange, Orange Elementals can cause any object they touch to turn orange. This is identical to the spell Slightly Improved Change Color, except that it requires neither an action nor any spell components to use, and has a varying save DC based on the Elemental's size (listed in the table above). Creatures or objects which fail the save instantaneously turn some shade of orange. Any creature hit by an Orange Elemental's Slam attack is subject to this effect, and must save unless it is already orange (in which case the Elemental was likely ignoring it anyway). Likewise, any creature the Elemental moves over or targets with a Bull Rush or Overrun attempt (whether or not the attempt is successful) is subject to this ability. The save DC is CON-based.

Orange Ray (Su): An Orange Elemental can fire a ray of orange energy much like that fired by a Prismatic Ray spell, except that it deals Acid damage based on the Elemental's size (see table above), and has a range and save DC also based on the creature's size (again, see the table). Furthermore, any objects or creatures struck by the ray must make Will saves (same DC), or change color to orange, as if hit by the Elemental's Change Color ability, regardless of whether they took damage from the ray or not. The save DC is CON-based.

Orange Immunity (Ex): Nothing that is colored any shade of orange can harm an Orange Elemental, regardless of what it is or what sort of damage it normally does. Orange Elementals are easily capable of walking into roaring (orange) flames or through lava fields without trouble, but if an opponent turns the flames blue, the creature is subject to the full normal fire damage. Likewise, an opponent trying to strike the Elemental with a weapon which has been turned orange by the creature deals no damage whatsoever, even if the weapon is a Vorpal Sword that just scored a natural 20 critical hit. Also, an Orange Elemental can ignore matter which is colored orange as if it were incorporeal, so opponents wearing orange armor will find that the armor is useless at preventing the Elemental's Slam attacks, even though it otherwise retains its properties (Ghost Touch armor will still prevent the Elemental from being able to strike the wearer). Creatures which are colored orange (such as fire elementals or orange dragons, or creatures turned orange by the Elemental) are completely incapable of harming an Orange Elemental with their natural attacks, unless they change color to something other than orange.

Prickle Elemental

Combat

Impale (Ex): A Prickle Elemental can use a Charge action to Jump on a target and use essentially all its spines at once to attack with; this is the same as if the creature made a Full Attack at the end of its Charge. Prickle Elementals often use this attack on the most dangerous foes when in a challenging fight, since they know that most weapons which can be set against a Charge for extra damage are piercing weapons (and thus do no damage to them). Since this leaves it vulnerable during the next round, however, a Prickle Elemental will preferentially use this attack on an enemy which is separated from its companions and can be attacked one-on-one.

Piercing Immunity (Ex): Prickle Elementals take no damage from any attacks made with piercing weapons.

Skills: Prickle Elementals use their STR modifiers for Intimidate checks rather than CHA.

Pungent Elemental

Combat

Engulf (Ex): A Pungent Elemental can simply move over creatures smaller than itself as a standard action. It cannot make a Slam attack during a round in which it Engulfs. The elemental merely has to move over the opponents, affecting as many as it can cover. Opponents can make attacks of opportunity against the Pungent Elemental, but if they do so they are not entitled to a saving throw. Those who do not attempt attacks of opportunity must succeed on a Reflex save (DC given in the table above) or be Engulfed; on a success, they are pushed back or aside (opponent's choice) as the elemental moves forward. Engulfed creatures are subject to the Pungent Elemental's Stench (see below), and are considered to be grappled and trapped within its body. The save DC is STR-based.

Stench (Su): A Pungent Elemental is composed of extremely strong smells, and it uses this to its advantage in combat. Any creature within 20 feet of, or Engulfed by, a Pungent Elemental must make a Fortitude save (DC varies by the Elemental's size; see table above) or become nauseated, just as if caught in a Stinking Cloud. A nauseated creature stays nauseated as long as the Pungent Elemental is within range, and for 1d4+1 rounds after it is gone. A creature which successfully saves is immune to that particular Pungent Elemental's Stench ability for 24 hours. The save DC against the Stench is CON-based.
    Any creatures hit by the Elemental's Slam attack or Engulfed by it must make a Reflex save (same DC as the one to avoid nausea) or take on the same stench as the Elemental itself. Creatures within 20 feet of one so affected, including the affected creature itself, must make saving throws as if against the original Pungent Elemental. This special "stench curse" is permanent, though it can be dispelled by such spells as Remove Curse and Break Enchantment as a magical effect with Caster Level equal to the elemental's hit dice.

Keen Scent (Ex): Pungent Elementals, being the very embodiment of smells, can sense creatures and objects by the odors they give off. They can sense objects as if they were creatures with the ranges given for the normal Scent ability (30 feet), and actual creatures with a range of 180 feet.

Sweet Elemental

Combat

Catch Phrase (Su): Every Sweet Elemental has a short word or series of words which it says to the exclusion of most everything else, though it is actually capable of speaking completely and articulately when it wants to. During any round in which the Sweet Elemental utters this special "catch phrase," its Charm Monster and Cuteness abilities gain +2 to their save DCs (this bonus stacks with the bonus granted by Ability Focus, for those Sweet Elementals which have that feat). This number is not figured into the DCs in the table above, because (though Sweet Elementals always use their Catch Phrases when possible) an Elemental caught off-guard or in an area of Silence might not be able to use this ability. Recorded Catch Phrases include "Ma-Ma!" "Jiggly?" and "Pu-chuu!"

Charm Monster (Sp): Every Sweet Elemental can take a full-round action to perform a cute little dance, with the end result being a Charm Monster effect (Caster Level equals the Elemental's hit dice) on whatever target within range has caught the creature's fancy. The save DC varies by the elemental's size, and is given in the table above. The save DC is CHA-based.

Cuteness (Ex): Sweet Elementals are so cute, cuddly, and lovable that enemies must make Will saves to be able to attack them. This ability works essentially like Sanctuary, except that the save DC varies by the creature's size (see table above), it has no maximum duration, and creatures which fail the save are unable to even target area effects in such a way as to include the Elemental. An attacker who successfully saves is immune to that particular Sweet Elemental's Cuteness for 24 hours. Also, if the Sweet Elemental attacks a creature, or takes any action other than using its Catch Phrase or Charm Monster against the target that counts as an attack, that creature becomes immune to the Cuteness for 1d4 rounds plus its WIS modifier (minimum 1 round). An attacked creature may also make a new Will save at the end of that period to attempt to become immune for 24 hours, as if encountering the Sweet Elemental for the first time. The save DC for Cuteness is CHA-based.

Charm Immunity (Ex): Sweet Elementals are completely immune to any Charm or Compulsion powers, spells, and effects.

Crystal Spider

Combat

Poison (Ex): Bite, Fortitude save (DC 20), initial and secondary damage 2d6 temporary Constitution. This unusual poison works by causing minerals in the victim's blood to crystallize, creating painful abrasions and miniscule cuts from the inside out. Victims who die from the poison are killed by loss of blood, typically all internal bleeding (though coughing up blood is a common symptom as well). Creatures without liquid blood are immune to this poison, whether or not they are immune to other kinds of poison. The save DC is CON-based, and includes a +4 racial bonus.

Glass Web (Ex): Crystal spiders spin webs of razorlike glass. While these webs do not stick to victims like those of normal spiders, they are generally much worse to encounter, as the sharp strands of glass slice into any creature unfortunate enough to blunder into them. A glass web can be spotted from up to 20 feet away with a successful Spot check (DC 20 in full daylight); creatures which Spot the web may avoid blundering into it. Creatures which do not Spot the web, or willingly enter it, immediately take 4d6 points of damage from the slicing glass. It is possible to pull away from the web once caught, but doing so safely requires a Reflex save (DC 15), or the strands cut the creature more while pulling out, dealing 3d6 more damage.
    Unlike monstrous spiders, crystal spiders cannot spin their webs fast enough to be directly useful in combat, though they often wait in their webs for prey to slice itself open before coming down to finish the kill. A typical crystal spider can spin up to two 5-foot squares of glass web per day; atypical specimens can spin one extra 5-foot square per 4 points of CON above the racial average. Each square of web requires one hour to spin and cover, and must be spun adjacent to another square of web or to a solid wall.

Burning Ray (Sp): In any ambient light brighter than starlight, a crystal spider may use a full-round action to refract and concentrate the light within its faceted body and shoot it back out as a fiery beam. The beam strikes as a ray with a range of Close (Caster Level equals the crystal spider's hit dice), and deals 3d6 Fire damage on a successful hit. This ability is psionic in nature, and is the equivalent of a 2nd-level power.

Psionics (Su): Crystal Spiders can manifest the psionic power Control Light at will, paying no power point cost to do so.

Rend (Ex): A crystal spider that hits with both claw attacks latches onto the opponent's body and tears the flesh. This automatically deals an extra 4d6+6 points of damage.

Elemental Qualities: Elementals are immune to poison, sleep, paralysis, and stunning. Not subject to critical hits.

Skills: Crystal spiders have a +4 racial bonus on Hide and Spot checks. They have a +8 racial bonus on Climb checks, and can take 10 on them even when rushed or threatened.
    ^*Crystal Spiders get a +8 racial bonus on Hide and Move Silently checks when using their webs.

Devil-Beetle

Combat

Smite (Su): Once per day each, a Devil-Beetle may Smite Good or Smite Chaos. To use this ability, the beetle must make a melee attack. If the attack misses, the Smite attempt is wasted for that day, though if the attempted ability was Smite Good (for instance), the Smite Chaos ability may still be used (assuming it wasn't used earlier that day). If the attack hits, it deals extra damage equal to the beetle's hit dice in addition to the normal damage from the attack. Thus, a Warrior Devil-Beetle might deal 4d6+16 bite damage, as opposed to its normal 4d6+9. The extra damage is only dealt if the target's alignment matches the Smite power; e.g., only Good-aligned targets take extra damage from a Smite Good attack.

Trample (Ex): Devil-Beetles can trample creatures of smaller size categories (for instance, a Large Devil-Beetle can trample Medium or smaller creatures). Opponents who do not make attacks of opportunity against the Devil-Beetle can attempt a Reflex save (DC 19 for Warriors, DC 30 for Kings) for half damage. The save DCs are STR-based. Warriors deal 2d8+3 damage on a Trample, and Kings deal 4d6+5.

Darkvision: Devil-Beetles have Darkvision to 60 feet.

Linked Minds (Ex): Devil-Beetles function as a hive-mind. When a group of Devil-Beetles is present, they all act on the same initiative number, and always use the best roll from each individual for purposes of determining surprise. Furthermore, no individual member of a group of Devil-Beetles can be caught flat-footed, or be flanked, unless all of them are simultaneously flat-footed or flanked.

Dharculus

Combat

Attach (Ex): If a dharculus hits an opponent with a tentacle attack, it deals normal damage and attempts to start a grapple as a free action without provoking an attack of opportunity. If it gets a hold, the target is not considered grappled, but the mouth of that tentacle is held fast to that creature and remains attached (dealing automatic tentacle damage each round) until the target makes a successful grapple check to pull free. A target that does pull free takes 1d4 more points of damage from ripping the sharp teeth out of its flesh. A dharculus that attaches three or more tentacle-mouths to the same target can attempt a Planar Pull on its next turn (see below).

Planar Pull (Su): A dharculus that begins its turn with three or more tentacle-mouths attached to the same creature can attempt to pull that creature across the planar boundary into the Ethereal Plane with a move-equivalent action. Spell or Power Resistance will not allow a target to avoid being pulled across, but a Will saving throw (DC 27) will allow the creature to remain Material (though the tentacle-mouths are still attached in this case, and the dharculus can attempt to pull it through again on its next turn). If the saving throw fails, the target is pulled through into the Ethereal Plane; treat this as an Ethereal Jaunt spell with an unlimited duration. A creature drawn across the planar boundary by a dharculus is stuck on the other side until and unless it finds another way back (but see below). Once it has prey in the Ethereal Plane, a dharculus usually begins to attack it with its massive primary maw- it can attack Ethereal targets with that mouth, and Material targets with its tentacle-mouths, in the same round. The save DC to avoid the Planar Pull is STR-based.

Planar Angler (Su): Dharculus mouth-tentacles are normally inserted into the Material Plane for hunting- this is akin to a fisherman using a lure to grab fish and pull them out of their environment (the water) into an alien one (the air). Each mouth-tentacle on the Material Plane appears to be a separate creature, and may be attacked as such by ordinary weapons, though any damage dealt to the mouth-tentacles by spells or energy attacks is dealt to the dharculus's hit point total rather than those of its mouth-tentacles, and has the usual 50% miss chance to hit ethereal targets if the attacker can't see invisible or ethereal targets. Each mouth-tentacle has the dharculus's AC, Speed Fly 20 feet (Perfect), Tiny size (Face/Reach 2 ½ ft./0 ft.), and a number of hit points equal to the dharculus's hit dice plus its CON bonus (thus, 19 for an average specimen). Damage dealt to the mouth-tentacles by weapons does not hurt the dharculus itself, but a "killed" mouth-tentacle is severed, and drops to the ground in the Material Plane looking for all the world like nothing more than a dead eel-monster. On the Ethereal Plane, a dharculus regenerates severed tentacles in 2 days; it will never insert a tentacle back into the Material Plane until it is fully regrown.
    Should all of a dharculus's mouth-tentacles be severed or destroyed, without the dharculus itself being killed, the creature generally moves off to regenerate, rather than staying near the creatures that wounded it, since they have already proven to be exceptionally difficult prey. A dharculus which has all of its mouth-tentacles destroyed by intended prey grants half the XP for defeating the entire creature.
    The power that allows a dharculus to insert tentacles through the planar boundary is unstable, and can be disrupted by hits with magically or psionically enhanced weapons (though not with weapons which gain a masterwork enhancement bonus simply from the material of their construction). Whenever an appropriate weapon hits a mouth-tentacle, there is a 20% chance per "plus" in its enhancement bonus that the tentacle takes no damage from the hit, and is instead forced back into the Ethereal Plane. In such a case, the dharculus takes 4 rounds to force the tentacle back into the Material Plane. Also, the instability of the power begins to draw all the tentacles at once back into the Ethereal Plane if the dharculus is killed; this process also takes 4 rounds. During this time, a creature which is on the Ethereal Plane can use the tentacle-mouths as ropes to "climb" back into the Material Plane if it acts quickly. The creature may make a Climb check (DC 15) to attempt such an escape; if successful, it emerges into the Material Plane none the worse for wear. A creature which fails the Climb check by less than 5 is still on the Ethereal Plane, but may try again on its next turn if there is still time left; if it fails by more than 5, however, then the mouth-tentacle "came loose" from the planar fabric and was pulled entirely into the Ethereal Plane by the attempt.

Alien Mind (Ex): Dharculus minds are thoroughly alien, and they are accordingly immune to mind-affecting spells and effects, Sleep, and stunning.

Skills: ^*Dharculus mouth-tentacles are much smaller than the creature's main body, and therefore gain a +16 bonus on Hide checks (not added in the number shown).

Draeden

Combat

Anyfeat (Ex): This divine ability gives the Draeden a bonus feat, but the feat is not necessarily set: once per round, as an immediate action, the creature can change the feat to any other. Because of its Nescient ability (see below), the Draeden is allowed to ignore the prerequisites of any feat it takes, and thus there are no limits to the feats it can pick for this special slot except that it may only take one. Because the feat can be changed as an immediate action, it can even (for example) be used to grant bonuses to a saving throw just before the creature makes one, by changing to a feat that grants a bonus to that save type.
    Note, however, that if the feat has a lasting effect (for example, the round-long dodge bonus conferred by use of Combat Expertise, or a spell granted by Spell Knowledge that has a duration longer than Instantaneous), if the Draeden switches the Anyfeat, then the effect that was associated with the previous choice ends immediately. Thus, if it is using Anyfeat for Spell Knowledge (Temporal Stasis & Wall of Ice), but switches the Anyfeat to be Epic Fortitude instead, all creatures it has affected with Temporal Stasis are immediately freed as the spells end, and all Walls of Ice it had cast immediately come down.
    A Draeden typically uses this Anyfeat to duplicate interesting spells it sees its opponents using, via Spell Knowledge, but in a pinch will use it to gain a save bonus or even extra hit points (via Improved Toughness).

Area Melee: Draedens are so enormous that their natural attacks occupy areas all on their own. A Draeden's Bite deals damage to every creature within a square 4095 feet on a side whose AC is beaten by the Draeden's attack roll, and if the Draeden achieves a critical threat than the threat counts against all of them. Any creature with a base move rate of less than half the area size rounded up to the nearest 5 feet (2050 feet) is too slow to be able to dodge the blow, and is treated as though flat-footed against the attack.

Divine Bonus (Su): Draedens are not deities in the usual sense of the term, but they do share certain qualities with the beings known as deities in the present cosmic configuration. Notably, they have an effective 20 divine ranks, which grants them 20 divine abilities as well as a +20 divine bonus. The divine bonus adds to AC, attack rolls, checks (ability checks, caster level checks, skill checks, turning checks), difficulty class (for any special abilities, spell-like abilities, or actual spells), initiative, saving throws, and Spell Resistance. This divine bonus is already added in to statistics given in this monster entry.

Divine Immensity (Su): At will, as a standard action, a Draeden can shrink or grow itself by one size category (to a maximum of 14 size categories from its base size). Thus, the Draeden statted out above could grow or shrink itself to anywhere between Large (14 size categories smaller than Macro-Titanic) and Giga-Small (14 size categories larger than Macro-Titanic). Each size change represents a doubling (if the Draeden is increasing its size) or halving (if it is shrinking) of its actual length. As it grows or shrinks, the Draeden's ability scores, speed, size-based AC, attack, Hide, and grapple modifiers, and natural armor bonus change to reflect its new size, but it keeps nearly all of its other abilities (including feats that depend on its ability scores, thanks to its Nescient ability- see below). A Draeden's flight speed always equals triple the standard ground movement rate for a quadruped of its size- and a Draeden with a speed of less than 1000 feet/round loses its Supersonic ability (see below). Also, when a Draeden grows or shrinks, the area associated with its Area Melee ability (see below) likewise grows or shrinks, and once the area goes below about 10 feet the ability is effectively gone (since standard Medium-size creatures in the game have a space of 5 feet, each mouth would only be able to hit one such creature).
    For example, a Draeden shrinking to Large size would lose 140 points of STR (making its new score 60), gain 28 points of DEX (making its new score 63), lose 56 points of CON (making its new score 94), lose 133 points of natural armor (making its new natural armor bonus "only" 30,002), and have a speed rating of only 180 feet. By contrast, a Draeden expanding itself to Giga-Small size would gain 140 points of STR (making its new score 340), lose 28 points of DEX (making its new score 10 since DEX loss from size changes can never reduce the score below 10), gain 56 points of CON (making its new score 206), and gain 329 points of natural armor (making its new natural armor bonus 30,464), with a speed rating of 186 miles per move action.
    Draedens most often use this to hide from particularly powerful enemies (on the extremely rare occasions that they encounter such) by shrinking down to a size small enough to hide within a cave in an asteroid, for example. Since their natural size is so immense in any case, a Draeden rarely feels the need to become larger, except when it wants to eat something as large as a planet (at size Giga-Small, the creature is over 682,000 miles long, with mouths over 12,700 miles across- easily large enough to gulp up a planet in a few bites). Growing larger is rarely useful for combat purposes, since any creature powerful enough to threaten the Draeden in its natural size would not be significantly hindered by an increase in its size given the relatively miniscule changes this produces in its statistics.

Divine Sorcery (Su): A Draeden has double the normal number of daily spell slots for its caster level.

Immunities (Ex): As Old Ones, Draedens are immune to poison, sleep effects, disease, and paralysis effects.

Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, a Draeden must hit with its Bite attack. If it gets a hold, it automatically deals Bite damage and can attempt to Swallow Whole.

Maven (Ex): A Draeden has maximum ranks in all skills it knows. If a Draeden is trained in a skill, then its bonus is equal to its hit dice + the appropriate ability modifier + 23 (divine bonus plus the 3 extra ranks at 1st level).

Mind's Eye (Su): Those viewing the Draeden must make a Will save (DC 27,580) or see, instead of the Draeden's natural shape, the most terrifying sight they can imagine. Affected creatures become Panicked and attempt to flee; the duration of the effect is 24 hours, but it only affects creatures that can actually see the Draeden- once they are out of sight they become calm again (at least until the massive monster moves back into view). A creature that saves is immune to this effect for 24 hours, and can see the Draeden's natural shape. Creatures which fail the save but are immune to fear do not see the Draeden in its natural form, but do not become afraid either, and may act normally against whatever they think the Draeden is. The save DC is CHA-based.

Nescient (Ex): When selecting feats to gain (whether with its Anyfeat ability (see above) or via advancing hit dice), a Draeden may ignore feat prerequisites, and take any feat that it likes. Note, however, that some feats have effects which depend upon other feats or class abilities listed in their prerequisites; if the Draeden takes such a feat but does not have the feat(s) the effects depend upon, then the effect does not happen. For example, a Draeden taking Natural Spell would find the feat to be useless, since it does not have the Wild Shape class feature (however, a Draeden with enough Druid levels to gain the Wild Shape class feature would not need a WIS score of 13 or higher to take the feat).

Old One Qualities: Old Ones apply their CHA modifier (if positive) as a bonus to all saving throws, have Fast Healing at a rate equal to their CON modifiers (minimum 1), and do not need to sleep, eat, or breathe. Old Ones are not subject to critical hits.

Omnicompetent (Ex): A Draeden knows all skills. It is considered to be trained in every skill, regardless of what skill a given situation actually calls for.

Sonic Boom (Ex): Draedens naturally travel faster than the speed of sound, so whenever a Draeden moves within an atmosphere it creates a sonic shockwave as it travels. All creatures within 20 miles of the Draeden when this shockwave is created must make Fortitude saves (DC 135) or become Deaf for 1d4 rounds, and whether or not the save is successful take 10d6 points of Sonic damage. Deaf creatures are immune to the deafness effect of this, but still take the damage. This effect, although nonmagical, is otherwise the equivalent of an Epic spell (in particular, for saving throw purposes it counts as 10th level). The save DC is STR-based.

Spell-Like Abilities (Sp): At Will- Dream, Geas/Quest (DC 81), Greater Dispel Magic, Greater Teleport (self only), Plane Shift (self only, no off-target arrival), Sending, Spell Turning; 20/day- Wish (DC 84). Caster level 100th; Save DC (when relevant) 75 + spell level. The save DCs are CHA-based.

Swallow Whole (Ex): A Draeden can attempt to swallow an opponent up to 4 size categories smaller than itself (for a Draeden in its natural size, this means Brobdingnagian [Macro-Medium] or smaller) by making a successful Grapple check. Once inside, the opponent takes 120d10 points of crushing damage (from the diamond boulders) plus 20d10 Acid damage (from digestive fluids) per round. A swallowed creature can cut its way out by using Claws or a light Slashing weapon to deal 3,000 points of damage in a single blow (AC 13,806, DR 6,000/- still applies). Once the creature exits, muscular action closes the wound; other swallowed opponents must cut their own way out.

True Seeing (Su): Draedens have constant True Seeing, as the spell except that the range extends to the limit of their senses, and the effect cannot be dispelled or suppressed (except in an area of Dead Magic).

Feats: The Draeden's Devastating Critical feat forces any creature upon which it makes a critical hit to make a Fortitude save (DC 27,625) or die instantly. The save DC is STR-based.

Spells: Draedens cast spells as 100th-level Sorcerers. The save DCs are CHA-based. Their bonus against SR is 106 due to their Spell Penetration feats.
    Spell Slots: (12/36/34/34/34/34/32/32/32/32/20/20/20/20/18/18/18/18/16/16/16/16/14/14/14/14/12/12/12/12/10/10/10/10/8/8/8/8/6/6/6/6/4/4/4/4/2/2/2/2/2/2; save DC 75 + spell level)
    Epic Spells Per Day: (5,500; save DC 85)
    Typical Spells Known:: 0- Acid Splash, Detect Magic, Flare, Ghost Sound, Mending, Prestidigitation, Ray of Frost, Read Magic, Resistance; 1st- Grease, Mage Armor, Magic Missile, Protection From Law, Shield, True Strike; 2nd- Blur, Detect Thoughts, Mirror Image, Shatter, Spectral Hand, Touch of Idiocy; 3rd- Blink, Displacement, Haste, Nondetection, Ray of Exhaustion, Wind Wall; 4th- Bestow Curse, Confusion, Detect Scrying, Dimensional Anchor, Greater Invisibility, Ice Storm, Remove Curse, Shout; 5th- Break Enchantment, Cloudkill, Feeblemind, Mirage Arcana, Rary's Telepathic Bond, Telekinesis, Wall of Force; 6th- Analyze Dweomer, Antimagic Field, Chain Lightning, Contingency, Disintegrate, Flesh to Stone, Permanent Image, Repulsion, Stone to Flesh; 7th- Banishment, Control Weather, Forcecage, Greater Arcane Sight, Greater Scrying, Insanity, Limited Wish, Project Image, Reverse Gravity, Teleport Object; 8th- Dimensional Lock, Discern Location, Horrid Wilting, Incendiary Cloud, Maze, Mind Blank, Moment of Prescience, Polymorph Any Object, Trap the Soul; 9th- Astral Projection, Energy Drain, Foresight, Freedom, Imprisonment, Mordenkainen's Disjunction, Shapechange, Time Stop, Weird, Wish.
    Epic Spells Known: All listed in Epic Level Handbook, plus the following: Activate Nodes, Annihilating Revenge, Cosmic Juggernaut, Planetslicer, Supreme Mastery (New Epic spells are detailed below)

Epic Spells of the Draedens

Annihilating Revenge
Transmutation
Spellcraft DC: 54,418
Components: None
Casting Time: 1 swift action
Range: 0
Area: 40-mile-radius spread
Duration: Contingent until expended, then Instantaneous
Saving Throw: None
Spell Resistance: No
To Develop: 489,762,000 gp; 9,796 days; 19,590,480 XP. Seed: Destroy. Factors: Change target to 20-ft. radius Area (+10 DC), Contingent on specific trigger (+25 DC), Disallow saving throw (+60 DC), Gain +10,000 on caster level checks against Dispel or Ward effect (+20,000 DC), Ignore spell resistance (+50 DC), Increase area to 40-mile radius (1,055,900% increase, +42,236 DC), Increase damage die to d12 (+30 DC), Increase damage to 51,000d12 (+101,960 DC), No verbal component (+2 DC), No somatic component (+2 DC), Quickened spell (+28 DC). Mitigating factors: 110,000d6 backlash damage (-110,000 DC), Reduce range from 12,000 ft. to 0 (-14 ad hoc)

    This final-strike spell serves as a Draeden's ultimate revenge against any creature or group of creatures capable of killing it. Once cast, the spell remains quiescent upon the caster until it is reduced to 0 hit points or less, at which point it triggers. The caster's body is utterly annihilated by being converted to pure energy, which violently explodes, dealing 51,000d12 damage (average 331,500) to all creatures and objects within a 40-mile radius around the caster's body. No saving throw is allowed to reduce this damage, nor do spell or power resistance apply; the damage is absolute. The blast of energy is so massive that it even destroys any warding spells or effects within its area which could protect creatures or objects from the caster's dying wrath; the caster essentially rolls a standard Dispel check against such effects, with a +10,000 bonus (the average Draeden thus has a +10,100 modifier on the check). The caster takes 110,000d6 points of backlash damage during the initial casting of the spell, but even this incredible amount of punishment (average 385,000 hit points of damage) is a small price to the average Draeden- few fail to use it once opponents in a combat prove able to significantly damage them.

Cosmic Juggernaut
Transmutation
Spellcraft DC: 68,848
Components: None
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Personal
Target: Caster
Duration: 20 hours
Saving Throw: Will negates (harmless)
Spell Resistance: Yes (harmless)
To Develop: 619,416,000 gp; 12,389 days; 24,776,640 XP. Seeds: Fortify ×2. Factors: Increase bonus to +44,699 CON (+89,396 DC), Increase bonus to +44,699 STR (+89,396 DC), No verbal component (+2 DC), No somatic component (+2 DC), One-action casting time (+20 DC). Mitigating factors: 110,000d6 backlash damage (-110,000 DC), Change target to Personal (-2 DC)

    Draedens do not often encounter creatures able to harm them or resist their mighty attacks, but when they do they know how to make things harder for those opponents. When a Draeden casts this spell, its body fills with energy drawn from thousands of stars, planets, and other cosmic objects. This grants it a +44,699 enhancement bonus to both STR and CON, which increases both of those modifiers by +22,349 (or 22,350 if the ability starts as an odd number). This not only increases the save DC of its Devastating Critical feat and Sonic Boom, but also grants the Draeden the same bonus on attack rolls, damage rolls, Fortitude saves, and even its Fast Healing (since that is based on its CON modifier). Since its CON modifier increases, the Draeden gains an extra 22,349 (or 22,350 as appropriate) hit points per hit die, which gives the average Draeden (as statted above) a whopping 1,229,195,000 extra hit points. The caster takes 110,000d6 points of backlash damage (average 385,000) upon casting Cosmic Juggernaut due to the intense pain of channelling so much energy at once, but given the incredible increase in both hit point total and per-round Fast Healing the creature gains from casting the spell, Draedens consider this a trivial price to pay for the power. This spell, indeed, makes a Draeden all but completely unstoppable unless it is dispelled somehow.

Planetslicer
Transmutation
Spellcraft DC: 54,341
Components: None
Casting Time: 1 swift action
Range: 1,200,000 ft. (~227 miles)
Target: 44,000 10-ft. cubes
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: Fortitude half
Spell Resistance: No
To Develop: 489,069,000 gp; 9.782 days; 19,562,760 XP. Seed: Destroy. Factors: Change target to four 10-ft. cubes Area (+10 DC), Gain +2,000 on caster level checks against Dispel or Ward effect (+8,000 DC), Ignore spell resistance (+50 DC), Increase area to 44,000 10-ft. cubes (1,099,900% increase, +43,996 DC), Increase damage die to d12 (+30 DC), Increase damage to 1,000d12 (+1,996 DC), Increase range to 1,200,000 ft. (9,900% increase, +198 DC), No verbal component (+2 DC), No somatic component (+2 DC), Quickened spell (+28 DC).

    This attack spell, one of the Draedens' most iconic and fearsome powers, is used by them to carve up planets and other large objects into conveniently bite-sized chunks. In a flash of multicolored actinic light, it deals 1,000d12 damage (average 6,500) to all creatures and objects within the affected area; a Fortitude save applies for half damage (DC equal to the Draeden's normal Epic spell DC). This amount of damage will typically annihilate all materials except ultra-powerful creatures like the Draeden itself, or ultradense Orichalcum (white dwarf star metal) and other such exotic substances- but the real point of the spell is not the damage, it is the area of effect. The spell affects the equivalent of 44,000 10-foot cubes of material, which is fully shapable; this is enough to carve out a hemisphere a mile across from any large object. Should any wards or other energy patterns resistant to disintegration exist in the area for protection, the Draeden may make a Dispel check (with a +2,000 bonus, giving an average Draeden a +2,100 modifier on the check) to eliminate them, otherwise they remain intact.
    Because casting this spell is a quickened action, a typical Draeden will use it many times during each round to help it eat quickly; the common pattern is 40 Planetslicers on surfaces in melee range followed by 40 Bite attacks on the chunks of rock (or whatever) freed up by the Planetslicers. Since the spell can be cast from so far away, mountains suddenly tearing free from the ground in flashes of hellish energy is sometimes the first warning inhabitants of a Draeden's target have to its approach.

Supreme Mastery
Transmutation
Spellcraft DC: 68,825
Components: None
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Personal
Target: Caster
Duration: 20 hours
Saving Throw: Will negates (harmless)
Spell Resistance: Yes (harmless)
To Develop: 619,425,000 gp; 12,389 days; 24,777,000 XP. Seed: Fortify. Factors: Increase bonus to +34,781 (+69,560 DC), No verbal component (+2 DC), No somatic component (+2 DC), One-action casting time (+20 DC). Mitigating factors: 750d6 backlash damage (-750 DC), Change target to Personal (-2 DC)

    Draedens do not often encounter creatures able to resist their spells, but when they do they know how to make things harder for those opponents. When a Draeden casts this spell, its myriad nerve clusters link with the magical substrate of reality and vastly increase its ability to force its will upon reality and make its spells succeed in the fullest possible way- not to mention the palpable aura of incredible might the effect generates around its already-impressive form. This grants it a +34,781 enhancement bonus to CHA, which increases its CHA modifier (and all rolls affected by that score, as well as its save DCs for spells and some other abilities) by +17,391 (or 17,390 if CHA starts as an even number). The casting Draeden takes 750d6 points of backlash damage upon casting Supreme Mastery, but since the average damage of that number of dice (2,625 points) is less than its per-round Fast Healing amount, the damage rarely takes long to heal.

Treasure

Epic Dragon

Combat

Eclipse Dragon

Eclipse Dragons By Age
Age	Size	Hit Dice (hp)	AC	Attack Bonus	Fort Save	Ref Save	Will Save	Breath Weapon (DC)	Fear DC	PR
Wyrmling	H	18 (207)	31 (-2 size, +6 deflection, +17 natural)	+24	+16	+11	+16	6d8 (24)	25	24
Very Young	H	23 (287)	38 (-2 size, +8 deflection, +22 natural)	+31	+19	+13	+20	16d8 (27)	29	29
Young	H	28 (378)	45 (-2 size, +10 deflection, +27 natural)	+38	+23	+16	+25	26d8 (31)	34	34
Juvenile	G	33 (511)	50 (-4 size, +12 deflection, +32 natural)	+43	+27	+18	+29	36d8 (35)	38	39
Young Adult	G	38 (665)	57 (-4 size, +14 deflection, +37 natural)	+50	+32	+21	+34	46d8 (40)	43	44
Adult	G	43 (838)	64 (-4 size, +16 deflection, +42 natural)	+57	+36	+23	+38	56d8 (44)	47	49
Mature Adult	G	48 (1032)	71 (-4 size, +18 deflection, +47 natural)	+64	+41	+26	+43	66d8 (49)	52	54
Old	C	53 (1245)	74 (-8 size, +20 deflection, +52 natural)	+67	+45	+28	+47	76d8 (53)	56	59
Very Old	C	58 (1479)	81 (-8 size, +22 deflection, +57 natural)	+74	+50	+31	+52	86d8 (58)	61	64
Ancient	C	63 (1732)	88 (-8 size, +24 deflection, +62 natural)	+81	+54	+33	+56	96d8 (62)	65	69
Wyrm	C	68 (2006)	95 (-8 size, +26 deflection, +67 natural)	+88	+59	+36	+61	106d8 (67)	70	74
Great Wyrm	T	73 (2299)	94 (-16 size, +28 deflection, +72 natural)	+87	+63	+38	+65	116d8 (71)	74	79

Eclipse Dragon Abilities By Age
Age	Speed	STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA	Special Abilities	Manifester Level
Wyrmling	60 feet, Fly 250 feet (Poor)	27	10	21	20	21	22	Damage Reduction 10/Magic, Deflecting Force, Time Immunity	5th
Very Young	60 feet, Fly 250 feet (Poor)	31	10	23	24	25	26		8th
Young	60 feet, Fly 250 feet (Poor)	35	10	25	28	29	30	Damage Reduction 15/Magic	11th
Juvenile	60 feet, Fly 300 feet (Clumsy)	39	10	29	32	33	34	Speed Zone	14th
Young Adult	60 feet, Fly 300 feet (Clumsy)	43	10	33	36	37	38	Damage Reduction 15/Epic	17th
Adult	60 feet, Fly 300 feet (Clumsy)	47	10	37	40	41	42	Temporal Acceleration	20th
Mature Adult	60 feet, Fly 300 feet (Clumsy)	51	10	41	44	45	46	Damage Reduction 20/Epic	23rd
Old	60 feet, Fly 300 feet (Clumsy)	55	10	45	48	49	50	Blink, Moment of Prescience	26th
Very Old	60 feet, Fly 300 feet (Clumsy)	59	10	49	52	53	54	Damage Reduction 25/Epic	29th
Ancient	60 feet, Fly 300 feet (Clumsy)	63	10	53	56	57	58	Mass Time Hop	32nd
Wyrm	60 feet, Fly 300 feet (Clumsy)	67	10	57	60	61	62		35th
Great Wyrm	60 feet, Fly 350 feet (Clumsy)	71	10	61	64	65	66	Reverse Time	38th

    Eclipse Dragons are withdrawn and philosophical creatures, the most mysterious and subtle of the known Epic dragon breeds by temperament, given their unique perspective on the currents and eddies of time. They generally prefer to observe events rather than become involved in them directly, but some have broken this reclusiveness to provide their considerable oracular abilities to other creatures in exchange for treasures to increase their hoards. Eclipse Dragons also have the most nondescript appearance of the Epic dragons- aside from their crystalline scales, which are unremarkable in any world where Gem dragons make their homes, their coloring is fairly dull. The majority of an Eclipse Dragon is a dark brown, with highlights of brighter color (invariably a bright yellow-orange, and the colors in transition between that and the brown of the rest of the dragon) along its underbelly, bony ridges, and wing edges. The few small horns an Eclipse Dragon exhibits are a fairly standard-looking gray-white in appearance, and look like nothing more than the bone growths that they are. In fact, there are only two things in its appearance to warn a potential foe of an Eclipse Dragon that the creature is considerably more powerful than an average dragon- its eyes, which are pools of absolute blackness without sclera or iris, and have a certain quality of seeming to see through whatever they're looking at; and a vaguely visible haze of shimmering that surrounds an Eclipse Dragon at all times (the only visible manifestation of the temporal flux that constantly surrounds it).
    Like other Epic dragons, Eclipse Dragons have no odor whatsoever, and cannot be detected or tracked by smell.
    Eclipse Dragons use Bluff, Concentration, Diplomacy, Escape Artist, Hide, Intimidate, Knowledge (all skills, taken individually), Listen, Psicraft, Search, Sense Motive, Spot, Survival, and Use Psionic Device as class skills for their Dragon hit dice.

Combat

Breath Weapon (Su): An Eclipse Dragon's breath weapon is a cone of extremely heightened entropy, essentially greatly accelerated aging and weathering. This breath weapon deals damage to creatures with the Timeless Body special quality normally, since it is not entirely damaging due to aging, but creatures which are completely immune to temporal effects (such as other Eclipse Dragons) are immune. Because of the breath weapon's temporal nature, it cannot be dodged and Reflex saves are useless against it; instead, creatures caught in the cone must make Fortitude saves for half damage.

Time Immunity (Su): Eclipse Dragons are immune to any effect that is time-based, such as Slow or Haste, and cannot be artificially aged (supernaturally or otherwise). This even includes powerful effects such as Reverse Time or Temporal Stasis, and an Eclipse Dragon can even act in the same time frame as a creature under the effect of Time Stop if that creature comes within sight of the dragon or tries to set up an effect to interact with it. An Eclipse Dragon can allow an effect to bypass this immunity if it chooses to do so; for example, it is possible for an Eclipse Dragon to be affected by its own Mass Time Hop psi-like ability when it wants to be.

Deflecting Force (Su): An Eclipse Dragon is protected by a shield of temporal distortion that provides a Deflection bonus to its AC. This Deflection bonus is equal to the dragon's CHA bonus.

Blink (Psi): An Eclipse Dragon that reaches Old age exists partly outside the normal timestream of the cosmos, and is constantly flickering in and out of ordinary reality. This effect exactly duplicates the Blink spell, except that it has no duration, cannot be dispelled, and the dragon does not vanish into the Ethereal Plane- it instead vanishes into alternate times. Creatures that can see into and attack Ethereal targets thus get no extra help against the dragon's Blink effect, but creatures using View Dimensions or a similar effect to see across temporal barriers can see and attack the dragon normally.

Psi-Like Abilities (Psi): 3/day- Mass Time Hop, Moment of Prescience, Reverse Time, Speed Zone, Temporal Acceleration.

Sample Eclipse Dragon, Young

Breath Weapon (Su): 50-foot Cone of entropy, 26d8 damage, Fortitude DC 31 for half.

Deflecting Force (Su): Deflection bonus to AC equal to the dragon's CHA bonus.

Frightful Presence (Su): Creatures with fewer than 28 HD that are within 90 feet of the dragon when it attacks, charges, or flies overhead must make Will saves (DC 34) or become afraid. Creatures with 4 or less HD become Panicked for 4d6 rounds; those with 5 or more HD become Shaken for 4d6 rounds. Dragons are immune to the Frightful Presence of other dragons.

Psionics: As 11th-level Wilder.
    Power Points per Day: 161
    Powers Known: (save DC 20 + power level, plus augments) 1st- Energy Ray, Inertial Armor, Entangling Ectoplasm; 2nd- Concealing Amorpha, Swarm of Crystals; 3rd- Touchsight, Energy Burst; 4th- Psychic Reformation, Detect Remote Viewing; 5th- True Seeing, Adapt Body.

Time Immunity (Su): The dragon is immune to any effect that is time-based, such as Slow or Haste, and cannot be artificially aged (supernaturally or otherwise). This even includes powerful effects such as Reverse Time or Temporal Stasis, and the dragon can act in the same time frame as a creature under the effect of Time Stop if that creature comes within sight of the dragon or tries to set up an effect to interact with it. The dragon can allow an effect to bypass this immunity if it chooses to do so.

Torc of Leech Freedom (Su): The dragon's Torc of Leech Freedom makes it immune to the first two Power Leech effects that target it each day.

Significant Possessions: Crystal Anchor (Body), Crystal Capacitor (5 PP), Crystal Capacitor (7 PP), Dorje of Slow with 24 charges, Drilbu (Telekinetic Thrust, Telekinetic Maneuver costing 2 charges per use, Concussion Blast costing 2 charges per use) with 38 charges, Pink Rhomboid Ioun Stone, Powerstone (Dismiss Ectoplasm), Ring of Blinking, Torc of Leech Freedom. The various bonuses from the Ioun Stone, Ring, and Torc have been taken into account in the statistics block above. Note particularly the CON increase granted by the Ioun Stone, which increases the dragon's hit points and the save DC for its breath weapon.

Gilded Dragon

Gilded Dragons By Age
Age	Size	Hit Dice (hp)	AC	Attack Bonus	Fort Save	Ref Save	Will Save	Breath Weapon (DC)	Fear DC	SR
Wyrmling	H	25 (312)	36 (-2 size, +4 deflection, +24 natural)	+34	+20	+14	+19	10d12 (28)	26	24
Very Young	H	30 (405)	43 (-2 size, +6 deflection, +29 natural)	+41	+24	+17	+24	15d12 (32)	31	28
Young	G	35 (542)	48 (-4 size, +8 deflection, +34 natural)	+46	+28	+19	+28	20d12 (36)	35	32
Juvenile	G	40 (700)	55 (-4 size, +10 deflection, +39 natural)	+53	+33	+22	+33	25d12 (41)	40	36
Young Adult	G	45 (877)	62 (-4 size, +12 deflection, +44 natural)	+60	+37	+24	+37	30d12 (45)	44	40
Adult	C	50 (1075)	65 (-8 size, +14 deflection, +49 natural)	+63	+42	+27	+42	35d12 (50)	49	44
Mature Adult	C	55 (1292)	72 (-8 size, +16 deflection, +54 natural)	+70	+46	+29	+46	40d12 (54)	53	48
Old	C	60 (1530)	79 (-8 size, +18 deflection, +59 natural)	+77	+51	+32	+51	45d12 (59)	58	52
Very Old	C	65 (1787)	86 (-8 size, +20 deflection, +64 natural)	+84	+55	+34	+55	50d12 (63)	62	56
Ancient	T	70 (2065)	85 (-16 size, +22 deflection, +69 natural)	+83	+60	+37	+60	55d12 (68)	67	60
Wyrm	T	75 (2362)	92 (-16 size, +24 deflection, +74 natural)	+90	+64	+39	+64	60d12 (72)	71	64
Great Wyrm	T	80 (2680)	99 (-16 size, +26 deflection, +79 natural)	+97	+69	+42	+69	65d12 (77)	76	68

Gilded Dragon Abilities By Age
Age	Speed	STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA	Special Abilities	Caster Level
Wyrmling	60 feet, Fly 250 feet (Poor)	33	10	23	16	21	18	Aura of Fiery Light, Damage Reduction 10/Magic, Immune to Fire, Immune to Particle, Immune to Petrification	4th
Very Young	60 feet, Fly 250 feet (Poor)	37	10	25	20	25	22		7th
Young	60 feet, Fly 300 feet (Clumsy)	41	10	29	24	29	26	Damage Reduction 15/Magic	10th
Juvenile	60 feet, Fly 300 feet (Clumsy)	45	10	33	28	33	30	Charm Monster	13th
Young Adult	60 feet, Fly 300 feet (Clumsy)	49	10	37	32	37	34	Damage Reduction 15/Epic	16th
Adult	60 feet, Fly 300 feet (Clumsy)	53	10	41	36	41	38	True Seeing	19th
Mature Adult	60 feet, Fly 300 feet (Clumsy)	57	10	45	40	45	42	Damage Reduction 20/Epic	22nd
Old	60 feet, Fly 300 feet (Clumsy)	61	10	49	44	49	46	Otiluke's Greater Dispelling Screen	25th
Very Old	60 feet, Fly 300 feet (Clumsy)	65	10	53	48	53	50	Damage Reduction 25/Epic	28th
Ancient	60 feet, Fly 350 feet (Clumsy)	69	10	57	52	57	54	Aligned Aura	31st
Wyrm	60 feet, Fly 350 feet (Clumsy)	73	10	61	56	61	58		34th
Great Wyrm	60 feet, Fly 350 feet (Clumsy)	77	10	65	60	65	62	Absorb	37th

    Gilded Dragons are flashy and powerful creatures, given to intense mood swings and decisive action. Physically the most powerful of the known Epic dragon breeds, they do not hesitate to assert themselves over any creatures they consider their lessers, which includes most of the other Epic dragons and any nondragons they happen to meet. Gilded Dragons are so named because they look like literal treasures; their scales have the sheen of precious metals, their horns are pearly, and their eyes are gemlike. A motionless Gilded Dragon could easily be mistaken for a precious statue or idol were it not for the creature's great size and constant aura of light. Treasure-loving creatures of all stripes that encounter Gilded Dragons therefore often assume them to hoard truly stupendous amounts of wealth (which is equally often the truth), and accordingly attack them in hopes of taking said wealth (which typically results in the Gilded Dragon adding the erstwhile attacker's wealth to its hoard). It is, in other words, not surprising that Gilded Dragons are the most combative of the known Epic dragon types. Though a typical Gilded Dragon is not particularly aloof or reclusive, it is also not particularly prone to seek out lesser creatures, and generally only interacts with them in ways that can increase the dragon's own wealth.
    Like other Epic dragons, Gilded Dragons have no odor whatsoever, and cannot be detected or tracked by smell.
    Gilded Dragons use Appraise, Concentration, Diplomacy, Escape Artist, Intimidate, Jump, Knowledge (all skills, taken individually), Listen, Search, Sense Motive, Spellcraft, Spot, Survival, and Use Magic Device as class skills for their Dragon hit dice.

Combat

Aligned Aura (Sp): At Ancient age and above, a Gilded Dragon can create an Aligned Aura around itself three times per day. This ability creates either Cloak of Chaos, Holy Aura, Shield of Law, or Unholy Aura, whichever one the dragon chooses when it uses the ability.

Aura of Fiery Light (Su): The aura of light that every Gilded Dragon creates around itself has several effects. First, it creates a shield of deflecting energy around the dragon's body, granting it a Deflection bonus to its AC equal to its CHA bonus. Second, it casts light equal to a Daylight spell around the dragon at all times, and dispels any Darkness effects of 3rd level or lower within a radius of 10 feet per age category of the dragon. Finally, any creature that attacks the dragon in melee is burned by the intense light, and takes 1d6 Fire damage plus 1 point per HD of the dragon. The Aura of Fiery Light ceases to exist in an area of Dead Magic or Anti-Magic, and dissipates upon the dragon's death, but cannot otherwise be dispelled or suppressed.

Breath Weapons (Su): Gilded Dragons have two breath weapons, a line of Particle energy and a cone of Petrification gas that acts as Flesh to Stone on any creature within it that fails the saving throw. The Particle breath weapon may have additional effects on creatures damaged by it, because of the nature of Particle energy. If a creature takes more Particle damage in one round than twice its CON score, then it suffers the effects of being exposed to a Radiation field of Lethal-25 strength (see the Radiation section in the Rules document) for one round in addition to taking damage.

True Seeing (Sp): A Gilded Dragon of Adult age or higher constantly uses True Seeing as the spell, except that this ability cannot be dispelled.

Spell-Like Abilities (Sp): 3/day- Absorb, Charm Monster, Otiluke's Greater Dispelling Screen.

Sample Gilded Dragon, Very Old

Aura of Fiery Light (Su): Deflection bonus to AC equal to the dragon's CHA bonus. Lights area around dragon as Daylight spell, and dispels Darkness effects of 3rd level or lower within 90 feet of the dragon. Creatures attacking dragon in melee take 1d6+65 points of Fire damage per attack (no save).

Breath Weapons (Su): 140-foot Line of Particle energy, 50d12 damage, Reflex DC 69 for half; or 70-foot Cone of Petrification gas, Fortitude DC 69 or turn to stone. If a creature takes more Particle damage in one round than twice its CON score, then it suffers the effects of being exposed to a Radiation field of Lethal-25 strength (see the Radiation section in the Rules document) for one round in addition to taking damage.

Evasion (Su): The dragon's Boots of Swiftness grant it the Evasion ability (the fact that an item grants this ability effectively makes it supernatural rather than extraordinary as it would be normally). If subjected to an attack that allows a Reflex save for half damage, and the dragon makes its save, then it takes no damage instead of half.

Frightful Presence (Su): Creatures with fewer than 65 HD that are within 270 feet of the dragon when it attacks, charges, or flies overhead must make Will saves (DC 62) or become afraid. Creatures with 4 or less HD become Panicked for 4d6 rounds; those with 5 or more HD become Shaken for 4d6 rounds. Dragons are immune to the Frightful Presence of other dragons.

Haste (Sp): 3 times/day, the dragon can say a command word to activate the Haste special ability of its Boots of Swiftness. Once active, the Haste effect lasts 20 rounds.

Spells: As 28th-level Sorcerer.
    Spells per Day: 6/11/11/11/11/10/10/10/10/15/4/4.
    Spells Known: (save DC 30 + spell level) 0- Clock, Detect Magic, Disrupt Undead, Flare, Mental Alarm, Prestidigitation, Read Magic, Resistance, Silent Portal; 1st- Detect Psionics, Feather Fall, Mage Armor, Ray of Enfeeblement, Shield, True Strike; 2nd- Arcane Lock, Eagle's Splendor, Hypnotic Pattern, Knock, Mirror Image, Web; 3rd- Arcane Sight, Blinding Breath, Blink, Haste, Tongues, Water Breathing; 4th- Detect Scrying, Dispel Psionics, Greater Invisibility, Phantasmal Killer, Sharptooth, Stone Shape; 5th- Cone of Cold, False Vision, Ghostform, Prying Eyes, Servant Horde, Waves of Fatigue; 6th- Analyze Dweomer, Antimagic Field, Chain Lightning, Disintegrate, Greater Dispel Magic, Stone to Flesh; 7th- Banishment, Greater Stunning Breath, Greater Scrying, Greater Teleport, Plane Shift, Reverse Gravity; 8th- Clone, Dimensional Lock, Horrid Wilting, Mantle of Egregious Might, Mind Blank, Polymorph Any Object; 9th- Gate, Meteor Swarm, Mordenkainen's Disjunction, Time Stop, Wail of the Banshee.

Spell-Like Abilities (Sp): Each 3/day: Charm Monster (DC 34), Otiluke's Greater Dispelling Screen. Caster level 28th.

True Seeing (Sp): A Gilded Dragon of Adult age or higher constantly uses True Seeing as the spell, except that this ability cannot be dispelled.

Significant Possessions: Bag of Epic Holding Type IV, Boots of Swiftness, Bracers of Relentless Might, Cloak of Epic Resistance +7, Ring of Epic Wizardry IX, Ring of Universal Elemental Immunity, Staff of the Cosmos (27 charges), Staff of Domination (39 charges), Staff of Fiery Power (5 charges), Staff of Mighty Force (20 charges), Staff of Prism (30 charges), Staff of Rapid Barrage (8 charges), Staff of Winter (4 charges). The various bonuses granted by the Bracers, Boots, Cloak, and Rings have been taken into account in the statistics block above. Note particularly the CON bonus granted by the Bracers of Relentless Might, which increases the dragon's hit points and the save DCs for its breath weapons.

Starvoid Dragon

Starvoid Dragons By Age
Age	Size	Hit Dice (hp)	AC	Attack Bonus	Fort Save	Ref Save	Will Save	Breath Weapon (DC)	Fear DC	PR
Wyrmling	H	20 (230)	32 (-2 size, +5 deflection, +19 natural)	+28	+17	+12	+18	5d12 (25)	25	24
Very Young	H	25 (312)	39 (-2 size, +7 deflection, +24 natural)	+35	+20	+14	+22	10d12 (28)	29	28
Young	G	30 (405)	44 (-4 size, +9 deflection, +29 natural)	+40	+24	+17	+27	15d12 (32)	34	32
Juvenile	G	35 (542)	51 (-4 size, +11 deflection, +34 natural)	+47	+28	+19	+31	20d12 (36)	38	36
Young Adult	G	40 (700)	58 (-4 size, +13 deflection, +39 natural)	+54	+33	+22	+36	25d12 (41)	43	40
Adult	G	45 (877)	65 (-4 size, +15 deflection, +44 natural)	+61	+37	+24	+40	30d12 (45)	47	44
Mature Adult	C	50 (1075)	68 (-8 size, +17 deflection, +49 natural)	+64	+42	+27	+45	35d12 (50)	52	48
Old	C	55 (1292)	75 (-8 size, +19 deflection, +54 natural)	+71	+46	+29	+49	40d12 (54)	56	52
Very Old	C	60 (1530)	82 (-8 size, +21 deflection, +59 natural)	+78	+51	+32	+54	45d12 (59)	61	56
Ancient	C	65 (1787)	89 (-8 size, +23 deflection, +64 natural)	+85	+55	+34	+58	50d12 (63)	65	60
Wyrm	T	70 (2065)	88 (-16 size, +25 deflection, +69 natural)	+84	+60	+37	+63	55d12 (68)	70	64
Great Wyrm	T	75 (2362)	95 (-16 size, +27 deflection, +74 natural)	+91	+64	+39	+67	60d12 (72)	74	68

Starvoid Dragon Abilities By Age
Age	Speed	STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA	Special Abilities	Manifester Level
Wyrmling	60 feet, Fly 250 feet (Poor)	31	10	21	18	23	20	Aura of Tenebrous Night, Breathless, Damage Reduction 10/Magic, Immune to Cold, Immune to Darkness, Immune to Gelid	3rd
Very Young	60 feet, Fly 250 feet (Poor)	35	10	23	22	27	24		6th
Young	60 feet, Fly 300 feet (Clumsy)	39	10	25	26	31	28	Damage Reduction 15/Magic	9th
Juvenile	60 feet, Fly 300 feet (Clumsy)	43	10	29	30	35	32	Psionic Divination	12th
Young Adult	60 feet, Fly 300 feet (Clumsy)	47	10	33	34	39	36	Damage Reduction 15/Epic	15th
Adult	60 feet, Fly 300 feet (Clumsy)	51	10	37	38	43	40	Mass Cloud Mind	18th
Mature Adult	60 feet, Fly 300 feet (Clumsy)	55	10	41	42	47	44	Damage Reduction 20/Epic	21st
Old	60 feet, Fly 300 feet (Clumsy)	59	10	45	46	51	48	Mind Blank	24th
Very Old	60 feet, Fly 300 feet (Clumsy)	63	10	49	50	55	52	Damage Reduction 25/Epic	27th
Ancient	60 feet, Fly 300 feet (Clumsy)	67	10	53	54	59	56	Hypercognition	30th
Wyrm	60 feet, Fly 350 feet (Clumsy)	71	10	57	58	63	60		33rd
Great Wyrm	60 feet, Fly 350 feet (Clumsy)	75	10	61	62	67	64	Absolute Zero	36th

    Starvoid Dragons are the most wide-ranging and highly travelled of the known Epic dragon breeds, preferring to spend their lives high in the sky and observe events below from afar. Though quite curious about nondragons and other dragons as a general rule, Starvoid Dragons often observe via scrying powers rather than appearing in person- even over observing from a safe distance. Their racial Clairsentient psi-like abilities often prove useful in finding targets for observation, when they're of a mind to come close enough to the world to do so or View something interesting Remotely. Starvoid Dragons hatch from eggs the same general size, shape, and appearance as meteroids, some of which are known to fall out of the sky and land in craters much as regular meteoroids occasionally do- though of course a dragon-egg "meteor" is normally much less worse for wear than a standard meteorite when it lands. At birth, the aura of darkness that cloaks all Starvoid Dragons flickers into life within minutes of the baby dragon's hatching, while the deep blue glow of its eyes dims to a slightly lighter shade within the same period of time. Aside from its size, a Starvoid Dragon's eyes provide the only significant appearance change resulting from its age- the eyes are a bright, light blue as a Wyrmling, brightening to a piercing white at the Juvenile stage, and then fading through yellow (at Mature Adult) and orange (at Very Old) before finally settling into a dull red at the Great Wyrm stage of life. When seen without the light-destroying Aura of Tenebrous Night (see below), a Starvoid Dragon's scales are a deep blue-black crystal, as if made from the darkest of sapphires, and flecked with numerous spots of gold, white, blue-white, and silver which actually glow with their own inner light during the dragon's life (it is actually these starlike spots that produce the energy of the Aura). Since they can fly, and live in perfect vacuum, Starvoid Dragons often build lairs high in the upper atmosphere of the worlds they inhabit- above the level of breathable air. The lairs are typically, therefore, mobile, and it is a rare Starvoid Dragon that keeps its lair over the same spot for longer than a few weeks unless the area below its lair is particularly interesting for some reason. Though they are not prone to seek out the company of lesser creatures, Starvoid Dragons are not as a general rule particularly reclusive either, and those capable of visiting a Starvoid Dragon in its own realm may find it to be a uniquely vast source of information the likes of which could not be gathered by anything else.
    Like other Epic dragons, Starvoid Dragons have no odor whatsoever, and cannot be detected or tracked by smell.
    Starvoid Dragons use Bluff, Concentration, Diplomacy, Escape Artist, Hide, Intimidate, Jump, Knowledge (all skills, taken individually), Listen, Psicraft, Search, Sense Motive, Spot, and Use Psionic Device as class skills for their Dragon hit dice.

Combat

Aura of Tenebrous Night (Su): Each Starvoid Dragon creates an aura of darkness around it that makes the dragon always seem to be existing in a mobile piece of darkest night. Up close, this aura appears to be made of a sort of dense black mist, but in fact that "mist" is made up of motes of energy which draw in and destroy light. This aura grants the dragon three significant effects. First, the energy motes are densely concentrated near the dragon's body, and tend to prevent matter from striking the dragon- thus granting it a Deflection bonus to AC equal to its CHA bonus. Second, the area of Darkness lowers the ambient light level in a radius around the dragon (as if by the Decrease effect of the Control Light power); the exact amount the ambient light is lowered by depends on distance from the dragon. At 1 foot per age category of the dragon, the light level is reduced by 90%; each 1 foot/age category beyond that lowers the percentage by 10. Thus, between 4 feet/age category and 5 feet/age category the light level is lowered by only 50%. All Light effects of 2nd level or lower within 10 feet/age category of the dragon are automatically dispelled. Finally, the Aura of Tenebrous Night grants the generating Starvoid Dragon Concealment; attacks that would strike the creature have a 20% miss chance. The Aura ceases to exist in an area of Psionic Static or a Null Psionics Field, and dissipates upon the dragon's death, but cannot otherwise be dispelled or negated.

Breathless (Su): Although they, like other dragons, have and use breath weapons, Starvoid Dragons do not actually need to breathe- they use breath only for talking (without using telepathy) and fuelling their breath weapons. Many Starvoid Dragons accordingly make their lairs in total vacuum, the same void that they are named for. The most significant game effect of this is that Starvoid Dragons are immune to drowning and suffocation, and can exist in any environment without worrying about breath. Starvoid Dragons do not consume oxygen in air while in enclosed spaces, and accordingly do not count towards the time they can remain within such spaces with other creatures before suffocation sets in (for the other creatures that is).

Breath Weapon (Su): Starvoid Dragons have one breath weapon, a burst of Gelid darkness that behaves in many ways as an explosion of transatmospheric space. Creatures caught within the blast must save against the Gelid damage normally, using Reflex saves, but must additionally make Fortitude saves or be blinded (as though by the Blindness spell) permanently. The Blindness can be removed in the same ways that the effect of the actual Blindness spell can.

Immune to Darkness (Su): Starvoid Dragons can see through any magical or supernatural darkness effects regardless of level, and cannot be blinded.

Mind Blank (Psi): A Starvoid Dragon of Old age or higher is constantly under the effect of Mind Blank as the power, except that this ability has no duration and cannot be negated. The manifester level of this ability, should it be needed, equals the dragon's hit dice.

Psi-Like Abilities (Psi): 3/day- Absolute Zero, Hypercognition, Mass Cloud Mind, and Psionic Divination.

Sample Starvoid Dragon, Young Adult

Aura of Tenebrous Night (Su): Deflection bonus to AC equal to the dragon's CHA bonus. Dispels Light effects of 2nd level or lower within 50 feet of the dragon. Grants Concealment (20% miss chance). Lowers ambient light levels within a varying radius around the dragon (10% between 41 and 45 feet, 20% between 36 and 40 feet, 30% between 31 and 35 feet, and so on until 90% between 1 and 5 feet from the dragon).

Breathless (Su): Immune to drowning, suffocation and all effects that cause them. Does not count against the number of creatures in an enclosed space for determining when the oxygen is used up and slow suffocation sets in.

Breath Weapon (Su): 90-foot Burst of Gelid energy, 25d12 damage, Reflex DC 41 for half. Creatures caught in the burst must also roll a Fortitude save (DC 41) or be Blinded, as if by the Blindness spell.

Frightful Presence (Su): Creatures with fewer than 40 HD that are within 150 feet of the dragon when it attacks, charges, or flies overhead must make Will saves (DC 43) or become afraid. Creatures with 4 or less HD become Panicked for 4d6 rounds; those with 5 or more HD become Shaken for 4d6 rounds. Dragons are immune to the Frightful Presence of other dragons.

Immune to Darkness (Su): Starvoid Dragons can see through any magical or supernatural darkness effects regardless of level, and cannot be blinded.

Psi-Like Abilities (Sp): 3/day: Psionic Divination. Manifester level 15th.

Psionics: As 15th-level Wilder.
    Power Points per Day: 292.
    Powers Known: (save DC 26 + power level except Telepathy powers- which are DC 27 + power level) 1st- Detect Psionics, Inertial Armor, Offensive Precognition; 2nd- Ego Whip, Sustenance; 3rd- Body Adjustment, Negate Psionics; 4th- Dimension Door, Freedom of Movement; 5th- Plane Shift, True Seeing; 6th- Disintegrate, Temporal Acceleration; 7th- Energy Wave.

Significant Possessions: Crystal Capacitor (3 PP), Gloves of Epic DEX +12, Greater Psionic Restraints, Powerstone (Divert Teleport, Leech Field, Mind Fog, Plane Shift, Stone Shape ×2), Powerstone (Analyze Aura, Ectoplasmic Shambler, Evade Burst, Psychic Crush, Tower of Iron Will, Weird), Psionatrix of Telepathy, Ring of Major Universal Energy Resistance, Ring of Rapid Healing. The various bonuses from the Gloves, Psionatrix, and Rings have been incorporated into the statistics block above. Note particularly that the dragon can only use its Dodge feat and those feats with Dodge as a prerequisite (Mobility and Spring Attack) if it wears the Gloves, since its DEX without them is too low (at 10) to qualify for the Dodge feat.

Gorynych

Combat

Tail Wrap (Ex): If a Gorynych hits an opponent at least two size categories smaller than itself with a Tail Whip, it deals the normal (subdual) damage, and the tail wraps around the foe and holds on. Neither the Gorynych nor its opponent are considered grappled, but for each Tail Whip which holds a creature, it gets a -1 penalty to attack rolls, skill checks, and AC, and the Gorynych gets a +1 circumstance bonus to attack the creature. Thus, if a creature is wrapped by three tails, it gets a -3 penalty to its rolls, while the Gorynych gets a +3 to attack it.
    An individual Tail Whip can be escaped with an Escape Artist check or a successful Grapple check, or by cutting it off the Gorynych itself. A Tail Whip has AC 18 while wrapped around a creature (AC 28 otherwise), and 1 hit point per hit die of the Gorynych; all damage dealt to it must be slashing damage in order to cut it off. Severing a Tail Whip does no harm to the Gorynych itself; the creature is perfectly capable of living and fighting without its tails, though it will often try to avoid battles if it has severed tails until they regrow (in 1d3+1 weeks). A creature which is currently wrapped in one or more Tail Whips can try to attack them itself to sever them, but the penalty from being wrapped applies to the attack rolls it makes to do so. It is therefore more effective for the creature's companions, assuming it has some, to attack the tails.
    Note that although the tails use the Gorynych's STR bonus to keep an opponent wrapped up in them, the Gorynych cannot actually carry creatures in its tails, and so cannot use this ability to grab prey and fly away. It must use its claws and mouths to do that.

Rend (Ex): If a Gorynych hits a single opponent with at least two of its Bite attacks in a single round, it can grab the foe with both mouths and pull it apart, dealing additional damage. A Gorynych which hits with all three heads can use all three to pull in different directions and do even more damage. If the Gorynych is using only two heads to Rend, this attack deals 4d8+15 damage. If it uses all three, the Rend deals 6d8+20 damage. The three-head Rend is sometimes called the "wishboning" attack.

Tri-Headed (Ex): Gorynychs each have three heads, but only one personality shared between them. If one head sees or hears something, all of them do; therefore, it is nearly impossible to sneak up on a Gorynych that still has all three. If a Gorynych loses a head, the other two can take over for it and still direct the creature's attacks; likewise, if it loses two heads, the third can still control the entire body. If a Gorynych loses all three heads, it is killed. A Gorynych which has all three heads cannot be flanked, though it is not immune to Sneak Attacks from opponents it somehow fails to sense, nor is it immune to critical hits. A Gorynych with two heads can only be flanked by groups of four or more opponents all opposite each other; any number less than that allows its remaining heads to concentrate on the fight well enough to grant it its full dodging capability. A Gorynych with only one head can be flanked normally.
    If characters fighting a Gorynych declare that they are specifically attacking one of its heads in hopes of destroying it and crippling the creature, treat each head as having 1/3 the creature's full hit point total. Standard penalties for making precise attacks apply, of course, while they are doing so. Vorpal and equivalent weapons are the other way characters facing a Gorynych might take heads off of it, and a Gorynych which loses a head to such a weapon essentially loses 1/3 of its remaining hit points in the attack. Gorynych heads do not regrow the way tails do, so a Gorynych which loses one or two heads generally fights even more fiercely, in hopes of taking as many opponents with it as possible if it dies.

Skills: Gorynychs use their STR modifier for Intimidate checks rather than CHA. ^*Gorynychs receive a +18 racial bonus on Spot and Listen checks if they have all three heads. This bonus is added in to the numbers above. If a Gorynych has lost one head, this bonus becomes only +8; if it has lost two heads, the bonus becomes +2.

Metal Slime

Combat

Polymorph (Ex): Metal Slimes can alter the outward shape and appearance of their metallic bodies, and can accurately form virtually any desired shape. This allows them to effectively Polymorph (self only) at will, as a standard action, though the ability does not seem to be dependent in any way on magical or psionic energy (they are still capable of it while in areas of dead magic or psionic static). Furthermore, a metal slime does not gain any hit points when changing forms as creatures normally do when polymorphing.

Copy (Ex): A Metal Slime can use its Polymorph ability to precisely mimic any creature or object it has ever touched, and can (in contrast to normal form-shifting powers) appear as specific individuals if it so chooses. A metal slime which hits an opponent with a Blade in combat will often use this ability to become a copy of that opponent, if that creature has companions which are helping it fight; if it does so, the creature's companions must make a Spot check opposed by the metal slime's Disguise in order to tell which one is the original. A creature which attempts to attack a metal slime which is copying another creature this way, without first determining which of the two is the slime and which is the real creature, has a 50% chance to hit either of them.

Energy Consumption (Ex): Metal Slimes can consume spells and psionic powers which create energy attacks against them- each such spell or power heals 1d6 hit points per spell/power level, with any amount above the slime's normal hit point total being gained as temporary hit points. Only attacks which cause hit point damage are absorbed this way; magic such as Charm Monster, which normally deals no damage, work normally as long as they are not already immune to it due to their natural immunities (see below). Also, this ability does not just affect actual spells or powers; even enhanced weapons or armor can be drained of power simply by touching a metal slime. Whenever an enhanced weapon hits a metal slime, it must make a Will save (DC 22) or permanently lose one "plus" of enhancement; the metal slime struck heals 20 hit points (and/or gains temporary hit points) each time it drains a "plus" this way. The save DC is CON-based. Special abilities such as Flaming or Ghost Touch are not absorbed this way, but a weapon which goes below +1 due to touching a metal slime permanently loses all of its special abilities along with the last point of enhancement. Likewise, a metal slime which strikes an opponent wearing enhanced armor, or which misses that opponent because of its armor bonus, can absorb the energy out of the armor unless the item makes a Will save as above. Each point of bonus drained from armor or a shield heals the draining slime just as weapons do. Enhancement bonuses lost to a metal slime can be returned by re-enchanting the item (as if it were being created or upgraded), or by using a Wish or Miracle spell.

Immunities (Ex): Metal Slimes are immune to disease, electric, sonic, and cold damage. They are also immune to force attacks and disintegration; force attacks heal the slime instead of hurting it, and disintegration (or Disruption energy damage) heals 1 hit point per die of damage the attack would normally deal. Any hit points gained in excess of the slime's normal hit point total are gained as temporary hit points.

Freezing (Ex): Though metal slimes are immune to cold damage, cold attacks that hit them deal 2 points of temporary DEX damage for every 10 points of damage the attack would normally deal. For example, a Cone of Cold which would normally deal 40 points of damage would deal 8 points of temporary DEX damage to a metal slime.

Amorphous (Ex): Metal Slimes have no organs as such, and have some of the qualities of oozes as a result. They are immune to poison, sleep, paralysis, stunning, and critical hits.

Blindsense (Ex): Metal Slimes, like oozes, use their whole bodies as sensory organs, and have Blindsense with a range of 60 feet. A metal slime does not normally need to make Spot or Listen rolls to detect creatures within range of its Blindsense.

Skills: ^*Metal Slimes have a +8 racial bonus to Disguise checks.

Neh-Thalggu, Juvenile

Combat

Amorphous Physiology (Ex): Neh-Thalggu can shift their internal organs and body mass as desired, and are therefore immune to critical hits, sneak attacks, death from massive damage, and coup-de-grace attacks.

Extract (Ex): A juvenile Neh-Thalggu does not have the extraction-at-a-distance ability of the adult specimens, but it can extract a helpless opponent's brain using its bite. To use this ability, the Neh-Thalggu manifests its mouth and performs a coup-de-grace attack with it; if the opponent dies, then the Neh-Thalggu successfully extracts the brain and swallows it. Each brain a juvenile Neh-Thalggu swallows advances it one hit die and grants it an additional spell. A creature whose brain is held by a Neh-Thalggu cannot be Raised or Resurrected as long as the creature has it, since it draws upon the soul and mind of the stored brain to gain the additional powers from it. As a side effect of this, the Neh-Thalggu also gains the ability to speak all languages the brain's erstwhile owner did.

Incorporeal traits: Neh-Thalggu, even the temporarily-exiled juveniles, do not exist entirely within this dimension. They can be harmed only by other incorporeal creatures, +1 or better magic/psionic weapons, or magic or psionic powers. They have a 50% chance to ignore any damage from a corporeal source. They can pass through solid objects at will, and their attacks pass through armor (except the bite, which requires manifestation). They always move silently.

Manifest Maw (Su): Although the Neh-Thalggu is incorporeal, it is able to make its mouth fully material (or dematerialize it later) as a standard action. While materialized, the mouth can bite creatures normally, and pick up and move objects. Though the Neh-Thalggu has no STR score because it is incorporeal, the materialized mouth is treated as if it had a STR score of 27. This number is noted parenthetically in the ability score list of the creature, above.

Poison (Ex): A juvenile Neh-Thalggu's bite injects a toxin which warps the body of its victim with radiations of the Far Realm. This poison is type Injury, Fortitude DC 24, initial and secondary damage 1d6 CON. The poison save DC is based on the Neh-Thalggu's CON score, and includes a +5 racial bonus.

Spells (Sp): The brains carried by a juvenile Neh-Thalggu grant it spellcasting powers. Each swallowed brain gives the creature one Arcane spell of 3rd level or lower, which it can use once per day. A Neh-Thalggu can have virtually any spells the DM desires, as long as they are not higher than 3rd level; the caster level of spells a Neh-Thalggu casts is always equal to half the creature's hit dice. Thus, a 12-HD Neh-Thalggu casts its spells at 6th level, while a 22-HD creature casts at 11th.

Withering (Su): The touch of a juvenile Neh-Thalggu's head-tentacles is deadly to living creatures, dehydrating them and draining away their vitality. An opponent struck by a head-tentacle must make a Fortitude save (DC 19) or take 1 point of temporary STR, DEX, or CON damage (determine the affected ability randomly). The save DC is CON-based. Juvenile Neh-Thalggu have as many head-tentacles as the adults do, but only four are large and strong enough to be useful for attacking at any given time.

Feats: Though a Neh-Thalggu has no STR score, it gains Power Attack as a bonus feat for its manifested bite (the only attack it is useful with).

Octopoid

Combat

Alien Mind (Ex): Octopoids are so old and powerful that any direct contact with the mind of one is detrimental to the one making such contact. Any non- Old One creature using a psionic mind-affecting effect on an Octopoid must make a Will save (DC 36) or become Insane as the incredible vistas of time and space that the Octopoid has lived through, and the mind-blasting knowledge of reality that it knows, seep backward through the psionic link into the manifester's own mind. This Insanity persists until removed with an effect such as Greater Restoration, Heal, Limited Wish, Miracle, or Wish. The save DC is CHA-based.

Alternate Form (Su): An Octopoid can assume one of several alternate forms at will, as a standard action. This works as though the creature used the Polymorph spell except that any gear or treasure it is carrying is not affected, and it does not regain hit points (however, if its CON score changes, its hit points will as well to reflect that change). An Octopoid can assume the forms of a bloated gray Aboleth, a large Illithid of any desired color, a Kraken, or its natural form as described above. The combat statistics for each of the four forms vary slightly from form to form, as shown in the table above; notably, whatever its form, an Octopoid has three racial bonus feats, but the feats it gains in each form are different. If an Octopoid shifts form while holding one or more opponents (using its Improved Grab ability; see below), then those creatures are released during the change.
    In addition to altering shape, an Octopoid can alter its size at will, anywhere within two size categories larger or smaller than the "natural" size for its form- thus, an Octopoid in its natural shape can shrink itself to as small as Medium, or expand itself to as large as Colossal. The creature gains the standard changes to physical ability scores for changing size, as noted in the Monster Manual (page 291). When going down one or more sizes, reverse the changes given in the table- for instance, when going from Huge to Medium size, an Octopoid gains -16 STR, -8 CON, +4 DEX, and -5 natural armor. The Octopoid's speed values for its current form do not change with size.

Constrict (Ex): Octopoids in Kraken form can constrict opponents grappled in their tentacles or arms, dealing automatic attack damage with each successful grapple check. Octopoids in natural form can Constrict with their tentacles only, but often use their Snatch feat to grab and fling opponents using their massive claws.

Extract (Ex): In Illithid form, an Octopoid that begins its turn with all four of its tentacles attached to an opponent's head and that makes a successful grapple check extracts the creature's brain, killing it instantly. This power is useless against Constructs (including Living Constructs), Deathless, Elementals, Oozes, most Plants, and Undead. It is not instantly fatal to creatures with multiple heads, such as Ettins and Hydras.

Foresight (Su): Octopoids have frightfully powerful telepathic gifts, and one manifestation of these gifts is that an Octopoid can read its opponents' minds in combat well enough to understand what they are about to do. This grants it an insight bonus to its AC and attack rolls, and also to the save DCs of its spell-like abilities, equal to its INT bonus. These bonuses are included in the statistics given above. It is important to note, however, that an Octopoid does not get these bonuses in combat against mindless opponents (such as most Oozes), because they have no minds to read.

Frightful Presence (Su): In any form, an Octopoid can radiate an aura of awesome might and age, which frightens creatures that come or remain within 60 feet of it. The Octopoid may activate or deactivate this aura at will, as a free action. All creatures within 60 feet of the Octopoid while the aura is active must succeed at a DC 36 Will save or become Shaken, remaining in that condition as long as they remain within that range. The save DC is CHA-based. A creature that successfully saves is immune to that particular Octopoid's Frightful Presence for 24 hours.
    Whether an Octopoid is radiating an aura or not, creatures with INT scores of 2 or less can instinctively recognize the presence of one, and react accordingly- no such creature will ever willingly attack an Octopoid, nor even approach within 20 feet of one if it can help it. Occasionally, an Octopoid in long-term contact with such a creature can become friendly with it, at least enough for the animal not to run away when the Octopoid approaches. This aversion that low-INT creatures feel towards Octopoids is one of the only reliable ways of detecting their presence when they are trying to remain hidden, which is why many Octopoids on long-term missions go out of their way to be kind to local animals.

Horror (Su): When an Octopoid with an active Frightful Presence aura (see above) charges or attacks, the telepathic impression of its fury radiates outward along its aura and produces a greater fear effect on creatures which are within range and can witness the attack. Any creature that is affected by its Frightful Presence already must succeed at another DC 36 Will save or become Panicked, and even those creatures which are not affected (or immune) to the Octopoid's Frightful Presence must save or become Shaken. A creature must save each time it witnesses the Octopoid attack while within 60 feet of it, no matter how many times it has succeeded before. The save DC is CHA-based.

Immunities (Ex): As Old Ones, Octopoids are immune to poison, sleep effects, disease, and paralysis effects.

Improved Grab (Ex): In three of its forms, an Octopoid can use its tentacles to grapple opponents. If the Octopoid hits with an appropriate attack, it can then attempt to start a grapple as a free action without provoking an attack of opportunity. If it wins the grapple check, it establishes a hold, with different results depending on the Octopoid's current form. In natural form, the Octopoid can Constrict grabbed opponents. In Illithid form, the Octopoid attaches its tentacle to the opponent's skull as long as it is within one size category of the Octopoid (that is, an Octopoid that is currently Large can attach to Medium, Large, or Huge opponents only). In Kraken form, the Octopoid may use Improved Grab with both its Arm and Tentacle attacks, and can Constrict grabbed opponents appropriately with both.

Ink Cloud (Ex): An Octopoid in Kraken form may release a cloud of jet-black ink in an 80-foot spread once per minute, as a free action. The cloud provides total concealment, which the Octopoid normally uses to change form and/or escape a situation that is going badly for it. Creatures within the cloud are considered to be in darkness.

Jet (Ex): While in Kraken form, an Octopoid can jet backwards once per round as a full-round action. This allows it to move 560 feet in a straight line (only), but it does not provoke attacks of opportunity while Jetting.

Mind Blast (Psi): In Illithid form, an Octopoid can release a Mind Blast much like Mind Flayers can. The Octopoid's Mind Blast is a 60-foot cone, and creatures caught in the cone must make a Will save (DC 27) or be stunned for 3d4 rounds. This ability is the equivalent of a 4th-level power, and the save DC is CHA-based and includes a +2 bonus from the Ability Focus feat.

Mucus Cloud (Ex): In Aboleth form, an Octopoid generates a cloud of mucus just like a true Aboleth does. Any creature coming into contact with and inhaling this mucus must make a DC 37 Fortitude save or lose the ability to breathe air for the next 3 hours. An affected creature suffocates in 2d6 minutes if removed from the water. Renewed contact with the mucus cloud and failing another Fortitude save continues the effect for another 3 hours. The save DC is CON-based, and includes a +2 bonus from the Ability Focus feat.

Old One Qualities: Old Ones apply their CHA modifier (if positive) as a bonus to all saving throws, have Fast Healing at a rate equal to their CON modifiers (minimum 1), and do not need to sleep, eat, or breathe. Old Ones are not subject to critical hits.

Perfect Deception (Su): The incredibly powerful telepathic abilities Octopoids have allow them to create illusions that are especially convincing, and nearly impossible to see through. True Seeing and similar effects do not reveal an Octopoid's true shape, regardless of its current form, nor do they reveal any images the Octopoid generates using its Persistent Image spell-like ability (or any illusion spells it knows) to be illusions. Furthermore, the save DC of illusions created with the Persistent Image ability is increased by +2. An Octopoid may choose to suppress this illusion-enhancing ability if it wishes to, but most Octopoids instead rely on it heavily.

Power Resistance/Spell Resistance: Unlike most creatures which have Spell or Power Resistance, an Octopoid has equal resistance to both- it has SR and PR ratings of 50.

Psionics: Octopoids manifest psionic powers as 20th-level Wilders. Advanced Octopoids gain one manifester level per 2 Old One HD they gain above 30. The save DCs are CHA-based.
    Power Points: (453; save DC 21 + power level)
    Typical Powers Known: 1st- Detect Psionics, Inertial Armor; 2nd- Concussion Blast, Swarm of Crystals; 3rd- Dispel Psionics, Energy Bolt; 4th- Freedom of Movement, Psychic Reformation; 5th- Plane Shift, True Seeing; 6th- Disintegrate, Mass Cloud Mind; 7th- Energy Wave, Evade Burst; 8th- Greater Teleport, Mind Blank; 9th- Assimilate, Reality Revision.

Regeneration (Ex): In any form, an Octopoid regenerates a number of hit points per round equal to half its CON bonus (minimum 1). Octopoids take normal damage from Fire, Plasma, and Particle attacks- all other attack forms deal nonlethal damage to them.

Slime (Ex): An Octopoid in Aboleth form secretes a mutagenic slime from its tentacles that can cause a terrible affliction in creatures struck by them. Any creature hit by an Octopoid's tentacle attack while it is in Aboleth form must make a DC 37 Fortitude save or begin to transform over the next 1d4+1 minutes. The skin of an affected creature gradually becomes a clear, slimy membrane, and must be kept moistened with cool, fresh water or the creature takes 1d12 points of damage every 10 minutes. The slime also reduces the creature's natural armor bonus by 1, but never to a value less than 0. A Remove Disease spell can restore an afflicted creature to normal if cast before the transformation is complete, but after the creature fully transforms, only a Heal or Mass Heal will reverse it. The save DC is CON-based, and includes a +2 bonus from the Ability Focus feat.

Spell-Like Abilities: Using their mighty telepathic gifts to manipulate the minds and senses of creatures around them, Octopoids can use the following spell-like abilities at will: Confusion (DC 33), Dream, Nightmare (DC 34), and Persistent Image (DC 34). The caster level for these abilities is 20th, but advanced Octopoids gain one effective caster level for the purpose of using these abilities for each 2 Old One HD they gain above 30. The save DCs are CHA-based, and include an insight bonus equal to the Octopoid's INT bonus due to the creature's Foresight ability (see above).

Spells: Octopoids cast spells as 20th-level Sorcerers. Advanced Octopoids gain one caster level per 2 Old One HD they gain above 30. The save DCs are CHA-based.
    Spell Slots: (6/9/9/9/8/8/8/8/7/6; save DC 21 + spell level)
    Typical Spells Known: (9/6/6/6/6/5/5/4/3/2): 0- Arcane Mark, Clean, Create Rock, Detect Magic, Disrupt Undead, Mending, Read Magic, Resistance, Touch of Fatigue; 1st- Alarm, Endure Elements, Expeditious Retreat, Magic Missile, Shield, True Strike; 2nd- Blur, Eagle's Splendor, Glitterdust, Mirror Image, Spectral Hand, Summon Swarm; 3rd- Dispel Magic, Displacement, Fireball, Nondetection, Redirection 3, Water Breathing; 4th- Charm Monster, Detect Scrying, Dimensional Anchor, Phantasmal Killer, Scrying, Stoneskin; 5th- Break Enchantment, Feeblemind, Major Creation, Telekinesis, Wall of Force; 6th- Analyze Dweomer, Chain Lightning, Geas/Quest, Mislead, View Dimensions; 7th- Elemental Immunity, Forcecage, Project Image, Spell Turning; 8th- Horrid Wilting, Polymorph Any Object, Time Shift; 9th- Gate, Time Stop.

Stench (Ex): In any form, an Octopoid can voluntarily kill and slough off part of its alien tissues as a free action, which dissolves immediately into a stinking jelly. This does not hurt the Octopoid because of its regeneration ability, but it creates a truly horrific smell within 30 feet of the creature. Any creature with a sense of smell within 30 feet of the Octopoid when it uses this ability must make a DC 35 Fortitude save or be Nauseated for as long as it remains within 30 feet of the Octopoid, and for 1d6 × 10 minutes afterward. Creatures which succeed at the saving throw are merely Sickened instead, and only while they remain in the area. A creature that saves is immune to that Octopoid's Stench for 24 hours. The save DC is CON-based.

Telepathy (Su): Octopoids can communicate telepathically with any creature within 10 miles that has a language and that they are aware of.

Paraelemental Monolith

Combat

Elemental Qualities: Immune to poison, sleep, paralysis, and stunning. Not subject to critical hits.

Ice Monolith

Combat

Chill Metal (Su): An Ice Monolith radiates an aura of numbing cold that Chills Metal as the spell, except that everything within 40 feet of the Monolith is affected. As with the spell, it takes 3 rounds for the affected objects to reach the Freezing stage. Once it does, it remains at that stage until the Ice Monolith takes a standard action to end the effect, which causes the metal to return to its starting temperature 2 rounds later.

Magma Monolith

Combat

Burn (Ex): Those hit by a Magma Monolith's grapple or Slam attack catch on fire if they fail a Reflex save (DC 35). The fire burns for 1d4 rounds (see Catching on Fire on page 303 of the DMG). A burning creature can take a move-equivalent action to put out the flame. Creatures hitting a Magma Monolith with natural weapons or unarmed attacks take fire damage as if hit with the Monolith's attack, and must likewise make a Reflex save or catch on fire. The save DC is CON-based.

Ooze Monolith

Combat

Acid (Ex): An Ooze Monolith is composed of highly corrosive slime, and can rapidly dissolve both organic materials and metals. Any melee hit deals acid damage to the victim. The Monolith's acid deals 40 points of damage per round to metal or wooden objects. Armor or clothing dissolves and becomes useless immediately unless it succeeds at a Reflex save (DC 35). A metal or wooden weapon that strikes an Ooze Monolith also dissolves immediately unless it succeeds at a Reflex save. If an Ooze Monolith successfully grapples an opponent, the opponent's armor must likewise make a Reflex save at a -4 penalty or dissolve into uselessness. The save DC is CON-based.

Smoke Monolith

Combat

Smoke Claws (Ex): A Smoke Monolith can engulf opponents by moving on top of them. It fills the air around one opponent of Huge size or smaller without provoking an attack of opportunity. The target must succeed at a Fortitude save (DC 34) or inhale part of the creature. Smoke inside the victim solidifies into a claw or talon and begins to rip at the surrounding organs, dealing 8d6+22 damage automatically. The affected creature can attempt another Fortitude save each subsequent round to cough out the semivaporous menace. The save DC is CON-based.

Paraelemental, Primal

Combat

Elemental Qualities: Immune to poison, sleep, paralysis, and stunning. Not subject to critical hits.

Primal Ice Paraelemental

Combat

Chill Metal (Su): A Primal Ice Paraelemental radiates an aura of numbing cold that Chills Metal as the spell, except that everything within 60 feet of the Paraelemental is affected. As with the spell, it takes 3 rounds for the affected objects to reach the Freezing stage. Once it does, it remains at that stage until the Ice Paraelemental takes a standard action to end the effect, which causes the metal to return to its starting temperature 2 rounds later.

Primal Magma Paraelemental

Combat

Burn (Ex): Those hit by a Primal Magma Paraelemental's grapple or Slam attack catch on fire if they fail a Reflex save (DC 52). The fire burns for 1d4 rounds (see Catching on Fire on page 303 of the DMG). A burning creature can take a move-equivalent action to put out the flame. Creatures hitting a Magma Paraelemental with natural weapons or unarmed attacks take fire damage as if hit with the Paraelemental's attack, and must likewise make a Reflex save or catch on fire. The save DC is CON-based.

Primal Ooze Paraelemental

Combat

Acid (Ex): A Primal Ooze Paraelemental is composed of highly corrosive slime, and can rapidly dissolve both organic materials and metals. Any melee hit deals acid damage to the victim. The Paraelemental's acid deals 40 points of damage per round to metal or wooden objects. Armor or clothing dissolves and becomes useless immediately unless it succeeds at a Reflex save (DC 52). A metal or wooden weapon that strikes an Ooze Paraelemental also dissolves immediately unless it succeeds at a Reflex save. If an Ooze Paraelemental successfully grapples an opponent, the opponent's armor must likewise make a Reflex save at a -4 penalty or dissolve into uselessness. The save DC is CON-based.

Primal Smoke Paraelemental

Combat

Smoke Claws (Ex): A Primal Smoke Paraelemental can engulf opponents by moving on top of them. It fills the air around one opponent of Gargantuan size or smaller without provoking an attack of opportunity. The target must succeed at a Fortitude save (DC 51) or inhale part of the creature. Smoke inside the victim solidifies into a claw or talon and begins to rip at the surrounding organs, dealing 8d4+32 damage automatically. The affected creature can attempt another Fortitude save each subsequent round to cough out the semivaporous menace. The save DC is CON-based.

Ravenous Glow

Combat

Cleansing Vulnerability (Ex): Since a Ravenous Glow is literally made of deadly radiation, any spell or effect that destroys such radiation (such as Gammacleanse) deals damage to all Ravenous Glows caught in its area of effect. A Ravenous Glow caught in a cleansing effect on the round it is cast takes 1d10 damage per caster level, no save. If it enters the area after the actual casting, but before the duration expires (assuming the cleansing effect is temporary), then it takes 1d6 points of damage per caster level instead, and takes the same damage each round it remains within the area of the active cleansing effect. In both cases, if it survives the damage, it typically retreats at maximum possible speed from the epicenter of the effect, or from the caster if the effect was a Touch effect or Ray effect.

Engulf (Ex): A Ravenous Glow can simply cover and surround creatures that fit within its space, as a standard action. It cannot make an Incorporeal Touch attack during a round in which it Engulfs. The Ravenous Glow merely has to move over opponents, affecting as many as it can cover. Opponents can make attacks of opportunity against it, but if they do so they are not entitled to a saving throw (see below). Opponents who do not attempt attacks of opportunity must succeed on a Reflex save (CHA-based save DC 18) or be engulfed; on a success, they are pushed back or aside (opponent's choice) as the Ravenous Glow moves forward. Engulfed creatures are subject to the full effects of the Ravenous Glow's Gamma Blast ability (see above). Note that unlike most other creatures capable of Engulfing opponents, a Ravenous Glow's engulfed victims are not considered Grappled, because it is Incorporeal and therefore cannot Grapple.

Gamma Blast (Su): The Ravenous Glow's concentrated radiation erodes and corrupts any material objects the creature concentrates on, and this includes any creature hit by the Ravenous Glow's Incorporeal Touch attack or Engulfed by it. Any creature so affected must make a Fortitude save (DC 18) or take 1d6 points of Radiation damage per HD of the ooze; creatures making a successful save instead take 1d6 Radiation damage per 2 HD of the ooze. Regardless of whether or not the Fortitude save was successful, any creature that takes more than 15 points of damage from this attack must make one Radiation save (also DC 18) per 15 points of damage taken. Each failed Radiation save means the creature acquires a Mutation (see rules on Mutations in the Rules document for details). Mutations acquired this way use the rules for "effect" mutations, since they are not caused by natural radiation. Finally, each 20 points dealt to a creature this way heals the Ravenous Glow of 1d10 hit points, with any hit points in excess of its normal maximum total being gained as temporary hit points which last 1 hour. The save DCs associated with Gamma Blast are CON-based.

Incorporeal Traits: Ravenous Glows are creatures of pure energy, and do not have material bodies. They can be harmed only by other incorporeal creatures, +1 or better magic/psionic weapons, or magic or psionic powers. They have a 50% chance to ignore any damage from a corporeal source. They can pass through solid objects at will, and their attacks pass through armor. They always move silently.

Intensity (Su): A Ravenous Glow's essence is so concentrated that its melee attacks receive bonus damage based on its CHA score. This bonus damage is calculated exactly as if it were a material creature's melee attack using a STR score equal to the Glow's CHA; thus, a Ravenous Glow's Incorporeal Touch attack (which equates to a Slam) gets bonus damage equal to 1½ times its CHA bonus.

Ooze Traits: Most oozes (including Ravenous Glows) are mindless- they have no INT score, and accordingly have immunity to all Mind-Affecting effects (Charms, Compulsions, Patterns, Phantasms, and morale effects). They are blind (but have the Blindsight special quality), with immunity to gaze attacks, visual effects, illusions, and other attack forms that rely on sight. Oozes are immune to poison, sleep effects, Paralysis, Polymorph, and stunning. Oozes are not subject to critical hits, flanking, or other damage that relies on precision such as a Rogue's Sneak Attack or Scout's Skirmish bonus damage.

Resilience (Ex): Ravenous Glows are intensely concentrated patterns of radiation, and gain several bonuses as a result. First, whereas every incorporeal creature gains a Deflection bonus to AC equal to its CHA bonus, a Ravenous Glow gains double this bonus (thus, the standard Ravenous Glow above gains +6 to its AC rather than +3 as a normal Incorporeal creature would). Also, a Ravenous Glow gains double its CHA bonus to all saving throws. Finally, an advanced Ravenous Glow gains +1 to its CHA score for every 2 HD it gains above the base amount, on top of whatever other ability increases it gets.

Robot

Combat

Robot Traits: A robot possesses the following traits (unless otherwise noted in its description):

• No CON score. Robots use their CHA scores to modify Concentration checks and many special ability DCs rather than CON.
• Low-Light Vision. A robot can see four times as well as a human can under the same light conditions.
• Darkvision out to 120 feet.
• Immunity to mind-affecting effects that do not specifically state that they affect robots or intelligent machines- with the exception of Phantasms. Most robots are affected by Phantasms normally, unless they cause secondary effects (such as fear or instant death) that the robot is immune to. Some powerful robots are immune to Phantasms as well, but these have that notation in their monster descriptions.
• Immunity to emotion-causing effects.
• Vulnerability to mental ability score effects. Robots can take damage and permanent drain to their mental ability scores, and they can likewise be affected by effects which raise their mental ability scores.
• Greater bonus hit points than normal Constructs. Robots gain more bonus hit points for their size than normal creatures of the Construct type do. Fine and Diminutive robots gain no bonus hit points. Tiny robots gain 10 bonus hit points. Small robots gain 20 bonus hit points. Medium robots gain 30 bonus hit points. Large robots gain 40 bonus hit points. Huge robots gain 60 bonus hit points. Gargantuan robots gain 80 bonus hit points. Colossal robots gain 120 bonus hit points.
• Ancient Programming (Ex): Robots can always speak Ancient Taeran. They can also read and write that language and all others they are familiar with (using whatever appendages or tools they have that are capable of making the marks). They also have programmed knowledge of the civilization of the Ancients, so as to better interact with it, and accordingly have a +20 racial bonus on Craft (Technology) checks and each of several Knowledge checks. The Knowledge checks granted this bonus include Ancient Technology, History (for events up to 100 AA only), Mathematics, and Puzzles. Most robots also have specialized programming that grants similar bonuses to other Knowledge checks, but these are noted in those robots' monster descriptions. Robots can also learn to speak new languages quickly; Speak Language is always a class skill for them regardless of what (if any) class levels they take. Finally, robots receive 2 bonus skill points per hit die (with the usual quadruple amount for the first hit die). They typically use these skill points on Knowledge, Craft, or Profession skills (which are also all considered class skills for any robot regardless of class).
• Electromagnetic Vulnerability (Ex): Electromagnetic effects deal their full damage to robots. They also ignore the usual 75% chance to avoid a critical hit on a robot- if an attack dealing electromagnetic damage scores a critical hit, then the attack bypasses the robot's Fortification ability entirely and deals the critical damage.
• Robotic Fortification (Ex): Robots do have critical components, but these are typically buried deep inside their outer shells and parts, and are extremely difficult to damage as a result. Robots are not immune to critical hits like most constructs, but they are only subject to critical hits 25% of the time.
• Supernaturally Inert (Ex): Robots are, unless otherwise noted, incapable of using any Supernatural, Spell-Like, or Psi-Like abilities. They are likewise incapable of casting spells or manifesting psionic powers. A robot which gains class levels in any class does not gain any class features or abilities that fall into these categories. It gains no compensation for the loss of these abilities. Note that, because of this inability to channel or control supernatural energies, robots are invalid choices for shapeshifting spells and effects.
• Technical Proficiency (Ex): Robots are proficient with all technological devices unless otherwise noted. They do not need to make Use Ancient Device checks to operate most Ancient machinery; only Magitech devices are beyond the knowledge of most robots.
• Technological Interface (Ex): Robots are capable of "interfacing" with any technological device that uses Infotech components of any sort. As a result, they do not need to make Use Ancient Device checks to activate or interface with such devices, and can even activate and control them from a distance of up to 30 feet by concentration. A robot concentrating on controlling a device this way during a given round uses the standard "maintain concentration" action. Robots can maintain the links with such devices without actually operating them or concentrating on them, once the links are created.
      Ancient devices with intelligence, such as most robots, Cyborgs, Living Constructs, and computers, cannot be automatically controlled with the Interface. Instead, the interface is treated as a Mindlink (which requires no power points to use and is not considered supernatural in any way) with the device, and the interface possibility works both ways- the sentient machines can initiate contact with any robots within range at will. This special Mindlink, once activated, remains active for as long as the robot desires it, regardless of concentration on its part or the distance between the robot and the device it is Mindlinked to, and it is common for robots which have been in the presence of Ancient computers to be in constant contact with them. Whichever individual participating in the Mindlink has the greater total of mental ability scores (INT, WIS, and CHA) can offer the other a Suggestion at will, once per round, as a free action; thus, it is possible for powerful Ancient computers and robots to control weak-willed devices almost completely.

Death Machine

Combat

Death Throes (Ex): When a Death Machine takes enough damage to reduce it below functional levels (game translation: 0 hit points or less), a security device connected to its reactor automatically activates and destroys the reactor. This causes a massive explosion which deals 300 points of Plasma damage to all creatures and objects within 300 feet of the Death Machine at the time of its destruction (Reflex DC 50 for half damage- Evasion and Improved Evasion are irrelevant due to the extreme range and power of the energy involved); not only does this often wipe out whatever opposition remains near the site of the robot's demise and thus further the machine's goals, but it also ensures that most or all of the Death Machine's own components are vaporized or otherwise damaged beyond salvage or repair. The save DC is CHA-based. A character with enough Craft (Technology) or Knowledge (Ancient Technology) ranks may make a check against DC 50 to find salvageable components; if the check is successful, enough Silmarillium (of either Lightstone, Coldstone, Darkstone, or Mirrorstone) is found to create 1d4 shields, and 1d4 of the Death Machine's weapons may be salvaged and turned into devices usable by nonrobots. Other components may also be available at the DM's discretion; for instance, Guided Blades which were fired at relatively distant targets before the Death Machine self-destructed will almost certainly survive the blast. Salvaged components of any sort typically require 1d4+5 Craft checks with DCs of 40-50 (implying the usual week of work for each check) to repair, and require materials costing one-quarter the market value of the final device to properly put together.

Onboard Weapons Array (Ex): A Death Machine carries a wide and impressive arsenal, capable of wiping out whole armies of lesser opposition. These weapons are placed within its outer shell and do not protrude except when being fired; the Death Machine can move them internally so as to fire in any desired direction, but limited space dictates that it can never fire more than 6 individual weapons from its list in any given 90° arc around its body during any given round. It is fully capable of firing a weapon on one side and then moving it internally to its other side so as to fire the same weapon in precisely the opposite direction during the next round without even turning its body. Some weapons allow targets a save to reduce or avoid the effects; where these occur, the save is based on the Death Machine's INT modifier. The list of weapons and the damage each does, along with any special notes that apply to that particular weapon, is given in the table below.

Weapon Type	Number	Damage	Special Notes
Antimatter Pod	8	10d8/19-20 ×2	The damage type is Particle. Any target hit directly by the projectile is exposed to Lethal-25 Radiation for 1d2 rounds. Also, the weapon deals splash damage- any creature within 5 feet of the actual target or target point takes the listed damage, though a critical hit is only possible on a creature struck directly.
Cryo Pod	4	5d12/19-20 ×2	The damage type is Gelid. The weapon deals splash damage- any creature within 5 feet of the actual target or target point takes the listed damage, though a critical hit is only possible on a creature struck directly.
EM Cannon	4	6d12/19-20 ×3	The damage type is Electromagnetic. The weapon takes time to charge, and each one may be fired only once every 5 rounds.
Guided Blade	4	4d6/19-20 ×2	Aside from its much larger size, each of these devices is identical to the standard Guided Blade in the technological weapons document, and uses the same rules for aiming and hitting. The Death Machine is treated as though wearing a Guider Glove for these special Blades, though it has no such item embedded in itself. The Death Machine only has four of these blades, and cannot fire more while all four are out hunting targets.
Laser Cannon	8	6d10/19-20 ×3	The damage type is Radiation. Any target hit directly by the beam is exposed to Lethal-25 Radiation for 1d2 rounds.
Plasma Pod	4	5d12/19-20 ×3	The damage type is Plasma. The weapon deals splash damage- any creature within 5 feet of the actual target or target point takes the listed damage, though a critical hit is only possible on a creature struck directly.
Singularity Cannon	1	-	This weapon is essentially identical to a standard siege-class Singularity Cannon. It may only be fired once every 10 minutes.
Stunner Pod	8	10d8	The damage type is Subdual. The weapon deals splash damage- any creature within 20 feet of the actual target or target point takes the listed damage, though a critical hit is only possible on a creature struck directly.
Tac-Nuke Missile Launcher	1	20d10	The damage type is Plasma. The weapon actually fires a missile which explodes upon reaching the target point, dealing the listed damage within a 200-foot radius. The Death Machine has an internal fabrication device to create missiles, but only enough room in its storage rack to hold ten at a time; once all ten are fired, the Death Machine requires one hour per missile to create more.

Target Lock (Ex): Death Machines have special targetting scanners and routines in their sensor nets to enable them to destroy their targets more effectively. They have a +15 insight bonus on all ranged attacks. Furthermore, if a Death Machine uses a standard action to "lock on" to a target, its ranged attacks on that target in the next round all score automatic critical threats if they hit its AC at all. The locked-on Death Machine must still roll to confirm each critical hit. The Death Machine can only "lock on" to targets it can see within 2500 feet.

Military Programming (Ex): Death Machines carry knowledge of strategy, tactics, and espionage to rival the greatest of nonrobot soldiers. They have a +20 racial bonus on Knowledge (Cryptography), Knowledge (Games and Gambling), and Knowledge (War) checks.

Mirrorstone Plating (Ex): Much of a Death Machine's outer covering is actually made up of closely-fitted Mirrorstone plates, which (as Mirrorstone tends to do) reflect all rays, beams, and other energy that would otherwise strike the robot. Whenever a ranged touch attack is made against the Death Machine, the originator of the attack must hit its true AC rather than its Touch AC in order to actually get the intended effect upon the Death Machine. If the attack misses the Death Machine's true AC but hits its listed Touch AC, then it has struck the Mirrorstone plates and reflects away as described in the rules for Mirrorstone. Essentially, roll on the Grenade-Like Missiles table to determine where the shot actually goes; a result of 4-6 on the roll indicates that the ray was reflected back at the originator, and the attack is then rerolled against the originator's own AC as if that creature had been attacking itself all along.

Reflectoshield (Ex): All Death Machines carry an onboard Quantumtech Reflectoshield which is capable of covering the entire robot; this is fundamentally what grants the machine its +12 Deflection bonus to AC. However, the power requirements for such a shield are enormous, and the Death Machine cannot keep it constantly active. It may only activate the shield for 5 rounds out of every minute, and while it is not active it is replaced with a standard Deflector Shield that provides only the AC bonus and not the other effects of a Reflectoshield. The Death Machine is free to choose in each given round whether or not its Reflectoshield is active for that round, but if it attempts to use the Reflectoshield more than 5 rounds during any 1-minute period, the entire shield's circuitry overloads and surges out- removing the +12 Deflection bonus to its AC and attack reflection ability offline until the shield can be repaired and reactivated. A Death Machine under such circumstances needs 1 full minute of taking at least a standard action each round to repair the device before it functions again. If the shield is damaged below its standard 50-hit-point threshold somehow, it likewise requires 1 minute of work to bring back up. Since it is so much more vulnerable during such a time, any Death Machine caught with its shield down typically withdraws from combat to conduct repairs rather than risk being destroyed or captured. Only Death Machines set to guard particular locations or other charges will willingly stay in a fight without shields, and even then only if the Death Machine is clearly the best or only means of defending its charge.

Labor Robot

Combat

Rock Throwing (Ex): A labor robot in rocky terrain is capable of picking up local rocks (even cutting them out of adjacent ground, walls or cliffs with its lasers) and throwing them at opponents. Such rocks typically weigh 80-100 pounds each, and have a range increment of 140 feet. Because it gets rocks from local terrain, a labor robot does not carry a supply of rocks to throw, and therefore cannot throw any in terrain where such rocks are unavailable. Labor robots often throw rocks to drive away potentially annoying or hostile creatures from work sites; if the robots are not actively seeking to deal damage, then the rocks are thrown as "warning shots" and deliberately aimed to miss. Huge-sized labor robots, it must be moted, throw larger rocks than Large-sized ones, and do correspondingly greater damage when they do so.

Maintenance Robot

Combat

Messenger Bot

Combat

Evasion (Ex): Messenger bots are programmed to protect themselves and the information they carry at all costs, and accordingly they are designed to quickly seek refuge from explosions and other dangerous events. A messenger bot that makes its save against any attack that allows a Reflex save for half damage, instead takes no damage at all. A messenger bot which is somehow immobilized or rendered helpless does not gain the benefit of this ability.

Hologram (Ex): Messenger bots carry internal holographic projectors which can create full sight-and-sound illusions of any desired object or creature. This works essentially as the spell Minor Image (save DC 13 if required), except that the hologram cannot fill more than one 10-foot cube, the range limit is 100 feet, any sound can be created (including understandable speech), and there is no limit on the duration the bot can maintain the image. The messenger bot can create holograms at will, and need not concentrate in the standard sense to generate them, but it must take a full-round action every round an image is active to generate or maintain it. This ability, being technological rather than magical or psionic, works normally in an Anti-Magic or Psionic Static zone. The save DC to disbelieve the illusion, should such be required, is based on the robot's INT modifier.

Linguist Programming (Ex): Messenger bots carry knowledge of language and communications to rival the greatest of nonrobot diplomats. They have a +20 racial bonus on Decipher Script, Knowledge (Cryptography), and Sense Motive checks, and gain the Epic feat Polyglot as a bonus feat. A messenger bot can learn a new language- that is, one it has never encountered before- within 2d6 rounds of first encountering its script or hearing it spoken. Messenger bots cannot speak languages based on smell or taste, as they lack these senses; however, any such language that has a written component not involving smell or taste can be understood by the robot in its written form.

Policebot

Combat

Civil Programming (Ex): Policebots are programmed with skills of investigation and knowledge of city life that rivals the greatest of nonrobot detectives. They have a +20 racial bonus on Gather Information, Knowledge (Local), Knowledge (Politics), and Urban Survival checks.

Stun Projector (Ex): A Policebot has a built-in nonlethal weapon designed for crowd control. This Stun Projector operates on principles very similar to those of a Stun Pistol made for nonrobots, but is significantly more powerful, and designed to create an explosion of stunning force rather than hitting just one target. The weapon fires a projectile which is fired at a specific target, and it can deal a critical hit to a creature it is aimed at directly- but the damage is dealt in a 15-foot burst around the point of impact. Creatures within that radius take 4d8 points of nonlethal damage, with no save allowed to reduce or negate it. If the policebot aims the initial projectile at a specific target creature, and gets a critical hit, that creature takes triple damage but other creatures in the radius only take the normal 4d8 points. A policebot gains the Improved Critical feat for its Stun Projector as a bonus feat. The Stun Projector fires fast enough to allow the policebot iterative attacks with the weapon, when it can make a Full Attack.

Target Lock (Ex): Policebots have special targetting scanners and routines in their sensor nets to enable them to hit their targets more effectively. They have a +15 insight bonus on all ranged attacks. Furthermore, if a Policebot uses a standard action to "lock on" to a target, its ranged attacks on that target in the next round all score automatic critical threats if they hit its AC at all. The locked-on Policebot must still roll to confirm each critical hit. The Policebot can only "lock on" to targets it can see within 500 feet.

Warbot

Combat

Death Throes (Ex): When a Warbot takes enough damage to reduce it below functional levels (game translation: 0 hit points or less), a security device connected to its reactor automatically activates and destroys the reactor. This causes a massive explosion which deals 100 points of Plasma damage to all creatures and objects within 100 feet of the Warbot at the time of its destruction (Reflex DC 30 for half damage); not only does this often wipe out whatever opposition remains near the site of the robot's demise and thus further the machine's goals, but it also ensures that most or all of the Warbot's own components are vaporized or otherwise damaged beyond salvage or repair. The save DC is CHA-based. A character with enough Craft (Technology) or Knowledge (Ancient Technology) ranks may make a check against DC 50 to find salvageable components; if the check is successful, enough Silmarillium (of either Lightstone, Coldstone, or Darkstone) is found to create 1d3 shields, and 1d3 of the Warbot's weapons may be salvaged and turned into devices usable by nonrobots. Other components may also be available at the DM's discretion; for instance, Guided Blades which were fired at relatively distant targets before the Warbot self-destructed will almost certainly survive the blast. Salvaged components of any sort typically require 1d4+5 Craft checks with DCs of 40-50 (implying the usual week of work for each check) to repair, and require materials costing one-quarter the market value of the final device to properly put together.

Onboard Weapons Array (Ex): A Warbot carries a wide and impressive arsenal, capable of wiping out squads of lesser opposition with little effort. These weapons are placed within its outer shell and do not protrude except when being fired; the Warbot can move them internally so as to fire in any desired direction, but limited space dictates that it can never fire more than 6 individual weapons from its list in any given 90° arc around its body during any given round. It is fully capable of firing a weapon on one side and then moving it internally to its other side so as to fire the same weapon in precisely the opposite direction during the next round without even turning its body. Some weapons allow targets a save to reduce or avoid the effects; where these occur, the save is based on the Warbot's INT modifier. The list of weapons and the damage each does, along with any special notes that apply to that particular weapon, is given in the table below.

Weapon Type	Number	Damage	Special Notes
Antimatter Pod	4	6d8/19-20 ×2	The damage type is Particle. Any target hit directly by the projectile is exposed to Lethal-25 Radiation for 1d2 rounds.
Cryo Pod	2	4d8/19-20 ×2	The damage type is Gelid. The weapon deals splash damage- any creature within 5 feet of the actual target or target point takes the listed damage, though a critical hit is only possible on a creature struck directly.
EM Beamer	2	6d8/19-20 ×3	The damage type is Electromagnetic. The weapon takes time to charge, and each one may be fired only once every 5 rounds.
Guided Blade	2	4d6/19-20 ×2	Aside from its much larger size, each of these devices is identical to the standard Guided Blade in the technological weapons document, and uses the same rules for aiming and hitting. The Warbot is treated as though wearing a Guider Glove for these special Blades, though it has no such item embedded in itself. The Warbot only has two of these blades, and cannot fire more while both are out hunting targets.
Laser Pod	4	6d10/19-20 ×3	The damage type is Radiation. Any target hit directly by the beam is exposed to Lethal-25 Radiation for 1d2 rounds.
Plasma Pod	2	4d8/19-20 ×3	The damage type is Plasma. The weapon deals splash damage- any creature within 5 feet of the actual target or target point takes the listed damage, though a critical hit is only possible on a creature struck directly.
Stunner Pod	4	8d6	The damage type is Subdual. The weapon deals splash damage- any creature within 15 feet of the actual target or target point takes the listed damage, though a critical hit is only possible on a creature struck directly.

Target Lock (Ex): Warbots have special targetting scanners and routines in their sensor nets to enable them to destroy their targets more effectively. They have a +15 insight bonus on all ranged attacks. Furthermore, if a Warbot uses a standard action to "lock on" to a target, its ranged attacks on that target in the next round all score automatic critical threats if they hit its AC at all. The locked-on Warbot must still roll to confirm each critical hit. The Warbot can only "lock on" to targets it can see within 500 feet.

Military Programming (Ex): Warbots carry knowledge of strategy, tactics, and espionage to rival the greatest of nonrobot soldiers. They have a +20 racial bonus on Knowledge (Cryptography), Knowledge (Games and Gambling), and Knowledge (War) checks.

Deflector Shield (Ex): All Warbots carry an onboard Deflector Shield which is capable of covering the entire robot; this is what grants the machine its +12 Deflection bonus to AC. Should the shield be brought below its 50-hit-point threshold by damage, the Warbot needs 1 full minute of taking at least a standard action each round to repair the device before it functions again. Since it is so much more vulnerable during such a time, a Warbot caught with its shield down often withdraws from combat to conduct repairs rather than risk being destroyed or captured. Usually, only Warbots set to guard particular locations or other charges will willingly stay in a fight without shields, and even then only if the Warbot is clearly the best or only means of defending its charge.

Silmarillium Slime

Combat

Polymorph (Ex): The Silmarillium Slime can alter the outward shape and appearance of its crystalline body, and can accurately form virtually any desired shape. This allows it to effectively Polymorph (self only) at will, as a standard action, though the ability does not seem to be dependent in any way on magical or psionic energy (it can use the ability despite being at the magic-absorbing heart of the Tower). Furthermore, the Silmarillium Slime does not gain any hit points when changing forms as creatures normally do when polymorphing.

Copy (Ex): The Silmarillium Slime can use its Polymorph ability to precisely mimic any creature or object that it has ever touched, and can (in contrast to normal form-shifting powers) appear as specific individuals if it so chooses. When it hits an opponent with a Blade in combat, it will often use this ability to become a copy of that individual, if that creature has companions which are helping it fight. If it does so, the creature's companions must make a Spot check opposed by the Silmarillium Slime's Disguise in order to tell which one is the original. A creature which attempts to attack the Silmarillium Slime while is copying another creature this way, without first determining which of the two is the Slime and which is the real creature, has a 50% chance to hit either of them.

Crystal Nightmare (Su): At the start of every battle, the Silmarillium Slime scans its opponents' minds for their worst fears, and assumes a form which mimics those fears as closely as possible. Creatures which view this transformation must make Will saves (DC 30) or become Panicked for 10+1d6 minutes; creatures which save are instead merely Shaken for the same period of time. Creatures which panic normally run screaming off of the Tower level the Silmarillium Slime is on; some have even been known to throw themselves off the side of the Tower (to their almost certain deaths from the fall) rather than confront the guardian. The save DC is CHA-based.

Energy Consumption (Ex): The Silmarillium Slime can consume spells and psionic powers which create energy attacks against it- each such spell or power heals 1d6 hit points per spell/power level, with any amount above the Slime's normal hit point total being gained as temporary hit points. Only attacks which cause hit point damage are absorbed this way; magic such as Charm Monster, which normally deals no damage, work normally as long as the Slime is not already immune to it due to its natural immunities (see below). Also, this ability does not just affect actual spells or powers; even enhanced weapons or armor can be drained of power simply by touching the Silmarillium Slime. Whenever an enhanced weapon hits the Slime, it must make a Will save (DC 40) or permanently lose one "plus" of enhancement; the Silmarillium Slime heals 20 hit points (and/or gains temporary hit points) each time it drains a "plus" this way. The save DC is CON-based. Special abilities such as Flaming or Ghost Touch are not absorbed this way, but a weapon which goes below +1 due to touching the Silmarillium Slime permanently loses all of its special abilities along with the last point of enhancement. Likewise, if the Silmarillium Slime strikes an opponent wearing enhanced armor, or misses that opponent because of its armor bonus, it can absorb the energy out of the armor unless the item makes a Will save as above. Each point of bonus drained from armor or a shield heals the Slime just as weapons do. Enhancement bonuses lost to the Silmarillium Slime can be returned by re-enchanting the item (as if it were being created or upgraded), or by using a Wish or Miracle spell.

Energy Turning (Su): Once per round, when the Silmarillium Slime would normally absorb a spell or psionic power (and heal 1d6 hit points/level), it may instead "hold" the energy and release it as a free action on its next turn. Spells and powers released this way are treated as though the Silmarillium Slime itself were the caster, and are normally directed at the opponents who originated the attacks in the first place. If the Silmarillium Slime chooses to "hold" a spell or power this way, it does not heal itself or gain temporary hit points the way it would by simply absorbing the effect.

Immunities (Ex): The Silmarillium Slime is immune to disease, electric, sonic, and cold damage. It is also immune to force attacks and disintegration; force attacks heal it instead of hurting it, and disintegration (or Disruption energy damage) heals 1 hit point per die of damage the attack would normally deal. Any hit points gained in excess of the slime's normal hit point total are gained as temporary hit points.

Freezing (Ex): Though the Silmarillium Slime is immune to cold damage, cold attacks that hit it deal 2 points of temporary DEX damage for every 10 points of damage the attack would normally deal. For example, a Cone of Cold which would normally deal 40 points of damage would deal 8 points of temporary DEX damage to the Silmarillium Slime.

Amorphous (Ex): The Silmarillium Slime has no organs as such, and as a result has some of the qualities of oozes. It is immune to poison, sleep, paralysis, stunning, and critical hits.

Blindsense (Ex): The Silmarillium Slime uses its whole body as a sensory organ, and has Blindsense with a range of 60 feet. It does not normally need to make Spot or Listen rolls to detect creatures within range of its Blindsense.

Skills: ^*The Silmarillium Slime has a +8 racial bonus to Disguise checks.

Sink Worm

Combat

Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, the sink worm must hit with its bite attack. It then deals normal Bite damage and attempts to start a grapple as a free action without provoking an attack of opportunity. If it wins the grapple check, it establishes a hold and can attempt to swallow the foe in the next round. Alternatively, the sink worm has the option to conduct the grapple normally, or simply use its maw to hold the opponent (-20 penalty on grapple check, but the sink worm is not considered grappled). In either case, each successful grapple check it makes during successive rounds automatically deals Bite damage.

Swallow Whole (Ex): A sink worm can try to swallow a grabbed opponent of a smaller size than itself by making a successful grapple check. Once inside, the opponent takes 2d8+13 points of crushing damage plus 1d8 points of Acid damage per round from the worm's gizzard. A swallowed creature can climb up out of the gizzard with a successful grapple check, and return to the sink worm's maw, where another successful grapple check is needed to get free. Alternatively, a swallowed creature can try to cut its way out with either claws, or a light piercing or slashing weapon. Dealing at least 25 points of damage to the gizzard (AC 20) in this way creates an opening large enough to permit escape; once a single swallowed creature exits, muscular action closes the hole. Thus, each swallowed opponent must cut its own way out. A Gargantuan worm's interior can hold 2 Large, 8 Medium, 32 Small, 128 Tiny, or 512 Diminutive or smaller opponents.
    A Gargantuan sink worm's gizzard can hold 2 Large, 4 Medium, 8 Small, 16 Tiny, or 32 Diminutive or smaller creatures at a time.

Phase (Su): Sink worms have evolved the ability to phase through solid material much like Xorns and other natives of the Elemental Plane of Earth can. In practice, this ability works much like the spell Dimension Door, except that the sink worm can use it as a free action, and the destination need not be visible, can be inside sand (though not completely solid material such as rock), and cannot be more than 90 feet from the worm's starting position. In addition, a sink worm cannot phase itself through any material while it is carrying still-living prey in its mouth or gizzard, so worms using this ability to escape a dangerous fight usually release or vomit up swallowed prey before getting away. Sink worms normally use this ability to travel through outcroppings of solid rock; they rarely (if ever) phase to an above-ground destination because it leaves them slower and more vulnerable to attack. Occasionally, a sink worm will use the ability to get ahead of an especially fast opponent, especially if it is very hungry. Sink worms have no known limit to how often they may use this power, though they use it rarely- it is thought that they aren't smart enough to recognize more than a few situations in which the ability is useful.

Time Spider

Combat

Summon Twin (Su): 3 times per day, a Time Spider can call a copy of itself from the future to help engage its opponents. The summoning itself is a standard action that does not draw attacks of opportunity, and once completed, an exact copy of the Time Spider appears within 30 feet of the original one. The statistics, used spell-like powers, lost hit points, etc. of the copy are identical to those of the summoning Spider when it uses the ability- it is, after all, a copy from the Spider's own future, albeit only a possible future- and it acts on the same initiative number that the original Spider does. The original Spider stays in existence for 2d4 rounds after summoning the copy, and then vanishes into its own past, completing the circle- however, because the copy was from a possible future, effects which strike the original Spider (such as successful attacks) do not affect the copy as well unless they normally would. Thus, a sword hit upon the original Time Spider will not cause a wound to spontaneously appear on the summoned Spider, but a Fireball could potentially hit and damage both of them. While the original Time Spider cannot use its Summon Twin ability again before it vanishes into the past, the summoned copy is perfectly capable of using its power, should it have any remaining uses left, and it is therefore possible for a Time Spider to exist and act in four places at the same time during a particularly nasty battle.

Temporal Venom (Ex): Time Spiders secrete a special poison with their bites that cause creatures to experience time more slowly. Any creature bitten by a Time Spider must make a Fortitude save (DC 26) or take 1d4 points of temporary DEX damage, and become Slowed as if by the spell for 3d4 rounds. Unlike normal poisons, this special venom does not require a second save a minute later; its effects are restricted to the initial bite alone. The save DC is CON-based.

Timeweb (Su): Time Spiders spin webs like normal spiders do, but their webs are charged with temporal energy. As a full-round action, a Time Spider may spin a web over a target area; the web covers a 20-foot radius. Creatures in the target area may make Reflex saves (DC 26) to avoid being caught in the web, but otherwise are subject to its effects. Creatures may voluntarily fail this saving throw if they wish. The save DC is CON-based.
    As part of spinning the web, the Time Spider uses one of its spell-like abilities (see below), and the used ability affects every creature caught in the web; thus, a Time Spider could Slow many opponents at once, Haste allies, or put particularly dangerous foes into Temporal Stasis. Spells which normally affect only the caster are instead extended by the Timeweb to affect all creatures within it; thus, if a Time Spider uses Time Stop, any creatures in the Timeweb will be able to move around and prepare for several rounds just as the spell would normally affect its caster. A Time Spider which uses a caster-only spell in this way is not itself affected by it unless it is also in the Timeweb. Regardless of what the ability affects, it is spent just as if the Time Spider used it normally, so a Time Spider which uses its Temporal Stasis effect this way cannot use the power again for a full day.

Speed (Ex): Time Spiders have control over their own perception and movement through time, and during combat they use this ability to effectively Haste themselves constantly. Though it duplicates a spell, this ability cannot be dispelled or suppressed by any known means other than the Time Spider itself no longer desiring to be so fast. The statistics bonuses from Haste are included in the stat block given above.

Time Immunity (Ex): Time Spiders are immune to any effect that is time-based, such as Slow or Haste, and cannot be artificially aged (supernaturally or otherwise). This even includes powerful effects such as Reverse Time or Temporal Stasis, and a Time Spider can even act in the same time frame as a creature under the effect of Time Stop if that creature comes within sight of the Spider or tries to set up an effect to interact with it. A Time Spider can allow an effect to bypass this immunity if it chooses to do so; for example, it is possible for a Time Spider to be affected by its own Haste spell-like ability when it wants to be.

Spell-Like Abilities: At will- Clock, Haste (DC 18), and Slow (DC 18); 3/day- View Future, and View Past; 1/day- Reverse Time (DC 24), Temporal Stasis (DC 23), Time Shift (DC 23), and Time Stop. Caster level 18th. The save DCs are CHA-based.

Skills: ^*Time Spiders have a +8 racial bonus on Climb checks. They can use their STR or DEX modifier for Climb checks, whichever is higher. They can take 10 on Climb checks, even if threatened or distracted.

Viral Mind

Combat

Intellect Contagion (Su): Viral minds are given that name for a reason- they infect the minds and brains of creatures they attack, simply by touching them. Whenever a viral mind hits an opponent with its Shock attack, it writes data from itself into the opponent's brain, or destroys data that's already there; either way, this has the effect of draining one of the creature's mental ability scores (INT, WIS, or CHA). The viral mind chooses which of the three scores to drain when its Shock hits, and the affected score is permanently drained by 1d4 points (or 2d4 on a critical hit). When the viral mind drains an ability score this way, it heals 20 hit points (or 40 on a critical hit), gaining any in excess of its normal total as temporary hit points.

Invisibility (Su): Viral minds are naturally invisible, and only become visible when they want to be seen. This ability works like the spell Improved Invisibility, except that it cannot be dispelled or suppressed, and has permanent duration.

Magic Immunity (Ex): A viral mind is immune to all magical and supernatural effects, except as follows. Cold attacks effectively Haste the creature for 1 round per 10 points of damage the attack would normally deal, Electricity attacks heal the viral mind instead of harming it, and temporal and planar effects (including teleportation) work normally.

Summon Copy (Su): Once per day, a viral mind can write a copy of itself into the nearby fabric of reality, effectively summoning a second viral mind to the area. Despite being an intact program in and of itself, the summoned viral mind is loyal to its summoner just like any summoned creature. A copy viral mind has all abilities of the original except the summoning ability; viral minds never trust their copies completely, and fear being overwhelmed by out-of-control armies of copies, so they make sure that their copies are effectively sterile. The copy viral mind also has a built-in time limit to its existence, and dissipates after one hour if it is not killed beforehand.

Spell-Like Abilities: At will- Accuracy (DC 26), Blink, Charm Monster (DC 29), Clock, Confusion (DC 29), Crushing Despair (DC 29), Displacement (DC 28), Fear (DC 29), Heroism (DC 28), Hypnotism (DC 26), Inaccuracy (DC 26), Lightning Bolt (DC 28), Mental Alarm, Programmed Image (DC 31), Rage (DC 28), Strife (DC 29), Tasha's Hideous Laughter (DC 27); 3/day- Chain Lightning (DC 31), Feeblemind (DC 30), Mass Suggestion (DC 31), Screen (DC 33), Seeming (DC 30); 1/day- Alpha's Return (DC 34), Dominate Monster (DC 34), Two Minds. Caster level 30th. The save DCs are CHA-based.

Abomination Traits: Immune to polymorphing, petrification, and other form-altering attacks; not subject to energy drain, ability drain, ability damage, or death from massive damage. Immune to mind-affecting effects. Fire Resistance 20, Cold Resistance 20, nondetection, True Seeing at will, Blindsense 500 feet, telepathy out to 1000 feet.

Construct Traits: Immune to mind-affecting effects (charms, compulsions, phantasms, patterns, and morale effects), and to poison, Sleep, paralysis, stunning, disease, death effects, necromantic effects, and any effect that requires a Fortitude save unless it also works on objects. Cannot heal damage (though Fast Healing still applies). Not subject to critical hits, subdual damage, ability drain, or energy drain. Not at risk of death from massive damage, but destroyed when reduced to zero hit points or less; cannot be raised or resurrected. Darkvision 60 feet.

Incorporeal: Viral minds can be harmed only by other incorporeal creatures, +1 or better magic/psionic weapons, or magic or psionic powers. They have a 50% chance to ignore any damage from a corporeal source. They can pass through solid objects at will, and their attacks pass through armor. They always move silently.

The rules below apply to some of the monsters listed above, though some of the rules below are being put in place for future use and are not yet used (for instance, a listing for a monster of Immeasurable size- or any size above Titanic for that matter- is not likely to be added anytime soon).

The Old One Monster Type

Features: Old Ones have the following features.

• 12-sided hit dice.
• Base attack bonus equal to ¾ total Hit Dice (as Cleric).
• Good Fortitude, Reflex, and Will saves.
• Skill points equal to (4 + INT modifier, minimum 1) per Hit Die, with quadruple skill points for the first Hit Die, if the Old One has an INT score. Some Old Ones are mindless and gain no skill points or feats.

Traits: An Old One possesses the following traits (unless otherwise noted in the creature's entry).

• Darkvision out to 120 feet.
• An Old One applies its CHA modifier, if positive, as a bonus to all saving throws.
• Immunity to poison, sleep effects, disease, and paralysis effects. Note, however, that while most Old Ones are immune to the effects of poisons which affect other creature types, there are sometimes materials which are poisonous to them, but are innocuous or even helpful to normal creatures. If an Old One is vulnerable to any such materials, they will be noted in its creature entry.
• Not subject to critical hits. Old Ones have not survived through eons to reach the present time by having easily exploitable weak spots in their bodies.
• Fast Healing equal to the Old One's CON modifier (minimum 1).
• Proficient with its natural weapons. If generally humanoid in form, proficient with all simple weapons and any weapon it is described as using- often including one or more unique exotic weapons from its own culture.
• Proficient with no armor.
• Old Ones do not generally eat, sleep, or breathe.

    Old Ones typically have very high CON scores for their size, and those which are not mindless tend to have high mental scores as well. Most Old Ones are not native to the Material Plane, and have the Extraplanar subtype while on it.

The Radiation Subtype

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