I hope you enjoy the grimthane, and I'll see you tomorrow with another monster.
This fur-covered creature
is almost entirely blue, including the pair of horns jutting from its head. The
only exception is the tiger-like tail almost as long as the creature is tall.
Grimthane CR
5
XP 1,600
NE Tiny fey
Init +4; Senses blindsight 60 ft., low-light
vision; Perception +12
Aura feythane (40
ft., DC 16)
DEFENSE
AC 19, touch 17,
flat-footed 14 (+4 Dex, +1 dodge, +2 natural, +2 size)
hp 44 (8d6+16)
Fort +4, Ref +10, Will +7
Defensive Abilities
metallurgic realignment; DR 10/cold
iron; SR 16
Weaknesses blind
OFFENSE
Speed 20 ft.,
climb 20 ft.
Melee gore +10
(1d4–2 plus poison)
Space 2½ ft.; Reach 0 ft.
Special Attacks choking
teleport, death curse, poison
Spell-Like Abilities
(CL 8th; concentration +10)
3/day—charm person (DC 13), deep slumber (DC 15), stinking cloud (DC 15), vanish[APG] (DC 13)
1/day—deeper darkness, dimension door
STATISTICS
Str 6, Dex 18, Con 14, Int 15, Wis 13, Cha 15
Base Atk +4; CMB +6; CMD 13
Feats Combat
Expertise, Dodge, Skill Focus (Bluff), Weapon Finesse
Skills Acrobatics
+15 (+11 to jump), Bluff +16, Climb +12, Diplomacy +13, Escape Artist +11,
Perception +12, Sense Motive +12, Sleight of Hand +15, Stealth +19, Use Magic
Device +13
Languages Aklo, Dark
Folk, Sylvan
ECOLOGY
Environment any
underground or urban
Organization
solitary
Treasure standard
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Charm Person (Sp)
A grimthane’s charm person spell-like
ability also affects fey creatures. Fey creatures within the feythane aura take
a –4 penalty on their saves against this spell-like ability even if they are
not otherwise affected by the aura.
Choking Teleport (Sp)
If a grimthane has uses of its stinking
cloud spell-like ability remaining, it can use that spell-like ability as a
swift action when it uses dimension door.
The stinking cloud is centered on the
grimthane’s location prior to teleporting.
Death Curse (Su) When
a grimthane is killed, all creatures that harmed it are affected by the curse
of broken alliances. Curse of Broken
Alliances: save Will DC 16; effect during combat when the victim starts
its turn adjacent to an ally, the victim must succeed on a DC 16 Will save or
become confused for 1d6 rounds. The save DC is Charisma-based.
Feythane Aura (Su)
Fey creatures within a grimthane’s aura cannot attack it unless they succeed on
a DC 16 Will save. A creature that makes its save is immune to this grimthane’s
aura for 24 hours. The save DC is Charisma-based.
Grimthane Poison (Ex)
Gore—injury; save Fort DC 16, frequency 1/round for 6 rounds, effect 1d4 Wis, cure 2 consecutive saves.
Metallurgic
Realignment (Su) As a move action, a grimthane can switch its DR so silver
weapons bypass it, rather than cold iron weapons, or return its DR to normal.
It can attempt a Bluff check (opposed by a Heal or Sense Motive check) as a
free action when struck by a weapon that no longer ignores its DR to fool the
creature wielding the weapon into believing the weapon harmed it more than it did.
One-time leaders of dark fey, grimthanes found themselves
exiled from their homes due to a political falling out in the fey courts. They contented
themselves with subjugating mites for a while, but grew bored with the pitiful
creatures and moved onward. Mites hold a grudge approaching those they have for
dwarves and gnomes, and will often attack grimthanes on sight, but are careful
to stay out of range of the grimthanes’ commanding aura.
Grimthanes ally themselves with dark folk and view them as
equals. Most dark creepers reciprocate this view, but dark stalkers and more
powerful dark folk see them as pawns for their own unknowable schemes. Their
deceptively disarming appearance make them excellent spies who operate in plain
sight, as they gain the confidence of influential people and learn about a
location’s strengths and weaknesses through a series of leading but seemingly
benign questions.
Feyborne Toadstool
Aura moderate transmutation;
CL 9th
Slot —; Price 15,000 gp; Weight —
DESCRIPTION
Cultivated by grimthanes, this dark blue mushroom has small
motes of blue glowing from within the mushroom. A creature that consumes the
mushroom gains the fey creature template for 1 hour.
CONSTRUCTION
Requirements
Craft Wondrous Item, polymorph; Cost 7,500 gp
