Shadowlurker

Medium Aberration (Incorporeal/Voidal) Hit Dice: 15d8+3 (112) Initiative: +6 Speed: Flying 60 ft (Perfect) Armor Class: 22 (+6 Dex, +6 deflection), touch 22, flat-footed 16 Base Attack/Grapple: +11/ Attack: Voidal Touch +18 (Dam: see Damage below), 19-20/x2 Full Attack: 1d4 Voidal Touch +18/+13/+8/+18 (Damage), 19-20/x2 Space/Reach: 5ft/5ft Special Attacks: Voidal Gaze, Mind-Theft Special Qualities: Blindsense, Damage Reduction (1d10)/Starsteel, Darkvision 60ft, Frightful Presence, Spell Resistance (1d20) Saves: Fort +12, Ref +15, Will +22 Abilities: Str , Dex 23, Con 16, Int 21, Wis 21, Cha 23 Skills: Bluff +21, Concentration +15, Hide +61, Intimidate +34, Move Silently +61, Sense Motive +13 Feats: Improved Critical (Voidal Touch), Skill Focus (Hide & Move Silently), Stealthy, Weapon Focus (Voidal Touch) Environment: Void/Any Organization: Solitary Challenge Rating: 15 Treasure: None Alignment: Usually Chaotic Neutral Advancement: Level Adjustment: This creature resembles a combination of a shadow and spilled oil, all with humanoid arms and head, and a face that has an insane, ghoulish grin with dull red eyes. In irregular intervals the creature briefly shifts into a combination of your worst fears. The Shadowlurker is a very intelligent and curious creature. It will seek to take the minds of all it finds in a quest to understand this reality, unwilling or incapable of understanding the damage it does to its victims. Its thinking process is completely alien to anything in this universe. It does not understand pain, damage, souls, or intelligence the same way we do. Because its physiology is so alien to us, it behaves incorporeal but sometimes can be hit like a corporeal being. It also damages its opponents by varying degrees.

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Damage d% 1-10% 11-26% 27-50% 51-80% 81-90% 97-100% Damage d6 d8 d10 d12 d20 d% Due to Shadowlurkers alien physiology and mutable nature, the damage it deals varies from attack to attack. Whenever a Shadowlurker lands an attack, use the table to determine the die size, and then roll 1d4 to determine the number of dice. For example a percentile die roll of 21% would be a d8; with a d4 roll of 2, it would be 2d8.

Frightful Presence If any creature sees a Shadowlurker, it must make a Will Save DC 24 or be shaken for 5d6 rounds. This affects any creature, even if it is immune to mind-affecting effects, unless it is a mindless creature. Special Attacks Voidal Gaze: The Shadowlurker stares deep into your eyes and shows you a glimpse of the Void. A Sanity Check is required: succeed 1d4+2 sanity damage, fail 2d6+3 sanity damage. If failed, Will DC 24 (half). Mind-Theft: The Shadowlurker reaches into your head and rips away part of your mind; it is a touch attack. If it hits, you must make a Will Save DC 24 (negate). If failed, take (1d4)d6 Wisdom damage. Also make a Sanity Check: succeed 1d2 sanity damage; fail 4d6 sanity damage. Bardic Lore DC 10: Its a creature said to steal the very minds of its victims. DC 20: The Shadowlurker is a creature of shadow and fear, resistant to all weapons except those made of the fabled Starsteel. DC 30. Its a creature from another reality entirely, a native of the Void. It does not conform to known laws of physics and can be devastatingly powerful.