Flayer Leech

Source: Alien Archive 3

CR: 4 XP: 1,200

N Tiny vermin

Init.: +4 Senses: darkvision 60 ft. Perception: +10

Defense

HP: 50

EAC: 16 KAC: 18

Fort: +8 Ref: +6 Will: +3

Offense

Speed: 30 ft., burrow 20 ft.

Melee: attach +12 or bite +12 (1d6+7 P plus drink marrow; critical bleed 1d4)

Offensive Abilities: mandible dance, mindless

Statistics

Str: +3 Dex: +5 Con: +2 Wis: +0 Int: — Cha: +0

Skills: Athletics +10, Stealth +15

Ecology

Environment: any land

Organization: solitary, pair, coil (3–6), or brood (7–12)

Special Abilities

Drink Marrow (Ex) A flayer leech has a pharyngeal proboscis that can quickly vibrate at a subsonic frequency, allowing it to easily pierce through bone and similar hardened internal structures to consume a creature’s marrow. A creature struck by a flayer leech’s bite must succeed at a DC 15 Fortitude save or be sickened for 1 minute. Further bites from the flayer leech don’t worsen this condition, only extend the duration. Mandible Dance (Su) As a full action, a flayer leech can stand its body vertically, opening each of its five petal-like jaws and gesticulating with its vast array of complex mouth parts and hooked teeth in a strange performance. Each creature within 30 feet of the flayer leech must succeed at a DC 13 Will save or be fascinated for as long as the flayer leech continues its dance and for 1 round thereafter. This is a sense-dependent, mind-affecting effect. A flayer leech can move toward a fascinated creature, enter its space, and attempt an attach attack without ending the condition. However, if the flayer leech attempts to bite a fascinated creature, the condition ends as normal.