Skarak

Source: Alien Archive 4

CR: 13 XP: 25,600

N Huge magical beast

Init.: +6 Senses: darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, blindsense (vibration) 30 ft. Perception: +23

Defense

HP: 215

EAC: 27 KAC: 29

Fort: +17 Ref: +17 Will: +12

Offense

Speed: 50 ft., burrow 20 ft., climb 50 ft.

Melee: bite +27 (3d12+21 P plus swallow whole) or gore +27 (3d12+21 B & P; critical knockdown)

Ranged: tether +24 (3d12+13 B plus entangle)

Offensive Abilities: frenzied thrash, quad-stomached, snare, swallow whole (3d12+21 A; EAC 27, KAC 25, 54 HP)

Statistics

Str: +8 Dex: +6 Con: +4 Wis: +0 Int: +0 Cha: -4

Skills: Acrobatics +28, Athletics +23, Sense Motive +23

Ecology

Environment: any land

Organization: solitary, pair, or massacre (3–8)

Special Abilities

Frenzied Thrash (Ex) By abandoning any regard for its own defense, a skarak can thrash out at multiple foes at once. As a full action, a skarak can make one gore attack against each enemy of which it’s aware in its threatened area. The skarak is flat-footed until the beginning of its next turn. Quad-Stomached (Ex) A skarak has four stomachs, allowing it to continue to swallow creatures whole even after one or more creatures have cut their way out of the skarak’s gut. Snare (Su) A skarak can spin and hurl a weblike coil with a range increment of 20 feet. Any Huge or smaller creature hit by the tether is entangled (Reflex DC 19 negates). The entangled condition persists until the target escapes with a successful DC 29 Acrobatics or Athletics check as a standard action, the target cuts itself free with a slashing weapon (EAC 27, KAC 25, 27 HP), or 1d10 minutes pass, at which point the tether’s adhesive becomes weak enough to escape automatically. As a move action, a skarak can teleport a creature it has entangled with its tether to any square within its reach (Will DC 19 negates); the creature must be within 60 feet of the skarak to be teleported, and the target cannot be teleported to a space that is intrinsically dangerous, such as over a pit. This movement does not provoke attacks of opportunity.