Utesra

Source: Alien Archive 4

CR: 5 XP: 1,600

N Medium vermin

Init.: +5 Senses: blindsense (vibration) 30 ft.; darkvision 60 ft. Perception: +11

Defense

HP: 70

EAC: 17 KAC: 19

Fort: +7 Ref: +9 Will: +4

Offense

Speed: 30 ft., climb 30 ft.

Melee: bite +14 (1d6+8 P) or shock tendril +14 (1d6+5 E nonlethal plus grab; critical staggered)

Offensive Abilities: strobe

Statistics

Str: +3 Dex: +5 Con: +2 Wis: +1 Int: — Cha: -3

Skills: Stealth +11

Ecology

Environment: any hill, mountain, or urban

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

Special Abilities

Shock Tendril (Ex) An utesra can lash with its electrically charged dorsal stalk. This attack lets the utesra ensnare the target per the grab ability, though the attack result is compared to the target’s EAC to determine whether the creature is grappled or pinned. Anytime the utesra renews the grapple, it also deals the tendril’s damage and repositions the target 5 feet closer to the utesra, plus 5 more feet for every 5 by which the attack exceeds the target’s EAC + 4. If the target ends the forced movement within the utesra’s normal reach, it can bite the target as a move action. A creature can sever a shock tendril by dealing 20 points of slashing damage to it (the tendril has the same AC as the utesra). An utesra can regenerate a severed tendril over the course of a week. Strobe (Ex) As a standard action, an utesra can flicker one or more of its dorsal stalks until the beginning of its next turn, creating subtle, calming electromagnetic vibrations. The utesra can maintain this strobing each round as a move action. Any creature other than an utesra within 60 feet of the utesra and able to see the display becomes fascinated (Will DC 13 negates) for as long as the utesra continues to strobe, though threatening actions can potentially break the effect as normal. A creature that succeeds at this saving throw is immune to the strobe of utesras (but not utesra phylarchs) for 24 hours. The utesra can’t concurrently use a stalk to create a shock tendril and to strobe.