The Demented One
2007-07-26, 12:17 PM
Pythian
Medium Monstrous Humanoid
Hit Dice: 6d8+12 (39 hp)
Initiative: +0
Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares)
Armor Class: 16 (+2 natural, +4 chain shirt) touch 10, flat-footed 16
Base Attack/Grapple: +6/+14
Attack: Glaive +10 melee (2d8+4/x3) or Bite +5 melee (1d8+2)
Full Attack: Glaive +10/+5 melee (2d8+4/x3) and Bite +5 melee (1d8+2)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./ ft.
Special Attacks: Poison, swallow whole
Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft., powerful build, scent
Saves: Fort +4, Ref +5, Will +6
Abilities: Str 19, Dex 11, Con 14, Int 7, Wis 12, Cha 6
Skills: Listen +4, Spot +4, Survival +4 (+12 tracking)
Feats: TrackB, Power Attack, Cleave, Improved Sunder
Environment: Temperate Forests or Marshes
Organization: Solitary, clutch (2-4), raiding party (10-50 plus 1-6 1st level Barbarians and 1 4th-6th level Barbarian), or tribe (50-250 plus 50% noncombatants plus 10-25 1st-4th level Barbarians plus 5-15 5th-10th level Barbarians)
Challenge Rating: 5
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Usually Chaotic Neutral
Advancement: By class level (Favored Class: Barbarian)
Level Adjustment: +2
Pythians are a race of snake-like humanoids, distant kin of the Lizardfolk. Savage and powerful, they dwell in isolated villages, hunting and gathering for food. Pythians, being extremely isolationist and xenophobic by nature, rarely come into contact with other humanoid races, but will relentlessly attack in humanoid settlements that encroach on their villages in an attempt to drive them off. Pythians resemble lizardfolk, but are larger and more muscular, and their scale patterns tend to have patterns like that of a boa constrictor. They have a long, thick tail, and sharp, venom-laden fangs. The Pythian above had the following stats before applying racial modifiers: Str 13, Dex 11, Con 12, Int 9, Wis 10, Cha 8.
Poison (Ex)
A Pythian’s fangs are laden with a potent venom. The poison has a DC of 15, and both initial and secondary damage of 1d6 Constitution damage. The save is Constitution-based.
Swallow Whole (Ex)
A Pythian can try to swallow a grabbed opponent of Medium or smaller size by making a successful grapple check. Once inside, the opponent takes 1d4+1 points of crushing damage plus 1d4+1 points of acid damage per round from the Pythian’s digestive juices. A swallowed creature can cut its way out by dealing 2 points of damage/HD of the Pythian to its digestive tract (AC 11). Once the creature exits, muscular action closes the hole; another swallowed opponent must cut its own way out. A Pythian’s gullet can hold 1 Medium, 4 Small, or 16 Tiny or smaller creatures. A Pythian that has swallowed a creature is treated as being one step more encumbered than normal.
Powerful Build (Ex)
A Pythian’s large, muscular build allows it to function any many ways as a larger creature. Whenever a Pythian receives a size modifier to a check, such as a grapple or trip check, it is treated as being one size larger if that would be advantageous to it. It is treated as one size larger when determining whether special attacks based on size, such as improved grapple or swallow whole, can affect it. It can use weapons and items made for creatures up to one size larger than it without penalty. Its carrying capacity is determined as if it were one sizes larger. This ability stacks with other effects that would increase a Pythian’s size.
Skills
Pythians have a +8 racial bonus on all Survival checks made to track by scent.
Pythians as PC's
Pythian characters possess the following racial traits:
+6 Str, +2 Con, +2 Wis, -2 Int, -2 Cha
A Pythian's base land speed is 30 ft.
+2 natural armor.
Racial Hit Die: A Pythian begins with six levels of Monstrous Humanoid, which gives it 6d8 Hit Dice, a +6 BAB, and base saving throw bonuses of Fort +2, Ref +5, Will +5.
Racial Skills: A Pythian's Monstrous Humanoid levels give it skill points equal to 9 x (2 + Intelligence modifier). Its class skills are Listen, Spot, and Survival.
Racial Feats: A Pythian's Monstrous Humanoid levels give it three feats. In addition, a Pythian gains Track as a racial bonus feat.\
Poison: See above.
Swallow Whole: See above.
Darkvision 60 ft.
Powerful Build: See above.
Scent
Automatic Languages: Draconic. Bonus Languages: Common, Elven, Goblin, Gnoll, Orc.
Favored Class: Barbarian.
Level Adjustment: +2
Medium Monstrous Humanoid
Hit Dice: 6d8+12 (39 hp)
Initiative: +0
Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares)
Armor Class: 16 (+2 natural, +4 chain shirt) touch 10, flat-footed 16
Base Attack/Grapple: +6/+14
Attack: Glaive +10 melee (2d8+4/x3) or Bite +5 melee (1d8+2)
Full Attack: Glaive +10/+5 melee (2d8+4/x3) and Bite +5 melee (1d8+2)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./ ft.
Special Attacks: Poison, swallow whole
Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft., powerful build, scent
Saves: Fort +4, Ref +5, Will +6
Abilities: Str 19, Dex 11, Con 14, Int 7, Wis 12, Cha 6
Skills: Listen +4, Spot +4, Survival +4 (+12 tracking)
Feats: TrackB, Power Attack, Cleave, Improved Sunder
Environment: Temperate Forests or Marshes
Organization: Solitary, clutch (2-4), raiding party (10-50 plus 1-6 1st level Barbarians and 1 4th-6th level Barbarian), or tribe (50-250 plus 50% noncombatants plus 10-25 1st-4th level Barbarians plus 5-15 5th-10th level Barbarians)
Challenge Rating: 5
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Usually Chaotic Neutral
Advancement: By class level (Favored Class: Barbarian)
Level Adjustment: +2
Pythians are a race of snake-like humanoids, distant kin of the Lizardfolk. Savage and powerful, they dwell in isolated villages, hunting and gathering for food. Pythians, being extremely isolationist and xenophobic by nature, rarely come into contact with other humanoid races, but will relentlessly attack in humanoid settlements that encroach on their villages in an attempt to drive them off. Pythians resemble lizardfolk, but are larger and more muscular, and their scale patterns tend to have patterns like that of a boa constrictor. They have a long, thick tail, and sharp, venom-laden fangs. The Pythian above had the following stats before applying racial modifiers: Str 13, Dex 11, Con 12, Int 9, Wis 10, Cha 8.
Poison (Ex)
A Pythian’s fangs are laden with a potent venom. The poison has a DC of 15, and both initial and secondary damage of 1d6 Constitution damage. The save is Constitution-based.
Swallow Whole (Ex)
A Pythian can try to swallow a grabbed opponent of Medium or smaller size by making a successful grapple check. Once inside, the opponent takes 1d4+1 points of crushing damage plus 1d4+1 points of acid damage per round from the Pythian’s digestive juices. A swallowed creature can cut its way out by dealing 2 points of damage/HD of the Pythian to its digestive tract (AC 11). Once the creature exits, muscular action closes the hole; another swallowed opponent must cut its own way out. A Pythian’s gullet can hold 1 Medium, 4 Small, or 16 Tiny or smaller creatures. A Pythian that has swallowed a creature is treated as being one step more encumbered than normal.
Powerful Build (Ex)
A Pythian’s large, muscular build allows it to function any many ways as a larger creature. Whenever a Pythian receives a size modifier to a check, such as a grapple or trip check, it is treated as being one size larger if that would be advantageous to it. It is treated as one size larger when determining whether special attacks based on size, such as improved grapple or swallow whole, can affect it. It can use weapons and items made for creatures up to one size larger than it without penalty. Its carrying capacity is determined as if it were one sizes larger. This ability stacks with other effects that would increase a Pythian’s size.
Skills
Pythians have a +8 racial bonus on all Survival checks made to track by scent.
Pythians as PC's
Pythian characters possess the following racial traits:
+6 Str, +2 Con, +2 Wis, -2 Int, -2 Cha
A Pythian's base land speed is 30 ft.
+2 natural armor.
Racial Hit Die: A Pythian begins with six levels of Monstrous Humanoid, which gives it 6d8 Hit Dice, a +6 BAB, and base saving throw bonuses of Fort +2, Ref +5, Will +5.
Racial Skills: A Pythian's Monstrous Humanoid levels give it skill points equal to 9 x (2 + Intelligence modifier). Its class skills are Listen, Spot, and Survival.
Racial Feats: A Pythian's Monstrous Humanoid levels give it three feats. In addition, a Pythian gains Track as a racial bonus feat.\
Poison: See above.
Swallow Whole: See above.
Darkvision 60 ft.
Powerful Build: See above.
Scent
Automatic Languages: Draconic. Bonus Languages: Common, Elven, Goblin, Gnoll, Orc.
Favored Class: Barbarian.
Level Adjustment: +2