ability_mods:
  cha_mod: 0
  con_mod: 6
  dex_mod: 2
  int_mod: -4
  str_mod: 7
  wis_mod: 2
ac: 25
ac_special: null
alignment: N
automatic_abilities:
- action_cost: None
  critical_failure: null
  critical_success: null
  description: Whenever the drakauthix takes at least 10 slashing damage, it releases
    a cloud of brown spores that has the effect of obscuring mist for 1 minute, centered
    around the drakauthix. This cloud of spores does not move with the drakauthix,
    nor is it displaced by its movement.
  effect: null
  effects: null
  failure: null
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Obscuring Spores
  range: null
  raw_description: '**Obscuring Spores** Whenever the drakauthix takes at least 10
    slashing damage, it releases a cloud of brown spores that has the effect of obscuring
    mist for 1 minute, centered around the drakauthix. This cloud of spores does not
    move with the drakauthix, nor is it displaced by its movement.'
  requirements: null
  success: null
  traits: null
  trigger: null
description: 'The drakauthix is a massive fungus that floats through the heights of
  the largest Darklands caverns, propelled by bladders that spray air and spores.
  A voracious but slow-moving hunter, the drakauthix prefers to ambush meaty creatures
  from above, using its hooked appendages to pull its victims upward to feed. The
  drakauthix''s digestive process is entirely external—it clings to victims, and its
  spore-laden surface slowly feeds on and grows through the flesh before the spore-infested
  carcass is discarded. As the infested body strikes the ground below, it bursts and
  releases a cloud of spores, unleashing a host of young called sporelings that immediately
  scuttle up the cavern walls to cling to its ceiling and grow.




  The drakauthix behaves no more intelligently than most predatory animals, and often
  uses a sort of symbiotic scavenger method to secure prey by capitalizing on the
  hunting methods of oozes and vermin found in the large cave systems it frequents.
  When a relatively mindless creature kills a victim, the drakauthix drifts down,
  hooks the freshly slain carcass with its tendrils, and reels in its meal. The mindless
  ooze or other creature that just had its food stolen rarely holds a grudge and simply
  slithers off to find a new quarry, letting the drakauthix digest the corpse in peace.
  Of course, the drakauthix isn''t above feasting on more active prey as well, and
  might attack an adventurer who neglects to look upward for danger when exploring
  a network of mysterious caves.




  Some Darklands-dwelling creatures, such as duergars, hunt drakauthixes for their
  flesh, which has a unique flavor with a peppery aftertaste. Subterranean races also
  make ink from drakauthixes by burning their carcasses, then grinding and pressing
  the ashes for a long time until a silvery substance congeals.




  **__Recall Knowledge - Fungus__ (__Nature__)**: DC 26'
hp: 190
hp_misc: null
immunities: null
items: null
languages: null
level: 9
melee:
- action_cost: One Action
  damage:
    formula: 3d8+9
    type: piercing
  name: Tentacle
  plus_damage:
  - formula: null
    type: Improved Grab
  to_hit: 20
  traits:
  - reach 30 feet
name: Drakauthix
perception: 17
proactive_abilities:
- action_cost: One Action
  critical_failure: null
  critical_success: null
  description: The drakauthix pulls all creatures it has __grabbed__ 15 feet closer
    to itself.
  effect: null
  effects: null
  failure: null
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Reel In
  range: null
  raw_description: '**Reel In**   The drakauthix pulls all creatures it has __grabbed__
    15 feet closer to itself.'
  requirements: null
  success: null
  traits: null
  trigger: null
- action_cost: One Action
  critical_failure: null
  critical_success: null
  description: The tendrils that cover the drakauthix's body reach out and infest
    adjacent creatures, dealing 4d6 poison damage and 1d6 __persistent__ poison damage.
    A creature can attempt a basic DC 27 Reflex save to reduce this damage, but one
    __grabbed__ by the drakauthix takes a -4 circumstance penalty to this save.
  effect: null
  effects: null
  failure: null
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Spore Tendrils
  range: null
  raw_description: '**Spore Tendrils**   The tendrils that cover the drakauthix''s
    body reach out and infest adjacent creatures, dealing 4d6 poison damage and 1d6
    __persistent__ poison damage. A creature can attempt a basic DC 27 Reflex save
    to reduce this damage, but one __grabbed__ by the drakauthix takes a -4 circumstance
    penalty to this save.'
  requirements: null
  success: null
  traits: null
  trigger: null
- action_cost: Two Actions
  critical_failure: null
  critical_success: null
  description: The drakauthix whirls, whipping creatures around it. The drakauthix
    makes a tentacle Strike against every creature within its reach.
  effect: null
  effects: null
  failure: null
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Whirlwind of Hooks
  range: null
  raw_description: '**Whirlwind of Hooks** [Two Actions]  The drakauthix whirls, whipping
    creatures around it. The drakauthix makes a tentacle Strike against every creature
    within its reach.'
  requirements: null
  success: null
  traits: null
  trigger: null
ranged: null
rarity: Common
resistances: null
ritual_lists: null
saves:
  fort: 21
  fort_misc: null
  misc: null
  ref: 13
  ref_misc: null
  will: 15
  will_misc: null
sense_abilities:
- action_cost: None
  critical_failure: null
  critical_success: null
  description: The drakauthix exudes a cloud of spores that it uses to see. This is
    an imprecise sense that functions only in areas without strong wind currents.
    Sporesight does not function underwater.
  effect: null
  effects: null
  failure: null
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Sporesight
  range: null
  raw_description: '**Sporesight** The drakauthix exudes a cloud of spores that it
    uses to see. This is an imprecise sense that functions only in areas without strong
    wind currents. Sporesight does not function underwater.'
  requirements: null
  success: null
  traits: null
  trigger: null
senses:
- Perception +17
- darkvision
- sporesight (imprecise) 60 feet
size: Huge
skills:
- bonus: 15
  misc: null
  name: 'Acrobatics '
- bonus: 20
  misc: null
  name: 'Athletics '
- bonus: 17
  misc: null
  name: 'Stealth '
source:
- abbr: Bestiary
  page_start: 129
  page_stop: null
speed:
- amount: 20
  type: fly
spell_lists: null
traits:
- N
- Huge
- Fungus
type: Creature
weaknesses:
- amount: 10
  type: fire
- amount: 10
  type: slashing
