ability_mods:
  cha_mod: 0
  con_mod: 4
  dex_mod: 2
  int_mod: -3
  str_mod: 6
  wis_mod: 2
ac: 27
ac_special: null
alignment: CE
automatic_abilities:
- action_cost: None
  critical_failure: null
  critical_success: null
  description: Any ability that would sever a chimera's head (such as a critical hit
    with a __vorpal__ weapon) severs one head at random. Losing a head doesn't kill
    a chimera (as long as it has one head left), but it does prevent it from making
    Strikes with the lost head or using the head's Breath Weapon.
  effect: null
  effects: null
  failure: null
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Three Headed
  range: null
  raw_description: '**Three Headed** Any ability that would sever a chimera''s head
    (such as a critical hit with a __vorpal__ weapon) severs one head at random. Losing
    a head doesn''t kill a chimera (as long as it has one head left), but it does
    prevent it from making Strikes with the lost head or using the head''s Breath
    Weapon.'
  requirements: null
  success: null
  traits: null
  trigger: null
- action_cost: None
  critical_failure: null
  critical_success: null
  description: A chimera gains 2 extra reactions each round that it can use only to
    make Attacks of Opportunity. It must use a different head for each reaction, and
    it can't use more than one on the same triggering action. If it loses one of its
    heads, it also loses one of these extra reactions.
  effect: null
  effects: null
  failure: null
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Triple Opportunity
  range: null
  raw_description: '**Triple Opportunity** A chimera gains 2 extra reactions each
    round that it can use only to make Attacks of Opportunity. It must use a different
    head for each reaction, and it can''t use more than one on the same triggering
    action. If it loses one of its heads, it also loses one of these extra reactions.'
  requirements: null
  success: null
  traits: null
  trigger: null
- action_cost: Reaction
  critical_failure: null
  critical_success: null
  description: null
  effect: You lash out at a foe that leaves an opening. Make a melee Strike against
    the triggering creature. If your attack is a critical hit and the trigger was
    a manipulate action, you disrupt that action. This Strike doesn't count toward
    your multiple attack penalty, and your multiple attack penalty doesn't apply to
    this Strike.
  effects: null
  failure: null
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Attack of Opportunity
  range: null
  raw_description: '**Attack of Opportunity** [Reaction] **Trigger** A creature within
    your reach uses a manipulate action or a move action, makes a ranged attack, or
    leaves a square during a move action it''s using. **Effect** You lash out at a
    foe that leaves an opening. Make a melee Strike against the triggering creature.
    If your attack is a critical hit and the trigger was a manipulate action, you
    disrupt that action. This Strike doesn''t count toward your multiple attack penalty,
    and your multiple attack penalty doesn''t apply to this Strike.'
  requirements: null
  success: null
  traits: null
  trigger: A creature within your reach uses a manipulate action or a move action,
    makes a ranged attack, or leaves a square during a move action it's using.
description: 'The chimera is the archetypal example of an unnatural monster made up
  of a monstrous mix of wildly different component creatures: in this case, a lion,
  a dragon, and a goat. Wild, hateful, and hungry, it tries to eat any creature it
  sees, but sometimes a strong-willed master is able to compel a chimera to serve
  as a guardian or even a mount.




  **__Recall Knowledge - Beast__ (__Arcana__, __Nature__)**: DC 26'
hp: 135
hp_misc: null
immunities: null
items: null
languages:
- Draconic
level: 8
melee:
- action_cost: One Action
  damage:
    formula: 2d6+9
    type: piercing
  name: dragon jaws
  plus_damage:
  - formula: 2d6
    type: energy damage (see draconic bite)
  to_hit: 20
  traits: null
- action_cost: One Action
  damage:
    formula: 2d10+9
    type: piercing
  name: lion jaws
  plus_damage: null
  to_hit: 20
  traits: null
- action_cost: One Action
  damage:
    formula: 2d10+9
    type: piercing
  name: goat horns
  plus_damage: null
  to_hit: 20
  traits: null
- action_cost: One Action
  damage:
    formula: 2d6+9
    type: slashing
  name: claw
  plus_damage: null
  to_hit: 20
  traits:
  - agile
name: Chimera
perception: 16
proactive_abilities:
- action_cost: Two Actions
  critical_failure: null
  critical_success: null
  description: The chimera breathes a cone or line that deals 9d6 damage to all creatures
    in the area (DC 26 basic save of a type indicated below). The color of the chimera's
    dragon head determines the area of the Breath Weapon, the type of damage it deals,
    and the type of save to avoid it. The chimera can't use Breath Weapon again for
    1d4 rounds.
  effect: null
  effects:
  - action_cost: None
    critical_failure: null
    critical_success: null
    description: 60-foot line of acid (Reflex)
    effect: null
    effects: null
    failure: null
    frequency: null
    full_description: null
    generic_description: null
    name: Black
    range: null
    raw_description: '**Black** 60-foot line of acid (Reflex)'
    requirements: null
    success: null
    traits: null
    trigger: null
  - action_cost: None
    critical_failure: null
    critical_success: null
    description: 60-foot line of electricity (Reflex)
    effect: null
    effects: null
    failure: null
    frequency: null
    full_description: null
    generic_description: null
    name: Blue
    range: null
    raw_description: '**Blue** 60-foot line of electricity (Reflex)'
    requirements: null
    success: null
    traits: null
    trigger: null
  - action_cost: None
    critical_failure: null
    critical_success: null
    description: 30-foot cone of poison (Fortitude)
    effect: null
    effects: null
    failure: null
    frequency: null
    full_description: null
    generic_description: null
    name: Green
    range: null
    raw_description: '**Green** 30-foot cone of poison (Fortitude)'
    requirements: null
    success: null
    traits: null
    trigger: null
  - action_cost: None
    critical_failure: null
    critical_success: null
    description: 30-foot cone of fire (Reflex)
    effect: null
    effects: null
    failure: null
    frequency: null
    full_description: null
    generic_description: null
    name: Red
    range: null
    raw_description: '**Red** 30-foot cone of fire (Reflex)'
    requirements: null
    success: null
    traits: null
    trigger: null
  - action_cost: None
    critical_failure: null
    critical_success: null
    description: 30-foot cone of cold (Reflex)
    effect: null
    effects: null
    failure: null
    frequency: null
    full_description: null
    generic_description: null
    name: White
    range: null
    raw_description: '**White** 30-foot cone of cold (Reflex)'
    requirements: null
    success: null
    traits: null
    trigger: null
  failure: null
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Breath Weapon
  range: null
  raw_description: "**Breath Weapon** [Two Actions]  (__arcane__, __evocation__) The\
    \ chimera breathes a cone or line that deals 9d6 damage to all creatures in the\
    \ area (DC 26 basic save of a type indicated below). The color of the chimera's\
    \ dragon head determines the area of the Breath Weapon, the type of damage it\
    \ deals, and the type of save to avoid it. The chimera can't use Breath Weapon\
    \ again for 1d4 rounds.\n\n  * **Black** 60-foot line of acid (Reflex)\n\n  *\
    \ **Blue** 60-foot line of electricity (Reflex)\n\n  * **Green** 30-foot cone\
    \ of poison (Fortitude)\n\n  * **Red** 30-foot cone of fire (Reflex)\n\n  * **White**\
    \ 30-foot cone of cold (Reflex)"
  requirements: null
  success: null
  traits:
  - arcane
  - evocation
  trigger: null
- action_cost: None
  critical_failure: null
  critical_success: null
  description: A chimera's dragon head deals an extra 2d6 damage of a type matching
    the dragon's color (see Breath Weapon).
  effect: null
  effects: null
  failure: null
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Draconic Bite
  range: null
  raw_description: '**Draconic Bite** A chimera''s dragon head deals an extra 2d6
    damage of a type matching the dragon''s color (see Breath Weapon).'
  requirements: null
  success: null
  traits: null
  trigger: null
- action_cost: Two Actions
  critical_failure: null
  critical_success: null
  description: The chimera makes a Strike with its dragon jaws, lion jaws, and goat
    horns, each at a -2 penalty and targeting a different creature. These Strikes
    count as only one attack for the chimera's multiple attack penalty, and the penalty
    doesn't increase until after it has made all three attacks.
  effect: null
  effects: null
  failure: null
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Three-Headed Strike
  range: null
  raw_description: '**Three-Headed Strike** [Two Actions]  The chimera makes a Strike
    with its dragon jaws, lion jaws, and goat horns, each at a -2 penalty and targeting
    a different creature. These Strikes count as only one attack for the chimera''s
    multiple attack penalty, and the penalty doesn''t increase until after it has
    made all three attacks.'
  requirements: null
  success: null
  traits: null
  trigger: null
ranged: null
rarity: Uncommon
resistances:
- amount: null
  type: '>'
ritual_lists: null
saves:
  fort: 18
  fort_misc: null
  misc: null
  ref: 16
  ref_misc: null
  will: 14
  will_misc: null
sense_abilities: null
senses:
- Perception +16
- darkvision
- scent (imprecise) 30 feet
size: Large
skills:
- bonus: 14
  misc: null
  name: 'Acrobatics '
- bonus: 18
  misc: null
  name: 'Athletics '
- bonus: 18
  misc: null
  name: 'Stealth '
source:
- abbr: Bestiary
  page_start: 63
  page_stop: null
speed:
- amount: 25
  type: Land
- amount: 40
  type: fly
spell_lists: null
traits:
- Uncommon
- CE
- Large
- Beast
type: Creature
weaknesses: null