ability_mods: cha_mod: 4 con_mod: 0 dex_mod: 4 int_mod: -1 str_mod: 1 wis_mod: 1 ac: 22 ac_special: null alignment: CE automatic_abilities: null description: 'Harpies are filthy amalgamations of human and bird, resembling feral humans with wings, talons, and mouths full of sharp teeth. They use captivating songs to lure creatures in, then murder them while they stand transfixed. They enjoy causing confusion and fear in their prey before they strike, believing it creates a savory flavor in the flesh. Harpies can eat most creatures but strongly prefer sapient prey—humans and elves are their favorite. Although harpies will eat goblins if sufficiently hungry, they dislike their flavor and avoid eating them if possible. This doesn''t comfort goblins, of course, who have a particularly strong fear of harpies. Because their aeries often reek with the gore of their kills and careless spatters of guano, harpies carry a distinctly vile scent that canny travelers associate with danger. Harpies who roost close to civilization make better efforts to keep clean, though these efforts have mixed results. Harpies live in family groups or larger clans. They are lightweight despite their size, standing 5 feet tall and weighing only around 90 pounds. While most use relatively simple weapons, some harpies take pride in learning and mastering the use of more complex tools of war such as swords and slings. Those who master the use of the bow, in particular, are often regarded as heroes among their kind and terrors among their victims. **__Recall Knowledge - Humanoid__ (__Society__)**: DC 20' hp: 68 hp_misc: null immunities: null items: - club knowledge_checks: dc: 20 skills: - Society languages: - Common level: 5 melee: - action_cost: One Action damage: formula: 1d6+4 type: bludgeoning name: club plus_damage: null to_hit: 12 traits: null - action_cost: One Action damage: formula: 2d6+4 type: slashing name: talon plus_damage: null to_hit: 15 traits: - agile - finesse name: Harpy perception: 12 proactive_abilities: - action_cost: One Action critical_failure: As failure, but if attacked by the harpy, the creature can attempt a new save at the start of its next turn, rather than being freed at the end of the harpy's turn. critical_success: null description: 'The harpy cries out an eerie, compelling melody. Each non-harpy creature within a 300-foot aura must attempt a DC 21 Will save to avoid becoming captivated by the harpy''s song. The effect lasts for 1 round, but if the harpy uses this ability again on subsequent rounds, it extends the duration by 1 round for all affected creatures. Once a creature succeeds at any save against Captivating Song, that creature is temporarily immune to Captivating Songs for 24 hours. ' effect: null effects: null failure: The creature is fascinated, and it must spend each of its actions to move closer to the harpy as expediently as possible, while avoiding obvious dangers. If a captivated creature is adjacent to the harpy, it stays still and doesn't act. If attacked by the harpy, the creature is freed from captivation at the end of the harpy's turn. frequency: null full_description: null generic_description: null name: Captivating Song range: null raw_description: '**Captivating Song** (__auditory__, __concentrate__, __enchantment__, __incapacitation__, __mental__, __primal__) The harpy cries out an eerie, compelling melody. Each non-harpy creature within a 300-foot aura must attempt a DC 21 Will save to avoid becoming captivated by the harpy''s song. The effect lasts for 1 round, but if the harpy uses this ability again on subsequent rounds, it extends the duration by 1 round for all affected creatures. Once a creature succeeds at any save against Captivating Song, that creature is temporarily immune to Captivating Songs for 24 hours. **Success** The creature is unaffected. **Failure** The creature is __fascinated__, and it must spend each of its actions to move closer to the harpy as expediently as possible, while avoiding obvious dangers. If a captivated creature is adjacent to the harpy, it stays still and doesn''t act. If attacked by the harpy, the creature is freed from captivation at the end of the harpy''s turn. **Critical Failure** As failure, but if attacked by the harpy, the creature can attempt a new save at the start of its next turn, rather than being freed at the end of the harpy''s turn.' requirements: null success: The creature is unaffected. traits: - auditory - concentrate - enchantment - incapacitation - mental - primal trigger: null ranged: - action_cost: One Action damage: formula: 1d6+4 type: bludgeoning name: club plus_damage: null to_hit: 15 traits: - thrown 10 feet rarity: Common resistances: - amount: null type: '>' ritual_lists: null saves: fort: 9 fort_misc: null misc: null ref: 15 ref_misc: null will: 12 will_misc: null sense_abilities: null senses: - Perception +12 - darkvision size: Medium skills: - bonus: 13 misc: null name: 'Acrobatics ' - bonus: 13 misc: null name: 'Deception ' - bonus: 11 misc: null name: 'Intimidation ' - bonus: 14 misc: +16 singing name: 'Performance ' source: - abbr: Bestiary page_start: 204 page_stop: null speed: - amount: 20 type: Land - amount: 60 type: fly spell_lists: null traits: - CE - Medium - Humanoid type: Creature weaknesses: null