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 active_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.\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)" effect: null failure: null frequency: null full_description: null generic_description: null maximum_duration: 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 saving_throw: null stages: 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 failure: null frequency: null full_description: null generic_description: null maximum_duration: 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 saving_throw: null stages: 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 failure: null frequency: null full_description: null generic_description: null maximum_duration: 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 saving_throw: null stages: null success: null traits: null trigger: null alignment: CE automatic_abilities: - action_cost: Reaction critical_failure: null critical_success: null description: null effect: null failure: null frequency: null full_description: null generic_description: null maximum_duration: 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. **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. **Attack of Opportunity** [Reaction]' requirements: null saving_throw: null stages: null success: null traits: null trigger: null 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 languages: - Draconic level: 8 melee_attacks: - action_cost: One Action damage: formula: 2d6+9 type: piercing name: dragon jaws plus_damage: - formula: null type: 2d6 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 ranged_attacks: null rarity: Uncommon saves: fort: 18 fort_misc: null misc: null ref: 16 ref_misc: null will: 14 will_misc: null senses: - 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 sources: - abbr: Bestiary page_start: '63' page_stop: null speed: - amount: 25 misc: null type: Land - amount: 40 misc: null type: fly spell_lists: null traits: - Beast