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 active_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 failure: null frequency: null full_description: null generic_description: null maximum_duration: null name: Reel In range: null raw_description: '**Reel In** [One Action] The drakauthix pulls all creatures it has __grabbed__ 15 feet closer to itself.' requirements: null saving_throw: null stages: 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 failure: null frequency: null full_description: null generic_description: null maximum_duration: null name: Spore Tendrils range: null raw_description: '**Spore Tendrils** [One Action] 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 saving_throw: null stages: 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 failure: null frequency: null full_description: null generic_description: null maximum_duration: 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 saving_throw: null stages: null success: null traits: null trigger: 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 failure: null frequency: null full_description: null generic_description: null maximum_duration: 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 saving_throw: null stages: 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 level: 9 melee_attacks: - 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 ranged_attacks: 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 failure: null frequency: null full_description: null generic_description: null maximum_duration: 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 saving_throw: null stages: null success: null traits: null trigger: null senses: - 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 sources: - abbr: Bestiary page_start: '129' page_stop: null speed: - amount: 20 misc: null type: fly spell_lists: null traits: - Fungus weaknesses: - amount: 10 misc: null type: fire - amount: 10 misc: null type: slashing