196 lines
6.0 KiB
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196 lines
6.0 KiB
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ability_mods:
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cha_mod: -2
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con_mod: 6
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dex_mod: 2
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int_mod: -4
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str_mod: 7
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wis_mod: 2
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ac: 30
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ac_special: null
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alignment: N
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automatic_abilities: null
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description: 'Bulettes are fearsome predators that roam just beneath the surface of
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desolate wilderness areas. When they burrow through the ground, only the fin of
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their thickly armored backs protrudes above—at least until they are ready to leap
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out and strike their prey. Their appearance, appetite, and iconic dorsal fin have
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earned the nickname "landshark."
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A typical bulette claims a territory of approximately 500 square miles. When it
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finds an area rich in food, such as a farming village, it adds that area to its
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regular patrol route. Over the course of a few months, it can wipe entire settlements
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off the map. Bulettes are fiercely competitive creatures that battle relentlessly
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with other predators in their territory. They actively avoid contact or conflict
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with other members of their kind unless seeking a mate. Bulette pairs share territory
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and mate for life—a mated pair of bulettes being the only known exception to the
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creature''s penchant for solitude. They rear their young for a short period of time.
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The mated pair instruct the young bulette how to hunt, teaching their spawn which
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creatures are easiest to kill and which creatures to avoid. The mated pair drive
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off their young after its first successful hunt.
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The first bulettes were magically created guardians, intended to serve as frightening
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pets for a power-hungry and sadistic wizard. The technique for their creation, as
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well as their original purpose, has since been lost to history, and multiple conflicting
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accounts of ancient texts exist with dozens of wizards claiming to have been the
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first inventor of the notorious beast. Some sages postulate that the original inventor
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may have been an elf—a theory born out of little more than the curious fact that
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bulettes, for all their ravenous nature, seem to find elf flesh unpalatable. Unfortunately
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for elves who stumble into a bulette''s path, bulettes are no less likely to kill
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them than any other intruder, simply leaving the bodies unconsumed where they fall.
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**__Recall Knowledge - Animal__ (__Nature__)**: DC 24'
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hp: 120
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hp_misc: null
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immunities: null
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items: null
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knowledge_checks:
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dc: 24
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skills:
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- Nature
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languages: null
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level: 8
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melee:
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- action_cost: One Action
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damage:
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formula: 2d10+10
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type: piercing
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name: Jaws
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plus_damage: null
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to_hit: 21
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traits: null
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- action_cost: One Action
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damage:
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formula: 2d8+10
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type: slashing
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name: Claw
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plus_damage: null
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to_hit: 21
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traits:
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- agile
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name: Bulette
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perception: 16
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proactive_abilities:
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- action_cost: None
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critical_failure: null
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critical_success: null
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description: A bulette gains a +1 circumstance bonus to attack and damage rolls
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with its jaws against a specific type of creature designated as its favorite food.
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Unless otherwise stated, a bulette's favored prey is halflings. Elves are never
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a favored prey for bulettes.
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effect: null
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effects: null
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failure: null
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frequency: null
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full_description: null
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generic_description: null
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name: Favored Prey
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range: null
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raw_description: '**Favored Prey** A bulette gains a +1 circumstance bonus to attack
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and damage rolls with its jaws against a specific type of creature designated
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as its favorite food. Unless otherwise stated, a bulette''s favored prey is halflings.
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Elves are never a favored prey for bulettes.'
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requirements: null
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success: null
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traits: null
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trigger: null
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- action_cost: Two Actions
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critical_failure: null
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critical_success: null
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description: The bulette attempts a __High Jump__ or __Long Jump__ . If it's adjacent
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to an enemy at the apex of its High Jump or at the end of its Long Jump, it can
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make a claw Strike against the enemy at that moment. If the bulette jumps at least
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5 feet vertically or at least 20 feet horizontally, it can attempt two claw Strikes
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instead of one. The bulette's multiple attack penalty doesn't increase until it
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has made all the claw Strikes that are part of its Leaping Charge.
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effect: null
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effects: null
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failure: null
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frequency: null
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full_description: null
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generic_description: null
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name: Leaping Charge
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range: null
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raw_description: '**Leaping Charge** [Two Actions] The bulette attempts a __High
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Jump__ or __Long Jump__ . If it''s adjacent to an enemy at the apex of its High
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Jump or at the end of its Long Jump, it can make a claw Strike against the enemy
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at that moment. If the bulette jumps at least 5 feet vertically or at least 20
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feet horizontally, it can attempt two claw Strikes instead of one. The bulette''s
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multiple attack penalty doesn''t increase until it has made all the claw Strikes
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that are part of its Leaping Charge.'
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requirements: null
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success: null
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traits: null
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trigger: null
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- action_cost: None
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critical_failure: null
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critical_success: null
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description: A bulette jumps 10 feet up on a successful __High Jump__, or 20 feet
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up on a critical success.
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effect: null
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effects: null
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failure: null
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frequency: null
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full_description: null
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generic_description: null
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name: Powerful Jumper
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range: null
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raw_description: '**Powerful Jumper** A bulette jumps 10 feet up on a successful
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__High Jump__, or 20 feet up on a critical success.'
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requirements: null
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success: null
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traits: null
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trigger: null
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ranged: null
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rarity: Common
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resistances:
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- amount: null
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type: '>'
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ritual_lists: null
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saves:
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fort: 20
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fort_misc: null
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misc: null
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ref: 16
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ref_misc: null
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will: 14
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will_misc: null
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sense_abilities: null
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senses:
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- Perception +16
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- darkvision
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- scent (imprecise) 30 feet
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size: Huge
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skills:
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- bonus: 16
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misc: null
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name: 'Acrobatics '
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- bonus: 21
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misc: null
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name: 'Athletics '
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source:
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- abbr: Bestiary
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page_start: 48
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page_stop: null
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speed:
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- amount: 40
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type: Land
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- amount: 30
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type: burrow
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- amount: null
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type: powerful jumper
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spell_lists: null
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traits:
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- N
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- Huge
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- Animal
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type: Creature
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weaknesses: null
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