BaomalCreature 20

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Source Pathfinder Bestiary
Perception +34 (darkvision, scent (imprecise) 80 feet)
Languages Aklo
Skills Athletics +41, Stealth +31, Survival +37
Str +10, Dex +2, Con +8, Int -3, Wis +6, Cha +1

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AC 48 all-around vision; Fort +36; Reflex +30; Will +34;
HP 315
Speed 50 feet (swim 80 feet)
Resistances Physical 10

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Jaws +38 (+33, +28) to hit (reach 20) 4d12+18 Piercing
Tsunami Jet +38 (+33, +28) to hit (brutal, range 500) 4d10+18 Bludgeoning

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Darkvision

A monster with darkvision can see perfectly well in areas of darkness and dim light, though such vision is in black and white only. Some forms of magical darkness, such as a 4th-level Darkness spell, block normal darkvision. A monster with Greater Darkvision, however, can see through even these forms of magical darkness.

Scent (Imprecise) 80 feet

Scent involves sensing creatures or objects by smell, and is usually a vague sense. The range is listed in the ability, and it functions only if the creature or object being detected emits an aroma (for instance, incorporeal creatures usually do not exude an aroma).

If a creature emits a heavy aroma or is upwind, the GM can double or even triple the range of scent abilities used to detect that creature, and the GM can reduce the range if a creature is downwind.

All-Around Vision

This monster can see in all directions simultaneously, and therefore can't be flanked.

Attack of Opportunity

Trigger A creature within the monster's reach uses a manipulate action or a move action, makes a ranged attack, or leaves a square during a move action it's using.

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Effect The monster attempts a melee Strike against the triggering creature. If the attack is a critical hit and the trigger was a manipulate action, the monster disrupts that action. This Strike doesn't count toward the monster's multiple attack penalty, and its multiple attack penalty doesn't apply to this Strike.

Double Opportunity

A baomal gains an extra reaction each round that it can use only to make an Attack of Opportunity. It must use a different head for each one it attempts, and it can't make more than one Attack of Opportunity for the same triggering action.

Psychic Static Aura (aura, divination, mental, occult)

120 feet Aura

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All creatures, except aberrations, that begin their turn in the area take 5d6 mental damage.

Two Heads

Any ability that would sever a baomal's head (such as a critical hit with a Vorpal weapon) severs one head at random. Losing one head doesn't kill a baomal, but it does prevent the baomal from making Strikes with the lost head and from using Double Opportunity or Two-Headed Strike.

Breath of the Sea (attack)

A baomal can inhale tremendous amounts of water, drawing everything in the sea nearby closer. All creatures and objects in the water within 60 feet of the baomal (including ships) are pulled toward it. Creatures must succeed at a DC 42 athletics check or be pulled up to 20 feet toward the baomal (40 feet on a critical failure). For ships, use the captain's Sailing Lore in place of Athletics. Unattended objects are automatically pulled.

Shell Rake (move)

The baomal Swims or Strides alongside a creature or the hull of a vessel, dealing damage with the strong spikes on its shell. Each creature or ship the baomal is adjacent to at any point during its movement takes 6d6+10 slashing and piercing damage (DC 42 basic reflex save). Against vessels, Shell Rake ignores the first 5 Hardness and creates an explosion of splinters that deals 3d6+5 damage to every creature within 10 feet of the deck's edge (DC 42 basic reflex save).

Two-Headed Strike

The baomal makes a Strike with each set of jaws, each against a different creature. These Strikes count as one attack for the baomal's multiple attack penalty, and the penalty doesn't increase until after both attacks.

Improved Grab

The monster can use Grab as a free action triggered by a hit with its initial attack. A monster with Improved Grab still needs to spend an action to extend the duration for creatures it already has Grabbed.

Push 40 feet

Requirements The monster's last action was a success with a Strike that lists Push in its damage entry.

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Effect The monster automatically knocks the target away from the monster. Unless otherwise noted in the ability description, the creature is pushed 5 feet. If the attack was a critical hit, this distance is doubled.

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Few sea monsters are as dreaded and feared as the two-headed baomal. These massive predatory beasts typically dwell in the deepest waters and compete with krakens and other monsters for food. They feed on whales and other large sea creatures, sometimes following them to the water's surface. Near the surface, baomals that encounter ships quickly learn that they contain a variety of tasty morsels. The creatures use their devastating spikes to rip open the ships' hulls, then leisurely feed on the helpless sailors.

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