Drake CourserCreature 12

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Source Pathfinder #167: Ready? Fight!
Perception +22 (darkvision, scent (imprecise) 30 feet, snow vision)
Languages Draconic, Tien
Skills Acrobatics +27, Athletics +23, Intimidation +19
Str +5, Dex +7, Con +5, Int -1, Wis +4, Cha +1

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AC 32; Fort +23; Reflex +25; Will +18;
HP 230
Speed 35 feet (climb 35 feet, fly 65 feet, swim 35 feet)
Immunities cold, paralyzed, unconscious
Weaknesses Fire 15

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Fangs +25 (+20, +15) to hit 1d6 Cold + 3d12+11 Piercing
Tail +25 (+20, +15) to hit (reach 10) 3d10+11 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) 30 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.

Snow Vision

Snow doesn't impair a drake courser's vision; it ignores concealment from snowfall.

Attack of Opportunity

Tail only. On a critical hit, the target is knocked Prone; if the target was using a move action, its movement ends.

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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.

Battle Dance

The drake courser makes two fangs Strikes and one tail Strike in any order. It can replace any of these Strikes with Demoralize or Step.

Buffeting Surge (move)

Frequency three times per day

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Effect The drake courser moves up to twice its Speed. It can attempt to Trip with its tail once at any point during its movement.

Freezing Mist Breath (arcane, cold, evocation)

The drake spits a ball of liquid up to 60 feet that explodes into a 20-foot burst of freezing mist. Those in the burst take 13d6 cold damage (DC 31 basic reflex save). The mist cakes all surfaces in the area with a sheet of slippery ice that turns the area into difficult terrain for 2d4 rounds. It can't use Freezing Mist Breath again for 1d6 rounds.

Ice Climb (35 feet)

A drake courser can climb on ice as though it had the listed climb Speed. It ignores difficult terrain and greater difficult terrain from ice and snow and doesn't risk falling when crossing ice.

Knockdown

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

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Effect The monster knocks the target Prone.

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Traits