Jackal GuardCreature 10

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Source Pathfinder #172: Secrets of the Temple-City
Perception +19
Languages Common, Mzunu
Skills Acrobatics +20, Athletics +23, Religion +18, Society +17, Stealth +18
Str +5, Dex +4, Con +3, Int +1, Wis +2, Cha -1

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AC 29; Fort +21; Reflex +18; Will +18;
HP 180
Speed 30 feet

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Spear +23 (+18, +13) to hit (magical) 2d8+13 Piercing
Fist +22 (+18, +14) to hit (agile, finesse, nonlethal, unarmed) 1d4+13 Bludgeoning
Spear +22 (+17, +12) to hit (magical, thrown 20) 2d8+13 Piercing

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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.

Shield Block

Trigger The monster has its shield raised and takes damage from a physical attack.

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Effect The monster snaps its shield into place to deflect a blow. The shield prevents the monster from taking an amount of damage up to the shield's Hardness. The monster and the shield each take any remaining damage, possibly breaking or destroying the shield.

Impaling Strike

Frequency once per round

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Effect The Jackal Guard lunges forward with their spear and delivers a piercing blow. The Jackal Guard Steps and then makes a melee spear Strike. On a hit, the target also takes 1d6 Persistent Bleed Damage.

Knocking Sweep

Frequency once per round

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Effect The Jackal Guard swings their weapon with a sweeping spin. They attempt separate Athletics checks to Trip any number of creatures within their reach. Each attempt counts toward the Jackal Guard's multiple attack penalty, but the multiple attack penalty doesn't increase until after they make all the attacks.

Spear Vault

Frequency once per round

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Effect The Jackal Guard uses their spear to jump over or around a creature and create an opening. The Jackal Guard Strides up to half their Speed. This movement doesn't trigger reactions. During this movement, they can move through the space of one creature, and when the Jackal Guard moves through a creature's space in this way, that creature becomes Flat-Footed until the end of the Jackal Guard's turn. If the Jackal Guard ends their movement within melee reach of at least one enemy, they can make a melee Strike against that enemy.

Grab

Requirements The monster's last action was a success with a Strike that lists Grab in its damage entry, or it has a creature grabbed using this action.

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Effect The monster automatically Grabs the target until the end of the monster's next turn. The creature is Grabbed by whichever body part the monster attacked with, and that body part can't be used to Strike creatures until the grab is ended. Using Grab extends the duration of the monster's Grab until the end of its next turn for all creatures grabbed by it. A grabbed creature can use the Escape action to get out of the grab, and the Grab ends for a grabbed creatures if the monster moves away from it.

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Traits