QuelauntCreature 15
Source Pathfinder Bestiary
Perception +29 (tremorsense (imprecise) 60 feet)
Languages Aklo, (can't Speak Any Language), Telepathy 100 Feet
Skills Deception +30, Intimidation +30, Occultism +27
Str +6, Dex +5, Con +4, Int +5, Wis +6, Cha +8
AC 36; Fort +27; Reflex +26; Will +31; +2 to will saves vs. emotion
HP 305
Speed 40 feet
Resistances Mental 15
Claw +30 (+26, +22) to hit (agile, magical, reach 10) 3d8+12 Slashing
Tremorsense (Imprecise) 60 feet
Tremorsense allows a monster to feel the vibrations through a solid surface caused by movement. It is an imprecise sense with a limited range (listed in the ability). Tremorsense functions only if the monster is on the same surface as the subject, and only if the subject is moving along (or burrowing through) the surface.
Telepathy 100 feet (aura, divination, magical)A monster with telepathy can communicate mentally with any creatures within the listed radius, as long as they share a language. This doesn't give any special access to their thoughts, and communicates no more information than normal speech would.
At-Will SpellsThe monster can cast its at-will spells any number of times without using up spell slots.
Constant SpellsA constant spell affects the monster without the monster needing to cast it, and its duration is unlimited. If a constant spell gets counteracted, the monster can reactivate it by spending the normal spellcasting actions the spell requires.
+2 to Will Saves vs. EmotionEmotional FocusThe quelaunt can cast the following cleric domain spells as 8th-level occult innate spells at will without spending Focus Points: Blind Ambition, Captivating Adoration, and Delusional Pride.
Emotional FrenzyThe quelaunt casts up to three spells chosen from its at-will innate spells and its emotional focus spells.
Feed on Emotion (attack, emotion, incapacitation, mental)Frequency once per round
Effect The quelaunt feeds on the emotional unrest of a single creature within 30 feet that's under a harmful emotion effect. The target must succeed at a DC 37 will save or take 4d10 mental damage and be Stunned for 1 round. If the target fails its saving throw, the quelaunt regains the same number of Hit Points and Feed on Emotion does not cost the quelaunt an action, allowing it to use another action this turn.
Rapid Strikes (attack)The quelaunt makes three melee Strikes, each against a different target within reach. The multiple attack penalty applies to each attack, but increases only after all the attacks have been made.
Spiral of Despair (emotion, mental)Trigger A creature fails a saving throw to resist one of the quelaunt's innate spells or emotional focus spells.
Effect As the quelaunt invades the triggering creature's mind and plants the seeds of negative emotions, it also strips away the target's feelings of hope or positivity. The quelaunt can immediately end a single emotion effect from which the triggering creature is benefiting.
Occult Innate Spells (DC 39, +31 to hit)
1st Level: Blind Ambition (At Will), Fear (At Will)
2nd Level: Hideous Laughter (At Will)
4th Level: Air Walk (Constant), Captivating Adoration (At Will), Delusional Pride (At Will)
5th Level: Crushing Despair
This three-armed, three-legged monster has no discernible eyes, nose, ears, or mouth or no visible means of ingesting food. Its limbs are distributed so evenly across its body that it is all but impossible to tell which way the creature is oriented at any given time. Few who witness the quelaunt linger on its alien looks for long though, as the most pressing concern quickly becomes the invasion of their minds, as the quelaunt sows doubt, sorrow, and rage. This monstrosity not only delights in the negative emotions of its prey, but feeds on them, gaining strength and sustenance from their dismay. For the quelaunt, no act is too terrible or cruel to inflict on its victims, since the more a creature suffers, the more the quelaunt feasts.
Quelaunts are known to associate with other aberrant horrors, including brain collectors and other creatures associated with the Dominion of the Black. However, the more prevalent theory paints them as more alien-perhaps invasive beings from another dimension of pure thought and feeling-and claims that in their natural state they have no physical bodies at all. Few dare speculate further; the only known autopsy of a quelaunt resulted in the researcher's suicide just days afterward and all the notes were mysteriously destroyed. Whatever secrets there are to be unlocked in the anatomy of these bizarre monsters are apparently important enough to warrant great protection from quelaunts, even after death.
Traits
Anything that doesn't list another rarity trait (uncommon, rare, or unique) automatically has the common trait. This rarity indicates that an ability, item, or spell is available to all players who meet the prerequisites for it. A creature of this rarity is generally known and can be summoned with the appropriate summon spell.