Ta'apundoCreature 19

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Source Pathfinder #174: Shadows of the Ancients
Perception +35 (low-light vision, greensight)
Languages Common, Sylvan
Skills Acrobatics +35, Nature +33, Stealth +35, Survival +37
Str +6, Dex +10, Con +5, Int +0, Wis +10, Cha +6

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AC 45; Fort +30; Reflex +35; Will +33;
HP 440
Speed 20 feet
Weaknesses Coldiron 20, Fire 20

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Branch +24 (+20, +16) to hit (agile, finesse, magical, reach 10) 4d8+12 Bludgeoning

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Low-Light Vision

The monster can see in dim light as though it were bright light, so it ignores the Concealed condition due to dim light.

Greensight

Vegetation doesn't impair a ta'apundo's vision and doesn't provide a creature cover or concealment from a ta'apundo.

Lignification (primal, transmutation)

Trigger a non-cold iron metal object damages the ta'apundo

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Effect The ta'apundo emits a jolt of magic into the object, transforming it into wood with an unlimited duration. A thrown weapon, ammunition, or other unattended item automatically transforms; the wielder of an attended object can resist this effect with a successful DC 41 fortitude save. Dispel Magic can end the effect. While a weapon is wood, the ta'apundo's resistance applies. Once transformed, a formerly metal item's Hardness and HP change to those of wood. This typically inflicts a -2 circumstance penalty to attack rolls made with metal weapons and a -2 circumstance penalty to AC for those wearing metal armor; the GM might determine a different penalty for a specific weapon or armor.

Wood Resistance (abjuration, primal)

A ta'apundo has resistance 20 against wooden objects and unarmed attacks from creatures made mostly of wood (such as arboreals).

Branch Whip

The ta'apundo makes four branch Strikes against different targets, increasing its reach to 20 feet for these Strikes. These attacks count toward its multiple attack penalty, but this penalty doesn't increase until after all four attacks.

Woodland Stride

The ta'apundo ignores difficult and greater difficult terrain from foliage.

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The First World still holds the first rough draft of many creatures in the Material Plane, but it's hard to tell what sort of creature the ta'apundo was ever intended to be. Its bark poses significant danger to metallic objects, as it converts any metal touching it into wood as fibrous and as flexible as its own body. Capricious and skittish, ta'apundos make friends easily but consider anyone who wields or wears metal to be a hated enemy.

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Traits