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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 5376215" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p><strong>Fearsome Critters from Lumberjack Tales - The Splinter Cat</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Splinter Cat</span></strong></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Medium Magical Beast</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Hit</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> <strong>Dice:</strong> 5d10+10 (37 hp)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Initiative:</strong> +3</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Speed:</strong> 40 ft. (8 squares), climb 30 ft.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Armor</strong> <strong>Class:</strong> 17 (+3 Dex, +4 natural), touch 13, flat-footed 14</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Base</strong> <strong>Attack/Grapple:</strong> +5/+9</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Attack:</strong> Axhead +9 melee (1d12+6/19-20×3)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Full</strong> <strong>Attack:</strong> Axhead +9 melee (1d12+6/19-20×3) and 2 claws +4 melee (1d3+2)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Space/Reach:</strong> 5 ft./ 5 ft.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Special</strong> <strong>Attacks:</strong> Ax-headed, flying headbutt</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Special</strong> <strong>Qualities:</strong> Low-light vision, pounce, scent</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Saves:</strong> Fort +6, Ref +7, Will +2</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Abilities:</strong> Str 18, Dex 17, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 5</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Skills:</strong> Balance +11, Climb +12, Hide +8* (+12 in forests), Jump +20, Listen +9, Move Silently +8, Spot +5, Survival +3 (+7 track by scent)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Feats:</strong> Power Critical (axhead), Track (B), Weapon Focus (axhead)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Environment:</strong> Temperate forests</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Organization:</strong> Solitary</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Challenge</strong> <strong>Rating:</strong> 4</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Treasure:</strong> None</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Alignment:</strong> Always neutral</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Advancement:</strong> 6-9 HD (Medium)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Level</strong> <strong>Adjustment:</strong> —</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><em>The beast looks like a mountain lion except its head is shaped like an axe, complete with a razor-sharp edge.</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Splinter cats are ornery carnivores who prey on creatures that lair inside trees. Their favorite foods are honey and raccoons, but they eat squirrel, bird or even wood-boring insects when such fare is unavailable. These beasts are nocturnal, spending the day sleeping in shallow burrows and hunting throughout the night. Once it finds a hollow tree containing food, the splinter cat hurls itself at the tree with terrifying force, smashing it to splinters with its ax-like head and then eating the exposed food. Breaking open trees with its head all night leaves it with a constant headache, explaining why splinter cats have infamously foul tempers. While they do not prey on humanoids, it’s extremely unwise to approach or obstruct a splinter cat.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Splinter cats have a keen nose and amazingly good hearing, to help them find prey hidden within trees.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">A splinter cat is the size of a big cougar – from 8 to 9 feet long, including a yard of tail, with a shoulder height of about 2½ feet. They weigh 200-250 pounds.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Combat</span></strong></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Splinter cats believe a frenzied attack is the best form of defense. They may snarl a warning if they think another creature's just passing through, but if the cat feels threatened – or the intruder's just slow getting out of their way – they explode into violence. A splinter cat usually starts a fight with a Pounce. If the opponent doesn't quickly fall or flee, the splinter cat will use its Flying Headbutt attack.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Ornery to the last, splinter cats normally fight to the death rather than run away.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> <strong>Ax-Headed (Ex):</strong> A splinter cat’s ax-shaped head does slashing damage and threatens a critical on a roll of 19-20, inflicting triple damage if that critical is confirmed. If the cat makes a Charge or Dive attack its axhead does double damage (2d12+12, or 3d12+18 with a confirmed critical or Flying Headbutt attack). The splinter cat adds 1½ times its Strength bonus to its axhead attack’s damage. Furthermore, its axhead does full damage to creatures and objects with hardness values of 6 or less (such as trees) and ignores their hardness.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Dive (Ex):</strong> A splinter cat can use its ability to Fall Safely (see below) to make dive attacks, by leaping down upon a target from a tall tree or cliff. A diving splinter cat does double damage with its axhead attack (see Ax-Headed above).</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Fall Safely (Ex):</strong> A splinter cat can reduce the damage it takes from a fall by 10 dice. The cat must be conscious and free to move to use fall safely, a paralyzed or bound splinter cat takes normal falling damage.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Flying Headbutt (Su):</strong> Once per minute, as a full-round action, a splinter cat can launch itself through the air like a catapult stone, leaping up to 200 ft. to make an axhead attack with a +4 bonus to hit that automatically does critical damage if it hits (+13 melee and 3d12+18 for a typical splinter cat). Alternatively, if a Flying Headbutt hits a nonmagical wooden object it smashes it to splinters, automatically destroying all parts of the object within a 5 ft. radius. Any creature inside the shattering wooden object, such as a raccoon nesting in a hollow tree, takes 5d8 sonic damage (DC 16 Fort save for half damage), while creatures outside the wooden object within a 20 ft. radius burst are hit by splinters for 5d6 piercing damage (DC 16 Ref save for half damage). The splinter cat takes no damage from the impact of its Flying Headbutt or any resulting explosion of splinters, but if it hits an object with a hardness of 5 or higher the cat must succeed at a Fortitude save (DC 10+hardness) or be stunned for 1d2 rounds and then staggered for 1d4 rounds. A splinter cat can use its Flying Headbutt to leap <strong><em>through</em></strong> a nonmagical wooden object less than 5 feet thick, landing on the far side. The save DCs are Strength-based.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Pounce (Ex):</strong> If a splinter cat charges a foe, it can make a full attack. (Note it cannot make a Flying Headbutt as a Charge attack, since that's a full-round action.)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span> </span><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Skills</span></strong></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Splinter cats have a +4 racial bonus on Hide and Move Silently checks, a +8 racial bonus on Balance, Climb, and Listen checks and a +12 racial bonus on Jump checks. A splinter cat can always choose to take 10 on a Climb or Jump check, even if rushed or threatened.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">*In areas of tall grass or heavy undergrowth, the Hide bonus improves to +8.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">*Splinter cats have a +4 racial bonus on Survival checks when tracking by scent.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Lore Checks</span></strong></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>DC 13</strong> - Now a splinter cat's like a puma with the head of an ax. Splinter cats eat critters what live inside hollow trees, like raccoons or squirrels. They get to their food by hurling themselves face-first at trees, hitting so hard the tree smashes to kindling. A splinter cat sleeps during daytime in some cubby, then spends all night finding coon-trees to smash open. Those blasted cats can ruin whole stands of timber in a night.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>DC 18</strong> - Splinter cats you say? Mean critters, <em>real</em> mean. Smart folk never get in the way of a splinter cat, 'cause they've always got a sore head from splitting open trees with their face. Their favourite meat's raccoon you know. Heard of a fellow who went to sleep one night leaning against a tree while wearing a coon-skin cap. Splinter cat mistook him for a coon and jumped <em>right through </em>that tree. Blasted it apart like a thunderbolt. Fellow was ripped to death by the shrapnel.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>DC 23</strong> - Ya, I know ze splinter cat. Zat cat, she really loves honey. If you wants to catch a splinter cat, I would say ze best bait to use is honey. Ze best time to kill a splinter cat is after she break a tree into little bits. Her face may be hard, but breaking a tree wiz her head make her dizzy, as you can well understand, and she may not fight so good.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 5376215, member: 57383"] [b]Fearsome Critters from Lumberjack Tales - The Splinter Cat[/b] [SIZE=2][SIZE=4][B][FONT=Arial]Splinter Cat[/FONT][/B][/SIZE][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][FONT=Arial]Medium Magical Beast [/FONT][B][FONT=Arial]Hit[/FONT][/B][FONT=Arial] [B]Dice:[/B] 5d10+10 (37 hp) [B]Initiative:[/B] +3 [B]Speed:[/B] 40 ft. (8 squares), climb 30 ft. [B]Armor[/B] [B]Class:[/B] 17 (+3 Dex, +4 natural), touch 13, flat-footed 14 [B]Base[/B] [B]Attack/Grapple:[/B] +5/+9 [B]Attack:[/B] Axhead +9 melee (1d12+6/19-20×3) [B]Full[/B] [B]Attack:[/B] Axhead +9 melee (1d12+6/19-20×3) and 2 claws +4 melee (1d3+2) [B]Space/Reach:[/B] 5 ft./ 5 ft. [B]Special[/B] [B]Attacks:[/B] Ax-headed, flying headbutt [B]Special[/B] [B]Qualities:[/B] Low-light vision, pounce, scent [B]Saves:[/B] Fort +6, Ref +7, Will +2 [B]Abilities:[/B] Str 18, Dex 17, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 5 [B]Skills:[/B] Balance +11, Climb +12, Hide +8* (+12 in forests), Jump +20, Listen +9, Move Silently +8, Spot +5, Survival +3 (+7 track by scent) [B]Feats:[/B] Power Critical (axhead), Track (B), Weapon Focus (axhead) [B]Environment:[/B] Temperate forests [B]Organization:[/B] Solitary [B]Challenge[/B] [B]Rating:[/B] 4 [B]Treasure:[/B] None [B]Alignment:[/B] Always neutral [B]Advancement:[/B] 6-9 HD (Medium) [B]Level[/B] [B]Adjustment:[/B] — [I]The beast looks like a mountain lion except its head is shaped like an axe, complete with a razor-sharp edge.[/I] Splinter cats are ornery carnivores who prey on creatures that lair inside trees. Their favorite foods are honey and raccoons, but they eat squirrel, bird or even wood-boring insects when such fare is unavailable. These beasts are nocturnal, spending the day sleeping in shallow burrows and hunting throughout the night. Once it finds a hollow tree containing food, the splinter cat hurls itself at the tree with terrifying force, smashing it to splinters with its ax-like head and then eating the exposed food. Breaking open trees with its head all night leaves it with a constant headache, explaining why splinter cats have infamously foul tempers. While they do not prey on humanoids, it’s extremely unwise to approach or obstruct a splinter cat. Splinter cats have a keen nose and amazingly good hearing, to help them find prey hidden within trees. A splinter cat is the size of a big cougar – from 8 to 9 feet long, including a yard of tail, with a shoulder height of about 2½ feet. They weigh 200-250 pounds. [/FONT][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Arial]Combat[/FONT][/B][/SIZE][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/SIZE][FONT=Arial]Splinter cats believe a frenzied attack is the best form of defense. They may snarl a warning if they think another creature's just passing through, but if the cat feels threatened – or the intruder's just slow getting out of their way – they explode into violence. A splinter cat usually starts a fight with a Pounce. If the opponent doesn't quickly fall or flee, the splinter cat will use its Flying Headbutt attack. Ornery to the last, splinter cats normally fight to the death rather than run away. [/FONT][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial] [B]Ax-Headed (Ex):[/B] A splinter cat’s ax-shaped head does slashing damage and threatens a critical on a roll of 19-20, inflicting triple damage if that critical is confirmed. If the cat makes a Charge or Dive attack its axhead does double damage (2d12+12, or 3d12+18 with a confirmed critical or Flying Headbutt attack). The splinter cat adds 1½ times its Strength bonus to its axhead attack’s damage. Furthermore, its axhead does full damage to creatures and objects with hardness values of 6 or less (such as trees) and ignores their hardness. [B]Dive (Ex):[/B] A splinter cat can use its ability to Fall Safely (see below) to make dive attacks, by leaping down upon a target from a tall tree or cliff. A diving splinter cat does double damage with its axhead attack (see Ax-Headed above). [B]Fall Safely (Ex):[/B] A splinter cat can reduce the damage it takes from a fall by 10 dice. The cat must be conscious and free to move to use fall safely, a paralyzed or bound splinter cat takes normal falling damage. [B]Flying Headbutt (Su):[/B] Once per minute, as a full-round action, a splinter cat can launch itself through the air like a catapult stone, leaping up to 200 ft. to make an axhead attack with a +4 bonus to hit that automatically does critical damage if it hits (+13 melee and 3d12+18 for a typical splinter cat). Alternatively, if a Flying Headbutt hits a nonmagical wooden object it smashes it to splinters, automatically destroying all parts of the object within a 5 ft. radius. Any creature inside the shattering wooden object, such as a raccoon nesting in a hollow tree, takes 5d8 sonic damage (DC 16 Fort save for half damage), while creatures outside the wooden object within a 20 ft. radius burst are hit by splinters for 5d6 piercing damage (DC 16 Ref save for half damage). The splinter cat takes no damage from the impact of its Flying Headbutt or any resulting explosion of splinters, but if it hits an object with a hardness of 5 or higher the cat must succeed at a Fortitude save (DC 10+hardness) or be stunned for 1d2 rounds and then staggered for 1d4 rounds. A splinter cat can use its Flying Headbutt to leap [B][I]through[/I][/B] a nonmagical wooden object less than 5 feet thick, landing on the far side. The save DCs are Strength-based. [B]Pounce (Ex):[/B] If a splinter cat charges a foe, it can make a full attack. (Note it cannot make a Flying Headbutt as a Charge attack, since that's a full-round action.) [SIZE=3] [/SIZE] [/FONT][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Arial]Skills[/FONT][/B][/SIZE][FONT=Arial] Splinter cats have a +4 racial bonus on Hide and Move Silently checks, a +8 racial bonus on Balance, Climb, and Listen checks and a +12 racial bonus on Jump checks. A splinter cat can always choose to take 10 on a Climb or Jump check, even if rushed or threatened. *In areas of tall grass or heavy undergrowth, the Hide bonus improves to +8. *Splinter cats have a +4 racial bonus on Survival checks when tracking by scent. [/FONT][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Arial]Lore Checks[/FONT][/B][/SIZE][FONT=Arial] [B]DC 13[/B] - Now a splinter cat's like a puma with the head of an ax. Splinter cats eat critters what live inside hollow trees, like raccoons or squirrels. They get to their food by hurling themselves face-first at trees, hitting so hard the tree smashes to kindling. A splinter cat sleeps during daytime in some cubby, then spends all night finding coon-trees to smash open. Those blasted cats can ruin whole stands of timber in a night. [B]DC 18[/B] - Splinter cats you say? Mean critters, [I]real[/I] mean. Smart folk never get in the way of a splinter cat, 'cause they've always got a sore head from splitting open trees with their face. Their favourite meat's raccoon you know. Heard of a fellow who went to sleep one night leaning against a tree while wearing a coon-skin cap. Splinter cat mistook him for a coon and jumped [I]right through [/I]that tree. Blasted it apart like a thunderbolt. Fellow was ripped to death by the shrapnel. [B]DC 23[/B] - Ya, I know ze splinter cat. Zat cat, she really loves honey. If you wants to catch a splinter cat, I would say ze best bait to use is honey. Ze best time to kill a splinter cat is after she break a tree into little bits. Her face may be hard, but breaking a tree wiz her head make her dizzy, as you can well understand, and she may not fight so good.[/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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