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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 5688994" data-attributes="member: 57383">Kappa-Ti Working DraftKappa-TiMedium Monstrous Humanoid (Aquatic)Hit Dice: 8d8+24 (60 hp)Initiative: +3Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares), swim 60 ft.Armor Class: 17 (+3 Dex, +4 natural), touch 13, flat-footed 14Base Attack/Grapple: +8/+16Attack: Claw +17 melee (1d8+8/19-20)Full Attack: 2 claws +17 melee (1d8+8/19-20)Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.Special Attacks: Dying curse, improved grab, spellsSpecial Qualities: Damage reduction 5/magic, darkvision 60 ft., fast healing 5, head bowl, water dependent, water immunitySaves: Fort +5, Ref +9, Will +8Abilities: Str 26, Dex 17, Con 16, Int 9, Wis 14, Cha 15Skills: Escape Artist +5, Hide +12, Intimidate +6, Listen +6, Swim +16Feats: Improved Critical (claw), Weapon Focus (claw), Spell Focus (enchantment)Environment: Any aquaticOrganization: Solitary or pairChallenge Rating: 9 Treasure: StandardAlignment: Always chaotic, usually evilAdvancement: By character classLevel Adjustment: — A scaly, hunchbacked creature about the size of a dwarf, with a  powerful ape-like build. Its head is flat and plump, like a squashed  toad's, with large round eyes, a long nose, and a broad mouth crammed  with hooked teeth. The crown of its head has a shallow, bowl-like  depression that seems to be full of water. The being's three-toed feet  are webbed, while its hands are more manlike apart from the long,  razor-sharp talons. Kappa-ti are more larger, stronger and faster versions of the common  kappa. Normal kappa find their more powerful relatives repulsive,  possibly because kappa-ti lack the shells of common kappa. Kappa-ti are  unsocial creatures who live alone or in mated pairs. In other respects  their behavior is the same as normal kappa, including their taste for  cucumbers and humanoid entrails. A kappa-ti stands from 4 to 5 feet tall and weighs about 180 pounds. Kappas speak Common and their own language. COMBATA kappa-ti is a cunning combatant. It uses its spells to bewilder and  weaken opponents, then attacks with their terrible claws. Kappa-ti try  to take opponents by surprise. This may be as simple as leaping from the  water, but they may use disguise self to appear as a harmless fisherman, or conceal their approach with an obscuring mist or invisibility spell. Kappa-ti are not cowardly, but spurn needless risk to their own lives.  They prefer to ambush lone travelers, and rarely attack groups without  trying to split them up first. A kappa-ti will readily retreat if it  meets effective resistance, but may return to attack again once its fast  healing heals its wounds, thereby wearing down tough foes. It is wise  enough to give up and seek easier prey if an opponent proves too  powerful for it.  Dying Curse (Su): If a kappa-ti is killed, it inflicts a   powerful  curse on the creatures that slew it. This curse can affect up   to 4  creatures, who must be within 800 feet of the kappa when it dies.   If  more than 4 creatures helped kill a kappa-ti, the curse targets  the 4   who the kappa holds most responsible for its death or, if all  are   equally culpable, the 4 closest. The targets must succeed at a DC  20 Will save or be cursed with a -4 luck   penalty on attack rolls,  saves, ability checks, and skill checks.   Furthermore, all creatures  within 30 ft. of the cursed victim (except  for creatures with a hostile  attitude to the victim) will take a -1 luck  penalty on  attack rolls,  weapon damage rolls, saves, and skill checks  until they get beyond 30  feet. A  kappa-ti's death curse cannot be  dispelled, but it can be  removed with a remove curse or similar spell if the caster succeeds at a DC 20 level check. The save DC is Charisma-based and includes a +4 racial bonus.Head Bowl (Su): The indentation on the top of a kappa's head is  filled  with water from  the lake or stream where the kappa lives.  Movement and  ordinary  actions (even combat) do not cause the water to  spill; however,  a  character grappling a kappa can empty the bowl by  winning an opposed   grapple check. This reduces the kappa's Strength and  Constitution  scores  to 8, negates its fast healing ability, and prevents it from  using its innate spellcasting ability (it can still cast any spells it  gains from other sources, such as character levels). Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, the kappa must hit with both claw attacks.Spells: A kappa-ti casts spells as an 8th level sorcerer. It can choose its spells from the sorcerer list and can also choose any cleric or druid spell with the Water descriptor, plus any shugenja or wu jen  spells from the water element. Divine spells with the Water descriptor are considered arcane spells for a kappa-ti, meaning that the creature does not need a divine focus to cast  them. Typical Spells Known (6/7/7/5/3; save DC 12 + spell level, DC 13 + spell level for Enchantments)0—acid splash, create water, daze*, detect magic, ghost sound, read magic, resistance, touch of fatigue;1st—disguise self, mage armor, obscuring mist, ray of enfeeblement, true strike;2nd—bull's strength, hideous laughter*, invisibility;3rd—dispel magic, slow;4th—charm monster*.*Enchantment spell. Water Dependent (Ex): Vampiric kappa can survive out of the water for 1 hour per 2 points of Constitution (after that, refer to the drowning rules).Water Immunity (Su): Kappas are  immune to water-based spells,  including  any spell with the word "water"  in its name and shugenja or  wu jen  spells from the water element. Skills: A kappa has a +8 racial bonus on any Swim check to perform some  special action or avoid a hazard. It can always choose to take 10 on a  Swim check, even if distracted or endangered. It can use the run action  while swimming, provided it swims in a straight line.</blockquote>

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