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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 6105194" data-attributes="member: 57383">Illithidae, Cessirid Update to 3.5 Working DraftIllithidae, CessiridMedium Aberration (Psionic)Hit Dice: 8d8+32 (68 hp)Initiative: +3 (Dex)Speed: 50 ft, swim 40 ftArmor Class: 19 (+3 Dex, +6 natural), touch 13, flat-footed 16Base Attack/Grapple: +6/+10 [plus slime]Attack: Bite +10 melee (10d10+6 and poison)Full Attack: Bite +10 melee (10d10+6 and poison) and tentacles +5 melee touch (improved grab plus poison)Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.Special Attacks: Improved grab, poison, psi-like abilities, tripSpecial Qualities: Amphibious, light vulnerability, slime, power resistance 12, telepathySaves: Fort +6, Ref +4, Will +8 Abilities: Str 19, Dex 16, Con 19, Int 10, Wis 14, Cha 15Skills: Concentration +9, Hide +9, Jump +12, Listen +9, Move Silently +9, Spot +9, Swim +12Feats: Alertness, Open Minded, Psionic WeaponEnvironment: Any undergroundOrganization: Solitary or pack (2-20)Challenge Rating: 6Treasure: NoneAlignment: Usually lawful neutral (with evil tendencies)Advancement: 9-16 HD (Medium-Size); 17-24 HD (Large)Level Adjustment: — A pale gray creature shaped like a canine, but its beak and smooth  slimy skin show it's no dog. Its large head has oversized eyes as black  as pools of ink. Four short tentacles surround its toothless, rending  jaws. There are short spines jutting from its back. Its paws are webbed  for swimming.Cessirids are a form of illithidae analogous to pack hunting canines  like wolves or hyenas. Cessirids live in tight-knit packs that use  telepathy to cooperate with silent efficiency. The mind flayers have  used them as "hounds" for thousands of years.A cessirid stands roughly 2 feet high at the shoulder and weighs up to 150 pounds.Cessirids can  communicate telepathically with any illithid-kin    (illithids and  illithidae). Their telepathy can not "speak" to   non-illithids, but it  does allow them to understand the languages of any   intelligent  creature. Cessirids can speak Undercommon in a growling,   yapping  voice.CombatCessirids like to leap at their opponents and bite with their beaks. The  tentacles around the mouth hit automatically on every successful bite  attack, and sting with poison that disorients foes. They use their  psionic powers to locate and pursue prey, or to escape if outmatched. Amphibious (Ex): Illithidae possess both lungs and gills, and can survive indefinitely on land and in water.Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, a cessirid must hit with   its tentacles attack. It can then attempt to start a grapple as a free   action without provoking an attack of opportunity. If it wins the   grapple check, it establishes a hold and affects its opponent with its   poison.Light Vulnerability (Ex): The eyes and bodies of  illithidae are  vulnerable to normal sunlight and anything above a dim  light source.  Illumination equal to the light spell or brighter imposes  a -1 penalty  to the illithidae's attack rolls. Additionally, exposure  to full  sunlight causes 1 hit point of damage per minute to any  unprotected  illithidae.Psi-Like Abilities (Ps): At will—body equilibrium, read thoughts, psionic dimension door, empty mind, mind thrust, psychic crush and thought shield.  These abilities are as the powers manifested by a 6th-level psion. The  save DCs are Charisma-based.Poison (Ex): A cessirid's mouth-tentacles constantly ooze poison.  Any  creature hit by a cessirid's bite or tentacle attacks must save   against this venomous slime. An opponent must also save against a  cessirid's poison  every time the illithidae makes an opposed grapple  check against them. The  cessirid does not need to win the grapple  check, since mere contact is  enough to poison its foe.Cessirid Slime: Contact or injury, Fortitude save (DC 18);  initial  damage  sickened for 1d10 minutes; secondary damage 1d6 Dex and  sickened  for 1d2  hours.Slime (Ex): The slimy coating that covers the skin of  illithidae  is proof against adhesion. Illithidae are completely  protected against  the nonmagical glues of creatures such as the mimic  and the roper.  Additionally, their slimy skin imposes a -4 penalty on  all grapple  checks against them.Telepathy (Su): Cessirids can communicate telepathically with any illithid-kin within 300 feet.Trip (Ex): A cessirid that hits with a bite attack can attempt to  trip the opponent (+4 check modifier) as a free action without making a touch attack or provoking an attack of  opportunity. If the attempt fails, the opponent cannot react to trip the  cessirid. Non-Psionic CessiridsIf you wish to use cessirids in a campaign without psionic powers or the Expanded Psionics Handbook,  remove the cessirid's Psionic subtype, substitute spell resistance for  power   resistance, and give them psionics as spell-like abilities.Psionics (Sp): At will—dimension door, detect thoughts, magic missile, owl's wisdom, phantasmal killer (DC 16), shield and water walk. Effective caster level 6th. The save DCs are Charisma-based. These abilities replace the cessirid's psi-like psionics.</blockquote>

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