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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nebulous" data-source="post: 7658182" data-attributes="member: 31465">I'm personally a big fan of the "different mechanics" the book utilizes. It keeps it fresh and makes it far more interesting to read. Cerebral StalkerTRAITSCocoon (3/day): As an action, a cerebral stalker cancocoon a grappled foe with sticky webbing. The webscompletely encase the victim, excluding the top of thevictim’s head, its eyes, and its nose. The cocooned victimis restrained and anchored by the webs to the cerebralstalker’s body. The cocooned creature can, as anaction, attempt to break free with a successfulDC 20 Str (Athletics) check or Dex (Acrobatics) check. The webbing can be cut openenough for a trapped character to escape with 8 points of slashingdamage against AC 10.Consume Brain: Once it has its victim underground, the cerebral stalkerbegins gnawing on the victim’s head, rapidly chewing throughbone and tissue, dealing 2d8 + 4 points of piercing damageeach round. When the victim dies, the cerebral stalker reaches its goal:the victim’s brain, which it promptly devours. A victim slain in this mannerreanimates in 1d4 rounds as a zombie. Typically, the cerebral stalker“tosses” them back up to the surface of the ground so their travelingcompanions can witness the reanimation and deal with their newly undead friend.Zombies created in this manner are under no one’s control.Earth Glide: A cerebral stalker can glide through any sort of naturalearth or stone as easily as a fish swimsthrough water. Its gliding leavesno sign of its passage or hint of its presenceto creatures that don’t possess tremorsense. It can bring cocooned victims along with it, but they have no special capacity for breathing while underground. Getting intothe ground, however, is not as easy for the cerebral stalkeras moving underground. It must spend four moves onfour rounds (no dashing) melding into the ground. On thefirst round, the creature sinks to its knees; on the secondround, to its waist; on the third round, to its neck; andon the fourth round, the stalker and any creature it hascocooned disappear completely underground. Meldinginto the ground does not provoke an opportunity attack.If the cerebral stalker is grappled while sinking into theground, it must win a Str contest against its grapplers tosink farther that round. Dispel magic or a similar spell caston a sinking cerebral stalker paralyzes it the same as ahold monster spell. The spot where the cerebral stalkersank radiates magic for one hour.</blockquote>

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