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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Evil Josef" data-source="post: 114625" data-attributes="member: 3002">Brood-ThingBrood-ThingHuge Outsider (Evil)Hit Dice:  16d8+96 (168 hp)Initiative:  +5 (+1 Dex, +4 Improved Initiative)Speed:  5 ft.AC:  30 (-2 size, +1 Dex, +21 natural)Attacks:  4 tentacle rakes +26Damage:  Tentacle rake 2d6+10Face/Reach:  15 ft. by 15 ft./10 ft.Special Attacks:  Psionics, spell-like abilities, improved grab, soul drain, scream, summon terrorSpecial Qualities:  Damage reduction 30/+3, PR 30, terror qualities, darkvision 240 ft.Saves: Fort +16, Ref +11, Will +17Abilities:  Str 30, Dex 13, Con 22, Int 18, Wis 25, Cha 18Skills:  Climb +29, Remote View +23, Concentration +25, Intimidate +23, Knowledge (any three) +23, Listen +26, Psicraft +23, Sense Motive +26, Spot +26Feats:  Cleave, Power Attack, Psionic Fist, Great SunderClimate/Terrain:  Any land or undergroundOrganization:  SolitaryChallenge Rating:  17Treasure: StandardAlignment:  Always neutral evilAdvancement:  17-20 HD (Huge); 21-39 HD (Gargantuan)The nexus of any infestation of terrors, the brood-thing is an awful creature that converts creatures into its horrible spawn and sends them off on dark duties formulated by an ancient, evil wisdom.  Wherever atrocities or massacres leave the land barren and abandoned, brood-things make their home.  Not even the corpses of the dead are safe from their corrupting touch.A brood-thing a massive collections of writhing tentacles with a cold grey pallor, ringing a circular maw full of sharp, shifting teeth and lashing, blood-red tongues.  At the base of the four larger tentacles, thick as tree trunks, are four glassy, pupil-less eyes with a deep, purple hue.  Brood-thing constantly squeal and hiss, like a mob of angry, wounded children.COMBATBrood-things rarely seek combat themselves, instead delegating that task to their thinglings and chitonines.  Those creatures that do find one of these beasts are fell upon, full force, as a brood-thing is always hungry for more fodder to create new minions.Psionics (Sp):  At will - body equilibrium, detect psionics, detect thoughts, mass domination, mind probe, negate psionics, remote viewing, teleport without error (self plus 50 pounds of objects only), telekinesis, and true seeing. 3/day - insanity and plane shift.  These abilities are as the powers manifested by a 17th-level psion.Attack/Defense Modes (Sp):  At will - all/allSpell-Like Abilities (Sp):  At will - blasphemy, animate dead, deeper darkness, desecrate, detect good, dispel good, magic circle against good, unholy aura, unhallow, and wall of force.  These abilites are as the spells cast by a 17th-level sorcerer.Improved Grab (Ex):  To use this ability, the brood-thing must hit a creature with its tentacle rake attack.  If it gets a hold, it deals automatic tentacle rake damage and can attempt its soul drain attack.Soul Drain (Su):  By grasping a living creature in its tentacle, a brood-thing can literally squeeze the life out of it, draining its essence out with its dark powers.  To use this ability, the brood-thing must succeed at a grapple check.  If the victim fails a Will save (DC 18), the brood-thing inflicts 2d4 points of permanent Constitution drain.  A creature brought to 0 Constitution by this dies, and rises again as a terrible creature (see the template later in this thread).  A creature that has undergone this transformation can only be restored by means of psychic chirurgery, and only if they are restored within 2d4 weeks.  Otherwise, they are lost forever to the terrors.Scream (Su):  A brood-thing can emit a scream so shrill and dire that it strikes fear into the hearts of all creatures within a 30 ft. area radius.  It is otherwise identical with fear cast by a 15th level sorcerer (save DC 19).  If the save is successful, that creature cannot be affected again by that brood-thing's scream.  Other terrors are immune to the scream.Summon Terror (Sp):  Twice per day a brood-thing can automatically summon four chitonines or 1d2 thinglings.</blockquote>

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