AlgeaCreature 11
Source Pathfinder Adventure: Malevolence
Perception +22 (darkvision, lifesense (precise) 60 feet, see magic)
Languages Aklo, Chthonian, Diabolic, Empyrean, Requian
Skills Lore +21, Acrobatics +22, Occultism +21, Religion +20, Stealth +22
Str -1, Dex +7, Con +5, Int +2, Wis +5, Cha +3
AC 30; Fort +18; Reflex +24; Will +22; +1 status bonus to all saves vs. magic
HP 144
Speed 15 feet (fly 40 feet)
Immunities precision, death effects, disease, swarm mind
Weaknesses Area Damage 5, Splash Damage 5
Resistances Bludgeoning 10, Void 10, Piercing 10, Poison 10, Slashing 5
Lifesense 60 feet
Lifesense allows a monster to sense the vital essence of living and undead creatures within the listed range. The sense can distinguish between the vitality energy animating living creatures and the void energy animating undead creatures, much as sight distinguishes colors.
See MagicAn algea can see magic auras on creatures or objects that it can observe; it can't see magic auras on creatures or objects that are hidden from its view. It learns the schools of magic for all spells affecting creatures.
+1 Status to All Saves vs. MagicGrieving Aura (aura, divine, emotion, mental)30 feet. A creature that begins its turn in the aura must attempt a DC 27 will save. Undead take a -2 circumstance penalty to this saving throw. The creature is then temporarily immune to the grieving aura for 1 hour.
Success The creature is unaffected.
Failure For 1 round, the creature can't use reactions and is Slowed 1 for that turn as it sobs uncontrollably.
Critical Failure As failure, but the effects lasts while the creature remains in the aura plus 1 minute.
Drain Magic (divine)Whenever a creature fails its save against Frenzied Beaks, the algea attempts to counter a spell effect active on that creature (6th level, counteract check +22). The algea can choose which effect to attempt to counteract for each creature.
Frenzied Beaks
Each foe in the swarm's space takes 5d6 piercing damage (DC 30 reflex) and is exposed to drain magic. This damage affects incorporeal creatures as if it had the effects of a ghost touch property rune.
Soul Cage (divine, incapacitation)An incorporeal undead damaged by Frenzied Beaks must attempt a DC 30 will save.
Critical Success The undead is unaffected and is temporarily immune for 24 hours.
Success The undead takes a –10-foot status penalty to Speeds for 1 round.
Failure As success, but the undead is also Immobilized for 1 round, although it can attempt to Escape (DC 30).
Critical Failure The undead is restrained for 1 round. The algea can attempt to plane shift with the Restrained creature even if that creature isn't willing, but an unwilling creature can attempt a Will save to resist Interplanar Teleport. If it succeeds, the algea plane shifts and leaves the incorporeal creature behind, which is then no longer restrained.
Innate Divine Spells (DC 30, +22 to hit)
2nd Level: Invisibility
4th Level: Confusion, Talking Corpse
7th Level: Plane Shift (Self and soul caged creatures only, to the Boneyard only)
Rituals
Algeas protect (and sometimes retrieve) souls at risk of being claimed by other entities, particularly spellcasters who dabbled with otherworldly forces but never officially pledged their souls.
Traits
Anything that doesn't list another rarity trait (uncommon, rare, or unique) automatically has the common trait. This rarity indicates that an ability, item, or spell is available to all players who meet the prerequisites for it. A creature of this rarity is generally known and can be summoned with the appropriate summon spell.
MonitorCreatures that hail from or have a strong connection to Axis, the Boneyard, or the Maelstrom are called monitors. Monitors can survive the basic environmental effects of planes in the Outer Sphere.
PsychopompA family of monitors spawned within the Boneyard to convey souls to the Outer Planes. They typically have darkvision, lifesense, and shepherd's touch, and they are immune to death effects.
SwarmA swarm is a mass or cloud of creatures that functions as one monster. Its size entry gives the size of the entire mass, though for most swarms the individual creatures that make up that mass are Tiny. A swarm can occupy the same space as other creatures and must do so in order to use its damaging action. A swarm typically has weakness to effects that deal damage over an area (like area spells and splash weapons). Swarms are immune to the grabbed, prone, and restrained conditions.