Apothecary BeeCreature 7

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Source Pathfinder Howl of the Wild
Perception +15 (darkvision, potionsight (precise) 60 feet)
Languages none
Skills Acrobatics +17, Stealth +17, Thievery +15
Str +1, Dex +6, Con +3, Int -4, Wis +2, Cha +2

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AC 25; Fort +14; Reflex +19; Will +13;
HP 115
Speed 10 feet (climb 10 feet, fly 50 feet)

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Stinger +19 (+14, +9) to hit (magical, poison) 1d4+4 Piercing + 3d6 Poison

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Drain Potion (manipulate)

Requirements The apothecary bee has no stored potions

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Effect The apothecary bee slurps up a potion within its reach, storing it internally. A creature can attempt a DC 25 reflex save to protect a potion in its possession.

Ingest Potion

The apothecary bee consumes the potion it has stored in its body. If the potion has the healing trait, the apothecary bee heals for the maximum amount.

Inject Potion (manipulate)

The apothecary bee injects its stored potion into a willing creature within its reach. This deals 1 piercing damage and grants the recipient the normal effects of drinking the potion.

Internal Cauldron

With an appropriate diet, an apothecary bee will create a potion of 6th level or lower every two weeks. Most often, this is a Healing Potion (Moderate). Each apothecary bee can store only one completed potion at a time. Unused potions can generally be harvested from an apothecary bee with a successful DC 23 nature or DC 23 survival check.

Potionsight

Apothecary bees' complex eyes let them see the auras of magical potions and instinctively identify potions of their level or lower. These auras are visible through mundane containers, though their eyes have no special ability to perceive or identify non-magical solutions, such as alchemical elixirs.

Smoke Susceptibility

An apothecary bee is Slowed 1 if it starts its turn in heavy smoke.

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These giant bees feed on the nectar of medicinal herbs and magical flowers, naturally processing the liquid into syrupy-sweet potions. Depending on the precise diet of the apothecary bees, they can produce a wide variety of potions, storing any excess in the waxy cells lining their nest. Apothecary bee workers are about a foot long, with yellow and black stripes. While carrying a potion, the bee's abdomen visibly swells and often changes color to match the potion within.

The value of the apothecary bees' potions has led to numerous attempts at domestication, a dangerous, expensive dream with both high risks and high rewards. Once a magical garden has been established, apothecary beehives tend to become self-sustaining. Beekeepers can potentially guide their cultivation, but they're no longer necessary for the hive's survival. Some ancient, long-abandoned gardens still grow along the Sphinx River in Osirion, where many apothecary bees prowl for flowers that meet their standards. Upon their most recent dig to the surface, surki communities quickly began the process of "trading" with the bees, establishing habitats and using their natural magic sense to better tend the massive fields a large hive needs. Miflits, on the other hand, often end up absorbed into the bees' social structure.

The potions a hive produces vary from season to season, depending on what flowers are available. Beekeepers have made strides in creating gardens that yield specific potions and have even developed harvesting techniques that increase potion effectiveness. These techniques are valuable, closely guarded secrets, but even defective potions with cursed results have found use among the followers of Calistria and Norgorber.

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Traits