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Clockwork SerpentCreature 8

Rare​Large​Clockwork​Construct​Mindless​
Source Pathfinder #200: Seven Dooms for Sandpoint
Perception +18 (darkvision)
Languages none
Skills Athletics +18
Str +6, Dex +3, Con +3, Int -5, Wis +4, Cha -5
AC 27; Fort +15; Reflex +17; Will +16;
HP 110
Speed 30 feet
Weaknesses Electricity 10, Orichalcum 10
Resistances Physical 10
Jaws One Action +20 (+15, +10) to hit (magical, reach 10, unarmed) 2d10+9 Piercing
Coils One Action +20 (+15, +10) to hit (magical) 2d12+9 Bludgeoning
Wind-Up

24 hours, DC 26 Thievery, standby

For a clockwork to act, it must be wound with a unique key by another creature. This takes 1 minute. Once wound, it remains operational for the listed amount of time, usually 24 hours, after which time it becomes unaware of its surroundings and can't act until it's wound again. Some clockworks' abilities require them to spend some of their remaining operational time. They can't spend more than they have and shut down immediately once they have 0 time remaining. If it's unclear when a clockwork was last wound, most clockwork keepers wind all their clockworks at a set time, typically 8 a.m.

A clockwork that lists standby in its wind-up entry can enter standby mode as a 3-action activity. Its operational time doesn't decrease in standby, but it can sense its surroundings (with a -2 penalty to Perception). It can't act, with one exception: when it perceives a creature, it can exit standby as a reaction (rolling initiative if appropriate).

A creature can attempt to Disable a Device to wind a clockwork down (with a DC listed in the wind-up entry). For each success, the clockwork loses 1 hour of operational time. This can be done even if the clockwork is in standby mode.

Activate Serpent Mode Reaction

Trigger The clockwork serpent begins its turn

Effect The clockwork serpent transforms into a different mode. Roll 1d3 and consult the options below. If it rolls a mode it can't currently activate, the clockwork serpent becomes Clumsy 1 until the start of its next turn. At the end of its turn, it automatically deactivates its serpent mode.

1 Cobra Mode The clockwork serpent can use Intimidating Hood.

2 Constrictor Mode The clockwork serpent can use its coils Strike and can Constrict.

3 Rattlesnake Mode The clockwork serpent can use Shattering Rattle.

Critical Deactivation

If a clockwork serpent takes any precision damage or takes a critical hit and it has a serpent mode active, it must attempt a DC 16 flat. On a failure, it takes the damage from the critical hit as normal, is Stunned 1, and its serpent mode deactivates.

Clockwork Serpent Venom (arcane, magical, poison)

Saving Throw DC 26 fortitude

Maximum Duration 6 rounds

Stage 1 2d6 poison damage and Off-Guard (1 round)

Stage 2 2d6 poison damage, Enfeebled 1, and off-guard (1 round)

Constrict One Action

(2d10+6) bludgeoning, DC 26 fortitude

Requirements The clockwork serpent is in constrictor mode

The monster deals the listed amount of damage to any number of creatures Grabbed or Restrained by it. Each of those creatures can attempt a basic Fortitude save with the listed DC.

Intimidating Hood Two Actions (arcane, emotion, fear, mental)

Requirements The clockwork serpent is in cobra mode

Effect The clockwork serpent flares out a cobra hood. All creatures within a 15-foot emanation must succeed at a DC 26 will save or become Frightened 1 (Frightened 2 on a critical failure).

Shattering Rattle Two Actions (arcane, sonic)

Requirements The clockwork serpent is in rattlesnake mode

Effect The clockwork serpent rattles its tail, then snaps it like a whip to create a devastating blast of sonic energy in a 30-foot cone. Creatures in the area take 9d6 sonic damage (DC 26 fortitude save).

Grab One Action

Requirements The monster's last action was a successful Strike that lists Grab in its damage entry, or the monster has a creature Grabbed or Restrained

Effect If used after a Strike, the monster attempts to [/act grapple] the creature using the body part it attacked with. This attempt neither applies nor counts toward the creature's multiple attack penalty.

The monster can instead use Grab and choose one creature it's grabbing or restraining with an appendage that has Grab to automatically extend that condition to the end of the monster's next turn.

Clockwork serpents are often found serving as guardians in serpentfolk laboratories or temples.

Experimental Serpents

Even stranger clockwork serpents are rumored to exist in the heart of serpentfolk enclaves. These constructs supposedly can repair damage to themselves when they change serpent modes, activate additional forms that allow swimming or flight, or even break apart into a seething swarm of smaller clockwork serpents.

Traits

Rare

This rarity indicates that a rules element is very difficult to find in the game world. A rare feat, spell, item or the like is available to players only if the GM decides to include it in the game, typically through discovery during play. Creatures with this trait are rare. They typically can't be summoned. The DC of Recall Knowledge checks related to these creatures is increased by 5.

Clockwork

Clockworks are intricate, complex constructs that can be programmed to perform specific functions.

Construct

A construct is an artificial creature empowered by a force other than vitality or void. Constructs are often mindless; they are immune to bleed, death effects, disease, healing, nonlethal attacks, poison, spirit, vitality, void, and the doomed, drained, fatigued, paralyzed, sickened, and unconscious conditions; and they may have Hardness based on the materials used to construct their bodies. Constructs are not living creatures, nor are they undead. When reduced to 0 Hit Points, a construct creature is destroyed.

Mindless

A mindless creature has either programmed or rudimentary mental attributes. Most, if not all, of their mental attribute modifiers are –5. They are immune to all mental effects.