Tanglebriar IsqulugCreature 12

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Source Pathfinder #210: Whispers in the Dirt
Perception +25 (greater darkvision, scent (imprecise) 30 feet)
Languages Aklo, Chthonian
Skills Acrobatics +23, Athletics +25, Nature +23, Survival +23
Str +7, Dex +5, Con +7, Int +4, Wis +7, Cha +6

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AC 33 all-around vision; Fort +25; Reflex +19; Will +23;
HP 250 (regeneration 10 (deactivated by cold)
Speed 25 feet (swim 25 feet)
Immunities swarm mind
Weaknesses Cold 10
Resistances Fire 10, Acid 10

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Tentacle +25 (+21, +17) to hit (agile, reach 10, unarmed) 2d12+13 Bludgeoning

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Host Scent

An isqulug can precisely sense any creature infected with isqulugia within 30 feet, and knows the current stage of the disease.

All-Around Vision

This monster can see in all directions simultaneously and therefore can't be flanked.

Regeneration 10 (Deactivated by Cold)

This monster regains the listed number of Hit Points each round at the beginning of its turn. Its Dying condition never increases beyond Dying 3 as long as its regeneration is active. However, if it takes damage of a type listed in the regeneration entry, its regeneration deactivates until the end of its next turn. Deactivate the regeneration before applying any damage of a listed type, since that damage might kill the monster by bringing it to Dying 4.

Swarm Mind

This monster doesn't have a single mind (typically because it's a swarm of smaller creatures), and is immune to mental effects that target only a specific number of creatures. It is still subject to mental effects that affect all creatures in an area.

Spore Cloud (primal)

Trigger The Tanglebriar isqulug is hit by a melee attack

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Effect The Tanglebriar isqulug unleashes a cloud of toxic spores that burrow into the skin of any living nonfungus creature that is adjacent to them. The spores deal 2d6 persistent,poison damage, and as long as the damage persists, the creature is Clumsy 1 from the numbness caused by the spores.

Expel Infestation

The isqulug expels larvae from the hivemind in its head in a 30-foot cone. Creatures in this area take 6d10 piercing damage as the swarm feeds on their flesh (DC 32 reflex save). Any creature that takes damage is exposed to isqulugia.

The isqulug becomes Stupefied 1 for 1d4 rounds, during which it can't Expel Infestation.

Isqulugia (disease, incapacitation, primal, virulent)

Isqulugia's Sickened, Slowed, and Paralyzed conditions can't be removed until this affliction is removed

Saving Throw DC 32 fortitude

Stage 1 Sickened 1 (1 hour)

Stage 2 Fatigued and Sickened 2 (1 day)

Stage 3 fatigued and Slowed 1 (1 day)

Stage 4 paralyzed (1 day)

Stage 5 the creature dies, and its body violently transforms into a new isqulug. Wish, similar magic, or a 9th-rank Resurrect ritual can return the victim to life. The new isqulug remains even if the victim is brought back to life.

Malleability

The isqulug can Squeeze through tight spaces as if it were a Small creature. While Squeezing, it can move at its full Speed. The isqulug can even Squeeze through spaces that typically fit only a Tiny creature, but does so at the standard speed for Squeezing.

Swamp Stride

An isqulug ignores difficult terrain that's caused by typical features of swamps.

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Primal Innate Spells (DC 32, +24 to hit)

Cantrips (6th Level): Light
1st Level: Vanishing Tracks (Constant)
2nd Level: Entangling Flora (At Will), Mist (At Will)
4th Level: Fly, Hydraulic Torrent, Mirage
5th Level: Control Water, Nature's Pathway, Toxic Cloud
6th Level: Tangling Creepers

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The isqulug's appearance, though unsettling, might be its least awful aspect. The creature resembles a bipedal amphibian with tentacles instead of arms and a head composed of an undulant mass of what appear to be shifting, slimy transparent eggs filled with writhing larvae. In truth, these larvae constitute the mind and consciousness of the isqulug-its "body" is little more than an organic suit manufactured from the flesh of those it has consumed, analogous to the complex web of a spider or the hive of a colony of bees, but fully capable of movement and violence.

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Traits