Elder Thing
Creature 5 (rare) — aberration, amphibious
Pre-Remaster content. May include legacy alignment.
The typical elder thing is a scientist first and anything else second, but they don't hesitate to use force to achieve their needs or defend their laboratories. When one does deign to speak to a non-elder thing, it's either out of fear (for a creature they know vastly outstrips their own power) or with an insufferable sense of narcissistic superiority and impatience, like how an arrogant professor might speak to a student struggling with what they perceive to be a simple concept. Known by vario
Source: gatewalkers-bestiary (Pre-Remaster)
Perception +14
Skills acrobatics +11, arcana +14, athletics +13, crafting +12, medicine +12, occultism +14, survival +12, thievery +11
Str
+4
Dex
+2
Con
+4
Int
+5
Wis
+3
Cha
+3
AC 21
Fort +15
Ref +9
Will +12
HP 90
Immunities cold
Resistances fire 5
Speed 25 feet, fly 20 feet, swim 30 feet
Offense
Melee Tentacle +13, Damage 2d6+6 bludgeoning
Abilities
All-Around Vision — All Around Vision
No Breath — The elder thing doesn't breathe and is immune to effects that require breathing (such as inhaled poison).
Constrict — 2d6+6 bludgeoning, DC 22 Fortitude
Constrict
Hibernate — The elder thing enters a state of hibernation after focusing its thoughts for 1 minute. While hibernating, an elder thing is Unconscious. The elder thing can remain in hibernation as long as it wishes—while hibernating, it doesn't need to eat or drink, nor does it age. Time effectively stands still for a hibernating elder thing. Any effect that would normally rouse an unconscious creature can end an elder thing's hibernation, but the elder thing must attempt a DC 25 Will save. On a success, the elder thing awakens in 2d4 rounds; otherwise it takes 1d4 days to wake from hibernation. The elder thing can set the length of its hibernation when it enters this state, so that it can awaken after a set amount of time has passed. When awakening in this way, the elder thing does so in only 1d4 rounds, with no Will save necessary.
Unnatural Flight — The elder thing's wings allow it to fly in regions where flight is normally impossible, such as outer space. It gains a +2 circumstance bonus to checks made to Maneuver in Flight, and on saving throws against effects that impede flight.
Grab — Grab
Run Elder Thing in the encounter builder — free, no install.
Open in PathfinderGM →