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Giant Aukashungi

Creature 14 (uncommon) — aberration, amphibious

Pre-Remaster content. May include legacy alignment.

CrasherLANDAQUATICSUBTERRANEANaberration

The strongest individual in an aukashungi swarm eventually grows to monstrous proportions. These massive isopods are native to the Abyssal realm of Gluttondark, in the acidic oceans of the realm's many cavern-worlds. Aukashungis are sometimes summoned to the Material Plane by Zevgavizeb-worshipping cultists, who favor aukashungis for their mindless obedience and sheer destructive potential.

Source: extinction-curse-bestiary (Pre-Remaster)

Perception +24; greater-darkvision
Skills athletics +29
Str
+7
Dex
+7
Con
+6
Int
-4
Wis
+3
Cha
-2
AC 36 Fort +28 Ref +25 Will +21
HP 300
Speed 25 feet, burrow 25 feet

Offense

Melee Jaws (reach-10, unarmed) +29, Damage 3d12+13 piercing plus Improved Grab
Melee Horn (deadly-2d8, reach-15, unarmed) +27, Damage 3d8+13 piercing

Abilities

Greater Darkvision — A creature with greater darkvision can see perfectly well in areas of darkness and dim light, though such vision is in black and white only. A creature with greater darkvision can see through even forms of magical darkness.
Flippable — When flipped on its back, a giant aukashungi can't move and its soft underbelly becomes exposed. Whenever a creature critically succeeds at a melee attack roll to Strike a giant aukashungi, the attacking creature can forgo the bonus damage to flip over the giant aukashungi (all other critical hit effects apply normally, such as critical specialization effects). While flipped over, the giant aukashungi can't use reactions, can't Stride or Strike, takes a -2 circumstance penalty to AC and saving throws, loses its resistances, and gains weakness 10 to physical damage. The aukashungi can right itself by using the Roll Up activity and then using an action to unroll.
Acidic Effluence (acid) — The giant aukashungi releases an acidic gas from its ventral glands in a 30-foot burst. Each creature that starts its turn in the area takes 10d8 acid plus 2d8 persistent acid{10d8 acid damage plus 2d8 persistent acid damage} (DC 32 Fortitude save). The gas moves 10 feet away from the giant aukashungi each round and lasts for 1 minute. The giant aukashungi can't use Acidic Effluence again for 1 minute.
Roll Up — The aukashungi protects its soft underbelly by rolling into a tight ball. The aukashungi gains a +2 circumstance bonus to AC while Rolled Up, but it cannot Stride or Strike, and it rolls downhill if on a slope. If the aukashungi is grappling a creature when it Rolls Up, that creature must succeed at a DC 35 Fortitude save or become Swallowed Whole.

The aukashungi can unroll with a single action (this action has the move trait).
Swallow Whole (attack) — Large, 15d6+6 bludgeoning, Rupture 27

The monster attempts to swallow a creature of the listed size or smaller that it has grabbed or restrained in its jaws or mouth. If a swallowed creature is of the maximum size listed, the monster can't use Swallow Whole again. If the creature is smaller than the maximum, the monster can usually swallow more creatures; the GM determines the maximum. The monster attempts an Athletics check opposed by the grabbed creature's Reflex DC. If it succeeds, it swallows the creature. The monster's mouth or jaws no longer grab a creature it has swallowed, so the monster is free to use them to Strike or Grab once again. The monster can't attack creatures it has swallowed.

A swallowed creature is Grabbed, is Slowed 1, and has to hold its breath or start suffocating. The swallowed creature takes the listed amount of damage when first swallowed and at the end of each of its turns while it's swallowed. If the victim Escapes this ability's grabbed condition, it exits through the monster's mouth. This frees any other creature grabbed in the monster's mouth or jaws. A swallowed creature can attack the monster that has swallowed it, but only with unarmed attacks or with weapons of light Bulk or less. The swallowing creature is Off-Guard against the attack. If the monster takes piercing or slashing damage equaling or exceeding the listed Rupture value from a single attack or spell, the swallowed creature cuts itself free. A creature that gets free by either Escaping or cutting itself free can immediately breathe and exits the swallowing monster's space.

Effect: Engulf and Swallow Whole

If the monster dies, a swallowed creature can be freed by creatures adjacent to the corpse if they spend a combined total of 3 actions cutting the monster open with a weapon or unarmed attack that deals piercing or slashing damage.
Improved Grab

WORKS WELL WITH

AnvilLAND / AQUATIC / SUBTERRANEANAnvil holds enemy attention while the aukashungi positions for its Acidic Effluence burst without being focused.
WeaverLAND / AQUATIC / SUBTERRANEANWeaver forced movement herds enemies into the aukashungi's thirty-foot area burst for maximum area damage.
MenderLAND / AQUATIC / SUBTERRANEANMender healing offsets the aukashungi's Flippable vulnerability when it must emerge from Roll Up to attack.

PUNISHES

✖ clumping✖ melee reliance✖ grab vulnerability
Stacking Crashers creates a nova-or-nothing formation vulnerable to enemy control effects that dismantle both damage dealers.
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