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Greater Barghest

Creature 7 (uncommon) — fiend, mutant, unholy

Pre-Remaster content. May include legacy alignment.

Once a barghest has eaten enough to grow into a greater barghest, it typically seeks a method to leave the Material Plane and return to the Abyss, there joining other fiends as yet another of that plane's horrors. As barghests have no innate ability to travel the planes, though, the time it takes for most greater barghests to engineer such a return can usually be measured in years, if not decades. During that time, greater barghests continue to play the roles of gluttons, hunters of humanity, an

Source: pathfinder-bestiary (Pre-Remaster)

Perception +16
Skills acrobatics +15, athletics +15, deception +18, diplomacy +14, intimidation +16, stealth +15, survival +14
Str
+6
Dex
+2
Con
+4
Int
+3
Wis
+3
Cha
+5
AC 25 Fort +17 Ref +15 Will +12
HP 105
Resistances fire 10, physical (except magical) 10
Weaknesses holy 5
Speed 35 feet

Offense

Melee Jaws +17, Damage 2d10+6 piercing
Melee Claw +17, Damage 2d8+6 slashing

Abilities

Attack of Opportunity — Attack Of Opportunity
Change Shape (concentrate, divine, polymorph) — The barghest takes on the shape of a goblinoid (a goblin, hobgoblin, or bugbear) or a wolf, or it transforms back into its true form. When the barghest is a goblinoid, it loses its jaws and claw Strikes, it becomes Small if it is a goblin, and its Speed changes to 20 feet. When the barghest is a wolf, its Speed changes to 40 feet and its jaws gain Knockdown. Each individual barghest has only one goblinoid form and one wolf form. Change Shape
Mutations — The process of consuming corpses to evolve into a greater barghest results in odd and unpredictable physiological changes. A greater barghest has one mutation, typically chosen from the following options. Fangs Toxic Breath Vestigial Arm Strike Wings

Spells

Blink (At Will) (rank 4)
Confusion (rank 4)
Dimension Door (rank 4)
Levitate (At Will) (rank 3)
Enlarge (rank 2)
Invisibility (At Will) (rank 2)
Charm (rank 1)

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