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Plague Giant

Creature 14 — giant, humanoid

Pre-Remaster content. May include legacy alignment.

Plague giants are rasping behemoths, whose weeping sores, fetid breath, and filthy fingernails all bear a terrible wasting disease. Like sewer rats or flies that swarm a fresh battlefield, plague giants bear an inborn pathogen that does little harm to the giants themselves (their wretched physical appearances are purely superficial) but can wreak devastation on afflicted victims. Whatever their origin, the majority of plague giants are so accustomed to being viewed as monstrosities by other hum

Source: pathfinder-bestiary-3 (Pre-Remaster)

Perception +25
Skills athletics +30, intimidation +24, religion +25, stealth +26
Str
+8
Dex
+6
Con
+7
Int
+3
Wis
+5
Cha
+4
AC 35 Fort +27 Ref +24 Will +23
HP 285
Immunities disease
Speed 45 feet

Offense

Melee Flail +31, Damage 2d6+14 bludgeoning plus 3d6 poison
Melee Claw +30, Damage 3d6+14 slashing
Ranged Rock +28, Damage 3d8+14 bludgeoning

Abilities

Catch Rock — Catch Rock
Retaliatory Scratch
Atrophic Plague (disease, divine) — Saving Throw DC 34 Fortitude Stage 1 Enfeebled 2 and Fatigued (1 day) Stage 2 Enfeebled 3 and fatigued (1 day) Stage 3 Enfeebled 4 and fatigued (1 day) Stage 4 dead
Hurl Corpse — The plague giant picks up a dead or dying creature within reach and flings it at a foe. The giant makes a rock Strike, using the body instead of a rock. If the body is a corpse, on a hit it explodes in a cloud of thick gray vapor, exposing all creatures in a 10-foot burst to atrophic plague. If the body is a dying creature, on a hit its dying value increases by 1 (or 2 on a critical hit).
Pustulant Flail — A plague giant's flail is covered in pus, causing it to deal additional poison damage.
Throw Rock — Throw Rock

Spells

Cloudkill (rank 5)
Take its Course (rank 4)
Death Knell (rank 2)

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