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Sard

Creature 19 (rare) — electricity, plant, tane

Pre-Remaster content. May include legacy alignment.

An immense, gnarled, tree awoken with raw, primal power by one of the fey Eldest of the First World, this monster-one of the legendary Tane-skitters on huge, spidery roots and thrashes its branches as fiery lightning courses within its blackened bark, a living manifestation of the violent clash between ancient forest and stormy sky.

Source: pathfinder-bestiary-2 (Pre-Remaster)

Perception +35
Skills acrobatics +33, athletics +37, nature +31
Str
+10
Dex
+6
Con
+6
Int
+2
Wis
+6
Cha
+6
AC 43 Fort +35 Ref +31 Will +33
HP 400
Immunities electricity
Resistances fire 15, physical (except slashing) 15
Weaknesses cold-iron 15
Speed 40 feet, climb 25 feet

Offense

Melee Trunk +37, Damage 4d6+18 bludgeoning plus 3d6 electricity
Melee Branch +37, Damage 4d8+18 piercing
Melee Root +37, Damage 4d6+18 bludgeoning plus 1d6 electricity
Ranged Thorn +35, Damage 4d4+16 piercing

Abilities

Tremorsense 120 feet — Tremorsense
Planar Acclimation — The sard treats the plane it is located on as its home plane.
+1 Status to All Saves vs. Magic
Splintering Death (electricity, primal) — When the sard dies, its body explodes in a 30-foot emanation. All creatures in the area take 10d6 electricity plus 10d6 piercing{10d6 electricity damage and 10d6 piercing damage} (DC 43 Reflex save). Any creature that takes piercing damage is also exposed to sard venom.
Lightning-Struck Curse (curse, primal) —
Sard Venom (poison, primal, virulent) — Saving Throw DC 41 Fortitude Maximum Duration 10 rounds Stage 1 2d6 electricity damage, 2d6 poison damage, and Clumsy 2 (1 round) Stage 2 3d6 electricity damage, 3d6 poison damage, Clumsy 2, and Slowed 1 (1 round) Stage 3 4d6 electricity damage, 4d6 poison damage, Clumsy 2, and Slowed 2 (1 round)
Thorn Volley — The sard makes up to four thorn Strikes, each against a different target. The sard's multiple attack penalty doesn't increase until after all the attacks have been made.
Trample — Huge or smaller, root, DC 39 Reflex Trample

Spells

Storm of Vengeance (rank 9)
Control Weather (Doesn't require secondary casters) (rank 8)
Punishing Winds (rank 8)
Tree Stride (rank 8)
Chain Lightning (rank 7)

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