Xulgath Hardscale

+23 when using Perception for Initiative —

Aggressive Block —

Attack of Opportunity —

Hardscale Shield Stance — A hardscale always has their shield raised as if they had used the Raise a Shield action, as long as they meet that action's requirements.

Powerful Stench (aura, olfactory) — 30 feet. A creature that enters the area must attempt a DC 32 Fortitude save. On a failure, the creature is Sickened 2, and on a critical failure, the creature is also Slowed 1 for as long as it is sickened. While within the aura, the creature takes a -2 circumstance penalty to saves to recover from the sickened condition. A creature that succeeds at its save is temporarily immune to all xulgaths' stenches for 1 minute.

Shield Block — At the beginning of each of their turns, the hardscale receives an additional reaction that they can use only for Shield Block.

Trigger The monster has its shield raised and takes damage from a physical attack.

Effect The monster snaps its shield into place to deflect a blow. The shield prevents the monster from taking an amount of damage up to the shield's Hardness. The monster and the shield each take any remaining damage, possibly breaking or destroying the shield.

Shield Warden — If the hardscale has their shield raised, they can Shield Block when an attack is made against an adjacent ally. If they do, the shield prevents that ally from taking damage instead of the hardscale.

Hammer Mastery — The hardscale deals an extra 1d8 damage with weapons with the shove trait, and weapons with the shove trait gain the deadly 2d8 trait when the hardscale uses them (both the extra weapon damage die and the deadly trait have already been included in the hardscale's warhammer Strike above).