Caustic Creature

Caustic Creature Pattern (+1 CR)

Subtype: add Caustic to subtypes

Caustic Creature is a pattern that adds a corrosive aura to a creature. Whether they sweat acid, emit clouds of caustic spores, are covered with bursting acidic blisters across their skin, have flakes of pepper sprinkled on their weapons, or acidic pickled marrow squirting from their bile-soaked bones. Caustic Creatures are tough to battle from up close, and can give your melee players plenty of challenges to deal with!

This creature seems dangerous to approach due to the caustic substances around it.

General

Senses:

Movement Types:

• Increase all move speeds by 10 ft.

Defense

Special Defenses:

Strong Against:

Weak Against:

Offense

Space / Reach: - / -

Statistics

Str:     Dex:     Con:     Int:     Wis:     Cha:

Feats:

Skills:

Languages:

Special Abilities

Acidic Aura (Ex; Caustic Creature Pattern)

Up to once per round, when it makes any attack action, a Caustic Creature emits a fine spray of corrosive material as an aura surrounding it. This is an acidic damage aura that effects all enemy creatures within 0 squares of the Caustic Creature's space. This damage aura inflicts 1d3 points of acid (energy, common) damage. Affected creatures may make a Fortitude save agains a DC of 14 in order to take half damage.

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'Caustic Creature' is a Pattern that can be added to any creature, hereafter referred to as the base creature.

A Caustic Creature uses all of the base creature's statistics and abilities except as noted below.

CR (challenge rating)

Same as base creature +1.

Size and Type

The creature's Size and Type do not change.

Initiative Modifier

The creature's initiative modifier increases by +1.

Senses

No changes.

Armor Class

Caustic Creatures gain +2 AC.

Hit Dice

No changes.

Defensive Ability

A Caustic Creature gains the following abilities, which may be added to their Bestiary entry:

Aura: Once per round, when it makes any attack action, a Caustic Creature emits a fine spray of corrosive material as an aura surrounding it. This may be a mist of acidic spores, bursting blisters across it's skin, flakes of pepper it sprinkled on its weapons, or acidic pickled marrow squirting from its bile-soaked bones. This is an acidic damage aura that effects all enemy creatures within adjusted Challenge Rating/10 (round down, minimum 1, 2 at 21 to 29, 3 at 30+) squares of the Caustic Creature's space. This damage aura inflicts Special Swift Damage points of acid (energy, common) damage. Affected characters may roll a Fortitude save against an Average Save DC to only take half damage.

SR: - Same as Base Creature

Special Defenses: The Caustic Creature is immune to Acid damage.

Speed

A Caustic Creature's base speed improves by ten feet in all movement categories it has.

Melee Attacks

A Caustic Creature retains all the base creature's attacks, and its weapon and armor proficiencies. These attacks retain the same primary or secondary status they had for the base creature. Beginning at CR9, the Caustic Creature also adds 1d6 of acid damage to all its melee attacks.

Space and Reach

No Changes.

Offensive Ability

Aside from the changes above and below, no offensive abilities.

Ability Scores

No changes.

Maneuver Offense and Maneuver Defense

No changes.

Feats

No changes.

Skills

No changes.