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Bottomless Belly
A plumpy youngster with grey and white skin, black hair, and ever-present smile. He wears a loose green-hemmed black robe adorned with golden thread.
CR 1/2; XP 200
Male araiguma illusionist 1
CG Medium Humanoid (kemonomimi)
Init +2; Senses low-light vision; Perception +3
Defense
AC 12, touch 12, flat-footed 10 (+2 Dex)
hp 8 (1d6+2)
Fort +2, Ref +2, Will +2; +4 vs. ingested disease and poison
Offense
Speed 30 ft.
Melee dagger +0 (1d4/19–20)
Ranged light crossbow +2 (1d8/19–20)
Special Attacks blinding ray (7/day, 30 ft., +2 to hit)
Wizard Spells Prepared (CL 1st; concentration +5)
1st—color spray (DC 16), disguise self (DC 16)
0 (at will)—ghost sound (DC 15), mage hand, prestidigitation
Statistics
Str 10, Dex 14, Con 14, Int 18, Wis 10, Cha 13
Base Atk +0; CMB +0; CMD 12
Feats AlertnessB, Scribe ScrollB, Spell Focus (Illusion)
Skills Knowledge (arcana) +8, Knowledge (nature) +8, Knowledge (planes) +8, Perception +3, Sense Motive +3, Sleight Of Hand +8, Spellcraft +8
Language Common, Sylvan, Celestial, Giant, Tengu, Vanara
SQ arcane bond (raccoon familiar), coon affinity, extended illusions (+1 round), happy belly
Notable Gear potion of cure light wounds, courtier's outfit for formal occasions, seemingly endless supply of snacks.
Bottomless Belly is the second of the Seven Young Fists, a group of idealistic kemonomimi warriors fighting the bandits, the corruption, and the monsters troubling common folk across the land.
Bottomless Belly is a friendly, happy, curious, facetious, and seemingly blundering jester—though his apparent clumsiness is mostly an act. He's the smartest of the Seven Young Fists, even if he does not always acts like that, usually hiding behind harmless shenanigans and jests in peace, or resorting to outlandish plans when facing adversaries. True to his name, Bottomless Belly is a voracious eater and connoisseur of fine food though he is rather light-weight when it comes to alcohol.
Bottomless Belly has a familiar named Nibbler, an equally friendly, curious, and apparently clumsy raccoon.
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Drakon Demiurgos Kosmon
A bipedal anthropomorphic dragon with hide of dark grey and black.
CR 1; XP 400
N Medium Dragon
Init +0; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, scent; Perception +2
Defense
AC 12, touch 10, flat-footed 12 (+2 natural)
hp 13 (2d12)
Fort +3, Ref +3, Will +5
Defensive Abilities environmental adaptation, rejuvenation, unrestrained creation; Immune paralysis, starvation, thirst; SR 16
Weakness susceptible to sleep
Offense
Speed 30 ft., fly 30 ft. (average)
Melee 2 claws +2 (1d4)
Statistics
Str 10, Dex 10, Con 10, Int 19, Wis 15, Cha 13
Base Atk +2; CMB +2; CMD 12
Feats Hover
Skills Knowledge (arcana) +9, Knowledge (dungeoneering) +9, Knowledge (geography) +9, Knowledge (history) +9, Knowledge (local) +9, Knowledge (nature) +9, Knowledge (nobility) +9, Knowledge (planes) +9, Knowledge (religion) +9, Profession (writer) +5; Racial Modifiers +10 bonus to Knowledge checks made to identify creatures and discern their weakness and strengths
Language Aklo, Common, Draconic, Giant, Sylvan; tongues
SQ create worlds, seed species, sleep through, starflight
Create Worlds (Sp) Drakon Demiurgos can create a rift leading to a newly formed pocket demiplane by spending 1d4 hours in concentration in the place where the rift will be formed. He can make a Knowledge (geography) check to determine the general physical features of the started demiplane, Knowledge (nature) to determine primary weather conditions, or Knowledge (planes) to set overall cosmological conditions, with the check result of 14 setting single vague quality, with one additional quality determined for every 5 points above 14. Once created, the new demiplane slowly expands and shapes itself around the defining conditions, independently of Drakon Demiurgos will, intent, or attention, though it takes years or centuries for most changes. The newly created demiplane remains anchored to the point where it was created, with the passage taking form of a visible rift or portal, or concealed as a natural feature corresponding to the demiplane's dominant feature (such as via burrow under the roots of a large tree for a forest-themed demiplane).
Environmental Adaptation (Ex) Drakon Demiurgos can adapt to natural conditions of a planet, plane, or interplanetary void in 1d4 rounds, and breathe the local natural atmosphere. Drakon Demiurgos is dazed but unharmed while he adapts.
Rejuvenate (Su) When killed, Drakon Demiurgos reforms on a random demiplane of his creations somewhere in the universe after 1d10 years.
Seed Species (Sp) Drakon Demiurgos can prod a newly created demiplane into forming new creatures that will evolve as the demiplane expands, though it might take years, centuries, or even millennia before the desired species emerge—with higher CR creatures usually taking much longer time to develop. Drakon Demiurgos can predetermine or more traits of the incoming species and make a Knowledge check of the type associated with the species type (arcana, dungeoneering, nature, local, planes, or religion). The seeded species will show one of the desired traits with the check result of 14, plus one additional trait per 5 rolled above 14. It will also posses other traits determined by conditions of the demiplane, circumstances of its evolution, interference by outside forces, presence of other developing species and blind chance. Other creature species will also emerge on the expanding demiplane, to fill available ecological niches and provide the basic ecosystem capable of sustaining the seeded species. Creatures created by this ability, directly or indirectly will have attitude of indifferent at worst to Drakon Demiurgos Kosmon, unless he provokes them in any way. Many of them will simply ignore him when he moves past them, regardless of their aggressiveness and typical behavior.
Sleep Through (Ex) Drakon Demiurgos can hibernate for extended periods of time, typically while travelling between worlds, when bored, or waiting for development of particularly promising demiplane and its denizens.
Starflight (Ex) Drakon Demiurgos can travel between worlds. Trips within boundaries of a system usually take 3d20 months, while moving between different planetary systems typically takes 3d20 years. Drakon Demiurgos ability to navigate between stars is rather erratic, though.
Susceptible To Sleep (Ex) While Drakon Demiurgos like other dragons cannot be forced to sleep, any sleep-causing effects used on him make him drowsy and staggered for their duration.
Unrestrained Creation (Ex) Drakon Demiurgos cannot be charmed, coerced, compelled, forced, or threatened into using his creative powers, not even by gods, though he gladly accept innovative ideas for new creations—with no warranty that he'll use them anytime soon.
Drakon Demiurgos Kosmon, is a travelling oddity—a mostly harmless entity wielding cosmic power of creating new (if tiny at their inception) worlds and new species seemingly at will (if erratically and with limited finesse). Not really interested in extended social interaction, unless exchanging thoughts and ideas about worlds and creatures, he shows strong interest in learning about strange entities and natural wonders, as well, as unusually ecosystems. He certainly seems to be fed up with humans and other common humanoids, sometimes blatantly examining encountered specimens for atypical features only to exclaim things such as "Oh, great! Another base line homo sapiens...", "You're sure that you don't hide some interesting features under that clothing? No? Ah, well, maybe the other one?" or "Two sexes, live-birth mammalian? Done it to death. Pass...". He shows a degree of protectiveness for his creations, even if they failed to evolve interesting and unusual traits.
Drakon Demiurgos often carries with him notes regarding his past and future creations, though he is prone to misplacing them or losing them to environmental damage.
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Spectral Kitten Swarm
A tangle of ghostly kittens leaping, skittering, and hovering in air.
CR 6; XP 2,400
CE Tiny Undead (incorporeal, swarm)
Init +8; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +20
Defense
AC 18, touch 18, flat-footed 13 (+1 deflection, +4 Dex, +1 dodge, +2 size)
hp 66 (12d8+12)
Fort +5, Ref +8, Will +9
Defensive Abilities incorporeal, swarm; Immunities undead traits
Weakness attracted to light
Offense
Speed fly 30 ft. (perfect)
Melee swarm (3d6 plus clumsiness)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 0 ft.
Special Attacks clumsiness (DC 16)
Statistics
Str —, Dex 18, Con —, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 13
Base Atk +7; CMB —; CMD —
Feats Dodge, Improved Initiative, Mobility, Skill Focus (Fly), Skill Focus (Perception), Skill Focus (Stealth)
Skills Fly +19, Perception +20, Stealth +15
SQ poltergeist passing
Ecology
Environment ruins
Organization solitary, pair, box (3—10)
Treasure incidental
Special Abilities
Attracted To Light A spectral kitten swarm is attracted by any magical light and pattern effects it notices, moving to approach the center of the effect, and becoming fascinated when within 10 feet of it. They also aggressively pursue magical light or patterns, with 50% chance they will move toward the source of the effect instead of along it.
Clumsiness (Su) Any sapient creature damaged by a spectral kitten swarm that fails a Will saving throw (DC 16) is staggered and suffers —4 penalty to Dexterity and Perception checks until the end of its following turn. The saving throw DC is Charisma-based.
Poltergeist Passing (Su) Despite their incorporeal state, a swarm of spectral kittens generates psychokinetic force as it moves, pushing, pulling, biting, and breaking unattended objects weighing 5 or less pounds wherever it passes (or heavier if they are put in unstable position). It does not damage magical objects but makes them fall off the tables, desks, and other high placed locations.
Spectral kittens are cute, capricious, immaterial, disorderly, murderous little furballs. They are very inquisitive and playfully cruel, often giving their victims a moment of respite while pursuing another prey for a moment only to reemerge from a wall or ceiling and haunt the initial target. They also seem to be very fond of throwing things from heights to the ground.
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Hirudophagus
An attractive, though a bit disheveled young lady, with a bit too wide smile, and wild eyes.
CR 1; XP 400
N Medium Aberration
Init +1; Senses darkvision 60 ft., scent of prey; Perception +5
Defense
AC 12, touch 11, flat-footed 11 (+1 Dex, +1 natural)
hp 14 (2d8+5)
Fort +1, Ref +1, Will +4
Immunities sleep
Offense
Speed 30 ft.
Melee bite +2 (1 plus paralytic poison), 2 slams +2 (1d3+1)
Special Attacks larval infection (DC 12)
Statistics
Str 12, Dex 12, Con 12, Int 3, Wis 13, Cha 15
Base Atk +1; CMB +2; CMD 13
Feats Toughness
Skills Perception +5, Sense Motive +2; Racial Modifiers +10 to Bluff and Diplomacy when interacting with creatures that would be attracted to the host's body
Languages Common (or whatever the native language of the host was)
Ecology
Environment tropical urban and rural
Organization single, pair, swarm (3—12)
Treasure incidental
Special Abilities
Larval Infection (Ex) Special—contact; save Fort 12, frequency 1 day, effect 1d3 Con and 1d3 Wis damage, cure 2 consecutive saves that exceeded the DC by 5 or more. As a full-round action, usually during an act of passion, a hirudophagus can infect a humanoid or a humanoid-blooded native outsider with one of its larvas. The larva slowly consumes the victim's intestines, with only a minimal disturbance to the victim, due to the larva's anesthetic excretions. When Constitution damage exceed the victim's Constitution score, the parasite takes over the body turning the victim into another hirudophagus. If Wisdom damage exceed the victim's Wisdom score before transformation, the infected becomes restlessly amorous and lustful, eschewing rest and personal care until the infection is cured or the transformation occurs. This is a disease effect and can be treated accordingly. A hirudophagus can infect 1d3+1 victims before dying and needs at least hour after an infection before it can infect another victim.
Scent of Prey (Ex) A hirudophagus has a scent special ability though restricted only to humanoids and humanoid-blooded native outsiders, such as aasimars or tieflings. It also allows hirudophagus to recognize and avoid creatures already infected by hirudophage larva.
Hirudophages are leech-like parasite that eat guts of their hosts, wearing infected bodies like sophisticated disguises to spread among humanoids. Being only marginally stronger and resistant than average humanoid, hirudophages are naturally cunning, trying to entice unsuspecting victims into entering intimate contact, though they retain only minimal level of intelligence and capability to use language of their host.
The exact source of hirudophage is unknown, with outbreaks of infection appearing in various place from time to time, as if a smart, long-living carriers capable of overcoming their lust were moving across population centers.
