Fantasy Monster: Mother Of Pain

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Trigger warning: Pregnancy gone terribly-terribly wrong.

Mother Of Pain

A thin and emaciated woman with bloated belly, long talons, fanged maw, and long, disheveled hair.

CR 7; XP 3,200
NE Medium Undead (evil)
Init +8; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +14

Defense
AC 20, touch 16, flat-footed 16 (+2 deflection, +4 Dex, +4 natural)
hp 85 (10d8+40); fast healing 5
Fort +8, Ref +9, Will +10
Defensive Abilities flickering steps, shield of pain; DR 10/good; Immune undead traits; Resist acid 10, cold 10, electricity 10, fire 10

Weakness evil suppression

Offense
Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft.
Melee 2 claws +11 (1d8+4), bite +11 (1d8+4)

Special Attacks soundless cries of pain

Spell-Like Abilities (CL 10th, concentration +14)

At Will—telekinesis (DC 18)

Statistics
Str 18, Dex 18, Con —, Int 13, Wis 13, Cha 17
Base Atk +7; CMB +11; CMD 27
Feats Blind-Fight, Combat Reflexes, Improved Initiative, Run, Toughness
Skills Acrobatics +14, Climb +12, Intimidate +16, Knowledge (planes) +11, Perception +14, Stealth +17

Languages Abyssal, Celestial, Infernal (doesn't speak); telepathy 100 ft.

Ecology
Environment urban, ruins, lower planes
Organization solitary, hospital (3–10)
Treasure standard

Flickering Steps (Su) When a mother of pain moves, she seems to blink from step to step, appearing a few feet from her previous location at a time, ignoring difficult terrain, passing through closed doors and walls less than a foot thick. She doesn't provoke attacks of opportunity while moving. This ability can be suppressed by dimensional anchor, dimensional lock or similar effects.

Shield Of Pain (Su) A mother of pain is animated by fiendish spirit bound within her, granting her +2 deflection bonus top AC, +2 resistance bonus to saving throws, damage reduction, and fast healing. The bonuses are already included in the statistics above.

Soundless Cries Of Pain (Su) A mother of pain can share her pain telepathically as a swift action. She can either broadband her pain to all sapient creatures within range of her telepathy, giving them –1 penalty to attack rolls, skill checks, and concentration checks or focus on a single creature within range, bestowing –4 penalty and forcing the target to succeed concentration checks to cast spells and use other abilities that require concentration. This is a mind-affecting pain effect that last until the beginning of the mother's next turn.

Susceptible To Evil Suppression (Ex) Bonuses bestowed by protection from evil, magic circle against evil, and similar effects are doubled against a mother of pain. If a mother of pain fails a saving throw against banishment, dismissal, dispel evil, or other effect that would normally disrupt possession, she loses her flickering steps, shield of pain, and soundless cries of pain ability for a number of rounds equal to the effect's caster level. While their fiendish spirit is suppressed in that way, the mother's tormented mind can communicate telepathically with nearby creatures in coherent way, though they don't regain control over their actions.

Mothers of pain are eternally tormented cadavers of women who were killed by fiendish pregnancies before they gave birth, now animated and driven by the parasitic spirit of their unborn progeny. The vestiges of the mother's mind remains trapped within the body that acts as a vessel for an otherworldly malice.