Fantasy Monster: Censor Inevitable

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Inevitable, Censor

A many-legged metallic spider with a wide array of lenses, quills, and cutters at the end of its limbs.

CR 5; 1,600 XP

LN Small Outsider (extraplanar, inevitable, lawful)

Init +7; Senses darkvision 60 ft., detect chaos, low-light vision; Perception +13

Defense
AC 18, touch 14, flat-footed 15 (+2 Dex, +1 dodge, +4 natural, +1 size)
hp 52 (7d10+14); regeneration 5 (chaotic)
Fort +7, Ref +4, Will +8

Defensive Abilities all-around vision, constructed; SR 16

Offense
Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft.

Melee 4 cutters and quills +10 (1d4+2 plus axiomatic ink)

Special Attacks sonovorous bomb

Spell-Like Abilities (CL 7th; concentration +8)

Constant—comprehend languages, detect chaos

At Will—arcane mark, erase, explosive runes (censor can have up to four explosive runes active at any one time, becomes immediately aware when one set is triggered)

3/day—vanish

Statistics

Str 14, Dex 14, Con 14, Int 15, Wis 17, Cha 13

Base Atk +7; CMB +8; CMD 21 (29 vs. trip)
Feats Acrobatic Steps, Dodge, Improved Initiative, Nimble Moves

Skills Acrobatics +12, Climb +10, Knowledge (arcana) +12, Knowledge (nature) +12, Knowledge (planes) +12, Knowledge (religion) +12, Perception +13, Stealth +16

Languages comprehend languages, doesn't speak

SQ corrections and edits

Axiomatic Ink (Su) Creatures struck by a censor's quills are marked with signs of order, suffering –2 penalty to saving throws against lawful spells until they carefully wash themselves or erase the markings.

Corrections And Edits (Su) A censor can duplicate handwriting and printed fonts with ease, excreting necessary inks from its quilled appendages, rewriting sections of text after erasing forbidden parts, and replacing them with toned down and acceptable versions. Noticing that alterations have been made requires beating DC of 33 on a Perception, Linguistic, or a suitable Profession check.

Sonovorous Bomb (Su) A censor inevitable can fire a bomb that consumes all sounds in a burst. It works as a thrown splash weapon using censor's ranged touch attack of +10 and has range increment of 20 feet. It deals 4d6 points of sonic damage on a direct hit, and has a 20-ft. splash effect dealing 4 sonic damage and silencing the area for 1d4+1 rounds. A censor can store and fire up to three sonovorous bombs before it needs to produce more (replenishing any number of bombs takes 1 hour).

Censor inevitables are lesser servants of the order that seek and edit, hide, restrict, or even erase dangerous knowledge—one that might cause social, political, technological, or cosmological chaos, strife,  or destruction. The exact topics to be censored vary between individual censors, the world they are on, and the current balance of powers, both on the local and the cosmic scales.