Fantasy Monster: Captivating Landscape

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Captivating Landscape

A magnificent painting of a peaceful landscape with some barely visible silhouettes in the background.

CR 14; XP 38,400
N Huge Construct

Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +2

Defense
AC 24, touch 14, flat-footed 22 (+4 deflection, +2 Dex, +10 natural, –2 size)
hp 208 (16d10+120)
Fort +10; Ref +12; Will +12

Defensive Abilities enhanced durability 5; DR 5/magic and slashing; Immune construct traits; SR 25

Weakness vulnerable to fire

Offense
Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft.

Melee 4 slams +20 (3d6+6 plus flesh to paint)

Space 15 ft.; Reach 10 ft.

Special Attacks flesh to paint (DC 27), magic strikes (+1 enhancement to attack and damage rolls)

Statistics
Str 20, Dex 14, Con —, Int —, Wis 15, Cha 15
Base Atk +16; CMB +23; CMD 39 (51 vs. trip and overrun)

Skills Climb +13, Perception +2, Stealth –6 (+14 when staying motionless)

Ecology
Environment urban, ruins
Organization solitary, pair, or exhibition (3–6)
Treasure standard (typically highly adorned pieces of a frame)

Special Abilities

Enhanced Durability 5 (Ex) A captivating landscape has +5 racial bonus to all of its saving throws and 5 additional hit points per Hit Die.

Flesh To Paint (Su) Any creature dropped to 0 or less hit by a captivating landscape slam attack is sucked into the painting and appear as one of background figures on the landscape depicted. Such creature remains half-aware of its surroundings, kept in a dream-like state. Captured creatures can be released with break enchantment (DC 27) or freedom cast on the captivating landscape—individual creatures trapped within the painting can be targeted, though pinpointing them on the painting can be challenging during the combat, at least without superior Perception and/or skills related to creating and critique of paintings, leaving a chance that wrong creatures are released if there are more victims than the break enchantment's target limit. Destruction of a captivating landscape causes the death and loss of the bodies of captured victims, though they might be recovered individually with true resurrection or wish spell. A specific captured victim can be cut out by dealing 1/10th of the captivating landscape total hit points with called shots (–4 to attack rolls) explicitly targeting that victim's depiction. Such cut-out depiction will survive the destruction of the landscape and can be targeted with break enchantment or freedom, or be treated as a remains of the victim's body for purpose of reincarnation or resurrection.

Vulnerability To Fire (Ex) A captivating landscape suffers +50% damage from fire effects. If the landscape suffered any fire damage, each individual captured victim has 50% of its depiction being scorched beyond recognition and lost forever (or at least until true resurrection or wish is used to bring them back to life).

Captivating landscape is a massive wall-covering canvas depicting a scene, usually a peaceful rural or wilderness scenery, that is capable of capturing and keeping forever those it defeats. 

Constructing Captivating Landscape

The creator has to paint the 

CL 16th; Price 100,000 gp.

Requirements Craft Construct, geas/quest, imprisonment or maze, limited wish, polymorph any object, ; Skill Craft (painting) DC 30; Cost 50,000 gp.