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IX Mythos Bestiary
Skills Knowledge (nature) +23, Profession (Yog-Sothothery
philosopher) +20, Perception +28, Sense Motive
+25, Stealth +23 (+31 in forests), Survival +28; Racial
Modifiers +8 Stealth in forests
Languages Aklo, Sylvan
SQ freeze, toxic flesh
ECO LO GY

Environment any forest
Organization solitary, pair, or brood (3–10)
Treasure standard
SPECIAL ABILITIES

Disorienting Grapple (Ex) When a mature dark young
grapples a creature that is smaller than itself, it tosses
and juggles the creature in the air. The juggled creature
still has the grappled condition during this disorienting
juggling, and in fact the nature of the grappling means
that any attempt to escape the grapple suffers a –4
penalty to the roll.
Spells A mature dark young casts spells as a 13th-level
sorcerer, and can choose spells from the druid list in
addition to those from the sorcerer/wizard spell list. All of
these spells are arcane spells (and do not require divine
focus components) when cast.
Toxic Flesh (Ex) A dark young’s flesh is toxic if eaten.
Mature Dark Young Flesh—ingested; save Fort DC 27;
frequency 1/round for 8 rounds; effect 1d2 Constitution
damage and 1 Wisdom drain; cure 2 consecutive saves.
A creature that eats dark young flesh is ten times as

likely to fertilize a partner or become pregnant during
intercourse for 24 hours after being affected by eating
dark young flesh. All children born or sired from such
couplings are Mythos satyrs, outer mutants, or other
strange horrors. The save DC is Constitution-based.
Unnerving Susurrus (Su) A mature dark young's
unnerving susurrus affects creatures at a range of 90 feet.

victim lands, the dark young swiftly constricts and
crushes them, then tosses him again.

The dark young is a terrifying spawn either of Shub-

All but the most mature dark young are found

Niggurath herself or one of her daughters. The

to be mostly if not entirely hollow when killed, their

creatures are typically nurtured somewhere outside the

shells shriveling in a matter of days. Their flesh is

normal dimensions of space-time and only unleashed

highly poisonous when ingested, but is also a powerful

into the normal universe when fully adult.

aphrodisiac.

A dark young can attack in any direction easily.

Each dark young is slightly different, much as each

It cannot be surprised or attacked from “behind.”

tree has a slightly different shape. A given specimen

It attacks with numerous tentacles, grasping and

has 2 to 4 thick hooved legs supporting it. These

constricting and crushing. It likes to throw people in

tentacled horrors can grow quite large. From hoof to

the air with its tentacles, catch them, then toss them

the tips of their tentacles they may be dozens of feet

again, playing a macabre juggling act with its victims

high, and usually weigh several tons. However, due to

to disorient them and make it that much harder for

their hollowness, immature ones are strangely light and

them to break free from their clutches. Each time the

might weigh less than 1,000 pounds.

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