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Byakhee


OFFENSE

CR 6

XP 2,400
CE Large aberration
Init +9; Senses darkvision 60 ft., see in darkness;
Perception +14
DEFENSE

AC 19, touch 14, flat-footed 14 (+5 Dex, +5 natural, –1 size)
hp 68 (8d8+32)
Fort +6, Ref +7, Will +9
Defensive Abilities unknowable form; Immune cold,
mind-affecting effects, sonic

Speed 20 ft., fly 40 ft. (average)
Melee bite +10 (1d8+4 plus grab), 2 claws +11 (1d6+4
plus grab)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 5 ft.
Special Attacks shriek, blood drain (1d2 Constitution)
S TAT I S T I C S

Str 18, Dex 21, Con 19, Int 9, Wis 16, Cha 8
Base Atk +6; CMB +11; CMD 26
Feats Combat Reflexes, Improved Initiative, Weapon
Finesse, Weapon Focus (claws)
Skills Fly +14, Knowledge (geography) +10, Perception +14

Languages Aklo
SQ no breath, starflight
ECO LO GY

Environment any (outer space)
Organization solitary, pair, shriek (1 byakhee plus 3
summoned byakhee) or flight (3–12)
Treasure standard
SPECIAL ABILITIES

Shriek (Su) Three times a day as a full-round
action that provokes attacks of opportunity,
a byakhee may issue a horrific shriek from
the depths of its body that penetrates both
space and time. At the end of the byakhee’s
turn, another byakhee appears in an adjacent
square to the shrieking byakhee, called from
another place and time in response to the shriek.
This is a summoning effect, and as such a byakhee
conjured via a shriek cannot itself shriek to summon more
of its kind. A byakhee called via this shriek remains for
24 hours or until the byakhee that shrieked for it is slain,
whichever comes first.
Starflight (Su) A byakhee can survive in the void
of outer space. It flies through space at an incredible
speed via an otherworldly organ known as a hune,
located in its abdomen. Although exact travel times
through space vary, a trip within a single solar
system should take 3d20 hours, while a trip beyond
should take 3d20 days (or more, at the GM’s

discretion), provided the byakhee knows the way
to its destination.
Unknowable Form (Ex) The form of a
byakhee cannot be wholly grasped
by sane mortal eyes. A byakhee is
considered to have concealment
against any intelligent creature that
is not an aberration or an outsider,
and is not suffering from some form
of insanity or confusion effect.

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