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Snallygaster
SNALLYGASTER

CR 3

XP 800
CE Medium aberration
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft., scent; Perception +7
DEFENSE

AC 15, touch 12, flat-footed 13 (+2 Dex, +3 natural)
hp 30 (4d8+12)
Fort +4, Ref +3, Will +6
OFFENSE

Speed 20 ft., fly 60 ft. (good)
Melee bite +6 (1d8+3/×3 plus bleed), 2 claws +6 (1d4+3),
sucking tentacles +1 (1d4+1 plus grab)
Special Attacks aerial charge, bleed (1d6), sucking
tentacles

What You See
A beak full of teeth emits a croaking
noise as this single-eyed, bareskinned creature surverys the world
around it. Grasping claws clutch
its perch, and it flaps thin-skinned
wings to cool itself.

S TAT I S T I C S

Str 17, Dex 15, Con 16, Int 5, Wis 14, Cha 9

Base Atk +3; CMB +6 (+10 grapple); CMD 18 (22 vs. trip)
Feats Flyby Attack, Skill Focus (Stealth)
Skills Fly +10, Perception +7, Stealth +9 (+13 in forests);
Racial Modifiers +4 Stealth in forests
Languages Aklo (can’t speak)
ECO LO GY

Environment temperate forests or mountains
Organization solitary or pair
Treasure none
SPECIAL ABILITIES

Aerial Charge (Ex) When a snallygaster charges
downward at an angle of 45 degrees or more, its bite
attack deals double damage (or triple damage on a
critical hit). Bleed damage is not multiplied for this attack.
Sucking Tentacles (Ex) A snallygaster uses its retractable
tentacles to suck blood from its victim’s bleeding
wounds. If a target has a bleed effect and the snallygaster
grabs it with tentacles or maintains a grapple against it,
the target takes double the normal bleed damage at the
beginning of its next turn. When the snallygaster is using
its tentacles, it cannot make bite attacks.

The snallygaster is a hideous amalgamation of lizard
and bird that preys on unwary travelers. Its claws and
beak have an almost metallic sheen to them, hinting
at their sharpness and strength. Black stripes run the
length of its scaly blue hide all the way to the tip of
its long, sinuous tail. The snallygaster’s serpentine neck

terminates at a small, birdlike head with a single eye set
in the center of the forehead. In place of a tongue, its
long throat contains a slobbering mass of tentacles that

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twist and squirm grotesquely whenever the creature
extends them.
A typical snallygaster measures 9 feet from the tip
of its tail to the point of its beak, with a wingspan of 15
feet and a weight of approximately 200 pounds.
The snallygaster is an ambush predator, attacking
its prey from above. Once it spots a potential victim, it
dives toward its unsuspecting foe, using the fall to build
up momentum. Once its foe lies dead or unconscious,
the snallygaster uses its tonguelike tentacles to slurp up
the victim’s blood. The only thing a snallygaster craves
more than blood is alcohol, and it spends much of
each autumn scouring its territory for fermenting fruit,
on which it gorges itself until thoroughly inebriated.
Intoxicated snallygasters are extremely aggressive.
Snallygasters prefer to nest in wooded, mountainous
regions. They are primarily active during the day,
which they spend searching for food or scaring off
rivals. Whether or not a female snallygaster finds a
mate, it lays one to two eggs per year.