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IX Mythos Bestiary


CR 8

XP 4,800
CE Huge ooze
Init +9; Senses blindsight 120 ft., tremorsense 240 ft.;
Perception +11
DEFENSE

AC 22, touch 22, flat-footed 13 (+5 deflection, +9 Dex, –2
size)
hp 105 (10d8+60); fast healing 10
Fort +9, Ref +12, Will +4
Defensive Abilities all-around vision, DR 10/—;
Immune acid, ooze traits; Resist electricity 10; SR 19
OFFENSE

Speed 60 ft., climb 40 ft., swim 60 ft.
Melee bite +15 (4d6+6 plus grab) or
3 club tentacles +15 (2d4+4) or
12 whip tentacles +9 (1d4+2) or
ram +14 (6d8+6/x3)
Space 15 ft.; Reach 15 ft.
Special Attacks fast swallow, swallow whole (2d4+4 acid
damage, AC 12, 10 hp)

Formless Spawn
What You See
This black ropy construct of thick

organic material swiftly changes
form, emitting rope-like tendrils
and building legs, mouths, and other
structures seemingly without pattern.
It is utterly silent despite the chaos of
its ever-moving structure, though you
keep expecting some sort of noise like
a babbling brook or trembling pool
of water.

S TAT I S T I C S

Str 19, Dex 29, Con 22, Int 15, Wis 12, Cha 15
Base Atk +7; CMB +13; CMD 37 (cannot be tripped)
Feats Combat Expertise, Combat Reflexes, Power Attack,
Weapon Finesse, Weapon Focus (club tentacle), Weapon
Focus (bite)
Skills Climb +17, Knowledge (religion) +12, Perception +11,
Stealth +11, Swim +17
Languages Aklo
SQ compression, improved swallow whole, freeze, variable
attacks, tentacles
ECO LO GY

Environment temperate ruin
Organization solitary or flood (2–6)
Treasure standard
SPECIAL ABILITIES

Freeze (Ex) A formless spawn can hold itself so still that

it appears to be nothing more than a puddle of tar or
oil. When using this ability, a formless spawn can take
20 on its Stealth check to hide in plain sight as just such
a puddle. While freezing in this way, a spawn need not
drink or eat.
Improved Swallow Whole (Ex) When a creature cuts
its way out of a formless spawn after being swallowed
whole, the monster’s fluid body reforms instantly,
allowing it to continue to use the swallow whole attack
without needing to completely heal all damage.
Tendrils (Ex) A formless spawn fills an area around it to a
twenty-foot radius with a writhing storm of black tendrils
formed from its own amorphous body. These tendrils
grant it a +5 deflection bonus to AC and penalize all other

creatures’ CMB checks made in that area by –5. Freedom
of movement grants immunity to this CMB penalty, and
creatures that are gaseous or incorporeal do not suffer
the penalty.
Tentacles (Ex) A formless spawn’s club tentacles always
function as primary natural weapons that inflict
bludgeoning damage. Its whip tentacles always function
as secondary natural weapons that inflict slashing
damage.
Ram (Ex) As a full-round action, a formless spawn can
transform its whole body into a deadly pointed ram and
thrust at a single foe. This primary attack inflicts piercing
damage.
Variable Attacks (Ex) When a formless spawn attacks, it
must choose which form of attack it wishes to make in

that round between a bite, up to three club-like tentacles,
a number of whip-like tentacles, or a single powerful ram.
When it makes attacks of opportunity, it always does so
with a club tentacle. It cannot attack with multiple attack
types as part of a full-attack action—it must choose one
of the four attack modes but is free to change those
modes each round of combat.

Deep below the earth live the formless spawn of
Tsathoggua. They are highly fluid entities of black
protoplasm, which can shift between shapes with the
rapidity of water. They are liquescent in their native
habitats, and build channels or gutters of stone that
they can flow through with incredible speed. Their

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