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Shard Slag

CR 8.00 Ooze N Huge

This smoldering mass of metal-encrusted goo sports half a dozen pseudopods, each tipped with a burning-hot sword blade.

Description

Shard slags are living mounds of magic-infused iron. They dwell within the iron-rich molten cores of worlds, the hearts of active volcanoes, or any location where the borders of the Material Plane and the Plane of Fire are thin. Though they're not sentient, shard slags are skilled hunters and have developed a bizarre method of hunting and defending themselves. When a creature is near, a shard slag spontaneously alters its molten body to produce a number of razor-sharp blades. The shard slag then mindlessly attacks until the other creature is stabbed, burned, and then consumed.

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Combat Stats

HP: 126 (12d8+72)
AC: 20, touch 6, flat-footed 20 (–2 Dex, +14 natural, –2 size)
Speed: 30 ft., burrow 20 ft.
Init: –2
Melee: 1d4+2 slag blades +13 (1d8+6/19–20 plus 2d6 fire)
BAB: +9
CMB: +17
CMD: 25 (can't be tripped)
Fort: +10
Ref: +2
Will: –1
DR: 5/magic

Special Attacks

excruciating burn (DC 16), molten form, slag blades

Special Qualities

no breath

Details

Type: Ooze
Alignment: N
Size: Huge
Environment: any volcanoes or underground
Senses: blindsight 60 ft., tremorsense 60 ft.; Perception –5
Source: Bestiary 4

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