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Yrthak

CR 9.00 Magical Beast N Huge
This flying reptile has large, leathery wings and a vibrantly colored crest on its horned, narrow-snouted head.

Swift, cunning, and perpetually ravenous, the yrthak terrorizes the barren wastelands in which it makes its home, swooping down from on high to blast prey with bursts of pure sound. Though technically blind, as its eyes are tiny and barely capable of vision beyond a few feet, the yrthak senses its surroundings via acute hearing and echolocation. While its powerful jaws and claws are equally capable of taking down opponents, the yrthak generally prefers to wheel through the sky on its membranous wings, firing bolt after bolt of sound into its prey, and exulting in the thrill of the hunt. An adult yrthak is 20 feet long and weighs 1,500 pounds.

Yrthaks spend most of their time aloft—a yrthak hunt often lasts several days, with the yrthak skimming roughly 100 feet over the ground in its wide-ranging search for live prey, only resorting to grazing on carrion in direst need. While they have near-human intelligence, yrthaks generally do not seem interested in forming societies of their own—although the sight of a clutch of yrthaks tormenting a captured morsel might seem to indicate otherwise.

STR
24
DEX
14
CON
18
INT
7
WIS
15
CHA
11
HP
114 (12d10+48)
AC
23, touch 11, flat-footed 20 (+2 Dex, +1 dodge, +12 natural, -2 size)
Speed
20 ft., fly 60 ft. (average)
Init
+6
Melee
bite +17 (2d6+7), 2 claws +17 (1d8+7)
Ranged
sonic lance +12 ranged touch (8d6 sonic)
BAB
+12
CMB
+21
CMD
34 (38 vs. trip)
Fort
+12
Ref
+12
Will
+8

explosion

Dodge, Flyby Attack, Improved Initiative, Iron Will, Lightning Reflexes, Skill Focus (Perception)

Fly +7, Perception +18

Details
Type
Magical Beast
Alignment
N
Size
Huge
Environment
temperate deserts, hills, or mountains
Senses
blindsight 120 ft.; Perception +18
Languages
Draconic
Source
Bestiary 2