Kigatilik

Large fiend (demon), chaotic evil

Armor Class 18 (natural armor)
Hit Points 200 (16d10 + 112)
Speed 40 ft.

STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
24 (+7)	14 (+2)	24 (+7)	16 (+3)	18 (+4)	20 (+5)

Saving Throws Str +12, Con +12, Wis +9, Cha +10
Skills Perception +9, Stealth +7
Damage Resistances cold; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks
Damage Immunities fire, poison
Condition Immunities poisoned
Senses truesight 120 ft., passive Perception 19
Languages Abyssal, telepathy 120 ft.
Challenge 15 (13,000 XP)

Traits

• Magic Resistance. Kigatilik has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
• Innate Spellcasting. Kigatilik’s spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 18). Kigatilik can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
  • At will: detect magic, fear, fireball
  • 3/day each: dispel magic, teleport
  • 1/day each: dominate person, plane shift (self only)

Actions

• Multiattack. It makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with its claw.
• Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 17 (2d10 + 7) piercing damage.
• Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (2d8 + 7) slashing damage.
• Frightful Presence. Each creature of Kigatilik’s choice that is within 120 feet of Kigatilik and aware of him must succeed on a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a creature’s saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to Kigatilik’s Frightful Presence for the next 24 hours.

Legendary Actions

It can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. Kigatilik regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.

• Attack. It makes one bite or claw attack.
• Spellcasting (Costs 2 Actions). It casts a spell from its list of innate spells.
• Teleport (Costs 2 Actions). It magically teleports, along with any equipment it is wearing or carrying, up to 60 feet to an unoccupied space it can see.

Special Traits

• Shaman Hunter. It has advantage on attack rolls against creatures that can cast spells. When Kigatilik damages a creature that can cast spells, that creature can’t cast spells until the end of its next turn.
• Arctic Camouflage. Kigatilik has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide in snowy terrain.

An apish, white monster walks through the ice wastes. Its yellow fangs drool and snap as it walks towards you, screaming in some forgotten bestial tongue.

Monster Encyclopaedia II: The Dark Bestiary
Author J. C. Alvarez
Series Monster Encyclopaedia
Publisher Mongoose Publishing
Publish date 2005

Kigatilik is a vicious, violent beast, especially known for killing clerics.

Ir is a fearsome monster from polar regions. It appears as a large ape with a demon’s head, whose cavernous jaws sport two large curved, yellow fangs. The teeth and claws of a kigatilik can tear a full-grown man apart in seconds. It has a preference for divine spellcasters, whose spiritual souls seem to be somehow necessary for the creature’s nourishment.

They speak Abyssal and their own savage language.

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Kigatilik
Large magical beast (cold)
Hit Dice	10d10+40 (95 hp)
Initiative	+6
Speed	50 ft. (10 squares), Swim 40ft.
AC	21 (-1 size, +2 Dexterity, +10 natural), touch 11, flat-footed 19
Base Attack/Grapple	+10/+22
Attack	Claw +18 melee (1d8+8) or bite +17 melee (1d8+8)
Full Attack	2 claws +18 melee (1d8+8) and bite +12 melee (1d8+4)
Space/Reach	10 ft. /10 ft.
Special Attacks	Divine devouring, improved grab
Special Qualities	Darkvision 60 ft., divine assimilation, immunity to cold, Low-Light Vision, Scent, vulnerability to fire
Saves	Fort +11, Ref +9, Will +4
Abilities	Strength 27, Dexterity 15, Constitution 19, Intelligence 10, Wisdom 12, Charisma 14
Skills	Hide +7*, Listen +6, Move Silently +11, Spot +6, Survival +7**, Swim +16
Feats	Improved Initiative, Power Attack, Track, Weapon Focus (claw)
Environment	Any cold
Organisation	Solitary
Challenge Rating	7
Treasure	None
Alignment	Usually chaotic evil
Advancement	11-20 HD (Huge), 12-30 HD (Gargantuan)
Level Adjustment	–

Combat

They savagely bear down upon their prey with their teeth and claws. They always attack clerics first, followed by druids, creatures with spell-like abilities resembling divine spells, paladins, clerics and other creature types (in that order).

Divine Devouring (Su): They gain strength from killing priests. For every 5 points of damage dealt to a divine spellcaster by a kigatilik’s claws or bite, it recovers 1 hit point. A kigatilik may not gain hit points putting it above its maximum hit points in this fashion.

Improved Grab (Ex): A kigatilik that hits with a claw attack can attempt to start a grapple as a free action, without provoking an attack of opportunity.

Divine Assimilation (Su): It is all but impervious to divine magic. Spells available to both arcane and divine spellcasters affect a kigatilik only if they come from a creature using them as arcane spells. Otherwise, any divine spell or spell-like effect targeted on a kigatilik is automatically dispelled and its casting heals 1 point per spell level to the kigatilik. Thus a slay living spell cast on a kigatilik is dispelled with no ill effect, plus it heals 5 points to the kigatilik.

Skills: They gain a +4 racial bonus on all Hide and Move Silently checks. They gains a +8 racial bonus on all Swim checks and can always take 10 on Swim checks, even if rushed or threatened.

_{*When in snowy or glacial environments, the Hide bonus rises to +12.}

_{**A kigatilik gains a +4 racial bonus on Listen, Spot and Survival checks made to sense and/or Track divine spellcasters.}