Buy me a coffeeMi-Go
“Meet the otherworldly Mi-Go: Alien horrors from beyond the stars!”
Appearance: Mi-Go are bizarre, otherworldly beings resembling crustacean-insectoid hybrids. They have multiple sets of membranous wings, crab-like claws, and a fungal-like carapace covering their bodies. Their heads are bulbous and feature multiple writhing antennae.
Behavior: Highly intelligent and technologically advanced, Mi-Go are enigmatic and inscrutable beings. They are known for their cold and calculating demeanor, often observing and experimenting on other life forms without regard for their well-being. Despite their alien nature, they are capable of communication and interaction with other intelligent beings.
Habitat: Mi-Go hail from the distant and unknown corners of the cosmos, inhabiting remote and inhospitable locations such as alien planets, outer space, or hidden dimensions. They are rarely encountered on Earth but may visit the planet for various purposes, often remaining hidden from human sight.
Modus Operandi: Mi-Go are masters of science and technology far beyond human comprehension. They are known for their surgical skills, often abducting individuals for experimentation or extracting brain tissue for their own purposes. They may also manipulate human societies from the shadows, subtly influencing events to serve their mysterious agenda.
Motivation: The motivations of Mi-Go are inscrutable and may vary among individuals or factions. Some seek knowledge and scientific advancement, while others may pursue conquest or expansion of their influence across the cosmos. Ultimately, their goals remain a mystery to outsiders, as they operate on a level of understanding far beyond mortal comprehension.
Mi-Go 5e
Mi-Go Pathfinder
Mi-Go
Large aberration, lawful evil
Armor Class 16 (natural armor)
Hit Points 135 (18d10 + 36)
Speed 30 ft., fly 60 ft.
| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 (+3) | 14 (+2) | 15 (+2) | 18 (+4) | 15 (+2) | 14 (+2) |
Saving Throws Int +8, Wis +6
Skills Arcana +8, Perception +6
Damage Resistances cold, lightning, necrotic; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks
Condition Immunities charmed, frightened
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 16
Languages Deep Speech, telepathy 120 ft.
Challenge 8 (3,900 XP)
Innate Spellcasting. The Mi-Go’s innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 16). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
- At will: detect thoughts, levitate, tongues
- 3/day each: dispel magic, plane shift (self only)
Magic Resistance. The Mi-Go has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Rejuvenation. If the Mi-Go dies, its body crumbles to dust, leaving behind its equipment. After 24 hours, the Mi-Go returns to life with all its hit points restored, unless it is killed by a critical hit or it is exposed to sunlight for 1 hour.
Actions
Multiattack. The Mi-Go makes two attacks: one with its tentacles and one with its pincer.
Tentacles. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d8 + 3) bludgeoning damage plus 7 (2d6) psychic damage.
Pincer. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (2d6 + 2) slashing damage.
Telekinetic Ray (Recharge 5-6). The Mi-Go targets one creature it can see within 60 feet of it. The target must succeed on a DC 16 Intelligence saving throw or take 22 (4d10) force damage and be pushed 10 feet away from the Mi-Go. If the saving throw is successful, the target takes half the damage and isn’t pushed.
Regional Effects
- Strange whispers and alien murmurs permeate the area within 1 mile of the Mi-Go’s lair, causing unease and paranoia in those who hear them.
- Creatures within 1 mile of the Mi-Go’s lair have vivid dreams of distant worlds and alien landscapes, leaving them unsettled upon waking.
- The boundaries between planes of existence become thin and porous within 1 mile of the Mi-Go’s lair, leading to strange occurrences and unpredictable magical effects.
These effects last until the Mi-Go is killed or driven from its lair.
This unnaturally graceful creature has a bulbous fungoid lump for a head, spiny insectoid wings, and a tangle of spiky, clawed legs.
[This content was created by Paizo Publishing LLC for the Pathfinder rules but is not from the Pathfinder RPG product line.]
Mi-go are both scientists and colonists extraterrestrial travelers from the Dark Tapestry who view the universe as a canvas to be mastered and controlled. Their numbers on any particular planet can vary, but taken on a galactic scale, these numbers can only be mind-numbing in scope. A typical mi-go is roughly the size of a human, but weighs only 90 pounds.
Ecology
Although a mi-go’s shape might suggest an arthropod, especially with its long, insectlike limbs and diaphanous wings, the creature is in fact a highly evolved form of extraterrestrial fungus. Mi-go communicate via a combination of clicking of pincers and subtle shifts in the coloration of their bulbous heads, other creatures can learn this language, but without similar biologies (or the ability to mimic these noises and colors with illusions) can only hope to ‘listen’ to a mi-go. A mi-go can speak in a strange, buzzing voice, but generally only does so when forced to speak to other creatures.
| Mi-Go CR 6 |
| XP 2,400 NE Medium plant Init +5; Senses Blindsight 30 ft., Low-Light Vision; Perception +12 |
| DEFENSE |
| AC 20, touch 16, flat-footed 14 (+5 Dexterity, +1 Dodge, +4 natural) hp 66 (7d8+35) Fort +10, Ref +7, Will +4 DR 5/slashing; Immune cold, plant traits; Resist electricity 10, fire 10 |
| OFFENSE |
| Speed 30 ft., fly 50 ft. (good) Melee 4 claws +10 (1d4+3 plus grab) Special Attacks evisceration, sneak attack +2d6 |
| STATISTICS |
| Strength 16, Dexterity 20, Constitution 21, Intelligence 25, Wisdom 14, Charisma 15 Base Atk +5; CMB +8 (+12 grapple); CMD 24 (32 vs. trip) Feats Combat Reflexes, Deceitful, Dodge, Weapon Finesse Skills Bluff +18, Disable Device +12, Disguise +18, Fly +9, Heal +9, Knowledge (arcana) +14, Knowledge (geography) +14, Perception +12, Spellcraft +14, Stealth +15; Racial Modifiers Bluff +4, Disguise +4 Languages Aklo, Common, Mi-Go; cannot speak SQ deceptive, item creation, no breath, starflight |
| SPECIAL ABILITIES |
| Deceptive (Ex) A mi-go is a master of deception, and gains a +4 racial bonus on Bluff and Disguise checks. Bluff and Disguise are always class skills for mi-go. Evisceration (Ex) A mi-go’s claws are capable of swiftly and painfully performing surgical operations upon helpless creatures or creatures it has grappled. When a mi-go makes a successful grapple check (in addition to any other effects caused by a successful check), it inflicts its sneak attack damage on the victim. A creature that takes this damage must make a DC 18 Fortitude save or take 1d4 points of ability damage as well from the invasive surgery (the type of ability damage dealt is chosen by the mi-go at the time the evisceration occurs). The save DC is Dexterity-based. Item Creation (Ex) All mi-go possess the ability to create strange items that blur the line between magic and technology, given time and resources. This ability allows a mi-go to ignore all of the Item Creation feat requirements and spellcasting requirements for creating a magic item-the resulting item is always mi-go technology. Mi-go can use the Heal skill to craft mi-go technology. When a mi-go uses this ability to craft an item, it must use a larger amount of strange ingredients and expendable resources-this effectively doubles the gp cost to create the item. No Breath (Ex) A mi-go does not breathe, and is immune to effects that require breathing (such as inhaled poison). This does not give immunity to cloud or gas attacks that do not require breathing. Starflight (Su) A mi-go can survive in the void of outer space. It flies through space at an incredible speed. Although exact travel times vary, a trip within a single solar system normally takes 3d20 months, while a trip beyond should take 3d20 years (or more, at the GM’s discretion), provided the mi-go knows the way to its destination. |
| ECOLOGY |
| Environment any Organization solitary, pair, scouting party (3-8), or invasion (9-16) Treasure double |
Habitat & Society
Mi-go goals on the planets they invade and colonize can vary, from stripping them of mineral resources to seeking biological resources for their scientific experiments. Mi-go are often viewed as gods or demons by the more primitive societies they encounter, and are fond of capitalizing upon these fears to further their own agendas. Masters of disguise, they often infiltrate societies so as to better manipulate, harvest, and eventually consume the society for their own needs. Despite their skill in this regard, they generally keep the core strongholds of their operations in remote regions, hilly and mountainous areas are favored for the preponderance of caves and other natural features that are easily converted into defensible hideouts.
Although masters of strange biological technologies, migo are also quite fervent in religious matters. Most worship Shub-Niggurath, for they view this goddess’s fecundity as the pinnacle of their own biological technologies and skills. A mi-go sees very little difference between the cold hard facts of science and the intensely interpretative complexities of faith.
Mi-Go Technology
The mi-go mastery of surgical and biological technologies incorporates the magical; the techniques they utilize in their pursuit of world colonization manifest in a wide range of strange and frightening tools. These devices merge magic and technology in strange and unsettling ways. For the most part, mi-go technology functions identically to normal magic items, the devices simply look disturbing and weird to other creatures.
The function of mi-go technological items can be identified as if they were normal magic items, but with a -5 penalty on the Spellcraft check. Likewise, attempts to utilize mi-go technology with Use Magic Device take a -5 penalty. At the GM’s discretion, after a character becomes familiar with mi-go technology (perhaps after identifying or using the items over the course of an adventure or two), these penalties might vanish.
While you can simulate mi-go technology by simply describing existing magic items as strange and unusual things (a mi-go potion of cure serious wounds might look like a syringe filled with bubbling blue liquid, for example, while a mi-go rod of thunder and lightning might look like a strange rifle-like device made of crystal and pulsating fleshy veins, and might deal cold damage in place of electrical damage), other items should be more unique, such as this example.
Section 15: Copyright Notice – Pathfinder Adventure Path #46: Wake of the Watcher