Boobrie

An enormous bird swims past, its wings reduced to flaps and its clawed toes covered in fleshy lobes. Its hooked beak is as long as a man’s arm. 

Taken from the Creature Codex

Boobries are enormous, monstrous relatives of the common loon. Those mundane birds are well-known for their bizarre and eerie cries, but the boobrie takes this vocal expertise to unparalleled levels, capable of both imitating the sounds of other creatures and creating a pulse of powerful sonic energy. Boobries use their mimicry to hunt—they lure creatures such as seals and dolphins to striking distance by copying their vocalizations. Barges and ships carrying livestock are likely to be trailed by a boobrie for days until it learns how to properly mimic a sheep, goat or cow. Any curious animals (or sailors) that approach the edge of the ship to investigate the bizarre noise will then be dragged overboard and consumed by the immense bird.

Boobries are equally at home in salt and fresh water, preying on fish, sea mammals and creatures drinking on the shoreline. Like ordinary loons, they are clumsy on land, dragging themselves on their bellies and pushing themselves with back-set legs. They are solitary creatures except during mating season. Male boobries compete over females not with violence but with displays of mimicry—the bird that creates the widest and most impressive variety of sounds will earn mating rights. Male and female boobries care for their chicks with equal fervor and will defend their nests to the death. A boobrie grows to 20 feet long and weighs 1,200 pounds. Their feathers are a glossy black with white accents and their eyes are vivid shades of red, orange or yellow.

Boobrie             CR 5

XP 1,600

N Huge magical beast

Init +1; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, Perception +6

Defense

AC 17, touch 9, flat-footed 16 (-2 size, +1 Dex, +8 natural)

hp 52 (7d8+14)

Fort +7, Ref +6, Will +3

Offense

Speed 20 ft., swim 60 ft.

Melee bite +9 (2d6+6 plus grab)

Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft.

Special Attacks capsize, roar, swallow whole (AC 14, 5 hp, 2d6+4 bludgeoning)

Statistics

Str 18, Dex 13, Con 15, Int 4, Wis 13, Cha 11

Base Atk +7; CMB +13; CMD 24

Feats Dodge, Mobility, Skill Focus (Bluff), Spring Attack

Skills Bluff +10, Perception +6, Stealth +6, Swim +15; Racial Modifiers +4 Bluff, +4 Stealth
SQ hold breath, sound mimicry (animal sounds)

Ecology

Environment cold aquatic

Organization solitary or pair

Treasure incidental

Special Abilities

Roar (Su) As a standard action once every 1d4 rounds, a boobrie can give an enormous bellow. All creatures within 60 feet of a roaring boobrie take 3d6 points of sonic damage and must succeed on a DC 15 Fortitude save or be stunned for 1 round. The save DC is Constitution based.