Buy me a coffeePeryton
A menagerie of bestial features combine to form this vicious creature. From the body and forelegs of a powerful stag issue sharpened hooves, powerful black wings, and the taloned haunches of a gigantic bird of prey. Its head combines the features of deer and wolf, a set of sharp horns arching over bloodstained jaws. Most unnerving is its shadow, though, which spills forth in the shape of a human figure.
Bizarre, savage creatures, perytons combine the features of ominous birds of prey, mighty stags, and ravenous wolves. Stealing the features of a lean buck for its body, forelegs, and jagged antlers, a peryton’s wings, hindquarters, and razor-sharp talons are those of some mighty avian predator. Below eyes burning with endless hunger sprouts a wolf’s muzzle, filled with shearing, bloody teeth, stained by gory evidence of the beast’s insatiable appetite for warm hearts. Strangest, though, is the creature’s shadow, which light reveals to be not that of a winged quadruped, but a humanoid silhouette. A typical peryton measures 4 feet long and 4 and a half feet tall, though the beasts forward-pointing antlers often make them appear even taller. Their wingspans commonly reach over 11 feet wide and they weigh, on average, between 240 and 380 pounds.
| Peryton CR 4 |
| XP 1,200 CE Medium magical beast Init +7; Senses Darkvision 60 ft., Low-Light Vision; Perception +10 |
| DEFENSE |
| AC 17, touch 13, flat-footed 14 (+3 Dexterity, +4 natural) hp 42 (5d10+15) Fort +7, Ref +7, Will +3 |
| OFFENSE |
| Speed 30 ft., Fly 60 ft. (good)Melee gore +9 (2d4+3/1820), 2 hooves +3 (1d4+1) Special Attacks augmented critical, shadow mark |
| STATISTICS |
| Strength 17, Dexterity 16, Constitution 17, Intelligence 11, Wisdom 14, Charisma 12Base Atk +5; CMB +8; CMD 21 Feats Hover, Improved Initiative, Weapon Focus (gore) Skills Fly +15, Perception +10 Languages Azlanti |
| SPECIAL ABILITIES |
| Augmented Critical (Ex) A peryton’s gore attack threatens a critical hit on an 1820. If a peryton kills a humanoid foe with a critical hit, it can tear out the victim’s heart with its wolf-like teeth as a free action. Any creature that witnesses this savage event must make a DC 13 Fortitude save or be sickened for 1 round.
The save DC is Charisma-based. Shadow Mark (Su) As a free action, a peryton can make a ranged touch attack by flying over a humanoid targetthe maximum range of this attack is 300 feet. If the peryton hits, its shadow transforms to match the shadow of the creature struck. Once a peryton has established this link, it gains a +2 morale bonus on attack rolls and damage rolls made against that target, and every time the peryton hits that target with an attack, the creature must make a DC 13 Will save or become frightened. This is a mind-affecting fear effect. The save DC is Charisma-based. |
| ECOLOGY |
| Environment any Organization solitary, pair, or flock (38) Treasure standard |
| Section 15 Copyright NoticePathfinder 19: Howl of the Carrion King. Copyright 2009, Paizo Publishing, LLC; Author: Erik Mona. |