Chaos Beast

Large Aberration, Chaotic Neutral

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Armor Class 16 (natural armor)
Hit Points 126 (12d10 + 60)
Speed 40 ft., climb 30 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
20 (+5)	16 (+3)	20 (+5)	2 (-4)	12 (+1)	6 (-2)

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Saving Throws Dex +8, Con +10, Wis +6
Damage Resistances Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks
Condition Immunities Blinded, Charmed, Deafened, Frightened, Paralyzed, Petrified, Poisoned
Senses Darkvision 60 ft., Tremorsense 30 ft., Passive Perception 13
Languages Understands Deep Speech but can’t speak
Challenge 9 (5,000 XP)
Proficiency Bonus +4

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Traits

• Amorphous: The Chaos Beast can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing. It can change its shape as a bonus action.
• Corporeal Instability: Whenever a creature hits the Chaos Beast with a melee attack, it must succeed on a DC 17 Wisdom saving throw or become cursed with an amorphous body. The cursed creature becomes unable to hold or use any item and suffers a -4 penalty on attack rolls. This effect lasts until the curse is removed.
• Magic Resistance: The Chaos Beast has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
• Innate Spellcasting: The Chaos Beast’s innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 15). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
  • At will: Mage Hand, Minor Illusion
  • 3/day each: Blur, Fear
  • 1/day each: Confusion, Polymorph (self only)

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Actions

• Multiattack: The Chaos Beast makes three attacks: one with its Tentacle and two with its Claw.
• Tentacle: Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 18 (2d10 + 5) bludgeoning damage. The target must succeed on a DC 17 Strength saving throw or be grappled (escape DC 17). The Chaos Beast can grapple one Large or smaller creature.
• Claw: Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d8 + 5) slashing damage plus 9 (2d8) psychic damage.
• Warping Strike (Recharge 5-6): The Chaos Beast targets one creature it can see within 30 feet of it. The target must make a DC 17 Intelligence saving throw. On a failed save, the target takes 27 (6d8) psychic damage and is confused for 1 minute (the target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success). On a successful save, the target takes half damage and isn’t confused.

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Tactics

• Initial Approach: The Chaos Beast prefers to ambush its foes from an advantageous position, utilizing its Amorphous trait to hide in unusual terrain or blend into chaotic environments. It uses its innate spellcasting to disorient opponents with Fear or Blur to avoid being hit.
• Targeting Weaknesses: It prioritizes spellcasters and ranged attackers first, using Tentacle to grapple and isolate them. Once a foe is restrained, it uses Claw attacks to deal heavy damage while the victim struggles.
• Psychic Assault: If it finds itself outnumbered or in a losing position, the Chaos Beast will retreat momentarily to regroup, then unleash Warping Strike on the most dangerous opponent. This allows it to sow chaos among the enemy ranks and potentially turn the tide of battle.
• Retreat: If its hit points drop below half, it will utilize Polymorph to transform into a less threatening form to escape, leveraging its amorphous nature to squeeze through tight spaces or flee into the shadows.

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Environment

The Chaos Beast thrives in areas of chaotic energy, such as:

• Twisted forests filled with warped trees and bizarre flora.
• Ruins of ancient civilizations where reality seems thin.
• Extraplanar realms or regions affected by wild magic.

Chaos Beast

[This content was created for the Pathfinder rules by Paizo Publishing LLC and is part of the Pathfinder RPG product line.]

This thing is a horrid mass of barbed tentacles, glaring eyes, and gnashing teeth, twisting upon itself and reshaping into new forms.

Source: Pathfinder d20pfsrd.com

A chaos beast’s form changes without any goal or purpose. Though at any particular second a chaos beast may appear to have dozens of limbs, whether claws, tentacles, stingers, and so on, the lightning-quick shifts of its body mean most of these are gone before it has a chance to use them, and its attacks are always treated as claws regardless of the creature’s appearance.

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Chaos Beast CR 7

XP 3,200 CN Medium outsider (chaotic, extraplanar) Init +6; Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +13

DEFENSE

AC 20, touch 13, flat-footed 17 (+2 Dexterity, +1 Dodge, +7 natural) hp 85 (9d10+36) Fort +9, Ref +8, Will +4 Defensive Abilities amorphous, resistant to transformation; SR 18

OFFENSE

Speed 20 ft. Melee 4 claws +13 (1d6+3 plus corporeal instability)

STATISTICS

Strength 17, Dexterity 15, Constitution 16, Intelligence 10, Wisdom 12, Charisma 11 Base Atk +9; CMB +12; CMD 25 (can’t be tripped) Feats Dodge, Improved Initiative, Mobility, Toughness, Weapon Focus (claw) Skills Acrobatics +14 (+10 Jump), Climb +15, Escape Artist +14, Perception +13, Stealth +14, Swim +15

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Corporeal Instability (Su) Claw – contact (curse); save Fort DC 17; effect amorphous body and 1 Wisdom drain per round (see below); cure 3 consecutive saves. The save DC is Constitution-based. A creature cursed with an amorphous body becomes a spongy, shapeless mass. Unless the victim manages to control the effect (see below), its shape constantly melts, flows, writhes, and boils. An affected creature is unable to hold or use any item. Clothing, armor, helmets, and rings become useless. Large items worn or carried’ armor, Backpacks, even shirts’ hamper more than help, reducing the victim’s Dexterity score by 4. Speed is reduced to 10 feet or one-quarter normal, whichever is less. The victim gains the amorphous quality, but cannot cast spells or use magic items, and it attacks blindly, unable to distinguish friend from foe (–4 penalty on attack rolls and a 50% miss chance, regardless of the attack roll).   A victim can temporarily regain its own shape by taking a standard action to attempt a DC 15 Will save (this check DC does not vary for a chaos beast with different Hit Dice or ability scores). A success reestablishes the creature’s normal form for 1 minute. Spells that change the victim’s shape (such as alter self, Beast Shape, elemental body, and polymorph) do not remove the curse, but hold the creature in a stable form (which might not be its own form, depending on the spell) and prevent additional Wisdom drain for the duration of the spell; shapechange and stoneskin have a similar effect. The victim takes 1 point of Wisdom drain from mental shock every round that it ends its turn in an amorphous shape ‘upon being drained to 1 Wisdom, further Wisdom drain ceases and the amorphous body effect is permanent until removed via magic (no further number of saving throws can cure the condition at this time). Resistant to Transformation (Ex) Transmutation effects, such as polymorphing or petrification, force a chaos beast into a new shape, but at the start of its next turn, it immediately returns to its normal form as a free action.

ECOLOGY

Environment any Organization solitary or invasion (2-5) Treasure none

Section 15: Copyright Notice – Bestiary 2

Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Bestiary 2, © 2010, Paizo Publishing, LLC; Authors Wolfgang Baur, Jason Bulmahn, Adam Daigle, Graeme Davis, Crystal Frasier, Joshua J. Frost, Tim Hitchcock, Brandon Hodge, James Jacobs, Steve Kenson, Hal MacLean, Martin Mason, Rob McCreary, Erik Mona, Jason Nelson, Patrick Renie, Sean K Reynolds, F. Wesley Schneider, Owen K.C. Stephens, James L. Sutter, Russ Taylor, and Greg A. Vaughan, based on material by Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, and Skip Williams.