Nightmare, Cauchemar

This towering, burning equine stands upon smoking hooves. Hellfire shimmers in its hateful eyes.

The cauchemar is a more dangerous variant of the nightmare, particularly valued for its ability to enter the Ethereal Plane with its rider in addition to being able to use plane shift to invade other realities.

Carrying Capacity: A light load for a cauchemar is up to 612 pounds; a medium load, 613-1,224 pounds; and a heavy load, 1,225-1,840 pounds.

Cauchemar CR 11

XP 12,800 NE Huge outsider (evil, extraplanar) Init +6; Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +22

DEFENSE

AC 26, touch 10, flat-footed 24 (+2 Dexterity, +16 natural, –2 size) hp 147 (14d10+70) Fort +14, Ref +11, Will +7

OFFENSE

Speed 40 ft., Fly 90 ft. (good) Melee bite +22 (2d6+10), 2 hooves +17 (2d6+5 plus 1d6 fire) Space 15 ft.; Reach 10 ft. Special Attacks smoke (DC 22) Spell-Like Abilities (CL 15th) 1/hour (self plus 1 rider only) – ethereal jaunt, plane shift

STATISTICS

Strength 31, Dexterity 15, Constitution 21, Intelligence 16, Wisdom 12, Charisma 12 Base Atk +14; CMB +26; CMD 38 (42 vs. trip) Feats Alertness, Cleave, Improved Initiative, Improved Overrun, Iron Will, Power Attack, Run Skills Acrobatics +19, Bluff +18, Fly +19, Intimidate +18, Knowledge (Arcana, planes) +20, Perception +22, Sense Motive +22, Stealth +11 Languages Abyssal, Infernal

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Smoke (Su) In battle, a cauchemar exhales smoke that chokes and blinds foes, filling a 15-foot cone each round as a free action. Anyone in the cone must succeed on a DC 22 Fortitude save or become sickened until 1d6 minutes after leaving the area. This smoke acts as obscuring mist for the purposes of concealment. The smoke persists for 1 round. The save DC is Constitution-based.

ECOLOGY

Environment any (Abaddon) Organization solitary Treasure none