LobastaA white-skinned woman the height of a small tree beckons you to come to her
Large Fey (aquatic) Hit Dice: 5; hp 32 Initiative: +1 Speed: 50 ft., swim 50 ft. AC: 20, touch 17, flat-footed 15 Attacks: 2 slams +8 melee Damage: 2 slams 1d8+7/19-20 Face: 10 ft./5 ft. Special Attacks: Spell-like abilities Special Qualities: Amphibious, change size, damage reduction 10/cold iron, low-light vision, telepathy 100 ft. Saves: Fort:+3 Will:+6 Ref:+6
Abilities: Str:24 Dex:13 Con:17 Int:10 Wis:13 Chr:14 Skills: Bluff +6, Climb +10, Disguise +8, Escape Artist +7, Knowledge (history) +4, Knowledge (local) +4, Listen +14, Sense Motive +4, Spot +15, Swim +16 Feats: Improved Critical (slam) (B), Persuasive, Skill Focus (Swim)
Climate: Any wetland or forest Orgranisation: Solitary CR: 4 Treasure: Alignment: Any chaotic Advancement: 6-8 HD (large) Amphibious (Ex): Despite having an aquatic subtype, a lobasta can survive indefinetly on land.
Change Size (Sp): Twice per day, a lobasta can change her size to Medium or Huge, altering her statistics accordingly. This ability works just like the enlarge person or reduce person spells, save that it affects the lobasta only.
Spell-Like Abilities: At will - entangle (DC 11), obscuring mist (DC 11); 3/day - barkskin, fog cloud (DC 9), plant growth. CL 4th. The save DCs are Charisma-based.
Telepathy (Sp): A lobasta can communicate with any creature within 100 ft., that has Intelligence score of 3 or higher.
The lobastas are the largest of the aquatic fey of Rus, and probably the most antisocial, even moreso than the vodyanoi: they even avoid other fey, let alone humanoids. When encountered in the wild, a lobasta does not hesitate to let her opinions known: she changes her size to Huge (becoming as tall as a tree) and threatens her opponents with her massive fists. If this does not work, she uses her spell-like abilities to improve her chances before waging into melee, which continues until all of her opponents are slain, or the lobasta herself loses over one-half of hp. If the latter happens, she flees either into water or into the forest, as unlike most other aquatic fey, the lobasta is not dependent on water.
Though antisocial, the lobastas are not inheritently evil, and may even help in small ways - like guiding out of the wetlands or woods. But she expects payment - and she does not shy in stating it either.
Author: Dmitri |
