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Kaiju Codex

by Justin Sluder & Elaine Betts

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Kaiju Codex
Godzilla (Design): Elaine Betts and Justin P. Sluder
Rodan (Additional Design) Alex Putnam and Steven D. Russell
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Qwilion of Questhaven,

In every land we find them—the awesome and

terrible Kaiju. Some call them monsters; some
call them gods. Regardless of the beliefs
surrounding them, tales of these mythical
creatures abound. The stories presented here
offer a perspective on some of the greatest kaiju
across the lands. As these are legends, some
exaggeration is bound to exist, yet as no one can
interview these mammoth creatures, it is very
difficult to separate the fact from the fiction.
Indeed, were the truth fully known, these beings
may very well be even more fantastical than the
tales claim.

With all respect,

Leiraleen Amelour

Worldshaker CR 30
XP 9,840,000
N Colossal outsider (earth, elemental, kaiju,
Special Attacks earth mastery, hurl foe,
native)
pummel, shockwave, trample (8d6+50, DC 54)
Init +9; Senses darkvision 600 ft., low-light
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 39th; concentration
vision, tremorsense 600 ft.; Perception +62
+49)
At will—move earth, summon monster IX
Defense (earth elementals only)
3/day—elemental swarm (earth only)
AC 47, touch 7, flat-footed 42 (+5 Dex, +40
natural, -8 size)
hp 721 (39d10+507); fast healing 30 Statistics
Fort +34, Ref +20, Will +29
Str 60, Dex 20, Con 36, Int 10, Wis 26, Cha 30
Defensive Abilities ferocity, recovery; DR
Base Atk +39; CMB +72 (+76 bull rush,
20/adamantine and epic; Immune ability
sunder); CMD 87 (89 vs. sunder; can't be bull
damage, ability drain, acid, death effects, disease,
rushed or tripped)
electricity, energy drain, fear; Resist cold 30,
Feats Cleave, Cleaving FinishUC, Dazzling
fire 30, negative energy 30, sonic 30
Display, Deadly FinishUC, Devastating StrikeUC,
Gory FinishUC, Great Cleave, Greater Bull Rush,
Offense Greater Sunder, Greater Vital Strike, Improved
Bull RushB, Improved Cleaving FinishUC,
Speed 80 ft., climb 50 ft.
Improved Devastating StrikeUC, Improved
Melee 2 slams +57 (4d6+37 plus mountainous
Initiative, Improved Sunder, Improved Vital
slam/x3)
Strike, Lightning Reflexes, Power Attack,
Ranged earth toss +36 (8d6+50 plus bury/x3)
Rebuffing ReductionUC, Vital Strike, Weapon
Space 60 ft.; Reach 60 ft.
Focus (slam)
Skills Acrobatics +35 (+55 jumping), Climb +59,
Intimidate +48, Knowledge (planes) +33,
Perception +62, Sense Motive +42, Stealth +27
(+43 in mountains), Survival +21; Racial
Modifiers +16 Perception, +16 Stealth in
mountains
Languages Terran (can't speak)
SQ massive, powerful blow (slam)
Special Abilities
Bury (Ex): Huge and smaller creatures struck
by Worldshaker's earth toss attack must make a
Reflex save (DC 54) or be buried under several
hundred pounds of dirt and stone. While buried,
a creature is blinded, pinned, and prone, as well
as being stunned for 1d4 rounds (Fort DC 54
negates). A buried creature is in immediate
danger of suffocation (see Chapter 13 –
Environment of the Pathfinder Roleplaying
Game Core Rulebook).
To free itself, a buried creature must either be
saved by creatures not buried, or make three
successful Strength checks (DC 30) to represent
either digging itself out or simply pushing the
earth covering it off.
The save DC's for this ability are Strength-based.
Earth Mastery (Ex): Worldshaker gains a +1
bonus on attack and damage rolls if both it and
its foe are touching the ground. If an opponent is
airborne or waterborne, Worldshaker takes a –4
penalty on attack and damage rolls. These
modifiers apply to bull rush and overrun
maneuvers, whether it is initiating or resisting
these kinds of attacks. (These modifiers are not
included in its statistics.)
Earth Toss (Ex): As a standard action,
Worldshaker can scoop up a large amount of
earth (both rock and dirt) and throw it as a
ranged attack. This attack has a range increment
of 200 ft., and deals damage to all creatures in a
40 ft. radius spread. Worldshaker makes a single
ranged attack roll and deals damage to all
creatures in the area whose AC it overcomes, and
half damage to creatures in the area whose AC is
does not overcome (Reflex DC 54 negates). The
save DC is Strength-based.
Mountainous Slam (Ex): Worldshaker's
limbs are massive enough it can strike multiple
creatures with each attack. Each slam effects
creatures in a 10 ft. radius spread, and creatures
struck by both slams are also knocked prone
(Reflex DC 54 negates). Worldshaker makes a
single melee attack roll for each slam and deals
damage to all creature in the area whose AC it
overcomes. The save DC is Strength-based.
Pummel (Ex): As a standard action,
Worldshaker can target an area where it has
buried at least one creature with its bury ability
and attack buried creatures with a single slam.
This slam automatically hits and threatens a
critical hit. If the critical hit succeeds, creatures
struck must make a Fortitude save (DC 54) or be
stunned for 1d4 rounds (add to any remaining
from bury) and must save against suffocation
(increasing the DC by +5). The save DC is
Strength-based.
Shockwave (Ex): As a standard action,
Worldshaker can slam the ground (or similar
surface) to create a shockwave. It makes a
combat maneuver check against all creatures
within 120 ft. of itself, knocking those whose
CMD it overcomes prone.
Description
A great chasm scars the earth where East
meets West—a wound that never healed from
when the world was young. From the precipice,
the chasm seems to be without end. The sheer
cliffs drop into nothingness as darkness fills the
void. Yet, along the western wall, there appears a
path, a series of plateaus emerging from the rock
face at even intervals like the stairway of a giant.
It is a treacherous journey down these steps. Only
the bravest of souls with no fear of death attempt
it, and none ever return—save one.
A gnome called Kelti travels this great world,
seeking the unseen. She is small, even for her
diminutive race, so when she came upon these
stairs, she envisioned a world-devouring beast
lying in wait at the bottom of the chasm.
Naturally, her curiosity and desire to discover all
that is hidden drove her to descend into the pit.
The first step was the most difficult. The rock
was worn smooth, and she had a difficult time
finding a foothold. Eventually she swung over the
edge and rappelled down to the next step. For
days, she carried on in this way, rappelling down,
traversing the massive step, and descending to
the next. After a week, the sky was blotted out by
the steep walls of the chasm.
Kelti passed charred remains of monstrous
creatures, skeletons assembled in gruesome
displays as if to say “go back!” Undaunted, the
little gnome carried on with her mission. She had
to see what awaited her at the bottom of the
chasm.
Down, down, down she travelled, resting at
intervals and lighting fires to chase away the
darkness. She lost all concept of night and day as
the sun never rose directly overhead. She
determined that the cliffs were not perfectly
vertical as they seemed, but rather the chasm
widened as it grew deeper, keeping her in
perpetual night. Eventually, a light rose to meet
her, a reddish glow that cast long shadows all
along the stairs. Kelti felt the air grow warmer, to
the point of unbearable heat as she reached the
molten river at the bottom. She stopped and
knelt at the edge of her stair, peering down at the
magma.
Then, the whole earth shook as the liquid
earth churned and roiled with movement. Kelti
lay flat against the step as a mammoth creature
rose from the magma. Its body was made of rock.
It had a face that glowed with the light of molten
earth. When it moved, the walls of the chasm
shook and Kelti feared she would fall. It turned
and looked at her. Somehow, without eyes, it
stared at the little gnome. Kelti managed to give
it a feeble smile and waved. The creature lifted a
hand the size of a mountain and slowly moved it
through the air, causing a hot wind to blow across
Kelti’s face. It turned to the opposite cliff and
lifted a mammoth foot. The whole world shook
with each step the monster took as it climbed the
stairs. Kelti watched in horrified fascination as
this thing made its way to the surface. She waited
for the earthquakes to stop before clambering to
her feet.
The return journey was more perilous than
the trip down the stairs. The earth continued to
shake at irregular intervals, which would fling
Kelti to the ground. She moved as quickly as she
dared, hoping to catch a glimpse of the creature
on the surface. She finally emerged from the
chasm and looked toward the eastern horizon.
There in the distance, a great mountain rose
above the plains that hadn’t been there before. It
was difficult to tell, but the mountain appeared to
be moving ever so slowly across the earth. With
every step, the whole world shook. Kelti smiled.
She began searching for a way around the chasm
so she could follow the creature to its final
destination.
I do believe she follows it still.
Beast of the Deepest
Depths CR 29
XP 6,560,000
CN Colossal aberration (aquatic, kaiju)
Init +20; Senses darkvision 600 ft., keen scent,
low-light vision, mistsight; Perception +38
Defense
AC 43, touch 23, flat-footed 43 (+20 Dex, +1
dodge, +20 natural, -8 size)
hp 721 (37d8+555); fast healing 30
Fort +27, Ref +32, Will +25
Defensive Abilities ferocity, improved
evasion, recovery, uncanny dodge; DR 20/epic;
Immune ability damage, ability drain, cold,
death effects, disease, energy drain, fear; Resist
acid 30, electricity 30, fire 30, negative energy
30, sonic 30
Offense
Speed 50 ft., climb 50 ft., swim 200 ft.; jet
Melee bite +39 (4d6+10 plus bleed), 12 tentacles
+39 (2d8+15 plus grab/19-20/x3)
Space 50 ft.; Reach 50 ft. (200 ft. with
tentacles)
Special Attack bleed (3d6), constrict (4d6+15),
hurl foe, rend (3 tentacles, 6d6+20), rend ship
Statistics
Str 30, Dex 50, Con 40, Int 6, Wis 20, Cha 36
Base Atk +27; CMB +55 (+59 grapple, sunder);
CMD 76 (78 vs. sunder; can't be tripped)
Feats Agile Maneuvers, Blind-Fight, Choke
Slam*, Combat Reflexes, Critical Focus, Dodge,
Greater Blind-FightAPG, Greater Sunder, Greater
Vital Strike, Improved Blind-FightAPG, Improved
Sunder, Improved Vital Strike, Power Attack,
Staggering Critical, Stunning Critical, Sundering
StrikeAPG, Vital Strike, Weapon Finesse, Wind
Stance
Skills Acrobatics +33 (+41 jumping), Climb
+226, Knowledge (dungeoneering) +16,
Perception +38, Stealth +27 (+43 underground
and in water), Swim +31; Racial Modifiers +16
Perception, +16 Stealth underground and in
water
Languages Aquan (can't speak)
SQ amphibious, massive, powerful tentacles,
tsunami
Special Abilities
Jet (Ex): Once per minute as a full round action,
Beast of the Deepest Depths can propel itself
backwards, moving up to 1 mile in a straight line.
When it does this, it does not provoke attacks of
opportunity from movement and also creates a
tsunami (see below) in the direction it is leaving.
Powerful Tentacles (Ex): Beast of the
Deepest Depths' tentacles are not only extremely
long and flexible, they are astonishingly strong.
They are primary natural attacks and deal 1 1/2
times its Strength bonus on damage rolls with
them. They have a natural threat range of 19-20
and deal triple damage on a successful critical hit.
It does not gain the grappled condition while
grappling with its tentacles.
Rend Ship (Ex): As a full-round action, Beast
of the Deepest Depths can attempt to use four of
its tentacles to grapple a ship. It makes a CMB
check opposed by the ship’s captain’s Profession
(sailor) check, but Beast of the Deepest Depths
gets a cumulative +4 bonus on the check for each
size category smaller than Colossal the ship is. If
Beast of the Deepest Depths grapples the ship, it
holds the ship motionless; it can attack targets
anywhere on or within the ship with its tentacles,
but can’t attack foes at all with its bite. Each
round it maintains its hold on the ship, it
automatically inflicts bite damage on the ship’s
hull.
Tsunami (Ex): If Beast of the Deepest Depths
is in a sufficiently large body of water (GM's
discretion), as a full round action it can create a
massive wave. This wave functions as an
extraordinary version of the tsunami spell (see
Chapter 5 – Spells of the Pathfinder Roleplaying
Game Advanced Player's Guide), 370 ft. wide
and 74 ft. tall, and has a CMB of +58.
Description
The murky depths hide a deadly secret, one
which few have seen, and fewer still live to speak
of the horror that dwells below the waves. It has
no name, none mortal man has ever heard. The
sailors of the southern seas call it Death. It waits
in the stillness, when all is quiet and the wind has
died. The ship languishes on the glassy sea.
Then—
“Ahoy!” calls the lookout from the crowsnest.
A ripple disturbs the water. The captain leans
over the bow as a gray lump of flesh emerges only
to disappear once more into the black water.
The ship lurches and sways, sailors
stumbling as something brushes the keel. All
hold their breaths as the rocking continues.
Then, it stops.
“Man the cannons!” the captain calls, his eyes
fixed on the eerie sea. His men hurry to complete
their tasks as another gray mass breaks the
surface of the water.
A monstrous tentacle rises from the sea.
“Hold fast, men!” shouts the captain. The
sailors arm the cannons as the arm of the beast
falls toward the ship.
“Fire!”
Cannons roar and smoke fills the air. A hit!
The tentacle falls. The men all strain to see if the
beast is retreating.
“Reload!” their captain commands. Some
obey. Others watch in horror as the churning
grows into tumultuous waves. More tentacles
rise from the sea. They wrap around the ship,
squeezing and wrenching. The main mast snaps
like a match in the hands of a grown man. Wood
splinters. The air is filled with the screams of
sailors unable to escape the beast. Its maw gapes
at them from below the ship. It shakes what is left
of the vessel, dumping men into its mouth. The
black waters turn red with the blood of the
sailors.
Then...all is calm once more. The sea is
littered with splintered wood. The wind returns,
blowing another ship into the territory of the
beast. This one finds the wreckage...finds a
survivor. The hunger of the beast is satisfied for
now. It allows the ship to pass, the survivor to
return home. Tails of Death spread among the
communities along the southern shores. Beware,
all who sail the black waters. Beware the sea of
glass, the windless waves. When all is calm and
quiet, Death has come.
That Which the Stars
Rejected CR 28
XP 4,920,000
CE Colossal ooze (kaiju)
Init +16; Senses blindsight 300 ft.; Perception
+63
Aura magnetic pulse
Defense
AC 35, touch 35, flat-footed 35 (+10 deflection,
+12 Dex, +10 insight, -8 size)
hp 652 (45d8+450); fast healing 30
Fort +25, Ref +27, Will +17
Defensive Abilities distortion, ferocity,
foresight, recovery; DR 30/—; Immune ability
damage, ability drain, acid, bludgeoning damage,
death effects, disease, electricity, energy drain,
fear, fire, gravity effects, ooze traits, piercing
damage; Resist cold 30, negative energy 30,
sonic 30
Offense
Speed fly 300 ft. (perfect)
Melee slam +42 (8d8+24 plus 8d6 electricity,
8d6 fire, grab, and lingering flames)
Ranged 2d4 plasma rays +37 touch (8d6
electricity plus 8d6 fire)
Space 50 ft.; Reach 30 ft.
Special Attacks constrict (12d6+24 plus 12d6
electricity and 12d6 fire), engulf (DC 48, 20d6
electricity and 20d6 fire), spawn plasma ooze

Statistics
Str 42, Dex 34, Con 30, Int 12, Wis 14, Cha 30
Base Atk +33; CMB +57 (+61 grapple, sunder);
CMD 100 (102 vs. sunder; can't be tripped)
Feats Bleeding Critical, Blinding Critical,
Combat Reflexes, Critical Focus, Critical
Mastery, Dazzling Display, Deafening Critical,
Directional Lashing*, Dodge, Flyby Attack,
Greater Sunder, Greater Vital Strike, Improved
Initiative, Improved Sunder, Improved Vital
Strike, Lightning Stance, Mind Whispers*,
Mobility, Power Attack, Shatter Defenses, Vital
Strike, Weapon Focus (slam), Wind Stance
Skills Fly +49, Perception +63, Stealth +41;
Racial Modifiers +16 Perception
Languages Aklo (can't speak); telepathy
SQ massive, no breath, starflight
Special Abilities
Distortion (Su): That Which the Stars Rejected
warps reality, gaining a +10 deflection bonus to
armor class.
Foresight (Su): That Which the Stars Rejected
can see slivers of the future, gaining a +10 insight
bonus to armor class. This ability also prevents it
from being surprised, caught flat-footed, or
flanked.
Magnetic Pulse (Su): That Which the Stars
Rejected is surrounded by an aura of magnetism
that allows it to attract metallic objects and
creatures. At the start of its turn as a free action,
That Which the Stars Rejected makes a combat
maneuver check against all metallic creatures, all
creatures wearing metal armor, and all creatures
wielding metal weapons within 300 feet. If it
beats the CMD of a metal or armored creature
with this check, that creature is pulled 30 feet
closer to That Which the Stars Rejected and
cannot move away from it for 1 round. If this
causes the creature to move into a square
occupied by That Which the Stars Rejected, That
Which the Stars Rejected can attempt to engulf
that creature as a free action. If it beats the CMD
of a creature wielding a metal weapon, that
weapon is disarmed and pulled 60 feet closer to
That Which the Stars Rejected. Unattended
metal objects of size Huge or smaller are
automatically pulled toward That Which the
Stars Rejected. This magnetism is supernatural
in nature and affects all metal objects.
Plasma Ray (Su): As a standard action, That
Which the Stars Rejected can fire 2d4 plasma
rays at up to 8 separate targets within 600 feet
(no more than two rays can attack a single
creature).
Spawn Plasma Ooze (Ex): If That Which the
Stars Rejected takes more than 50 points of
damage from a single slashing or piercing attack
a piece of it falls off. This piece congeals over the
course of 1d4 rounds into an advanced plasma
ooze (Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Bestiary 3).
That Which the Stars Rejected has no control
over it's “children”, but they tend to remain near
it.
As a full-round action, That Which the Stars
Rejected can actively bud off 1d4+1 advanced
plasma oozes which it can control for 1 minute,
but are thereafter free-willed.
Starflight (Su): That Which the Stars Rejected
can survive the void of outer space and fly at
incredible speed. Travel times vary, but a trip
within a single solar system takes That Which the
Stars Rejected only 3d20 hours, and a trip
beyond takes only 3d20 days as long as That
Which the Stars Rejected knows the way to its
destination. Creatures engulfed by That Which
the Stars Rejected are protected from the void of
outer space.
Telepathy (Su): That Which the Stars Rejected
can communicate telepathically with any
creature it knows exists as long as it and the
target creature are on the same plane.
Description
It was a night like any other in the southern
desert. The stars glistened like diamonds in the
black sky. Aszra sat at the entrance of her tent,
watching the night sky for signs. She was a seer
among the nomads. She listened to the winds and
read the skies. When she spoke, her people knew
to listen. As she watched the stars this night, she
saw a disturbance. They danced in the sky,
moving of their own accord. Then, in a flash of
purplish brilliance, seven stars collided in a
massive explosion. Aszra was temporarily
blinded by the sight. She turned her head away,
but as she did so, she noticed something strange.
Part of the explosion separated and dropped
from the sky to earth below.
The seer rose to investigate the falling star.
As she drew closer to the violet light, a voice
spoke in her mind. It was unlike any she ever
heard, and it spoke a language she did not know.
“Zho-ku-lu. Irlye-ku-lu. Zho-ku-lu...”
She followed the strange voice to the light. It
was brilliant and beautiful. Aszra felt drawn to it.
The talisman she wore around her neck pulled
her foward.
“Zho-ku-lu...Zho-ku-lu...”
She reached her hands out to touch the light.
It pulsed, like a heartbeat. Aszra felt her breath
quicken. The light was alive. It called to her. It
needed her.
“I am here,” she whispered, kneeling in the
sand. “I am here, oh Light of Heaven. What
would you wish of me?”
“Zho-ku-lu,” the voice continued inside her
head. “Zho-ku-lu.”
“I do not understand,” Aszra pleaded. “Speak
to me, Fallen Star. Speak that I may know what
you are saying. What must I do?”
“Zho-ku-lu,” it said, a tendril of purplish
plasma reaching for the seer. Aszra stretched out
a hand, enraptured by the being of light. As it
touched her, Aszra was filled with excruciating
pain. The seer screamed as the oozing mass
wrapped around her and pulled her into its body.
The fallen star lifted from the ground with
Aszra trapped inside. It shot up toward the
heavens at alarming speed. High above the earth
it soared until the desert below was but a speck.
Aszra lifted her eyes to the stars and saw
darkness engulf her.
“Zho-ku-lu,” the voice never ceased. “Zho-ku-
lu.” It carried Aszra into the void. She saw the
lights flicker and turn away from the star
engulfing her. She saw the moon grow larger and
larger. Then they drew around to the dark side,
the light of the sun now gone. All was cold and
empty. Even the other stars fled from view.
“Zho-ku-lu...Zho-ku-lu...”
“Zho-ku-lu,” Aszra tried to speak, but the
ooze surrounding her filled her lungs as she tried
to take a breath.
 Down to the earth they fell, faster than their
flight to the stars. Aszra could only stare in horror
as the ground rose to meet her at an alarming
rate. The ooze spewed her out on the sands. She
coughed and gasped, shuddering with pain and
the voice in her head.
A nomad found her, wandering alone under
the sun.
“Aszra!” the man exclaimed, alarmed at her
state. “What happened?”
“Zho-ku-lu,” she said. “Zho-ku-lu.”
Then Aszra collapsed in the sand, breathing
her last breath upon this earth.

The Untouched CR 27
XP 3,280,000
N Colossal outsider (air, elemental, extraplanar,
incorporeal, kaiju)
Init +22; Senses blindsense 100 ft., darkvision
600 ft., low-light vision; Perception +50
Defense
AC 33, touch 25, flat-footed 14 (+4 armor, +4
deflection, +18 Dex, +1 dodge, +4 shield, -8 size)
hp 652 (45d10+405); fast healing 30
Fort +24, Ref +44, Will +27
Defensive Abilities entropic shield, ferocity,
incorporeal, storm form, recovery; DR 20/epic;
Immune ability damage, ability drain, cold,
death effects, disease, electricity, elemental
traits, energy drain, fear, incorporeal traits,
magic missile; Resist acid 30, fire 30, negative
energy 30, sonic 30
Offense
Speed 50 ft., fly 150 ft. (good)
Melee lightning lash +55/+50/+45/+40 touch
(4d6 electricity plus stun)
Ranged lightning strike +55 touch (20d6
electricity plus stun)
Space 50 ft.; Reach 50 ft.
Special Attacks engulf (DC 50, 10d6 electricity
plus stun), hurl foe, lightning lash, lightning
strike, stun
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 45th; concentration
+49)
Constant—entropic shield, mage armor, shield
At will—control weather (move action; intensify
or dispel storm only)
5/day—storm of vengeance
Statistics
Str —, Dex 46, Con 28, Int 8, Wis 16, Cha 18
Base Atk +45; CMB +71; CMD 86 (can't be
tripped)
Feats Alertness, Blinding Critical, Combat
Reflexes, Critical Focus, Critical Mastery,
Deafening Critical, Devastating StrikeUC,
Directional Lashing*, Dodge, Exhausting
Critical, Flyby Attack, Greater Vital Strike,
Hammer the GapUC, Improved Devastating
StrikeUC, Improved Initiative, Improved Vital
Strike, Lightning Reflexes, Mobility, Power
Attack, Spring Attack, Stand Still, Tiring Critical,
Vital Strike
Skills Bluff +44, Disguise +47, Fly +35,
Knowledge (planes) +32, Perception +50, Sense
Motive +40, Stealth +35
Languages Auran (can't speak)
SQ illuminating flames, massive
Special Abilities
Illuminating Flames (Su): As a standard Description
action, The Untouched can shroud the upper
On the open seas, sudden squalls bring
halves of any Small or larger creatures it can see
death. But sometimes, something else touches
within 30 ft. of it in cold, buzzing flames. Any
the ships, something...other. The sailors of the
electricity resistance blocks this effect unless the
seas speak of a specter that haunts the waters.
target willingly submits. Otherwise the flames
The Living Storm, they call it. The Untouched.
persist until The Untouched is out of range.
It comes upon them in the storms. Some say
Targets of this effect take a –10 penalty on
the gales are what give it birth. No one really
Stealth checks. The Untouched can communicate
knows if it is a living intelligence or some natural
empathically with creatures subject to this effect,
phenomenon that occurs in the worst storms at
and gains a +4 racial bonus on Sense Motive
sea. I say it is alive, at least after a fashion.
checks when doing so. Interacting with The
If it were mere storm, it would strike the the
Untouched in this way still uses standard social
ship and be done with it. But no, the Untouched
skills and rules. While communicating this way,
targets the sailors, if this tale is to be believed.
The Untouched can confer unexpected insight or
The Bonny Blythe set sail in fine weather, a
information equivalent to a divination spell.
good steady wind blew her along the coast. There
Lightning Lash (Su): The Untouched can
was not a storm cloud in sight. As the sun set, the
shock any creature or object within 50 ft. to
wind grew colder and the ship’s captain, a shrewd
which it has line of effect as a melee touch attack,
woman named Renata Blythe, retreated to her
dealing 4d6 points of electricity damage, and
cabin for the night. A deep slumber overtook her,
potentially stunning them. The Untouched can
and she slept soundly for several hours until she
choose for this damage to be nonlethal. The
awoke to the sound of screams. She ran topside
Untouched can make iterative attacks with this
to see a greenish cloud surround her ship. The
ability, making up to four attacks as a full-round
winds roared, and she barely heard the cries of
action. It ignores Strength prerequisites of feats
her crew over the squall that engulfed them.
for the purpose of this ability.
Lightning flashed and cracked. It struck the
Lightning Strike (Su): As a full-round action,
mast, splitting it down the middle.
The Untouched can shock any creature or object
“Helmsman, steer us clear!” Captain Blythe
within 1000 ft. to which it has line of effect as a
ordered as she ran to assess the damage. The
ranged touch attack, dealing 20d6 points of
helmsman turned the wheel, and the ship turned.
electricity damage, and potentially stunning
Captain Blythe could see clearer skies just ahead.
them. The Untouched can choose for this damage
Then, two enormous glowing eyes loomed in
to be nonlethal.
front of her. She stumbled backward as a
Storm Form (Ex): Although incorporeal, The
whirling finger of wind stretched toward her.
Untouched can’t hide inside solid objects. It can
There was a roar as lightning shot out at her.
must its turn attached to the outside of
Captain Blythe fell into the sea as the deck
something that’s corporeal and of Huge size or
before her splintered with the strike. She
larger, or else it takes 5 points of damage. Anyone
watched in horror as whirling fingers shot more
attacking The Untouched must either take a –4
lightning at the crew as they scurried around the
penalty on the attack roll or resolve the attack
deck. One by one, the sailors fell. Then, the
against whatever The Untouched is attached to as
whirling cloud drifted away, living Captain
well (unless they have precise shot).
Blythe alone to swim back to her ship. What she
Stun (Ex): A creature engulfed or struck by The
saw imbedded in her memory. The charred
Untouched's lightning lash and lightning strike
remains of her crew were strewn across the deck.
abilities are stunned for 2d4+1 rounds if they fail
The mast was broken beyond repair. The hull was
a DC 36 Fort save (DC 46 if the damage was
split, and water rushed in. Captain Blythe found
nonlethal). The save DC is Charisma-based, and
one dingy that was still seaworthy. She lowered it
includes a +10 racial bonus if nonlethal.
to the water and rowed away, watching her ship
sink beneath the waves.

Xel'unchesk CR 26
XP 2,460,000
LE Colossal outsider (devil, evil, extraplanar,
kaiju, lawful)
Init +11; Senses darkvision 600 ft., see in
darkness; Perception +38
Aura fear aura (line of sight, DC 30)
Defense
AC 43, touch 13, flat-footed 36 (+4 deflect, +7
Dex, +30 natural, -8 size)
hp 594 (29d10+435); regeneration 30 (epic good
weapons, mythic good spells)
Fort +35, Ref +27, Will +21
Defensive Abilities ferocity, recovery; DR
20/epic and good and silver; Immune ability
damage, ability drain, death effects, disease,
energy drain, fear, fire, poison; Resist acid 30,
cold 30, electricity 30, negative energy 30, sonic
30; SR 37
Offense
Speed 100 ft., fly 250 ft. (perfect)
Melee 2 claws +43 (6d6+22), bite +43
(6d8+22), tail +41 (6d6+11) or whipping tail
+43/+38/+33/+28 (6d6+33)
Space 60 ft.; Reach 60 ft. (100 ft. with tail)
Special Attacks hurl foe, infernal wound, stun,
whipping tail
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 29th; concentration
+35)
Constant—unholy aura
At will—dispel chaos (DC 21), dispel good (DC
21), fireball (DC 19), greater teleport (DC
21), lightning bolt (DC 19), persistent image
(DC 21)
3/day—energy drain (DC 25), meteor swarm
(DC 25)
1/day—summon (level 9, 3d4+3 barbed devils or
1d4+1 horned devils, 100%)
Statistics
Str 54, Dex 24, Con 40, Int 14, Wis 22, Cha 22
Base Atk +29; CMB +59 (+63 sunder); CMD
80 (82 vs. sunder)
Feats Devastating StrikeUC, Directional
Lashing*, Greater Sunder, Greater Vital Strike,
Improved Devastating StrikeUC, Improved
Initiative, Improved Iron Will, Improved Sunder,
Improved Vital Strike, Intimidating Prowess,
Iron Will, Mind Whispers*, MultiattackB1, Power
Attack, Vital Strike
Skills Acrobatics +29 (+57 jumping), Fly +39,
Intimidate +41, Knowledge (planes) +34,
Knowledge (religion) +34, Perception +38, Sense
Motive +38, Spellcraft +34, Stealth +23
Languages Celestial, Common, Draconic,
Infernal; telepathy line of sight
SQ change shape (any Small or Medium
humanoid, alter self), massive, quick spell-like
abilities
Special Abilities
Infernal Wound (Su): The damage
Xel'unchesk deals with its natural weapons
causes persistent wounds which deal 4d10 points
of hit point bleed damage and 1 point of
Constitution bleed. Bleeding caused in this way is
difficult to staunch—a DC 39 Heal check stops
the damage, and any attempt to heal a creature
suffering from an infernal wound must succeed
on a DC 39 caster level check or the spell does not
function. Success indicates the healing works
normally and stops all bleed effects. The DCs are
Constitution-based.
Quick Spell-Like Abilities (Su): Once per
round, Xel'unchesk can activate one of its spell-
like abilities as a swift action.
Stun (Su): When Xel'unchesk hits an opponent
with two or more of its natural attacks during its
turn, the opponent must succeed on a DC 46
Fortitude save or be stunned for 2d3 minutes. A
successful save leaves the opponent staggered for
1 minute. The save DC is Strength-based.
Whipping Tail (Ex): As a full-attack, Xel-
unchesk can forgo its bite and claw attacks,
instead attacking with its tail as if it was a two-
handed manufactured weapon. An opponent
struck two or more times by this attack are
subject to Xel'unchesk's stun attack.
Description
When standing at a crossroad, be careful
what you wish for. Such wishes may come true,
but always at a price. For some, the cost is their
soul. Thus is the case of Tayrien Hukresh, the
greatest warrior of his time.
Tayrien was a giant of a man, they say. He
stood nearly seven feet tall, looming over his
fellow countrymen. What Tayrien was not was a
gifted warrior. He was well known for his
clumsiness. When Tayrien tried the bow, he
snapped the string, and somehow shot the arrow
behind him. When he attempted to learn the
sword, he nearly cut his own arm off. Tayrien was
so clumsy, he tripped over his own feet when he
walked. The others of his village teased him,
saying no good will ever come of Tayrien.
Tayrien knew this to be true. He couldn’t do
anything right. Everything he touched, he broke.
Even his tongue was clumsy, and he stammered
when he spoke. Tayrien tried and tried to do
things right, but the harder he tried, the more he
failed. One morning, Tayrien decided he could no
longer be the laughingstock of the village, so he
packed his few belongings in a sack and started
walking.
He walked and walked, tipped and stumbled,
until at last he reached a crossroad. There he
stopped and sat down on a stone that marked the
intersection. After several hours, an old man
came hobbling down the path.
“Good day,” he said as he reached Tayrien.
The younger man just nodded in reply and stood
to give the old man the choice of sitting on the
stone.
“Oh, that’s very kind of you,” he smiled and
sat his weary bones down on the rock. Tayrien
stood silently close by.
“Don’t talk much, do you boy?” the old man
asked. Tayrien just shook his head.
“Oh that’s alright,” the old man continued. “A
sign of wisdom, that is. Be few of words and
swift of deeds.” Tayrien scowled.
“I...I am not swift,” he said. “I am...clumsy.”
 “A big fellow like you?” the old man laughed.
“Well, that’s nothing to be ashamed of. I’m sure
you’re still quite handy with a sword.”
“I can barely hold one,” Tayrien countered.
“Well...surely you have better luck with a
bow,” the old man tried. Tayrien shook his head.
“Never got the hang of them,” he told the
ancient traveller. “It doesn’t matter—axes,
staves, polearms, swords,knives—just about
anything. I’m more of a danger to myself than
any enemy.”
“What would you give to change that?” the
old man questioned. Tayrien frowned in thought.
“I don’t know,” he replied honestly. “It’s been
so long since I found someone to train me, and I
don’t have anything to use as barter.”
“Don’t worry about that,” the old man waved
aside his worries. “And if nothing changes, of
course, there would be no charge. I just need you
to make your mark on this piece of parchment,
and we’ll be done.” He retrieved a tanish-gray
scroll from a pocket. He indicated where Tayrien
needed to put his mark.
It was covered in strange runes that Tayrien
couldn’t read, but he did as the stranger bid him.
The old man smiled and rolled it up. Then he
vanished without a trace. Tayrien was startled,
but his hunger quickly overcame his sense of
alarm. He continued on his journey, searching
for a place where he could find a meal and a bed.
Not far down the road, bandits leapt upon
him from the trees. Tayrien drew his sword
without thinking. He swiftly defeated them and
found their cache of stolen treasures. He carried
the loot to the next town where he dutifully
reported the bandits to the captain of the watch.
“You defeated them singlehandedly?” the
man exclaimed. “Those bandits have plagued us
for years! You have our eternal gratitude,
Stranger.”
From that day forth, Tayrien Hukresh was no
longer called Tayrien the Clumsy. Now he was
Tayrien the Brave. Tayrien, the Goblin Scourge.
Tayrien, Slayer of Dragons. Tayrien, Hero of the
Realm. Tayrien, the Warrior King. For years he
sat upon a throne carved from the skull of an
ancient dragon. Then one day, King Tayrien
received a visitor—a little old man who was only
too familiar to the now elderly king.
“I see you made good use of our bargain,”
the old man smiled. “Now, Your Majesty, it is
time for you to pay me what you owe.”
“I can do that now, old man,” Tayrien
replied. “What do you wish? Up to half my
kingdom, I will gladly give for the wish you
fulfilled.”
“Ah, but that was not the contract,” the
man’s smile grew menacing. “Do you need to
read it again?” Tayrien frowned as the old man
retrieved the scroll and unrolled it with care.
“I accept from Xel'unchesk the gift of valor,
strength, and unwavering power to do with
what I will,” the man read. “In exchange, I
pledge to Xel'unchesk my soul, which will be
forfeit forty years to the day from the signing of
this contract.”
“That day is today, King Tayrien,” the old
man bared his teeth in a very predatory manner
as he rolled up the scroll. Tayrien stood, his hand
on his sword.
“Who is this Xel'unchesk?” he demanded.
“Who thinks he can claim my soul? I will
challenge him to combat! If I lose, he can claim
his prize. But if I win, his power is mine.” The old
man’s smile twisted in a most unnatural way.
“Done,” he said as he began to grow and
contort until he towered over Tayrien. He grew
and grew until he forced his way through the roof
of Tayrien’s palace. With one hand, he swatted
the puny man. Tayrien flew into the wall behind
his throne and fell down dead.
“Now you are mine,” Xel'unchesk’s voice
boomed. “And for your insolence, I will take all
you own along with you.”
With a mighty roar, Tayrien’s little kingdom
fell to pieces, and Tayrien took his place in hell
for making a deal with a devil.
Adam, The Defender
CR 25
XP 1,640,000
LG Colossal construct (clockwork, kaiju)
Init +7; Senses darkvision 600 ft.; Perception
+70
Defense
AC 44, touch 6, flat-footed 40 (+3 Dex, +1 dodge,
+38 natural, -8 size)
hp 500 (40d10+280); fast healing 30
Fort +26, Ref +31, Will +26
Defensive Abilities recovery, reinforced
construction; DR 20/adamantine and epic;
Immune construct traits; Resist acid 30, cold
30, electricity 30, fire 30, sonic 30
Weaknesses vulnerability to electricity

Offense
Speed 100 ft.
Melee 4 slams +65 (6d6+33 plus stun/19-20
plus unconscious)
Ranged cannon +35/+30/+25/+20 (10d6/x4)
Space 80 ft.; Reach 80 ft.
Special Attacks hurl foe, trample (8d6+49, DC
63)

Adam's cannon can hold up to 50 cannonballs—

Statistics
Str 76, Dex 16, Con —, Int 13, Wis 10, Cha 10
Base Atk +40; CMB +81; CMD 94
Feats Alertness, Big Step*, Combat Expertise,
Combat Reflexes, Critical Focus, Deadly Aim,
Dodge, Exhausting Critical, Greater Vital Strike,
Improved InitiativeB, Improved Vital Strike,
Intimidating Prowess, Lightning ReflexesB,
Mobility, Power Attack, Skill Focus (Perception),
Skill Focus (Sense Motive), Spring Attack, Stand
Still, Tiring Critical, Vital Strike, Whirlwind
Attack
Skills Acrobatics +43 (+71 jumping), Intimidate
+33, Perception +70, Sense Motive +50; Racial
Modifiers +20 Perception
Languages Celestial, Common (can't speak)
SQ efficient winding, massive, proficient,
standby, swift reaction
Special Abilities
Cannon (Ex): One of Adam's arms ends in a
cannon. It may use this as one of its four slam
attacks, or it can use it to fire cannonballs. A
cannon has a range increment of 200 ft., and
deals 10d6 points of bludgeoning and piercing
damage on a hit with a ×4 critical modifier.
reloading a single cannonball is a standard
action. It can scoop up raw materials to replenish
its reserve of cannonballs.
Efficient Winding (Ex): Adam can function
for 100 days when fully wound.
Proficient (Ex): Adam is proficient with all
simple and martial weapons, and does not suffer
a -4 penalty when using improvised weapons.
Reinforced Construction (Ex): Adam has a
total of 280 bonus hit points, and gains a +13
bonus to all of its saving throws.
Standby (Ex): Rarely needed, Adam is able to
remain at rest for long periods of time. As a
standard action, it can place itself on standby.
While on standby, it can't move or take any
actions. It remains aware of its surroundings, but
takes a -4 penalty on Perception checks. Time
spent on standby doesn't count against Adam's
wind-down duration. Adam can exit standby as a
swift action, gaining a +4 bonus to its Initiative
check if it does so to initiate combat.
Stun (Ex): Creatures struck by Adam's slam are
stunned for 1 round if they fail a DC 63 Fortitude
save. If struck by multiple slams, the duration
increases by 1 round for each failed Fortitude
save. The save DC is Strength-based.
Description I had no answer for him, but it made me
think. It made me wonder...why did we need the
The elven village of Yata lies on the southern
valley? Why did we need to drive Eiam away? I
slope of a great valley, surrounded by lush green
told myself that it was the fault of the humans.
forests and beautiful waterfalls. On the northern
They started the war. But...what if we stopped it?
slope is the human town of Eiam. Between these
What if we didn’t retaliate? What if...
two, in the heart of the valley, stands a great
Dangerous questions.
clockwork warrior. A woman, an ancient elf, lives
I think...that was the day I stopped seeing
in a small cottage between its colossal feet.
Adam as a fly. We spoke frequently after that. I
“My name is Saiytah,” she tells her visitors.
kept him with me, my personal companion. It
“And this,” she reaches out a loving hand to
wasn’t long before I called him my friend.
touch the leg of the warrior, “is Adam.
Then...our friendship grew into something more.
Long ago, there was war in the valley. Eiam
We were discovered, and Adam taken away
and Yata both claimed the land, and they were
from me. The elders thought it was best if the
determined to drive the others away. Eiam
human disappeared. They were going to kill him,
attacked us...many times. They took our children
the fly who loved an elf. But I couldn’t let them,
away as slaves. They murdered our young men
so I helped him escape. We ran in the night, down
and women in the streets. We retaliated, stealing
into the valley. I helped him return to Eiam...a
their children in return, murdering their sons
place he last saw as a young child. I did not enter
and daughters. I was born in this time of
the town myself, but hid in the forest nearby.
bloodshed. My mother commanded our militia.
It was a wonderful time then. The humans
She taught me the ways of the sword and the bow.
embraced Adam as a hero, the first Lost Child to
When the time came, I led a raid against the
return. He was free, and he was loved. He visited
humans.
me often. I felt at home in the forest, with Adam
Battle was exhilarating! The cries of my
nearby. But, as fate would have it, the humans
enemies filled me with strength. I struck down
proved to be just as violent and petty as my own
those who would my people. I took their children.
people. Adam was followed one day, and we were
I killed their young men and women. I laughed as
discovered. Again. We fled into the valley, but
their grandmothers wept.
they were close upon our heels. Adam stopped in
Adam...how many of his people did I kill
the middle of a clearing.
before I met him? I never counted. I never...I
“Run,” he said, drawing his sword and
never thought of them that way. They were just
turning to face his people.
beasts, barbarians. Then I saw him, poor child,
“I will not lose you,” I countered, retrieving
standing over the body of a woman I suppose was
my own weapon.
his mother. How he cried when I carried him
“Saiytah,” he grabbed my hand, and I looked
away. He served us well. Before I was even aware
at him. “Go home. They are my people. I’ll be
of time passing, he was a man. He saw what I
alright, but they will kill you. Please, do as I say.
could not. He saw the futility of the endless war.
Run.” He kissed me then, and pushed me away.
“How many have to die?” he asked me one
So I ran...
day. “Your people, my people—how many is
I never saw him again.
enough?”
It wasn’t long, not by our reckoning, before
“Silly boy,” I answered. “It’s not about that.
the humans had a new weapon. This weapon, in
We will take the valley. Your people will leave.”
fact—the clockwork warrior. I was the first to lead
“Or you will kill us all,” he stated. “But you
a raid against it. My men were no match for it.
can’t, can you. We are too strong, too numerous.
They were cut down...like flies. We retreated to
We grow faster and live faster than your kind.
Yata. We had to come up with a plan to defeat it.
We are like flies to you. We swarm over you and,
The elders asked for a volunteer to steel down
try as you might, you can never kill us all. And
into the valley and study it for weaknesses. I was
we will never leave. So I ask you, Saiytah, how
the first to offer myself to the task.
many have to die? When will it end?”
 I waited until dark, then crept toward the
human camp. I saw their clockwork warrior,
standing guard over them. When I reached it, as
soon as I touched it, the warrior reached down
with one massive hand and scooped me up. I
clung onto it for dear life as it raised me to the
level of its eyes. That’s when I saw...
He couldn’t speak. He has no mouth, no way
of forming sounds, but I knew.
Adam. Their great defender, somehow, was
Adam.
He held me so gently, and I just...I just wept.
The next morning, the humans found me asleep
in his hands. He wouldn’t let them touch me. He
wouldn’t let them advance; he wouldn’t let either
army advance. He just stood, in the center of the
valley, allowing none to pass.
Adam defends the valley. He keeps the peace
between our people, and I keep him company.
My Adam.
Kudzu, The Everblight
CR 24
XP 1,230,000
NE Colossal plant (kaiju)
Init +9; Senses darkvision 600 ft., low-light
vision; Perception +30
Aura calming fragrance (1 mile, DC 36)
Defense
AC 37, touch 8, flat-footed 31 (+5 Dex, +1 dodge,
+29 natural, -8 size)
hp 627 (38d8+456); fast healing 30
Fort +33, Ref +19, Will +17
Defensive Abilities ferocity, recovery; DR
20/epic; Immune ability damage, ability drain,
death effects, disease, energy drain, fear, plant
traits; Resist acid 30, cold 30, electricity 30, fire
30, negative energy 30, sonic 30; SR 35
Offense
Speed 70 ft., climb 30 ft.
Melee 10 vines +39 (6d8+19 plus grab and
bleed/17-20)
Space 80 ft.; Reach 100 ft.
Special Attacks bleed (2d6), constrict
(6d8+28), feed, hurl foes
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 38th; concentration
+43)
At will—charm monster (DC 18), detect thoughts
(DC 17), suggestion (DC 18)
3/day—quickened glitterdust (DC 17), hold
monster (DC 20)
1/day—commune with nature, mind fog, wall of
thorns
Statistics
Str 48, Dex 21, Con 34, Int 13, Wis 16, Cha 21
Base Atk +28; CMB +55 (+59 disarm, grapple,
trip); CMD 70 (72 vs. disarm; can't be tripped)
Feats Alertness, Combat Expertise, Critical
Focus, Deceitful, Dodge, Greater Disarm, Greater
Trip, Improved Initiative, Improved Disarm,
Improved Trip, Iron Will, Lightning Reflexes,
Mobility, Power Attack, Quicken Spell-Like
Ability (glitterdust), Spring Attack, Tripping
StrikeAPG, Vital Strike, Whirlwind Attack
Skills Acrobatics +5 (+21 jumping), Bluff +29,
Climb +27, Disguise +29, Knowledge (nature)
+21, Perception +30, Sense Motive +21, Stealth
+12
Languages Aklo, Common, Elven, Sylvan (can't
speak)
SQ massive
Special Abilities
Calming Fragrance (Su): A supernaturally
sweet perfume that calms the nerves and blunts
aggression constantly surrounds Kudzu to a
radius of 1 mile. Any creature in this area of effect
must make a DC 36 Will save at the start of its
turn to avoid falling under the effects of calm
emotions for 1 round. This is a mind-affecting
effect. The save DC is Charisma-based, and
includes a +2 racial bonus.
Feed (Ex): Kudzu's roots can feed on a helpless
or willing target. At the end of each minute of
feeding, the victim takes 1d3 points of both
Constitution and Intelligence drain, and Kudzu
gains another vine attack which remains for 1
hour per Hit Die the victim has.

Description
At the heart of the dark, primeval forest,
there is a paradise. Deer frolic with bears. Wolves
lie beside languid pools while rabbits play in their
shadows. Once you reach this Vale of Bliss, you
never want to leave. Though many seek it, no one
ever find the mythical vale. When tales of this
place reached the ear of Yuhlia, the greatest
explorer of the south-east, the renown for being
the first to find it was too great a temptation for
her to pass up. Her expedition began in the
spring. By summer, they reached the forest. By
fall, they found the heart of it. By winter, they
were dead.
The Dark Forest is home to many threats. No
one has mapped it, and some say the terrain
changes, so attempting to create a map would
prove an exercise in futility. By the time you draw
the hill on the horizon, the hill has moved. Or the
horizon is now much closer than you anticipated.
Yuhlia was no stranger to these perils, yet
something unexpected must have seen her as a
target. Whispers of a creature that wraps its
victims in vines have reached all the cities around
the Dark Forest—a creature known among the
locals as Kudzu.
Yuhlia heard the warnings, but ignored them.
The stories of a plant, a single plant, killing large
numbers of fully-grown people sounded
preposterous. Paradise was much more enticing.
Yuhlia and her expedition reached the heart
of the forest. There they did indeed find paradise.
A bear lumbered past them in a beautiful
clearing. It glanced at them, then continued on.
Not far from the bear, a deer drank from a quiet
pool. The animals were calm and peaceful. At the
center of the clearing, Yuhlia found the most
beautiful plant she had ever seen in her life. It’s
deep purple petals surrounded a stamen that,
oddly, formed the body of a nymph. The body
even moved and blew kisses. Yuhlia smiled and
reached her hand out to make contact with the
creature. She never noticed the vines twining
themselves around her legs. Now, it is said,
Kudzu has a new face to use to lure people to their
deaths. From the lovely flower, Yuhlia smiles and
beckons the traveler to come near.
Great Charybdis, The
Fleet Eater CR 23
XP 820,000
CN Colossal aberration (aquatic, kaiju)
Init +8; Senses blindsight 300 ft., darkvision
600 ft.; Perception +50
Defense
AC 33, touch 6, flat-footed 29 (+4 Dex, +27
natural, -8 size)
hp 703 (38d8+532); fast healing 30
Fort +26, Ref +18, Will +32
Defensive Abilities ferocity, recovery; DR
20/epic; Immune ability damage, ability drain,
acid, cold, death effects, disease, energy drain,
fear; Resist electricity 30, fire 30, negative
energy 30, sonic 30
Offense
Speed 50 ft., swim 300 ft.
Melee bite +37 (4d8+39 plus grab/19-20/x3), 2
claws +37 (3d6+26/19-20)
Space 80 ft.; Reach 40 ft. (80 ft. with claws)
Special Attacks fast swallow, hurl foes, rending
claws, swallow whole (10d6 bludgeoning plus
10d6 acid, AC 23, hp 70), vortex
Statistics
Str 62, Dex 18, Con 38, Int 4, Wis 28, Cha 6
Base Atk +28; CMB +62 (+66 bull rush,
grapple, sunder); CMD 76 (78 vs. bull rush,
sunder; can't be tripped)
Feats Astonishing Blow*, Blinding Critical, Bull
Rushing StrikeAPG, Combat Reflexes, Critical
Focus, Greater Bull Rush, Greater Sunder,
Greater Vital Strike, Improved Bull Rush,
Improved Initiative, Improved Lightning
Reflexes, Improved Sunder, Improved Vital
Strike, Iron Will, Lightning Reflexes, Power
Attack, Sundering StrikeAPG, Vital Strike, Widen
Attack*
Skills Perception +50, Swim +37
Languages Aquan (can't speak)
SQ massive, powerful blow (bite)
Special Abilities
Rending Claws (Ex): Great Charybdis’s claws
are particularly devastating when used against
objects, and ignore the first 20 points of an
object’s hardness rating.
Vortex (Su): Great Charybdis can generate a
whirlpool as a standard action at will. This ability
functions identically to the whirlwind special
attack (see the Universal Monster Rules in
Appendix 3 of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game
Bestiary), but the whirlpool can only form
underwater and can't leave the water. It’s a DC 43
Reflex save to avoid being caught by Great
Charybdis’s vortex. The vortex itself is 200 ft.
across and 500 ft. deep, and deals 10d6+39
points of damage per round. The save DC is
Constitution-based.
Description
The pirate ship Merry Queen Molly set sail
from its hidden port in the islands to raid along
the coast. Her captain, Bonnie Billy, was feared
for his bold attacks on military fleets from the
mainland. They set a trap for him, anchoring a
flotilla at the end of a narrow strait. When he
raided the coast, they were ready. The fleet
chased the Merry Queen Molly down through the
strait.
“Ready all cannons!” Bonnie Billy ordered
when he saw the trap. His crew responded
quickly. The navy ships were fast, and they
outgunned dear old Molly, but the little pirate
ship was strongly built. The navy sailors were all
hardened warriors, but Bonnie Billy and his crew
were determined.
“Surrender and ye shall be spared!” the
naval commander called.
“Blow it out yer ear hole!” Bonnie Billy called
back.
The battle raged on and on, each side taking
heavy casualties. Cannonballs struck the ships,
men fell into the sea. The water turned murky
with blood and debris. Then, as Bonnie Billy
began to consider surrender, there was a mighty
roar! The waters churned and roiled. Slowly, a
ring of giant stone spikes, the size of a small child,
rose from the water all around the battling ships.
 Water swirled into a massive whirlpool,
leading to the center of the teeth.
“Charybdis!” Bonnie Billy shouted. “We
woke up the Great Charybdis! Helmsman, steer!
We must get clear or we’ll be devoured.”
The helmsman didn’t need to be told twice.
The Merry Queen Molly was near the outer edge
of the stone circle. She just made it out of the
whirlpool when the ring of spikes rose even
higher. A terrible head followed them. The spikes
were not stone, but the teeth of this monstrous
creature! The pirates watched in fascinated
horror as the Great Charybdis devoured the navy
and then sank once more beneath the waves.
Merry Queen Molly then returned to her port,
and Bonnie Billy never sailed her near that strait
again.
The Voice of Beyond
CR 22
XP 615,000
CN Colossal ooze (incorporeal, kaiju)
Init +20; Senses blindsight 240 ft.; Perception
+54
Aura lassitude
Defense
AC 31, touch 31, flat-footed 14 (+12 deflection,
+16 Dex, +1 dodge, -8 size)
hp 609 (42d8+420); fast healing 30
Fort +24, Ref +32, Will +20
Defensive Abilities amorphous, ferocity,
incorporeal, recovery; DR 20/epic; Immune
ability damage, ability drain, acid, cold, death
effects, disease, energy drain, fear, fire, mind-
affecting effects, ooze traits, poison, sonic;
Resist electricity 30, negative energy 30; SR 33
Weaknesses susceptible to force effects
Offense
Speed 60 ft., fly 200 ft. (perfect)
Melee disintegrating touch +41 (40d6/19-20)
Space 60 ft.; Reach 60 ft.
Special Attacks feed, hurl foes
Statistics
Str —, Dex 42, Con 30, Int 19, Wis 23, Cha 23
Base Atk +31; CMB +55; CMD 78 (can't be
tripped)
Feats Combat Expertise, Combat Reflexes,
Dazzling Display, Deadly Stroke, Dodge, Flyby
Attack, Greater Vital Strike, Greater Weapon
Focus (disintegrating touch), Improved Critical
(disintegrating touch), Improved Initiative,
Improved Vital Strike, Incorporeal Trample*,
Lightning Reflexes, Mobility, Shatter Defenses,
Skill Focus (Knowledge [nature], Perception),
Spring Attack, Vital Strike, Weapon Focus
(disintegrating touch), Whirlwind Attack
Skills Fly +61, Knowledge (geography, planes)
+46), Knowledge (nature) +52, Perception +54,
Stealth +42
Languages Aklo (can't speak)
SQ massive
Special Abilities
Aura of Lassitude (Su): A creature within line
of effect to The Voice of Beyond (even when The
Voice of Beyond is hiding within a solid object)
must succeed at a DC 37 Will save or become
overwhelmed with listlessness and ennui. While
under this effect, the creature takes a –4 penalty
on all Will saving throws, and doesn’t willingly
travel farther than a mile from the area where it
failed its saving throw against The Voice of
Beyond's aura of lassitude. A break enchantment
spell (DC 37) ends the effect, as does removing
the victim from the aura’s area of effect. Every 24
hours, a creature affected by an aura of lassitude
can attempt a new DC 37 Will save to cast off the
effects of the aura. A creature that succeeds at
this saving throw is immune to The Voice of
Beyond's aura of lassitude for 1 hour. A creature
that is under the effects of The Voice of Beyond's
aura of lassitude can't be further affected by the
aura of lassitude possessed by a colour out of
space (Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Bestiary
4). This is a mind-affecting effect. The save DC is
Charisma-based.
Disintegrating Touch (Su): The Voice of
Beyond's touch causes a terrible disintegration of
flesh and bone. A successful DC 41 Fortitude save
halves the damage caused by The Voice of
Beyond's touch attack. A creature reduced to 0
hit points by The Voice of Beyond's touch attack
must succeed at a DC 41 Fortitude save or be
immediately slain and reduced to a pile of fine
ash. The save DC is Constitution-based.
Feed (Su): The Voice of Beyond can attempt to
feed on any living creature or a region of plant life
as a full-round action. If it feeds on a single
creature, The Voice of Beyond must have line of
effect and be within 1000 feet of the target. If it
feeds on a region of plant and animal life, it only
needs to be within that region. It can attempt to
feed on a region once per week, and upon a living
creature at will (but only once per day per living
creature). Feeding on a region of plant life is
automatically successful, blighting that region of
plant life as if by a diminish plants spell used to
stunt growth.
A creature can resist being fed upon by The Voice
of Beyond by succeeding at a DC 37 Will save, in
which case The Voice of Beyond must wait 1 hour
before attempting to feed on that creature again.
If this saving throw fails, the victim takes 2d4
points of Charisma drain and Constitution drain.
The save DC is Charisma-based.
A creature whose Constitution score is drained to
0 by The Voice of Beyond's feed attack
immediately dies, crumbling into a mass of
desiccated tissue and rising as an apex predator
wraith which will not attack The Voice of Beyond
unless compelled.
A creature whose Charisma score is drained to 0
by The Voice of Beyond's feed attack gains the
colour-blighted simple template (Pathfinder
Roleplaying Game Bestiary 4). Every time The
Voice of Beyond successfully feeds on a creature,
its fast healing doubles for 1 round.
Susceptible to Force Effects (Ex): The Voice
of Beyond takes double damage (+100%) from
force effects, and takes a –8 penalty on all saving
throws to resist force effects. The Voice of Beyond
can’t damage force effects with its disintegrating
touch. Its aura of lassitude and feed ability is
blocked if The Voice of Beyond is completely
entrapped by force effects (such as by a
windowless cell version of forcecage or a
telekinetic sphere).
Description
There is a village that lives in absolute
squalor. The land is desolate, the people are
starving. Despite all of this, in a land forever
blighted, there is a strange sense of peace. The
grass withers. The crops fail. The seas yield no
bounty, Children are old before they are born. Yet
despite the gloom, no one wishes to leave. The
people of Tenen surrendered themselves to the
gloom long ago. Now no one has the will or
strength left to fight it. Kelti (before her
adventure into the crack in the world) decided to
find the source of blahs.
First she tried asking the locals, but no one
would talk to the little gnome. Then she tried
asking them what they needed, but their
blandness was so ingrained they only responded
with blank stares.
“What is wrong with you?” she demanded.
Again, all she got were stares. So Kelti did what
Kelti does best. She traced the source of the
strange infliction. That is when she saw the eerie
light coming from the town’s well.
“What is this?” she asked, but again the
villagers did not answer. Kelti shrugged and
leaned in for a closer look.
A wave of indifference washed over Kelti as
she stood next to the light. Even standing further
back, she could still feel the pull of the light.
“What are you?” she whispered into the well.
Then she listened for any kind of response.
Nothing.
“So strange...” she said. She dropped a rock
down the well. The well threw it back.
“So you are alive,” she stated. “What is your
name? Can you speak?” The light did not
respond, but Kelti shivered and pulled her cloak
around her.
“I don’t like this,” she grumbled. She pulled
out a parchment and quill. Kelti noted everything
she could see regarding the light.
“Well...goodbye Happy Village,” she stated
after getting her notes in order. Kelti left the well
and the people behind.
Yssian, The Abyssal
Engine CR 21
XP 409,600
NE Colossal undead (extraplanar, kaiju)
Init +2; Senses darkvision 600 ft.; Perception
+20
Defense
AC 29, touch 4, flat-footed 27 (+2 Dex, +25
natural, -8 size)
hp 577 (35d8+420); fast healing 30
Fort +22, Ref +15, Will +24 (+34 vs. channel)
Defensive Abilities channel resistance +10,
ferocity, recovery, spell deflection, undead traits;
DR 20/epic; Resist acid 30, cold 30, electricity
30, fire 30, positive energy 30, sonic 30; SR 32

Offense
Speed 60 ft., fly 40 ft. (perfect)
Melee 2 claws +40 (6d8+21 plus energy
drain/19-20)
Space 60 ft.; Reach 60 ft.
Special Attacks devour soul, energy drain (3
levels, DC 38), hurl foes

Statistics
Str 52, Dex 14, Con —, Int 19, Wis 16, Cha 33
Base Atk +26; CMB +55 (+59 bull rush, sunder,
trip); CMD 67 (69 vs. bull rush, sunder, trip)
Feats Astonishing Blow*, Bleeding Critical,
Blind-Fight, Cleave, Combat Casting, Combat
Expertise, Critical Focus, Critical Mastery, Great
Cleave, Greater Bull Rush, Greater Sunder,
Greater Trip, Improved Bull Rush, Improved
Sunder, Improved Trip, Power Attack, Weapon
Focus (claws), Wounding Critical*
Skills Fly +40, Intimidate +49, Knowledge
(arcana) +42, Knowledge (planes) +39,
Perception +41, Sense Motive +41, Spellcraft
+42, Stealth +26
Languages Abyssal, Celestial, Common,
Infernal (can't speak); telepathy 100 ft.
SQ massive
Special Abilities
Devour Soul (Su): By making a touch attack as
a standard action, Yssian can deal 12d6+18
points of damage as if using a slay living spell. A
DC 38 Fortitude save reduces this damage to
3d6+18. The soul of a creature slain by this attack
becomes trapped within Yssian's chest. The
creature can't be brought back to life until Yssian
is reduced to 0 hit points (or a spell deflection—
see below) releases its soul. Yissian can hold up
to five souls at a time. The trapped souls provides
Yssian with 5 essence points for each Hit Die
possessed by the souls. Yssian can expend
essence points to use a necromancy spell as a
spell-like ability, expending a number of points
equal to the spell's level (0 level necromancy
spells cost 1 point and are cast as a swift action).
At the start of an encounter, Yssian generally has
3d4+3 essence points available. A trapped soul
gains one permanent negative level for every 5
points of essence drained—these negative levels
remain if the creature is brought back to life (but
they don't stack with any negative levels
imparted by being brought back to life). A soul
that is completely consumed may only be
restored to life by a miracle or wish. The save DC
is Charisma-based.
Spell Deflection (Su): If any of the following
spells are cast at Yssian and overcome its spell
resistance, they instead affect a trapped soul:
banishment, chaos hammer, confusion,
crushing despair, detect thoughts, dispel evil,
dominate person, fear, geas/quest, holy word,
hypnotism, imprisonment, magic jar, maze,
suggestion, trap the soul, or any form of charm
or compulsion. While none of these effects harms
the soul, the caster makes a DC 35 caster level
check when a spell is deflected—success indicates
that the trapped soul is released from its prison
and the creature whose body it belonged to can
now be restored to life as normal.

Description
The Lich Lord sat on his throne of bones. A
cauldron rested at his feet, filled with a dark,
viscous fluid. The sludge bubbled and churned.
He stared at the dark surface, an image growing
clear. A gaunt, half-rotten creature came into
view. Its ribcage was stripped bare, the bones
crossing over each other to form a grisly prison.
Inside its chest, tormented souls writhed and
screamed. The Lich Lord watched in silence as
the creature passed over high mountains as if
they were but small hills. He sat back on his
throne and steepled his fingers in grim
contemplation.
Yssian was coming.
The Lich Lord considered his options. He
could run, but Yssian would find him. There is no
outrunning Yssian—no bargaining, no pleading,
no mercy. For one such as the Lich Lord, Yssian
was Death.
“Let him come,” the Lich Lord told his
assembled servants, knowing the foolishness of
the statement even if they did not. Yssian was
unstoppable. Once he chose a target, he scoured
the earth until he had them. The Lich Lord knew
his time had come as soon as he heard those
words:
“Yssian is coming.”
Forius CR 20
XP 307,200
N Colossal construct (kaiju)
Init +5 (+9 with hive mind); Senses blindsense
300 ft., darkvision 600 ft., hive mind; Perception
+25
Defense
AC 27, touch 9, flat-footed 24 (+5 deflection, +1
Dex, +1 dodge, +18 natural, -8 size)
hp 938 (31d10+669 plus 100 hp force field); fast
healing 30; force field fast healing 20
Fort +38, Ref +20, Will +21
Defensive Abilities recovery; DR 20/epic;
Immune construct trait; Resist acid 30, cold
30, electricity 30, fire 30, negative energy 30,
sonic 30
Weaknesses vulnerability to critical hits,
vulnerability to electricity
Offense
Speed 80 ft., fly 160 ft. (perfect)
Melee 2 claws +41 (2d8+27 plus grab), 4 wings
+39 (2d8+9/19-20)
Space 60 ft.; Reach 60 ft.
Special Attacks deadly grasp, hurl foe
Statistics
Str 46, Dex 13, Con —, Int 10, Wis 11, Cha 13
Base Atk +31; CMB +57 (+61 grapple); CMD
74 (78 vs. trip)
Feats Ability Focus (plasma lance), Alertness,
Bleeding Critical, Combat Reflexes, Critical
Focus, Dodge, Improved Critical (wings),
Improved Initiative, Intimidating Prowess, Iron
Will, Multiattack, Skill Focus (Fly), Skill Focus
(Intimidate), Skill Focus (Perception), Skill
Focus (Sense Motive), Stand Still
Skills Acrobatics +1 (+21 jumping), Fly +30,
Intimidate +22, Perception +35, Sense Motive
+33
Languages Common (can't speak); telepathy
600 ft.
SQ coordinate, massive, powerful blow (claws)
Special Abilities
Coordinate (Su): While part of a formian hive
mind (see Formian Bond below), once Forius has
acted in a combat, itself and all allied formians
within the hive mind are no longer considered
flat-footed. When Forius attacks a creature in
melee, allied formians gain a +2 insight bonus on
melee attack rolls against that creature until the
start of Forius' next turn.
Deadly Grasp (Ex): When Forius has a foe
grappled, it deals sting damage when it succeeds
at a grapple check to damage its opponent.
Deflector Field: A force field sheathes Forius
in a thin layer of shimmering energy which
grants it 100 hit points. While its force field is
active, all damage Forius takes goes to it first. As
long as the force field is active, Forius is immune
to critical hits. Forius' force field has fast healing
20, but once its hit points are reduced to 0, the
force field shuts down and does not reactivate for
1d4 minutes.
Additionally, Forius gains a +5 deflection bonus
to Armor Class while its force field is active.
Formian Bond (Su): If Forius has a living and
conscious formian within itself, Forius becomes
part of that formian's hive mind (see below).
Hive Mind (Ex): Forius gains a +4 racial bonus
on initiative checks and Perception checks while
part of a formian hive mind. If at least one
member of the hive mind disbelieves an illusion,
all members within its telepathic range are also
considered to disbelieve that illusion. If one
member is aware of combatants, all other
members in range of its telepathy are also aware
of those combatants.
Plasma Lance (Ex): As a standard action once
every 2 rounds, Forius may fire a 120-ft.-long line
of plasma from its stinger. All creatures in this
area take 20d6 points of plasma damage (Reflex
DC 27 halves). The save DC is Intelligence-based.
Reinforced Construction (Ex): Forius gains
half its Strength modifier as additional hit points
per Hit Die, and gains its Strength modifier to
Fortitude saves, and half its Strength modifier to
Reflex and Will saves.
Rockets (Ex): As a standard action, Forius can
fire a rocket to a range of 10 miles. As a full-round
action, it can instead fire two rockets to a range
of 5 miles. A rocket explodes on impact in a 50-
ft.-radius burst, dealing 12d6 points of fire
damage and 12d6 points of bludgeoning damage
to all creatures in the area (Reflex DC 25 halves).
Forius can fire up to 10 rockets per hour,
replenishing them at a rate of one rocket per
hour, crafting new rockets from scrap metal and
other collected components used in the
construction process. The save DC is
Intelligence-based.
Superior Optics (Ex): Forius see invisible
creatures or objects as if they were visible.
Vulnerable to Critical Hits: Whenever Forius
takes extra damage from a critical hit, it must
make a DC 15 Fortitude save to avoid being
stunned for 1 round. If it makes a successful
saving throw, it is staggered for 1 round. Forius
remains immune to other sources of the stunned
condition.
Description
Deep below ground is a massive city. Few
surface-dwellers have ever seen it. This city is
home to the Formians, ant-like beings from
another world. Kelti, gnomish explorer
extraordinaire, once traveled to their city. At the
heart of it is a temple to a deity unknown to the
small gnome. She tried to look closer, but was
driven back.
“No-one not of the hive may enter,” she was
warned. Kelti never heeded such warnings. She
watched at waited until the changing of the
guard.
Kelti stole swiftly to the northern exposure.
There was no door, but there was a wall, low
enough that she could climb it without gear. Kelti
was careful as she scaled the wall. Soon, she
rounded the top and dropped into an open
courtyard. There, in the midst of the temple
stood a colossal statue of a Formian warrior. Kelti
crept closer and studied it.
 Like Adam, the statue had clockwork
features. Upon closer examination, Klti noticed a
name carved into his chest.
“Forius,” she read silently aloud. She jumped
back as the statue’s fingers twitched. She looked
up at its face and could’ve sworn it was looking
back down at her.
“Forius,” she repeated, The head definitely
turned in her direction. Before she could decide
what to do next, loud noises filled the southern
end of the courtyard. Kelti turned and saw a great
many formians closing in on her.
“Whoops, time to go,” she said. “It was nice
meeting you.” With that, she ran to the wall and
scrambled up and over. Kelti spreads her tale of
the formians, and of Forius, to anyone who would
listen.

Neuros, The Brain

Between Worlds CR 18
XP 153,600
N Colossal aberration (kaiju, psionic)
Init +2; Senses blindsense 300 ft., darkvision
600 ft.; Perception +30
Defense
AC 30, touch 0, flat-footed 30 (+10 armor, -2
Dex, +20 natural, -8 size)
hp 418 (27d8+297); fast healing 30;
regeneration 10 (acid)
Fort +20, Ref +14, Will +19
Defensive Abilities amorphous, ferocity,
recovery; DR 20/epic; Immune ability damage,
ability drain, death effects, disease, energy drain,
fear; Resist acid 30, cold 30, electricity 30, fire
30, negative energy 30, sonic 30
Offense
Speed fly 100 ft. (good)
Melee 5 slams +24 (2d8+12 plus grab)
Space 80 ft.; Reach 120 ft.
Special Attacks constrict (3d6+18), engulf (DC
35, 4d6 acid and paralysis 1 round), hurl foes
Psi-Like Abilities (ML 14th; concentration
+30)
Constant—inertial armorA
At will—empathic feedbackA (DC 25)
3/day—body adjustmentA (6d12), ego whipA
(3d4; DC 27)
1/day—decerebrate (DC 28)
A These psi-like abilities have their maximum
augmented effects included in Neuros' statistics.
Statistics
Str 34, Dex 7, Con 32, Int 23, Wis 14, Cha 33
Base Atk +18; CMB +38 (+42 grapple); CMD
46 (can't be tripped)
Feats Alertness, Combat Reflexes, Great
Fortitude, Improved Initiative, Improved
Lightning Reflexes, Iron Will, Lightning
Reflexes, Muscle Reaction*, Power Attack, Skill
Domination*, Skill Focus (Fly), Skill Focus
(Perception), Skill Focus (Stealth), Weapon
Focus (slam)
Skills Autohypnosis +32, Diplomacy +41,
Escape Artist +33, Fly +35, Knowledge (arcana,
psionics) +36, Perception +42, Sense Motive
+36, Spellcraft +36, Stealth +23
Languages Brethedan; telepathy line of sight
SQ adaptation, combine, limited starflight,
massive
Special Abilities
Adaptation (Ex): Neuros's body is extremely
mutable, and can adapt to respond to virtually
any situation. Once per round as a swift action
that doesn't provoke attacks of opportunity,
Neuros can reshape its body and chemistry to
adopt any of the following qualities.
• It gains immunity against a single energy
type (acid, cold, electricity, fire, or sonic).
• It gains an additional natural attack (bite,
tentacle, etc.) with damage appropriate to its
size.
• Its slam damage type changes to slashing or
piercing.
• Its slam damage die increases by one step.
• It gains a +4 natural armor bonus to AC.
• Its reach increases by 20 feet.
Neuros can only have two modifications in effect
at any one time—if it selects a new adaptation, it
loses one in effect. More extreme adaptations are
also possible (at the GM’s discretion), but
generally take days or even months to adopt.
Combine (Ex): As a brethedan, Neuros can
combine with other, lesser brethedans to work
together as parts of an even greater organism. As
a swift action, a brethedan adjacent to Neuros
can merge with it, becoming a single creature
occupying Neuros's space. The merging
brethedan forfeits its actions to augment Neuros,
and adds its hit points (though not its Hit Dice)
to Neuros's total. At this time, it also chooses one
adaptation— Neuros gains this benefit, and it
can't be changed unless Neuros uses its single
adaptation action each round to do so. Any
number of brethedans can merge with Neuros in
this fashion, adding a new adaptation with each
merging. Neuros retains the ability to swap one
adaptation each round (not once per component
creature). Splitting into the component creatures
again is a full-round action in which all
component creatures are released and the
remaining hit points are distributed
appropriately. For the purposes of Hit Die-
related effects, the Hit Dice of a brethedan
merged with Neuros are equal to those of Neuros.
Limited Starflight (Ex): Neuros can survive
in the void of outer space, able to travel at its
flight speed as normal. Unlike creatures with full
starflight, Neuros' ability to fly in outer space
don't allow it to reach unusually high speeds, so
journeying between worlds takes vast amounts of
time. Neuros is usually accompanied by a great
many other brethedan's merged with itself when
it travels between worlds, the primary way its
lesser kin find their way to new worlds.
Combined brethedan's can augment Neuros'
flight speed by 10 ft., but only when traveling
between worlds.
Description
Deep in the mountains lived a young goat
shepard named Dev. There was little to do on the
alpine slopes, so the boy played his pipes for his
goats as they grazed in the meadows. One day, as
he played, Dev watched a cloud float down
toward him from the mountaintops.
“That’s strange,” he said as he stopped to
watch the cloud.
Slowly it began to rise again, so Dev
continued playing his little tune. As soon as he
raised his pipes to his lips, the cloud began to
move once more. Dev didn’t stop playing this
time. He watched as the enormous cloud grew
closer and closer. Dev watched the cloud warily,
but the goats didn’t seem concerned, and they
could usually sense a change in the weather. As it
came overhead, the air grew chilly. The cloud cast
a dark shadow over the land below.
Dev shivered. Something was in the cloud,
something that whispered to him. He couldn’t
understand the words spoken in his mind, but he
got the impression that the thing in the cloud
wanted him to keep playing. Dev played and
played, the cloud hovering overhead. After a
while, the goats began to wander. Dev put down
his pipes and whistled. As the herd trotted
toward him, he looked up at that cloud.
“I’m sorry,” he said. “It’s time for me to take
them home.” He felt a wave of longing, as though
the thing in the cloud was asking him to come
back and keep playing.
 “Tomorrow,” he said. “I’ll bring the herd up
here tomorrow to graze.” He started down the
mountainside followed by the goats.
Dev glanced back before the clearing was
completely out of sight. The cloud dissipated as it
rose once more over the mountaintops. The boy
stared at the creature the disappearing mists
partially revealed. He saw what looked like a
mass of bladders filled with air, all connected to
swaying tentacles. Of few of the tentacles reached
toward him and waved as the creature followed
the cloud up into the air.
Dev waved back.
Cclth, The Black One
CR 17
XP 102,400
CN Gargantuan monstrous humanoid (aquatic,
kaiju)
Init +5; Senses see in darkness; Perception +30
Defense
AC 33, touch 12, flat-footed 27 (+5 Dex, +1
dodge, +21 natural, -4 size)
hp 402 (23d10+276); fast healing 30
Fort +19, Ref +20, Will +17
Defensive Abilities ferocity, recovery; DR
20/epic; Immune ability damage, ability drain,
cold, death effects, disease, energy drain, fear,
poison; Resist acid 30, electricity 30, fire 30,
negative energy 30, sonic 30
Offense
Speed 40 ft., swim 240 ft.
Melee bite +39 (4d6+20 plus 4d6 cold), 4 claws
+39 (3d6+20)
Space 20 ft.; Reach 20 ft. (30 ft. with claws)
Special Attacks black bile, rend (2 claws,
6d6+30; 3 claws, 9d6+40; 4 claws, 12d6+60)
Statistics
Str 50, Dex 20, Con 34, Int 7, Wis 18, Cha 5
Base Atk +23; CMB +47 (+59 bull rush, trip);
CMD 63 (65 vs. bull rush; can't be tripped)
Feats Bloody AssaultAPG, Combat ExpertiseB,
Combat Reflexes, Dodge, Greater Bull Rush,
Greater Trip, Improved Bull Rush, Improved
Trip, Lightning Reflexes, Power Attack, Run,
Skill Focus (Perception), Skill Focus (Stealth),
Tripping StrikeAPG
Skills Perception +30, Stealth +23, Swim +28
Languages Aklo
SQ amphibious, cold vigor, lesser kaiju,
overwhelming
Special Abilities
Black Bile (Su): Cclth's body seethes with
freezing black bile. Its supernaturally cold, black
bile is the source of the additional cold damage
when it bites a creature. As a standard action,
Cclth can expel its full store of bile as a breath
weapon that can take the form of a 300-ft. line or
a 150-ft. cone. All creatures in this area take 12d6
points of cold damage (DC 33 Reflex half ). Cclth
can use this breath weapon once every 1d4
rounds—while its black bile is recharging, it does
not deal additional cold damage with its bite. The
save DC is Constitution-based.
Cold Vigor (Ex): When Cclth is in a cold
environment, it becomes more animated and
gains a +1 racial bonus on attack rolls and
weapon damage rolls.
Lesser Kaiju (Ex): Though Cclth possesses
most of the abilities of kaiju, it is only
Gargantuan in size, and lacks the massive
extraordinary ability. In all other ways, it is
treated as a regular kaiju.
Overwhelming (Ex): Cclth gains a +8 racial
bonus on bull rush and trip attacks.
Description
The charda are creatures of the black waters
and icy depths. Their tales are difficult to
understand as their culture is completely alien to
those of us from the surface. They tell of a giant
charda name Cclth. Cclth is the greatest danger
to other charda. He hunts them as prey and
devours his fallen enemies.
The subterranean waters are home the
charda, a fierce and monstrous race. Charda fear
nothing. Nothing but Cclth.
 His clutch was a small one. Cclth’s mother
laid her eggs in a tiny cave and guarded them
days on end. Finally, after a long wait, the baby
charda emerged—four hatchlings and one dead
egg. Their mother gathered up her young,
abandoning the dud. Weeks later, Cclth emerged,
all alone in the cold waters.
But Cclth was strong. Cclth survived. The
young charda killed and ate anything it could get
its claws on. At first, this was mostly fish and
other aquatic animals. But soon, Cclth came
across more of its own kind. There were five of
them, two males and three females, all fully
grown. Cclth watched and waited. One of them
lagged behind the rest of the group, scanning the
waters for signs of prey. As soon as her back was
turned, Cclth pounced. It grabbed onto the
female charda’s neck and held on with all its
strength as black blood flowed from her wounds
into the water surrounding them. Under the
cover of the inky cloud, Cclth dragged its prey
into a cave to feast.
Cclth grew stronger and larger with each
charda kill. Soon, it was the size of a giant. As it
grew in strength, the kills became easy. Other
charda avoided its territory. Cclth would no
longer count on them wandering through. It had
to take the hunt to them. With this new strategy,
entire clutches were wiped out as Cclth’s appetite
grew and grew. Nothing could stop Cclth.
The charda finally gathered together to
discuss their new enemy. They decided there was
only one way to stop Cclth from destroying them
all. One charda would lure Cclth into a cave. Then
the others would seal them inside.
“But who will give themselves to save us?” an
elder mused. “Such things are not done. This is
not the charda way.”
“I will,” a female stepped forward. “I saw
Cclth. I saw its markings. They are same as the
egg that did not hatch. I am its mother. I am
responsible for bringing this thing into the
world. I will do it.”
So it was agreed. Cclth’s mother went out
alone, and sure enough, Cclth started to hunt.
The two charda darted here and there until
Cclth’s mother vanished into a cave. Cclth paused
just briefly, then followed her in.
“Now!” the elders called. All of the young
charda heaved and pulled until an avalanche of
stone crashed over the entrance, filling it
completely. As soon as the threat was defeated,
the charda separated, and returned each to their
old ways.
Taurosu CR 16
XP 76,800
CG Colossal monstrous humanoid (kaiju)
Init +4; Senses darkvision 600 ft.; Perception
+23
Defense
AC 23, touch 6, flat-footed 19 (+4 Dex, +1 dodge,
+17 natural, -8 size)
hp 346 (21d10+231); fast healing 30
Fort +18, Ref +17, Will +17
Defensive Abilities ferocity, natural cunning,
recovery; DR 20/epic; Immune ability damage,
ability drain, death effects, disease, energy drain,
fear; Resist acid 30, cold 30, electricity 30, fire
30, negative energy 30, sonic 30
Offense
Speed 120 ft.; charger
Melee gore +31 (4d6+17/x3 plus 1d2 Con
damage), 2 slams +30 (3d8+17/19-20/x3 plus 1
Con damage)
Space 50 ft.; Reach 50 ft.
Special Attack hurl foe, powerful charge (gore
+32, 8d6+25 plus 1d3+1 Con damage)
Statistics
Str 44, Dex 18, Con 32, Int 3, Wis 20, Cha 5
Base Atk +21; CMB +46; CMD 60
Feats Big Step*, Bleeding Critical, Combat
Reflexes, Dazzling Display, Greater Vital Strike,
Improved Vital Strike, Intimidating Prowess,
Power Attack, Shatter Defenses, Vital Strike,
Weapon Focus (gore)
Skills Acrobatics +19 (+55 jumping), Intimidate
+18, Perception +23, Stealth -12, Survival +15;
Racial Modifiers +10 Perception, +10 Survival
Languages Giant (can't speak)
SQ kaiju bane, massive
Special Abilities
Charger (Ex): When Taurosu charges, it can
move up to 1,000 ft., and ignores difficult terrain
while doing so. It doesn't suffer the AC penalty
from charging.
Kaiju Bane (Su): Against creatures with the
kaiju subtype, Taurosu gains a +10 deflection
bonus to AC, a +5 resistance bonus to its saves,
and a +5 enchantment bonus to attack and deals
+4d6 damage. Though kaiju are normally
immune to fear, Taurosu's Dazzling Display feat
functions against them. Additionally, while
another kaiju is within 1 mile of Taurosu,
Taurosu gains the benefits of mythic haste (see
Chapter 3 – Mythic Spells of the Pathfinder
Roleplaying Game Mythic Adventures).
Description
The small island of Cyriaxis has but one
settlement, a small fishing village along its only
bay. The inhabitants dare not venture beyond the
cliffs which surround their secluded domain. For
the rest of the island, they say, is home to a nation
of minotaurs. The king of the minotaurs is
Taurosu. He is so large, villagers say he can wade
across the sea to the mainland, the water never
covering his head. The minotaurs allow the
village in exchange for fish—particularly sharks.
One day, gray sails appeared on the horizon.
“Raiders!” the people panicked. They locked
themselves in their homes and prayed for
deliverance from the wild, barbaric raiders from
the north. The ships grew closer and closer. Then,
everyone heard such a roar! The raiders turned
their ships and fled as boulders were flung at
them into the sea.
 Peace remained on Cyriaxis until the ships
returned. This time, when Taurosu roared, they
did not turn. This time, when rocks were thrown
at them, they kept on coming. The locals
considered surrender, when one of them cried
out and pointed to the sea. There was Taurosu,
pulling the enemy ships away by their anchors.
The inhabitants of Cyriaxis build a shrine to
Taurosu, and they pray to him now, every day.
White Death, The
Avalanche CR 14
XP 38,400
N Colossal monstrous humanoid (cold, kaiju)
Init +0; Senses darkvison 600 ft., scent;
Perception +16
Aura cold (100 ft., 1d6 cold)
Defense
AC 21, touch 2, flat-footed 21 (+19 natural, -8
size)
hp 294 (19d10+190); fast healing 30
Fort +16, Ref +11, Will +12
Defensive Abilities ferocity, recovery; DR
20/epic; Immune ability damage, ability drain,
cold, death effects, disease, energy drain, fear;
Resist acid 30, electricity 30, fire 30, negative
energy 30, sonic 30
Weaknesses vulnerability to fire
Offense
Speed 80 ft., climb 60 ft.
Melee 2 claws +28 (3d6+17 plus 3d6 cold and
grab/19-20)
Space 50 ft.; Reach 50 ft.
Special Attacks breath weapon, cold, freezing
embrace, frightful gaze, hurl foe, icy tomb, rend
(2 claws, 3d6+25 plus 6d6 cold)
Statistics
Str 45, Dex 10, Con 30, Int 5, Wis 12, Cha 7
Base Atk +19; CMB +44 (+48 grapple, sunder);
CMD 54 (56 vs. sunder)
Feats Big Step*, Bleeding Critical, Critical
Focus, Greater Sunder, Improved Critical (claw),
Improved Sunder, Power Attack, Skill Focus
(Perception), Skill Focus (Stealth), Sundering
StrikeAPG
Skills Perception +16, Stealth +7 (+15 in snow);
Racial Modifiers +4 Stealth (+12 in snow)
Languages Aklo (can't speak)
SQ massive
Special Abilities
Breath Weapon (Su): Once every 4 rounds,
White Death can breathe out a 300 ft. cone of icy
death. Those caught in the cone take 20d6 cold
damage, and take 1d4 Dexterity damage. A
successful Reflex save (DC 29) halves the cold
damage and negates the Dexterity damage. If a
creature’s Dexterity is reduced to zero by this
breath weapon, the creature is trapped in ice,
taking 5d6 cold damage each round. A successful
Strength check (DC 29) allows a trapped creature
to break free.
Cold (Su): White Death's body generates
intense cold, dealing 3d6 points of cold damage
to any creature that contacts it with a natural
attack or unarmed strike, or whenever it hits a foe
with its claws or rend attack.
Freezing Embrace (Ex): When White Death
successfully maintains a grapple against a
creature, his body inflicts a greater amount of
cold damage to them. This deals 10d6 points of
cold damage and 1 points of Dexterity drain.
Frightful Gaze (Su): Creatures within 100 ft. lands. The locals warned them before their ascent
that meet White Death's gaze must succeed on a that the these mountains were home to White
DC 17 Will save or stand paralyzed in fear for 1 Death.
minute. This is a mind-affecting fear and “What is White Death?” one of the travelers
paralysis effect. A creature that successfully saves asked.
can't be affected again for 1 minute. The save DC “A yeti as large the foothills,” an old local
is Charisma-based. replied. “He lives in the high mountains and
Icy Tomb (Ex): As a full-round action while in waits for travelers to come to the ice pack. Then
an area capable of producing avalanches, White he strikes with a massive avalanche. Beware
Death can trigger an avalanche which strikes all White Death. He will freeze you where you
those on the ground within 500 ft. of him. Unlike stand.”
normal avalanches, those triggered by White “Don’t believe the folklore,” the caravan
Death have a DC of 36 for all saving throws, skill master stated. “Rural superstitions try to explain
checks, and ability checks related to them. See every phenomenon that occurs.” And so, after a
Chapter 13 of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game quick supply run, the caravan continued on.
Core Rulebook for full rules on avalanches. The Their first night in the mountains was
save DC is Strength-based. uneventful. They heard some howling wolves,
and something that sounded like a moose or very
large deer snuffling around nearby. But nothing
Description attacked the camp, and the next morning they set
Crossing the high mountains is a dangerous off again. They made good time to the edge of the
proposition. The weather and altitude can lead ice pack. Here they stopped, though there were
many to their deaths. The inhabitants also claim still a few hours left of daylight. The caravan
their share. Not long ago, a small caravan master wanted everyone to be rested and
traveling north came into the mountains. It was refreshed before climbing the glacier.
late spring, and they thought it would be the That night, the wolves seemed much closer.
safest time to cross over into the far eastern It was in the darkest part of the night, that
tragedy struck. Villagers felt the avalanche. The
rumbling shook them from their beds. By the
next morning, it stopped. The locals put together
a rescue team, but there was little for them to
find—just blood in the snow and the remnants of
a camp. No bodies...just one massive footprint
the size of a crater in the newly-fallen snow.

Inu CR 13
XP 25,600
N Colossal magical beast (kaiju)
Init +7; Senses low-light vision, scent;
Perception +5

Defense
AC 23, touch 5, flat-footed 20 (+3 Dex, +18
natural, -8 size)
hp 261 (18d10+162); fast healing 30
Fort +20, Ref +16, Will +7
Defensive Abilities ferocity, recovery; DR
20/epic; Immune ability damage, ability drain,
death effects, disease, energy drain, fear; Resist
acid 30, cold 30, electricity 30, fire 30, negative
energy 30, sonic 30
Offense
Speed 120 ft.
Melee bite +27 (4d6+24 plus trip)
Space 50 ft.; Reach 50 ft.
Special Attacks hurl foes, rending maw
Statistics
Str 42, Dex 17, Con 28, Int 11, Wis 13, Cha 10
Base Atk +18; CMB +42; CMD 55 (59 vs. trip)
Feats Dazzling Display, Improved Initiative,
Improved Vital Strike, Intimidating Prowess,
Lightning Reflexes, Power Attack, Skill Focus
(Stealth), Vital Strike, Weapon Focus (bite)
Skills Acrobatics +15 (+51 jumping), Intimidate
+23, Perception +5, Stealth +14, Swim +20
Languages Sylvan (can't speak)
SQ massive
Special Abilities
Crushing Maw (Ex): If Inu successfully bite a
Gargantuan or smaller creature, it can make a
seconding bite attack at its full attack bonus -5. If
this second attack is successful, the damage from
it is added to the damage from the first bite
before applying damage reduction and
determining whether the creature bitten must
save against massive damage, and it gains a +10
bonus to its free trip attempt.
Description
Once there was a beautiful a beautiful
princess locked in a tower of gold. Every day, she
would come to the window of her golden prison
and greet her people with song. All who heard her
voice loved her. They pleaded with her father, the
king, to release her so she might bless the people.
“Alas, I cannot open the tower,” the king
confessed. “A witch placed a curse on it. The only
key that can free my daughter lies in the Temple
of the Stars, deep in the mountains. But who
would find it? I am too old for expeditions. I
would never make it there.” And so the
conversation would go on, until one day the king
had a brilliant idea.
“Who will be my champion?” he called to his
people. “The first to return with the key will win
my daughter’s hand in marriage.” This was
greeted with much enthusiasm—the people
wanted to see a change.
“I’ll go,” a voice in the crowd declared. A
young man stepped forward. He was greeted with
much enthusiasm as they ushered him to the
king.
“I’ll go,” he repeated. The king looked him
over, and then put his hands on the young man’s
shoulders.
“Brave lad,” the king said. “I will give you
whatever you need.” The lad was soon equipped
with a sword and shield, and he set off into the
woods.
The young man whistled as he walked along
the path. Before long he came to a fork. And
there, sitting in the spot with the path split, was
the statue of a wolf. He studied it, and noticed
that it was looking off to the right. So the boy took
the path to the right. A short time later, he came
to another statue. This one looked left, so he went
left. This went on for some time, until he was no
longer sure he could find his way back to the
village. Just as he realized he was hopelessly lost,
and he was about to give up, the young man saw
a ziggurat rise above the trees just a short
distance away.
“The temple!” he exclaimed, and he ran to the
flat-topped pyramid.
The young man paused just outside the
mountain of a temple. He was always taught
never to go there. There is death inside, they said.
He took a deep breath and drew his sword.
“For the princess,” he said. Then he pushed
open the door.
“Welcome,” a smooth voice greeted him from
the darkness. “I’ve been expecting you.” He
looked around for the source of the voice, but all
he could see was a furry seat of some kind.
“Who are you?” he asked, feeling his way
around the room.
“I am Inu,” the voice replied. “What brings
you here?”
“I need the key,” he stated. “Or...a
key...whichever one it is that will free the
princess.”
“Ah yes,” Inu stated. “The princess. I would
be most willing to help her if...”
“Yes?” the young man almost snapped. There
was rattling that sounded like chains.
“If you find a way to free me,” she finished.
The boy lowered his head.
“You never know if you don’t try,” she
encouraged. The young man gave her a nod. He
raised his sword and hack at the nearest chains.
It was long, hard work, but Inu was finally free.
“Ah...it’s been so long,” Inu sounded like she
was stretching. Then the young man felt
something very large pick him up and return to
the forest. Once outside, he turned to see what it
was he helped to escape.
“GAH!” he screamed at the sight of a black
wolf the size of a mountain. Inu chuckled. She
carried him back the edge of the forest in a
fraction of the time it took him to reach the
temple. She set him down, and then reached out
a paw.
“Take a link of the chain that you broke,” she
said. The young man didn’t argue. He took out
his sword and hacked at the remainder of the
chain until he separated one link.
“That is your key,” Inu told him. “Knock on
the tower three times, and the princess will be
free.” The wolf turned and was gone, much
quieter than a creature that size had any right to
move.
The young man returned to his people and
did as Inu instructed. At the third knock, the
tower of gold dissolved and the princess stood
before him. The king kept his word, and they
were wed that very same day. The following year,
the princess gave birth to a daughter, with raven
hair and silvery, wolfish eyes.
They named her Inu.
Iruk CR 12
XP 19,200
CN Colossal magical beast (kaiju)
Init +6; Senses darkvision 600 ft., low-light
vision, scent, spell sight; Perception +11
Defense
AC 23, touch 4, flat-footed 21 (+2 Dex, +19
natural, -8 size)
hp 232 (16d10+144); fast healing 30
Fort +14, Ref +12, Will +11
Defensive Abilities ferocity, recovery, spell
healing; DR 20/epic; Immune ability damage,
ability drain, death effects, disease, energy drain,
fear; Resist acid 30, cold 30, electricity 30, fire
30, negative energy 30, sonic 30
Offense
Speed 60 ft., climb 50 ft.
Melee bite +24 (2d8+16 plus bleed), 2 claws +24
(2d6+16)
Space 50 ft.; Reach 50 ft. (100 ft. with tail)
Special Attacks bleed (3d4), focused sight, hurl
foes, tail sweep
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 10th; concentration
+7)
Constant—greater arcane sight, tongues
At will—magic missile
Statistics
Str 43, Dex 14, Con 28, Int 4, Wis 13, Cha 5
Base Atk +16; CMB +40; CMD 52 (56 vs. trip)
Feats Cleave, Cleaving FinishUC, Great Cleave,
Improved Initiative, Power Attack, Skill Focus
(Acrobatics), Skill Focus (Perception), Skill
Focus (Stealth)
Skills Acrobatics +15 (+27 jumping), Climb +34,
Perception +11, Stealth +5; Racial Modifiers
+6 Acrobatics, +6 Climb
Languages Aklo; tongues
SQ massive, otherworldly touch
Special Abilities Iruk is a foe that can be avoided, so it is best
to make precautions before you enter its
Focused Sight (Su): Iruk can focus its sight on
territory.
a single target within 1000 ft. As a ranged touch
And watch your head. You do not want it
attack, the target struck takes 5d6 damage (Fort
stolen by Iruk.
DC 17 half) and is subject to a targeted dispel
attempt (as dispel magic) with a +10 bonus. The
save DC is Charisma-based, and includes a +2
racial bonus.
Otherworldly Touch (Ex): Iruk's natural Grezk, The Drainer of
attacks can strike incorporeal creatures as if they
were ghost touch weapons, and corporeal
creatures as if they were brilliant energy
Giants CR 10
XP 9,600
weapons.
N Colossal magical beast (kaiju)
Spell Healing (Su): Iruk receives the
Init +1; Senses darkvision 600 ft., scent;
maximum benefit from healing effects it receives.
Perception +0
Spell Sight (Su): Iruk's eyes radiate normal
light in a 500 ft. cone and increase the light level
by one step for an additional 500 ft. beyond that Defense
area. Any magic effect in this area glows brightly,
AC 24, touch 0, flat-footed 23 (-3 Dex, +1 dodge,
dazzling those under a magical effect or in
+24 natural, -8 size)
possession of a magic item if they fail a DC 15 Ref
hp 247 (15d10+165); fast healing 30
save. The save DC is Charisma-based.
Fort +20, Ref +6, Will +7; +8 vs. mind-
Tail Sweep (Ex): As a full-round action, Iruk
affecting effects
can swing its tail in a 100 ft. long half-circle. This
Defensive Abilities ferocity, recovery; DR
functions as trample, dealing 2d6+24 points of
20/epic; Immune ability damage, ability drain,
damage to all creatures on the ground in the area.
death effects, disease, energy drain, fear; Resist
As normal for a trample, creatures are allowed a
acid 30, cold 30, electricity 30, fire 30, negative
DC 34 Reflex save for half damage, or they can
energy 30, sonic 30
make an attack of opportunity with a -4 penalty.
Flying creatures making their save take no
damage with a successful save. The save DC is Offense
Strength-based.
Speed 60 ft., climb 60 ft.
Melee bite +25 (6d6+27 plus grab, attach, and
Description disease/19-20/x3 plus 2d6 bleed)
Space 50 ft.; Reach 50 ft.
If you ever travel in the high mountain forest,
Special Attacks blood drain (2d4 Con), bloody
beware of Iruk. As you lie awake at night, and you
spittle, hurl foes
hear a rustling in the bushes, BEWARE! You are
prey of Iruk, the terror of the forest. Iruk lurks in
the shadows. Iruk watches its prey in the dark. Statistics
Iruk will strip your bones and suck out the
Str 46, Dex 4, Con 32, Int 1, Wis 10, Cha 2
marrow. Iruk is a monster.
Base Atk +15; CMB +41 (+45 overrun; +49
Iruk prefers the rivers, so avoid them as you
grapple); CMD 49 (51 vs. overrun; 61 vs. trip)
travel through the forest. Do not cut yourself, for
Feats DodgeB, Greater Overrun, Improved
Iruk can sense the blood. Hang your food from a
Initiative, Improved Overrun, Improved Vital
tree a mile or more from your camp. Iruk will
Strike, Iron Will, Power Attack, Skill Focus
smell it. Walk softly so as not to leave footprints.
(Stealth), Vital Strike
Iruk can track them.
Skills Climb +26, Stealth +6; Racial Modifier
+4 Stealth
SQ massive
Special Abilities
Bloody Spittle (Ex): As long as Grezk has used
its blood drain ability in the last 10 rounds, it can
spit blood in either a 50 ft. cone or 100 ft. long 10
ft. wide line. Those subjected to this attack take
4d6 acid damage and are blinded for 2d3 rounds.
A successful DC 26 Reflex save halves the
damage and reduced the blindness to 1 round.
The save DC is Constitution-based.
Disease (Ex): Red ache: bite—injury; save Fort
DC 28; onset 1 day; frequency 1/6 hours; effect
1d6 Str damage; cure 4 consecutive saves. The
save DC is Constitution-based.
Grab (Ex): Grezk can grab targets of any size,
and has a +8 racial bonus on grapple checks.
Description
The fact that this creature may exist horrifies
and disgusts me. One man told me a story, after
I repeatedly asked him to stop talking, of finding
a, as he called it, “Baby Grezk” on his cow. The
cow was completely exsanguinated, and the
tick...the tick was the size of a bail of hay. Grezk,
it is said, is the size of a hill. She lies flat, blending
in with her surroundings, until appropriate prey
stumbles across her path. Then she latches on
and buries her enormous head into her victim’s
skin. And I shall write no further on the subject,
as the very thought of what comes next makes me
ill. Needless to say, this is the most terrifying tick
anyone can imagine, the kind of creature that
keeps one up at night.
Ykcor, The Windstorm
CR 9
XP 6,400
N Gargantuan magical beast (kaiju)
Init +6; Senses darkvision 600 ft., low-light
vision; Perception +5
Defense
AC 23, touch 9, flat-footed 20 (+2 Dex, +1 dodge,
+14 natural, -4 size)
hp 138 (12d10+72); fast healing 30
Fort +14, Ref +10, Will +5
Defensive Abilities ferocity, recovery; DR
20/epic; Immune ability damage, ability drain,
death effects, disease, energy drain; Resist acid
30, cold 30, electricity 30, fire 30, negative
energy 30, sonic 30
Offense
Speed 40 ft., fly 120 ft. (clumsy)
Melee bite +18 (2d6+15)
Space 30 ft.; Reach 20 ft.
Special Attacks flying charge, hurl foes
Statistics
Str 31, Dex 14, Con 22, Int 3, Wis 12, Cha 6
Base Atk +12; CMB +26; CMD 39 (43 vs. trip)
Feats Dodge, Flyby Attack, Hover, Mobility,
Skill Focus (Fly), Snatch
Skills Acrobatics +10 (+18 jumping), Climb +22,
Fly +2, Perception +5, Stealth -6; Racial
Modifiers +4 Acrobatics (+8 jumping), +8
Climb
SQ glide, lesser kaiju
Languages Common (can't speak)
Special Abilities
Flying Charge (Ex): While flying, Ykcor can
charge a target within 240 ft. This attack has a
+20 bonus to hit and deals 4d6+30 damage if
successful. If the flying charge is a critical hit, the
target is also knocked prone and Ykcor can
continue its movement if any remains after the
attack. This movement after a critical hit
provokes as normal.
Glide (Ex): Though a normal creature with the
Hover feat doesn't need to make Fly checks to
hover, Ykcor does. When flying, Ykcor must end
its movement at least 5 ft. lower in elevation than
where it started.
Lesser Kaiju (Ex): Though Ykcor possesses
most of the abilities of kaiju; it is only
Gargantuan in size, and lacks the massive
extraordinary ability. In all other ways, it is
treated as a regular creature with the kaiju
subtype.
Description
Long ago, there was a poor woodsman with
two young daughters and no wife to help care for
them. The woodsman, unable to provide for his
children with the meager gleanings from the
forest, set off one day for town to try to sell the
wood and nuts and berries they foraged.
“Don’t worry, Papa,” his eldest said. “Ykcor
will take care of us.”
“Who is Ykcor?” the woodsman asked. His
little girl smiled.
“Ykcor’s my friend,” she answered. “She has
round eyes, and a big bushy tail, and she flies
through the trees like this.” The child spread out
her arms and hopped around her father.
“A flying squirrel,” he smiled. “Yes, if Ykcor
is your friend, perhaps she can keep you fed
while I’m gone. She can show you what berries
to eat and which ones are poison.” He looked up
at the trees.
“Take care of my girls, Ykcor,” he called with
a wink to his youngest daughter. She laughed.
The woodsman gave his daughters a hug and kiss
goodbye, and then he was gone.
“Ykcor,” the eldest called up to the trees.
There was a gust of wind, followed by a very loud
chirp. The girl smiled.
“I love you too,” she said.
The two girls sat and waited for their father’s
return.
And they waited...and waited...
Soon it was night. A cold wind blew, and the
children shivered.
“I’m hungry,” cried the youngest. Her sister
hugged her close and looked up at the trees.
“Ykcor,” she called. The wind grew stronger
for a moment, and then died completely. The
girls were scooped up by two very large furry
paws. Ykcor chirped, and the girls covered their
ears.
“Ykcor, I’m worried about Papa,” the oldest
said, turning her head to look up at the flying
squirrel that was larger than their house. “Take
us to Papa.” The squirrel put the girls on its back,
and they held tightly to its fur as it leapt up into
the treetops.
Ykcor swooshed above the trees, the children
clinging to her back. After several minutes, she
chirped and swooped down to the road. There,
lying in steep gully, was the woodsman.
“Papa!” the girls climbed down and ran to
their father. He groaned as they rolled him over
onto his back.
“Girls,” he tried to smile when he saw them.
“I’m sorry. It was getting dark, and I hurried...I
fell. I think my leg...” He tried to stand, but let out
a sharp cry of pain.
“Don’t worry, Papa,” his eldest said. “Ykcor,
take us home. Carry Papa.” She stepped back as
the gigantic squirrel picked up her father. Then
she and her sister climbed onto Ykcor’s back.
“Well,” the woodsman managed to say as he
stared in shock at the enormous flying squirrel,
“Ykcor is certainly bigger than I imagined.
Thank you, Ykcor.” She gave a chirp, and then
carried them home.
Hubrun, The Big Goblin
CR 8
XP 4,800
NE Gargantuan monstrous humanoid
(goblinoid, kaiju)
Init +2; Senses darkvision 600 ft.; Perception
+6
Defense
AC 21, touch 9, flat-footed 18 (+3 armor, +2 Dex,
+1 dodge, +9 natural, -4 size)
hp 125 (10d10+70); fast healing 30
Fort +9, Ref +9, Will +9; -8 vs. fear
Defensive Abilities ferocity, recovery; DR
20/epic; Immune ability damage, ability drain,
death effects, disease, energy drain; Resist acid
30, cold 30, electricity 30, fire 30, negative
energy 30, sonic 30
Weaknesses fearful
Offense
Speed 50 ft., climb 40 ft.
Melee greatclub +14/+9 (4d8+25) or
2 slams +14 (2d6+17/19-20)
Ranged rocks +8 (3d6+11)
Space 20 ft.; Reach 20 ft.
Special Attacks hurl foe (Large or smaller),
stomp

Statistics
Str 33, Dex 14, Con 24, Int 7, Wis 14, Cha 5
Base Atk +10; CMB +25; CMD 38
Feats Dodge, Improved Critical (slam),
Intimidating Prowess, Power Attack, Throw
Anything
Skills Acrobatics +2 (+20 jumping), Climb +19,
Intimidate +22, Perception +6, Stealth +7,
Survival +6, Swim +15; Racial Modifiers +10
Acrobatics when jumping, +4 Intimidate, +4
Stealth
Languages Goblin (can't speak) Description
SQ goblinoid empathy, lesser kaiju
Goblins are incredibly difficult to get a story
Gear Gargantuan greatclub, Gargantuan
out of. They would rather eat you than talk.
masterwork studded leather armor
Humans of the north-east tell tales of a giant
goblin, several stories tall. They have no specific
Special Abilities stories, just whispers. As much as I loathed doing
it, I sought out the local goblin tribes to learn the
Fearful (Ex): Hubrun is not immune to fear
truth of the matter. Their story is quite...succinct.
effects, and actually takes a -8 penalty to saves
It’s more of a chant than a story really, but it gets
against fear effects. Fear effects originating from
the point across.
creatures with the goblinoid subtype do not allow
“Hubrun, master goblin, big goblin.
Hubrun to make a save, as he automatically fails
Hubrun, god of goblins, goblin king.
against them.
Hubrun, mighty slayer, killer of many.
Goblinoid Empathy (Ex): Though a
Hubrun, goblin of goblins, terrible render.
monstrous humanoid, and a kaiju, Hubrun has
Hubrun, fearsome hunter, great provider.
an affinity for its much smaller goblinoid kin.
Hubrun, lover of many, many wives.
Any creature with the goblinoid subtype who
Hubrun, greatest one,
attempts a Bluff, Diplomacy, or Intimidate check
Hubrun, hero!”
against Hubrun rolls twice and uses the higher
roll. Simple goblins gain a +10 bonus to Bluff,
Diplomacy, and Intimidate checks when made
against Hubrun.
Lesser Kaiju (Ex): Though Hubrun possesses
most of the abilities of kaiju, he is only
Gargantuan in size, and lacks the massive
extraordinary ability. In all other ways, he is
treated as a regular creature with the kaiju
subtype.
Stomp (Ex): As a full-round action, Hubrun can
stomp the ground. All Huge and smaller
creatures within 50 ft. of him must make a Reflex
save (DC 26) or fall prone. The save DC is
Strength-based.

Rules
The following are additional rules elements
found amongst the kaiju presented above.
Skills
Autohypnosis (Wis; Trained only)
You have trained your mind to gain mastery over
your body and the mind’s own deepest
capabilities.
Check: The DC and the effect of a successful
check depend on the task you attempt.
Task DC
Ignore caltrop 18
wound
Memorize 15
Resist dying 15
Resist fear Fear effect DC
Tolerate poison Poison’s DC
Willpower 20
Ignore Caltrop Wound: If you are wounded
by stepping on a caltrop, your speed is reduced to
one-half normal. A successful Autohypnosis
check removes this movement penalty. The
wound doesn’t go away—it is just ignored
through self-persuasion.
Memorize: You can attempt to memorize a
long string of numbers, a long passage of verse,
or some other particularly difficult piece of
information (but you can’t memorize magical
writing or similarly exotic scripts). Each
successful check allows you to memorize a single
page of text (up to 800 words), numbers,
diagrams, or sigils (even if you don’t recognize
their meaning). If a document is longer than one
page, you can make additional checks for each
additional page. You always retain this
information; however, you can recall it only with
another successful Autohypnosis check.
Resist Dying: You can attempt to
subconsciously prevent yourself from dying. If
you have negative hit points and are losing hit
points (at 1 per round, 1 per hour), you can
substitute a DC 15 Autohypnosis check for your
d% roll to see if you become stable. If the check is
successful, you stop losing hit points (you do not
gain any hit points, however, as a result of the
check). You can substitute this check for the
Constitution check in later rounds if you are
initially unsuccessful.
Resist Fear: In response to any fear effect,
you make a saving throw normally. If you fail the
saving throw, you can make an Autohypnosis
check on your next round even while overcome
by fear. If your Autohypnosis check meets or
beats the DC for the fear effect, you may make an
additional Will save with a +4 competence bonus
to shrug off the fear. On a failed check, the fear
affects you normally, and you gain no further
attempts to shrug off that particular fear effect.
Tolerate Poison: You can attempt to resist
the effect of any standard poison. Every time you
make a saving throw against the poison, you
make an Autohypnosis check. If your
Autohypnosis check exceeds the DC of the
poison, you receive a +4 competence bonus on
your saving throw against the poison. This skill
has no effect on the initial saving throw against
poison.
Willpower: If reduced to 0 hit points
(disabled), you can make an Autohypnosis check.
If successful, you can take a standard action
while at 0 hit points without taking 1 point of
damage (or any other action the DM deems
strenuous, including some free actions such as
casting a quickened spell). You must make a
check for each strenuous action you want to take.
A failed Autohypnosis check in this circumstance
carries no direct penalty—you can choose not to
take the strenuous action and thus avoid the hit
point loss. If you do so anyway, you drop to –1 hit
points, as normal when disabled.
Action: Typically none. Making an
Autohypnosis check usually doesn’t require an
action; it is either a free action (when attempted
reactively) or part of another action (when
attempted actively).
Try Again: Yes, for memorize and willpower
uses, though a success doesn’t cancel the effects
of a previous failure. No for the other uses.
Knowledge (Psionics) (Int)
Like the Craft and Profession skills, Knowledge
actually encompasses a number of unrelated
skills. This entry specifically relates to the body
of lore dealing with the phenomena of psionics in
all its many manifestations.
Knowledge (psionics) covers ancient mysteries,
psionic traditions, psychic symbols, cryptic
phrases, astral constructs, and psionic races. You
can use this skill to identify psionic monsters and
their special powers or vulnerabilities.
Untrained: An untrained Knowledge (psionics)
check is simply an Intelligence check. Without
actual training, you know only common
knowledge (DC 10 or lower).
Feats
Horrifically Overpowered Feats
In a nutshell, these are feats you shouldn't
use. For each four character levels a creature has,
it gains a floating additional use of meta-attack
feats which can be spent on the meta-attack feats
it has.
For example, Great Charybdis above has 40
hit dice and Widen Attack. Normally, Widen
Attack can only be used three times per day. Due
to its hit dice, Great Charybdis can use Widen
Attack up to 13 times each day.
Astonishing Blow
The monster can send opponents flying with
ease.
Prerequisites: Str 29, Power Attack, Improved
Bull Rush, size Huge or larger.
Benefit: Once per round when the monster
strikes a foe at least one size category smaller
than itself, it may make a CMB check as a free
action. On a successful check, the foe is sent 5
feet, +1 foot for every point by which the CMB
check exceeded the target’s CMD. The target
lands prone unless it makes an Acrobatics check
(as an immediate action) with a DC equal to the
total of the CMB check.
Big Step
The monster’s size and long limbs let it shift a
greater distance safely.
Prerequisite: Natural reach greater than 5 feet.
Benefit: When the monster takes a 5-foot step,
it can actually move as far as its natural reach.

Choke Slam (Monster)

“Taking the foul thief by the neck and slamming
him to the ground, I brought about his death.”
Prerequisites: Grab, 10 ft. (or greater) reach
Benefit: When you successfully grapple your
opponent with your grab special ability you deal
1d6 points of additional damage and can choose
to knock the opponent prone. If you have the
constrict special ability this bonus applies to the
damage inflicted with that ability each round.

Directional Lashing (Monster)

“Touching my hatred, I changed the direction of
down in relation to his body, and watched his
fully armored form smash into the ceiling.”
Prerequisites: Flight, Fly 13 ranks
Benefit: As part of an attack action, any creature
you touch is affected as if it were standing in an
area affected by a reverse gravity spell (no save),
except you choose the direction of gravity.
Incorporeal Trample (Monster)
“While I passed through the whole of their
company, one took the chance to stab at me, the
others choose to dive out of the way; regardless I
struck them all with the affliction of my touch.”
Prerequisites: Dodge, Mobility, Dex 13
Benefit: You gain the ability to inflict your touch
on every creature you pass through. As a full-
round action, you can overrun any creature. This
works like the overrun combat maneuver, but
you do not need to make a check, you merely have
to move through opponents in your path. The
creatures take damage equal to that dealt by your
incorporeal touch attack along with any special
effects that attack possesses. Targets of the
incorporeal trample can make attacks of
opportunity at a –4 penalty. If a target forgoes
the attack of opportunity, it can make a
successful Reflex save for half damage, which
also negates any special effects. The DC of this
save is 10 + 1/2 your Hit Dice + your Dexterity
modifier. You can only deal incorporeal
trampling damage to a creature once per round.
Mind Whispers (Monster)
“Your own self-doubt will defeat you.”
Prerequisites: Telepathy, Intimidate 4 ranks
Benefit: You can demoralize (using the
Intimidate skill) a single opponent as a free
action once per round. This is a mind-affecting
fear effect.
Muscle Reaction (Combat)
Your muscles are always tense, ready to start
swinging.
Benefit: You add your Strength modifier to
initiative checks. This is in addition to other
modifiers to initiative checks, like the bonus
provided by a high Dexterity or the Improved
Initiative feat.
Skill Domination
(Horrifically Overpowered)
You are an expert in a wide range of skills.
Benefit: All skills count as class skills for you.
You can always make a skill check untrained.
Widen Attack (Horrifically Overpowered,
Meta-Attack)
A limited number of times per day, you can lay
about you in a frenzy of blows to kill foes near and
far.
Benefit: Three times per day as a swift action,
you may declare one weapon attack, natural
attack, or unarmed attack to be a widened attack.
You must make this declaration prior to making
your attack roll. A widened attack allows you to
compare your attack roll to the AC of every foe in
any four spaces (each adjacent to at least one
other of the four spaces, and all within 1 space of
an area you threaten). Each foe whose AC is
exceeded by your attack roll takes damage from
the attack.

Wounding Critical (Combat, Critical)

Your critical hits cause your foes to bleed out
their life’s blood.
Prerequisites: Bleeding Critical, Critical
Focus, base attack bonus +19.
Benefit: Whenever you score a critical hit with a
slashing or piercing weapon, your opponent
takes 1d3 points of Constitution bleed damage
(see Appendix 2 of the Pathfinder Roleplaying
Game Core Rulebook) each round on his turn, in
addition to the damage dealt by the critical hit.
Bleed damage can be stopped by a DC 15 Heal
skill check or through any magical healing. The
effects of this feat stack.
Special: You can only apply the effects of one
critical feat to a given critical hit unless you
possess Critical Mastery.
Psionic Powers
Body Adjustment
Discipline: Psychometabolism (Healing)
Level: Psion/wilder 3, psychic warrior 2
Display: Auditory and material
Manifesting Time: 1 round
Range: Personal
Target: You
Duration: Instantaneous
Power Points: Psion/wilder 5, psychic warrior
3 unresponsive. Without extreme measures, such
You take control of your body’s healing process,
curing yourself of 1d12 points of damage. As
usual, when regular damage is healed, an equal
amount of nonlethal damage is also healed.
Augment: For every 2 additional power points
you spend, this power heals an additional 1d12
points of damage.
Decerebrate
Discipline: Psychoportation [Teleportation]
Level: Psion/wilder 7
Display: Mental
Manifesting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./level)
Target: One living creature
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: Fortitude negates; Power
Resistance: Yes
Power Points: 13
With decerebrate, you selectively remove a
portion of the subject’s brain stem. The creature
loses all cerebral function, vision, hearing, and
other sensory abilities, and all voluntary motor
activity. The subject becomes limp and
as greater restoration or some other suitable
effect of 7th level or higher, the creature perishes
in 1d4 days.

Ego Whip
Discipline: Telepathy [Mind-Affecting]
Level: Psion/wilder 2
Display: Auditory
Manifesting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Medium (100 ft. +10 ft./level)
Target: One creature
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: Will half; see text; Power
Resistance: Yes
Power Points: 3
Your rapid mental lashings assault the ego of
your enemy, debilitating its confidence. The
target takes 1d4 points of Charisma damage, or
half that amount (minimum 1 point) on a
successful save. A target that fails its save is also
dazed for 1 round.
Augment: For every 4 additional power points
you spend, this power’s Charisma damage
increases by 1d4 points and its save DC increases
by 2.
feedback is a mind-affecting effect, a successful
Empathic Feedback Will save negates this damage, and the damage is
Discipline: Telepathy [Mind-Affecting] subject to power resistance.
Level: Psion/wilder 4, psychic warrior 3 Augment: This power may be augmented in one
Display: Auditory and material of the following ways.
Manifesting Time: 1 standard action 1. By spending 3 additional power points,
Range: Personal the damage suffered by your attacker increases to
Target: You one half the damage dealt to you.
Duration: 10 min./level 2. By spending 6 additional power points,
Saving Throw: Will negates; see text; Power the damage suffered by your attacker is equal to
Resistance: Yes the damage dealt to you.
Power Points: Psion/wilder 7, psychic warrior
5 Inertial Armor
You empathically share your pain and suffering Discipline: Psychokinesis [Force]
with your attacker. Each time a creature strikes Level: Psion/wilder 1, psychic warrior 1
you in melee, it takes damage equal to one Display: Visual; see text
quarter the amount it dealt to you (rounded Manifesting Time: 1 standard action
down, minimum 1) unless it succeeds on a Will Range: Personal
save. This damage is empathic in nature, so Target: You
powers and abilities the attacker may have such Duration: 1 hour/level (D)
as damage reduction and regeneration do not Power Points: 1
lessen or change this damage. The damage from Your mind generates a tangible field of force that
empathic feedback has no type, so even if you provides a +4 armor bonus to Armor Class.
took fire damage from a creature that has Unlike mundane armor, inertial armor entails
immunity to fire, empathic feedback will damage no armor check penalty or speed reduction.
your attacker. The damage from empathic Because inertial armor is composed of
psychokinetic force, incorporeal creatures can’t
bypass it the way they do normal armor.
Your inertial armor can be invisible or can
appear as a colored glow, at your option.
The armor bonus provided by inertial armor
does not stack with the armor bonus provided by
regular armor.
Augment: For every 2 additional power points
you spend, the armor bonus to Armor Class
increases by 1.

Kaiju
Massive creatures, often seen as only engines of
destruction, kaiju have the following subtype and
abilities, though each individual may vary.
Kaiju Subtype: These Colossal creatures
inhabit the most desolate places of a world. When
they are not slumbering, they roam the world,
leaving destruction in their wake. A kaiju
possesses the following traits (unless otherwise
noted in a creature’s entry).
• A kaiju’s natural attacks count as epic and
magic for the purpose of overcoming damage
reduction.
• Damage reduction 20/epic.
• Darkvision 600 feet.
• Fast healing 30.
• Ferocity (Ex): All kaiju possess the ferocity
universal monster ability.
• Hurl Foe (Ex): When a kaiju damages a Huge
or smaller foe with one of its natural attacks,
it can try to hurl the foe as part of that attack
by attempting a combat maneuver check. On
a successful check, the foe is knocked back 10
feet in a direction of the kaiju’s choice and
falls prone. The distance the foe is hurled
increases by 10 feet for every 5 points by
which the kaiju’s check exceeds the foe’s
• Massive (Ex): Because kaiju are so massive,
CMD. If an obstacle stops the hurled creature
uneven ground and other terrain features
before it travels the whole distance, the
that form difficult terrain generally pose no
hurled foe and the obstacle struck each take
significant hindrance to a kaiju’s movement,
1d6 points of damage per 10 feet of distance
though areas of forest or settlements are
remaining and the foe is knocked prone in
considered difficult terrain to a kaiju. A Huge
the space adjacent to the obstacle. This is
or smaller creature can move through any
located in Special Attacks.
square occupied by a kaiju, or vice-versa. A
• Immunity to ability damage, ability drain, kaiju can make attacks of opportunity only
death effects, disease, energy drain, and fear. against foes that are Huge or larger, and can
 be flanked only by Huge or larger foes. A
kaiju gains a bonus for being on higher
ground only if its entire space is on higher
ground than that of its target. It’s possible for
a Huge or smaller creature to climb a kaiju—
this generally requires a successful DC 30
check, and unlike the normal rules about
kaiju and attacks of opportunity, a Small or
larger creature that climbs on a kaiju’s body
provokes an attack of opportunity from the
monster. This is located in special qualities
(SQ).
• Recovery (Ex): Whenever a kaiju fails a
saving throw against any mind-affecting,
paralysis, petrification, polymorph, or
immobilizing effect (including binding and
temporal stasis but not including
imprisonment), it can attempt a new saving
throw at the end of its turn to remove the
effect. Doing so takes no action. A kaiju can
attempt a new save to end the effect as often
as it wishes, but can attempt to remove only
one such effect per round. Once per year, if a
kaiju takes an amount of damage that would
normally kill it by reducing its hit points to a
negative amount equal to its Constitution
score, the damage instead heals the kaiju of
twice the amount of damage—but this
healing leaves the kaiju disoriented and
demoralized. At this point, the creature
becomes nauseated and seeks only to return
to its lair. Any amount of damage dealt to it
by an external source before it reaches its
lair, though, immediately negates the
nauseated effect and allows the kaiju to end
its retreat and attack. This is located in
Defensive Abilities.
• Resistance 30 against acid, cold, electricity,
fire, negative energy, and sonic.
Sources
What follows are the abbreviations used for
different sources beyond the Pathfinder
Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook.
Abb Source
* Items marked with an asterisk are
included above.
APG Pathfinder Roleplaying Game:
Advanced Player's Guide.
B1 Pathfinder Roleplaying Game:
Bestiary.
UC Pathfinder Roleplaying Game:
Ultimate Combat.
Iron Knight
Unique Gargantuan mech (land vehicle)
Squares 16 (20 ft. by 20 ft.; 42 feet high); Cost
—
Init by driver; Senses by crew
Defense
AC >24, (+3 Dex, +10 armor, +5 natural, -4 size,
+driver’s Dex); Hardness 10
hp 320 (160)
Base Saves +2
Offense
Maximum Speed 60 ft.; Acceleration 30 ft.
(Run/Charge x2)
Maneuverability Good (turn 90° per 20 ft.
movement spent as a move action, 21 ft.
clearance with a Climb check)
Melee by weapon or Gargantuan piston-
gauntlet (1d10+12[+gunner’s Str])
Ranged by weapon; Reach 20 ft.
Special Attacks ramming damage 4d8
Statistics
Str 34, Dex 16, Con —, Int —, Wis —, Cha 1
Base Atk +12 (or by gunner);
CMB +varies (+12 Str +4 size +gunner’s Str
+gunner’s BAB OR 14); CMD +(CMB+3)
Propulsion magic (golem core)
Driving Check none/special
Forward Facing one side of the square vehicle
space
Driving Device see below
Driving Space four 5-ft.-by-5-ft. squares that
contains the levers, pedals, and mechanical
pantographic linkages that serve as the iron
giant's driving device; these consoles are located
in the torso of the vehicle.
Crew 4; Passengers 6 (or equivalent payload);
Weapons 2+

Piloting: Half vehicle and half construct, the

Iron Knight (“IK”) is designed to be piloted by a
team of four, though this can be adjusted as
needed. Most of the possible functions can be
duplicated at any of four consoles, although each
has a special advantage.
Commander: Always has line of effect, the
commander can cast spells without needing to
spend an action to open a porthole.
Gunner: May add his BAB to weapon attacks
(if better) instead of using the IK's BAB; adds his
Str or Dex as appropriate.
Driver: Adds his Dex to AC, determines
initiative, can share evasion abilities; the only
station capable of complicated maneuvers
(jumping, rolling, etc.)
Engineer: 1/round, the engineer can add her
highest mental stat modifier to one of the
following, the effect persisting until changed: IK
attack rolls, luck bonus to AC, luck bonus to
saves. Can also heal the golem core during
combat.
Defense/Healing: The mech is treated as a
creature for beneficial spells (though size-
dependent spells, like teleport, consider it the
equivalent of 8 Medium creatures; others like
haste, consider it a single creature) and a
character in a piloting station can cast spells with
range touch or personal on the IK instead.
Although it has hardness, it does not take half
damage from energy attacks. Characters are
considered to have total cover unless they open a
porthole. Spells that require Will saves instead
affect the pilots, with single target effects
affecting the commander. If the driver has
Dodge, evasion, uncanny dodge, or similar
abilities, he may apply to them to the IK. repair the mech. In addition, regular healing
Anything that would heal a construct also spells and effects cast on the golem core instead
repairs the Iron Knight, such as make whole or add half the hp as temporary hp lasting for 10
rapid repair spells. The IK has a variant minutes/CL.
construct channel brick installed in the Combat and Actions: Each round in combat
engineer’s station, allowing channeled energy to against a Beast, the driver rolls initiative, setting
their result -5, +0, +5, and +10 as the party’s
turns. A Beast gets two full turns on its initiative
modifier +0 and +10. The PCs may then freely
decide in which order to act in for the round, each
getting a full turn, including mech actions.
Unless otherwise noted, two characters can’t take
the same type of mech action.
Due to the scale and solo nature of battles in
the IK, movement does not provoke an attack of
opportunity, though getting up from prone
requires a DC 20 Acrobatics check as a full-round
action by the driver. The IK can grapple but
cannot pin, and only deals ramming damage to
creatures as part of a bull rush. Falling prone
causes 2d6 damage to both the IK (ignoring
hardness) and the pilots.
Primary Attack: The gunner makes either an
attack or if the mech has only taken a single
move, a full attack. The gunner can add any
applicable combat feats or class abilities that
would apply to on-foot combat, such rage or
spellstrike.
[melee] mech’s Str mod -4 size + gunner’s Str
+ mech BAB [or Gunner’s BAB] for melee
[ranged] mech’s Dex mod -4 size + gunner’s
Dex + mech BAB [or Gunner’s BAB]
Secondary Attack: As a gunner attack, but
using solely the mech’s statistics. If a primary
and secondary attack involve two different
weapons, no TWF applies.
Move: As vehicle driving actions, except that
no check is required. Unlike most vehicles,
turning is part of other movement, and costs 20
ft. movement per 90°; the IK may also turn in
place for the same cost. Only the driver can take
movement actions that involve Acrobatics or
Climb checks (both at a -5 penalty for size and
clumsiness); the IK can step over obstacles half
its height without a check.
Aid Another (multiple): As in regular
combat, you can help another pilot with their
attack, skill check, or the IK’s AC as a standard
action.
Cast a spell (multiple): Characters other than
the commander must take a move action to open
a porthole to gain a line of effect outside the
mech. Like riding a mount, casting while the IK
is moving is considered vigorous motion and
requires a DC 10+spell level Concentration
check.
Prepare Attack (multiple, move action): A
character may feint as on foot or charge a piston-
fist: the next single gauntlet attack made before
the character’s next turn deals Str*1.5 damage
and is treated as if the Awesome Blow feat
applied.
Weapons: Magnetic plates on the hips and back
allow storing up to three weapons as if sheathed.
The following +1 Gargantuan cold iron weapons
are available for the iron knight (with others
available based on your PCs’ preferences):
longsword (4d6), light pick with adamantine tip
(3d6, as both materials), shortspear (3d6),
vibrodagger (2d6, 5 bleed on precision hit),
greataxe (6d6), pilebunker (4d6; as lance; move
action 1/rd. prepares next attack as if charge),
flechette piston-gun (4d6 RI 80 ft; as repeating
light crossbow, treated as crossbow, bow, or
pistol for proficiency/feats; incl. 4x10 clips, 3
cold iron, 1 adamantine), spiked heavy shield (+3
AC, 2d6 bash), tower shield (+5 AC).
Description
I Qwilion of Questhaven now present to you
a legend of the so called “Iron Knight” a weapon
to help you fight the corrupt power of the Kaiju.
“And so the hero fought the corrupting god,
in hand the ageless brand / withstood its
sickened whisperers, the knight in iron clad.”
Some ancient evils are straightforward: a lich
can be defeated by men. Others are more akin to
walking natural disasters—to punch a tornado,
you need to fight it on equal terms.
Fighting kaiju are often terrifying events, like
carriage wrecks that one cannot look away from
and many come to enjoy the spectacle of giants in
the playground, until they start to look closely at
the destruction and loss of life. The Iron Knight
allows a few special heroes to fight well above
their (literal and figurative) weight class, by using
a rebuilt, pilotable ancient construct, the titular
Iron Knight.
From what I have been able to learn a
warrior-demigoddess, once fought an eldritch
horror to a standstill while her followers enacted
a grand ritual to seal the creature. But this act
destroyed the demi-goddess and left the
priesthood powerless. When the abomination
emerged back into the world, the mortals were
ready with a massive vehicle-construct, the Iron
Knight. The already-weakened monstrosity was
again defeated, but not before it all but destroyed
the titanic construct.
The Iron Knight wreckage was eventualy
recovered, and repaired, for the horror from
beyond returned yet again (See Adventure
Quarterly #6, In Iron Clad by Rite Publishing,
Author: Alex Putnam).
The heroes who used it in this final battle,
afterwards hid it away, and left for other worlds
and greater adventure. Now it only needs to be
discovered again.
GMing Advice
Kaiju are not meant for mere mortals to
defeat with shear power (though PCs are
welcome to try and perhaps with their ingenuity
they will succeed). They are not appropriate
challenge ratings for PCs to overcome like other
monsters, Kaiju are a genre unto themselves.
They are sentient walking natural disasters and
you don’t punch a hurricane or stab an erupting
super volcano with a sword.
What GMs should be having PCs do is what
any hero does in a natural disaster: seek to
survive, help others survive, and lend aid where
they can. Cloverfield and the newest Godzilla film
exemplify this use of Kaiju. Just because the PCs
can easily get out of the way, does not make it
easy for all the other NPCs to do the same,
especially their friends, family, allies and just
every day innocent folk. Plus there are the villains
who will seek to take advantage of the disaster,
they need to be stopped (or perhaps the PCs are
the villains). But also remember like any disaster
its effects don’t end when the Kaiju leaves, you
have all the fallout and the rescue and recovery
efforts. Villains can take advantage of these too.
You do your best to survive get out of the way,
save
Remember though that some players simply
like to see the monsters fight. Most players not
only find this fun but also cool, so it is something
you should thinking about letting them do. You
can chose to use a vehicle like the Iron Knight for
this or you could have a PC gain control of one of
several Kaiju through an artifact or other
compulsion magic. Perhaps this is a short side-
quest to find the Iron Knight, its key, its power
source, or the controlling artifact. This will allow
PCs to fight outside of their weight class, but
remember where they step, fight, and fall is
someone’s home, and they can end up causing
just as much damage and terror as the enemy
Kaiju.
Using the side-quest format allows you to
hype the fight between the two monsters, making
it a grand spectacle, you can also use the idea of
letting the Kaiju fight each other to give low level
players yet another option perhaps giving them
the idea of luring the two eldritch abominations
to an isolated area, the GM can then let two
players run the monsters while having a few
people the PCs still have to save (A young child
lost in the area, a rare animal species that is
trapped here, or a whole hidden community
previously cloaked in illusion.) Here below is an
artifact to let your players gain short term control
of a Kaiju.
The Star of Daikaiju
Aura strong enchantment; CL 20th
Slot held; Weight -
Physical Description
This blue crystal appears to have an internal
radiance of some kind and upon close inspection
the lines of crystal do not line up, possessing
some strange non-Euclidean geometry is at work
within. Etched into the surface of one facet is
some kind of magical script. A read magic spell
translates the magical writing “All monsters are
tragic.”
Lore:
Knowledge (arcana, local, or religion) DC 15:
The people of Questhaven refer to this as
“The Eldritch Leash of Our Red Lady” the
phrenic scourge and the aboleth call it Kolosth
Chomutk “Collar of the Behemoths”, but The Star
of Daikaiju is by far its most well-known epithet
due to its appearance on the chest of monster it
controls. The goddess known as Our Red Lady of
Battle created this in the fourth epoch before
written history, for use against the monstrosities
brought forth by the deity known as Their Vicious
Brother of Destruction during the War of the
Righteous and Damnation. It is taught by her
priesthood that she ripped the crystal from the
body of a fell being who had been summoned
from The Dark Tapestry between the stars and
infused it with some of her divine essence so she
could gain some control over these new beasts of
war. At the end of the war some were
transformed into the heralds of the gods by the
Star, others into instruments of their wrath. It
was used during the Insurrection of Adventure to
help overthrow the Immortal Emperor Cynmark
the Dread Lich and during the Battle of the
Shifting Shore when the Questors fought the
minions of The Solstice King of the Fey Courts.
But it was lost 20 years ago during the last day of
battle and no one knows its current whereabouts.
Abilities:
The Star of Daikaiju can allow someone
holding it if they have at least 2 HD or a Charisma
score of 13 or higher to gain control of a creature
with the Kaiju subtype as an immediate action for
a number of rounds equal to 1 + her Charisma
modifier (minimum +1), there is no saving throw
for this effect. The same bearer cannot use the
star to control the same Kaiju for 24 hours once
the duration has ended. As such it is often passed
around a group of people as at a minimum it will
allow a subject to gain control of kaiju for at least
two rounds. Commands to the Kaiju are part of
this immediate action, and are telepathic but in
all other ways this functions as a dominate
monster spell (CL 20) and is still effective even if
the kaiju would normally be immune to such an
effect.
Destruction
The Star of Daikaiju can be broken, but it
cannot be ruined unless it is crushed under a
kaiju’s foot that has never killed a human by
accident.
Medieval Kaiju
One minor problem which should addressed
by GMs in that most adventuring is done in a
fantasy quasi-medieval setting, while most Kaiju
are the result of a modern film-making Genre.
Introducing a Kaiju might disrupt your player’s
suspension of disbelief in your setting. However
remember there are plenty of examples of
mythological Kaiju for us to draw upon. From the
Norse you have Jormugandr, the World Serpent,
Ymir THE frost giant, and Fenrir the Wolf. From
the Greeks you have the titan Typhon, Scylla, and
Charybdis. From the Hindu we have
Kumbhakarna the Rakshasha. From the
Abrahamic traditions you have Leviathan,
Behemoth, and Ziz. Adding the stories of Kaiju
to the mythology of the world will help reinforce
a player’s suspension of disbelief rather than
disrupting it and sometimes it’s worth shattering
it so you can have a fun time using giant
monsters.
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