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Psionic Bestiary

Dr e Dge & M i n D -n u M b S wa r M

The Psionic Bestiary project began with a contest

started to find new authors interested in working on

psionic content, particularly on psionic monsters.

This bestiary is the culmination of that project.

author:

Michael McCarthy

artist:

Tsailanza Rayne

Layout:

Erik Nowak

editing:

Shane O’Connor,

Mark Gedak

Publisher:

Jeremy Smith

Based on the original roleplaying game rules designed by Gary

Gygax and Dave Arneson and inspired by the third edition of the

game designed by Monte Cook, Jonathan Tweet, Skip Williams,

Richard Baker, and Peter Adkison.

Psionic Bestiary

requires the use of

Psionics Unleashed:

Core Psionics System,

See http://dreamscarredpress.com

for more information on

Psionics Unleashed.

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Mind-Numb Swarm

Dredge

PSiOniC beStiary

DreDge

Flecks of black bob within this greenish ooze, which

picks up everything it touches as it slides along.

SPeCiaL abiLitieS

Leap (Su)

As a full-round action, a dredge can use its

psychokinetic force power to hurl itself into the air with

a burst of psychokinesis, leaping at a target up to 50 feet

away. The dredge makes a ranged touch attack, using its

key ability modifier in place of Dex, to hit its target, and

on a successful hit deals slam damage and may

immediately make a grapple attempt against that

target. If the Dredge misses its attack, it lands in the

first available square beyond its target.

Soul Searing (ex)

A dredge not only dissolves the target’s

body into itself, but also its mind. Any creature coming

in direct contact with a dredge, whether through

attacking with a natural weapon, unarmed strike, or

through being attacked or grappled by a dredge takes

1d6 acid damage and loses 1d4 power points (if the

creature has a power point pool). Additionally, if the

creature was psionically focused, it must also make a

DC 20 concentration check or lose psionic focus.

Dredges are oozes with a faint sentience, making them

far more dangerous than other slime-like kin. Their limited

intelligence comes from the peculiar green substance they

are formed of, extending beyond the physical world and

seeming to digest the minds and bodies equally of the

creatures it hunts. While it appears to prefer intelligent

and psionic creatures for its meals, it naturally makes

its home in bogs and sewers where people are rare but

sustaining detritus is common.

Many believe a dredge to be related to the common

grey ooze, grown dependent on feeding on intelligent

creatures. Kinship or not, their intelligent nature belies

some evolution, or a horrible curse on a more intelligent

creature in the distant past.

A dredge typically weighs under a hundred pounds,

and is no more than four feet across, with a protruding

bulge in its center at rest. Hiding in bogs as they do, this

extra bulge typically lies beneath the surface of the water,

as they rest on the edges collecting the scraps that drift

to shore and waiting for intelligent creatures to draw

near. When they do, the dredge will spring from hiding,

attempting to devour one target whole at a time, only

moving to the next when the original has escaped beyond

reach or is fully dissolved.

DreDge

ne Medium ooze

(psionic)

init

-5;

Senses

blindsight 120 ft.; Perception +5

Cr 5

XP 1,600

DefenSe

5, touch 5, flat-footed 5 (-5 Dex)

85 (9d8+45)

fort

+7,

ref

-2,

will

-2

Defensive abilities

ooze traits;

immune

slashing, piercing

OffenSe

Speed

10 ft.

Melee

2 slams +9 (1d6+3 plus soul searing and grab)

ranged

leap +8 (1d6+3 plus soul searing and grab)

Special attacks

constrict (1d6+3 plus soul searing),

soul searing

Psi-Like abilities

(ML 9th; concentration + 11)

At-will—telekinetic

force

(thrust only; ranged touch

attack +8)

StatiStiCS

Str

16,

Dex

Con

18,

int

wis

Cha

base atk

+6;

CMb

+9 (+13 grapple);

CMD

14 (can’t be

tripped)

feats

Alertness, Skill Focus (Perception), Skill Focus

(Stealth), Stealthy, Toughness

Skills

Escape Artist -3, Perception +5, Sense Motive -3,

Stealth +3 (+7 in water), Swim +8; Racial Modifiers +4

Stealth in water, +4 Swim

Languages

Aklo (does not speak)

eCOLOgy

environment

warm marshlands or underground

Organization

solitary, or bog (4-6)

treasure

standard

Dr ea MSCa r r eD Pr eSS

MinD-nuMb SwarM

A cloud of flashing lights and crackling energy hangs

mid-air like a thousand dancing fireflies.

MinD-nuMb SwarM

Cr 10

Cn fine magical beast

XP 9,600

(psionic, elemental, swarm)

init

+6;

Senses

darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision;

Perception +0

aura

deafening aura (50 ft., DC 20), shimmering light

DefenSe

24, touch 24, flat-footed 18 (+6 Dex, +8 size)

123 (13d10 + 52)

fort

+12,

ref

+14,

will

Defensive abilities

elemental traits, idle thoughts,

swarm traits;

immune

mind-affecting effects, sonic,

weapon damage

weaknesses

swarm traits

OffenSe

Speed

fly 40 ft. (perfect)

Melee

swarm (3d6 plus distraction plus false burn)

Space

10 ft.;

reach

0 ft.

Special attacks

distraction (DC 20), false burn (DC 20)

Psi-Like abilities

(ML 13th; concentration +11)

At will—detect

psionics

1/day—energy

adaptation, specified

(fire active energy type)

StatiStiCS

Str

Dex

22,

Con

18,

int

—,

wis

10,

Cha

base atk

+13;

CMb

+11;

CMD

21 (can’t be tripped)

Skills

Fly +22, Perception +0

idle thoughts

3d8 fire damage from the perception of intense heat.

This is a mind-affecting effect. The save DC is

Constitution-based.

idle thoughts (Su):

The motes that make up a mind-

numb swarm are each a single distracted thought given

form. Whenever a psionic creature fails a concentration

check within 50 ft. of a mind-numb swarm, the swarm

immediately regains 5 hit points.

Shimmering Light (Su):

A mind-numb swarm gives off

bright light within 20 ft., and increases the light conditions

by one step for 40 ft. beyond that (up to normal).

A mind-numb swarm is typically heard before it is seen,

though the bright light and endless noise are unmistakable

in most any environment. This cloud of motes, each a

flickering embodiment of a single distracted moment, is

drawn to creatures of rational thought as a moth is drawn

to a flickering flame. Fortunately the swarm is mindless,

allowing escape for anyone capable of merely outrunning it.

The motes that form the clouds are most common around

psionic schools and cities, where mentally powerful

individuals lose focus on a regular basis, each time

creating a small number of almost invisible motes who

eventually gather into the dangerous clouds. Rarely do the

clouds reach larger than the size of a man, but massive

clouds have been seen occasionally deep underground,

in areas people regularly pass by, but not through.

eCOLOgy

environment

any

Organization

solitary

treasure

incidental

SPeCiaL abiLitieS

Deafening aura (ex):

A mind-numb swarm makes a

cacophonous amount of noise, echoing the sounds of a

thousand different distractions. Any character within

50 ft. of a mind-numb swarm must make a DC 20

Fortitude save each round or be deafened until they

leave the area and for 1d6 rounds afterwards. In

addition, the DC of all Perception checks within 100 ft.

of a mind-numb swarm is increased by +10, and the DC

of concentration checks in the same area is increased

by +5. The save DC is Constitution-based.

false burn (Su):

While a mind-numb swarm appears to

radiate heat, it is merely a tactile manifestation of the

distractions that make up the swarm. The swarm

actually is no different in temperature than the

surrounding area. Each time a character takes swarm

damage, they also must make a DC 20 Will save or take

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