Gumiho

CREATURE 17

uncommon ce medium fey 

Perception +29; darkvision, scent (imprecise) 60 feet

Languages Common, Sylvan

Skills Acrobatics +30, Deception +33, Diplomacy +33, Society +28, Stealth +30

Str +4 Dex +8 Con +5 Int +6 Wis +6 Cha +9

Items fox marble

Guileful Charm (emotion, enchantment, incapacitation, mental, occult) Any creature that converses with a gumiho must attempt a DC 35 Will save. The creature then becomes temporarily immune for 24 hours. Critical Success The target is unaffected but knows the gumiho tried to charm it.Success The target is unaffected.Failure The target is affected by the failure effects of 4th-level charm.Critical Failure The target is affected by the failure effects of dominate.

AC  39; Fort +26, Ref +32, Will +29

HP 310; Immunities charm

Speed 40 feet

Melee [>] claw +31 (agile, finesse), Damage 3d8+18 slashing

Melee [>] jaws +31 (finesse), Damage 3d12+18 piercing

Occult Spontaneous Spells DC 38, attack +30; 9th 1 slot) power word kill; 8th (2 slots) disappearance, power word stun; 7th (2 slots) project image, warp mind; 6th (3 slots) dominate, repulsion; 5th (3 slots) subconscious suggestion; 4th (4 slots) charm, invisibility, sleep; 3rd (3 slots) enthrall; Cantrips (9th) dancing lights, daze

Change Shape [>] (concentrate, polymorph, occult, transmutation) The gumiho changes into humanoid or fox shape. Their humanoid shape has a specific, persistent appearance but their true form is their fox shape. In humanoid shape, the gumiho uses their original size, loses their jaws strike but retains their claws strike, and their Speed is reduced to 25 feet. A gumiho is never able to completely conceal one of their nine tails through this transformation.

Sapping Critical [F] Trigger The gumiho critically hits with a claw or jaws Strike; Effect The gumiho uses its fox marble to channel the life force lost by the target and heal for half the amount of damage dealt.

Fists of the Ruby Phoenix #3: King of the Mountain, page 81.

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