Sharn Symbiote - Monsters

Sharn Symbiote
Large aberrant magical beast (blind, ooze)
Level 15 Lurker XP 1200

Initiative +17        Senses Perception +6; blindsight 10, tremorsense 10
HP 119; Bloodied 59
AC 29; Fortitude 27, Reflex 27, Will 28
Immune gaze, petrification, polymorph
Speed 6

(⚔) Slam (standard, at-will)

+20 vs AC; 2d10+4 damage.

Seize Host (standard, at-will) ✦ Psychic

+18 vs Reflex; (+20 against immobilized creatures)ongoing 10 psychic damage (save ends) and the target is grabbed.

Assimilate (standard, at-will)

Targets a creature the sharn symbiote has grabbed; +18 vs Will; the target is dominated (save ends).

Psychic Feast (standard, at-will) ✦ Psychic

Targets the creature the sharn symbiote has grabbed; +18 vs Will; 3d8+9 psychic damage, and the sharn symbiote regains 10 hit points.

Psychic Slam (standard, at-will)

Close blast 5; +18 vs Will; the target is immobilized until the end of the sharn symbiote's next turn.

Host Before Symbiote (immediate interrupt, when targeted by a melee or ranged attack; requires a grabbed creature; at-will)

the attack that triggered this interrupt targets a creature the sharn symbiote has grabbed instead.

Symbiotic Link

If a creature the sharn symbiote has grabbed is reduced to 0 hit points by either the psychic feast power or the ongoing damage from seize host, the creature gains the sharn symbiote graft, regains 10 hit points, and is dominated by the sharn symbiote (a condition that can be ended only by the Remove Affliction ritual).

Alignment Unaligned        Languages -
Skills Arcana +17, Insight +11, Religion +17
Str 21 (+12)      Dex 23 (+13)      Wis 8 (+6)
Con 23 (+13)      Int 21 (+12)      Cha 24 (+14)


Published in Dragon Magazine 373, page(s) 60.