Monsters / Barghest
Barghest
CR 4 - 1,200 XP - LE Medium Outsider
Stat block
AC17 (touch 12, flat-footed 15)HP45 (6d10+12)SavesFort +6, Ref +7, Will +7Meleebite +10 (1d6+4), 2 claws +10 (1d4+4)Speed30 ft.AbilitiesStr 19, Dex 15, Con 15, Int 14, Wis 14, Cha 14BAB / CMB / CMD+6 / +10 / 22Sensesdarkvision 60 ft., scent; Perception +11Environmentany
DR 5/magic
Combat brain - every behavior cites its line (5 rules)
Built only from this entry: stat-block special attacks, the printed Int score, the creature type, its feats and senses, and the behavioral prose of its own description. Nothing invented - an uncited behavior is a test failure.
aoo-coverage (from feats)
feats: Combat Reflexes - movement through its reach is punished
feats: Combat Reflexes - movement through its reach is punished
strikes-first (from feats)
feats: Improved Initiative - it moves before you do
feats: Improved Initiative - it moves before you do
night-hunter (from senses)
senses: darkvision 60 ft., scent; Perception +11 - hunts where prey is blind
senses: darkvision 60 ft., scent; Perception +11 - hunts where prey is blind
targets-weakest (from alignment)
alignment LE, Int 14 - picks off the wounded and the unarmored first
alignment LE, Int 14 - picks off the wounded and the unarmored first
holds-line (from alignment)
alignment LE, Int 14 - disciplined: keeps formation, never chases alone
alignment LE, Int 14 - disciplined: keeps formation, never chases alone
On-hit riders and breath
feed
From the entry
Once per month, a barghest can devour a nonevil humanoid's corpse as a full-round action to gain a growth point. It gains a bonus equal to its growth point total on attack rolls, CMB rolls, saving throws, and skill checks. Its maximum hit points increase by 5 for each growth point it gains. For every 2 growth points, a barghest's caster level for its spell-like abilities and its CR increase by +1. When a barghest reaches 4 growth points, it sheds its skin and becomes a greater barghest, losing all of its growth points (and bonuses) but gaining the stats presented on this page for a greater barghest.
Said to be fiendish relations of all goblinoid races, the hateful barghests come to the Material Plane to feed. As they consume the bodies of innocents, they grow increasingly powerful. A barghest eventually sheds its skin to transform into a greater barghest, at which point it often seeks...