Monsters / Bulette
Bulette
CR 7 - 3,200 XP - N Huge Magical Beast
Stat block
AC22 (touch 10, flat-footed 20)HP84 (8d10+40)SavesFort +11, Ref +8, Will +5Meleebite +13 (2d8+9/19-20) and 2 claws +12 (2d6+6)Speed40 ft., burrow 20 ft.AbilitiesStr 23, Dex 15, Con 20, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 6BAB / CMB / CMD+8 / +16 / 28Sensesdarkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, scent, tremorsense 60 ft.; Perception +11Environmenttemperate hills
Combat brain - every behavior cites its line (6 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.
ambush (from lore)
Folklore claims that the flesh behind the beast's dorsal crest is particularly tender, and that those willing and able to wait until the fin is raised in the excitemen...
Folklore claims that the flesh behind the beast's dorsal crest is particularly tender, and that those willing and able to wait until the fin is raised in the excitemen...
territorial (from lore)
Solitary beasts except for the occasional mated pair, they spend most of their time patrolling the perimeters of territories that can stretch up to 30 square miles, hu...
Solitary beasts except for the occasional mated pair, they spend most of their time patrolling the perimeters of territories that can stretch up to 30 square miles, hu...
scent-tracking (from senses)
senses: scent - hidden prey is found, not lost
senses: scent - hidden prey is found, not lost
bruiser (from abilities)
abilities: Str 23 over Dex 15 - plant and full-attack, soak the hits
abilities: Str 23 over Dex 15 - plant and full-attack, soak the hits
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., low-light vision, scent, tremorsense 60 ft.; Perception +11 - hunts where prey is blind
senses: darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, scent, tremorsense 60 ft.; Perception +11 - hunts where prey is blind
On-hit riders and breath
leap
savage bite
From the entry
A bulette can perform a special kind of pounce attack by jumping into combat. When a bulette charges, it can make a DC 20 Acrobatics check to jump into the air and land next to its enemies. If it makes the Acrobatics check, it can follow up with four claw attacks against foes in reach, but cannot make a bite attack.
A bulette's bite is particularly dangerous. It applies 1-1/2 times its Strength modifier to damage inflicted with its bite attack, and threatens a critical hit on a 19-20.
The creation of some unknown arcanist in millennia past, the bulette has bred true to become one of the fiercest predators of the hills. Burrowing rapidly through the earth just beneath the surface, sometimes with its armored fin cutting a distinctive wake behind it, the bulette launches itself free of stone and soil to tear into its prey without remorse, giving rise to the common appellation "landshark....