Monsters / Dark Stalker
Dark Stalker
CR 4 - 1,200 XP - CN Medium Humanoid
Stat block
AC18 (touch 14, flat-footed 14)HP39 (6d8+12)SavesFort +4, Ref +9, Will +2Melee2 short swords +6/+6 (1d6+2 plus poison/19-20)Speed30 ft.AbilitiesStr 14, Dex 18, Con 14, Int 9, Wis 11, Cha 13BAB / CMB / CMD+4 / +6 / 20Sensessee in darkness; Perception +8Environmentany underground
vulnerable light blindness
Combat brain - every behavior cites its line (3 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.
stalk (from lore)
When a dark stalker is slain, its body combusts in a flash of white-hot flame.
When a dark stalker is slain, its body combusts in a flash of white-hot flame.
flee-when-hurt (from lore)
In a fight, dark stalkers are not above sacrificing lesser creatures, including dark creepers, to win the day or cover their retreat if things go poorly.
In a fight, dark stalkers are not above sacrificing lesser creatures, including dark creepers, to win the day or cover their retreat if things go poorly.
skirmisher (from abilities)
abilities: Dex 18 over Str 14 - strike and slip away, never trade full attacks
abilities: Dex 18 over Str 14 - strike and slip away, never trade full attacks
On-hit riders and breath
sneak attack3d6
death throes3d6
From the entry
When a dark stalker is slain, its body combusts in a flash of white-hot flame. This acts like a fireball that deals 3d6 points of fire damage to all creatures within a 20-foot-radius burst. A DC 15 Reflex save halves this damage. A dark stalker's gear and treasure are unaffected by this explosion. This save is Constitution-based.
Dark stalkers are skilled in the use of poison and never risk accidentally poisoning themselves. Like their diminutive kin, the dark creepers, dark stalkers use black poison on their weapons and generally carry six doses on them. The poison DC is Constitution-based.
A dark stalker can see perfectly in darkness of any kind, including that created by deeper darkness.
The strange and mysterious dark stalkers are the undisputed leaders of dark folk society. Deep underground, these creatures dwell in strange villages (some rumors suggest entire cities) built of st...