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IX Mythos Bestiary Servitor of the Outer Gods CR XP 800 CE Medium aberration Init +4; Senses darkvision 60 ft., see in darkness; Perception +9 Aura piping (30 ft.) DEFENSE AC 16, touch 14, flat-footed 12 (+4 Dex, +2 natural) hp 17 (5d8–5) Fort +2, Ref +5, Will +5 Defensive Abilities amorphous, avoid blow, evasion; Immune cold, disease, poison, sonic OFFENSE Speed 50 ft., fly 30 ft (average) Melee tentacles +5 (2d6+3) Spell-Like Abilities (CL 3rd; concentration +6) At will—summon eldritch horror 3/day—cause fear (DC 14), lesser confusion (DC 14) 1/day—confusion (DC 17, one target only) S TAT I S T I C S Str 14, Dex 19, Con 8, Int 11, Wis 12, Cha 17 Base Atk +3; CMB +5; CMD 19 (can’t be tripped) Feats Combat Casting, Combat Reflexes, Great Fortitude Skills Acrobatics +12, Fly +12, Perception +9, Perform (wind) +8 Languages Aklo SQ no breath, recursive summoner ECO LO GY Environment any (outer space) Organization solitary, pair, or ensemble (3–12) Treasure none SPECIAL ABILITIES Amorphous (Ex) A servitor of the Outer Gods is malleable It is immune to precision damage (like sneak attacks) and critical hits Avoid Blow (Ex) A servitor of the Outer Gods is fast and agile, its body writhing and dancing in discordant synchronicity to the alien music it constantly plays on its flute Ranged weapon attacks suffer a 75% miss chance against a servitor of the Outer Gods, and melee weapon attacks suffer a 50% miss chance A servitor of the Outer Gods loses its avoid blow defensive ability when under the effects of a slow spell, when entangled, when grappled, and whenever it could not choose to take a move or standard action (such as when paralyzed, stunned, or dazed) No Breath (Ex) A servitor of the Outer Gods does not breathe and is immune to effects that require breathing (such as inhaled poison) This does not give it immunity to cloud or gas attacks that not require breathing What You See A constantly-flickering mass of eyes, mouths, and tentacles hangs in the air before you, emitting a piping noise from flutes of bone As it writhes to its own horrific melody, a sense of dread envelopes you, as if you realize that something else—something far beyond space and time—is also listening Piping (Su) A servitor of the Outer Gods constantly pipes strange and unsettling alien music via a long, thin, flute-like instrument The piping continues for as long as the servitor takes a swift action to pipe each round If the servitor takes or more points of damage from one attack, its piping ceases to function until it uses a swift action to resume its performance It can’t pipe while concentrating on summoning an eldritch horror When a servitor plays its flute, it generates discordant music that can be heard for hundreds of feet, but all creatures within a 30-foot radius of the servitor are particularly vexed and distracted as the music causes minor but disturbing hallucinations Creatures in this area of effect suffer a –4 penalty on Perception checks and a –2 penalty on all saving throws against mind-affecting effects that cause dread, confusion, or insanity This is a mind-affecting, sonic effect Although it cannot physically attack with its flute, the device is treated as a club for the purposes of disarm and sunder attempts A servitor that loses its flute cannot use its summon eldritch horror ability, but it can extrude a new flute from its body with minute of concentration Recursive Summoner (Ex) Unlike most creatures, when a servitor of the Outer Gods is summoned via any summon effect (including summon eldritch horror), it can use its summon eldritch horror spell-like ability normally Summon Eldritch Horror (Sp) As a standard action, a servitor of the Outer Gods can begin playing a particularly hideous tune on its flute that reaches out across the dimensions in an attempt to summon monsters to its location At the start of each round the servitor continues to concentrate on the song, it 371