IX Mythos Bestiary CR 20 XP 307,200 CE Huge ooze (aquatic) Init +12; Senses darkvision 120 ft., low-light vision, scent, tremorsense 60 ft.; Perception +26 Aura frightful presence (60 ft., DC 24, 10 rounds) DEFENSE AC 36, touch 16, flat-footed 28 (+8 Dex, +20 natural, –2 size) hp 377 (26d8+260); fast healing 10 Fort +20, Ref +16, Will +23 Defensive Abilities all-around vision, strong-willed; DR 10/—; Immune blindness, charm effects, cold, deafness, ooze traits, sonic; Resist acid 30, cold 30, fire 30; SR 31 OFFENSE Speed 50 ft., climb 30 ft., swim 50 ft Melee pseudopods +32 (3d8+15/19–20 plus grab) Space 15 ft.; Reach 30 ft Special Attacks constrict (3d8+15), consume (4d6+22 bludgeoning damage plus 10d6 acid damage, AC 20, hp 37), deadly blow, tekeli-li, trample (6d6+15, DC 38 plus grab) Shoggoth Strong-Willed (Ex) Unlike most oozes, a shoggoth has a good Will save It gains Improved Iron Will as a bonus feat Tekeli-li (Su) As a free action, once per round, a shoggoth can give voice to sounds and words sane life was not meant to hear Each creature in a 60-foot radius must make a successful DC 24 Will save or be confused for 1d8 rounds, during which time the creature suffers a –4 penalty to saves against fear effects A creature normally immune to fear loses that immunity while affected by tekeli-li Each round a creature is affected, it takes 1d6 points of Wisdom damage A creature that saves cannot be affected by this shoggoth’s tekeli-li for 24 hours This is a sonic mind-affecting effect The save DC is Charismabased S TAT I S T I C S Str 40, Dex 26, Con 31, Int 5, Wis 22, Cha 13 Base Atk +19; CMB +36 (+40 sunder); CMD 54 (56 vs sunder, can’t be tripped) Feats Blind-Fight, Combat Reflexes, Critical Focus, Great Fortitude, Greater Sunder, Improved Critical (pseudopod), Improved Initiative, Improved Iron WillB, Improved Sunder, Improved Vital Strike, Iron Will, Power Attack, Staggering Critical, Vital Strike Skills Climb +26, Perception +26, Swim +29 Languages Aklo SQ amphibious SPECIAL ABILITIES Consume (Ex) This ability functions like swallow whole, save that the shoggoth may consume a creature as a free action at any time during its turn, not just at the start of its turn A creature that cuts its way out of a shoggoth leaves no hole in the protoplasmic creature’s body Deadly Blow (Ex) If a shoggoth reduces a creature to fewer than hit points with a pseudopod attack, the creature must make a successful DC 38 Fortitude save or it is instantly slain as the shoggoth plucks off the victim’s head, crushes its torso, or otherwise destroys the creature’s body The save DC is Strength-based Pseudopods (Ex) A shoggoth can attack with up to four pseudopods in a round As it attacks, it can decide as a free action if the pseudopod inflicts bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage 375