Voonith VOONITH What You See CR XP 1,200 CN Small magical beast (aquatic) Init +3; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, scent; Perception +8 DEFENSE AC 17, touch 14, flat-footed 14 (+3 Dex, +3 natural, +1 size) hp 37 (5d10+10) Fort +6, Ref +7, Will +2 OFFENSE Speed 30 ft., swim 50 ft Melee bite +8 (1d6+1 plus trip), claws +7 (1d3+1) Space ft.; Reach ft (10 ft with bite) Special Attacks blood-freezing howl, pounce S TAT I S T I C S Str 13, Dex 16, Con 14, Int 5, Wis 12, Cha 13 Base Atk +5; CMB +5; CMD 18 (26 vs trip) Feats Ability Focus (blood-freezing howl), Skill Focus (Perception), Weapon Focus (bite) Skills Perception +8, Stealth +12, Swim +14 SQ amphibious Languages Aklo ECO LO GY Environment any rivers or marshes Organization solitary, pair, or clutch (3–6) Treasure standard SPECIAL ABILITIES Blood-Freezing Howl (Su) As a standard action, a voonith can unleash a bloodcurdling howl All creatures within a 30-foot-radius burst must succeed at a DC 15 Will save or become dazed for round and then shaken for an additional 1d6 rounds Any creature that makes a successful save against a voonith’s howl is immune to the same voonith’s howl for 24 hours This is a sonic mindaffecting fear effect The save DC is Charisma-based Lithe and long-legged, this reptile has a mane of webbed spines down its back and on its limbs Needlesharp teeth jut out at odd angles, and four bright yellow attentive eyes flit around originally managed to make this transition between worlds is unclear Although they look like little more than wild beasts, vooniths are actually rather intelligent While certainly not as sharp as the average human, a voonith is smart enough to know how to speak and often does so with others of its kind Vooniths not often choose to communicate with other creatures, giving rise to the misconception that they’re little more than dumb animals, but on occasion, travelers in swampy regions tell tales of overhearing strange piping voices speaking among the reeds Those few who know the secrets of the Aklo tongue can understand these words, although understanding of what the vooniths whisper in the night when they think no one else can hear is not always for the best While not evil, vooniths have a decidedly dark sense 488 Cunning and aggressive, vooniths are amphibious of humor, and take great pleasure in concocting violent nocturnal predators with voracious appetites and mild poems or grisly jokes Punch lines in which non-voonith intelligence A voonith’s howl is said to freeze the blood creatures—particularly humans, cats, and gnomes— and is more than capable of stopping a creature in its meet gory and ironic fates are the most entertaining tracks Vooniths usually howl when they see prey too to vooniths Some tales speak of canny travelers who, far away from the water’s edge to ambush While the with the ability to speak Aklo, manage to strike up vooniths are native to the strange Dimension of Dream, unlikely conversations with lurking vooniths In truth, many have found their way out of that realm and into vooniths are quite social, and when one breeches the waking world to take up lairs in the swampy fens the awkwardness arising from interspecies conflict, and remote coastlines of the world How the vooniths a friendship with a voonith can be an unexpected