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Merchant’s Bane
Large Giant (Aquatic)
Hit Dice: 9d8+36 (76 hp)
Initiative: +0
Speed: 40 ft. (8 squares), swim 50 ft. (10
squares)
Armor Class: 15 (-1 size, +6 natural), touch
9, flat-footed 15
Base Attack/Grapple: +6/+17
Attack: Huge trident +14 melee (3d6+9) or
slam +12 melee (1d10+7) or huge trident +7
ranged (3d6+9)
Full Attack: Huge trident +14/+9 melee
(3d6+9) or 2 slams +12 melee (1d10+7) or
huge trident +7 ranged (3d6+9)
Space/Reach: 10 ft./10 ft.
Special Attacks: Capsize, oversized
weapon, trident expertise
This aquatic giant is typically 10 feet tall with
long flowing limbs ending in webbed appendages.
Their skin is a translucent green, while their eyes
are cerulean blue.
Combat
While not known for their intelligence,
merchant’s banes can still be relatively cunning.
Most often they wait below the water’s surface for
a ship to pass overhead. Then, at the right moment,
they swim upward and pierce the hull of the ship
with their huge tridents. While the ship’s crew
tends to the damage, the merchant’s banes attempt
to capsize the vessel, for prey are easier targets in
the water.
Capsize (Ex): A merchant’s bane can either
smash a boat to pieces with its fists, or it can try
to capsize the ship. A merchant’s bane that hits a
boat or ship less than 20 feet long with both slam
attacks capsizes the vessel 75% of the time. It has
a 40% chance to capsize a vessel from 20 to 60 feet
long and a 10% chance to capsize one over 60 feet
long. Multiple merchant’s banes can work together
to tip over a boat, increasing the chance to capsize
it by 5%, to a maximum of an additional 25%.
Oversized Weapon (Ex): A merchant’s bane
wields a great, one-handed trident (big enough for
Huge creatures) without penalty.
Trident Expertise: A merchants bane is
adept at the use of the specially made tridents used
by its race, and has a +2 racial bonus on attack rolls
and damage rolls while using it.
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Special Qualities: Low-light vision, rock
catching, water dependent
Saves: Fort +10, Ref +3, Will +4
Abilities: Str 24, Dex 10, Con 19, Int 6, Wis
12, Cha 10
Skills: Hide +5, Jump +11, Listen +4, Move
Silently +5, Spot +4, Swim +15
Feats: Improved Sunder, Cleave, Power
Attack, Stealthy
Environment: Temperate and warm aquatic
Organization: Solitary or gang (2-5)
Challenge Rating: 6
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Always evil
Advancement: By character class
Level Adjustment: +4
Rock Catching (Ex): A merchant’s bane
can catch Small, Medium, or Large rocks (or
projectiles of similar shape). Once per round, a
merchant’s bane that would normally be hit by a
rock can make a Reflex save to catch it as a free
action. The DC is 15 for a Small rock, 20 for
a Medium one, and 25 for a Large one. (If the
projectile provides a magical bonus on attack rolls,
the DC increases by that amount.) The merchant’s
bane must be ready for and aware of the attack in
order to make a rock catching attempt.
Water Dependant (Ex): A merchant’s bane
can survive out of the water for 1 hour per 2 point
of Constitution (after that, refer to the drowning
rules on page 33).
Skills: A merchant’s bane has a +8 racial
bonus on any Swim check to perform some special
action or avoid a hazard. It can always choose
to take 10 on a Swim check, even if distracted
or endangered. It can use the run action while
swimming, provided it swims in a straight line.
Merchant’s Bane’s Trident
A creature must possess a Strength score of
at least 20 to use this specially made Huge trident
as a ranged weapon. This trident is a two-handed
melee weapon that can be used as a ranged weapon
(range increment 30 ft.) that deals 3d6 (Huge) of
piercing damage on a hit with a critical range of
x3. Cost 80 gp. Weight 16 lbs.
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