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Renzer (Devilfin)
Large Magical Beast (Aquatic)
Hit Dice: 8d10+16 (60 hp)
Initiative: +2
Speed: Swim 60 ft. (12 squares)
Armor Class: 19 (-1 size, +2 Dex, +8 natural),
touch 11, flat-footed 17
Base Attack/Grapple: +8/+15
Attack: Bite+10 melee (1d8+3)
Full Attack: Bite +10 melee (1d8+3) and 2
claws +5 melee (1d6+1)
Space/Reach: 10 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Improved grab, spell-like
abilities
Special Qualities: Command fish, darkvision
60 ft., keen scent, low-light vision, spell
resistance 17
The renzer is a large predatory creature about
12 feet long that resembles a grayish-white shark
with the head of a humanoid. The human head is
hairless, having neither hair nor eyelashes or even
eyebrows. Its teeth are long and pointed and the
renzer’s tongue is forked and brown in color. Its
shark-like pectoral fins end in three-fingered claws
and it has two dorsal fins, side-by-side. Its tail fins
are sharply curved and are a bit lighter in color than
the rest of its body.
The deadly renzer roams the seas and oceans
preying on fish, aquatic plants, and very often
travelers that enter its domain. Thought to be the
result of a wizard’s deadly experiment gone awry,
the renzer hates most other forms of life and attacks
them on sight.
Renzer are a malevolent and vile race and
care little for anyone one, including others of their
kind. They are solitary, selfish creatures that derive
great pleasure from killing other creatures, and so
they spend a large amount of time hunting prey;
sometimes for food, other times for the thrill of the
hunt. Most intelligent races avoid the renzer, but
some have actually in recent times opened trade with
these creatures. Certain colonies of sahuagin trade
goods and services with them, though the deals are
shaky at best. Even the sahuagin don’t really like or
trust the renzer.
Renzers speak Common and Aquan but very
rarely communicate with other races.
Combat
A renzer usually open combat with its spelllike
abilities, using a cone of cold to blast its foes.
In melee combat, its primary attack is its bite. If it
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Saves: Fort +8, Ref +8, Will +6
Abilities: Str 17, Dex 15, Con 14, Int 10, Wis
15, Cha 15
Skills: Intimidate +10, Listen +10, Spot +10,
Swim +13
Feats: Alertness, Iron Will, Power Attack
Environment: Temperate and warm aquatic
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 6
Treasure: None
Alignment: Always chaotic evil
Advancement: 9-15 HD (Large); 16-24 HD
(Huge)
Level Adjustment: —
locks its teeth on an opponent, it rarely lets go until
either it or its opponent is dead. If fighting a surfacedwelling
race or air-breathing creature, a renzer
often grabs the opponent and dives straight down,
swimming as fast as it can in hopes of drowning the
foe. If it is outnumbered or overwhelmed, the renzer
moves a safe distance away and uses its command
fish ability.
Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, a
renzer must hit an opponent up to one size larger
with its bite attack. It can then attempt to start
a grapple as a free action without provoking an
attack of opportunity. If it wins the grapple check, it
establishes a hold and deals automatic bite damage
each round the hold is maintained.
Spell-Like Abilities: At will—control water,
water breathing (others only); 2/day—cone of cold
(DC 17 half, can be used underwater). Caster level
8th. The save DCs are Charisma-based.
Command Fish (Su): Twice per day, a renzer
can command fish and aquatic creatures as the mass
charm spell (caster level 8th, Will DC 20 negates).
The renzer can communicate with any creature it
currently commands as if by speak with animals.
The save DC is Charisma-based.
Keen Scent (Ex): A renzer can notice
creatures within a 180-foot radius and detect blood
in the water at ranges of up to a half-mile.
Skills: A renzer 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.