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Mire Horror
Gargantuan Aberration
Hit Dice: 12d8+60 (114 hp)
Initiative: +2
Speed: 20 ft. (4 squares), swim 40 ft. (8
squares)
Armor Class: 14 (-4 size, -2 Dex, +10
natural), touch 4, flat-footed 14
Base Attack/Grapple: +9/+28
Attack: Bite +12 melee (2d8+7)
Full Attack: Bite +12 melee (2d8+7) and 4
tentacles +10 melee (2d4+3)
Space/Reach: 20 ft./20 ft.
Special Attacks: Constrict 2d4+10,
improved grab, swallow whole
Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft., fast
healing 6
A heaping mess of debris rises from the
swamp floor as green and brown mottled tentacles
drag unsuspecting prey into a large toothy maw
Combat
Mire horrors lurk beneath the surface of the
swamp. They are often taken as simple piles of
vegetation or debris. From hiding, mire horrors
attack with their tentacles, trying to drag prey to
their gaping maws, attempting to swallow their
foes whole.
Constrict (Ex): A mire horror deals
automatic tentacle damage with a successful
grapple check.
Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability,
a mire horror must hit with a tentacle 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, and
can constrict or attempt to swallow the foe in the
following round.
Swallow Whole (Ex): A mire horror can try
to swallow a grabbed opponent of Large or smaller
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Saves: Fort +9, Ref +2, Will +8
Abilities: Str 24, Dex 7, Con 20, Int 8, Wis
10, Cha 10
Skills: Listen +9, Spot +10, Swim +15
Feats: Alertness, Improved Bull Rush,
Improved Initiative, Multiattack, Power
Attack
Environment: Warm marsh
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 7
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Always neutral
Advancement: 13-24 HD (Gargantuan)
Level Adjustment: —
size by making a successful grapple check. The
swallowed creature takes 1d8+7 points of crushing
damage plus 1d8 points of acid damage per round
from the mire horror’s gizzard. A swallowed
creature can climb out of the mire horror’s gizzard
with a successful grapple check. Doing so returns
it to the mire horror’s maw, where a second
grapple check is required to get free. A swallowed
creature can also cut its way out by using a light
slashing or piercing weapon to deal 25 points of
damage to the mire horror’s insides (AC 15). Once
the creature exits, muscular action closes the hole;
another swallowed opponent must cut its own way
out.
A single mire horror can hold one Large, two
Medium, three Small, six Tiny, 12 Diminutive or
24 Fine or smaller opponents.
Skills: A mire horror 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.