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Plague Bringer
Medium Monstrous Humanoid
Hit Dice: 6d8+9 (36 hp)
Initiative: -1
Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares)
Armor Class: 15 (-1 Dex, +6 natural),
touch 9, flat-footed 15
Base Attack/Grapple: +6/+8
Attack: Claw +8 melee (1d6+2 plus
disease) or spit +6 ranged touch (disease)
Full Attack: 2 claws +8 melee (1d6+2 plus
disease) or spit +6 ranged touch (disease)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Disease aura, plague
bringer’s curse, spit
Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft., fast
healing 3, immunity to disease, plague
Plague bringers are obese, oily-skinned
carriers of plague and disease.
Only nominally humanoid, plague bringers
stand 5 feet tall and weigh roughly 400 pounds.
Their skin is clammy, sickly green, and speckled
with black. Their eyes are large and oval, and
their mouths drip with dark saliva. Porous spines
rise from their hunched backs, releasing diseased
spores into the air as they lumber along, and their
limbs end in crimson claws. Plague bringers are
constantly surrounded by a cloud of buzzing flies
and other vermin, and exude a stench similar to
swamp gas.
Plague bringers spread disease to everything
in their paths. They are carnivores, and willingly
consume any animals they find in their marshy
habitats. They make their homes in pools of deep
mud, and seem to have no families; it is unknown
how, if at all, plague bringers reproduce. They
prefer to move about at night–the heat of the sun
dries out their skin, and their eyes have trouble
adapting to bright light.
Plague bringers speak a language resembling
the sounds of swirling sludge, incomprehensible to
nearly all other creatures.
Combat
Plague bringers spit at opponents from afar,
only entering melee when necessary. They rarely
flee, even from enemies who can bypass their
ability to regenerate.
Disease Aura (Ex): The air around a plague
bringer swims with disease. Every round a creature
breathes the air within 30 feet of a plague bringer,
136
dependant, regeneration 2
Saves: Fort +5, Ref +4, Will +4
Abilities: Str 14, Dex 9, Con 12, Int 4, Wis
9, Cha 11
Skills: Listen +3, Spot +4
Feats: Great Fortitude, Toughness, Weapon
Focus (spit)
Environment: Temperate and warm
marshes
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 7
Treasure: None
Alignment: Always neutral evil
Advancement: 7-12 HD (Medium)
Level Adjustment: —
that creature must succeed on a Fortitude save
or contract a disease (roll d10; a result of 1-5
indicates cackle fever (DC 18), 6-7 mindfire (DC
14), 8 blinding sickness (DC 18), and 9-10 no
disease). The save DCs are Constitution-based,
and the saves for cackle fever and blinding
sickness include a +4 racial bonus. A creature
already infected with one or more of these diseases
still risks infection from the others, and a creature
that successfully resists infection one round can
still be infected during the next.
A plague bringer’s aura lingers around the
body 1d4 days after the plague bringer dies.
Plague Bringer’s Curse (Su): Supernatural
disease—claw or spit, Fortitude DC 18, incubation
period 1 round, damage 3d4 Strength and 3d4
Constitution. The save DC is Constitution-based
and includes a +4 racial bonus.
The disease “the plague bringer’s curse”
requires a save to fight off the disease and avoid
damage once per hour, instead of once per day.
Spit (Ex): A plague bringer can spit a glob of
black saliva up to 30 feet as a standard action. This
is a ranged touch attack with no range increment.
Opponents hit by this attack must save against
infection by plague bringer’s curse, as above.
Plague Dependent (Ex): A plague bringer’s
body depends on the diseases it carries. A remove
disease spell cast on a plague bringer deals 3d4
points of lethal damage.
Regeneration (Ex): Fire and acid deal
normal damage to a plague bringer.
If a plague bringer loses a limb or body
part, the lost portion regrows in 3d6 minutes. The
plague bringer can reattach the severed member
instantly by holding it to the stump.