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Scalewhale
Huge Animal (Aquatic)
Hit Dice: 14d8+70 (133 hp)
Initiative: +0
Speed: Swim 40 ft. (8 squares)
Armor Class: 16 (-2 size, +8 natural), touch
8, flat-footed 16
Base Attack/Grapple: +10/+24
Attack: Bite +15 melee (1d8+9/19-20)
Full Attack: Bite +15 melee (1d8+9/19-20)
Space/Reach: 15 ft./10 ft.
Special Attack: Chew, improved grab,
inhale, swallow whole
Special Qualities: Damage reduction 2/—,
low-light vision
This massive creature is the size of a whale,
but it is clearly a fish, not a mammal. Nearly 25
feet long, this mammoth fish has an enormous
maw filled with rows of blunt teeth .
Scalewhales are fish that grow to 25 feet
long and weigh up to thousands of pounds. Like
whales, scalewhales feed by opening their mouths
and moving a great deal of water through a filter
that catches food while the water passes through
their checks and out their gills.
Combat
As filter feeders, scalewhale get most of their
nutritional requires from eating a large quantity of
small organisms. Although scalewhale have been
known to attack larger prey for a more substantial
meal, most scalewhale use their bite attack (and
subsequently their chew and swallow whole
abilities) to defend themselves from fishermen and
poachers.
Chew (Ex): Once its prey is in its mouth
(see improved grab), a scalewhale will spend
1d4 rounds chewing it. Each round that it chews,
anything in its mouth takes 3d10 points of
bludgeoning damage with a successful grapple
check. To escape, a victim can make either a
grapple check or Escape Artist check. On the
round after it finishes chewing, the scalewhale will
attempt to swallow whole.
Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability,
a scalewhale must hit an opponent of up to
one size smaller with its bite attack. It can then
attempt to start a grapple as a free action without
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Saves: Fort +14, Ref +9, Will +4
Abilities: Str 22, Dex 10, Con 21, Int 2, Wis
10, Cha 10
Skills: Listen +7, Spot +14, Swim +14
Feats: Alertness, Improved Critical (bite),
Power Attack, Run, Weapon Focus (bite)
Environment: Any aquatic
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 7
Alignment: Always neutral
Treasure: None
Advancement: 15-20 HD (Huge), 21-30
HD (Gargantuan)
Level Adjustment: —
provoking an attack of opportunity. If it wins the
grapple check, it sucks the foe into its mouth and
establishes a hold. It can begin to chew the foe the
following round.
Inhale (Ex): As a full round action, a
scalewhale may attempt to inhale all creatures
of size Large or smaller within a 20-foot cone.
Creatures can attempt a DC 23 Swim check to
resist or be immediately swallowed whole (it does
not use its chew ability). A swimming creature
cannot take 10 on its Swim check. The check DC
is Strength-based.
Swallow Whole (Ex): A scalewhale can try to
swallow an opponent it has chewed (see above) by
making a successful grapple check. The swallowed
creature takes 2d6 points of bludgeoning damage
and 4d4 points of acid damage per round from the
scalewhale’s gizzard.
A swallowed creature can cut its way out by
using a light slashing or piercing weapon to deal
40 points of damage to the gizzard (AC 14). Once
the creature exits, muscular action closes the hole;
another swallowed creature must cut its own way
out. A Huge scalewhale’s gizzard can hold 2 Large,
4 Medium, 8 Small, 32 Tiny, 128 Diminutive, or
256 Fine opponents.
Skills: A scalewhale 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.
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