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Sink (Su): After cocooning a foe, the
cerebral stalker begins sinking into the ground,
taking the cocooned victim with it. It takes four
full rounds for the stalker and foe to completely
sink into the ground. In the first round, the creature
sinks to its knees; in the second round to its waist;
in the third round to its neck; and in the last round,
both stalker and foe are completely underground.
Creatures attempting to grab the cocooned victim
and prevent the sinking must first break or burn
the webbing (see above), and then succeed at a
grapple check against the cerebral stalker. A dispel
magic (or similar effect) cast on a sinking cerebral
stalker paralyzes it (as if by a hold person spell) for
a number of rounds equal to the caster’s level if the
stalker fails a Fortitude save. The stalker can make
a new save each round to negate the paralysis.
The stalker and victim sink to a depth of 10
feet where the victim is placed in a stasis (similar
to temporal stasis). The spot where the cerebral
stalker and victim sunk radiates magic and can
be detected normally. Spells such as locate object,
discern location, scrying, and other divinatory
magic reveals the entombed creature and stalker. A
freedom spell cast on the spot where the stalker and
victim sunk immediately frees the subject from the
webbing and ejects both it and the stalker, who is
stunned for 1 round, to the surface.
Encephalon Gorger
Medium Aberration (Extraplanar)
Hit Dice: 10d8+20 (65 hp)
Initiative: +7
Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares)
Armor Class: 19 (+3 Dex, +6 natural),
touch 13, flat-footed 16
Base Attack/Grapple: +7/+8
Attack: Claw +10 melee (1d6+1)
Full Attack: 2 claws +10 melee (1d6+1)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Improved grab, mindfeed
Special Qualities: Adrenal surge,
darkvision 60 ft., fast healing 5, mindsense,
mind screen, resistance to cold 10
Saves: Fort +5, Ref +6, Will +9
Abilities: Str 13, Dex 16, Con 14, lnt 21,
Wis 15, Cha 15
This creature is a sleek, pale-skinned
humanoid with leathery white, semi-translucent
flesh. It is a bit taller than an average human. Its
features are delicate and precise. The creature’s
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Web (Ex): Once per round, and no
more than three times per day, a cerebral
stalker can cocoon a grappled foe by shooting
sticky webbing from its body. The webs cover
as much of the victim as possible, excluding the
top of the victim’s head, its eyes, and its nose. The
webs remain attached to the cerebral stalker’s body
and stretch from just under its arms to its knees. A
webbed victim is anchored to the cerebral stalker
and cannot move. The webbed creature can, as a
standard action, break free with a successful DC 20
Strength check or DC 16 Escape Artist check. The
webbing has 8 hit points and damage reduction 5/-.
Note the victim is still grappled even if it breaks
the webbing and must succeed at a grapple check
to get completely free of the cerebral stalker’s
grasp. The check DCs are Constitution-based, and
the Strength check includes a +4 racial bonus.
Earth Glide (Ex): A cerebral stalker can
glide through stone, dirt, or almost any other sort
of earth except metal as easily as a fish swims
through water. Its burrowing leaves behind no
tunnel or hole, nor does it create any ripple or
other signs of its presence. A move earth spell cast
on an area containing a burrowing cerebral stalker
flings the cerebral stalker back 30 feet, stunning
the creature for 1 round unless it succeeds on a DC
15 Fortitude save.
Skills: Bluff +8, Diplomacy +13, Escape
Artist +9, Intimidate+15, Knowledge
(anatomy) +18, Listen +12, Search +18,
Spot +12, Survival +15 (+17 following
tracks)
Feats: Alertness, Improved Initiative, Power
Attack, Weapon Finesse
Environment: Any land or underground
Organization: Solitary, crowd (2-5), or
array (4-7)
Challenge Rating: 8
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Usually chaotic evil
Advancement: By character class
Level Adjustment: +7
arms and legs are spindly, and each ends in four
digits. This creature is completely hairless and its
eyes are small with nictating lens.
Encephalon gorgers (sometimes known as
cranial vampires) are malevolent creatures from
another dimension or plane of existence. They
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