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Abilities: Str 10, Dex 16, Con 14, Int l8, Wis
l7, Cha 14
Skills: Concentration +9, Craft (alchemy) +12,
Craft (trapmaking) +7, Intimidate +6, Jump -6,
Knowledge (arcana) +9, Knowledge (nature)
+9, Search +9, Spellcraft +9, Spot +8
Feats: Brew Potion B , Craft Wand B , Craft
Wondrous Item B , Improved Initiative, Iron
Will, Silent Spell
This creature appears roughly humanoid in
shape, but its bulbous, conical head and long wiry
limbs give it an alien quality. Its skin is pale blue
and hairless, and it looks at you with suspicion
in its watery, pupilless eyes. It wears a belt with
flasks of liquid in a myriad of colors.
Aquanes are intelligent creatures agile in
water and on land. Many seek out the aquane,
renown for their research, magical abilities and
their mastery over item creation. Unfortunately,
the only thing the aquane are more renown for
than their esoteric knowledge is their suspicion and
dislike of creatures other than aquanes. Aquane
lairs are usually found near coastlines. Aquanes
speak Aquan, Common, and the languages of two
races that live along the coasts they frequent.
Combat
Aquanes tend to shy away from combat,
preferring to use their magic to allow them to
escape unharmed. If forced to fight, an aquane will
rely on its magical abilities and items, and will only
resort to fighting with weapons if all its magical
options are negated or rendered ineffective.
Spell-Like Abilities: At will–control water
(DC 18), water walk. 1/day–horrid wilting (single
target only, DC 20). Caster level 9th. The save
DCs are Charisma-based.
Spells: An aquane casts arcane spells as a 9thlevel
sorcerer. The save DCs are Charisma-based.
Typical Sorcerer Spells Known (6/7/7/6/4
per day; save DC 12 + spell level): 0—acid splash,
arcane mark, detect magic, ghost sound, mage
hand, mending, ray of frost, read magic; 1st—
disguise self, expeditious retreat, obscuring mist,
mage armor, shield; 2nd—acid arrow, eagle’s
splendor, fog cloud, mirror image; 3rd—dispel
magic, displacement, heroism; 4th—greater
invisibility, solid fog.
Odorless (Ex): Aquanes have no natural odor
and therefore cannot be detected or tracked by scent.
Water Constriction (Su): Once an hour
while underwater, aquanes can manipulate water
in an area to condense into an extremely dense
ball, crushing whatever may be within it. This
affects a 5-foot-radius sphere. Creatures in the
area must make a DC 15 Reflex save or take 4d10
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Environment: Temperate or warm
aquatic
Organization: Solitary or cabal (2-8)
Challenge Rating: 9
Alignment: Usually neutral evil
Treasure: Double standard plus 200% potions
Advancement: By character class
Level Adjustment: —
points of damage. Those that fail their saves must
make a DC 15 Fortitude save or become nauseous
for 1d4 rounds, and have the air forced out of their
lungs (and thus make checks to avoid drowning).
The save DC is Charisma-based.
Water Strike (Su): At will, an aquane can
maniuplate a body of water within 30 ft. to form
a pseudopod which it can use to strike opponents.
Controlling the pseudopod requires concentration.
The aquane may make one ranged attack per round
(+8 attack bonus) with the pseudopod to deal 2d8
points of bludgeoning damage. The pseudopod has
a reach of up to 15 feet. If used out of water, the
limb can move within the confines of the liquid
from which it sprang, but cannot move out on its
own. Underwater, the limb looks like an eel and
can move at a swim speed of 30 ft.
Amphibious (Ex): Although aquanes are
aquatic, they can survive indefinitely on land.
Water Barrier (Su): Once an hour while
underwater, aquanes can manipulate the waters
around them to harden into a dense screen that
greatly restricts passage but not vision. The barrier
can have any shape, but its maximum dimensions
are 20x20x20 ft. It cannot be moved once created
and lasts for 1d10+10 minutes. Anyone trying to
pass through it must succeed on a DC 15 Swim
check. It affords half cover against ranged attacks
passing through it. The aquane may dismiss the
water barrier as a free action. The check DC is
Charisma-based.
Skills: An aquane 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.
Aquane Characters: An aquane’s favored
class is sorcerer. Its sorcerer levels stack with its base
spellcasting ability for the purpose of determining
spells known, spells per day, and other effects
dependent on caster level. An aquane character
likewise uses the sum of its racial spellcasting levels
and appropriate class levels to determine the abilities
of its familiar, though it cannot acquire a familiar
until it takes at least one level in the sorcerer class.
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