Mythic Vistas: SpirosBlaak - Property Is Theft!

Dire Hawk
Small Animal
Hit Dice: 3d8+3 (16 hp)
Initiative: +4
Speed: 10 . (2 squares), fly 60 . (average)
Armor Class: 19 (+1 size, +4 Dex, +4 natural), touch 15, flat-footed 15
Base Aack/Grapple: +2/+0
Aack: Claw +7 melee (1d6+2)
Full Aack: 2 claws +7 melee (1d6+2), bite +2 melee (1d4+1)
Space/Reach: 5 ./ 5 .
Special Aacks: —
Special Qualities: Low-light vision
Saves: Fort +4, Ref +7, Will +5
Abilities: Str 14, Dex 19, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 6
Skills: Listen +5, Spot +13
Feats: Flyby Aack, Weapon Finesse
Environment: Temperate forests
Organization: Solitary or pair
Challenge Rating: 2
Treasure: None
Alignment: Always neutral
Advancement: 4-6 HD (Small), 7-9 HD (Medium)
Level Adjustment: —
Descending from the sky is an enormous hawk, its wingspan twice as wide
as a human is tall. Its brown feathers are striped at the tail, and its beak is a
ruddy crimson color.
Dire hawks wheel and soar in the sky, their keen eyes ever
watchful for a lone sheep, horse, or even child. When the dire hawk
does strike, it is fast, plummeting from above to tear into its prey
with razor-sharp talons.
Dire hawks grow to be over 4 feet long, with a 12-foot wingspan,
and weighing over 50 pounds.
Combat
Dire hawks aack by swooping at unsuspecting prey from above,
using their claw aacks to tear their foes apart.
Skills: A dire hawk has a +8 racial bonus on Spot checks.
Medium Undead (Shapechanger)
Hit Dice: 2d12 (13 hp)
Initiative: +2
Speed: 30 . (6 squares)
Armor Class: 13 (+2 Dex, +1 natural), touch 12, flat-footed 11
Base Aack/Grapple: +1/+2
Aack: Claw +2 melee (1d4+1)
Full Aack: 2 claws +2 melee (1d4+1)
Space/Reach: 5 ./5 .
Special Aacks: Allure, compulsion
Special Qualities: Conceal, darkvision 60 ., undead traits,
unseling aura
Saves: Fort +0, Ref +2, Will +4
Abilities: Str 12, Dex 15, Con —, Int 10, Wis 13, Cha 20
Skills: Bluff +15, Diplomacy +7, Disguise +18 (+20 acting), Hide +4,
Intimidate +7, Listen +2, Move Silently +3, Search +1, Spot +2
Feats: Skill Focus (Disguise)
Environment: Any community
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 1
Treasure: 50% coins, 50% goods, 50% items
Chapter Six: Monsters of the Archduchy 45
Dizwosina (Enthraller)
Dire Raven
Small Animal
Hit Dice: 2d8+2 (11 hp)
Initiative: +3
Speed: 10 . (2 squares), fly 40 . (average)
Armor Class: 16 (+1 size, +3 Dex, +2 natural), touch 14, flat-footed 13
Base Aack/Grapple: +1/–4
Aack: Claws +5 melee (1d3–1)
Full Aack: 2 claws +5 melee (1d3–1), bite +0 melee (1d4–1)
Space/Reach: 5 ./5 .
Special Aacks: —
Special Qualities: Low-light vision
Saves: Fort +4, Ref +6, Will +5
Abilities: Str 9, Dex 17, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 6
Skills: Listen +4, Spot +6
Feats: Weapon Finesse
Environment: Temperate Forests
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 1
Treasure: None
Alignment: Always neutral
Advancement: 3-4 HD (Small), 5-6 HD (Medium)
Level Adjustment: —
This glossy black bird feeds on the organs of a corpse.
Terrible carrion birds, the dire raven follows the path of armies,
feeding on the dead when they fall. Unlike their smaller kin, these
birds are not frightened of humans at all, and if one threatens to
disturb its meal, the dire raven aacks.
Dire ravens are, on average, about 4 feet long, with an 8-foot
wingspan, and weighing about 40 pounds.
Combat
Dire ravens typically don’t initiate combat; instead they feast on the
dead. If threatened however, they viciously aack with their claws
and beaks.
Alignment: Always neutral evil
Advancement: 3–6 HD (Medium)
Level Adjustment: —
A beautiful woman walks down the street, and every man’s head turns as
she passes. Oddly, children react in a strange way, suddenly crying at her
appearance, hiding behind their mothers’ skirts, or even fleeing. Still, she a
beauty, and her glance sends your heart racing.
Tragically, some plain and homely women are victims of violence.
Whether denounced as witches, butchered by loveless husbands
lusting aer young maidens, or abandoned to starvation or exposure
because they grow old, the result is the same. In some cases, the horror
and cause of their deaths force the victims to return as dizwosinas:
deranged undead who seek vengeance for the injustices done to them.
When a dizwosina rises from the dead, she first hunts for those
males directly responsible for her death, for example an abusive
husband. She then turns her hate on those indirectly responsible,
such as a male relative who knew about the abuse she suffered at
her husband’s hands but did nothing to stop it. Finally, as madness
swallows the last vestiges of her former humanity, she kills males
indiscriminately.