Manual of the Planes

Damage: Bite 1d6+3, claw 1d3+1; spike 1d6+1Face/Reach: 5 ft. by 5 ft./5 ft.Special Attacks: Pounce, improved grab, rake 1d3+1Special Qualities: Scent, elemental, plant, woodsense,darkvision 60 ft.Saves: Fort +5, Ref +7, Will +2Abilities: Str 16, Dex 19, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 6Skills: Balance +12, Climb +11, Hide +9*, Listen +6,Move Silently +9, Spot +6Feats: Weapon Finesse (bite, claw)Climate/Terrain: Any land and undergroundOrganization: Solitary or pairChallenge Rating: 2Treasure: NoneAlignment: Usually neutralAdvancement: 4–5 HD (Medium-size)CombatPounce (Ex): If a wood element leopard leaps upon afoe during the first round of combat, it can make a fullattack even if it has already taken a move action.Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, the wood elementleopard must hit with its bite attack. If it gets ahold, it can rake.Rake (Ex): A wood element leopard that gets a holdcan make two rake attacks (+6 melee) with its hind legsfor 1d3+1 points of damage each. If the wood elementleopard pounces on an opponent, it can also rake.Elemental: Immune to poison, sleep, paralysis, andstunning. Not subject to critical hits.Plant : Immune to polymorphing, not subject to mindinfluencingeffects.Woodsense (Ex): A wood element leopard can automaticallysense the location of anything within 60 feetthat is in contact with vegetation, even if the wood elementleopard is not in contact with the same vegetation.Skills: Wood element leopards receive a +4 racialbonus on Hide and Move Silently checks and a +8 racialbonus on Balance checks. *In areas of tall grass or heavyundergrowth, the Hide bonus improves to +8.AXIOMATIC CREATURESAxiomatic creatures dwell in lawful planes, thedomains of order. Although they may resemble creaturesfrom the Material Plane, they are more perfectlyformed, their features sharper and more precise, theirfur or plumage shinier, their appearance clearer andmore heroic. They are often called “perfect” creatures,and some say that the axiomatic versions are the true andideal first models; all other creatures of the same type aremerely imitations.Creating an Axiomatic Creature“Axiomatic” is a template that can be added to any corporealcreature of lawful or neutral alignment that is nativeto the Material Plane. Beasts or animals with this templatebecome magical beasts, but otherwise the creaturetype is unchanged. The template uses all the base creature’sstatistics and special abilities except as noted here.Special Attacks: An axiomatic creature retains allthe special attacks of the base creature and also gains thefollowing.Smite Chaos (Su): Once per day the creature can make anormal attack to deal additional damage equal to its HDtotal (maximum of +20) against a chaotic opponent.Special Qualities: An axiomatic creature retains allthe special qualities of the base creature and also gainsthe following ones:• Darkvision with a range of 60 feet.• Fire, electricity, sonic, and cold resistance (see thetable below).Fire, Electricity, Cold,Hit Dice Sonic Resistance1–3 54–7 108–11 1512+ 20• Spell resistance equal to double the creature’s HD(maximum 25).• Linked Minds (Ex): Axiomatic creatures of a particulartype within 300 feet of one another are in constantcommunication. If one is aware of a particular danger,they all are. If one in the group is not flat-footed, noneof them are. No axiomatic creature in the group is consideredflanked unless they all are.If the base creature already has one or more of thesespecial qualities, use the better value.Saves: Same as the base creature.Abilities: Same as the base creature, but Intelligence isat least 3.Skills: Same as the base creature.Feats: Same as the base creature.Climate/Terrain: Any land and underground.Organization: Same as the base creature.Challenge Rating: Up to 3 HD, same as the basecreature.3 HD to 7 HD, same as the base creature +1.8+ HD, same as the base creature +2.Treasure: Same as the base creature.Alignment: Always lawful (any).Advancement: Same as the base creature.Sample Axiomatic CreatureAxiomatic Bulette (“Perfect Landshark”)Huge Magical BeastHit Dice: 9d10+45 (94 hp)Initiative: +2 (Dex)Speed: 40 ft., burrow 10 ft.AC: 22 (–2 size, +2 Dex, +12 natural)Attacks: Bite +12 melee, 2 claws +7 meleeDamage: Bite 2d8+8, claw 2d6+4CHAPTER 9:MONSTERS197