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Keji Swarm Source Starfinder #28: The Hollow Cabal pg. 56 Keji Swarm CR 10 XP 9,600 N Diminutive animal (swarm) Init +8; Senses low-light vision; Perception +19 Defense HP 165 EAC 23; KAC 25 Fort +14; Ref +14; Will +9 Defensive Abilities diffraction, swarm defenses; Immunities acid, swarm immunities Offense Speed fly 30 ft. (Ex, perfect) Melee swarm attack (1d10+10 A) Ranged focused light +22 (2d10+10 F; critical burn 1d6) Space 10 ft.; Reach 0 ft. Offensive Abilities distraction (DC 17) Statistics STR +0; DEX +8; CON +5; INT -2; WIS +3; CHA +0 Skills Acrobatics +19 (+27 to fly), Disguise +24, Stealth +19 Other Abilities reflective mimicry Ecology Environment any air (Liavara) Organization solitary, pair, or mirage (3—5) Special Abilities Diffraction (Ex) A keji swarm can disperse the energy of light-based attacks. It has resistance 10 that applies to any damage from a laser weapon and effects with the light descriptor. For 1 round after its resistance prevents it from taking such damage, a keji swarm can use its focused light and reflective mimicry abilities as if it were in an area of bright light, regardless of the actual light level. Focused Light (Ex) As a ranged attack, a keji swarm can collect, focus, and redirect ambient light in a beam to strike a single target within 60 feet. If the keji swarm is in an area of bright light, this attack deals 3d10+10 damage; if the keji swarm is in an area of dim light, this attack deals 1d10+10 damage instead. A keji swarm cannot use this ability in an area of darkness. Reflective Mimicry (Ex) A keji swarm can redirect light with great precision to construct a holographic illusion around itself (DC 17 Will to disbelieve). As a standard action, the keji swarm can create a purely visual image of a creature or starship, which fills a 20-foot cube centered on the keji swarm. The image automatically moves with the keji swarm and appears to react appropriately to damage. A keji swarm cannot use this ability in an area of darkness, and the illusion is automatically dispersed when the keji swarm enters an area of darkness or is reduced to less than half its maximum Hit Points. Description Many a sightseeing skiff drifting through the upper reaches of the Liavaran atmosphere has drawn close to what its captain thought was a peaceful oma, only to have the creature dissolve into a cloud of aggressive glimmering specks that ravenously set upon the vessel. These multitudinous, amoeba-like creatures are known collectively as a keji swarm. Each keji is surrounded by a transparent silicate shell that can distort the passage of light; working together, the swarm diverts photons to construct holograms to camouflage themselves as an innocuous-seeming creature or bit of debris. Once curious prey have drawn close, the swarm ambushes, focusing light from each keji into powerful beams like a magnifying glass before setting in to feed. Though keji swarms are relatively small, several can work together to project starship-sized disguises.

Keji Swarm

Source Starfinder #28: The Hollow Cabal pg. 56

Keji Swarm CR 10

XP 9,600
N Diminutive animal (swarm)
Init +8; Senses low-light vision; Perception +19

Defense

HP 165
EAC 23; KAC 25
Fort +14; Ref +14; Will +9
Defensive Abilities diffraction, swarm defenses; Immunities acid, swarm immunities

Offense

Speed fly 30 ft. (Ex, perfect)
Melee swarm attack (1d10+10 A)
Ranged focused light +22 (2d10+10 F; critical burn 1d6)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 0 ft.
Offensive Abilities distraction (DC 17)

Statistics

STR +0; DEX +8; CON +5; INT -2; WIS +3; CHA +0
Skills Acrobatics +19 (+27 to fly), Disguise +24, Stealth +19
Other Abilities reflective mimicry

Ecology

Environment any air (Liavara)
Organization solitary, pair, or mirage (3—5)

Special Abilities

Diffraction (Ex) A keji swarm can disperse the energy of light-based attacks. It has resistance 10 that applies to any damage from a laser weapon and effects with the light descriptor. For 1 round after its resistance prevents it from taking such damage, a keji swarm can use its focused light and reflective mimicry abilities as if it were in an area of bright light, regardless of the actual light level.
Focused Light (Ex) As a ranged attack, a keji swarm can collect, focus, and redirect ambient light in a beam to strike a single target within 60 feet. If the keji swarm is in an area of bright light, this attack deals 3d10+10 damage; if the keji swarm is in an area of dim light, this attack deals 1d10+10 damage instead. A keji swarm cannot use this ability in an area of darkness.
Reflective Mimicry (Ex) A keji swarm can redirect light with great precision to construct a holographic illusion around itself (DC 17 Will to disbelieve). As a standard action, the keji swarm can create a purely visual image of a creature or starship, which fills a 20-foot cube centered on the keji swarm. The image automatically moves with the keji swarm and appears to react appropriately to damage. A keji swarm cannot use this ability in an area of darkness, and the illusion is automatically dispersed when the keji swarm enters an area of darkness or is reduced to less than half its maximum Hit Points.

Description

Many a sightseeing skiff drifting through the upper reaches of the Liavaran atmosphere has drawn close to what its captain thought was a peaceful oma, only to have the creature dissolve into a cloud of aggressive glimmering specks that ravenously set upon the vessel. These multitudinous, amoeba-like creatures are known collectively as a keji swarm. Each keji is surrounded by a transparent silicate shell that can distort the passage of light; working together, the swarm diverts photons to construct holograms to camouflage themselves as an innocuous-seeming creature or bit of debris. Once curious prey have drawn close, the swarm ambushes, focusing light from each keji into powerful beams like a magnifying glass before setting in to feed. Though keji swarms are relatively small, several can work together to project starship-sized disguises.

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