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Riftstalker Source Drift Crisis pg. 160 Riftstalker CR 8 XP 4,800 CN Medium outsider (chaotic, extraplanar) Init +6; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +16 Defense HP 115 EAC 18; KAC 22 Fort +7; Ref +12; Will +8 Defensive Abilities out of phase, breach healing 5 Offense Speed 50 ft., rift walk Melee jaws +19 (3d4+12 plus warp flesh) Offensive Abilities planar breath (30-ft. cone, 8d8 damage [see below], Reflex DC 16 half, usable every 1d4 rounds) Statistics STR +4; DEX +6; CON +1; INT -3; WIS +2; CHA +0 Skills Acrobatics +21, Stealth +16, Survival +16 Ecology Environment any Organization solitary, pair, or eddy (3–6) Special Abilities Breach Healing (Ex) A riftstalker gains fast healing 5 while in or within 100 feet of an area of planar instability. Any ability that suppresses an area’s or creature’s ability to move between planes, such as dimensional anchor, also suppresses this fast healing. Out of Phase (Su) A riftstalker’s outline continually bends and shifts, giving attacks against it a 25% miss chance. Planar Breath (Su) A riftstalker can expel a blast of energy that functions as a breath weapon, though each time the riftstalker uses this ability, its damage type is selected randomly from the following: acid, cold, electricity, fire, or sonic. At the GM’s discretion, a nearby planar instability might add other damage types to this list or cause certain damage types to occur more frequently. Rift Walk (Ex) When created, a riftstalker gains one of the following movement types best suited to helping it navigate its home, at the GM’s discretion: burrow 20 feet, climb 50 feet, fly 50 feet (average), or swim 50 feet. Warp Flesh (Su) A riftstalker destabilizes any creature it bites, causing the target to gain vulnerability to one of the following randomly determined damage types for 1d4 minutes: acid, cold, electricity, fire, sonic. Whether or not the save is successful, that creature is then immune to that riftstalker’s warp flesh ability for the next 24 hours. Description Although planes of existence are impossibly distant from each other, supernatural stresses can tear their metaphysical boundaries, creating planar breaches that connect the two realms. Not only can a planar breach draw creatures from another plane, but the energies sometimes coalesce into strange predators known as riftstalkers. These creatures instinctively patrol their unstable territory and stalk prey. This fuels a popular theory that riftstalkers aren’t independent creatures so much as extensions of their breach, like white blood cells maintaining the integrity of their home by destroying foreign bodies. As a breach heals and closes, riftstalkers become increasingly aggravated and aggressive, desperately clinging to their ephemeral ecosystem. Under most circumstances, a sealed breach causes any riftstalkers to wither, sublimate, and die, unless they can find an equally vibrant home. Attempts to safely relocate these creatures—for study or to save them—are risky, because they often behave erratically and destructively when separated from their ephemeral homes. Riftstalkers’ features often aesthetically reflect the planes associated with the breach that created them. A breach to Hell might create a riftstalker with a menacing glow and fangs dripping with hellfire, while one from an Elysium breach might be covered in flowers and accompanied by beautiful music. Occasionally two planes’ influence combine to dazzling effect. Even when associated with breaches to aligned outer planes, riftstalkers are often chaotic beings.

Riftstalker

Riftstalker CR 8

XP 4,800
CN Medium outsider (chaotic, extraplanar)
Init +6; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +16

Defense

HP 115
EAC 18; KAC 22
Fort +7; Ref +12; Will +8
Defensive Abilities out of phase, breach healing 5

Offense

Speed 50 ft., rift walk
Melee jaws +19 (3d4+12 plus warp flesh)
Offensive Abilities planar breath (30-ft. cone, 8d8 damage [see below], Reflex DC 16 half, usable every 1d4 rounds)

Statistics

STR +4; DEX +6; CON +1; INT -3; WIS +2; CHA +0
Skills Acrobatics +21, Stealth +16, Survival +16

Ecology

Environment any
Organization solitary, pair, or eddy (3–6)

Special Abilities

Breach Healing (Ex) A riftstalker gains fast healing 5 while in or within 100 feet of an area of planar instability. Any ability that suppresses an area’s or creature’s ability to move between planes, such as dimensional anchor, also suppresses this fast healing.
Out of Phase (Su) A riftstalker’s outline continually bends and shifts, giving attacks against it a 25% miss chance.
Planar Breath (Su) A riftstalker can expel a blast of energy that functions as a breath weapon, though each time the riftstalker uses this ability, its damage type is selected randomly from the following: acid, cold, electricity, fire, or sonic. At the GM’s discretion, a nearby planar instability might add other damage types to this list or cause certain damage types to occur more frequently.
Rift Walk (Ex) When created, a riftstalker gains one of the following movement types best suited to helping it navigate its home, at the GM’s discretion: burrow 20 feet, climb 50 feet, fly 50 feet (average), or swim 50 feet.
Warp Flesh (Su) A riftstalker destabilizes any creature it bites, causing the target to gain vulnerability to one of the following randomly determined damage types for 1d4 minutes: acid, cold, electricity, fire, sonic. Whether or not the save is successful, that creature is then immune to that riftstalker’s warp flesh ability for the next 24 hours.

Description

Although planes of existence are impossibly distant from each other, supernatural stresses can tear their metaphysical boundaries, creating planar breaches that connect the two realms. Not only can a planar breach draw creatures from another plane, but the energies sometimes coalesce into strange predators known as riftstalkers. These creatures instinctively patrol their unstable territory and stalk prey. This fuels a popular theory that riftstalkers aren’t independent creatures so much as extensions of their breach, like white blood cells maintaining the integrity of their home by destroying foreign bodies.

As a breach heals and closes, riftstalkers become increasingly aggravated and aggressive, desperately clinging to their ephemeral ecosystem. Under most circumstances, a sealed breach causes any riftstalkers to wither, sublimate, and die, unless they can find an equally vibrant home. Attempts to safely relocate these creatures—for study or to save them—are risky, because they often behave erratically and destructively when separated from their ephemeral homes. Riftstalkers’ features often aesthetically reflect the planes associated with the breach that created them. A breach to Hell might create a riftstalker with a menacing glow and fangs dripping with hellfire, while one from an Elysium breach might be covered in flowers and accompanied by beautiful music. Occasionally two planes’ influence combine to dazzling effect. Even when associated with breaches to aligned outer planes, riftstalkers are often chaotic beings.

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