Barghest
CR 4, LE Medium Outsider (extraplanar, shapechanger)
Senses: Perception 11, Darkvision 60, ScentThis special quality allows a creature to detect approaching enemies, sniff out hidden foes, and track by sense of smell. Creatures with the scent ability can identify familiar odors just as humans do familiar sights. The creature can detect opponents within 30 feet by sense of smell. If the opponent is upwind, the range increases to 60 feet; if downwind, it drops to 15 feet. Strong scents, such as smoke or rotting garbage, can be detected at twice the ranges noted above. Overpowering scents, such as skunk musk or troglodyte stench, can be detected at triple normal range. When a creature detects a scent, the exact location of the source is not revealed-only its presence somewhere within range. The creature can take a move action to note the direction of the scent. When the creature is within 5 feet of the source, it pinpoints the source's location. A creature with the scent ability can follow tracks by smell with a perception check instead of using the Track skill.
Speed: 30 ft. Skills: Acrobatics 6, Deception 11, Insight 11, Intimidation 11, Persuasion 11, Stealth 11, Nature 11
Languages: Infernal, Goblin, Worg
Ability Scores: Str 19 (+6), Dex 15 (+8), Con 15 (+4), Int 14 (+8), Wis 14 (+8), Cha 14 (+8)
INIT: +6 CP: +6 HP: 45 (6d10+12) SA: 7 DC: 17
AC: 17 Touch: 12 Flat-footed: 15 [+2 Dodge, +5 Natural]
SR: -- Vulnerable: -- Resistant: Non-Masterwork Weapons 5 Bypass: --
Immunity: -- Effect Immunity: --
Combat Reflexes (ex) - The Barghest gets a number of reactions equal to its dexterity bonus.
Growth (ex) - When a barghest uses its feed action four times, it grows into a greater barghest.
Attacks
- Melee (Natural) - 1 x bite +10 (1d6+4). Reach: 5 ft.
- Melee (Natural) - 2 x claws +10 (1d4+4). Reach: 5 ft.
Change Shape (su) - This creature can transform into a goblin or wolf as per polymorph level 3.
Feed (Full Round)(ex) - This creature can feed on a humanoid's corpse as a full-round action. Each time it does is gains a +1 bonus to all rolls (max +4) and adds 5 hit points to its max.
- Spell Like Abilities (1/day)
- Spell Like Abilities (At Will)
Environment: any
Organization: None
Treasure: standard
This snarling, canine beast pads forward on all fours, its slender front limbs looking more like hands than a wolf 's paws.
Said to be fiendish relations of all goblinoid races, the hateful barghests come to the Material Plane to feed. As they consume the bodies of innocents, they grow increasingly powerful. A barghest eventually sheds its skin to transform into a greater barghest, at which point it often seeks out a tribe of goblins or other creatures to rule.
