Cecaelia
CR 5, CN Medium Monstrous humanoid (aquatic)
Senses: Perception 1, Darkvision 60, Blindsight 10Without using visual senses this creature can sense creatures and objects around it. In addition, invisibility and other forms of cover are useless. Within range of the creature's blindsight, it doesn't need to make a perception check to locate a creature, but automatically detects it.
Speed: 30 ft., swim 40 ft., jet 200 ft. Skills: Athletics 8, Stealth 13, Nature 10
Languages: Aquan, Common
Ability Scores: Str 16 (+5), Dex 19 (+11), Con 14 (+4), Int 9 (+6), Wis 12 (+8), Cha 11 (+7)
INIT: +4 CP: +6 HP: 45 (6d10+12) SA: -- DC: 18
AC: 18 Touch: 14 Flat-footed: 14 [+4 Dodge, +4 Natural]
SR: -- Vulnerable: -- Resistant: -- Bypass: --
Immunity: -- Effect Immunity: --
Amphibious (ex) - Even though aquatic, the creature can exist indefinitely on land.
Combat Reflexes (ex) - The Cecaelia gets a number of reactions equal to its dexterity bonus.
Water Breathing (ex) - The creature can breathe under water.
Attacks
- Melee - 2 x mwk. spear +11 (1d8+4). Reach: 5 ft.
- Melee (Natural) - 2 x tentacles +9 (1d4+1 plus grab). Reach: 10 ft. Grab - Each time this attack is successful, the Cecaelia can make a grapple check as a free action to see if it holds his opponent. If successful, the opponent is grappled. Grabbing does not provoke an attack of opportunity
- Ranged - 1 x mwk. spear +11 (1d8+3). Range: 20/40/60
Tentacle Sense (Full Round)(ex, Concentration) - While swimming and while it is not grappled or grappling, the Cecaelia can spread its tentacles wide to form a sensory net around it. This grants blindsight to a range of 10 feet and lasts as long as the creature maintains concentration. While this effect lasts, the creature cannot attack with its tentacles or move.
Ink Cloud (ex, 1/hour) - The Cecaelia can emit a 10-foot-radius sphere of ink while underwater. This ink cloud provides 3/4 cover and persists for 1 minute.
Environment: warm water
Organization: solitary, pair, hunting party (2-7)
Treasure: standard (masterwork spear, other treasure)
In place of legs, this handsome humanoid sports an octopus's eight writhing tentacles.
Cecaelias are intelligent human-octopus hybrids that hunt coastlines and ocean reefs. A cecaelia's humanoid upper body varies individually but generally ref lects the features of the inhabitants of the nearest humanoid settlements. Sages think this is an adaptive trait, akin to an octopus's natural camouf lage, allowing cecaelias to mutate within one to two generations to blend in with humanoids sharing their territory. Cecaelia stand 6 feet tall on land, and weigh just over 200 pounds. They generally live to be 60 years old. Cecaelias don't normally wear clothes, but often carry woven seaweed backpacks. They prefer not to wear armor, though when they do, they prefer light, flexible varieties. Tattoos are a common form of decoration as well. Cecaelias are inquisitive creatures, but wary of strangers, and are quickly frustrated by wordy attempts at diplomacy-which they nearly always view as attempts at deception. As allies, they can be valuable to coastal communities since they often dig up treasures from the seabed that they then trade for fragments of polished glass or bits of land fare, as they refer to food not taken from the sea.
