Leucrotta
CR 5, CE Large Magical beast
Senses: Perception 2, Darkvision 60, Low Light Vision, 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: 60 ft., climb 30 ft. Skills: Athletics 10, Deception 12, Stealth 9
Languages: Common
Ability Scores: Str 21 (+12), Dex 12 (+8), Con 18 (+11), Int 11 (+2), Wis 14 (+4), Cha 17 (+5)
INIT: +5 CP: +6 HP: 57 (6d10+24) SA: -- DC: 18
AC: 18 Touch: 10 Flat-footed: 17 [+1 Dodge, +8 Natural, -1 Size]
SR: -- Vulnerable: -- Resistant: -- Bypass: --
Immunity: Poison Effect Immunity: Disease
Sound Mimicry (ex, Sonic) - This creature perfectly imitates certain sounds and voices by making a Deception check. It gains a +8 competence bonus on this check if it has listened to the sound for 10 minutes before attempting to mimic it.
Attacks
- Melee (Natural) - 1 x bite +10 (2d6+7/19-20). Reach: 5 ft.
- Melee (Natural) - 2 x hooves +6 (1d6+2). Reach: 5 ft.
Lure (Free)(su) - At any point that a leucrotta's targets are unaware of it (for example, if the leucrotta is hiding or concealed in darkness), the leucrotta can call out to the targets, who must be in line of sight and within 60 feet. When the leucrotta calls out, the targets must make a Charisma save or fall under the effects of a suggestion to approach the sound of the leucrotta's voice. This effect functions identically to a mass suggestion spell. A creature that saves cannot be affected again by the same leucrotta's lure for 24 hours.
Environment: temperate or tropical forests or hills
Organization: None
Treasure: standard
This freakish beast has the head of a badger, the hooves of a stag, and a wide mouth with sharp ridges of bone instead of teeth.
Reputed to be descended from hyenas and a demon lord, these creatures are intelligent and cruel, using their astounding vocal mimicry to lure foolish and unsuspecting creatures to where the pack can torment them at its leisure before finally devouring them. Five feet tall at the shoulder, its tawny fur often coated with dried and clotted filth, the leucrotta is a powerful beast weighing over 800 pounds. The sharp bone ridges that line its oversized jaws instead of teeth are incredibly durable and, combined with massive jaw muscles, allow its bite to shear through bone and even steel. Leucrottas consume their prey gear and all; they vomit up what they cannot digest and pick through the debris in search of valuable items that might help them lure in prey. Leucrottas sometimes lead packs of gnolls, or even of their bestial cousins the crocottas (see below). They refuse to let themselves be used as beasts of burden, but sometimes allow favored gnoll companions to ride them into battle as steeds. The leucrotta in a gnoll pack generally thinks of itself as the leader of that group, and treats any established gnoll chieftain poorly in an attempt to goad that gnoll into attacking it. Those leucrottas that succeed in slaying a gnoll leader typically find it much easier to assume the role of tribal leader. Crocotta These degenerate offshoots of leucrottas have animallevel intelligence, but sense a kinship with leucrottas and obey them instinctively. Treat a crocotta as an advanced dire hyena with Improved Critical (bite) as a bonus feat. A crocotta looks similar to a leucrotta, save that it has shorter back legs, giving it a hunched, more hyena-like appearance. Leucrottas view crocottas with disdain and even shame, but it's not unusual to find these large hyena-like beasts in close proximity to a leucrotta pack. Crocottas are popular attractions in traveling carnivals, where unscrupulous con artists bill them as cursed humanoids or animals.
