Displacer Beast, Pack Lord

Huge Magical Beast — CR 12

Monster Manual v.3.5 (MM), p. 673.5
Hit Dice
18d10+192 (203 hp)
Initiative
+1
Speed
Land 40 ft
Armor Class
17, touch 9, flat-footed 16
Base Attack / Grapple
+18/+34
Attack
Tentacle +25 melee (1d8+8)
Full Attack
2 tentacles +25 melee (1d8+8) and bite +19 melee (2d6+4)
STR
26
DEX
13
CON
20
INT
5
WIS
12
CHA
8
Fort / Ref / Will
+16 / +14 / +9
Challenge Rating
12
Alignment
Usually Lawful-Evil
Organization
Solitary or pair
Treasure
1/10 coins; 50% goods; standard items
Environment
Hills
Level Adjustment

Special Abilities

DarkvisionDisplacementLow-Light VisionResistance to Ranged Attacks

Feats

This creature looks like an emaciated panther, with blue-black fur, six legs, and a body that is nothing but muscle and bone. A pair of tentacles sprout from its shoulders and end in horny-ridged pads.

Description

Due to the bizarre nature of their anatomy, displacer beasts are unusually likely to produce mutant offspring. These whelps can grow to tremendous size, reaching a length of 20 feet and standing almost 10 feet high at the shoulder. Pack lords, as these gigantic displacer beasts are known, frequently lead bands of their smaller fellows.

Except for their freakish size and strength, pack lords resemble normal displacer beasts.

Displacer beasts speak Common.

Combat

Displacer beasts tear at opponents with their tentacles and bite foes that get close.

Displacement (Su): A light-bending glamer continually surrounds a displacer beast, making it difficult to surmise the creature’s true location. Any melee or ranged attack directed at it has a 50% miss chance unless the attacker can locate the beast by some means other than sight. A true seeing effect allows the user to see the beast’s position, but see invisibility has no effect.

Resistance to Ranged Attacks (Su): A displacer beast has a +2 resistance bonus on saves against any ranged magical attack that specifically targets it (except for ranged touch attacks).

Skills: A displacer beast has a +8 racial bonus on Hide checks, thanks to its displacement ability.