The Stabbing Beast (Scorpion Form)

# Herald, The Stabbing Beast (Scorpion Form)

## The Stabbing Beast (Scorpion Form) CR 15

**Source** *Pathfinder #59: The Price of Infamy pg. 91**(Amazon)*

**XP** 51,200

NE Huge outsider (evil, extraplanar, shapechanger)

**Init** +14; **Senses** darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, see in darkness, *see invisibility*; Perception +27

### Defense

**AC** 31, touch 19, flat-footed 20 (+10 Dex, +1 dodge, +12 natural, –2 size)

**hp** 225 (18d10+126)

**Fort** +18, **Ref** +16, **Will** +15; +4 vs. mind–affecting

**Defensive Abilities** all-around vision, scorpion mind; **DR** 10/ good and magic; **Immune** poison; **Resist** acid 30, cold 10, electricity 10, fire 10; **SR** 26

### Offense

**Speed** 50 ft.

**Melee** 2 claws +27 (2d6+12/19–20 plus bleed and grab), sting +27 (2d6+12/19–20 plus bleed and poison)

**Ranged** poison stream +26 touch (blindness), 2 integrated dart gun +27 (1d6+4/x2 plus poison)

**Space** 15 ft., **Reach** 15 ft.

**Special Attacks** bleed 2d6, constrict (2d6+12), scorpion strike

**Spell-Like Abilities** (CL 18th; concentration +20)

Constant—*see invisibility*

At will—*absorbing touch*, *alchemical allocation*, *charm person*(DC 13), *keen edge*, *poison*(DC 16), *true strike*

3/day—*false alibi*(DC 15, see page 75), *greater teleport*(self only plus 50 lbs.), *invisibility*, *modify memory*(DC 16), *suggestion*(DC 15), summon (level 6, 1 fiendish deadfall scorpion, 100%)

### Statistics

**Str** 32, **Dex** 31, **Con** 24, **Int** 13, **Wis** 15, **Cha** 14

**Base Atk** +18; **CMB** +31 (+35 grapple); **CMD** 52 (64 vs. trip)

**Feats** Combat Expertise, Combat Reflexes, Deflect ArrowsB, Dodge, Greater FeintB, Improved FeintB, Improved Initiative, Improved Iron Will, Iron Will, Mobility, Skill Focus (Stealth), Spring Attack, Two-Weapon FightingB

**Skills** Appraise +13, Bluff +22, Climb +20, Craft (alchemy) +13, Knowledge (arcana) +10, Knowledge (local) +13, Knowledge (nature) +10, Knowledge (planes) +13, Knowledge (religion) +13,Perception +27, Sense Motive +14, Stealth +37 (+45 in forests); **Racial Modifiers** +8 Bluff, +4 Perception, +8 Stealth (+16 in forests)

**Languages** Abyssal, Celestial, Common, Infernal, Protean; telepathy 100 ft.

**SQ** change shape (Huge scorpion or scorpion-tailed human), murderer’s reward

The Arcanotheign is a mysterious creature serving the mad god Nethys. Because her creator sends her to Golarion on missions to heal, destroy, or spy, she is familiar with creatures of the mortal world, yet still very much an outsider, and she is fascinated by the intricacies of mortal interactions and history. In her natural, incorporeal form, she is a storm of magic, immediately recognizable as a creature of the arcane and divine. Ever curious, she often asks personal, direct questions of those she is sent to interact with, even as she repairs their wounds or tears their souls from their bodies. Sometimes she is told to assume a physical form, and lives among humanoids as a mysterious oracle for days or weeks, observing those near her and giving cryptic answers to those who dare approach her. She stands just over 7 feet tall, and has a habit of f loating a few inches above the ground instead of walking.