Scarlet Walker
This crimson horror walks upon six long, thin legs. Its face is neither that of a skull nor spider, but some horrid mix of the two.
Scarlet Walker (CR 12)
Huge Outsider (Evil, Extraplanar, Lawful)Alignment: Lawful Evil
Initiative: +9
Senses: bloodsense, Darkvision 60 feet, Detect Thoughts; Perception +24
Speed: 40 feet, Climb 40 feet
Space: 15 feet
Defense
Armor Class: 28, touch 18, flat-footed 18 (+9 Dex, +1 dodge, +10 natural, -2 size)Hit Points: 168 (16d10+80) Fast Healing 10
Saving Throws: Fort +10, Ref +19, Will +15
Evasion
Immunity: acid, cold, poison
Spell Resistance: 23
Weaknesses: vulnerability to electricity
Offense
Melee: 2 claws +23 (2d6+7/19-20 plus bleed), tentacles +18 (4d6+3 plus bleed and Paralysis)Reach: 30 feet
Special Attacks: Bleed (1d6), blood-draining gaze, Paralysis (1d4 rounds, DC 23)
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 12th; Concentration +17):
- Constant- Air Walk, Detect Thoughts
- At Will- Sending
- 3/day- Confusion (DC 19), Demand (DC 23), quickened Confusion, Lesser (DC 16)
- 1/day- Feeblemind (DC 20), Insanity (DC 22), True Seeing
Statistics
| Str | Dex | Con | Int | Wis | Cha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 (+7) | 29 (+9) | 21 (+5) | 14 (+2) | 20 (+5) | 21 (+5) |
CMB +25
CMD 45 (53 vs. Trip)
Feats: Combat Reflexes, Dodge, Improved Critical (claws), Quicken Spell-Like Ability (lesser Confusion), Spring Attack, Weapon Finesse
Skills: Acrobatics +28 (+32 when jumping), Climb +15, Intimidate +24, Knowledge (arcana) +21, Knowledge (nature) +21, Knowledge (planes) +21, Perception +24, Sense Motive +24, Stealth +20
Languages: Aklo, Infernal; telepathy 300 ft.
Special Qualities: Compression, No Breath
Special Abilities
Blood-Draining Gaze (Su)
All creatures within 20 feet of a scarlet walker are subject to the monster's eerie blood-draining gaze. Affected creatures must succeed at a DC 23 Fortitude save or thin streams of blood pour from their eyes, flowing through the air and into the eye socket-like pits in the scarlet walker's face. This does not impact the victim's vision, but does deal 1 point of Constitution damage and sickens the victim for 1 round from the hideous pain. A creature already suffering from a bleed effect takes a -4 penalty on the saving throw. This is a bleed effect. The save DC is Constitution-based.Bloodsense (Su)
A scarlet walker can sense living creatures with blood in their veins, or undead creatures that feed on blood (such as vampires). This ability functions like blindsight to a range of 60 feet.Ecology
Environment: AnyOrganization: solitary, pair, or crowd (3-8)
Treasure: standard
The scarlet walker is an alien entity from some other dimension, often conjured by the wizards of Thassilon to serve as a minion. Scarlet walkers were particularly favored for their adeptness at interrogating prisoners, either via torture, or via the creatures' uncanny ability to mentally compel both actions and compliance. Once an interrogation was over, the scarlet walker's master typically commanded the monster to render the victim insane or feebleminded if mere death wasn't appropriate.
Scarlet walkers themselves hail from the nightmare realm of Leng, where they walk amid strange, stony deserts and stride through the skies above. No mere predators, scarlet walkers build immense hives of coagulated blood and tissue in nameless mountain valleys, and the flavors of various creatures' blood is an inexhaustible topic of discussion among their kind.
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