Voltar
A man-sized humanoid whose body is covered with crackling and arcing blue and white electricity stands before you. Its eyes are oversized empty white sockets. Small sparks of electricity seem to dance inside the empty sockets.
Voltar (CR 4)
Medium Outsider (Electricity, Extraplanar)Alignment: Neutral
Initiative: +2
Senses: Darkvision 60 feet; Perception +8
Speed: 30 feet
Space: 5 feet
Defense
Armor Class: 16, touch 12, flat-footed 14 (+2 Dex, +4 natural)Hit Points: 37 (5d10+10)
Saving Throws: Fort +6, Ref +6, Will +3
Damage Reduction: 5/magic
Immunity: cold, electricity, poison
Weaknesses: vulnerability to water
Offense
Melee: longsword +9 (1d8+3 plus 1d6 electricity), 2 slams +3 (1d4+3 plus 1d6 electricity)Reach: 5 feet
Ranged: lightning bolt +7 (2d6 electricity)
Special Attacks: death throes, lightning bolt
Statistics
Str | Dex | Con | Int | Wis | Cha |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
17 (+3) | 15 (+2) | 15 (+2) | 10 (+0) | 11 (+0) | 10 (+0) |
CMB +8
CMD 20
Feats: Ability Focus (death throes), Iron Will, Weapon Focus (Longsword)
Skills: Diplomacy +5, Escape Artist +7, Knowledge (planes) +8, Perception +8, Stealth +10, Survival +5
Languages: Common (can't speak), Voltar
Special Abilities
Death Throes (Su)
When reduced to 0 hit points or less, a voltar explodes in a blinding flash of electricity that radiates outward and deals 5d6 points of electricity damage to everything within 30 feet. A DC 16 Reflex save reduces the damage by half. The save DC is Constitution-based.Lightning Bolt (Su)
A voltar's lightning bolt has a range of 100 feet.Vulnerable to Water (Ex)
A voltar submerged in enough water to cover its entire body is immediately reduced to 0 hit points and explodes just as if it had used its death throes ability.Ecology
Environment: AnyOrganization: solitary or pair
Treasure: incidental (longsword, other treasure)
Voltars are organic creatures semi-composed of lightning that hail from the Quasi-Elemental Plane of Lightning. Though rarely encountered on other planes, they do enjoy traveling to the Material Plane from time to time, journeying to the plane via lightning storms and riding the lightning bolts to the ground. On the Material Plane, voltars make their lairs near civilized areas, but not close enough to draw attention to them. Most such lairs consist of well-hidden and camouflaged caves or caverns in dense forests or hilly areas. They enjoy watching natives of the Material Plane and often make forays into nearby civilized areas to observe the locals.
Voltars are nocturnal hunters, preferring to hunt during thunderstorms, rainstorms, and especially lightning storms. A voltar's diet consists primarily of whatever it can catch and kill supplemented with a mix of berries, nuts, and fruits.
A voltar appears as a milky-white slender and lithe humanoid standing about 6-1/2 feet tall. Its body, armor, and weapon is covered in dancing and arcing crackling electricity of blue and white. Its eyes are white and empty (save for the small sparks of electricity that seem to play in them). Its head is long and rectangular and its mouth long and wide. No teeth seem to be present in its mouth.
A voltar speaks its own tongue consisting of clicks and guttural sounds. It seems to understand Common, but does not appear to be able to speak it.
A lone voltar does not attack if outnumbered (unless it is cornered and cannot escape). When more than one voltar is present, however, they often attack creatures that wander too close to their lair. In combat, a voltar attacks with its electrically-charged fists, weapon, or by hurling a bolt of lightning at an opponent.
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