Azaka Thought Seeker

Azaka Thought-Seeker CR 6

This giant creature resembles a praying mantis with crab-like pincers and two blue-white tendrils extending from between its mandibles.

XP 2,400
LE Large aberration (azaka)
Init +0; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; sense radiation; Perception +17
Aura radioactive aura (60 ft., DC 17)

DEFENSE HP 75

EAC 16; KAC 17
Fort +5, Ref +5, Will +11
Immunities azaka immunities

OFFENSE

Speed 40 ft.
Melee pincers +10 (1d8+8 P) or claws +10 (1d8+8 S) or psychic lashes +12 (1d6 nonlethal plus sleep)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft.
Offensive Abilities radioactive cocoon
Spell-like Abilities CL 10

At will—confusion (lesser), mind link (DC 17)
6/day—fear (1st level), hold person, holographic image, mind thrust (2nd level) (DC 17)
3/day—hologram memory, suggestion (DC 17)

STATISTICS

Str +0, Dex +0, Con +0, Int +5, Wis +2, Cha +3
Feats Combat Reflexes
Skills Life Science +14, Stealth +17, Survival +17
Languages Azaka, Common, telepathy 180 ft.
Other Abilities sleep, hive mind

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Radioactive Cocoon (Ex)

As a full-round action, an azaka thought-seeker can entrap a helpless creature in a cocoon of radiation-infused threads. The cocoon has hardness 8 and 30 hit points, and half of any damage that overcomes the cocoon’s hardness is also dealt to the entrapped creature.

While cocooned, the creature enters a form of stasis and does not need to eat or breathe, is aware of its surroundings, but can take no actions.

A cocooned creature slowly undergoes a horrific transformation, taking 1d4 points of Constitution damage each day it remains trapped. When the cocooned creature reaches 0 Constitution, it emerges as an insectile creature. The azaka thought-seeker and any member of its hive can give telepathic commands to the creature as a free action. The number of CR worth of insectile creatures that an individual azaka thought-seeker can control is determined by the size of its hive-mind: up to 2 CR (individual azaka thought-seeker); 4 CR (small); 8 CR (medium); 16 CR (large); or 32 CR (huge).

Sense Radiation (Su)

An azaka thought-seeker can sense the direction of the nearest source of radiation within 50 miles as if by detect radiation.

Radioactive Aura (Su)

An azaka thought-seeker emits an aura of low radiation in a 60 ft. radius.