Reklan

Reklan CR 7

XP 3,200
N Small magical beast
Init +5; Senses blindsense (thought) 120 ft., darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +14

DEFENSE

HP 110
EAC 19; KAC 21
Fort +9; Ref +11; Will +7

OFFENSE

Speed 40 ft., climb 40 ft., fly 40 ft. (Su, average), swim 40 ft.
Melee spiny tentacle +18 (2d8+7 P) or bite +18 (2d6+11 P)
Ranged spine barrage +18 (2d8+7 P)

STATISTICS

Str +4; Dex +5; Con +2; Int -3; Wis +1; Cha +0
Skills Acrobatics +14, Athletics +14 (+22 to climb or swim), Stealth +19
Other Abilities compression, habitable field

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Habitable Field (Su) A reklan generates a magical field that makes its surroundings habitable. This field extends in a spherical spread 1,200 feet from the reklan. Within this field, the reklan and other creatures are affected as if by the life bubble spell.

Spine Barrage (Ex) A reklan can fling its tail spines with a range increment of 60 feet.

ECOLOGY

Environment any (Diaspora)
Organization solitary or mating knot (2–7)

Each reklan has two long, tentacular tails studded with bony spines similar to the creature’s teeth. The reklan usually keeps these tails rolled up, but in combat, it lashes out with them, flicking detachable spines like darts. A reklan also has two sets of smaller front tentacles linked by webs of skin, which it flaps like wings. These tentacles attach just behind the reklan’s fanged mouth. A typical reklan is only 3 feet long with its tails coiled. Most weigh around 90 pounds, and their spongy flesh allows them to squeeze through tiny spaces.

Reklans inhabit ruins they keep empty with their own hunting. They can also fly through vacuum in their magical bubbles. These creatures are usually found alone, although—because each reklan is capable of producing eggs and fertilizing the eggs of other reklans—they occasionally gather in small groups to mate.

If kept carefully contained and unable to sense thought, a reklan is content to hibernate indefinitely, allowing captors to harness the beast’s aura. Such arrangements are dangerous, though, since a reklan that breaks containment inevitably stalks its captors, stealthily moving through ventilation shafts and behind bulkheads to slaughter its prey with cunning efficiency.