Shard Slag

Shard Slag CR 8

This smoldering mass of metal-encrusted goo sports half a dozen pseudopods, each tipped with a burning-hot sword blade.

XP 4,800
N Huge ooze (fire)
Init –2; Senses blindsight 60 ft, blindsense (vibration) 60 ft.; Perception +16

DEFENSE HP 125

EAC 20; KAC 22
Fort +12, Ref +8, Will +5
Defensive Abilities molten form; DR 5/magic; Immunities acid, electricity, fire, ooze immunities
Weaknesses vulnerable to cold and water

OFFENSE

Speed 30 ft., burrow 20 ft.
Melee slag blade +19 (1d6+14 F & S)
Multiattack 1d4+2 slag blades +13 (1d6+14 F & S)
Offensive Abilities excruciating burn, slag blades

STATISTICS

Str +6, Dex –2, Con +4, Int —, Wis –5, Cha –5
Skills Athletics +16
Other Abilities burrow, mindless

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Burrow (Ex)

shard slag can burrow through solid stone at half its normal burrow speed.

Excruciating Burn (Ex)

A living creature that takes fire damage from a shard slag must succeed at a DC 16 Fortitude save or be staggered for 1 round. This is a fire effect.

Molten Form (Ex)

A shard slag’s molten metal body is hot enough to melt stone. Creatures that begin their turn within 5 feet of a shard slag take 1d6 fire damage. Anyone striking a shard slag with a natural weapon or unarmed strike takes 2d6 fire damage. A creature that grapples a shard slag or is grappled by one takes 3d6 fire damage each round the grapple persists. A creature that strikes a shard slag with a weapon can attempt a DC 16 Reflex save; if it fails, it’s unable to pull the weapon away from the shard slag’s molten body quickly enough, and the weapon takes 2d6 fire damage. Unattended objects in contact with a shard slag take 2d6 fire damage per round.

Damage caused to weapons and unattended objects is not halved and ignores the first 5 points of hardness.

Slag Blades (Ex)

Each round, a shard slag manipulates its molten metal form to create 1d4+2 blade-like protrusions it can extend to attack prey. The slag blades each strike as slashing weapons that deal additional fire damage. Due to a shard slag’s constantly roiling molten body, the slag blades melt away at the end of the shard slag’s turn each round to be immediately replaced by 1d4+2 new slag blades.

Vulnerable to Water (Ex)

If a significant amount of water—such as the contents of a large bucket or a blow from a water elemental—strikes a shard slag, the creature must succeed at a DC 20 Fortitude save or be staggered for 1d6 rounds. A shard slag that is immersed in water is automatically staggered and must succeed at a DC 20 Fortitude save each round (this DC increases by 1 each subsequent round) or be petrified, reverting to its molten metal form once the water is gone.