Carrion Creeper

AC 24, touch 16, flat-footed 17 (+7 Dex, +8 natural, –1 size)

hp 133 (14d8+70)

Fort +13, Ref +11, Will +5

Immune plant traits

Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft.

Melee 4 vines +17 (2d6+4/19–20 plus grab)

Space 10 ft., ; Reach 10 ft.

Special Attacks brutal pull, efficient grappler, whirlwind of thorns

CMB +18 (+26 grapple) CMD 32 (can't be tripped)

Str 19,, Dex 25,, Con 18,, Int 4,, Wis 12,, Cha 7

Base Atk +10

Feats Agile Maneuvers , Combat Reflexes , Improved Critical (vine) , Skill Focus (Stealth) , Toughness , Weapon Finesse , Weapon Focus (vine)

Skills Climb +16, Perception +9, Stealth +14

Languages Sylvan (can't speak)

SQ freeze

Brutal Pull (Ex) When a carrion creeper successfully initiates a grapple and moves its target to an adjacent space, the target takes 2d8 points of bludgeoning damage for every 5 feet it moves.

Efficient Grappler (Ex) A carrion creeper takes only a –10 penalty on its combat maneuver check to make and maintain a grapple on a foe when using only a vine rather than its whole body to grapple. It receives a +8 bonus on combat maneuver checks to maintain a grapple rather than the normal +4 bonus granted by the grab ability.

Vines (Ex) A carrion creeper’s thorny vines are primary natural weapons that deal piercing and bludgeoning damage and have a reach of 15 feet.

Whirlwind of Thorns (Ex) Once every 1d4 rounds as a full-round action, a carrion creeper can shake its body to launch thorns in a 20-foot-radius burst centered on itself. All creatures within the burst except carrion creepers take 8d6 points of piercing damage (Reflex DC 21 half). As part of the full-round action, the carrion creeper can also attempt to maintain its hold on a creature it has grappled. The save DC is Constitution-based.