Creating a Granule Construct Host

AC 24, touch 24, flat-footed 18 (+6 Dex, +8 size)

hp 55 (10d10); fast healing 1

Fort +3, Ref +9, Will +9

DR 10/magic

Immune weapon damage

Resist fire 10

Speed 0 ft., fly 40 ft. (perfect)

Melee swarm (2d6)

Space 10 ft., ; Reach 0 ft.

Special Attacks distraction, infest

Str 1,, Dex 22,, Con —,, Int 6,, Wis 18,, Cha 10

Base Atk +7

Feats Ability Focus (distraction) , Ability Focus (infest) , Alertness , Iron Will

Skills Hide +29, Listen +6, Move Silently +12, Spot +6

SQ construct traits, hive mind, swarm traits

Dispersion (Ex) As an immediate action, a swarm can disperse into the air around it, expanding to fill any area up to a 30-fool square. While dispersed, the swarm deals no damage and may not use its special abilities, but it is able to immediately hide in plain sight with a +10 bonus and takes only the standard amount of damage from area effects. Once dispersed, it takes the swarm 2 rounds to coalesce again, during which time it cannot attack. A granule construct swarm can remain in its dispersed state indefinitely.

Distraction (Ex) Any living creature that begins its turn with a granule construct swarm in its space must succeed on a DC 17 Fortitude save of be nauseated for 1 round. The save DC is Constitution-based.

Hive Mind (Ex) Any granule construct swarm with at least 1 hit point per hit die forms a hive mind, giving it an intelligence of 6. When a granule construct swarm is reduced below this threshold, it becomes mindless. In addition, a granule construct swarm shares its collective consciousness with any granule construct hosts within 100 feet. As long as it remains in contact, the hosts cannot be flanked, and if one of them is aware of an enemy, they all are.

Infest (Ex) As a standard action, a granule construct swarm may attempt to infest a living creature whose square it inhabits. The targeted creature must make a DC 17 Fortitude save or gain the granule construct host template, as a portion of the granule construct swarm invades and begins reproducing inside its body. The transformation takes 1 minute, during which time the host is incapacitated as its body warps and spasms. A remove disease or heal spell cast on a granule construct host forces the swarm to abandon the body, removing the template. The save DC is Constitution-based.