#beula

[makenna-made-this]

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[pd-evil]

those quest game npcs but... modern! Beula and Apostate [She/Her]

[junjii-48]

Alchemical Ascension 🩵 ◦ೋ•◦❥•◦ೋ

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[squishoftheday]

Beula the Octopus

[widespot]

"It's been a whole semester, son, you got any good news for us?" "I made Dean's List." "I know that much. What about you and that little Newson gal?" "What about us? A lot of things can happen in eight semesters. Why rush?"

"But Sharla's practically grown up! " "Yeah, but I'm old for my age." "Not that old! We’re the same age, Arden - if a freshman boy made a pass at me I’d have to slap him down even if I Liked him. I don't think it's any nicer for her to do it to you." "It was my idea. I asked her." "So? She could've said no."

[fatmagic]

[thecreaturecodex]

Beula

“It--311″ © deviantArt user FutureDami. Accessed at their dA page here

[”He learned almost too late that man is a feeling creature... and because of it, the greatest in the universe. He learned too late for himself that men have to find their own way, to make their own mistakes. There can't be any gift of perfection from outside ourselves. And when men seek such perfection... they find only death... fire... loss... disillusionment... the end of everything that's gone forward. Men have always sought an end to the toil and misery, but it can't be given, it has to be achieved. There is hope, but it has to come from inside, from Man himself.”]

Beula CR 11 LE Plant This squat red creature appears to be some sort of leering, demonic crustacean. Its legs are little more than stumpy claws, and its head rises in a cone above its beady yellow eyes.

Beulas are alien plant life that seeks to control the minds and bodies of all other creatures. Despite their monstrous appearances, they are phenomenal tactical minds and strategic geniuses. Most beulas do not reveal themselves directly unless forced, preferring to control the world around them through dominated puppets created by the use of mindspores and willing subjects persuaded by the creature’s charming words and promises of power.

The mindspore is the most unusual component of a beula’s body—these are not independent creatures so much as mobile outgrowths that carry fragments of the beula’s psyche. A mindspore resembles a vegetal manta ray some six inches in diameter, and flies forth on the beula’s orders to make a thrall. A creature bitten by a mindspore is injected with the psychic impulse to serve the beula, whereupon the mindspore immediately dies.

Although beulas disdain direct combat, they are skilled at it. A beula prefers to inflict hideous damage using its mental abilities over physical confrontation, but if pressed will battle with teeth and claws. Due to their strange fungal/crustacean bodies, some sages postulate that beulas are related somehow to the mi-go. Neither species is willing to comment on the matter.

Beula    CR 11 XP 12,800 LE Medium plant Init +5; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, Perception +16 Defense AC 25, touch 11, flat-footed 24 (+1 Dex, +14 natural) hp 149 (13d8+91) Fort +15, Ref +5, Will +4 DR 10/magic and slashing; Immune acid, plant traits Defensive Abilities stability Weakness emotions Offense Speed 20 ft. Melee 2 claws +14 (1d6+5/17-20x3), bite +14 (1d8+5) Special Attacks augmented critical, dominate thrall, mindspore, rend (2 claws, 1d6+7) Spell-like Abilities CL 13th, concentration +18 (+22 casting defensively) At will—inflict pain (DC 16), mindlink, sending 3/day—ego whip II (DC 19), quickened inflict pain (DC 16), mind probe (DC 19), empowered mind thrust III (DC 18), synaptic pulse (DC 18), telekinesis (DC 20) 1/day—psychic crush I (DC 20) Statistics Str 20, Dex 13, Con 25, Int 24, Wis 10, Cha 20 Base Atk +9; CMB +14; CMD 25 (29 vs. trip, bull rush) Feats Blind-fight, Combat Casting, Empower SLA (mind thrust III), Improved Critical (claw), Improved Initiative, Persuasive, Quicken SLA (inflict pain) Skills Bluff +18, Diplomacy +22, Intimidate +22, Knowledge (any two) +20, Perception +16, Spellcraft +20, Stealth +17, Use Magic Device +18 Languages Aklo, Common, Mi-go, telepathy 100 ft. Ecology Environment any land and underground Organization solitary or army (1 plus 1-20 thralls) Treasure double standard Special Abilities Augmented Critical (Ex) A beula’s claw attacks threaten a critical hit on a 19-20 and deal x3 damage on a successful critical hit. Most beula’s increase their threat range with the Improved Critical feat. Dominate Thrall (Su) A beula can give orders to as many of its dominated victims as it wishes in a single action, and can communicate with them at a range of 10 miles. Creatures dominated by a beula always obey its commands without question, even obviously self-destructive ones. Mindspore (Su) As a full-round action once per wek, a beula can create eight mindspores, bat-like creatures capable of infecting others with the beula’s thoughts. A mindspore can communicate telepathically with the beula at a range of 10 miles and obeys its commands without question. A mindspore acts mechanically as a bat with the darkvision and immunities of the plant type. Any creature bitten by a mindspore must succeed a DC 21 Will save or become dominated by the beula (as per dominate person, CL 13th). A mindspore that bites a creature, whether or not the creature fails its save, immediately dies. A mindspore dies 24 hours after its creation. The save DC is Charisma based. Stability (Ex): A beula receives a +4 racial bonus to their Combat Maneuver Defense when resisting a bull rush or trip attempt while standing on the ground. Weakness to Emotions (Ex) A beula is not immune to mind-influencing effects with the emotion descriptor.

[bloodandbloom]

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