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Monolith Constructs

Beautiful and elaborate suits of armor animated with shadow magic and fueled by a flickering blue flame that is both freezing cold and burning hot to the touch, these constructs are more decoration that guardian, being fairly fragile for their cost. They are inordinately expensive, both in terms of material construction and magical animation, far beyond their combat prowess is worth. This does not make them truly weak however, in particular the larger champions that are quite dangerous against regular foes who are not equipped to handle a twelve foot tall animated suite of full plate armor with a massive greatsword. Most interesting about the monolith constructs is their ability to weave shadow into illusionary magic. When they strike a foe they can cloak the target in shadow, paralyzing them and turning them invisible before creating a copy of the target they control. Most often this copy is used to sow confusion and fear among the target's allies, calling for retreats or surrender to weaken cohesion.

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Pathfinder 2e

Monolith constructs were created by the shadow fey, drawing power from the Netherworld around them, though some fey lords in the Tenth Kingdom find their style appealing and have found ways to replicate the creation. The monolith's Blatant Dismissal only works in the Netherworld in the first case, and only within the specific courts of the constructs owner in the second, limited by the lack of constant ambient shadow power while within the Tenth Kingdom. The monolith's shadow duplicates of struck creatures are capable of fighting, though they will often delay revealing this to take advantage of using the illusion to try and convince the target's allies to surrender immediately rather than continue battle.

The more basic footman version is smaller and weaker, and the necessary compromises to beauty leaves these constructs particularly open for strikes at vulnerable spots, the armor providing less protection due to thinning and aesthetic choices on the design. This makes the body itself somewhat cheaper and easier to construct, so some courts will have a number of these constructs flanking important hallways as a show of money and art.

Monolith Footman Creature 3 Medium Construct Perception +5; darkvision Languages Elven, Shadowtongue Skills Athletics +10 Str +3, Dex +1, Con +2, Int +0, Wis +0, Cha +0 AC 18; Fort +11, Ref +8, Will +5 HP 50; Immunities bleed, death effects, disease, doomed, drained, fatigued, healing, nonlethal attacks, paralyzed, poison, sickened, unconscious, vitality, void; Resistances physical 3 (except adamantine); Weaknesses critical hits 6 Speed 25 feet Melee longsword +10 (versatile P), Damage 1d8+3 slashing plus 1d6 cold or fire (see Fey Fire) and Blatand Dismissal Melee fist +10 (agile), Damage 1d6+3 bludgeoning plus 1d6 cold or fire (see Fey Fire) Blatant Dismissal [reaction] (arcane, illusion, incapacitation, mental, shadow); Requirement The monolith footman is within a fey court or castle; Trigger The monolith footman scores a critical hit with its longsword; Effect The target must succeed on a DC 17 Will save or be turned invisible, paralyzed, and made silent for 1d4 rounds (or 1d4+4 rounds on a critical failure). An illusionary version of the creature appears in its space as a 2nd rank illusory creature spell. The spell ends when the other effects on the target end. Fey Fire [1 action] (concentrate) The monolith footman changes the elemental damage dealt by its longsword and fist between cold and fire. The choice remains until it next uses Fey Fire.

Monolith champions are far larger, and by necessity are more durable than the footman. One champion can cost more than a dozen footman however, so a single one is quite the expenditure, and having more can be devastating to the owner's bank.

Monolith Champion Creature 8 Large Construct Perception +14; darkvision Languages Elven, Shadowtongue Skills Athletics +16 Str +4, Dex +1, Con +3, Int +0, Wis +0, Cha +0 Items +1 striking greatsword AC 27; Fort +19, Ref +13, Will +14 HP 150; Immunities bleed, death effects, disease, doomed, drained, fatigued, healing, nonlethal attacks, paralyzed, poison, sickened, unconscious, vitality, void; Resistances physical 8 (except adamantine) Speed 35 feet Melee greatsword +19 (magical, versatile P), Damage 2d12+8 slashing plus 1d6 cold or fire (see Fey Fire) and Blatant Dismissal Melee fist +18 (agile, magical), Damage 2d4+8 bludgeoning plus 1d6 cold or fire (see Fey Fire) Blatant Dismissal [reaction] (arcane, illusion, incapacitation, mental, shadow); Requirement The monoligh champion is within a fey court or castle; Trigger The monolith champion scores a critical hit with its greatsword; Effect The target must succeed on a DC 23 Will save or be turned invisible, paralyzed, and made silent for 1d4 rounds (or 1d4+4 rounds on a critical failure). An illusionary version of the creature appears in its space as a 4th rank illusory creature spell. The spell ends when the other effects on the target end. Fey Fire [1 action] (concentrate) The monolith champion changes the elemental damage dealt by its greatsword and fist between cold and fire. The choice remains until it next uses Fey Fire.

13th Age

The monolith constructs are favored by the Elf Queen's court, their beauty and confounding magic being excellent treats. The Queen herself has many of them, though they are not used for personal defense as her true bodyguards are far more subtle and terrifying. Instead her battalion of monolith champions are purely for show, performing parades and acting as a mobile art exhibition, each one having unique and distinct designs. Few other Icon's followers see the value of monolith constructs, being more practical in many ways, though individual mages and lords who are more susceptible to frivolous spending may commission some monolith footmen, or even a champion to grace their personal residences.

Monolith Footman 4th level troop [construct] Initiative: +6 Fey Flame Blade +9 vs. AC – 10 damage. Natural 11+: 5 cold or fire damage (footman’s choice). Critical Hit: The monolith footman makes a blatant dismissal attack against the target as a free action. [Special Trigger] Blatant Dismissal +8 vs. MD – The target is dazed (save ends). Natural 14+: The target is weakened until the end of their next turn, then dazed (save ends). Natural 18+: The target is charmed (save ends). Fragile Construction: A critical hit against the monolith footman drops it to 0 hit points. AC 21 PD 17 MD 14 HP 60

Monolith Champion 5th level double strength troop [construct] Initiative: +7 Fey Flame Greatsword +10 vs. AC – 25 damage. Natural 11+: The target and 1d3 nearby enemies take 5 cold or fire damage (champion’s choice). Critical Hit: The monolith champion makes a blatant dismissal attack against the target as a free action. [Special Trigger] Blatant Dismissal +9 vs. MD – The target is stunned (easy save ends, 6+). Natural 14+: The target turns invisible while stunned, and an illusionary duplicate appears. The duplicate becomes the target of any spell or ability the target’s allies use that would affect the target, negating the effects. Nastier Special Partially Real Duplicate: While an enemy is invisible from blatant dismissal, the illusionary copy lashes out at their allies. It makes the following attack each round on the target’s turn (let the player roll for the attack if you like, flavoring it to the target’s equipment and abilities and pretending the character is confused): Illusory Attack +9 vs. MD (one nearby enemy) – 10 psychic damage. AC 22 PD 18 MD 15 HP 160

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Pech

The pech didn't actually get a Pathfinder 2e update, so this post will have the Pathfinder and 13th Age stat blocks instead of two 13th Age conversions.

Pech are small, gangly figures who dwell deep in the earth. Fairie beings of dirt and mining, they once served powerful masters, but long ago those masters vanished and now they must find their own way forward. Some continue to live in the same caverns they did under their masters, while others travelled out further into the world, exploring the Underworld. Rumor holds that derro may not actually be corrupted dwarves, and may instead be pech who dug into some unknown horror and returned twisted. Never the strongest, they generally survive through avoiding attention, though many have been subjugated by other factions. Among the best miners in the world due to natural ability, anyone would love to have pech miners working for them. The entrances to pech homes are exceptionally well hidden through natural methods, blending the openings into the walls such that they're nearly invisible, only seen from specific angles and by those who know what they're looking for. Intruding upon the pech doesn't draw immediate violence, instead being welcomed with warmth and friendly advice, ending on a firm warning that they be left alone.

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Pathfinder 2e

Pech Creature 3 Small, Earth, Fey Perception +8; darkvision Languages Petran, Sakvroth Skills Athletics +9, Crafting +12, Stealth +8, Engineering Lore +12, Mining Lore +12 Str +4, Dex +1, Con +1, Int +1, Wis +1, Cha +1 Items greatpick AC 17; Fort +6, Ref +8, Will +8 HP 52; Immunities petrified; Weaknesses cold iron 3 Speed 20 feet Melee greatpick +9 (fatal d12), Damage 1d10+4 piercing Primal Innate Spells DC 18 ; 5th speak with stone (×3); 4th shape stone (×3); Pech Magic [3 actions] (concentrate, primal); Frequency once per day; Effect The pech focuses their magic. It delays the effect of this power until enough pech within 30 feet of it also use this action. Once four pech use this action, they can choose to expend the effect to cast wall of stone. Once eight pech use this action, they can choose to expend the effect to cast petrify. If the effect is not expended before the start of the pech's next turn, the effect is expended and lost to no effect. Stone Knowledge The pech has a +1 circumstance bonus to attack rolls and a +2 circumstance bonus to damage against creatures with the earth trait.

13th Age

Pech 2nd level troop [elemental] Initiative: +5 Miner’s Pick +7 vs. AC – 6 damage. Natural 16+: The target is also stuck (save ends). Pech Magic: Four pech can use their standard actions in combination to cast a stone trap. Each enemy in the battle must attempt a save: on a failure, the target is stuck and takes 8 ongoing damage (save ends both). Eight pech can use their standard actions in combination to cast flesh to stone on one nearby enemy. Each individual pech in the battle can only use this action once. [Special Trigger] C: Flesh to Stone +7 vs. PD – The target must start making last gasp saves. On the fourth failed save, the target turns to stone. AC 18 PD 15 MD 13 HP 36

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Individual clockwork beetles are more fancy accessories than weapons, intended to be companions to the wealthy. There are many designs of beetle, from incandescent ladybugs to majestic stag beetles, usually all averaging about the size of a house cat. Despite not being designed as weapons of war, they usually still have some defensive capabilities, letting them function as emergency protectors of their purchasers with razor sharp mandibles (or occasionally horns), and to facilitate this function they have small reservoirs built into them to allow them to carry venom. Many are unaware of this option, but those who do know usually surreptitiously purchase some venom in the case of emergency.

Rarely however, large numbers of these clockworks can go rogue. Sometimes this is by design, a creator building in some form of override switch or failsafe to take control of any of their beetles as needed. Other times it happens with a more careless creator who leaves bugs in the clockwork beetle's programming, causing them to go wild and bond with each other instead of their intended owner. In either case, a swarm of clockwork beetles has no proper goal or plan, simply flying about erratically and getting into conflicts with those who try and intercept it. Ideally, in such a situation the clockwork mechanisms running the swarm would wind down, but in the case of purposefully designed swarms (and some accidental ones) the beetles are capable of winding each other, prolonging the swarm indefinitely until either dismissed or destroyed.

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Clockwork hounds and huntsmen were built to function together, tracking creatures. While the more generous use of them is in hunting monsters and other threats, far more often they wind up in the hunting people. An emotionless, unrelenting, tireless hunter is quite useful for those who don't want sympathy or independent thought interrupting a hunt. As such, the corrupt and cruel are most keen on making use of these hunters. Corrupt aristocrats seeking patrols to watch their serfs and catch those seeking to escape indentured servitude (and the occasional vanity hunt for foxes or other helpless prey), secret police searching for dissidents and subversives, criminal gangs looking for victims, or moneylenders tracking those fleeing their debts. As such, most common folk hate and fear the hounds and huntsmen, while those who hold their leashes love them quite a lot.

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Large cacti with basic sapience, cactids grow in a variety of different shapes. From barrels, to clumps of spheres, to large saguaros with arms, from green to brown, they are all lined with long, hollow needles and have some kind of ambulatory tendril that can lash out quite far to catch passing creatures. Crafted long ago by a now lost circle of druids, their purpose is gone and no new one has been provided for them beyond continuing survival. Few even realize they are sapient, as communication is near impossible, and so the hunting cacti are most often killed if discovered, their bodies harvested for potable water.

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Bearfolk are large, intimidating humanoids mostly found in far northern environments. Standing on average over 7 feet tall and generally weighing between four and six hundred pounds, they are densely packed with muscle and thick fur. The largest majority of bearfolk are subjects of the Bear King, and protect the northern cities and wilderness that he rules over. Many share very boisterous and jovial personalities, mixed with the brutal power of their strength and the harsh environment in which they live. Fights and friendships are both quick for many bearfolk, as you must be prepared to both defend that which is important to you and to find allies to ensure mutual survival.

Pathfinder 2e

The Bear King is a fey lord from the First World who has settled onto the Material. Whether out of exile or personal preference he won't say, but he seems to share connections with many of the other fey lords still in the First World. He established his kingdom long ago, but despite his own power and the bearfolk he rules over, he has never sought to expand, only to hold it against those who would take it. You can place his realm in the far north of the Lands of the Linnorm Kings, the Realm of the Mammoth Lords, or Iobaria as some of the most likely locations, though northern Irrisen or Mendev would work as well.

I had considered making bearfolk as an ancestry, but that is a lot more work and so I think it would be better suited to its own project rather than part of one of these weekly conversions. I might collect a few potentially interesting new ancestries and put together a full release for them, but we'll see.

13th Age

The Bear King is no Icon. His power is not great enough individually to take that claim, but he is connected to a greater council of Fey Lords, who could potentially garner that level of influence as a group. They largely exist outside the territory of the Dragon Empire and its surroundings, but their influence could be growing in it, potentially upsetting the current balance of power. Depending on the story, bearfolk may be making their way into the Dragon Empire in order to explore or scout for a potential invasion, or travellers heading outside of the Empire could find themselves within the Bear King's realm, having to contend with a foreign power while outside the main sphere of influence of their own Icons.

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Arboreal grapplers are malformed creations, twisted by some god into monstrous killers. They look somewhat like orangutans, except their limbs are stretched out into long, muscular tentacles, with bright red fur instead of the dull orange most orangutans have. They are exceptionally agile and strong climbers, using their long limbs to grasp on and pull quickly through branches and foliage, but are slow and clumsy on the ground.

Their creator poured a hatred for humanoids into their instincts, in particular elves. Families of arboreal grapplers will hunt elves aggressively, even invading settlements, grabbing vulnerable targets with their long limbs and dragging them into the canopy above to constrict them until they stop struggling. Many of these victims are eaten, but if given an opportunity the grapplers will wipe out entire groups even if they don't need any more food. Their drive to kill doesn't seem to extend to animals or most monsters; while they'll eat most creatures they can kill, only humanoids are purposefully murdered.

Legend says that a pixie that loses its joyful nature may trade its pixie dust for the cruel magic of the aridni. Sometimes known as slaver pixies for their tendency to capture humanoids for other fey, these small fey have moth wings and can enchant their arrows with a lightless green fire that carries additional effects. These arrows can put creatures to sleep, like regular pixies, but also may strike fear, muddle the mind, or drive the target to helpless laughter. Aridni exhibit a deep hatred for anyone who is not fey, hunting, stealing from, or capturing such people. They particularly delight in stealing from dwarves, but will vent their dislike on just about anyone. Only fey related beings may be granted a pass by the slaver pixies, but any travelling with non-fey will be given a choice: turn on their companions, or forfeit the protection granted by their fey blood.

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Similar in appearance to wyverns, these flying reptiles are quite a bit less aggressive. Unlike wyverns their wings, tails, and crests all sprout brightly colored feathers used for mating displays, and the claws on their legs are too frail to be used as weapons against humanoid sized targets. Their venemous stinger is still quite effective however, with a painful and very lethal venom.

They are group hunters, with small swarms of them finding prey and ambushing it. They will do hit and run attacks as much as possible, diving in and out of battle to wear down prey, sometimes even retreating and waiting to see if their poison brings it down for them. Injured amphiptere often retreat entirely, leaving the rest of the swarm to finish off the target and returning for the meal once it's brought down. Only if the target looks particularly weak of if desperately hungry will an amphiptere otherwise stay to fight while injured.