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Heralds are divine servants of the gods, each a unique being that functions as [[MouthOfSauron messenger of their master]] and a fragment of divine power followers can summon to aid them.

All heralds except the Spawn of Rovagug have a Challenge Rating of 15.

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[[foldercontrol]]

!!Core God Heralds
[[folder:Arcanotheign]]
->'''Type:''' Outsider
->'''Alignment:''' TrueNeutral
->'''Size:''' Medium

The herald of Nethys, created out of raw magic to serve him.
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* BarrierChangeBoss: When subject to any effect, the Arcanotheign is always treated as the most favorable alignment subtype pertaining to that effect.
* {{Intangibility}}: She's incorporeal by default, although she can take a corporeal form in case she needs some muscle.
* MadeOfMagic: Appropriately enough for the chief servant of the god of magic. The best way to describe her is a sort of [[ElementalEmbodiment magic elemental]].
* NatureLover: She is interested in animals, and her habit of animating animals out of earth, stone or wood represents her respect for animals she has known in the past ages.
* SenseFreak: The Arcanotheign understands she is foreign to mortal life and needs. She enjoys experiencing new aromas and tastes; someone wishing to get on her good side should bring her strongly scented flowers, a tasty meal, or some other physical object that may be new to her experience, even if normal people would find it gross.
* ShockAndAwe: She resembles a vaguely feminine cloud of lightning and ionized gas, and it has ''cloudkill'' and ''lightning bolt'' in her arsenal of spell-like abilities.
* StatuesqueStunner: She stands just over 7 feet tall.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: For some reason the picture of her in ''Inner Sea Gods'' looks completely different than the orginal (which was a lot more feminine, whereas this one just looks like a vaguely woman-shaped EnergyBeing).
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Basileus]]
->'''Type:''' Outsider (Devil)
->'''Alignment:''' LawfulEvil
->'''Size:''' Medium

The herald of Asmodeus.
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* ArtificialHuman: Asmodeus personally created Basileus because all the other archdevils he previously promoted to herald [[TheStarscream tried to unseat him]].
* TheDreaded: Basileus rarely appears on the mortal planes, but when he does, he's "the greatest terror of the age", even to Asmodeus' own followers.
* HotAsHell: He looks like a FallenAngel [[{{Stripperiffic}} wearing nothing but a black strip of cloth]] spiraling around his body. Aside from the SlasherSmile, he's pretty damned handsome if you're into that sort of thing.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The First Blade]]
->'''Type:''' Outsider
->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticNeutral
->'''Size:''' Large

The herald of Gorum, forged from a fragment of his sword.
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* AnimatedArmor: [[VoluntaryShapeshifting In its normal form]], it's a 15-foot tall, 5-ton {{Golem}} shaped like whatever style of armor is most intimidating to its beholders.
* ExtraOreDinary: Many of its spell-like abilities involve manipulating metal. It can even transform into a cloud of shrapnel.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Calling the First Blade a "person" is a stretch, but it's [[ItCanThink sapient]]. It's also capable of single-handedly reducing an entire battlefield to craters and corpses, and its ''[[TheBerserker rage]]'' aura allows others to join in the carnage.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Grand Defender]]
->'''Type:''' Construct
->'''Alignment:''' LawfulGood
->'''Size:''' Huge

The herald of Torag.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Grim White Stag]]
->'''Type:''' Outsider
->'''Alignment:''' LawfulGood
->'''Size:''' Colossal
The herald of Erastil.
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* TheMarvelousDeer: It looks like a HUGE stag, seemingly made out of wood, and is a highly magical being.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: A variant: once per month the Stag can "die" and have its body turn into a magic feast for up to 18 people. The creature respawns unharmed the next day.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hand of the Inheritor]]
->'''Type:''' Outsider (Angel)
->'''Alignment:''' LawfulGood
->'''Size:''' Large
The herald of Iomedae.
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* BadassInDistress: In ''Wrath Of The Righteous'', he's kidnapped by the demon lord Baphomet and needs to be rescued from the Ineluctable Prison.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lawgiver]]
->'''Type:''' Construct
->'''Alignment:''' LawfulNeutral
->'''Size:''' Gargantuan

The herald of Abadar.
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* DropTheHammer: It wields the Gavel of Abadar, a hammer that can shatter castle walls.
* HumongousMecha: The Lawgiver is a Gargantuan-sized, 25-foot tall, bipedal construct made of gold.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Menotherian]]
->'''Type:''' Outsider
->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticNeutral
->'''Size:''' Large
The herald of Calistra.
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* BigCreepyCrawlies: A wasp-like insect larger than a draft horse.
* WickedWasps: A gigantic, monstrous wasp, and like its mistress an insanely vengeful one.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mother's Maw]]
->'''Type:''' Undead
->'''Alignment:''' NeutralEvil
->'''Size:''' Large

The herald of Urgathoa.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Night Monarch]]
->'''Type:''' Outsider
->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticGood
->'''Size:''' Huge
The herald of Desna.
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* BigCreepyCrawlies: It typically appears as a moth or butterfly with a 40-foot wingspan.
* PrettyButterfly: She's basically a giant space butterfly.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Old Man]]
->'''Type:''' Outsider
->'''Alignment:''' LawfulNeutral
->'''Size:''' Medium

The herald of Irori.
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* LetsGetDangerous: He almost always hides his true nature, pretending to be a frail old man, or at worst a skilled but elderly martial artist. When he does unleash his true power, though...
* MentorOccupationalHazard: He weaponizes it. He will rarely use his full power even to save the life of a mortal form, as he can be recreated, and the death of a mentor is a powerful tool in promoting the growth of his students.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Personification of Fury]]
->'''Type:''' Outsider (Elemental)
->'''Alignment:''' TrueNeutral
->'''Size:''' Huge

The herald of Gozreh.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Prince in Chains]]
->'''Type:''' Outsider (Kyton)
->'''Alignment:''' LawfulEvil
->'''Size:''' Large

The herald of Zon-Kuthon. Once a noble spirit and the father of Zon-Kuthon, the Midnight Prince twisted and warped his own father into the abomination he is today.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Spirit of Adoration]]
->'''Type:''' Outsider
->'''Alignment:''' NeutralGood
->'''Size:''' Large

The herald of Shelyn.
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* WingedHumanoid: It typically takes the form of a winged human or elf.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Stabbing Beast]]
->'''Type:''' Outsider
->'''Alignment:''' NeutralEvil
->'''Size:''' Medium

The herald of Norgorber.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Steward of the Skein]]
->'''Type:''' Outsider (Psychopomp)
->'''Alignment:''' TrueNeutral
->'''Size:''' Medium

The herald of Pharasma.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sunlord Thalachos]]
->'''Type:''' Outsider (Angel)
->'''Alignment:''' NeutralGood
->'''Size:''' Large

The herald of Sarenrae.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Thais]]
->'''Type:''' Outsider
->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticGood
->'''Size:''' Medium

The herald of Cayden Cailean. Thais was a prostitute and close friend of Cayden in his Adventurer days. Cayden repaid her friendship by promoting her to the position after her death.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: She's based on one of UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat's consorts, but is presumably a lot nicer than the real Thais was -- she never helped burn down a city, for one.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: As the herald of the god of alcohol this is pretty much a given.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: She's loosely based Thaïs, a prostitute who accompanied UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: In her mortal life, she was a sex worker and a very close and genuine friend of the then-nobody Cayden.
* NoPronounciationGuide: Assuming it's the same as the historical person she's named after, it's "THAY-iss", according to dictionary.com. That said, the name is still used (if obscure) and people often pronounce it differently so it's unclear.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Thais dresses in scandalous ribbons that offer little in terms of modesty.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Yethazmari]]
->'''Type:''' Outsider
->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticEvil
->'''Size:''' Large

The herald of Lamashtu.
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* MixAndMatchCritters: A gigantic, monstrous jackal with batlike wings and a viper for a tail.
[[/folder]]

!!!The Spawn of Rovagug
[[folder:In General]]
All gods can select new heralds, or resurrect their old ones, should their herald be slain. Rovagug is unique in how often this happens. His heralds, known as the Spawn of Rovagug, are more akin to living disasters than divine servants. Each time one is incapacitated, Rovagug simply creates a new one over the span of centuries to release upon the world.

All Spawn of Rovagug are ChaoticEvil Colossal-sized magical beasts.
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* HealingFactor: All of them can heal rapidly.
* {{Immortality}}: They flat-out will not die. Even disintegrating their remains isn't enough to keep them dead forever.
* {{Kaiju}}: They're all Colossal, the largest size category in the game, and they wreak destruction across Golarion. Design-wise, they occupy a kaiju-lite role, being smaller (except for Ulunat, none has the Massive rule, which is used for the biggest creatures in the game) and weaker (CR 20 to 25) compared to real kaiju (CR 25 to 30). Spawn of Rovagug are designed to occupy the role of FinalBoss against a 20th level party, while kaiju are designed for a higher gameplay role, including a game where fighting the monster isn't so much the goal of a campaign as it would be preventing the fight from having to happen.
* NoSell: All the Spawn are outright immune to ability damage, bleed, disease, energy drain, mind-affecting effects, paralysis, permanent wounds, petrification, poison, and polymorph effects. Each is also immune to two energy types, which just seems excessive, and all have damage resistance that negates any attacks that don't deal more than a certain amount of damage.
* RipVanWinkle: They can hibernate for centuries at a time, gaining massive damage resistance in the process, as well as immunity to divination effects, any magic that allows for magic resistance, and [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace the need to breathe]].
* SingleSpecimenSpecies: They're magically created by Rovagug, so thankfully only one of each exists.
* SuperEmpowering: Cultists of Rovagug used a ritual to open a direct link between Rovagug and Ulunat when it first emerged, teaching the god how to mark its creations as heralds rather than mere beasts. Granted, there wasn't any change in behavior and they were already strong enough that it didn't do a lot, but it's the thought that counts. Though technically it does provide a substantial power boost, but it takes time for that to set in and the Spawns' rampages means they're often imprisoned or slain before they can make the most of it.
* ThereIsAnother: There are at least a dozen Spawn, but only six are known to have been heralds.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tarrasque]]
!!Tarrasque, the Armageddon Engine
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pathfinder_tarrasque.png]]
->'''Challenge Rating:''' 25

The most recent and strongest yet of Rovagug's spawn. It was defeated by a massive effort of combined forces, sealing it in a cavern and driving it into hibernation.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: In ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' ([[CharacterizationMarchesOn and in the original]] ''[[CharacterizationMarchesOn Pathfinder Bestiary]]''), the Tarrasque was a NonMaliciousMonster that was only barely sentient and only rampaged out of instinct. On Golarion, it is ChaoticEvil rather than TrueNeutral and is the favored child of an OmnicidalManiac EldritchAbomination.%%In-universe
* BigEater: It eats ''kingdoms''.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: To paraphrase the first line of its history, "Tarrasque emerged from the Pit of Gormuz and destroyed the nearby nation of Ninshabur." Yes, its establishing moment was to annihilate an entire nation.
* ExtremeOmnivore: As in BigEater, it eats ''kingdoms''.
* FromASingleCell: Its regeneration cannot be suppressed, not even by ''Wish'', ''Miracle'', or ''Mythic'' abilities to suppress regeneration.
* HealingFactor: Has the largest regeneration in the game, at 40 per turn.
* HeroKiller: Tarrasque is one of the Spawn of Rovagug, god of destruction. It is the biggest, baddest monster in the entire world. It has utterly destroyed multiple empires.
%%* ImplacableMan
* TheJuggernaut: There is a ''reason'' this is called the Armageddon Engine. On the defense, it has regeneration, damage reduction, spell resistance, and high hit points. It has mobility from a Rush ability and from Powerful Jumper. It has six powerful attacks per turn, with exceptional reach on each. In short, it it absurdly hard for most people to knock it out, nothing that exists can make it stay down, and it will just keep coming even after the kingdom has fallen.
* JustEatHim: Has the Swallow Whole ability, for a large amount of damage.
* {{Kaiju}}: Has the appearance of one, complete with spiked shell and tremendous power.
* NighInvulnerability: It possesses the trifecta of obscenely high hit points, damage reduction, and regeneration.
* PublicDomainCharacter: The creature derives from a medieval French legend. It was adapted into ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' early on and gained a reputation as the game's most deadly (non-epic) monster.
* SpellMyNameWithAThe: It was originally "The Tarrasque," but it was later clarified as a proper noun with the rest of its siblings.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ulunat]]
!!Ulunat, the Unholy First
->'''Challenge Rating:''' 24

The first of Rovagug's spawn to crawl forth from the Pit of Gormuz. It rampaged for 473 years before being brought down. In modern times its carapace sits at the center of the Osirian capital of Sothis.
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* {{Antimagic}}: Of a sort. It has hefty magic resistance, though that can be overcome, but the main danger is its ability to twist magic back on the caster. Target it with a spell? It gets sent back at you as a ''phantasmal killer''. Catch it in the area of a spell? Now you're targeted by ''insanity''.
* DeadGuyOnDisplay: While its technically NotQuiteDead, its "corpse" is mounted in the middle of Sothis.
* {{Kaiju}}: It's the largest of the Spawn, towering over entire cities, and is the only one to have the Massive rule, which represents the largest creatures in the game (namely the kaiju, Oaur-Ooung, the Oliphaunt of Jandelay and Leviathan).
* NotQuiteDead: It's been dormant long enough for a city to form around its motionless carapace, but make no mistake, it's not dead.
* StrongerWithAge: See that CR 24 rating up there? That's its stats when it first crawled out of the pit. By the time it was brought down it was much, ''much'' more dangerous.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Xotani]]
!!Xotani the Firebleeder
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/xotani.png]]
->'''Challenge Rating:''' 20

Xotani is a burrowing creature, preferring to stay within its tunnels during the day and ravage the land by night. It was defeated by a cabal of mages atop the Pale Mountain, its bones and still-beating heart sealed in a cavern below the peak.
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* BizarreAlienSenses: Xotani uses high-pitched frequencies to sense its surroundings. The spell ''silence'' can negate this, but its other senses stops this from crippling it.
* BreathWeapon: It can breath fire every few rounds for quite a bit of damage.
* JustEatHim: It can swallow creatures whole, a process that deals more damage that the identical ability of Tarrasque on account of Xotani's stomach being filled with molten lave.
* MyBloodRunsHot: It's called the ''Firebleeder'', which is very much not an exaggeration. Its blood is essentially lava and damaging it triggers a spray equivalent to a flamethrower.
* NighInvulnerability: It survived magical freezing, submersion in the ocean, and being dropped from really high up.
* NotQuiteDead: It's little more than a heart and skeleton, yet it lives.
* SelfHarm: According to legend, Xotani gouged its own eyes out when it first saw the sun. The fact that it still has eyes doesn't disprove this, given its regenerative capabilities, so it's entirely possible it's true.
* TunnelKing: The heat of its body lets it melt tunnels. It used this ability to cross oceans and attack other continents, but mostly to stay away from the sun.
* WalkingWasteland: Xotani is burning hot, enough that it blighted lands just by being beneath them and letting its heat radiate through the ground. In game, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation this manifests as bonus fire damage on melee attacks as well as taking damage from hitting it with unarmed or natural attacks rather than a massive death radius]].
* WormSign: A variant. The land above its passage would be scorched with heat, melting sand into glass and igniting forests.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Chemnosit]]
!!Chemnosit the Monarch Worm
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chemnosit.png]]
->'''Challenge Rating:''' 23

Chemnosit lurks below the crust of the world, preying on the Darklands rather than the nations of the surface. As a result it's nearly impossible to track down and has yet to be defeated.
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* CombatTentacles: It has six of them, each covered in teeth.
* EvilIsNotAToy: Chemnosit is the easiest of the Spawn to summon. The key word there is summon, not control.
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: It has one giant eye located in its mouth.
* HorrorHunger: If you fall under its sway, you feel hunger build and build until it surpasses your desire to survive, hunger for the flesh of your own kind. You'll attack your allies, snatch children from the cradle, sink your teeth into your own limbs, doing anything to sate that hunger, eating until your stomach bursts. And then you'll eat more, eat until your body gives out and you die trying to take just one more bite, all under Chemnosit's silent unblinking gaze.
* HypnoticEyes: You really don't want to look into its eye. What's that, you already did? Well you must have passed your save, all you feel is tired. And hungry. So hungry. And what's this? Everyone around you, your friends, your family, your allies, they're all delicious meat! [[HorrorHunger I'm sure they wouldn't mind if you sampled the menu.]]
* PragmaticVillainy: Most Spawn fight armies directly. Chemnosit just turns its gaze on them and watches, silent and still, as those who fall under its sway go into a cannibalistic frenzy, attacking their own allies and forcing those who resisted to fight their comrades until nothing is left but a few wounded stragglers it can easily devour.
* SilentAntagonist: Chemnosit doesn't usually make noise, which just adds to the horror as it watches in utter silence as armies and cities devour themselves.
* TunnelKing: It rarely ever surfaces, preferring to remain deep below the surface.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Volnagur]]
!!Volnagur the Endsinger
->'''Challenge Rating:''' 22

A flying beast, Volnagur performed attacks on cities continents apart rather than a concentrated campaign in a specific area. It has supposedly been defeated at least three times, but has returned after each defeat and currently remains at large.
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* BrownNote: According to lore Volnagur constantly emits a keening sound that drives those who hear it to madness, violence, and suicide. In game terms, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation it can cast ''song of discord'' at will, compelling all affected to attack their allies to the best of their ability]].
* EyeBeams: It has sonic eye beams that leave victims vomiting blood.
* GiantFlyer: It constantly grows new wings as the old ones atrophy, keeping it aloft on a menagerie of appendages.
* {{Invisibility}}: It can turn invisible at will and the effect isn't broken by attacking or casting spells.
* NotQuiteDead: Either it's never been wounded to the point of incapacitation or it has the fastest recovery time of all the Spawn.
* WeatherManipulation: It can control the weather once a day.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kothogaz]]
!!Kothogaz, the Dance of Disharmony
-> Level 21
Kothogaz spread chaos not only through its own efforts but those of spawned minions and corrupted pawns. It was defeated in a battle said to cost a million lives, after which its heart was extracted and cut into 101 pieces.
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* BrownNote: At full power, it has an ability called "Tympanic Heartbeat" that strikes terror into all who are near it
* TheCorruptor: Its bite causes mutation and madness in those who survive, leaving them dangerously unstable and possessing new and frightening powers.
* HeartTrauma: Its heart was torn out and cut apart to stop it from rising again.
* MookMaker: Polyp-covered monsters crawl out of the paths it leaves.
* {{Necromancer}}: The corpses of those it eats are animated as undead, falling from wounds in its side or vomited from its mouth.
* NotQuiteDead: The fragments of its heart still pulse with life. It's said that if they're ever reunited a new body will grow from them and Kothogaz will be reborn.
* TrulySingleParent: It has the ability to create spawn by [[BizarreAlienReproduction creating these giant pimple-like things that "hatch" and release the spawn.]]
* WalkingWasteland: It leaves a trail of fungal slime wherever it goes.
[[/folder]]

!!Other Gods

[[folder:Courage Heart]]
->'''Type:''' Outsider
->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticGood
->'''Size:''' Medium

The herald of Milani.
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* AngelicTransformation: Courage Heart was originally a Galtan ranger executed by the Red Revolution whose soul was rescued from a final blade by Milani and made into her herald. She still remembers her mortal life and has relatives still living in Galt.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Emperor of Scales]]
->'''Type:''' Outsider (native)
->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticEvil
->'''Size:''' Huge

The herald of Ydersius.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:End's Voice]]
->'''Type:''' Outsider
->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticNeutral
->'''Size:''' Large

The herald of Groteus.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Gravedragger]]
->'''Type:''' Outsider
->'''Alignment:''' NeutralEvil
->'''Size:''' Large

The herald of Zyphus.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Great Elder Iuu]]
->'''Type:''' Outsider (Giant)
->'''Alignment:''' LawfulEvil
->'''Size:''' Large

The herald of Minderhal.
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* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: He was once a mortal stone giant who was elevated to being his god's herald after his death.
* EvilReactionary: He is, as the herald of an evil deity, quite evil himself, and is extremely traditionalist -- he tolerates absolutely no deviation from tradition, not even a change in habitual cooking or in the wording of a traditional song, and will sternly correct any attempt to deviate from tried-and-true orthodoxy.
* FantasticRacism: He's generally contemptuous of non-giants, which he views as lesser races, and considers most non-stone giants to be degenerate as well.
* NamedWeapons: His hammer is called ''Anfaru'', "Mountain from the Sky".
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kelpie's Wrath]]
->'''Type:''' Outsider
->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticNeutral
->'''Size:''' Colossal

The herald of Besmara.
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* LivingShip: The ''Kelpie's Wrath'' is a haunted, sentient ship.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kurshu the Undying]]
->'''Type:''' Outsider
->'''Alignment:''' LawfulEvil
->'''Size:''' Large

The herald of Lissala.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Latten Mechanism]]
->'''Type:''' Construct
->'''Alignment:''' TrueNeutral
->'''Size:''' Large

The herald of Brigh.
[[/folder]]
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* MainliningTheMonster: A variant: once per month the Stag can "die" and have its body turn into a magic feast for up to 18 people (the creature respawns unharmed the next day).

* StrongerWithAge: See that CR 25 rating up there? That's its stats when it first crawled out of the pit. By the time it was brought down it was much, ''much'' more dangerous.

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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/xotani.jpg]]

* BreathWeapon: It can breath fire every few rounds for quite a it of damage.

* MainliningTheMonster: A variant: once per month the Stag can "die" and have its body turn into a magic feast for up to 18 people (the creature respawns unharmed the next day.))