New PF1 Creature: Uthra, Nakta
My life has been rather hectic recently, and I was unable to work on my conversions as much as I would have wanted to. However, now I was able to get my stuff together, and I was able to complete another of the Uthra, the alien celestials created by mimir.net. (And honestly, I'd really advise all Planescape fans to take a look at their site!)
As always, please let me know if I did a fair enough job with it. ^^
UTHRA, NAKTA
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This gigantic humanoid is gaunt and seemingly emaciated despite its tremendous size. Its face is a blank metallic mask, and flaming spurs poke out of its back like monstrous wings.
UTHRA, NAKTA CR 14
XP 38'400
LG Gargantuan Outsider (extraplanar, good, law, uthra)
Init +7; Senses darkvision 120 ft., smokesight; Perception +24
Aura frightful presence (60 ft., Will DC 22 negates)
DEFENSE
AC 28, touch 9, flat-footed 25 (+3 Dex, +19 natural, -4 size)
hp 202 (15d10+120)
Fort +17, Ref +8, Will +15; -2 vs. poison
Damage Reduction 10 / evil; Immune confusion effects, fire, insanity, negative energy, negative levels, sonic; Resist cold 10, electricity 10
Spell Resistance 25
OFFENSE
Speed 50 ft., flying 40 ft. (average), burrow 10 ft.
Melee mwk Gargantuan adamantine heavy mace +25 / +20 / +15 (4d6+12 plus 2d6 fire), claw +18 (3d6+6 plus 2d6 fire), 2 stamps +18 (3d8+6 plus 2d6 fire); or 2 claws +23 (3d6+12 plus 2d6 fire), 2 stamps +18 (3d8+6 plus 2d6 fire)
Ranged 2 eye beams +14 touch (4d6 fire and 4d6 typeless)
Space 20 ft.; Reach 20 ft.
Special Attacks devastating ray, eye beams, flaming blows, trample (3d8+18 plus 2d6 fire, DC 29)
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 15th, concentration +20)
Constant – detect magic
At will – fear (DC 19), greater teleport (self plus 50 lbs. of objects only), wall of fire
3 / day - hold monster (DC 20), plane shift (DC 20)
1 / day - flame strike (DC 20)
1 / week - imprisonment (DC 24)
STATISTICS
Str 34, Dex 16, Con 27, Int 16, Wis 23, Cha 21
Base Atk +15; CMB +31; CMD 44
Feats Awesome Blow, Bludgeoner (B), Cleave, Cleaving Finish, Improved Bull Rush, Improved Initiative, Improved Sunder, Power Attack, Weapon Focus (heavy mace)
Skills Acrobatics +21, Fly +15, Intimidate +23, Knowledge (arcana) +18, Knowledge (planes) +21, Perception +24, Sense Motive +28, Spellcraft +21, Survival +21
Languages Abyssal, Aklo, Celestial, Uthraic; telepathy 120 ft.
Special Qualities alien cognition (DC 22), partial presence
ECOLOGY
Environment any law-aligned and good-aligned plane
Organization solitary or pair
Treasure incidental
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Devastating Ray (Su): Once every 1d4 rounds, a nakta can unleash a ray of fire and searing light that deals 6d6 points of fire damage and 6d6 points of force damage to all creatures in a 90-ft. line (Reflex DC 25 halves). The save DC is Constitution-based.
Eye Beams (Ex): A nakta can shoot beams of supernatural fire as a ranged touch attack at a maximum distance of 200 feet, with no range increment. The beams inflict 4d6 points of fire damage and 4d6 points of typeless damage on a successful hit.
Flaming Blows (Su): A nakta's natural attacks as well as any weapon they wield inflicts 2d6 points of extra fire damage on a successful hit.
Smokesight (Ex): A nakta sees perfectly through smoke, both mundane and magical. It ignores any concealment from smoke.
Among the inscrutable uthras, the naktas stand foremost as wardens and executioners — if such blunt terms can be applied to beings whose motives transcend mortal jurisprudence. Where ananas purify and conceal, naktas guard and enforce, embodying the terrifying certainty of uthric law made manifest.
Naktas most often stand vigil over places of immense cosmological importance: planar gates, sealed breaches, and sites where the barriers between realities wear thin. Curiously, those assigned to such duties almost always appear in pairs, acting in perfect synchronicity. These “twin guardians” do not communicate in any observable way, yet their movements and judgments are flawlessly mirrored. The significance of this pairing remains unknown, though some theologians suspect it reflects a fundamental uthric doctrine: that no law, no judgment, and no reality should ever be upheld by a single will alone.
In battle, naktas may project blades of concentrated flame and light capable of slicing through nearly any known substance. Yet despite this overwhelming offensive capacity, they rarely employ such weapons against non-qlippoth foes. Instead, they favor restraint and finality: subduing opponents before sealing them away through banishment, planar exile, or imprisonment beyond mortal reach. Scholars grimly note that these judgments are not always merciful, and the guardian uthras display a troubling propensity to exile dangerous entities to the Prime Material Plane—apparently regarding it as a lesser but acceptable containment.
When confronted with a threat deemed too catastrophic for restraint, a nakta may reveal the horror concealed beneath its mask. The metallic visage splits open, exposing a cavernous maw layered with concentric rows of jagged teeth. These teeth serve little purpose beyond framing the true weapon: a devastating ray of purifying flame unleashed from deep within the uthra’s core. This incandescent blast reduces all it touches to fine gray ash, erasing not only matter but, according to some planar witnesses, echoes of the target’s very essence.
A nakta stands about 50 feet tall and weighs no less than 80 tons.
