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SFS Standard Bloodbrother Creature 7

A terrifying ambush predator native to the eternally frozen Darkside of Verces, a bloodbrother is a massive sinuous creature with an armored carapace and exposed “ribcage” that functions as both a maw and a grotesque cage. Prey trapped within this ribcage prison are pinned in place by bone spurs and pierced by hundreds of veinlike suckers that hijack the victim's circulatory system for the bloodbrother's needs. Bloodbrothers drain their unfortunate prisoners over the course of weeks, using them as a secondary heart and feeding on blood-borne nutrients.

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Elite Weak Bloodbrother Creature 7

Source Alien Core pg. 24
Recall Knowledge DC 22 23 24 •
Beast (Arcana)
Beast (Nature)
Perception +15; infrared vision (precise) 60 feet
Languages Common, Vercite; (can't speak any language)
Skills Athletics +17, Intimidation +13, Stealth +15, Survival +13
Str +6 Dex +2 Con +4 Int +0 Wis +1 Cha +0
Infrared Vision A bloodbrother can detect infrared radiation (such as that given off by warm-blooded creatures) as a precise sense at the listed range.
AC 24
Fort +17
Ref +14
Will +11
HP 140
Immunities cold
Weaknesses fire 5
Frigid Cold (aura, cold) 10 feet. A bloodbrother's flesh radiates intense cold. A creature that starts its turn in the area must succeed at a DC 22 Fortitude save or become fatigued while it remains in the area. Creatures immune to environmental cold effects or with any cold resistance are immune.
Speed 25 feet, climb 20 feet; ice passage
Melee [one-action] bone spur +18 , Damage 1d10+8 piercing plus 1d8 cold and Grab
Melee [one-action] claw +18 (agilereach 10 feet), Damage 1d8+8 slashing plus 1d8 cold
Drain Vital Fluids [one-action] Frequency once per round; Requirements A creature is imprisoned in the bloodbrother's ribcage prison; Effect The bloodbrother drains the vital fluids from the imprisoned creature. The victim is drained 1 (or increases its drained value by 1), and the bloodbrother regains 10 Hit Points, gaining any excess Hit Points as temporary Hit Points that last for 1 minute.
Frigid Touch (cold) A creature that begins its turn grabbed or restrained by the bloodbrother takes 1d8 cold damage.
Grisly Ambush [free-action] (emotionfearmentalvisual) Trigger The bloodbrother hits a creature in the first round of combat, and the bloodbrother was hidden from that creature at the start of combat; Effect Each enemy within 30 feet that witnesses the attack (including the target of the attack) must attempt a DC 25 Will save. On a failure, the creature is frightened 2 (or frightened 4 on a critical failure).
Ice Passage A bloodbrother ignores difficult terrain from ice and snow and doesn't risk falling when crossing ice.
Imprison [one-action] (attack) Requirements The bloodbrother has a Large or smaller creature grabbed or restrained with their bone spur; Effect The bloodbrother tries to imprison the required creature in their ribcage prison. The bloodbrother attempts an Athletics check against the creature's Reflex DC, imprisoning it on a success. The bloodbrother's bone spur is no longer grabbing or restraining the creature they've imprisoned, so the bloodbrother is free to use their bone spur Strike once again. The bloodbrother can't attack a creature they've imprisoned and can have only one creature imprisoned in their ribcage prison at a time. An imprisoned creature is restrained (Escape DC 25) and temporarily immune to the bloodbrother's frigid touch while restrained.

Bloodbrother Broods

Bloodbrothers reproduce asexually by sprouting 4 to 12 small, furry nodules along their spine. These buds grow in size and furriness for a few months, until they've reached a foot across. The bulbs then fall off and hatch into several immature bloodbrothers. Ready to hunt tiny mammals and birds from birth, these squirming miniature bloodbrothers live with their parent until they reach maturity a year later.