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SFS Standard Haeshi-Shaa Creature 16

Haeshi-shaas are relatively new members of the Dominion of the Black. These longlived creatures shift unpredictably between a liquid and a gaseous form in a mysterious cycle that lasts their entire lives. In their liquid haeshi form, they're a churning, chunky fluid, while in their vaporous shaa form, they're more akin to hazy brown fog. Regardless of their form, they hum with atonal harmonies that cause great discomfort in others.

Haeshi-shaas serve as a sort of priest caste for the Dominion of the Black, each form preaching a doctrine of entropy and annihilation, though with slightly different nuances between each form. Haeshis tend toward assertive, aggressive practices, while shaas are meditative, often spending many months or years in contemplation. Haeshi-shaas believe that the most perfect and divine state of any object or being is complete separation into its most basic, individual particles. They claim (dubiously) that they can see, even predict, the journey of all things as they travel toward this ultimate entropic end.

In truth, haeshi-shaas can't even predict when they'll shift into their alternate form. Some have tried to catalyze the change by seeking out specific types of life experience or knowledge, but despite the many claims to the contrary, there are no verified instances of a haeshi-shaa forcing the change. Most choose to simply await their next transformation, during which time they have many centuries to spread the Dominion's disturbing doctrines and pursue their inscrutable agendas.

Shaa Form

While demonstrably more powerful while in shaa form, haeshi-shaas tend to spend this portion of their lives in careful contemplation. A shaa interrupted in their contemplation is a vengeful enemy indeed.

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Elite Weak Haeshi-Shaa (Shaa Form) Creature 16

Image of a shaa
Source Alien Core pg. 45
Recall Knowledge DC 34 35 36 •
Aberration (Occultism)
Perception +30 (darkvision, lifesense (imprecise) 100 feet)
Languages Aklo, Chthonian, Common; telepathy 100 feet
Str +5 Dex +9 Con +6 Int +5 Wis +6 Cha +6
AC 38
Fort +26
Ref +29
Will +28
+1 status on all saves vs. magic
HP 300, fast healing 10
Immunities bleed, critical hits, disease, paralyze, poison, precision, unconscious, visual
Resistances all damage 12 (except force, ghost killer, or spirit; double resistance vs. non-magical)
No Breath
Stench (aura, olfactory) 30 feet, DC 34
Speed 10 feet, fly 60 feet
Melee [one-action] tendril +28 (reach 10 feet), Damage 3d10+5 bludgeoning plus viral vapor
Ranged [one-action] sonic bolt +30 (range increment 100 feetsonic), Damage 4d8+14 sonic
Occult Innate Spells DC 37, attack +29 (+2 damage to cantrips, +4 damage to other spells) (-2 damage to cantrips, -4 damage to other spells); 8th
6th
5th
heal (×3)
mind probe (at will)
 4th
3rd
fear (at will)
Expand [three-actions] The shaa spreads their matter thin, becoming Gargantuan and gaining a space and reach of 20 feet. The shaa can take only purely mental actions or use Thicken while in this state. A shaa can return to their normal size by spending a single action, which has the concentrate trait.
Thicken [three-actions] The shaa agitates their molecules and becomes semitransparent and virtually impenetrable for 1 minute. In this form, the shaa isn't incorporeal, gains resistance 25 to all damage, and gains 150 temporary Hit Points for 1 minute. They can take no actions and are immovable. The shaa reverts to their natural form at the end of the duration.
Viral Vapor (disease) Saving Throw DC 37 Fortitude; Stage 1 carrier (1 day); Stage 2 the creature becomes partially vaporous and treats all other creatures as concealed (1 day); Stage 3 the creature is incorporeal and unconscious (1 day); Stage 4 the creature dies, and its body dissipates into fine particles

All Creatures in "Dominion of the Black"

Dominion of the Black

Before the Gap, the Dominion of the Black had a strong presence on Aucturn and would occasionally invade other planets, such as Lost Golarion, in search of brains to devour and in pursuit of other mysterious agendas. Now, the people of the Pact Worlds understand that the Dominion has secret bases across the galaxy—the Pact Worlds might draw their attention from time to time, but their missions take them to many worlds and many star systems.

The Dominion creatures most commonly seen by others are mere scouts, while more powerful members of the Dominion conglomeration emerge only rarely to terrorize society. Stories of these creatures are as few as the scant number of people who survive such encounters—most spacefarers know to immediately flee any ship or territory with signs of Dominion presence.

Other Dominion Creatures

Jah-tohls, known as mind snatchers, are similar to deh-nolos: both harvest brains and store them in their bodies, though deh-nolos are more powerful and more likely to remain in Dominion space working on new technologies than to explore other planets. Gosregs and xoarians infiltrate humanoid societies as spies, while rhu-chaliks serve the Dominion as scouts. Chyzaedus are strange beings that joined forces with the Dominion rather than be destroyed; now, they act as a sort of “priesthood,” though the Dominion's focus on entropy and destruction as divine forces makes their teachings quite unpalatable in most societies.

Haeshi-Shaa Life Cycle

Haeshi-shaas never know when they'll shift into their alternate form. Whether they seek to cause the change, or wait for it to occur, none can truly claim to understand the transformation. Haeshi-shaas live for about 25,000 years, and most will shift many hundreds or thousands of times in their life cycles. Eventually, they deteriorate and completely dissipate, their particles spreading across the cosmos. A haeshi-shaa can't predict this final cycle any more than they can predict their other transformations, but a haeshi-shaa more than 20,000 years old tends to travel the galaxy at a faster pace, as if trying to see it all before their inevitable end.