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SFS Standard Wastewither Creature 8

When left untreated for too long, standing industrial wastewater attracts wastewithers from the elemental Plane of Water as it evaporates. Wastewithers contaminate everything they touch, turning solid ground and clean water into sludge. Many corporate dumping sites and toxic spills attract or spawn wastewithers, whose mere presence further contaminates the ecosystem.

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Elite Weak Wastewither Creature 8

Image of a wastewither
Source Alien Core pg. 68
Recall Knowledge DC 23 24 26 •
Elemental (Arcana)
Elemental (Nature)
Perception +13 (darkvision)
Languages Thalassic
Skills Athletics +18, Stealth +16
Str +4 Dex +3 Con +6 Int +1 Wis +4 Cha +0
AC 24
Fort +19
Ref +16
Will +13
HP 170
Weaknesses electricity 8, fire 8
Toxic Exhaust (aura, water) 15 feet. A poisonous mist lingers around the wastewither. When a creature enters or starts its turn in the aura, it must attempt a DC 23 Fortitude save. If the creature fails, it's sickened 1 and slowed 1 until it leaves the aura. Environmental protections or an appropriate spell provides a +2 circumstance bonus to saves against the aura.
Speed 20 feet, fly 25 feet
Melee [one-action] wave +20 (agilereach 10 feet), Damage 2d8+7 bludgeoning damage plus 1d6 persistent acid
Acid Rain [two-actions] (acidprimal) The wastewither vaporizes into a cloud and rains down acid drops. The wastewither Flies up to twice their Speed. Any creature the wastewither passes over takes 9d8 acid damage with a DC 23 basic Fortitude save. A wastewither can't use Acid Rain again for 1d4 rounds.
Contaminated Sludge [two-actions] Frequency once per day; Effect All terrain in a 30-foot emanation becomes difficult terrain for 1 minute. All creatures that enter or begin their turn in the affected area must attempt a DC 23 Fortitude save or become drained 1. This drained value is cumulative, to a maximum of drained 4.
Swallow Whole [one-action] (attack) Medium, 2d8+12 bludgeoning damage plus 2d6 acid damage, Rupture 21

All Creatures in "Elemental"

NameLevelSpoiler
Cyanoscum0
Earth Scamp0Tales From the Vast
Fire Scamp0Tales From the Vast
Fouled Water Scamp1Tales From the Vast
Fouled Brine Shark3Tales From the Vast
Radiation Crawler3Tales From the Vast
Tregalxi3
Cyanoscum Bloom4
Living Wildfire5Tales From the Vast
Plasmazer6
Flarysca7
Jabali Spelunker7Tales From the Vast
Shipbreaker8
Wastewither8
Tergaiator10

Elemental

Elementals are energetic intrusions from the primal planes of existence. They take many forms, from mindless eddies in the wind or water to complex entities capable of wielding primal magic. The advent of space travel and the progress of technology have allowed even more living embodiments of the elements to manifest in the Universe.

Natural events like wildfires, solar storms, and floods can unleash hordes of unruly elementals on a planet or into a region of space. Sometimes, a gathering of powerful elementals causes a natural disaster on an epic scale, like an off-the-charts solar flare that fries a planet's power grid or a ceaseless storm swirling in a gas giant's atmosphere.

Wastewither Origins

Most wastewithers can speak and understand Thalassic because they were once water elementals that were polluted or otherwise transformed. Scientists hypothesize that wastewithers ventured too close to the Plane of Metal and were altered on a molecular level. Some religious ministers preach that their forms are punishment for some forgotten misdeed. On the Plane of Water, most know wastewithers as embodiments of natural water sources that have been polluted.