Ashen Prowler
Ashen Prowler
This man-sized hound appears to be made of molten rock.
Ashen prowlers are vile, dog-like monsters native to regions where the elemental planes of Earth and Fire bleed into one another. They are heat-loving creatures, and when found on the Material Plane it is typically in magma chambers or other scorching hot environments. Fire heals them rather than harms them, and ashen prowlers take advantage of this by ensuring that they catch each other in their breath weapons when battling in tandem.
Although ashen prowlers do not need to eat, their malevolence is such that they delight in the incinerating of flesh and the crunch of bones in their jaws. Ashen prowlers are only dimly intelligent, but that intelligence is directed mainly towards vengeance. A creature that escapes or drives off a pack of ashen prowlers is likely to find itself hunted for days as the creatures seek to get their revenge. This single-mindedness makes them popular as guard beasts with salamanders and other evil elementals, but efreeti and shaitans typically find them too chaotic and unreliable to work with.
An ashen prowler stands four feet high at the shoulder and weighs nearly 500 pounds due to its rocky composition. They are social creatures that reproduce asexually when exposed to the magical energies of particularly potent lava fields—as such, these places are guarded ferociously by ashen prowlers and those that seek to use them.
Ashen Prowler CR 5
XP 1,600
CE Medium outsider (earth, extraplanar, fire)
Init +5; Senses darkvision 60 ft., Perception +11, scent, tremorsense 30 ft.
Defense
AC 17, touch 11, flat-footed 16 (+1 Dex, +6 natural)
hp 51 (6d10+18)
Fort +8, Ref +3, Will +9
Immune elemental traits, fire; Vulnerable cold
Defensive Abilities fire healing
Offense
Speed 50 ft., burrow 25 ft.
Melee bite +9 (1d6+3 plus 1d6 fire), 2 claws +9 (1d4+3)
Special Attacks breath weapon (20 ft. cone, 5d6 fire, Ref DC 16)
Statistics
Str 17, Dex 13, Con 17, Int 4, Wis14, Cha 10
Base Atk +6; CMB +10; CMD 21 (25 vs. trip)
Feats Improved Initiative, Iron Will,Power Attack
Skills Perception +11, Stealth +14, Survival +11; Racial Modifiers +4 Stealth
Languages Ignan (cannot speak)
SQ lava swimmer
Ecology
Environment Plane of Earth or Plane of Fire
Organization solitary or pack (2-12)
Treasure incidental
Special Abilities
Breath Weapon (Su) Any creature that takes damage from an ashen prowler’s breath weapon must succeed a DC 16 Fortitude save or be blinded and staggered for 1 round by the smoke. The save DC is Constitution based.
Fire Healing (Su) Whenever an ashen prowler is exposed to a spell or effect that does fire damage, it gains fast healing 2 for a number of rounds equal to the dice of damage the effect would ordinarily cause.
Lava Swimmer (Ex) An ashen prowler can use its burrow speed to move through lava, magma or other forms of molten rock without penalty.