Wakandagi

This antlered beast combines the features of an elegant deer and a slithering serpent.

Wakandagi CR 14

XP 38,400

NG Large outsider (native, water)

Init +6; Senses darkvision 60 ft., detect evil, detect magic, low-light vision, scent, mistsight; Perception +23

Defense

AC 28, touch 16, flat-footed 21 (+6 Dex, +1 dodge, +12 natural, -1 size)

hp 200 (16d10+112)

Fort +17, Ref +13, Will +14

Immune disease, poison; Resist cold 10, fire 10; SR 25

Offense

Speed 40 ft., swim 80 ft.

Melee gore +25 (1d8+10), bite +25 (1d8+10), 2 hooves +23 (1d8+5), tail slap +23 (1d8+5)

Ranged water bomb +21 touch (bull rush)

Space 10 ft.; Reach 5 ft. (10 ft. with tail slap)

Special Attacks capsize, pounce, powerful charge (gore, 2d8+15), water bomb

Spell-Like Abilities (CL 14th; concentration +20)

At will—detect evil, detect magic, fog cloud, quench (DC 19)

3/day—aqueous orb (DC 19), neutralize poison

Statistics

Str 30, Dex 23, Con 24, Int 13, Wis 19, Cha 22

Base Atk +16; CMB +27; CMD 44 (48 vs. trip)

Feats Dodge, Lightning Reflexes, Mobility, Multiattack, Point-Blank Shot, Power Attack, Spring Attack, Vital Strike

Skills Acrobatics +20, Diplomacy +20, Intimidate +20, Knowledge (nature, planes) +15, Perception +23, Spellcraft +9, Stealth +20, Survival +20, Swim +23

Languages Common, Sylvan

Ecology

Environment temperate rivers

Organization solitary

Treasure none

Special Abilities

Water Bomb (Su) As a standard action, a wakandagi can spit a ball of water at a target within 60 feet as a ranged touch attack. If successful, the attack is resolved as a bull rush using the wakandagi's CMB. This bull rush doesn't provoke an attack of opportunity. If the ball of water successfully hits, it remains in the square of the target struck. If the ball of water misses, it continues in a straight line and lands at the extent of its range. This ball is 2 feet across and weighs 50 pounds. One round after the wakandagi spits the ball of water, it explodes, dealing 10d6 points of nonlethal damage to all creatures within a 20-foot radius (Reflex DC 25 half). The save DC is Constitution-based.

Ardent defenders of large flowing rivers and the branching tributaries that accompany them, wakandagis swim through wild, untouched lands, valiantly working to guard them from those who would over-settle their banks, spoil their purity, and take from their bounty without consideration for the needs of the river or the other creatures that inhabit it. When destructive creatures poison the rivers or humanoids draw too many fish from their waters, wakandagis are roused to confront the despoilers, either to force them to flee or to end their destruction by any means necessary.

While a wakandagi's anger is fierce, it is not easily roused. Simple fishing expeditions and the occasional traveler are left in peace; only those doing extreme and malicious damage to the rivers in a wakandagi's territory provoke it, and the creature attacks only after great deliberation. While these majestic beasts are rarely encountered by humans, tales around the fires of fish camps and within the relative safety of riverside taverns claim that, when riled, a wakandagi will come screaming out from within a veil of clinging mist, scattering foes, capsizing boats, and spitting its water bombs, which can render a foe unconscious. Any creature straying too close to the beast falls victim to its branching antlers.

The other, less destructive tales involving wakandagis portray them as considerate and kind-hearted beasts, sometimes flooding a burning field to save a crop of corn, pushing a sinking boat to shore to save the crew, or even saving a child bitten by a viper while playing in the river.

A wakandagi stands 9 feet at the shoulder, stretches 18 feet from nose to tail, and weighs 2,200 pounds.