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It's adorably causing a shipwreck
This tabby kitten
towers over most seagoing vessels. It flails its paws in playful, yet deadly,
exuberance.
Krakitten CR 6
XP 2,400
N Colossal magical beast (aquatic)
Init +8; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light
vision, scent; Perception +8
DEFENSE
AC 19, touch 7,
flat-footed 14 (+4 Dex, +1 dodge, +12 natural, –8 size)
hp 84 (8d10+40)
Fort +11, Ref +10, Will +4
DR 5/magic; Immune electricity
Weaknesses
distractible
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft.,
swim 60 ft.
Melee bite +9
(2d6+8 plus grab)
Ranged hairball
+4 (2d4+8 plus entangling hairball)
Space 30 ft.; Reach 20 ft.
Special Attacks capsize,
cornered rage, rake (2 claws +8, 2d6+8), structural damage
STATISTICS
Str 26, Dex 19, Con 21, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 17
Base Atk +8; CMB +24 (+28 grapple); CMD 39 (43 vs. trip)
Feats Athletic,
Dodge, Improved Initiative, Weapon Focus (bite)
Skills Acrobatics
+11 (+19 to jump), Climb +14, Perception +8, Swim +18
ECOLOGY
Environment warm
and temperate ocean
Organization
solitary, pair, or clowder (3–8)
Treasure none
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Cornered Rage (Ex)
A krakitten always retreats when reduced to 15 hp or fewer. However, if it
cannot retreat, it goes into a rage as a free action. It gains +2 Constitution
and +2 Strength, but takes a –2 penalty to AC. The rage lasts for 1
minute or until it can retreat, whichever is shorter. It cannot end its rage
voluntarily.
Distractible (Ex)
A krakitten takes a –4 penalty on saves against illusion spells and effects.
Additionally, pattern spells treat a krakitten as if it had 1/2 of its Hit Dice
when determining the spells’ effects.
Entangling Hairball
(Ex) If a krakitten’s hairball attack strikes a target, the target creature
must succeed on a DC 19 Reflex save or become entangled. An entangled creature
can break free of the hairball with a successful DC 19 Escape Artist check or
Strength check. A krakitten’s entangling hairball can also affect a creature if
the hairball hits the creature’s touch AC, but the affected creature receives a
+4 bonus on the Reflex save to avoid becoming entangled and the checks to break
free. The save and check DCs are Constitution-based.
Structural Damage
(Ex) A krakitten's rake ignores up to 5 points of a target object’s
hardness.
Many creatures protect their young by hiding them in
well-protected locations, safe from the predations of larger creatures. Some
young have inherent means of protection in the form of camouflage or other
natural defenses. Oftentimes, one or more of the parent creatures remain with
the young to drive off predators. In the case of at least one type of sea cat,
the sea cats deposit their eggs near a source of wild arcane energy which has
no affect on the adult creatures, but causes the immature sea cats to grow to
prodigious size as krakittens.
Krakittens are terrors of the sea lanes, but this is an
unfortunate and incidental side effect of their great size coupled with their
playfulness. Fortunately, they are clumsy and rarely land direct hits on the
objects of their attention. They are also prone to distraction and will follow
figments which capture their notice and “play” with the illusory objects until
they grow bored or finally realize the objects are not real. Dumping a load of
fish in the water also keeps them from attacking ships. Finally, when they
become severely injured, they return to their lairs where they can nurse their
wounds and recover. Maritime wisdom warns sailors not to trap an injured
krakitten, since it becomes enraged and even more destructive.
After a year, the arcane energy infusing krakittens fades,
and the creatures mature into sea cats to begin the cycle anew. Oceanic druids
have tried in vain to gain krakittens as companion creatures, but the best they
can do is lure the overgrown kittens to ships they want destroyed.
