Frightful Fridays! Glitteranha

Hello and welcome back to another Frightful Fridays! I might get used to actually dropping these on Friday. Today's monster is a cute and cuddly voracious fey that can blind their prey and attach to them with their sharp teeth. Glitteranhas encountered in swarms don't stick to their victims, but they leave bloodier wounds, so it's not much of a trade off.

I hope you enjoy the glitteranha, and I'll see you next week with another monster!

 It's an adorable little psychopath

This bipedal creature has fish scales, cartilaginous wings, fin-like ears, and a dorsal fin atop its head. Its face features lifeless eyes and a grinning mouth full of razor-sharp teeth, which it continually gnashes.

Glitteranha      CR 3

XP 800

NE Tiny fey (aquatic)

Init +7; Senses low-light vision; Perception +8

DEFENSE

AC 16, touch 16, flat-footed 12 (+3 Dex, +1 dodge, +2 size)

hp 27 (5d6+10)

Fort +3, Ref +7, Will +4

DR 5/cold iron

OFFENSE

Speed 10 ft., fly 40 ft. (good), swim 30 ft.

Melee bite +7 (1d3–1 plus attach and 1d2 bleed)

Space 2–1/2 ft.; Reach 0 ft.

Special Attacks glittering assault

Spell-Like Abilities (CL 5th; concentration +11)

   At will—glitterdust (DC 14)

STATISTICS

Str 8, Dex 17, Con 14, Int 7, Wis 11, Cha 14

Base Atk +2; CMB +3; CMD 13

Feats Dodge, Improved Initiative, Weapon Finesse

Skills Acrobatics +11 (+3 to jump), Escape Artist +11, Fly +15, Perception +8, Stealth +17, Swim +15

SQ amphibious

ECOLOGY

Environment temperate forests, lakes, or plains

Organization solitary, pair, gnash (3–20)

Treasure incidental

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Attach (Ex) For each round a glitteranha remains attached to a creature, its bleed damage becomes cumulative.

Glittering Assault (Sp) As part of a move action or charge where a glitteranha ends its move adjacent to or in the same square as an enemy, it can cast glitterdust, targeting only that foe. It must succeed at a DC 19 concentration check, for which it has a +4 racial bonus, otherwise the spell has no effect. If it succeeds in using glitterdust and its opponent is blinded as a result, it takes no attack of opportunity from that foe for moving through its threatened squares.

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Numerous razor-toothed flying fey comprise this cloud of creatures, heralded with insane chittering and gnashing of teeth.

Glitteranha Swarm      CR 8

XP 4,800

NE Tiny fey (aquatic, swarm)

Init +10; Senses low-light vision; Perception +17

DEFENSE

AC 21, touch 19, flat-footed 14 (+6 Dex, +1 dodge, +2 natural, +2 size)

hp 102 (12d6+60)

Fort +10, Ref +14, Will +10

Defensive Abilities swarm traits; DR 10/cold iron; SR 19

OFFENSE

Speed 10 ft., fly 40 ft. (good), swim 30 ft.

Melee swarm (3d6 plus 1d6 bleed and distraction)

Space 10 ft.; Reach 0 ft.

Special Attacks blinding light, distraction (DC 20)

STATISTICS

Str 8, Dex 23, Con 18, Int 7, Wis 15, Cha 16

Base Atk +6; CMB —; CMD —

Feats Dodge, Great Fortitude, Improved Initiative, Mobility, Toughness, Wind Stance

Skills Acrobatics +21 (+13 to jump), Fly +21, Intimidate +15, Perception +17, Stealth +21, Swim +21

SQ amphibious

ECOLOGY

Environment temperate forests, lakes, or plains

Organization solitary or bloodchurn (2–8)

Treasure incidental

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Blinding Light (Su) At the end of a glitteranha swarm’s movement, it targets all creatures within its space and all creatures adjacent to it with an effect similar to glitterdust. Creatures that succeed on DC 19 Will save are dazzled for 1 round. As per glitterdust, a blinded creature can attempt a new Will save at the end of its turn. The save DC is Charisma-based.

Glitteranhas are fey creatures which used to hunt in otherwise pristine lakes. Their tremendous appetites caused them to strip their homes of food, and they eventually turned on each other. Their cannibalistic acts cursed them to a life of never-ending hunger but provided adaptations to diversify their hunting range. Individually, glitteranhas are tenacious foes and rarely let go of prey once they have latched on. While they have the ability to blind prey from a distance, they lack the patience to wait for it to take effect and often charge in to tear flesh from their targets. More frighteningly, glitteranhas gather in massive swarms and annihilate life where they pass. Their greater numbers induce a strange feedback which improves their defensive capabilities, making them much more difficult to repel. However, once the swarm disperses, individual glitteranhas attack and devour each other, creating a gruesome sight.

A typical glitteranha measures 2 feet in length and weighs 30 pounds. The creatures can live up to 60 years, but their voracious appetites tend to shorten this lifespan.