Frightful Fridays! Ki Rat

Hello, and welcome to this week's Frightful Fridays! Today's entry is courtesy of my friend Drejk, and it sat in my folder for a long while before I decided to do something with it. The ki rat uses the rules for the Pathfinder Unchained monk, which suits the creature better than the typical monk. At any rate, if you unleash a ki rat on your players, they won't want to underestimate this rat.

I hope you enjoy the ki rat, and I'll see you next time with another monster. Thanks for reading!

This hairless rat with a sagacious mien is blind but moves with surprising grace.

Ki Rat      CR 12

XP 19,200

LN Tiny magical beast

Init +10; Senses blindsight 120 ft.; Perception +27

DEFENSE

AC 27, touch 27, flat-footed 20 (+6 Dex, +1 dodge, +8 insight, +2 size)

hp 152 (16d10+64)

Fort +14, Ref +16, Will +15

Defensive Abilities improved evasion

Weaknesses blind

OFFENSE

Speed 60 ft.

Melee unarmed strike +22/+17/+12/+7 (1d10+4) or 2 claws +22 (1d10+4) or unarmed strike flurry of blows +22/+22/+22/+17/+12/+7 (1d10+4)

Space 2½ ft.; Reach 0 ft.

Special Attacks flurry of blows, pounce, stunning fist (4/day, DC 26)

STATISTICS

Str 2, Dex 22, Con 19, Int 14, Wis 27, Cha 17

Base Atk +16; CMB +28 (+30 trip); CMD 35 (41 vs. trip)

Feats Deflect Arrows^B, Dodge, Improved Initiative, Improved Iron Will, Improved Trip^B, Improved Unarmed Strike, Iron Will, Mobility^B, Spring Attack, Stunning Fist, Underfoot^APG

Skills Acrobatics +25 (+37 to jump), Climb +15, Perception +27, Perform (wind instruments) +19, Stealth +25; Racial Modifiers +8 Climb

Languages Common, Ki Rat

SQ insightful combatant, ki pool (16 points, adamantine, lawful, magic), ki powers (diamond mind, diamond soul, feather balance, light steps, one touch, quivering palm, wholeness of body)

ECOLOGY

Environment any land

Organization solitary, pair, or sangha (3–16)

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Insightful Combatant (Su) A ki rat gains an insight bonus equal to its Wisdom modifier to its Armor Class, attacks, and damage.

Ki Powers (Su) For purposes of its key powers, a ki rat has an effective monk level equal to its Hit Dice.

Ki rats are exceptionally powerful animals that possess many abilities associated with monks. The prevailing thought is that ordinary rats at temples where monks trained absorbed the ki that flowed into and out of the monks. These rats lost their sight but gained awareness of their environment and their own inherent power. Many ki rats roam the world and use their power and wisdom to right wrongs, free the falsely imprisoned, and impart their own knowledge to those willing to learn from a rat. Some of these rats have settled down and started temples of their own, usually teaching aspiring monks through a proxy. All ki rats have a love for wind instruments, and carry reed flutes, from which they produce soothing melodies.