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Chains covered in
eerily enticing pastries and pies cover the bulk of this corpulent humanoid,
but its flesh oozes through the chain links. A pleasant smell, tinged with a
hint of rot, wafts from the creature.
Pyton CR 4
XP 1,200
LE Medium outsider (evil, extraplanar, kyton, lawful)
Init –1; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception
+12
DEFENSE
AC 17, touch 9, flat-footed 17 (–1 Dex, +8 natural)
hp 45 (6d10+12);
regeneration 2 (good weapons and spells)
Fort +7, Ref +4, Will +5
Defensive Abilities
sweet flesh; DR 5/good or silver; Immune cold; Resist fire 10
OFFENSE
Speed 20 ft.
Melee spiked
chain +9/+4 (2d4+4), bite +4 (1d6+4 plus grab)
Special Attacks
overfeed, unnerving gaze (30 ft., DC 15)
Spell-Like Abilities
(CL 12th; concentration +14)
At will—putrefy food and drinkAPG (DC
13)
3/day—feast of ashesAPG (DC 15)
STATISTICS
Str 17, Dex 8, Con 14, Int 15, Wis 16, Cha 15
Base Atk +6; CMB +9 (+13 grapple); CMD 18
Feats Endurance,
Power Attack, Spell Focus (transmutation)
Skills Craft
(alchemy) +11, Diplomacy +11, Intimidate +11, Knowledge (planes) +11,
Perception +12, Profession (cook) +12, Sense Motive +12, Sleight of Hand +8
Languages Common,
Infernal
ECOLOGY
Environment any
(Plane of Shadow)
Organization
solitary, pair, buffet (3–8)
Treasure standard
(gourmet food, culinary recipes, etc.)
SPECIAL ABILTIES
Feats of Ashes (Sp)
A creature that eats flesh from the pyton staves off the starvation effect from
the pyton’s feast of ashes for 1 day.
Overfeed (Ex) A
pyton can feed its flesh or food on hand to a helpless creature or one it has
pinned. The victim must succeed at a DC 15 Fortitude save or become painfully
full. On the first failed save, the victim becomes sickened for 1d4 rounds. On the
second failed save, the victim becomes nauseated for 1d6 rounds and then
sickened for 1d4 hours. On the third failed save, the victim becomes paralyzed
for 1d8 rounds, nauseated for 1d6 minutes, and then sickened for 2d6 hours. On
the fourth failed save, the victim dies. If all conditions have expired for the
victim, it acts as if it had failed one fewer saving throw; after 24 hours, the
number of saves resets completely. The save DC is Constitution-based.
Sweet Flesh (Su)
A creature that successfully bites a pyton (or is fed via its overfeed special
ability) must succeed at a DC 15 Will save or continue to make bite attacks
against the pyton. A creature with bite attacks that count as silver or good does
not suppress a pyton’s regeneration. This is a mind-affecting, compulsion effect. The save DC is Charisma-based.
Unnerving Gaze (Ex)
A creature that succumbs to a pyton’s unnerving gaze becomes sickened for 1d6
rounds as it imagines itself eating flesh from the pyton and from its
companions. This is a mind-affecting fear effect. The save DC is
Charisma-based.
Pytons are gourmands among kytons, sampling flesh from a
variety of creatures and spreading the pleasure and pain of gluttony to others.
They also enjoy the exquisite pain caused by others feasting on their bodies.
Pytons insinuate themselves among their prey, offering delicious meals tainted
with their flesh and with judicious use of feast
of ashes. They then welcome creatures hungry for more, binding their dinner
guests in chains and feeding them until their bodies burst through the chains,
killing them. Pytons bring victims to the threshold of death by overfilling their
bodies with high-quality food and then allow their stomachs to settle for a
couple of hours before repeating the process.
