Crimson Worlds

Sedacthy Speaker

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columns: 2
forcecolumns: true
layout: Basic Pathfinder 2e Layout
source: "Pathfinder Monster Core"
name: "Sedacthy Speaker"
level: "Creature 6"
 
alignment: ""
size: "Medium"
trait_01: [[amphibious]]
trait_02: [[humanoid]]
trait_03: [[sedacthy]]
modifier: 15
perception:
  - name: "Perception"
    desc: "+15; Darkvision, Wavesense (Imprecise) 30 Feet"
languages: "Thalassic; Sea Speech"
skills:
  - name: "Skills"
    desc: "Athletics: +16, Crafting: +14, Diplomacy: +13, Intimidation: +15, Nature: +15"
abilityMods: [6, 3, 4, 2, 3, 5]
speed: 20 feet,  swim 40 feet
sourcebook: "_Pathfinder Monster Core_"
ac: 23
armorclass:
  - name: AC
    desc: "23; __Fort__ +14, __Ref__ +13, __Will__ +15"
hp: 95
health:
  - name: ""
  - name: HP
    desc: "95"
abilities_top:
  - name: ""
  - name: "Items"
    desc: "[[Equipment/Trident|+1 Trident]]"
  - name: "Sea Speech"
    desc: "  A sedacthy speaking Thalassic can be understood by any animal that has a swim Speed or the amphibious or aquatic trait. By spending a week regularly interacting with such an animal, the sedacthy can make it permanently helpful."
 
  - name: "[[Bestiary Ability Glossary/Wavesense|Wavesense (Imprecise) 30 feet]]"
    desc: "  This sense allows a monster to feel vibrations caused by movement through a liquid. It's an imprecise sense with a limited range (listed in the ability). Wavesense functions only if monster and the subject are in the same body of liquid, and only if the subject is moving through the liquid."
 
abilities_mid:
  - name: ""
  - name: "Speaker's Privilege"
    desc: "`pf2:r`  **Trigger** The sedacthy speaker takes damage\n\n**Requirements** The sedacthy speaker has cover from an animal ally\n* * *\n\n**Effect** The animal takes the damage instead."
 
attacks:
  - name: ""
 
  - name: "**Melee** `pf2:1` Claw"
    desc: "+16 (agile)\n__Damage__  1d6 + 8 slashing"
 
  - name: "**Melee** `pf2:1` Jaws"
    desc: "+16 ()\n__Damage__  1d4 bleed 1d6 + 8 piercing"
 
  - name: "**Melee** `pf2:1` Trident"
    desc: "+17 (magical)\n__Damage__  1d8 + 10 piercing"
 
  - name: "**Ranged** `pf2:1` Trident"
    desc: "+14 (magical, thrown 20 ft.)\n__Damage__  1d8 + 8 piercing"
 
  - name: "Animal Shield"
    desc: "`pf2:1`  **Requirements** The sedacthy speaker is adjacent to a Large or larger animal ally\n* * *\n\n**Effect** The speaker gains cover until the start of their next turn or when they're no longer adjacent to the animal, whichever comes first."
 
  - name: "Exploit Weakness"
    desc: "  The speaker's Strikes deal 1d6 additional damage to creatures that are [[Conditions/Frightened|Frightened]] or [[Conditions/Sickened|Sickened]]."
 
  - name: "Painful Cry"
    desc: "`pf2:2` (mental,sonic) The sedacthy shrieks across a range of painfully high tones, dealing 3d6 sonic damage and 1d6 mental damage to all creatures in a 30-foot cone, with a DC 23 Fortitude check save. A creature that fails its save is [[Conditions/Sickened|Sickened 1]]."
 
  - name: "Shared Feast"
    desc: "`pf2:2`  The sedacthy makes a jaws Strike. If it hits, an ally of their choice can spend a reaction to make a jaws Strike against the same target. Allies with beaks or similar attacks can use those instead of jaws."
 
  - name: "Swim Together"
    desc: "`pf2:2`  **Requirements** The speaker is adjacent to an animal ally\n* * *\n\n**Effect** The speaker and the animal both Swim, ending their movement adjacent to one another."
 
name: Sedacthy Speaker
creatures:
  - 1: Sedacthy Speaker

High-ranking sedacthies are expected to both plan campaigns and wade into battle. These speakers achieve their rank by accumulating several large servants or a single massive creature like a megalodon.

Sedacthies are amphibious, fish-like humanoids who lurk in Golarion’s oceans and are known for leading their animal servants ashore to devour air breathers. When an entire fishing village disappears overnight, sedacthies are the first suspects. Sedacthies pride themselves as natural leaders, with ambition limited only by their strict adherence to hierarchy. A sedacthy’s station is determined by the strength of the animal servants they press into service, and the mettle they prove during hunts and in battles against outsiders.

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