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Digester

This creature resembles a featherless and flightless bird, except its head is nothing more than a long narrow tube topped by two pinpoint eyes.
Digester CR 6

XP 2,400
N Medium magical beast
Init +6; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, scent; Perception +10

DEFENSE

AC 18, touch 13, flat-footed 15 (+2 Dex, +1 dodge, +5 natural)
hp 68 (8d10+24)
Fort +9, Ref +10, Will +3
Immune acid

OFFENSE

Speed 60 ft.
Melee claw +11 (1d8+4)
Special Attacks acid spray

STATISTICS

Str 17, Dex 15, Con 17, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 10
Base Atk +8; CMB +11; CMD 24
Feats Alertness, Dodge, Improved Initiative, Lightning Reflexes
Skills Acrobatics +6 (+10 jumping)*, Perception +10, Sense Motive +3, Stealth* +13; Racial Modifiers +4 to Acrobatics when jumping, +4 to Stealth

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Acid Spray (Ex)

A digester can spray acid in a 20-foot cone, dealing 4d8 points of damage to everything in that area. The digester can also choose to deliver a concentrated stream of acid that deals 8d8 points of damage against a single target within 5 feet. A DC 17 Reflex save halves the damage for both the cone and the stream. A digester may only use this ability once every 1d4 rounds. The save DC is Constitution-based.

Lore

Characters with ranks in Knowledge (arcana) can learn more about a Digester. When a character makes a successful skill check, the following lore is revealed, including the information from lower DCs.

Knowledge (name)

DC Result
DC 11 Digesters are fast-moving beasts that eat anything organic.
DC 16 A digester is not intelligent enough to know fear. It usually attacks until slain.
DC 21 Although not intelligent, digesters work together to surround prey and attack from several angles.
DC 26 The digester is immune to acid.

Variant Digester

In the world’s northern climes a variant digester exists. These digesters are pale white and use a concentrated spray of liquid gas to freeze meals, which it then breaks up with its feet and then vacuums up the shattered remnants. This digester deals cold damage instead of acid damage with its spray. Its speed reduces to 40 feet, but it gains the Nimble Moves feat as a bonus feat and a +4 racial bonus to Acrobatics skill checks when moving across slippery surfaces such as ice.

Editor's Notes

We noted the following errata for this creature:

1.  Due to its speed, it should have a jumping bonus for acrobatics:
Acrobatics +6 (+22 when jumping)

2.  The Stealth amount is in error:  it should be Stealth +12.
(3 ranks + 3 class + 2 DEX + 4 racial)

GM's are encouraged to use these revised amounts. 

ECOLOGY

Environment warm forests or temperate plains
Organization solitary, pack (3-6), or herd (7-20)
Treasure none

Digesters are sometimes called stomachs on legs. The creatures spend their lives trolling for prey on two power-ful legs or in hiding, waiting for a meal to come to them. The creatures inhabit any region where food is plentiful, from forests to savannahs. They are most plentiful in open spaces where their long, powerful legs allow them to run down prey.

The digester is a simple combatant. It dissolves prey with its acid spray and then sucks up the resulting organic mate-rial as it if were a thick soup. If the first application does not do the job, the digester attacks with its claws until it is able to use its acid spray again.

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