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Aeon, Akhana

Four gray arms project from a swirling mass resembling a giant eye, from which a tail-like appendage dangles.

Akhana CR 12

XP 19,200
N Medium outsider (aeon, extraplanar)
Init +10; Senses darkvision 60 ft., deathwatch; Perception +19

DEFENSE

AC 27, touch 18, flat-footed 21 (+2 deflection, +6 Dex, +9 natural)
hp 148 (11d10+88); fast healing 5
Fort +17, Ref +11, Will +14
Immune cold, critical hits, poison; Resist electricity 10, fire 10; SR 23

OFFENSE

Speed 30 ft., fly 40 ft. (poor)
Melee 4 claws +16 (1d4+5 plus grab)
Special Attacks soul siphoning
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 11th; concentration +15)

Constant--deathwatch
At will--cure serious wounds, gentle repose, inflict serious wounds (DC 17), sanctuary (DC 15)
3/day--restoration, slay living (DC 19)
1/day--raise dead

STATISTICS

Str 21, Dex 23, Con 26, Int 16, Wis 21, Cha 18
Base Atk +11; CMB +16 (+20 grapple); CMD 34 (38 vs. trip)
Feats Combat Reflexes, Great Fortitude, Hover, Improved Initiative, Iron Will, Lightning Reflexes
Skills Bluff +18, Fly +2, Heal +19, Intimidate +18, Knowledge (planes) +22, Knowledge (religion) +22, Perception +19, Sense Motive +19, Spellcraft +17, Stealth +20
Languages envisaging
SQ extension of all, void form

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Soul Siphoning (Su)

As a swift action, an akhana can use its tail to siphon life essence from a grappled foe. At the start of the aeon’s turn, the victim gains 1d4 negative levels (a DC 23 Fortitude save negates and grants immunity to this akhana’s soul siphoning ability for 24 hours). When the number of negative levels equals the target’s Hit Dice, the target’s soul tears free from its mortal body and gets stored within the body of the akhana as a trap the soul spell. The victim’s body remains preserved as if via a gentle repose spell for as long as the soul is held by the akhana. The akhana can keep the soul indefinitely, or can release it as a full-round action. Upon doing so, the released soul immediately returns to its body if the body is within 300 feet, at which point the body returns to life and any negative levels imparted to it by the akhana are removed. If the body is not within 300 feet (or if it has been destroyed), then the creature dies when its soul is released. A miracle, limited wish, or wish can force a displaced soul to return to its proper body. If an akhana is slain, any soul it contains is released automatically. An akhana can only hold one soul at a time. The save DC is Constitution-based.


ECOLOGY

Environment any (Outer Planes)
Organization solitary, pair, or collective (3–6)
Treasure none

Akhanas bear charge over the duality of birth and death. They perceive the existence of living things as crucial to maintaining cosmic balance. They also understand the profound inf luence living things have on the cosmos, and if left untended, its ability to create terrible consequences. In this circumstance, life must give way to death.

Akhanas wander the byways of the multiverse, constantly on the hunt for imbalances in life. How they judge these imbalances is not well-understood by non-aeons, and the aeons are singularly unmotivated to justify akhanas’ decisions when inquired about them. As a result, the focus of akhanas’ attacks and attentions usually seems arbitrary or even random to most creatures—they do not always focus their attentions on the strongest or the weakest members of a group.

An akhana stands 5 feet in height and weighs 120 pounds. Its strange central body seems vaporous, but is weirdly solid (and slimy) to the touch.

Section 15: Copyright Notice - Bestiary 2

Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Bestiary 2, © 2010, Paizo Publishing, LLC; Authors Wolfgang 
Baur, Jason Bulmahn, Adam Daigle, Graeme Davis, Crystal Frasier, Joshua J. Frost, Tim 
Hitchcock, Brandon Hodge, James Jacobs, Steve Kenson, Hal MacLean, Martin Mason, Rob 
McCreary, Erik Mona, Jason Nelson, Patrick Renie, Sean K Reynolds, F. Wesley Schneider, 
Owen K.C. Stephens, James L. Sutter, Russ Taylor, and Greg A. Vaughan, based on material 
by Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, and Skip Williams.