Stalker Automaton

Level 5

Creature· automatonRareMediumRemaster

AC 21

HP 65

Speed 30 ft.

Fort +10

Ref +14

Will +13

Perc +15

Size Medium

Rare

automaton construct

Resistances physical 5 (except adamantine)

Spells

Arcane Innate Spells (DC 20, attack +0)

4th Translocate (At Will)

Languages common

Senses darkvision

Speeds 30 ft., climb 20 ft.

Skills stealth +14, survival +13, acrobatics +12, athletics +11

Recall Knowledge arcana DC 25

Attacks

Melee Jaws +15/+10/+5

Damage: 2d10+6 piercing

Melee Claw +15/+11/+7(agile)

Damage: 2d6+6 slashing

Abilities

Telepathy 60 feetinteraction(aura, magical, mental)

A monster with telepathy can communicate mentally with any creatures within the listed radius, as long as they share a language. This doesn't give any special access to their thoughts, and communicates no more information than normal speech would.

Astral Blink◆offensive(concentrate, manipulate, teleportation)

Frequency once per round Effect The stalker steps sideways into the astral realm, reappearing nearby. The stalker teleports to an unoccupied space within 15 feet that they can see.

Astral Pounce◆◆offensive

Requirements The stalker hasn't used Astral Blink this round

The stalker Astral Blinks or Strides and makes a Strike at the end of that movement. If the stalker began this action Hidden, it remains hidden until after this ability's Strike. The stalker then Astral Blinks or Strides again, whichever it did not already do.

Sneak Attackoffensive

The creature's Strikes deal an additional 1d6 precision damage to Off-Guard creatures.

Description

Stalker automatons house the minds of skilled hunters, scouts, and assassins in bodies patterned after the great hunters of the natural world. Stalkers generally have the shape of wolves, large cats, and other predatory creatures. The ancient artifcers improved upon their natural abilities, adding in specialized systems of arcane camoufage and movement. Surviving stalkers still pride themselves as hunters without peer, even as they've adapted to their animalistic forms.