Argorth
Pathfinder Remaster. Stats use the Pathfinder Remaster rules from Pathfinder Monster Core 2.
The Argorth is a Level 11 creature, with Armor Class 30 and 200 hit points. The argorth is a massive, eyeless horror that detects the beating hearts of its prey from a distance.
Stat Block
- Edition: Pathfinder Remaster
- Size: Huge
- Type: aberration
- Level: 11
- Armor Class: 30
- Hit Points: 200
- Speed: 30 ft., burrow 20 ft., climb 20 ft., swim 30 ft.
- STR: 7
- DEX: 3
- CON: 5
- INT: -5
- WIS: 1
- CHA: -1
- Fortitude Save: +24
- Reflex Save: +21
- Will Save: +18
- Perception: +18
- Senses: bloodsense 120 feet, scent (imprecise) 60 feet
- Skills: Acrobatics +21, Athletics +23
- Traits: aberration, mindless
- Immunities: visual
- Resistances: acid 10, cold 10
Abilities & Attacks
Bloodsense. The argorth can detect any creature that has a heartbeat, such as most humanoids, or any creature that's consumed blood within 1 week, such as a vampire. Death Slam (reaction). Trigger The argorth is reduced to 0 Hit Points. Effect Before it's knocked out, the argorth makes a tail Strike against a random creature within reach. Constrict (1 action). The argorth can only Constrict creatures Grabbed by its tail. 2d8+7 bludgeoning, DC 27 basic Fortitude save. The monster deals the listed amount of damage to any number of creatures Grabbed or Restrained by it. Each of those creatures can attempt a basic Fortitude save with the listed DC. Ground Pound (2 actions). The argorth rears up its massive bulk and slams it downward with incredible force. Each creature in a 10-foot emanation takes 5d8 bludgeoning damage (DC 27 basic Reflex save). A creature who critically fails this save is also knocked Prone. Swallow Whole (1 action) (attack). Large, 2d8+7 bludgeoning, Rupture 24. The monster attempts to swallow a creature of the listed size or smaller that it has grabbed or restrained in its jaws or mouth. If a swallowed creature is of the maximum size listed, the monster can't use Swallow Whole again. If the creature is smaller than the maximum, the monster can usually swallow more creatures; the GM determines the maximum. The monster attempts an Athletics check opposed by the grabbed creature's Reflex DC. If it succeeds, it swallows the creature. The monster's mouth or jaws no longer grab a creature it has swallowed, so the monster is free to use them to Strike or Grab once again. The monster can't attack creatures it has swallowed. A swallowed creature is Grabbed, is Slowed 1, and has to hold its breath or start suffocating. The swallowed creature takes the listed amount of damage when first swallowed and at the end of each of its turns while it's swallowed. If the victim Escapes this ability's grabbed condition, it exits through the monster's mouth. This frees any other creature grabbed in the monster's mouth or jaws. A swallowed creature can attack the monster that has swallowed it, but only with unarmed attacks or with weapons of light Bulk or less. The swallowing creature is Off-Guard against the attack. If the monster takes piercing or slashing damage equaling or exceeding the listed Rupture value from a single attack or spell, the swallowed creature cuts itself free. A creature that gets free by either Escaping or cutting itself free can immediately breathe and exits the swallowing monster's space. If the monster dies, a swallowed creature can be freed by creatures adjacent to the corpse if they spend a combined total of 3 actions cutting the monster open with a weapon or unarmed attack that deals piercing or slashing damage. Unnatural Shriek (2 actions) (auditory, emotion, fear, mental). The argorth emits a terrible howl not of the mortal world. Each non-aberration creature within 120 feet must attempt a DC 30 Will save. Regardless of the result, a creature is temporarily immune to the argorth's Unnatural Shriek for 24 hours. Critical Success The creature is unaffected. Success The creature is Frightened 1. Failure The creature is stupefied 1 for 1 minute and Frightened 2. Critical Failure The creature is stupefied 2 for 1 minute and Frightened 3. Improved Grab (free action). Trigger The monster's last action was a successful Strike that lists Improved Grab in its damage entry, or the monster has a creature Grabbed or Restrained. Effect If used after a Strike, the monster attempts to Grapple the creature using the body part it attacked with as a free action. This attempt neither applies nor counts toward the creature's multiple attack penalty. The monster can instead use Improved Grab as an action and choose one creature it's grabbing or restraining with an appendage that has Improved Grab to automatically extend that condition to the end of the monster's next turn.
Common Questions
How much HP does an Argorth have?
200 hit points.
What level is an Argorth?
Level 11.
What is an Argorth's Armor Class?
AC 30.
How fast can an Argorth move?
Speed 30 ft., burrow 20 ft., climb 20 ft., swim 30 ft.
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