Alapolo

APPEARANCE

This graceful woman is glad in a loose, flowing of shadowy gossamer. Its skin is all in shades of gray, with eyes of luminous shadow and long, flowing jet black hair.

Alapolo CR 17

XP 102,400
CN Medium fey
Init +11; Senses low-light vision; Perception +25

DEFENSE

AC 32, touch 32, flat-footed 24 (+14 deflection, +7 Dex, +1 dodge)
hp 262 (25d6+175)
Fort +15, Ref +21, Will +19
Defensive Abilities shifting shadows; Immune one with shadows

OFFENSE

Speed 40 ft.
Melee 2 shadow claws +20 touch (3d10+7/19–20)
Space 5 ft.; Reach 5 ft. (10 ft. with shadow claws)
Special Attacks cloying pull, enticing invitation, weighty shadow

TACTICS

During Combat The alapolo uses Enticing Invitation on as many creatures as possible. It then alternates between using Weighty Shadow and attacking with its shadow claws.

Morale If reduced to fewer than 50 hit points, the alapolo attempts to flee.

STATISTICS

Str 10, Dex 25, Con 24, Int 11, Wis 20, Cha 25
Base Atk +12; CMB +19; CMD 44
Feats Acrobatic Steps, Agile Maneuvers, Combat Casting, Combat Reflexes, Dodge, Improved Critical (shadow claw), Improved Initiative, Mobility, Nimble Moves, Skill Focus (Perform [dance]), Spring Attack, Weapon Finesse, Weapon Focus (shadow claw)
Skills Acrobatics +32 (+36 to jump), Bluff +30, Diplomacy +30, Knowledge (planes) +25, Perception +25, Perform (dance) +37, Stealth +35
Languages Common, Sylvan

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Cloying Pull (Su)

As an immediate action, the alapolo attempts to snag a creature moving out of the alapolo’s reach. The creature must succeed on a DC 29 Reflex save or its movement ends. The save DC is Constitution-based.

Enticing Invitation (Sp)

The alapolo whispers an invitation to a target within 30 feet of it, affecting it with the irresistible dance spell (Will save DC 25). If the save is successful and after the target spends one round dancing, it is immune to this alapolo’s Enticing Invitation for 24 hours. At the end of each round the target is subjected to this effect, it takes 1d4 Con damage. If the alapolo uses Weighty Shadow against the target, the effect ends.

One with Shadows (Su)

The alapolo is immune spells and effects with the darkness or light descriptor, as well as to spells from the shadow subschool.

Shifting Shadows (Su)

The alapolo’s movement doesn’t provoke attacks of opportunity.

Weighty Shadow (Su)

As a standard action, the alapolo petulantly stomps on an adjacent shadow. The target’s shadow becomes incredibly heavy to drag around, reducing all the target’s speeds by 20 feet (to a minimum of 5 feet) for 1 minute.

ABOUT

Short-lived, strange creatures called alapolos cling to the shadows in eerie moonlight, inviting others to dance. Although these “shadow dancers” aren’t actively malevolent, they become petulant when others won’t dance with them. Even fey avoid alapolos, for their dancing is both captivating and exhausting. When a potential dance partner resists their swaying invitations to dance, an alapolo becomes sulky and usually stomps upon the refuser’s shadow, giving it a supernatural weight. Avoiding both the dance and the stomp requires incredible diplomacy.