Darkmantle, Nightmantle

A dark horror crawls with rubbery black tentacles reaching out to snap at anything that moves. The flat black mass stretches into the darkness beyond, with hundreds of dull red eyes glowing on its surface.

Nightmantle CR 19

XP 204,800
Combat (barbaric)
NE Colossal magical beast
Init +1; Senses darkvision 120 ft., lifesense 300 ft., low-light vision, see in darkness; Perception +15

DEFENSE

AC 34, touch 3, flat-footed 33 (+1 Dex, +31 natural, -8 size)
hp 312 (16d12+208)
Fort +23, Ref +11, Will +13
DR 10/adamantine; Resist acid 10, cold 10, fire 10
Weakness light blindness

OFFENSE

Speed 30 ft., burrow 15 ft., climb 30 ft.
Melee bite +29 (4d6+20/19-20 plus grab), 2 tentacles +23 (2d8+10)
Space 30 ft., Reach 20 ft. (30 ft. with tentacles)
Special Attacks swallow whole (5d6 acid damage, AC 25, 34 hp)
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 16th, concentration +19)

• At will–deeper darkness
• 3/day–quickened black tentacles, quickened deeper darkness

STATISTICS

Str 50, Dex 13, Con 36, Int 4, Wis 26, Cha 17
Base Atk +16; CMB +44 (+48 grapple); CMD 55 (can’t be tripped)
Feats Combat Reflexes, Improved Critical (bite), Iron Will, Power Attack, Quicken Spell-Like Ability (black tentacles), Quicken Spell-like Ability (deeper darkness), Skill Focus (Stealth), Weapon Focus (bite)
Skills Perception +15, Stealth +9 (+17 underground); Racial Modifiers +8 Stealth underground
Languages Undercommon (can’t speak)
SQ compression, deepest darkness

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Deepest Darkness (Su)

The darkness created by a nightmantle’s deeper darkness spell-like ability is permanent until dispelled.

ECOLOGY

Environment underground
Organization solitary
Treasure none

The word nightmantle is synonymous with plague or other calamities among subterranean creatures. When a nightmantle arrives near a sufficient gathering of life, it spreads darkness and death until nothing remains. The nightmantles then sleep away centuries, awakening only to destroy anyone attempting to reclaim their territory. Over eons the monsters act as one great slow calamity, traveling from one side of the world to the other until all light is extinguished. A nightmantle stands 15 feet tall, is 60 feet in diameter and weighs 300 tons.