This creature resembles a miniature black hole hovering several feet off the ground. It is a circular region of absolute blackness, with a bizarre distortion around its edges as it warps light waves. Four spiraling, rotating arms of debris and light surround the circular region of darkness. Its facial features are small points of light, almost like stars.
| Elder Gravity Elemental | CR 11 |
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XP 12,800
N Huge outsider (elemental, extraplanar, gravity)
Init +14; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +19
DEFENSE
AC 21, touch 21, flat-footed 10 (+2 deflection, +10 Dex, +1 dodge, -2 size)
hp 168 (16d10+80)
Fort +10; Ref +20; Will +10
Defensive Abilities distortion;
DR 10/—; Immune elemental traits, missile weapons, mass-dependent spells
OFFENSE
Speed fly 100 ft. (perfect)
Melee 2 slams +25 (1d8+7)
Ranged missile +24 (damage by type)
Space 15 ft.; Reach 15 ft.
Special Attacks engulf, gravity field (crush 8/day, 30 ft. radius, DC 25, 4d6 bludgeoning)
STATISTICS
Str 24, Dex 31, Con 20, Int 6, Wis 11, Cha 11
Base Atk +16; CMB +25; CMD 48
Feats Cleave, Dodge, Flyby Attack, Improved Initiative, Mobility, Power Attack, Throw AnythingB, Weapon Finesse, Weapon Focus (slam)
Skills Fly +33, Perception +19, Sense Motive +19, Stealth +21
SQ perfect flier
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Distortion (Su)
The manipulation of light waves around a gravity elemental grants it a +2 deflection bonus to its Armor Class.
Engulf (Ex)
A gravity elemental that starts its turn grappling a creature or holding and object up to one size smaller than itself can absorb the creature or object into its swirling form as a full-round action. An engulfed creature or object takes damage equal to the elemental’s slam attack each round it remains engulfed and can take no action other than trying to break free by rolling its CMB vs. the gravity elementals CMD. The gravity elemental gains the grappled condition as long as it has a creature engulfed, and it can only engulf one creature at a time.
A creature that dies while engulfed by a gravity elemental is smashed into atoms and can only be restored to life by a miracle, wish, or the intervention of a deity. An object that is destroyed while it is engulfed by a gravity elemental is destroyed forever and cannot be restored. There is a 1% non-cumulative chance each round that an engulfed creature or object is sent to a random plane.
Gravity Field (Su)
A gravity elemental’s manipulation of gravity function like the reverse gravity and telekinesis spells (CL equal to HD). The maximum weight an Elder gravity elemental can lift with its telekinesis is not restricted to 375 lbs. The effects of the gravity field are centered on the gravity elemental and move with it. Additionally, by increasing the pull of gravity around itself a gravity elemental can make creatures within a certain radius too heavy to move, or crush them to a pulp.
Crush: Once per day per 2 HD, as a standard action, a
gravity elemental can increase the gravity around itself to crushing proportions. Anything within the gravity elemental’s gravity field takes bludgeoning damage. A successful Fortitude save reduces the damage by half. The area of effect and save DC depend on the elemental’s size. The save DC is Strength-based.
Immunity to Missile Weapons (Ex)
A gravity elemental is immune to any attack from thrown or hurled weapons, arrows, bolts, stones, and similar weapons with a size equal to or less than its own. Any such ranged attack against a gravity elemental automatically fails and the weapon is
pulled into the elemental’s body. Captured missiles orbit the gravity elemental’s form as long as it desires, and it can release one such missile each
round as an improvised thrown weapon. The weapon deals its normal damage plus the gravity elemental’s Strength modifier, and has a range increment of 20 ft. A gravity elemental has the Throw Anything feat as a bonus feat.
Immunity to Spells (Ex)
A gravity elemental is immune to all spells, spell-like abilities, and effects that depend on weight or mass.
Perfect Flier (Ex)
A gravity elemental has perfect control over the forces of gravity, and never needs to make a Fly check when attempting a complex maneuver. It must still make Fly checks to resist external influences on its flight, such as strong winds.
ECOLOGY
Environment Plane of Gravity
Organization solitary
Treasure none
A gravity elemental embodies the very force that controls and holds together the fabric of the universe. The actual elemental is a tiny, superdense ball of matter deep within a zone of darkness and spiraling arms of debris that comprise the body of the elemental. A gravity elemental has mass and size, but no effective weight.
Gravity elementals originate on a weird, recently discovered plane that scholars affectionately call the Plane of Gravity. The elemental’s home plane is a flat, rocky place with little life, no known water sources, and no plant life or foliage. The plane is always shrouded in darkness. Dense pockets of intense gravity and areas of little or no gravity dot the barren landscape. Gravity elementals seem to be able to converse with others of their kind by manipulating gravity itself.
Gravity elementals attack primarily by flailing at their opponents with multiple arms, each one a mixture of fluctuating fields of micro-gravity and debris that has been sucked into its gravity well. These creatures can also attack by adjusting the local gravity fields around themselves.
Elder Gravity Elemental from the Tome of Horrors Complete, Copyright 2011, Necromancer Games, Inc., published and distributed by Frog God Games; Author Erica Balsley.
