Qlippoth Lord, Thuskchoon

This sluglike creature leaves a swath of tar wherever he goes, and his upper body opens into a gaping, sludge-dripping mouth.

Thuskchoon CR 21

XP 409,600
CE Gargantuan outsider (chaotic, evil, extraplanar, qlippoth)
Init +14; Senses darkvision 60 ft., detect good, detect law, tremorsense 120 ft., true seeing; Perception +36
Aura cloak of chaos (DC 23)

DEFENSE

AC 37, touch 21, flat-footed 26 (+4 deflection, +10 Dex, +1 dodge, +16 natural, –4 size)
hp 396 (24d10+264); regeneration 15 (lawful)
Fort +23, Ref +28, Will +27
Defensive Abilities freedom of movement; DR 15/cold iron and lawful; Immune acid, cold, death effects, mind-affecting effects, poison; Resist electricity 30, fire 30; SR 32
Weaknesses nearly mindless

OFFENSE

Speed 40 ft., burrow 20 ft., fly 60 ft. (good)
Melee bite +33 (6d8+13/19–20 plus 2d6 acid and grab), 4 talons 33 (2d6+13)
Space 20 ft.; Reach 20 ft.
Special Attacks breath weapon (120-ft. line, 20d10 acid damage, Reflex DC 33 half, every 1d4 rounds), fast swallow, horrific appearance (DC 27), swallow whole (10d6 bludgeoning damage, 10d6 acid damage, and 1d6 Intelligence damage; AC 18; 39 hp)
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 21st; concentration +26)

Constant—cloak of chaos (DC 23), detect good, detect law, fly, freedom of movement, true seeing
At will—acid fog, blindness/deafnessM (DC 17), desecrate^M, greater dispel magic, greater teleport, slow^M (DC 18)
3/day—foresightM, mass hunger for flesh (DC 21), power word blindM, quickened slow (DC 18), vision, waves of exhaustion
1/day—imprisonment (DC 24), summon qlippoth

^M Thuskchoon can use the mythic version of this ability within his sanctum.

STATISTICS

Str 36, Dex 30, Con 33, Int 3, Wis 28, Cha 21
Base Atk +24; CMB +41 (+43 bull rush); CMD 66 (68 vs. bull rush, can’t be tripped)
Feats Awesome Blow, Blinding Critical, Combat Reflexes, Critical Focus, Dodge, Improved Bull Rush, Improved Critical (bite), Improved Initiative, Improved Vital Strike, Power Attack, Quicken Spell-Like Ability (slow), Vital Strike
Skills Fly +45, Perception +36
Languages Abyssal (can’t speak); telepathy 300 ft.
SQ entangling acid, false intellect, intellectual flash, no breath, trailing tar

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Entangling Acid (Ex)

Any creature that takes acid damage from any of Thuskchoon’s attacks or abilities (whether an extraordinary, supernatural, or spell-like ability) becomes entangled by the thick, sticky acid this qlippoth lord generates. Freedom of movement prevents this entangle effect; otherwise, it persists until a character peels off and discards the acidic sludge; doing so requires a successful DC 20 Strength check. Attempting to do so is a standard action that provokes attacks of opportunity.

False Intellect (Su)

In any round that Thuskchoon causes any Intelligence damage to a creature via his swallow whole ability, the qlippoth lord can use that digested intellect to gain the benefits of his intellectual flash ability for 1 round per point of Intelligence damage dealt in that round. This duration stacks if Thuskchoon has swallowed multiple creatures, or if the Intelligence damage continues for more than 1 round.

Horrific Appearance (Su)

A creature that succumbs to Thuskchoon’s horrific appearance has its mind flooded with horrific recollections that may or may not be real, repressed terrors knocked loose and brought to the conscious mind by the presence of the monstrosity that is Thuskchoon.

Often these memories are a strange mix of racial memory and flashes from past lives. The victim also experiences genetic reversions. The victim is immediately affected by feeblemind (as per the spell), and its body is deformed and hideously twisted. Select (or choose randomly) from the list of deformities gained from the mutant template to apply to the victim.

Alternatively, simply reduce one of the victim’s physical ability scores by 4 points (feel free to devise an appropriate cosmetic atrocity to add flavor to this reduction). The feeblemind effect can be cured normally by any effect that removes that condition (see the spell description for more details), but the mutation is permanent and can be removed only via a miracle or wish spell, or by death and subsequent resurrection.

Thuskchoon’s horrific appearance has no effect on creatures with an Intelligence score of 1 or 0.

Intellectual Flash (Ex)

When Thuskchoon enters combat, there’s a cumulative 20% chance per round that he receives a flash of intellect. Check for this flash at the start of the qlippoth lord’s turn in combat. If the chance succeeds, for that round Thuskchoon loses his nearly mindless weakness and can use his spell-like abilities freely and engage in combat tactics on par with those of a typical human. During that round, Thuskchoon can attempt Knowledge checks untrained with a +20 insight bonus (he retains his –4 penalty from his Intelligence score of 3, so this means his Knowledge checks are attempted with a +16 bonus for this round). The next round, the chance of an intellectual flash occurring is reduced to 0%, but then increases by 20% each subsequent round.

Nearly Mindless (Ex)

Thuskchoon’s limited intellect and his overwhelming hunger combine to make the creature nearly mindless in his actions. Unless he uses his intellectual flash ability or gains the benefit of false intellect, he cannot activate any spell-like abilities and his tactical choices in combat are those of a violent animal. While in his nearly mindless state, Thuskchoon gains a +8 bonus on all saving throws against mind-affecting effects.

Trailing Tar (Ex)

Thuskchoon exudes a thick swath of sticky, tarlike sludge whenever he moves using his base speed. Any square he passes over using this base speed is transformed into difficult terrain for 1 hour. Freedom of movement allows free passage through this sticky terrain, and a dose of universal solvent can cleanse one 5-foot-square area of tar. Spell effects that cleanse an area of filth or detritus can also remove this difficult terrain, provided the spell effect in question is 6th level or higher.

ECOLOGY

Environment any (Abyss)
Organization solitary (unique)
Treasure triple

Not all of the qlippoth lords have alien intelligences that outstrip the minds of most mortals. In the case of Thuskchoon, the qlippoth lord’s intellect is replaced almost entirely by a ravenous need to consume and feed.

Now and then, the qlippoth lord gains flashes of insight and momentarily comprehends vast puzzles of reality, yet those brief insights fade quickly. These periods of insight are lengthened when Thuskchoon consumes prey, for as he digests flesh, he also digests thought, and can parasitize his victim’s minds in order to act with purpose.

Thuskchoon’s Abyssal sanctum is a vast warren of tunnels that wind through the depths of the Abyss and connect most, if not all, of the other qlippoth sanctums. Rarely does he spend time in this maze of caves, though, instead aimlessly wandering the depths of the Abyss in constant search of anything to sate his eternal hunger. Now and then, the qlippoth lord blunders through portals that bring his ravenings to other planes, whereupon it is but a matter of time before he is banished or slain and forced to start his wanderings over anew from his sanctum’s heart.

Thuskchoon measures 40 feet in length and weighs 16,000 pounds.

Thuskchoon’s Cult

The worshipers of Thuskchoon refer to the qlippoth lord as the Everglutton to honor his nearly mindless and nigh-constant hunger. Cultists of this unusual qlippoth lord venerate him while not expecting much in the way of intentional reward, for a core part of the faith is the acknowledgement that Thuskchoon is not particularly driven by intellect. The secrets he reveals are potent and world-shaking, yet they are accidental revelations—the circumstantial repercussions of the meandering swaths of destruction the Everglutton leaves in his wake as he lumbers through creation. Temples of Thuskchoon are converted from large caverns or ruined buildings, but the cult is nomadic and never remains in one location for long. Visions of new regions to savage and destroy constantly plague the leaders of this qlippoth lord’s cults, but now and then they may settle in a region for a few years. In these cases, they tend to carve hideous pictographs and foul Abyssal prayers into the stones that make up their temporary shrines. Just as the qlippoth lord himself can gain momentary flashes of insight from the minds of digested victims, so do his cultists constantly seek new drugs, poisons, and exotic consumables to feed upon in hopes of being granted strange visions or unexpected answers to questions they haven’t dared ask.

Thuskchoon’s symbol is a triangular rune with teeth, and his favored weapon is the greatclub. He grants access to the domains of Chaos, Destruction, Evil, and Knowledge, and to the subdomains of Catastrophe, Entropy, Rage, and Thought.