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Archives of Nethys

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PFS StandardCapritellix

The Plane of Metal can seem unpredictable to the point of cruelty, and capritellixes embody this perfectly. With a head formed of discs that each depict a portion of their face, a capritellix reshapes their personality with a quick whir.

Despite their different faces, each capritellix has a unified identity, with one memory and one name. Each mood that cycles through the pieces of their face is a massively amplified facet of their personality, rather than a completely different individual. The differences are subtle to most observers, but a capritellix can display numerous mood combinations—typically 64 for one with four faces per disc or 125 for one with five faces per disc. No matter how much they change their face, however, capritellixes can't suppress their haughty ego or shake the ceaseless despair they feel.

The conflicting priorities of each mood within a capritellix make it difficult for any of these creatures to make long-term plans or form solid relationships. What one face builds up, another undermines, cursed all the while with full knowledge of the former intentions they will never fulfill and the well-laid plans they will abandon.

Recall Knowledge - Elemental (Arcana, Nature): DC 41
Unspecific Lore: DC 39
Specific Lore: DC 36

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CapritellixCreature 17

Rare Huge Elemental Metal 
Source Rage of Elements pg. 151
Perception +30; darkvision
Languages Talican; plus one language for each of their mouths; telepathy 100 feet
Skills Acrobatics +31, Athletics +29, Deception +32, Diplomacy +32, Intimidation +32, Performance +32, Plane of Metal Lore +30, Society +30
Str +6, Dex +8, Con +8, Int +7, Wis +5, Cha +9
AC 39 all-around vision; Fort +31, Ref +29, Will +30
HP 290; Immunities bleed, paralyzed, poison, sleep; Resistances electricity 10, physical 10 (except adamantine)
Whirling Hands [free-action] Trigger A creature starts its turn in the capritellix's melee reach; Effect The capritellix makes a metal hand Strike against the creature.
Speed fly 60 feet
Melee [one-action] metal hand +33 [+29/+25] (agile, finesse, magical, reach 15 feet), Damage 3d8+14 bludgeoning plus 1d12 electricity, plentiful metals, and Push 20 feetRanged [one-action] eye beam +33 [+28/+23] (electricity, magical, range 120 feet), Damage 4d12 electricityDual Beams [two-actions] The capritellix makes two eye beam Strikes against different creatures. Their multiple attack penalty doesn't increase until after both Strikes.Plentiful Metals Each of the capritellix's levitating hands is made of a different precious metal. Each time a capritellix makes a metal hand Strike, they choose whether the hand they use is adamantine, cold iron, dawnsilver, orichalcum, silver, or any other solid precious metal.Shift Mood [one-action] The capritellix rotates the segments of their face, changing their personality and demeanor. Until they Shift their Mood again, the capritellix gains a +4 status bonus to a certain skill and to their Will DC against that skill, as well as a specific occult innate spell they can cast at will (9th rank, DC 38). Angry Intimidation, dominate
Gregarious Performance, uncontrollable dance
Serene Diplomacy, suggestion
Sly Deception, warp mind

Sidebar - Additional Lore Recycled Remains

When horribly damaged or weary, capritellixes travel to a communal necropolis, much like a fabled elephant graveyard. Thousands of metallic hands reach up from the landscape, clawing at the sky, and severed discs that used to make up capritellixes pile up in endless heaps. Other elementals sometimes salvage these disparate parts and assemble them into a new capritellix—a unique individual with a brand-new identity.