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Archives of Nethys

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PFS StandardCythnigot (Spore Qlippoth)

The cythnigot is a foul fungal parasite that grows and thrives in the corpses of small creatures. It wears these bodies like a suit, but also adjusts and tailors the fleshy covering to fit its needs, and the body ends up looking as alien as anything else spawned from the Chthonian depths. The cythnigot's most identifying feature is the long stalk of fungal material that extends from creature's body, ending in a surprisingly strong set of fanged jaws.

Recall Knowledge - Fiend (Religion): DC 17
Unspecific Lore: DC 15
Specific Lore: DC 12

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Proficiency without Level

Changes from being Weak are marked in red below.
NOTE: The -2 damage penalty to non-strike offensive abilities (-4 if the ability is limited, such as spells) is NOT factored in.

Weak CythnigotCreature -1

Uncommon Tiny Fiend Qlippoth Unholy 
Source Monster Core pg. 280
Perception +5; darkvision
Languages Chthonian; telepathy (touch only)
Skills Acrobatics +4, Occultism +5, Stealth +4
Str +1, Dex +3, Con +4, Int +2, Wis +2, Cha +1
AC 14; Fort +7, Ref +4, Will +3
HP 4; Immunities controlled, fear; Resistances mental 3, physical 3 (except cold iron)
Speed 30 feet, fly 40 feet
Melee [one-action] bite +6 [+2/-2] (agile, finesse, magical, reach 0 feet, unholy), Damage 1d10-2+1 piercing plus and tangle sporesOccult Innate Spells DC 15 (-4 dmg); 4th read omens; 2nd paranoia; 1st phantom pain; Cantrips (1st) daze, detect magic
Sickening Display [one-action] (concentrate, emotion, fear, mental, occult, visual) The cythnigot presents its awful appearance fully, and creatures in a 10-foot emanation must attempt a DC 15 Will save. Once a creature attempts this save, it's temporarily immune to further Sickening Displays for 1 minute.
Critical Success The creature is unaffected.
Success The creature is off-guard until its next turn.
Failure The creature is sickened 1 and is off-guard for as long as it's sickened.
Critical Failure As failure but sickened 2.Tangle Spores (disease) A creature bitten by a cythnigot becomes afflicted by fast-growing spores that swiftly grow into twitching spikes and hideous pallid growths of hairlike fibers. These growths erupt from the bite wound and writhe and wrap around the creature's limbs. Plant creatures take a –2 circumstance penalty to save against tangle spores; Saving Throw DC 15 Fortitude; Maximum Duration 6 rounds; Stage 1 clumsy 1 (1 round); Stage 2 clumsy 1 and off-guard (1 round); Stage 3 clumsy 2, off-guard, and if you attempt a manipulate action, you must succeed at a DC 5 flat check or it's lost; roll the check after spending the action, but before any effects are applied (1 round).

All Monsters in "Qlippoth"

NameLevel
Augnagar (Hunger Qlippoth)14
Chernobue12
Cythnigot (Spore Qlippoth)1
Gongorinan (Brood Qlippoth)11
Nyogoth10
Shoggti7
Thulgant (Scour Qlippoth)18
Vlorian Cythnigot3

Qlippoth

Source Monster Core pg. 280
Long before the creatures known as demons came to be the dominant force in the Outer Rifts, qlippoth ruled the innumerable cracks of the Outer Sphere. These inimical creatures are a form of primordial and alien evil that predates mortal life, and most immortal life as well. Since the rise of mortal sin and the associated expansion of demonic life through the Outer Rifts, qlippoth have been driven to their deepest reaches, and they seethe with rancor at the loss of their realms. Yet, rather than directly oppose demons, qlippoth instead turn to the source—mortal sin—and wage an endless war to eradicate all creatures capable of sinful acts so that the demonic tide might be turned back. To ensure they do not bolster their foe's ranks, they enact horrific transformations on their targets, converting their victims into beings incapable of discerning right from wrong; this renders them unable to be judged by Pharasma's courts and thus incapable of becoming fiends. Most mortals consider the ministrations of a qlippoth to be far worse than any fate awaiting them in the afterlife.

Sidebar - Related Creatures Qlippoth and Demons

Qlippoth ruled the Outer Rifts for eons and still see themselves as its rightful rulers. When the Outer Rifts first began to spawn demons from the souls of sinful humanoids, it plunged the realms into a brutal war spanning untold millennia. Though more powerful and established, the qlippoth were slowly but surely driven back by the endless demonic hordes, who spawned far more quickly than qlippoth could ever hope to match. Today, qlippoth have been driven to the deepest, darkest corners of the Outer Rifts where they cling tightly to the crumbling remains of their territory.

Sidebar - Additional Lore Qlippoth And Mortals

As qlippoth lost territory to their demonicrivals, they realized that the only way to stem the tide of demonic forces was to starve them of the sinful souls that the Outer Rifts uses to spawn new demons. While qlippoth have no concept of how they might go about preventing sin by changing the way mortals act, they do understand that exterminating mortal life would solve the problem as well.

Sidebar - Additional Lore Qlippoth Lords

The most powerful qlippoth are quasi-deities themselves, ancient entities only rarely worshipped by non-qlippoth. Of these monstrous divinities, the Polymorph Plague, Yamasoth, is well-known as the creator of the gongorinans. Others include Chavazvug the Crawling Inferno, Isph-Aun-Vuln the Feaster Within, and Thuskchoon the Everglutton.

Sidebar - Locations Qlippoth Realms

Although it is widely accepted that qlippoth have lost incalculable territory in the Outer Rifts to demonkind, these fiends still control vast regions in the deepest reaches of that plane. Some sages suggest the troubling possibility that perhaps qlippoth still hold more territory of the Outer Rifts than demons do, but because demons are more concerned with mortal life, we simply interact with the rifts they control more often. For all we know, these dour sages postulate, the Outer Rifts teems with endless swarms of qlippoth that have yet to make their move against mortal life.