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PFS StandardJah-Tohl (Mind Snatcher)

The grotesque jah-tohl arrive in living starships to harvest the brains of intelligent creatures. These aberrations draw no nutrition from brains, instead storing them for analysis and as vessels for occult energies. A mind snatcher's form evokes that of a tailless scorpion, but the pulsing brain-filled blisters that glisten along its back make them impossible to mistake for oversized arachnids. Baleful eyes glare from the joints on their legs, and the unsettling, intrusive whisper-thoughts they telepathically broadcast into the minds of those they seek to feed on can be interpreted as threats or promises alike.

Mind snatchers have little empathy for the denizens of any world they visit, despite the fact that certain cults venerate them and the Dominion they hail from. To mind snatchers, terrestrial creatures are simply resources for their investigations. They have little interest in gods or being worshipped, instead practicing a philosophy that considers the primordial forces of deep space as worthy of faith and fear. Jah-tohlian philosophers contemplate these mysterious forces from many perspectives at once, burning through numerous brains in the search of insight.

Recall Knowledge - Aberration (Occultism): DC 26
Unspecific Lore: DC 24
Specific Lore: DC 21

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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 Jah-TohlCreature 7

Uncommon Large Aberration 
Source Monster Core pg. 106
Perception +18; darkvision, thoughtsense 60 feet
Languages Aklo, Chthonian, Draconic, Protean, Sakvroth; telepathy 100 feet
Skills Acrobatics +15, Arcana +16, Athletics +14, Lore +16 (all subcategories), Occultism +19, Stealth +15
Str +6, Dex +3, Con +5, Int +4, Wis +4, Cha +3
Thoughtsense The jah-tohl senses a creature's mental essence as a precise sense with the listed range; it cannot sense mindless creatures with thoughtsense.
AC 24; Fort +13, Ref +11, Will +16; +1 status on all saves vs. magic
HP 120; Immunities confused; Weaknesses brain loss
Brain Blisters A jah-tohl has seven brain blisters on its back that it uses to house stolen brains. A jah-tohl without all seven blisters full is stupefied with a value equal to the number of empty blisters.Brain Loss If a jah-tohl takes 30 damage from a critical hit or 25 mental damage, it must succeed at a DC 24 save (Fortitude for critical damage or Will for mental damage) or one of its brain blisters is destroyed.
Speed 25 feet, fly 30 feet
Melee [one-action] jaws +18 [+13/+8], Damage 2d12-2+6 piercing plus mind snatcher venomMelee [one-action] claw +18 [+14/+10] (agile), Damage 2d8-2+6 slashingOccult Spontaneous Spells DC 24, attack +16 (-4 dmg); 4th confusion, vision of death (2 slots); 3rd dispel magic, haste, paralyze (3 slots); 2nd humanoid form, invisibility, paranoia (4 slots); 1st enfeeble, mindlink, sure strike (4 slots); Cantrips (4th) detect magic, figment, light, telekinetic hand
Collect Brain [one-action] (manipulate) The jahtohl extracts the brain of a creature within its reach that has been dead for no more than 1 minute. It can then use an Interact action to secure the brain in one of its empty brain blisters and heal 20 Hit Points.Mind Snatcher Venom (poison) Saving Throw DC 24 Fortitude; Maximum Duration 6 rounds; Stage 1 1d6 poison and enfeebled 1 (1 round); Stage 2 1d6 poison, enfeebled 1, and slowed 1 (1 round); Stage 3 2d6 poison, enfeebled 2, and slowed 1 (1 round)

All Monsters in "Dominion of the Black"

NameLevel
Gosreg (Harvest Beacon)11
Jah-Tohl (Mind Snatcher)8
Rhu-Chalik (Void Wanderer)6
Xoarian (Corpse Rider)8

Dominion of the Black

Source Monster Core pg. 104
The Dominion of the Black is a conglomeration of deep-space conquerors with a strong presence on Aucturn, the most remote planet in Golarion's solar system. The Dominion has secret outposts all over Golarion; most of its members on the planet are scouts, using their skills to steal brains and identities, gathering information without any consideration for the inhabitants of the worlds they infiltrate.

Sidebar - Additional Lore Doomsday Dawn

More scouts are being found on Golarion in the few years since 4718 AR, a date that was set for a major invasion known as the Doomsday Dawn. The brunt of that invasion was thwarted in secret, leaving it a mystery to most scholars why the Dominion is stepping up its scouting.