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Gritblight

Resembling twisted lumps of fused gravel with oddly angled crystal limbs, gritblights are shock troops commonly used by Ayrzul to spread terror and disease to his enemies. These creatures are the gruesome result of experiments on crystalline elementals who were once the allies or servants of Ayrzul's rival lord of elemental earth, Sairazul. Their crystalline body parts appear cracked and deformed, only their single “eye” left intact.

Recall Knowledge - Elemental (Arcana, Nature): DC 36
Unspecific Lore: DC 34
Specific Lore: DC 31

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GritblightCreature 13

Rare Large Earth Elemental 
Source Pathfinder #203 Shepherd of Decay pg. 84
Perception +23; darkvision, blight sense (precise) 60 feet, tremorsense (imprecise) 120 feet, grit vision
Languages Petran
Skills Acrobatics +21, Athletics +27
Str +8, Dex +4, Con +5, Int +0, Wis +4, Cha +1
Blight Sense A gritblight can detect the location of nearby creatures afflicted with Ayrzul's Blight as a precise sense at the listed range.
Grit Vision A gritblight's vision is unaffected by clouds of sand, dirt, grit, or other earth materials in air or water.
AC 33; Fort +26, Ref +19, Will +23; +1 status vs. earth effects
HP 235; Immunities bleed, disease, paralyzed, poison, sickened, sleep; Resistances acid 15, physical 15
Blight Cloud (aura, poison, radiation) 30 feet. A gritblight continually sheds tiny fragments of radioactive earth in a cloud around it. This cloud conceals the gritblight as a light fog and sheds dim light in the area. Any creature that begins its turn in the aura takes 2d6 poison damage with a DC 30 basic Fortitude save. A creature that fails its save is exposed to Ayrzul's Blight and a creature that critically fails is additionally sickened 1.
Speed 30 feet, burrow 30 feet; earth glide
Melee [one-action] claw +27 [+22/+17] (reach 10 feet), Damage 3d6+14 slashing plus 2d6 acidRanged [one-action] caustic shard +23 [+18/+13] (range increment 60 feet), Damage 3d6+10 piercing plus 2d6 acidAyrzul's Blight (disease, earth, primal) but DC 33.Earth Glide The gritblight can Burrow through any earthen matter, including rock. When it does so, the gritblight moves at its full burrow Speed, leaving no tunnels or signs of its passing.Labyrinthine Vision [two-actions] (mental, primal) The gritblight forces disorienting visions of Ayrzul's Blistering Labyrinth into the minds of nearby creatures. All creatures in a 60-foot cone take 7d12 mental damage with a DC 33 Will save. Creatures blinded by a gritblight's Labyrinthine Vision see only endless earthen tunnels in every direction. The gritblight can't use this ability again for 1d4 rounds.
Critical Success The creature is unaffected.
Success The creature takes half damage.
Failure The creature takes full damage and is blinded for 1 minute.
Critical Failure The creature takes double damage and is blinded permanently.Trample [three-actions] Medium or smaller, claw, DC 33

Sidebar - Additional Lore Rare Urgency

Ayrzul's infamously cruel patience is a result of purging his own mind of any need for haste by channeling it into his experiments, burying his desire for swift victory over his enemies like an unpleasant secret. Thanks to the influence of their master's discarded emotions, gritblights display an unusual impatience and irritability compared to their fellow earth elementals and are quick to attack at any perceived provocation.