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Archives of Nethys

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PFS StandardGongorinan (Brood Qlippoth)

While most qlippoths focus on wiping mortals from existence, gongorinans follow the divergent plan of trapping mortals in forms incapable of understanding their actions and performing any sin meriting condemnation to the Outer Rifts. What may seem as a mercy to some is a matter of dire necessity to the gongorinans, who see killing sinful mortals as tantamount to helping their foes.

Recall Knowledge - Fiend (Religion): DC 30
Unspecific Lore: DC 28
Specific Lore: DC 25

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Proficiency without Level

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

Elite GongorinanCreature 12

Uncommon Medium Fiend Qlippoth Unholy 
Source Monster Core pg. 281
Perception +22; darkvision
Languages Chthonian; telepathy 100 feet
Skills Acrobatics +25, Athletics +25, Intimidation +23, Stealth +23
Str +6, Dex +6, Con +7, Int +1, Wis +3, Cha +4
Items +1 striking club
AC 33; Fort +26, Ref +23, Will +22
HP 225; Immunities controlled, fear; Resistances mental 10, physical 10 (except cold iron)
Speed 40 feet, climb 40 feet, fly 40 feet; unfettered movement
Melee [one-action] club +26 [+21/+16], Damage 2d6+2+9 bludgeoning plus reject toolsMelee [one-action] pincer +25 [+20/+15] (magical, unholy), Damage 2d10+2+9 slashing plus 2d6 mental and GrabMelee [one-action] tentacle +25 [+21/+17] (agile, magical, reach 10 feet, unholy), Damage 2d6+2+9 bludgeoning plus 2d6+2 mentalMelee [one-action] stinger +25 [+20/+15] (magical, unholy), Damage 2d6+2+9 piercing plus gongorinan venomOccult Innate Spells DC 32 (+4 dmg); 6th cursed metamorphosis, petrify; 3rd one with stone (at will); Constant (4th) unfettered movement
Disquieting Display [two-actions] (concentrate, mental, occult, visual) The gongorinan opens its maw to reveal the forms hidden there, making observers question their own bodies. Creatures in a 30-foot emanation must attempt a DC 32 Will save, after which they are temporarily immune to further Disquieting Displays for 1 minute.
Critical Success The creature is unaffected.
Success The creature is clumsy 1 for 1 round.
Failure The creature is clumsy 2 and slowed 1 for 1 round.
Critical Failure As failure, but for 1 minute.Gongorinan Venom (poison, polymorph) Saving Throw Fortitude DC 32; Stage 1 stupefied 1 and cosmetic signs appear of turning into an animal, fungus, or plant (1 round); Stage 2 stupefied 2 and clumsy 2 (1 round); Stage 3 stupefied 4 and clumsy 4 (1 round); Stage 4 paralyzed as changes completely overtake the body (1 round); Stage 5 the victim permanently transforms into an animal, fungus, or plant in mind and body as a permanent curse, and the affliction endsPainful Limbs [two-actions] The gongorinan makes up to four Strikes against different targets, each using a different limb. All four Strikes count toward its multiple attack penalty, but the penalty doesn't increase until after the gongorinan has made all the attacks.Reject Tools (mental, occult) A creature hit by the gongorinan's club must succeed at a DC 32 Will save or Release any manufactured items it's holding.

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.