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Sand Sentry
This creature of pure sand moves with an eerie grace, shifting back and forth between a detailed likeness of a human and a muted and featureless bipedal form. The sand sentry is often called upon by spellcasters to stand guard over an area of great importance; these elementals are patient participants in such roles, making them well suited for long-term service.Recall Knowledge - Elemental (Arcana, Nature): DC 22
Unspecific Lore: DC 20
Specific Lore: DC 17
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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 Sand SentryCreature 5
Medium Earth ElementalSource Monster Core 2 pg. 146
Perception +12; darkvision, tremorsense (imprecise) 60 feet
Languages Petran
Skills Acrobatics +12, Stealth +12 (+15 in sand)
Str +5, Dex +2, Con +4, Int +0, Wis +2, Cha +1
AC 22; Fort +14, Ref +10, Will +12
HP 70; Immunities bleed, paralyzed, poison, sleep
Glass Armor When the sand sentry takes electricity or fire damage, its outer layer of sand fuses into sheets of hardened glass for 1 minute. This increases the sand sentry's AC to 26 and grants it resistance 5 to acid, cold, electricity, fire, force, piercing, and slashing damage. A sand sentry can't use earth glide while glass armor is active.
Speed 25 feet, burrow 50 feet; earth glide
Melee [one-action] fist +15 [+10/+5], Damage 2d8-2+8 bludgeoning plus blinding sandBlinding Sand When the sand sentry critically hits with a fist Strike, the target is blinded for 1 round.Earth Glide A sand sentry can Burrow through earthen matter, including rock. When it does so, it moves at its full burrow Speed, leaving no tunnels or signs of its passing.
Sand Simulacra
Sand sentries have no true culture or society of their own, but they're endlessly fascinated with the society and culture of humanoids they encounter. They can shape their appearance to mimic any similarly sized humanoids, and although they always remain obviously composed of sand, they do their best to copy the day-to-day activities they observe other humanoids performing. Of course, structures and objects sand sentries build from sand never last, but this never seems to stifle their obsession.All Monsters in "Elemental, Earth"
Elemental, Earth
Source Monster Core pg. 142 1.1Earth elementals make excellent bodyguards for adventuresome spelunkers and are ideal protectors of important subterranean locations such as vaults and treasuries.
Elemental
Related Groups Elemental, Air, Elemental, Air, Elemental, Earth, Elemental, Fire, Elemental, Fire, Elemental, Mephit, Elemental, Metal, Elemental, Scamp, Elemental, Water, Elemental, Water, Elemental, Wisp, Elemental, WoodThe Elemental Planes—primordial realms defined by aspects of air, earth, fire, or water—are home to a diverse group of beings known as elementals. Spellcasters on the Material Plane call upon elementals for aid, though these enigmatic creatures can also travel to the world of mortals via interplanar gateways and rifts. The elementals on these pages exemplify the creatures of the Elemental Planes, but this list is by no means exhaustive.
Diverse Elementals
The Elemental Planes are more than expanses of sky, rock, metal fire, wood, and ocean. Clouds of fog, dust, and storms float through the Plane of Air. The Plane of Earth includes verdant groves, shining metal and crystal, and irradiated wastelands. The Plane of Fire features magma, suffocating smoke, and radiant firelight. Amid the endless sea of the Plane of Water are pockets of ooze and brine, plus the otherworldly environs of the deep.
Elemental Wyrms
The icewyrm is the most widely encountered elemental wyrm, but others exist as well, including the blazing firewyrm, the sleek but somewhat smaller sparkwyrm, and the largest of them all, the immense and acidic sludgewyrm.
Looting Earth Elementals
Earth elementals sometimes have valuable gemstones or minerals incorporated into their bodies, and once they’re slain, these valuables can be scavenged as treasure. Gemstones, precious metals such as silver or gold ore, or rarer materials such as dawnsilver or adamantine can be harvested from these creatures, although the more expensive finds tend to be incorporated into only the most powerful earth elementals.
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