Archives of Nethys
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Rare Tiny Aberration Source Among the Thorns pg. 172
Recall Knowledge DC 40 (includes +5 from Rare) • Aberration (Occultism)
Variant scalescribes
Perception +14; darkvision
Languages Aklo, Common, Draconic
Skills Arcana +16, Library Lore +16, Occultism +14, Scribing Lore +16, Stealth +12
Str +0, Dex +6, Con +4, Int +8, Wis +8, Cha +1
Mage Bond After performing a 1-hour ritual, a scalescribe can bond with one willing creature capable of Casting Spells. The scalescribe can Aid their bonded caster in Crafting a scroll, and they can make their Transcribed spell available to the caster so long as the spell is of the caster’s tradition. A bonded prepared caster can prepare the spell. A bonded spontaneous caster can add the spell to their spell repertoire during their daily preparations, and it remains as long as the Transcribed scroll exists.
AC 22; Fort +10, Ref +12, Will +13; +2 status to all saves vs. linguistic effects
HP 295
Transcribe [reaction] Trigger Another creature targets the scalescribe with a spell requiring verbal components; Effect The scalescribe attempts to copy the incantation onto a scroll by attempting a counteract check (counteract rank 8, counteract modifier +28) with the following effects instead of the normal effects of counteracting. The spell still affects the scalescribe, regardless of the results of this check. The scalescribe can Cast a Spell from any scroll they Transcribe as if it were on their spell list. Transcribing a new scroll renders any previously Transcribed scroll inert.
Critical Success If the triggering spell’s rank was no more than 2 higher than the scalescribe’s counteract rank, the scalescribe captures a copy of the spell in a scroll that appears in their hand. This scroll can be used normally but fades after 24 hours if not used before then.
Success As critical success, but only if the spell’s rank is no more than 1 higher than the scalescribe’s counteract rank.
Failure As critical success, but only if the spell’s rank is lower than the scalescribe’s counteract rank.
Critical Failure The scalescribe fails to copy the spell.
Speed 20 feet
Melee [one-action] fountain pen +14 [+10/+6] (agile, finesse, magical), Damage 3d6+10 piercing plus inkstainRanged [one-action] morpheme glyph +14 [+9/+4] (magical, range 40 feet), Damage 9d6 forceArcane Innate Spells DC 21, spell attack +13; 8th quandary; 7th duplicate foe, truespeech; 6th spellwrack, teleport; 5th banishment, hallucination, sending; 4th acid grip, dispelling globe, translocate; 3rd embed message (×3]); 2nd dispel magic, translate (×3; self only); Cantrips (8th) detect magic, message, read aura, sigil
Inkstain When the scalescribe deals damage to a creature with their fountain pen, the creature takes 4d4 persistent poison damage. When a creature taking this damage attempts to take an action with the concentrate trait, it must succeed at a DC 5 flat check or the action is disrupted.
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