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ANIMATED TREBUCHET

CREATURE 13

N

GARGANTUAN

CONSTRUCT

MINDLESS

Recall Knowledge (construct) Arcana, Crafting DC 31

Perception +21; Darkvision

Skills Athletics +30

Str +9, Dex +2, Con +8, Int –5, Wis +0, Cha –5

AC 36 (32 when broken); construct armor; Fort +29, Ref +19, Will +17

HP 200; Hardness 14; Immunities death effects, disease, doomed, drained, fatigued, healing, mental, necromancy, nonlethal attacks, paralyzed, poison, sickened, unconscious

Construct Armor Like normal objects, an animated trebuchet has Hardness. This Hardness reduces any damage the trebuchet takes by an amount equal to the Hardness. Once an animated trebuchet is reduced to fewer than half its Hit Points, or immediately upon being damaged by a critical hit, its construct armor breaks, removing the Hardness and reducing its Armor Class to 32.

Speed 20 feet

Melee arm +28 / +23 / +18 (magical, reach 15 feet), Damage 3d12+11 bludgeoning plus

Ranged rock +28 / +23 / +18 (brutal, magical, range increment 120 feet), Damage 3d10+11 bludgeoning

Launch Requirements The animated trebuchet has a creature grabbed in its arm; Effect The animated trebuchet attempts an Athletics check against the grabbed creature’s Fortitude DC. On a success, it fires the creature up to 40 feet in height and up to 120 feet away. The creature takes 4d12 bludgeoning damage plus the appropriate falling damage. If the flung creature lands on another creature, the creature it lands on takes the same amount of bludgeoning damage (DC 33 basic Reflex save). On a successful Launch, the animated trebuchet must Interact to reposition its arm into the proper position before it can Launch again.

The monster Strides up to double its Speed and can move through the spaces of creatures of the listed size, Trampling each creature whose space it enters. The monster can attempt to Trample the same creature only once in a single use of Trample. The monster deals the damage of the listed Strike, but trampled creatures can attempt a basic Reflex save at the listed DC (no damage on a critical success, half damage on a success, double damage on a critical failure). (attack) Large or smaller, arm, DC 33

Requirements The monster’s last action was a success with a Strike that lists Grab in its damage entry, or it has a creature grabbed using this action. Effect The monster automatically Grabs the target until the end of the monster’s next turn. The creature is grabbed by whichever body part the monster attacked with, and that body part can’t be used to Strike creatures until the grab is ended.
Using Grab extends the duration of the monster’s Grab until the end of its next turn for all creatures grabbed by it. A grabbed creature can use the Escape action to get out of the grab, and the Grab ends for a grabbed creatures if the monster moves away from it.

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