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Author: nwright

Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder) – Krelk

November 4, 2018November 7, 2018 - by nwright

Krelk CR 6 This pale humanoid seems frail and sickly, despite how it seems to shrug off devastating wounds. NE Medium aberrationInit +1; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +13 DEFENSE …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder) – Mechanized Armor

November 11, 2018January 16, 2019 - by nwright

Mechanized Armor CR 6  The suit of mechanical armor stomps forward with a whir of servos, its faceplate empty and hollow. N medium construct (technological)Init +5;  Senses darkvision 60 ft., …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Aurum Wyrm

February 10, 2019February 1, 2019 - by nwright

Aurum Wyrm CR 16 The great beast’s fourfold mouth splits open in a mighty roar as the gold around it melts and shifts. CN Huge dragonInit +1; Senses darkvision 60 …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Carrion Prowler

March 3, 2019March 10, 2019 - by nwright

Carrion Prowler CR 8 This creature is hunched over but moves swiftly on digitigrade legs, the sharp claws on its hands gleaming wetly as it closes in. CE Large aberrationInit …

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Miscellaneous

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Empty One

February 17, 2019February 13, 2019 - by nwright

Empty One CR 12 The man seems normal, but there’s an unmistakable sense of emptiness about him that makes your skin crawl. NE Medium HumanoidInit +1; Senses low-light vision; Perception …

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Creature Feature (Starfinder): Entrofex

October 7, 2018October 7, 2018 - by nwright

Entrofex CR 5 This raw-skinned creature’s head seems to be encased in dark metal, baleful yellow light emanating from the gaps where its eyes should be. CN Medium monstrous humanoidInit …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Forgotten Shade

October 14, 2018January 4, 2019 - by nwright

Forgotten Shade CR 4 This creature appears to be composed of strips of dark cloth held together in a humanoid form, smoke obscuring whatever may lie beneath the gaps of …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Goll

January 20, 2019January 8, 2019 - by nwright

Goll CR 4 This muscled figure has long barbed tentacles in place or arms, with a head like an insect’s with fanged mandibles. CN Medium monstrous humanoid Init +0; Senses …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Green Stump

January 6, 2019December 26, 2018 - by nwright

Green Stump CR 15 Corrupted sap drips from the bark of this vast blackened stump as thorny roots claw out of the soil. CN Huge plantInitiative -3; Senses low-light vision; …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Hurok

December 9, 2018December 2, 2018 - by nwright

Hurok CR 8 This hunched figure walks on its knuckles, the orifices on its back hissing as they disgorge clouds of yellow mist. N Large animalInit +2; Senses low-light vision; …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Istaak

September 30, 2018September 22, 2018 - by nwright

Istaak CR 7 This humpbacked creature appears to be made of obsidian with a multifaceted gemstone for a face, creeping forward on four long stilt-like legs as ash and lava …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Mamemaw

September 23, 2018September 23, 2018 - by nwright

Mamemaw CR 12 This obese figure hobbles forward on long gangly limbs, its wide mouth gaping open to reveal shards of glass, metal, and bone in place of teeth. CE …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Neurovite

February 3, 2019January 23, 2019 - by nwright

Neurovite CR 1 The man before you looks almost normal except for the glimmer of metal in his eyes and the ridges of wires running through the skin of his …

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Creature Feature (Starfinder): Neverdead

December 2, 2018January 4, 2019 - by nwright

Neverdead CR 11 This figure is a mass of twisted bone and muscle, its every feature grown and distorted to grotesque proportions. NE Medium undeadInit +5; Senses darkvision 60 ft., …

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Creature Feature (Starfinder): Nuclear Shadow

January 13, 2019January 2, 2019 - by nwright

Nuclear Shadow CR 10 This spectral figure appears to be a three-dimensional shadow in the blurry shape of a person. N Medium undeadInit +8; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +19 …

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Creature Feature (Starfinder): Painwrack

December 16, 2018December 18, 2018 - by nwright

Painwrack CR 4 The being before you looks like it was human once, but it’s hard to tell past the armor and blades that have been grafted onto its body. …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Protovi

February 24, 2019February 28, 2019 - by nwright

Protovi CR 4 This small mass of glowing light seems to constantly shift shapes, always nearly but not quite resembling the silhouette of some species or another. N Small outsiderInit …

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Creature Feature (Starfinder): Ravager Worm

November 18, 2018November 13, 2018 - by nwright

Ravager Worm CR 13 This semi-transparent worm writhes through the air, snapping its jaws with a sickening shriek. NE Large aberration Init +1;  Senses blindsense (life) 20 ft.; Perception +23 …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Sandstalker

October 21, 2018September 22, 2018 - by nwright

Sandstalker CR 2 What looks like a cross between a scorpion and a lizard bursts from the dunes, sun glinting off its dark carapace and the stinger already arcing over …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Siegebreaker Robot

December 23, 2018December 21, 2018 - by nwright

Siegebreaker Robot CR 18 This massive hulk of metal grinds forward, crushing barriers with its passage as its massive weapons lay waste to fortifications. N Gargantuan construct (technological)Init +8; Senses …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Sigilite

October 28, 2018November 6, 2018 - by nwright

Sigilite CR 9 In place of a head, this statue has a slab of stone carved with a glowing symbol. N Large construct (magical)Init +1; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): The King of Worms

November 25, 2018January 16, 2019 - by nwright

King of Worms CR 20 The towering humanoid figure looks down at you, its expression hidden behind a bone white mask as worms slither in and out of its flesh. …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Urban Prowler

March 10, 2019March 10, 2019 - by nwright

Urban Prowler CR 5 NE Medium aberrationInit +5; Senses darkvision 60 ft., blindsense (scent) 30 ft.; Perception +16 DEFENSE HP 65; RP 2 EAC 17; KAC 18Fort +4; Ref +4; …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Vatborn

January 27, 2019February 11, 2019 - by nwright

Vatborn CR 2 The figure before you looks almost like a human, save for their grey skin and the lack of detail to their flesh. N Medium humanoid (vatborn)Init +2; …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature (Starfinder): Viverror

December 30, 2018January 16, 2019 - by nwright

Viverror CR 11 This shambling creature is humanoid but every part of it presents a mockery of the human form. CE Medium aberrationInit +1; Senses low-light vision; Perception +25 DEFENSE …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature Friday: Air Elemental

March 16, 2018April 12, 2018 - by nwright

Today marks a divergence from previous Creature Features, albeit one a bit delayed. Where everything so far has been most at  home in a science fiction setting, the air elemental …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature Friday: Anacite Laborer

March 2, 2018April 12, 2018 - by nwright

The spidery robot is a staple of science fiction. Sure, the leg design means they can’t walk on low density surfaces or get traction on smooth floors, but a robot …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature Friday: Anacite Wingbot

March 9, 2018April 12, 2018 - by nwright

Last week we covered the Anacite Laborer, the spidery robots that control Aballon. As I mentioned then, anacite is a broad term that refers to just about any machine that’s …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature Friday: Anhamut Inevitable

March 23, 2018April 12, 2018 - by nwright

Robots may be technological and elementals may be magical, but inevitables straddle the line. Each designed to oversee and protect certain aspects of existence, the anhamut was built to watch …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature Friday: Apari

March 28, 2018April 12, 2018 - by nwright

If you hate it when you find a bug crawling across your wall, you’ll hate this week’s monster. The apari is a Large vermin clocking in at a CR 7 …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature Friday: Assembly Ooze

April 6, 2018April 12, 2018 - by nwright

You know, if it wasn’t for the gelatinous cube, you’d probably react to an ooze with angles with bewilderment and confusion. As it is, that monster of old set an …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature Friday: Asteray

April 13, 2018April 12, 2018 - by nwright

What happens when you take the core concept of a Greek monster, splice it with the Fair Folk, and hurl it out the airlock? Well you could get a fairie-hydra, …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature Friday: Barachius

April 20, 2018April 21, 2018 - by nwright

When angels show up in fiction they cover a wide range of forms, from winged babies to flaming wheels of eyes and wings. The barachius angel falls closer to the …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature Friday: Barathu

April 26, 2018April 26, 2018 - by nwright

You’d think that jellyfish wouldn’t show up in space as often as they do, considering their lack of a brain, but here they are. The barathu is a floating organism …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature Friday: Bloodbrother

May 4, 2018May 3, 2018 - by nwright

Consider the humble vampire. Now combine it with a leech, make it big enough to crush a car in its coils, throw in some body horror, and set it loose …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature Friday: Bryrvath

May 11, 2018May 7, 2018 - by nwright

Want to add a splash of the Lovecraftian to your game while also teaching your players to fear the rainbow? Then meet the bryrvath, a monster that treats the light …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature Friday: Caypin

May 18, 2018May 12, 2018 - by nwright

If you’re not a fan of lampreys, you probably won’t like them any more when there’s a swarm of them being used as attack drones by an apex predator. The …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature Friday: Contemplative

May 25, 2018May 25, 2018 - by nwright

Your brain is something that really shouldn’t end up outside of your body, but for the psionic contemplatives a visible brain is more matter of course than pressing medical emergency. …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature Friday: Corrovox

June 1, 2018May 27, 2018 - by nwright

What do you call the bioengineered scouts and shock troops of a swarm of interplanetary conquerors? Usually whatever lets you tell people to shoot them faster, but in this case …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature Friday: Crest-Eater

June 8, 2018June 10, 2018 - by nwright

When you hear “the monster eats your body,” you’re probably thinking it eats the meat parts of you. But what about all those delicious bones? Surely there’s something out there …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature Friday: Deh-nolo

June 15, 2018June 15, 2018 - by nwright

Quick question,  how attached are you to your brain? Very, you say? Both metaphorically and in the sense that it’s hooked up to some major parts of your biology? Well …

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Creature Feature Friday: Dhalochar

June 22, 2018June 20, 2018 - by nwright

Imagine a Transformer. Now imagine it’s been possessed, has laser eyes, and can vomit up a small army. That’s pretty much a dhalochar, a CR 19 outsider also known as …

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Creature Feature Friday: Draelik

June 29, 2018July 3, 2018 - by nwright

With most neighbors, you only have to deal with the occasional request for a cup of sugar, or may a noise complaint if you’re unlucky. With draeliks, you have to …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature Friday: Dragonkin

July 13, 2018July 13, 2018 - by nwright

Ever wanted to play as a dragon? Well here’s your chance. Dragonkin are a race of dragons with stats means for a player race, as well as a CR 9 …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature Friday: Dragons

July 6, 2018July 5, 2018 - by nwright

Dragons in space. There are dragons in space. Dragons! In! Space! Is your interest piqued? I certainly hope so, because dragons are an extremely versatile threat in Starfinder. Dragons have …

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Creature Feature Friday: Drow

July 20, 2018July 19, 2018 - by nwright

So it turns out that having a lifespan measured in centuries and ears that could put an eye out tends to make people a bit smug. When those people grow …

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Creature Feature Friday: Electrovore

July 27, 2018July 28, 2018 - by nwright

Imagine an electric eel, but wrapped in barbed wire and capable of flight. Now imagine that launching itself at your face in a darkened corridor nd you have an idea …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature: Cave Creeper

September 9, 2018August 26, 2018 - by nwright

Cave Creeper CR 6 A chittering shriek echoes though the tunnels as something rushes forward on six scuttling legs, acid spraying from its gaping fanged jaws. CN Medium magical beastInit …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature: Corpse Crawler

August 5, 2018August 20, 2018 - by nwright

Corpse Crawler CR 8 The pile of corpse parts pulls itself together, rising into a shuffling mass of limbs and bones as its many faces contort in rage. XP 4,800NE …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature: Shedskin Hulk

August 12, 2018August 13, 2018 - by nwright

Shedskin Hulk CR 5 A massive creature lumbers towards you, its thick shaggy skin peeling off its body in strips to reveal more skin below. N Huge animal Init +2; …

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Creature Feature: Skinshriek

August 26, 2018August 22, 2018 - by nwright

Skinshriek CR 14 Skin rips and unravels, revealing a distorted skeleton barely anchored to the sheets and strips of skin that writhe around it. XP 38,400CE Large aberrationInit +3; Senses …

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Creature Feature

Creature Feature: Stitchgeist

September 16, 2018September 18, 2018 - by nwright

Stitchgeist CR 4 This humanoid figure is made of stitched together cloth, its offset glowing eyes revealing a swirling nebula of spiritual energy within it. NE Medium undeadInit +3; Senses …

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Creature Feature: Unseen

August 19, 2018August 25, 2018 - by nwright

Unseen CR 6 A gaunt figure with long claws tipping its fingers appears before you before simply vanishing as if it were never there.NE Medium FeyInit +5; Senses low light …

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Creature Feature: Unshaped Flesh

September 2, 2018September 16, 2018 - by nwright

Unshaped Flesh CR 15 The towering creature lets out a terrible roar, its body seeming to shift into a new arrangement of claws, armor, and sensory organs even as it …

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