Incutilis
| Incutilis | |
|---|---|
| (Creature) | |
| Type | Aberration (aquatic) |
| CR | 2 |
| Environment | Any oceans |
| Alignment | |
| Source: Bestiary 4, pg(s). 157 | |
Incutilises are intelligent, shell-bearing cephalopodic sea creatures with a penchant for taking over the bodies of the dead.[1]
Appearance
With its 5-pound shell, an incutilis weighs about 30 pounds. If stretched out, it measures four feet in length between the tips of its tentacles and shell.[1]
Abilities
Using its smaller tentacles to burrow into a helpless creature, an incutilis can fill its prey with toxins that place it under the cephalopod's control. This kills the host, resulting in a naturally animated corpse instead of a mystical undead creation; as such, killing an incutilis parasite releases the lifeless corpse.[1]
Ecology
Incutilises prefer the ocean's depths and feed on larger sea creatures in any state of life or death.[1]
On Golarion
Many colonies of incutilises live in the Okaiyo Ocean. Their methods of hunting include stalking ships caught in storms waiting for sailors to fall overboard; if this takes too long, an incutilis will simply board the vessel and take whom it wants as food. Another cunning ploy is to lure sailors into the water to rescue a drowning person that turns out to be just a dead body animated by the creatures; once in the water the luckless rescuers are mobbed by waiting incutilises.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Paizo Staff. (2013). Bestiary 4, p. 157. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-575-4
- ↑ Amber E. Scott and Mark Seifter. (2017). Aquatic Adventures, p. 21. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-944-8