{"name":"Gibbering Mouther","cr":"5","class":"","alignment":"N","size":"M","type":"aberration","subtype":"","initiative":"+3","senses":"all-around vision, darkvision 60 ft.; Perception [roll:1d20+12|+12]","short_description":"his horrid mass of eyes, mouths, and formless flesh stares in all directions, its countless maws yammering ceaselessly.","ac":"19, touch 13, flat-footed 16 (+3 Dex, +6 natural)","hp":"46","hd":"4d8+28","hit_points_modifier":"","fortitude":"+8","reflex":"+4","will":"+5","save_modifiers":"","defensive_abilities":"[b]Amorphous [\/b] A gibbering mouther\u2019s body is malleable and shapeless. It is immune to precision damage (like sneak attacks) and critical hits, and can move through an area as small as one-quarter its space without squeezing or one-eighth its space when squeezing.","immunities":"critical hits, precision damage","weaknesses":"","aura":"","dr":"5\/bludgeoning","sr":"","speed":"10 ft., swim 20 ft.","space":"","reach":"","melee":"6 bites [roll:1d20+7|+7] [roll:1d4|Piercing] plus grab","ranged":"spittle [roll:1d20+6|+6] ranged touch \r\n\r\nEach round as a free action, a gibbering mouther can emit a stream of acidic spittle at one target within 30 feet. On a successful attack, the target is blinded for [roll:1d4|rounds] unless he succeeds on a DC 18 Fortitude save. The save DC is Constitution-based.","special_attacks":"[b]blood drain[\/b] On a successful grapple check after grabbing, several of the creature\u2019s mouths attach to its target. Each round it maintains its grapple, its mouths automatically deal [roll:1d4|bite] and 1 point of Constitution damage as it drains its victim\u2019s blood. \r\n\r\n[b]engulf[\/b] ( [roll:6d4|Bite] damage plus 2 Con damage, AC 13, hp 4), This ability functions as swallow whole, except for the following changes. An engulfed creature is trapped in the gibbering mouther\u2019s body, where several of its mouths continue to feed and drain blood. A gibbering mouther can engulf only one foe of its size or smaller at a time. If an engulfed creature cuts its way free (the mouther\u2019s damage reduction still applies to those inside), the mouther simply flows together again and can still use its engulf attack.\r\n\r\n[b]gibbering[\/b] As a free action, a gibbering mouther can emit a cacophony of maddening sound. All creatures other than gibbering mouthers within 60 feet must succeed on a DC 13 Will save or be confused for 1 round. This is a mind-affecting compulsion insanity effect. A creature that saves cannot be affected by the same mouther\u2019s gibbering for 24 hours. The save DC is Constitution-based.","spelllike_abilities":"","ability_scores":"Str [roll:1d20|10], Dex  [roll:1d20+3|17], Con  [roll:1d20+7|24], Int  [roll:1d20-3|4], Wis [roll:1d20+1|13], Cha  [roll:1d20+1|12],","base_attack":"BAB +3","cmb":"[roll:1d20+3|+3] [roll:1d20+7|Grapple]","cmd":"16","feats":" Weapon Finesse, Weapon Focus (bite)","skills":"Perception [roll:1d20+12|+12], Swim [roll:1d20+8|+8]","racial_modifiers":"+4 Perception","languages":"Aklo","sq":"[b]All-Around Vision [\/b] A gibbering mouther sees in all directions at once. It cannot be flanked. [b]ground manipulation[\/b] At will as a standard action, a gibbering mouther can cause stone and earth under its body to grow soft and muddy. The ground remains muddy for 1 minute after the mouther moves off of the location. A gibbering mouther can move through these areas with ease, but other creatures treat them as difficult terrain.  ","image":"","environment":"","organization":"","treasure":"XP 1,600","physical_description":"Disgusting, loathsome, and hungry\u2014these are the only words that properly describe the gibbering mouther. A foul beast that lurks in underground caves, sewers, and nightmares, mouthers have no societal, ecological or religious significance other than their ability to drive those that listen to them mad. Some scholars believe that gibbering mouthers are a lesser variant of the much more dangerous shoggoth, while others theorize they are a punishment by some powerful being or deity inflicted on those who have offended it.","description":"","tags":"SRD, Pathfinder, Creature, aberration, CR 5","templateId":"1198","blockId":"206138","isShared":"1"}