Destrachan

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Aberration: An aberration has a bizarre anatomy, strange abilities, an alien mindset, or any combination of the three.

They have darkvision.

Aberrations breathe, eat, and sleep.

Despite its bestial appearance, the destrachan is in fact a creature of cunning and cruel intellect that enjoys inflicting pain and viciously toying with its prey. It has no eyes, and is completely blind, but possesses a pair of complex, tripartite ears it can adjust to different levels of sensitivity to sound, allowing the destrachan to hunt in absolute darkness as if it were able to see.

A destrachan can project a blast of sonic energy centered on itself. It can adjust the harmonics of its sonic cry to generate one of two different effects on targets within the area of effect, but can only create one of these effects with each use of this ability.

  • Destruction: All creatures within the area of effect of the destructive harmonics take sonic damage. If the destrachan wishes, this damage can instead deal nonlethal damage rather than sonic damage. Alternatively, the destrachan can target a single crystal, metal, stone, or wooden object with this attack — that object takes damage. This damage is reduced by the object’s hardness.
  • Pain: Rather than deal damage, the destrachan can cause intense pain and overwhelming sound to affect all creatures within the area. Targets in the area may become stunned and deafened.

A destrachan gains a bonus on all saves against sonic attacks. It is immune to the effects of its own destructive harmonics. A destrachan whose sense of hearing is impaired is effectively blinded, treating all targets as if they had total concealment.

Destrachans are carnivores, preferring to stalk and kill live prey, although they also feast on carrion. This habit serves them well, since they often kill more than they can immediately consume. They often hunt in packs, using a complex series of clicks, shrieks, and whistles to communicate with each other. While destrachans cannot speak, they are capable of understanding spoken languages like the common tongue, and often take pleasure in their victims’ cries and pleas for mercy.

It is immune to gaze attacks, visual effects, illusions, and attacks relying on sight.

It is resistant to sonic damage.

It has blindsight.

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