# Abomination, Phaethon >[!rimg]+ > ![[Placeholder2.png]] <div class="grid-container"><div class="MON">Phaethon</div> <div class="CR">CR 34 (39,321,600 XP)</div> <div class="SOU">Epic Level Handbook pg. 165</div> <div class="SYS">Dungeons & Dragons 3.5</div></div> CE Gargantuan Outsider (abomination, evil, fire) **Init** +15 **Senses** blindsight 500 ft., darkvision 60 ft., true seeing; **Perception** +73 #### defense **AC** 47, 13 touch, 40 flat-footed (+7 Dex, +34 natural, –4 size) **hp** 1736 (62d10+1116); max hp, regeneration 25 (cold or lawful weapons) **Fort** +39, **Refl** +46, **Will** +43 **Feint** 76, **Demoralize** 76 **Defensive Abilities** abomination traits **DR** 15/lawful and epic; **SR** 45 **Immune** fire, ooze traits; **Resist** cold 20 **Weakness** vulnerable to cold #### offense **Speed** 120 ft., burrow 120 ft. **Melee** 8 slams +85 (2d8+24 plus burn and grab) **Space** 20 ft., **Reach** 10 ft. **Special Attacks** burn (4d6, DC 54), engulf (DC 65, 20d6 fire plus 10d6 bludgeoning), heat **Spell-Like Abilities** (CL 34th; Concentration +48) > **Constant**— _nondetection_, _true seeing_ > **At will**— _fire storm_, _delayed blast fireball_, _flame strike_, _scorching ray_, _wall of fire_ > **10/day**— _summon_ (9th level, elder fire elemental, 100%) > **3/day**— quickened _delayed blast fireball_, empowered _fire storm_, maximized _fire storm_, maximize _flame strike_ #### statistics **Str** 58, **Dex** 25, **Con** 36, **Int** 8, **Wis** 18, **Cha** 39 **BAB** +62, **CMB** +74, **CMD** 91, **TA** +82, **RTA** +65 **Feats** [[Alertness]], [[Blinding Speed]], [[Cleave]], [[Combat Reflexes]], [[Empower Spell-Like Ability]] (fire storm), [[Epic Toughness]], [[Epic Weapon Focus]] (slam), [[Epic Fortitude]], [[Epic Reflexes]], [[Epic Will]], [[Great Cleave]], [[Great Fortitude]], [[Greater Spell Penetration]], [[Greater Vital Strike]], [[Improved Initiative]], [[Improved Great Fortitude]], [[Improved Iron Will]], [[Improved Lightning Reflexes]]. [[Improved Natural Attack]] (slam), [[Improved Sunder]], [[Improved Vital Strike]], [[Iron Will]], [[Lightning Reflexes]], [[Maximize Spell-Like Ability]] (fire storm), [[Maximize Spell-Like Ability]] (flame strike), [[Power Attack]], [[Quicken Spell-Like Ability]] (delayed blast fireball), [[Spell Penetration]], [[Superior Initiative]], [[Vital Strike]], [[Weapon Focus]] (slam) **Skills** Climb +89, Knowledge (geography) +64, Knowledge (planes) +64, Perception +73, Stealth +66 **Languages** Ignan; telepathy 1000 ft. **SQ** amorphous, blinding speed (5 rounds), oozelike #### special abilities ### Heat (Ex) Touching or being touched by a phaethon deals 4d6 points of fire damage. ### Oozelike (Ex) While they are not oozes, they have the immunities of oozes in addition to any other immunities they possess. ### Subsume (Ex) If a phaethon starts its turn with a Huge or smaller creature grappled, it can attempt a new combat maneuver check (as though attempting to pin the opponent). If it succeeds, it draws its prey into its body, dealings slam damage and engulfing it. #### ecology **Terrain** Elemental plane of fire **Organization** Solitary, or in company of 1–10 elder fire elementals **Treasure** Standard **Advancement** 63–80 HD (Gargantuan); 81–186 HD (Colossal) Phaethons are the progeny of fire gods. No fire burns hotter than the rage personified by a phaethon. Gargantuan blots of sentient magma, phaethons burn their way through the belly of the earth. When roused, they burst to the surface, creating miniature volcanoes as they exit, only to sweep toward the closest flammable object or creature, a tsunami of red hot liquid rock. Many worlds contain phaethons locked away at their heart, unable to break the compulsion laid on them by higher powers. The heat at the core of some worlds is sometimes altogether due to a supernatural phaethon (or brood of phaethons),trapped and raging for eons. Sometimes a phaethon breaks its eternal geas for a day or a season, during which time it incinerates anything it can flow over and smother. ### Combat Phaethons exude up to eight magma pseudopods to slam foes, and attempt to grab and pull their foes into their liquid bodies.