# Digester
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*This creature stands on two powerful hind legs. It has a long tail, but no other limbs, and a gray, pebbly hide with daggerlike markings. Its narrow head is equipped with a sucking mouth and a tubelike orifice in its forehead.*
<div class="grid-container"><div class="MON">Digester</div>
<div class="CR">CR 6 (2,400 XP)</div>
<div class="SOU">Monster Manual pg. 59</div>
<div class="SYS">Dungeons & Dragons 3.5</div></div>
N Medium Magical Beast
**Init** +6
**Senses** darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; **Perception** +10
#### defense
**AC** 17, 12 touch, 15 flat-footed (+2 Dex, +5 natural)
**hp** 68 (8d10+24)
**Fort** +9, **Refl** +10, **Will** +3
**Feint** 19, **Demoralize** 19
**Immune** acid
#### offense
**Speed** 60 ft.
**Melee** claw +11 (1d8+4)
**Space** 5 ft., **Reach** 5 ft.
**Special Attacks** acid spray
#### statistics
**Str** 17, **Dex** 15, **Con** 17, **Int** 2, **Wis** 12, **Cha** 10
**BAB** +8, **CMB** +11, **CMD** 23, **TA** +11, **RTA** +10
**Feats** [[Alertness]], [[Improved Initiative]], [[Lightning Reflexes]], [[Run]]
**Skills** Acrobatics +9 (+21 when jumping), Perception +10, Stealth +6
**Racial Modifiers** +4 Stealth
#### special abilities
### Acid Spray (Ex)
A digester can spray acid in a 20-foot cone. Creatures in the area must succeed at a DC 17 Reflex save or take 4d8 points of acid damage. A successful save halves the damage.
Alternatively, a digester can spray are targeted stream of acid at a single creature within 20 feet. The targets creature must succeed at a DC 17 reflex save or take 8d8 points of acid damage. Whichever for is used, a digester must take 1d4 rounds before it can use its acid spray again. The save DC is Constitution-based.
#### tactics
A digester is a hunting and eating machine. When it is not hungry (which is rarely), it lies low and avoids most other creatures. When hunting, it looks about for a likely target, then charges forth and delivers a gout of acid. If the initial attack is insufficient to kill the prey, the digester attacks with its hind feet until it can spray acid again
#### ecology
**Terrain** Warm forests
**Organization** Solitary or pack (3–6)
**Treasure** None
**Advancement** 9–12 HD (Medium); 13–24 HD (Large)
The swift predators known as digesters have a vicious acid attack that can reduce a human to a pool of glop in seconds. Digesters may lurk almost anywhere there is prey to be found, from barren deserts to steaming jungles.
A digester stands about 5 feet tall and is 7 feet long from snout to tail. It weighs about 350 pounds.