# Steel Predator >[!rimg]+ > ![[Placeholder2.png]] <div class="grid-container"><div class="MON">Steel Predator</div> <div class="CR">CR 13 (25,600 XP)</div> <div class="SOU">Fiend Folio</div> <div class="SYS">Dungeons & Dragons 3.5</div></div> N Large Outsider **Init** +9 **Senses** blindsight 30 ft., darkvision 60 ft., scent, magic sense; **Perception** +18 #### defense **AC** 30, 14 touch, 25 flat-footed (+5 Dex, +16 natural, -1 size) **hp** 114 (12d10+48) **Fort** +12, **Refl** +11, **Will** +11 **Feint** 28, **Demoralize** 25 **DR** 15/magic and silver **Immune** electricity, sonic; **Resist** cold 20, fire 20; #### offense **Speed** 50 ft. **Melee** bite +18 (1d8+7/19-20 plus grab), 2 claws +18 (1d6+7) **Space** 10 ft., **Reach** 5 ft. **Special Attacks** pounce, rake (2 claws +18 1d6+7), roar, sundering bite #### statistics **Str** 25, **Dex** 21, **Con** 19, **Int** 10, **Wis** 16, **Cha** 12 **BAB** +12, **CMB** +16 (+24 to sunder), **CMD** 31, **TA** +18, **RTA** +16 **Feats** [[Greater Sunder]], [[Improved Critical]] (bite), [[Improved Initiative]], [[Improved Sunder]], [[Lightning Reflexes]], [[Power Attack]] **Skills** Acrobatics +24, Bluff +16, Climb +22, Perception +18, Sense Motive +18, Stealth +22 **Racial Modifiers** +4 Acrobatics, +4 Stealth **Languages** Terran **SQ** deaf #### special abilities ### Deaf (Ex) Steel predators cannot hear. They are immune to spells and effects that rely on hearing to function, but they also cannot make Perception checks to listen. They do not take any penalty on initiative checks because of their deafness. ### Magic Sense (Su) A steel predator notices and locates magic auras within 120 feet, as if it had blindsight. ### Roar (Su) A steel predator can emit a titanic roar every 1d4 rounds. All creatures within a 30-foot cone take 12d6 points of sonic damage and are deafened for 2d6 rounds. A successful DC 20 Fortitude save halves the damage and negates the deafness. Any exposed brittle or crystalline creature takes twice the indicated damage. The save DC is Constitution-based. ### Sundering Bite (Ex) When it uses its bite to sunder, the steel predator gains a +4 bonus to CMB and deals double normal damage. #### ecology **Terrain** Acheron **Organization** Solitary, pair, or pride (6–10) **Treasure** None **Advancement** 13–18 HD (Large); 19–36 HD (Huge) The steel predator wanders the scarred metallic cubes of Acheron in search of fresh metal to consume. Resembling an iron-muscled great cat, this creature shares many characteristics with its terrestrial equivalents, including incredible strength and agility. Despite its deafness, its powers of scent are so great as to allow it to detect nearby creatures with ease. ### Combat If a steel predator gains surprise, it opens combat with a roar attack in the surprise round, followed by a pounce and full attack. It attempts to sunder its opponent’s weapons whenever possible.