Why, that's a Greholdusa!

I only got one comment on last week's "Weekly What the Heck", but it inspired me so I'm going to run with it. The result is the greholdusa, the offspring of... well, probably best not to think about it too hard.

I'd like to thank Scott for his ideas (and the name), which have been mashed together with a couple of my own to create:

Greholdusa

A greholdusa looks like the offspring of a grell, a beholder, and a medusa. It's probably as confused as you are.

Level 6 Controller

Greholdusa

XP 250

Medium aberrant magical beast

Initiative +7 Senses Perception +6; darkvision
HP 72; Bloodied 36
AC 20; Fortitude 18, Reflex 19, Will 19
Immune petrification
Speed 1 (clumsy), fly 6 (hover)

mTentacle Bite (standard; at-will) * Poison

+11 vs. AC; 1d6 + 2 damage, and the greholdusa makes a secondary attack against the same target. Secondary Attack: +8 vs. Fortitude; the target is slowed (save ends). First Failed Save: The target is immobilized instead of slowed (save ends). Second Failed Save: The target is petrified (no save).

MTentacle Grab (standard; at-will)

+10 vs. Fortitude; 1d6 + 2 damage, and the target is grabbed. The greholdusa can grab only one creature at a time.

MVicious Bite (minor 1/round; at-will) * Poison

Grabbed target only; +11 vs. AC; 1d10 + 2 damage, and the greholdusa makes a secondary attack against the same target. Secondary Attack: +10 vs. Fortitude; the target is slowed (save ends). First Failed Save: The target is immobilized instead of slowed (save ends). Second Failed Save: The target is petrified (no save).

RCentral Eye (minor; at-will)

Ranged 5; +10 vs. Will; the target is dazed until the end of the greholdusa’s next turn.

Alignment Evil Languages Deep Speech
Skills Stealth +12
Str 14 (+5) Dex 18 (+7) Wis 16 (+6)
Con 16 (+6) Int 14 (+5) Cha 19 (+7)

Greholdusa Tactics

A greholdusa grabs one target at a time, releasing them once it uses vicious bite on them, and then repeats on a different target.

Level 12 Soldier

Greholdusa Scourge

XP 700

Medium aberrant magical beast

Initiative +13 Senses Perception +10; darkvision
HP 123; Bloodied 61
AC 28; Fortitude 24, Reflex 25, Will 26
Immune petrification
Speed 1 (clumsy), fly 6 (hover)

mTentacle Bite (standard; at-will) * Poison

+19 vs. AC; 1d8 + 3 damage, and the greholdusa makes a secondary attack against the same target. Secondary Attack: +15 vs. Fortitude; the target is slowed (save ends). First Failed Save: The target is immobilized instead of slowed (save ends). Second Failed Save: The target is petrified (no save).

MTentacle Grab (standard; at-will)

+17 vs. Fortitude; 1d8 + 3 damage, and the target is grabbed. The greholdusa can grab only one creature at a time.

MVicious Bite (minor 1/round; at-will) * Poison

Grabbed target only; +19 vs. AC; 2d6 + 3 damage, and the greholdusa makes a secondary attack against the same target. Secondary Attack: +17 vs. Fortitude; the target is slowed (save ends). First Failed Save: The target is immobilized instead of slowed (save ends). Second Failed Save: The target is petrified (no save).

RCentral Eye (minor; at-will)

Ranged 5; +17 vs. Will; the target is slowed until the end of the greholdusa’s next turn. If the target is hit by the secondary attack of either of the greholdusa scourge’s bite attacks while slowed, it is immobilized instead of slowed and considered to have failed its first save.

Alignment Evil Languages Deep Speech
Skills Stealth +16
Str 16 (+9) Dex 21 (+11) Wis 18 (+10)
Con 19 (+10) Int 16 (+9) Cha 22 (+12)

Greholdusa Scourge Tactics

A greholdusa scourge uses central eye and then tentacle grab on one target at a time, releasing them once it uses vicious bite, and then repeats on a different target.

Greholdusa Lore

A character knows the following information with a successful Dungeoneering check.
DC 15: Greholdusae are horrific creatures that combine the eye rays of a beholder, the grasping tentacles of a grell and the petrifying power of a medusa.
DC 20: The eye ray of a greholdusa scourge begins the petrification process and the poisonous bite finishes the job.

Encounter Groups

Greholdusae bring together the three creature types they're related to, spawning horrifically evil plots.
Level 7 Encounter (XP 1,500)
* 2 greholdusae (level 6 controller)
* 1 grell (level 7 elite soldier)
* 1 beholder gauth (level 5 elite artillery)
Level 13 Encounter (XP 4,200)
* 2 greholdusa scourges (level 12 soldier)
* 1 medusa warrior (level 13 elite soldier)
* 1 grell philosopher (level 11 elite controller)

It would sure be nice to get more than one comment on this week's What the Heck (hint hint).