Greater Water Elemental

Greater Water Elemental (CR 17)

Neutral - Huge - Outsider (Elemental, Water)

Lore:	Know (Planes)
32		49
Basic DC		Full DC

Initiative

30

Perception:
41	+31
Passive	Active

Ambush:

10+

on a d20

• Ambush Notes: -4 on Ambush rolls if they are able to launch the ambush from within a body of water.

Senses:

• Standard Senses
• Darkvision 80 ft.
• Watersense 80 ft.

Movement Types:

• Walk 30 ft.
• Greater Swim 90 ft.

Defense

AC

41

Man Def

40

Monster Health
611	305	32
Hit Points	Bloodied	Hit Dice

Saving Throws
Fort:	+15
Refl:	+19
Will:	+12

Strong Against:

• (Elemental 1) Hardened (½ damage): precision damage, critical hits
• (Elemental 2) Immune (no effect): bleeds (bruised, bleed, ruptured), poisons (tainted, poisoned, blighted).
• (Elemental 3) Immune (no effect): magical sleep (drowsy, sluggish, asleep), paralyzed, stunned
• Immune (no effect): Cold (energy, common) damage

Weak Against:

Offense

Size:	Huge
15 ft.		15 ft.
Space		Reach

To-Hit

+26

Man Off

+29

Action

0

Points

Standard Attack (Melee):

• 1x Riptide +26 (4d8+22/19-20 x2)
  as slashing (physical, common)
  plus Gagging

Full Attack (Melee):

• 3x Riptide +26 (4d8+17/19-20 x2)
  as slashing (physical, common)
  plus Gagging

Standard Attack (Ranged):

• 1x Water Jet +26 (4d8+22/19-20 x2)
  as cold (energy, common)
  (Increment: 80 ft.; Max Range: 400 ft.)

Full Attack (Ranged):

• 3x Water Jet +26 (4d8+17/19-20 x2)
  as cold (energy, common)
  (Increment: 80 ft.; Max Range: 400 ft.)

Siege Damage: Not siege capable

Statistics

20

STR

18

DEX

16

CON

4

INT

11

WIS

11

CHA

Skills:

• Movement: 28
• Perception: 31
• Stealth: 32 (only usable while in a body of water)
• All other skills: 23 (no ranks)

Languages: Aquan

Feats:

Special Abilities

Undertow (Su) Standard Action 1/Enc

Once per encounter as a standard action, the elemental may move up to twice its Walk or Swim speed without provoking attacks of opportunity. It may move through or into enemies' spaces during this movement, and any creature or creatures its size or smaller whose space fully overlaps the elemental's space during this movement is affected by Undertow. Creatures who are affected by Undertow are swept along to the end of the elemental's move, take 4d8+17 points of winded (physical, uncommon) damage, and are then dropped into any unblocked, unoccupied space adjacent to the elemental (elemental's choice). If there is no legal space to drop a creature, or they partially resist the forced movement distance, they are instead left behind in the path of the elemental in the closest legal space to the elemental's ending position. Creatures may make a Reflex saving throw against a DC of 27 for half damage from Undertow, but they are always moved unless they can resist the entire distance of the forced move.

Shapeless (Su) Always On

The elemental does not have a fixed shape and may squeeze as though two size categories smaller than its normal size without incurring any penalties.

Gagging (Ex) Auto upon successful melee hit

Up to once per round per struck foe, any melee attack will inflict the gagging condition unless a REFL save is made against a save dc of 27. Further attacks against a gagging, choking, or asphyxiating target have no additional effect.

Greater Water Elemental

Whether a patch of odd crystals in a ruined corridor, a pool of oddly turbulent water in a forest grove, a roaring breeze even indoors, or a cozy campfire with malevolent eyes, elementals can be found almost anywhere. Many elementals are spontaneous manifestations, creatures of elemental nature that have arisen from either natural or unnatural circumstance. Other elementals are deliberately made things, summoned or created by those with malevolent purpose, set as immortal guardians or stalkers of the world.

Elementals may be fairly common or quite rare, depending upon the setting. In all cases, elementals provide plenty of challenges and fun for those heroic enough to face them.

Water is the most mutable of material, so it is fitting that water elementals have no real 'shape' at all, merely being a mass of water, impossibly coherent and suspended against the pull of gravity, moving with savage speed and deadly effectiveness to drag you under and drown you. Their every attack floods your breathing passages with water, making the risk of drowning, even on dry land, frighteningly real.

Water elementals can be very hard to spot, as they often lurk in larger bodies of water. Once they begin to act, however, they are distinct, the turbulence of their motions and the deadly menace of their attention making them easy to single out.

Combat Tactics

Water elementals are perfectly capable of attacking outside of water, but they don't like it one bit. If at all possible they will lurk in water, wait for victims to approach the water, and then lunge out to use their Undertow ability. They will then double back into the water and drop their victims and kill them at their leisure.

It's a simple tactic, but a really nasty one.

If they are unable to attack in water, they will use Undertow as early as possible to scatter their victims and then get to work with Riptide and Water Jet. Riptide is always aimed at the breathing passages of their foes, hoping to inflict the very nasty gagging condition, which can really shut down the afflicted foes. Water elementals are as fearless and aggressive as fire elementals once the fight has begun and will never retreat voluntarily.

Out of Combat

Water Elementals are rarely on the Prime Material plane unless summoned. In those cases, they are bound to the service of their summoner for some period of time (often until sunset or dawn of the same day, though sometimes as long as a year and a day, in the case of powerful bindings). Those who gain access to the Prime Material plane by themselves, or escape a binding rarely survive for more than a few weeks, as this plane is largely arid and enervating to them.

In many cases, these unbound elementals achieve a kind of insanity before fading out, usually in their last few days before dying in this very inhospitable environment so far from their home.

Water Elementals are often found bound, usually into fountains, pools, or toilets. They are frequently compelled to make Movement checks to create fanciful water effects, and Stealth checks to conceal that they are present. They consider all such usage degrading in the extreme, and if they break free, will take their vengeance on anything they can catch. Water Elementals are also often found in the sewers of large cities, aqueducts, canals, etc. Approach most civilized waterworks with a healthy respect.

Rewards

XP: 102,400

Treasure: Sellable Goods worth 51,444 gp.

Weight: 170 lbs.     Volume: 6.8 cu. ft.

Optional Treasure Rules: Roll a d20 on Table 1 below once per encounter (NOT per creature). Any items discovered are in addition to the normal treasure for the encounter.

Table 1: Remnant(s) Found
1 - 10	Nothing Found
11 - 14	1 Languid Remnant (tier 1)
15 - 17	1 Pale Remnant (tier 2)
18 - 19	1 Bright Remnant (tier 3)
20	Roll on Table 2
###	Nothing to see here!
###	Or here. Move along.

Table 2: Remnant(s) Found
1 - 5	3 Languid Remnants (tier 1)
6 - 10	3 Pale Remnants (tier 2)
11 - 14	1 Intense Remnant (tier 4)
15 - 17	1 Blazing Remnant (tier 5)
18 - 19	1 Vital Remnant (tier 6)
20	Roll on Table 3
###	Or here. Move along.

Table 3: Remnant(s) Found
1 - 5	3 Bright Remnants (tier 3)
6 - 8	3 Intense Remnants (tier 4)
9 - 11	3 Blazing Remnants (tier 5)
12 - 14	3 Vital Remnants (tier 6)
15 - 17	1 Prime Remnant (tier 7)
18 - 19	1 Mythic Remnant (tier 8)
20	1 Empyrean Remnant (tier 9)