Hag Eye OozeA single eye stares unblinking from an amorphous blob. A
transparent pseudopod extends from the mass, ready to strike.
Hag Eye Ooze CR 3Source Pathfinder #72: The Witch Queen's Revenge pg. 86, Bestiary 5 pg. 140
XP 800
N Small ooze
Init –5; Senses blindsight 60 ft.; Perception –5
DefenseAC 6, touch 6, flat-footed 6 (–5 Dex, +1 size)
hp 34 (4d8+16)
Fort +5, Ref –4, Will –4
Immune acid, cold, ooze traits; Resist fire 5
OffenseSpeed 20 ft., climb 20 ft.
Melee slam +6 (1d4+3 plus paralysis)
Special Attacks paralysis (1d4 rounds, DC 16), spell channel
StatisticsStr 12, Dex 1, Con 18, Int —, Wis 1, Cha 1
Base Atk +3; CMB +4; CMD 9 (can’t be tripped)
Skills Climb +10
SQ suction, transparent
EcologyEnvironment temperate marshes or underground
Organization solitary
Treasure none
Special AbilitiesSpell Channel (Su) A hag creator of a hag eye ooze can see
through the embedded hag eye as if she were looking from
the ooze directly. This ability requires that the hag creator
and the hag eye ooze be on the same plane in order to
function. If the hag that created the hag eye ooze is part of
a coven, the following spells have a 5% chance per caster
level of operating through a hag eye ooze: detect chaos,
detect evil, detect good, detect law, detect magic, message,
read magic, and tongues. A non-hag that controls a hag
eye ooze can’t cast spells through the ooze, nor can it see
through the creature, but it can target the hag eye ooze with
a clairaudience/clairvoyance spell and view through it in
that manner.
Suction (Ex) A hag eye ooze can create a powerful suction
against any surface it climbs, allowing it to cling to inverted
surfaces with ease. It can establish or release suction as a
swift action, and as long as it is using suction, it moves at
half speed. Because of the suction, a hag eye ooze gains a
+10 bonus to its CMD to resist bull rush attacks, awesome
blow attacks, and other attacks and effects that attempt to
physically move it from its location.
Transparent (Ex) A hag eye ooze is difficult to discern from
its surroundings in most environments. A successful DC 15
Perception check is required to notice a hag eye ooze. Any
creature that fails to notice it and walks into it automatically
suffers damage as if struck by the hag eye ooze’s slam attack.
DescriptionSome hags create hag eye oozes to serve as scouts and
spies, favoring them over humanoid servants due to the
ease of control. With their ability to blend in with their
surroundings and climb nearly any surface, these creatures
patrol the hag’s lair and surrounding territory. Hag eye
oozes seem to be imbued with a sliver of the cautious side
of their creator’s personality, watching intruders from a
distance and avoiding combat unless directed to attack.
Once given a command, these creatures pursue their goal
mindlessly until a countermand is given.
Hag eye oozes have gelatinous, transparent bodies that
can sometimes grow larger than 5 cubic feet, though most
are smaller, taking up roughly half that space. To date, no
specimens have been found weighing more than 500 pounds.Creating a Hag Eye Ooze
The process of creating a hag eye ooze is a strange blend
of cooking in a cauldron and the magic rituals involved
in sparking simulated life into a construct. For more
information on hag eyes see Pathfinder Campaign Setting:
Classic Horrors Revisited.
Creating a hag eye ooze requires 2 weeks. This time is
reduced if the brewer is working cooperatively. For each
additional member of a coven involved in the process, the
creation time is lessened by 2 days, to a minimum creation
period of 3 days. During this period, various nutrients and
ingredients must be added to the cauldron in which the ooze
is brewed. As the ingredients are added the hag must consult
strange texts and foul recipes to assure proper creation. If
she misses a step or poorly measures a reagent, the necessary
arcane energies to create the hag eye ooze do not properly
bind to the creature’s nascent form. If successful, she then
begins a 24-hour ritual, during which the cauldron holding
the brewing ooze is bombarded with spells. This ritual
and spellcasting culminates in the addition of a hag eye—
preferably from the hag creator. If the ritual is successful,
the hag eye ooze animates fully formed and able to serve as a
minion. The hag eye ooze is under the control of the creator,
but in cases where a coven takes part in creating the ooze,
control goes to the hag that supplied the hag eye.Creatures in "Hag Eye Ooze" Category
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