Dark Trooper (Phase 1)

Dark Trooper (Phase 1)
Type	Monster

These elves are completely integrated with cybernetics to become melee soldiers. These troopers move swiftly and have their nervous system augmented with technology based off of the Temporal Accelerator. This combined with other cybernetics allows the trooper to move lighting fast, and analyze the battlefield and make decisions even faster. The neurological deterioration that results with the constant use of the accelerator is far less than with the prototype, though it's side effect of a shortened lifespan remains. This is the main reason the troopers are made from full-blooded elves since they have such long life spans.They are equipped with a viroblade in their right arm that super heats and can cut through most materials. The blade can be launched as a range weapon, with backup blades in it's arm replacing the fired blade. They also have a specially designed buckler on their left arm which can be used to deflect certain energy-based attacks back at their attackers. They also have a reserve of nano-machines that are used to repair the trooper in the battlefield.

Dark Trooper (Phase 1) (CR 3)

XP 25,600

N Medium construct (robot)

Init +12; Senses darkvision 120 ft., low-light vision, mistsight; Perception +0 (+20 in sentinel mode)

DEFENSE

AC 27, touch 20, flat-footed 17 (+8 Dex, +2 dodge, +7 natural)

hp 119 (18d10+20); fast healing 10

Fort +6, Ref +16, Will +6

Defensive Abilities evasion, rapid repair; DR 10/adamantine; Immune construct traits

Weaknesses vulnerable to critical hits, vulnerable to electricity

OFFENSE

Speed 40 ft., climb 30 ft.

Melee integrated shortsword +25 (1d6+7/18–20)

Ranged projectiles +26 (1d4+6/19–20 or smoke)

Special Attacks projectile launcher, sneak attack +2d6

STATISTICS

Str 22, Dex 26, Con —, Int 10, Wis 11, Cha 1

Base Atk +18; CMB +24; CMD 44

Feats Improved Critical (rapier), Improved Initiative, Lightning Reflexes

Skills Climb +14, Perception +0; Racial Modifiers +20 Perception in sentinel mode

SQ difficult to create, integrated rapier, standby, swift reactions

ECOLOGY

Environment any

Organization solitary, pair, or contract (3–8)

Treasure none

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Viroblades (Ex)

A Phase 1 Dark Trooper's weapon is made of hot siccatite. The integrated housing for these blades allow the dark trooper to wield it without taking the 1 point of fire damage each round.

Projectile Launcher (Ex)

A Phase 1 Dark Trooper treats it's integrated weapon as if it had the thrown property and can fire it out of it's integrated housing. When created, a dark trooper's projectile launcher contains 12 blades.

Rapid Repair (Su)

A Phase 1 Dark Trooper can repair damage dealt to itself swiftly. Once per day, as a full-round action that provokes attacks of opportunity, a dark trooper can heal 40 hp and refill its projectile launcher with four blades.

Deflecting Buckler (Ex)

A Phase 1 Dark Trooper can attempt to deflect ray attacks and laser attacks. If the triggering attack misses or if the dark trooper makes the save the attack calls for the attack is instead redirected to a target of the dark trooper's choosing. The new target will act as if it was the original target except that the distance between the dark trooper and the new target is added to the attack's range. In this way the attack may be outside the original range increment of the weapon, or in the case of a spell or other attack with a set range the new target must be within the original attack's range. This ability also works against attacks made with Arc Pistols, Arc Rifles, Death Rays, Zero Pistols, and Zero Rifles.

Wheely

A Phase 1 Dark Trooper has a series of small wheels housed in it's feet that it can use to maneuver quickly across the battle field.

Leaper

A Phase 1 Dark Trooper adds an enhancement bonus equal to it's hit dice on all Acrobatics skill checks made to jump. When making a jump in this way, the dark trooper is always considered to have a running start.

Ground Breaker

A Phase 1 Dark Trooper can attack the floor around itself as a standard action. This attack automatically hits and deals damage normally. If the dark trooper manages to deal more damage than the floor’s hardness, all of the squares in a 20ft radius become difficult terrain. Creatures in these squares, except the dark trooper, must make a DC 15 Reflex save or be knocked prone.

Background

Identical to it's cousin the Gelatinous Cube in almost every way, the carnivorous cube is only distinguishable from a distance by the lack of materials floating in it's mass. Carnivorous cube's ooze is non-acidic and non-paralytic, unlike the gelatinous cube, instead it has changed from eating away at flesh to eating away at DNA. Creatures caught in it's mass find escape easy enough, however they rarely escape alone - one creature comes in, two go out. The cube is a factory for the mimicker ooze and uses the basic DNA of it's victims to create copies of it's victims who fight their prey for them. Dangerous creatures to come across, they are often encountered with an mimicker ooze or two left over from their previous victims.