Bee-Man Of Bellis

This shabby-cloaked figure is surrounded by hundreds of bees.

Bee-Man Of Bellis (CR 9)

Medium Aberration
Alignment: Neutral Evil
Initiative: +6
Senses: Darkvision 60 feet, Scent; Perception +18

Speed: 30 feet, Fly 60 feet (good)
Space: 5 feet

Defense

Armor Class: 23, touch 17, flat-footed 16 (+6 Dex, +1 dodge, +6 natural)
Hit Points: 110 (13d8+52) Fast Healing 10
Saving Throws: Fort +8, Ref +10, Will +10
Amorphous
Damage Reduction: 15/-
Immunity: disease, poison, paralysis, sleep, stunning

Offense

Melee: slam +9 touch (3d6 plus poison)
Reach: 5 feet

Spell-Like Abilities (CL 13th; Concentration +16):

• Constant- speak with vermin (operates as Speak with Plants, but for vermin)
  
  
• At Will- Alter Self (male human only), Augury, Divination
  
  
• 3/day- Glibness, Geas, Lesser (DC 17), summon (level 4, 1 wasp swarm or 1d4+1 giant beesB3 100%)
  
  
• 1/day- Commune with Nature, Contact Other Plane, Reincarnate

Statistics

Str	Dex	Con	Int	Wis	Cha
10 (+0)	23 (+6)	18 (+4)	13 (+1)	15 (+2)	17 (+3)

Base Attack Bonus: +9
CMB +9
CMD 26

Feats: Ability Focus (Poison), Acrobatic, Dodge, Spring Attack, Step Up, Wind Stance

Skills: Acrobatics +23, Fly +27, Intimidate +19, Perception +18, Stealth +22, Survival +11

Languages: Common, Druidic

Special Qualities: apian emissaries, swarmlike, taboo name

Special Abilities

Apian Emissaries (Sp)

The Bee-Man can use bees to duplicate the effect of pryings eye or whispering wind at will (caster level 13th). A successful DC 15 Perception check identifies the presence of the bees that act as the sensors for these spells, but a DC 20 Knowledge (nature) check is required to realize they are behaving under outside influence.

Poison (Ex)

• Delivery: Slam-injury
• Fortitude Save: 23
• Frequency: 1/round for 6 rounds
• Track: Critical Strength
• Saves: 2 consecutive saves

Swarmlike (Ex)

The Bee-Man exists as a hive mind controlling a body of swarming bees. He is immune to any physical spell or effect that targets a specific number of creatures (including single-target spells). This immunity doesn't apply to spells and effects generated by the Bee-Man himself, nor to mind-affecting effects that target single creatures. The Bee-Man takes half again as much damage (+50%) from damaging area effects. He is also susceptible to high winds and is treated as a Diminutive creature for the purposes of determining wind effects. The Bee-Man can be targeted by spells as if he were a creature of the vermin type.

Taboo Name (Su)

Whenever the Bee-Man's full name (Vernon Vestha) is spoken within 13 miles, he hears it as if using clairaudience/clairvoyance. He also learns the speaker's direction and distance.

Ecology

Environment: Temperate Forest
Organization: solitary
Treasure: double


Vernon Vestha was a forest oracle obsessed with bees, reading the future in the patterns of their flight. Driven mad by a desire to internalize the bees' powers of divination, he became one with his beloved bees in some honeyed rite.

Now a living swarm in the rough semblance of a man, Vernon still roams the forests near Bellis, and some still seek out the ex-druid's wisdom by calling his name (Knowledge [local] DC 20 to know). He often appears when he is called, though he seldom grants favors without exacting a terrible price.