Simurgh

This massive creature has the body of a resplendent bird but the head of a regal canine.

Simurgh (CR 18)

Gargantuan Magical Beast
Alignment: Neutral Good
Initiative: +7
Senses: Darkvision 60 feet, Detect Evil, Detect Magic, Low-Light Vision; Perception +27
Aura: peace (50 feet)

Speed: 40 feet, Fly 120 feet (good)
Space: 20 feet

Defense

Armor Class: 34, touch 10, flat-footed 30 (+3 Dex, +1 dodge, +24 natural, -4 size)
Hit Points: 324 (24d10+192)
Saving Throws: Fort +22, Ref +17, Will +14
Immunity: ability damage, ability drain, disease, fire, negative energy, petrification, poison, sleep
Energy Resistance: acid 10, cold 10, electricity 10
Spell Resistance: 29

Offense

Melee: bite +32 (2d8+12 plus 2d6 fire), 2 claws +32 (2d8+12 plus 2d6 fire), tail slap +30 (1d4+6 plus banishing swipe)
Reach: 20 feet
Ranged: glaring ray +23 touch (20d6 fire)

Special Attacks: banishing swipe, glaring ray, radiant feathers

Spell-Like Abilities (CL 16th; Concentration +22):

• Constant- Detect Evil, Detect Magic, Tongues
  
  
• At Will- Daylight, Zone of Truth (DC 18)
  
  
• 3/day- Flame Strike (DC 21), Cure Critical Wounds, Mass

Statistics

Str	Dex	Con	Int	Wis	Cha
34 (+12)	16 (+3)	27 (+8)	16 (+3)	19 (+4)	23 (+6)

Base Attack Bonus: +24
CMB +40 (+42 Disarm)
CMD 54 (56 vs. Disarm)

Feats: Combat Reflexes, Dodge, Fly-by Attack, Hover, Deft Maneuvers, Improved Initiative, Iron Will, Multiattack, Snatch, Wingover

Skills: Diplomacy +26, Fly +7, Heal +14, Knowledge (arcana) +33, Knowledge (dungeoneering) +21, Knowledge (all others) +15, Perception +27, Perform (sing) +19, Survival +14

• Racial Modifiers: +10 on all Knowledge skills

Languages: Celestial, Common, Draconic; tongues

Special Abilities

Aura of Peace (Su)

Creatures within a 50-foot spread from a simurgh feel a sensation of peace wash over them, as if affected by calm emotions, except the simurgh can choose which creatures are affected. A DC 28 Will save negates the effects of this aura for 1 round, but a new save must be made each round to continue to resist the effects. The saving throw is Charisma-based.

Banishing Swipe (Su)

A simurgh can use its radiant tail to return creatures to their native planes. In addition to taking damage, any extraplanar creature touched by a simurgh's tail must succeed at a DC 28 Will save or be affected as if by banishment. A creature that makes this save cannot be affected by the same simurgh's banishing swipe for the next 24 hours. The save DC is Charisma-based.

Glaring Ray (Su)

A simurgh can blast a fiery ray of brilliant light from its eyes as a standard action to a range of 100 feet.

Radiant Feathers (Su)

Once per day as a standard action, a simurgh can fan out its glimmering tail feathers and blast its foes with a 100-foot cone of radiant light from its tail. Aside from its size, this attack is identical to a prismatic spray (DC 28). The save is Charisma-based.

Ecology

Environment: Warm Deserts or Mountains
Organization: solitary
Treasure: standard


Regarded as living legends, simurghs are held in high regard by desert dwellers. Those who live in the desert lands where these benevolent creatures sometimes reside consider it a lifetime's worth of luck even to spot one soaring through the sky.

Simurghs prefer to keep to themselves, well out of the way of lesser creatures and their often dubious morals, though they can be relied upon for aid when called by those in true need and with a pure heart. A simurgh can live for thousands of years, and frequent mentions of these giant avian beings throughout a region's historical record are more often than not sightings of the same creature.