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[Originally the “cloaked ape”, but it’s clearly a monkey.]
Cloaked Guenon
This silver-furred
monkey has large tufts of fur on its face and furry wings folded beneath its
arms.
Mischievous and cunning, cloaked guenons are
sapient monkeys with a penchant for theft and the ability to fly. Their wings
grow along their arms and are supported by a cartilaginous rod growing from
their wrist, allowing them to fold the wings back when walking on all fours or
climbing. The pleated, furry folded wings dangling over their backs gives
cloaked guenons their name, but they typically refer to themselves as “tree
people”.
Cloaked guenons are social and gregarious among their
own kind, and may extend this kindness to gnomes, fey or other creatures that
speak their language and can put up with their slightly cruel sense of humor. Cloaked
guenons are forever pulling pranks on each other that can escalate into
physical violence, although said roughhousing never causes severe injury or
death—the ability of cloaked guenons to heal rapidly takes care of that.
Cloaked guenons have little sense of property other than “if I want it, I
should have it”, and conflicts may arise from cloaked guenons stealing food or
treasure from other peoples.
A cloaked guenon’s diet comprises mainly of fruits,
nuts, eggs and small animals, and they do not attack people for food. Small
livestock such as chickens or rabbits, however, are fair game, and cloaked
guenons may sneak into villages to steal interesting-looking objects. In
combat, cloaked guenons remain mobile whenever possible. Although they are poor
at hovering, they can wind between trees with ease on the wing and strike at
the heads of land-bound opponents. Few things are worth a cloaked guenon’s
life, and they will typically flee a confrontation if badly injured.
A cloaked guenon grows to five feet long, with
about a third of that length being tail. Their wingspans stretch over ten feet
wide.
Cloaked Guenon CR 3
XP 800
CN Medium magical beast
Init +3; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, Perception +5, scent
Defense
AC 16, touch 14, flat-footed 12 (+3
Dex, +2 natural, +1 Dodge)
hp 26 (4d10+4); fast healing 3
Fort +5, Ref +7, Will +2
Offense
Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft., fly 40 ft.
(poor)
Melee 2 claws +5 (1d4+1), bite +5
(1d6+1)
Ranged stick +7 (1d6+1)
Special Attacks pounce, vertical slash
Statistics
Str 13, Dex 17, Con 13, Int 6, Wis 12, Cha 8
Base Atk +4; CMB +4; CMD 18
Feats Dodge, Mobility, Throw Anything
(B)
Skills Acrobatics +7, Climb +11, Fly +3,
Perception +5, Stealth +7; Racial
Modifiers uses Dexterity for Climb
Languages Sylvan
Ecology
Environment warm forests
Organization solitary, pair or barrel (3-18)
Treasure standard
Special Abilities
Vertical Slash (Ex) Whenever a cloaked guenon gains a
bonus to attack rolls for having higher ground than an opponent, it also gains a
+2 on damage rolls.
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