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[Monstrous] Feats

Monstrous feats are for non-humanoid characters.

 

Monstrous Feats

Feat	Summary	Prerequisites	Balance Point
Abundant Spell-like Ability	You gain two additional uses of a spell-like ability.	Must possesses a spell-like ability, usable at least twice per day	High
Adamantine Skin	Increase DR/Adamantine and sunder weapons on contact.	Inherent DR/Adamantine	High
Adamantine Stomach	Those you swallow won't be getting out.	Con 15, Swallow Whole	Moderate
Adaptive Energy Resistance	When the creature takes enegy damage, its body changes to resist to that destructive energy.	Must be corporeal, Must have an Energy Resistance	Moderate
Alignment Heritage	Gain an alignment subtype.	1st level only	Very High
Amphibious	Gain the Amphibious special quality.	Air breathing creature with a swim speed or water breathing creature with a land speed.	High
Anger Point	Getting punched in the face makes you angry. More than it pisses most people off, that is.	None	Moderate
Antimagic Gaze	Where you look, the magic disappears	Must have eyes, Must able to see	High
Arena Trap	Radiate a dimensional anchor effect.	Knowledge The Planes 10 ranks, caster level 1st	Very High
Artificial Meldshaper	Use Wisdom instead of Constitution to shape soulmelds	Con -, Int 3, Construct Type	Low
Augment Shielding	Your shields become stronger than normal.	Must have the shield special quality.	High
Bad Moon Rising	You are a creature of the night. It makes you more durable and puts you in a good mood.	Shapechanger Subtype	Moderate
Battle Armour	People are lucky to even dent you.	Rock Pokémon Traits, Steel Pokémon Traits, or Bug Pokémon Traits	High
Breath Weapon Substitution	Change what element your breath weapon produces.	Breath Weapon which deals damage	Moderate
Burst of Wrath	When the creature takes a critical hit, it enters in a powerful wrath.	Any non-Good alignment, Must have an Intelligence score, Must have a Constitution score, BAB +6	High
Clear Sky	The surrounding weather around you is always calm.	Knowledge Nature 6 ranks	Moderate
Cursed Body	Prevent creatures from using the same trick on you twice, and curse them if you drop.	Undead type or Incorporeal subtype.	High
Cute Charm	Use cuteness as a special defence	None	High
Deathless Energy Drain Immunity	You regain the immunity to Energy Drain from when you became a Redeemed Undead and gained the Deathless Subtype	Redeemed Undead	Moderate
Deep Breath	You can take a deep breath to make a very destructive breath weapon	Dragon Race, Breath Weapon, Character level 8+	Very High
Delta Stream	The mysterious air current blows on regardless!	[Air] subtype or Knowledge (nature) 6 ranks and speak Auran.	High
Devastating Claws	Claws attacks become more efficient.	Must have a Claw attack, Str 15+, BAB +6	Moderate
Drizzle	The surrounding weather around you is always raining.	[Water] subtype or Knowledge Nature 6 ranks and Aquan language known	High
Drought	The surrounding weather around you is always dry and arid.	[Earth] or [Fire] subtype, or Knowledge Nature 6 ranks and Ignan or Terran language known	High
Dry Skin	Recover hp when wet, or lose hp when dry.	[Water] subtype.	High
Drying Sandstorm	Turn a simple earth creature to a deadly earth creature.	(Earth) Subtype, 8 HD or more, Huge size or more, must have a Constitution Score	High
Eerie Emanation	Gain a spooky aura of undeath which invokes various effects.	Undead type or Incorporeal Subtype	High
Elemental Heritage	Gain an elemental subtype.	1st level only	Very High
Energy Bite	Deal extra energy damage with your bite	energy breath weapon, Bite attack or feral strike (bite)	Moderate
Exotic Dragon	You are not a usual kind of dragon, and have a weird breath weapon.	Dragon Race	Very High
Extra Supplemental Trait	You are an even more specialized beast than your normal cousins.	Mythic Beast Paragon level 2	High
Facial Lance	You have a lance sticking out of your face. The sharp end is away from you, which works out pretty nicely.	Beast Type or Celestial Type or Dragon Type	High
Fey Pact	You recognize the power that words freely said hold.	Fey or Outsider Type	Unquantifiable
Foghorn	The fog is deep...	[Air], [Cold], or [Water] subtype or Knowledge Nature 6 ranks and Auran language known	High
Forced Regeneration	You greatly empower you regeneration, allowing you to heal and regrow limbs instantly.	Regeneration or Similar Ability	High
Freezing Breeze	Turn a simple cold creature to a deadly cold creature.	(Cold) Subtype, 8 HD or more, Huge size or more, must have a Constitution Score	High
Gorgonzola's Gaze	Gaze attack that turns targets into cheese.	Eyes, Not Blind	High
Grafted Arsenal	You gain inbuilt weapon inside your arms.	Must be corporeal.	Moderate
Greater Scent	Your scent improves to be better blindsense, and a bit of blindsight.	Scent ability, Improved Scent, Survival 9 ranks	High
Greedy Leech Bite	Recover more HP by biting a foe	Must have a bite attack, Leech Bite, BAB +9	High
Gremlin Aura	You have a strange aura of misfortune around you, which cause strange an unusual events.	Fey Type	Very High
HM Slave	Gain a various array of utilitarian powers,	None	Moderate
Headbutt	You have a big bony head, or perhaps tough antlers or curled horns, ideal for getting your face in other people's business.	Beast Type or Dragon Type or Elemental Type or Fey Type or Fiend Type	High
Hellfire Breath	You can make your fire burn hotter than anything, but at a price	breath weapon that deals fire damage, 9 HD	High
Hellflare Breath	You can supercharge your breath at the cost of your health.	Must possess a breath weapon which deal damage.	Very High
Horn Gore	You're hornyhorned and bullish.	Magical Beast Type or Dragon Type or Outsider (Evil) Type	High
Human Shape	You can change in a particular human from despite being a monster.	Aberration, Dragon, Monstrous Humanoid or Outsider Type	Moderate
Hydration	While in water, you have your status effects washes away.	[Water] subtype.	Very High
Improve Breath Weapon	Your breath weapon damage increases.	Breath Weapon which deals damage, Con 15	Moderate
Improved Energy Bite	Makes your elemental bite even stronger.	Energy Bite, HD 10	High
Improved Exotic Breath Weapon	Your breath weapon has the signature effects of dragons of your kind	Exotic Dragon, Character Level 6+	Very High
Improved Flyby Attack	Make a full attack along any part of your move while flying.	fly speed, flyby attack, 9HD	High
Improved Hellfire Breath	You can make your fire burn hotter than anything, but at a price	hellfire breath, 12 HD	High
Improved Ink Sac	Improved capacity and ability for the ink sac graft.	A natural or grafted ink sac	Moderate
Improved Magma Blood	Your blood boil so hot that you no longer fear cold, your flames also burn hotter.	Magma Blood	High
Improved Rapid Natural Attack	Give natural weapons a full set of iterative attacks.	BAB +11, at least one natural weapon, Rapid Natural Attack.	Moderate
Improved Scent	Your scent improves to become more like blindsense.	Scent ability, Survival 4 ranks	High
Increase Size	You grow one size category larger.	5 HD, Construct Type, Giant Type, Magical Beast Type or Outsider Type	Very High
Jagged Edge	Gain a rough skin or spines which deal damage to those attacking or grappling you.	Con 15, +1 of natural armor or greater	Moderate
Leech Bite	Bite a foe, heal your wounds	Must have a bite attack, BAB +6	High
Level Adjustment Adjustment		Must have a Level Adjustment.	High
Levitate	Gain a hover speed.	[Air] subtype, or knowing at least one [Air] spell	Moderate
Lightning Rod	You attract and absorb electricity	Inherent resistance to electricity 10 or more	Very High
Liquid Ooze	Vampiric effects harm the attacker instead of healing them, and might apply a poison to them if you possess one.	Poison Use or possess a natural poison special attack.	Moderate
Magma Blood	Ignore side effects of certain cold effects, and deal fire damage to attackers.	[Fire] subtype.	Moderate
Many Eyes	Gain all around vision with all its benefits	None	High
Medusa's Eye	You gain the power to partly petrify your opponents.	Exposure to a flesh to stone spell.	High
Monstrous Training	You gain class level benefits from racial hit dice.	must have two or more Racial Hit Dice., 1st Level Only	Unquantifiable
Muscle Memory	Your body can move on its own when you're otherwise unable.	Con 15 or Regeneration or Undead type	Low
Painful Energy Charge	A creatures's Energy Charge ability can now harm the living and the undead.	Energy Charge	Moderate
Phantom Trespass	you can drift through objects larger than you with ghostly ease	incorporeal subtype	High
Poison Point	Just attacking you is enough to poison others.	Con 13	Very High
Preferred Humanoid Shape	You can shape change into a single humanoid form chosen when this feat is taken.	1st Level Only, Aberration, Dragon, Giant, Magical Beast or Outsider Type	Moderate
Prehensile Tail	You gain a prehensile tail.	None	Moderate
Pressure	Your spiritual presence wears people down faster than normal, expending their resources at an accelerated rate.	Cha 13	Unquantifiable
Project Breath Weapon	You can turn you breath weapon into a fireball.	Must possess a breath weapon	High
Pushing Breath Weapon	Your breath weapon push away those who fail to resist it.	Must possess a breath weapon	High
Quadrupedal	Make a creature quadrupedal	Must not already have four legs or more	High
Quaking Terror	Some monsters use their raw strength and charismatic power to deal with threats against them.	Frightful Presence, Str 25, Cha 25, Gargantuan size or more, Must be corporeal, Must be quadruped (or more)	High
Rage Point	When you get hit you get really really angry.	Anger Point	High
Rapid Natural Attack	Give natural weapons iterative attacks.	BAB +6, at least one natural weapon.	Moderate
Remote Limbs	You can control your limbs if they have been lopped off, and put them on again.	Regeneration or Undead Type	Unquantifiable
Reverse Breath Weapon	Your breath weapon drag creatures toward you., straight into your jaw.	Must possess a breath weapon	High
Rock Head	Your head is very hard	Con 13, Endurance or Great Fortitude	High
Sandstream	The surrounding weather around you is always in a sandstorm.	[Earth] or [Air] subtype, or Knowledge Nature 9 ranks and Auran or Terran language known	Very High
Scalable Growth	Grow and grow again, becoming tougher and stronger.	Str 21+, Con 21+, Int 17+, Maximized Growth, Toughness	High
Scaling Breath Weapon	Your breath weapon now scales with your HD	Breath weapon which deals damage, 9 HD	Moderate
Scaling Breath Weapon, Greater	Your breath weapon dice now equal your HD	scaling breath weapon, 15 HD	High
Scaling Dragon Breath	This feat greatly improve upon your breath weapon.	None	Very High
Scorching Fog	Turn a simple fire creature to a deadly fire creature.	(Fire) Subtype, Huge size or more, must have a Constitution Score, 8 HD or more	High
Secondary Arms	Your secondary arms are as powerful as your primary, and can do everything they can.	A second pair of arms, which is weaker than your primary arms in function., such as the Qua-Vel	High
Shapechanger's Cohesion	Fall asleep, become goo.	Shapechanger Subtype	Low
Shapechanger's Rejuvenation	Concentrate for a minute to start slowly healing.	Shapechanger Subtype, Constitution 15	High
Sharky	Be part shark. Get shark powers.	Corporeal	High
Sharky, Improved	Be part shark. Get improved shark powers.	Corporeal, Sharky	High
Shoop da Whoop	Your breath weapon cone becomes a line. You can charge it up to deal extra damage and push opponents back.	A breath weapon.	High
Shrug it Off		Endurance, Die Hard	Very High
Skin of the Aurora Veil	Inflict a sudden and violent counterattack to the casters who attempt to damage the creature by spell.	Dragon Type, Elemental Type, OR Magical Beast Type, Con 25, +10 or more natural armor bonus to AC, Able to cast at least one spell or spell-like ability.	High
Snatch, Variant	You are able to snatch an opponent with your natural attack, which open unique grappling option.	Large Size or Larger or Improved Grapple	High
Sniper Breath Weapon	Your breath weapon becomes a very long distance ray.	Breath Weapon, Con 13, Spot 6 ranks	Moderate
Spell Devour	Turn a Spell Immunity to a constant spell devouring ability	Spell Immunity, 12 HD or more	High
Sphere Focus	You can draw on the power of a specific Sphere more easily.	Access to at least one Sphere	Moderate
Spiritual Arsenal	You are able to manifest a weapon instead of your slam attacks.	Must be a spiritualist's phantom	None Assigned
Sticky Breath Weapon	Your breath weapon stick to creature and immobilize them.	Must possess a breath weapon	High
Stinging Charge	When you charge or dive you make a deadly sting attack.	Must possess a sting attack.	High
Superior Scent	Your scent improves to the point you can smell text.	Scent ability, Improved Scent, Greater Scent, Survival 15 ranks	High
Toxic Corrosion	Your poison can eat through dead flesh, wood and even metal. This allows it to affect creatures normally immune to poison.	Poison Use or possess a natural poison special attack.	High
Vital Spirit	You never sleep. Like an elf.	None	Moderate
Walking Winter	You constantly bring hail, snow and cold winds. You don't get invited to beach parties.	[Cold] subtype, or Knowledge Nature 6 ranks and Aquan or Auran language known	High
Wartrained Companion	A feat for animal companions, special mounts, etc. They share proficiencies with their master.	Must be an animal companion, special mount, or similar creature	Moderate
Weapon Breakage	Your skin becomes harder than weapons, and this incredible defense can breaks them.	Have a natural armor bonus to AC of +5 or more	High
Wing Block	use your wings as a shield against physical attacks while on the ground	6HD or greater, medium size or larger, wings, natural armor bonus of +3 or greater	Moderate
Wraith Sight	See invisible and ethereal creatures while invisible in your darkvision range.	Darkvision	High

 

Scaling Monstrous Feats

Feat	Summary	Prerequisites	Balance Point
Chainsaw Fiend	Take one feat. Be lots of chainsaws. Get lots of chainsaw powers.	None	Very High
Constricting Tail	You have a serpentine tail that allows you to squeeze the life from your enemies.	None	High
Extra Arms, Red Rob Version	You have more arms than is normal for your race.	None	Very High
Natural Weaponry	As your body grows, all of your Natural Weapons gain power along with it.	None	Very High
Shapechanger's Rejuvenation, Scaling	Gain out-of-combat HP regeneration at low HD and Fast Healing at higher HD.	Shapechanger Subtype, Constitution 15	Very High
Sharky, Scaling	Take one feat. Be lots of shark. Get lots of shark powers.	Corporeal	Very High
Spines of Fury, Red Rob Version	Barbed spines cover your body.	None	Very High

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