This pallid, slimy, worm-like creature is the size of a human, its mouth a sickening tangle of tentacles and hooked jaws.
Grick CR 3
XP 800
N Medium aberration
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft., scent; Perception +12
AC 15, touch 12, flat-footed 13 (+2 Dex, +3 natural)
hp 27 (5d8+5)
Fort +2, Ref +3, Will +6
DR 10/magic
Speed 30 ft., climb 20 ft.
Melee bite +4 (1d4+1), 4 tentacles â1 (1d4)
Str 12, Dex 14, Con 13, Int 3, Wis 14, Cha 5
Base Atk +3; CMB +4; CMD 16 (canât be tripped)
Feats Combat Reflexes, Skill Focus (Perception), Stand Still
Skills Climb +9, Perception +12, Stealth +6 (+14 in rocky terrain); Racial Modifiers +8 Stealth in rocky terrain
Languages Aklo (cannot speak)
Environment any underground
Organization solitary or cluster (2â5)
Treasure incidental
The worm-like grick is a terror of the caverns and tunnels in which it dwells, lying in wait near heavily traveled underground passages or subterranean cities for the chance to reach forth from the darkness and take its prey. Those laid low by a grick are rarely consumed on the spot. Instead, fresh food is hauled back to the grickâs lair in a tight burrow or high on a cavern ledge, where it is consumed in small bites at the grickâs leisure.
Gricks rely on their dark coloration and ability to climb walls to keep them out of sight until theyâre ready to spring an ambush. On occasions when food is scarce in a given region, gricks have been known to travel to the surface and roam the wilderness in search of prey, but these sojourns are almost always out of necessity, and end as soon as the gricks find entrances to new subterranean lairs. They prefer darkness and the comfort of a ceiling overhead, avoiding the open sky and going to great lengths to keep the cover of trees, low clouds, or buildings between them and the empty gulf overhead.
Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Bestiary 2, © 2010, Paizo Publishing, LLC; Authors Wolfgang Baur, Jason Bulmahn, Adam Daigle, Graeme Davis, Crystal Frasier, Joshua J. Frost, Tim Hitchcock, Brandon Hodge, James Jacobs, Steve Kenson, Hal MacLean, Martin Mason, Rob McCreary, Erik Mona, Jason Nelson, Patrick Renie, Sean K Reynolds, F. Wesley Schneider, Owen K.C. Stephens, James L. Sutter, Russ Taylor, and Greg A. Vaughan, based on material by Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, and Skip Williams.