Characters

Duergar Strandrider

This stout, gray-skinned warrior sits astride an enormous spider.

CR: 8 XP: 4,800


LE Medium humanoid (dwarf)


Init: +6 Senses: darkvision 120 ft. Perception: +6


Defense

AC: 23, touch 12, flat-footed 20 (+4 armor, +3 Dex, +7 natural, –1 size)


HP: 60 (8d8+24)


Fort: +9 Ref: +5 Will: +2 (+6 vs. enchantments)


Defensive Abilities: evasion, mindless


Offense

Speed: 30 ft., climb 30 ft.


Melee: bite +7/+2 (1d8+3 plus poison)


Space: 10 ft. Reach: 10 ft.


Statistics

Str: 15 Dex: 16 Con: 16 Int: — Wis: 10 Cha: 2


Base Atk: +6 CMB: +9 CMD: 22 (34 vs. trip)


Feats: Endurance Tricks attack, come, defend, down, guard, heel


Skills: Climb +8


SQ: combat riding, devotion, extra attack


Gear: chain shirt barding


Description

Duergar cavalier (beast rider) 9

Poison (Ex) Bite—injury; save Fort DC 17; frequency 1/round for 4 rounds; effect 1 Str; cure 1 save.

Where the ironclads are immovable, their counterparts— the strandriders—are swift. As a rite of passage, these duergar harvest the egg sacks of giant female spiders, claiming the cluster’s strongest specimens to use as their future mounts.

Source: Tombs of Golarion, p. 32