Neogi Great Old Master
Huge Aberration
Hit Dice: 20d8+120 (210 hp)
Initiative: +1 (+1 Dex)
Speed: 10 ft.
AC: 16 (–2 size, +1 Dex, +7 natural)
Attacks: 1 Bite +15
Damage: 2d6 +10 Bite
Face/Reach: 15 ft. by 15 ft./10 ft.
Special Attacks: Poison
Special Qualities: SR 15, young spawn
Saves: Fort +18, Ref +7, Will +13
Abilities: Str 30, Dex 12, Con 22, Int 4, Wis 12, Cha 4
Skills: —
Feats: Weapon Focus (Bite)
Climate/Terrain: Any
Organization: Solitary (1)
Challenge Rating: 5
Treasure: None
Alignment: Always neutral
Advancement: None

    Neogi great old master is a huge bloated neogi that stands some 20 feet in height and a similar girth. Its legs and arms are the size of any other neogi and as such are not much use to the great old master. It lives only to eat anything that is edible.

    Combat: The great old master is almost helpless in combat. It may instinctively bite but most of the time it just feeds on the meat the Neogi feed him.

    Poison (Ex): On a successful bite the victim must make a Fortitude save (DC 14); initial damage slowed 1d8 rounds, no secondary damage, but successive bites are cumulative in duration.

    Young Spawn (Ex): If the skin of a great old master is penetrated it will release 2d4 infant Neogi to defend itself. These will be taken from the future brood (see in the spheres) and will not be replaced. Blunt weapons will not penetrate the skin and therefore will not bring forth these young. Piercing and slashing weapons or magical spells that pierce or burn will produce this defensive reaction.

In the Spheres
    The neogi live according to an ugly life cycle that is characteristic to their race. As a neogi grows older he becomes feeble both in mind and body, it makes commands that make no sense and its slaves become more disobedient. His fellow neogi may then choose for him to become a Great Old Master. The "small lords" then poison the elder at once by biting him almost to death. The overwhelming amount of poison moving through the body overload the old neogi's system and it begins its transformation into a great old master, and with this change the last of its intelligence fades.
    During this time the other neogi begin to hunt exclusively for the great old master. Slaves, captives, anything editable that comes across their path and can be captured is fed to the master. Life flesh is preferred but dead will sustain it.
    After 2 months of such activity, the skin of the Great Old Master burst open, killing the master, and a new crop of mature neogi spills forth. These are unmarked and barely sentient upon their birth. The surviving young consume the remains of the great old master and after that they turn on each other. For the next week the brood area resounds with combat as the young neogi kill each other for food. Most neogi consider the fate of the master to be the equivalent of a human dying of old age.
    Of the 20-40 neogi that eat their way out of the master, only about 3-6 survive. These are considered slaves of the entire ship, to be killed or risked in combat, until such time as they claim and command an Umber Hulk as their personal slave. At this point they are officially part of the neogi community.

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