Old WulungaThis bloated, pinniped-like mammal is covered in salty grime, and its sturdy, blunt tusks promise an agonizing death.Old Wulunga CR 6Source Mystery Monsters Revisited pg. 9
XP 2,400
Male advanced muck bunyip
N Large magical beast (aquatic)
Init +5; Senses darkvision 60 ft., keen scent 180 ft., low-light vision; Perception +11DefenseAC 20, touch 14, flat-footed 15 (+5 Dex, +6 natural, –1 size)
hp 68 (8d10+24)
Fort +9, Ref +11, Will +4OffenseSpeed 10 ft., swim 50 ft.
Melee gore +11 (2d6+4/19–20 plus disease)
Space 10 ft., Reach 10 ft.
Special Attacks blood rage, disease, roar (DC 17)StatisticsStr 17, Dex 20, Con 17, Int 2, Wis 15, Cha 11
Base Atk +8; CMB +12; CMD 27
Feats Improved Critical (gore)B, Improved Roar, Skill Focus (Perception), Skill Focus (Stealth), Weapon Focus (gore)
Skills Escape Artist +7, Perception +11, Stealth +10, Swim +11Special AbilitiesBlood Rage (Ex) See page 50 of Bestiary 2.
Disease (Su) Gore—injury; save Fort DC 17; onset 1 day; frequency 1/day; effect 1d4 Con and 1d4 Str damage; cure 2 consecutive saves.
Roar (Su) Old Wulunga can emit a roar at will as a standard action. This ability is modified by his Improved Roar feat (see the Bunyip Feats sidebar). All hearing creatures with 8 or fewer HD within a 200-foot spread must succeed at a DC 17 Will save or become panicked for 2d4 rounds. This ability is otherwise identical to the bunyip's roar ability (Bestiary 2 50).DescriptionInfamous among the unfortunates who live in the stormwracked Sodden Lands, the bunyip called Old Wulunga is an especially large and ferocious member of his species. He follows a route up and down the coast, seeking out new hunting grounds every few months and terrorizing the surrounding region before moving on.
Most recently, Old Wulunga has moved to the river mouths and swamps between Kokutang and Jula, preying on bandits and opportunists raiding the abandoned settlements of old Yamasa, as well as on the Koboto tribespeople. Several Koboto hunting parties have gone in search of the creature; those that have returned have done so empty-handed, and the other expeditions have vanished altogether.
No one is sure of Wulunga’s true age—some legends claim he was born in the arcane disaster that created the terrible Eye of Abendego. Most people aren’t quite so superstitious, and believe that Old Wulunga is just an especially large and successful bunyip. A few doomsayers claim he is a harbinger of death—an agent of destruction sent to totally obliterate any attempts at building a civilization in the wasted region.
The son of the Koboto spirit-talker Harisha was supposedly slain by Old Wulunga while swimming in the Terwa River. Filled with anger, Harisha swore that she will see the creature dead, and promises to mount his thick, tusked skull on her son’s grave. The old oracle has offered a rich reward to anyone who kills Wulunga and returns his body intact, but few trust that Harisha will keep her word.
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