Cloud Ray
Level
6 - 20
Size
Huge
Type
Good Save
Reflex
Poor Save
Fortitude, Will
Space
15 ft.
Reach
15 ft.
Ability Modifiers
Strength, Dexterity
Speed
5 ft., fly 70 ft. (perfect)Attacks
Tail Lash (S)
Abilities
Natural Thruster Three times per day as a swift action, a cloud ray companion can gain a burst of speed until the end of its next turn. During this time, it doubles its fly speed, gains Spring Attack as a bonus feat, and deals additional damage with its tail lash equal to half its level. |
Spellcaster’s Apprentice A cloud ray companion’s tail lash attacks gain the stunned critical hit effect. |
Vulnerability To Fire |
Resistance 10 to electricity |
Cloud rays can be tamed with patience and food, making them favorite mounts for gas prospectors and naturalists on gas giants. Raised to smaller sizes than their wild counterparts, they serve as ideal companions for groups or industrial use in aerial environments. Their ability to survive by grazing on floating algae and lichen makes them more reliable than many vehicles in isolated frontiers. Careful control over what and how much the beast eats helps keep them in their docile grazing cycle and suppresses their combustible death throes as well. Most cloud rays bond to a single master, becoming notoriously difficult with new riders. Cloud rays can flourish on almost any gas giant, and domesticated rays can even survive in the skies above terrestrial worlds with proper supplements.
Source
Alien Archive 4 pg. 21
