Operative

Required Array

Expert

Skills

Master skills from operative specialization.

Adjustments & Special Abilities

Bonus to initiative equal to the creature’s CR divided by 4 + 1
+3 to Reflex saving throws
+1 to all skill checks

Suggested Ability Score

Dexterity, Intelligence, and Wisdom.

Gear

Light armor (item level = CR), small arm (item level = CR), sniper rifle (item level = CR), and basic melee weapon with operative special quality (item level = CR – 1).

Special Rules

Choose one operative specialization. The operative creature’s specialization exploit and specialization power must come from that specialization. Any exploits that aren’t relevant to the creature (or that can simply be incorporated into the creature’s statistics) don’t need to appear in the creature’s stat block.

Abilities

CR 1: Trick attack +1d4 and one special ability.
CR 2: Trick attack +1d4, evasion, one 2nd-level operative exploit, and one special ability.
CR 3: Trick attack +1d8, evasion, quick movement +10 ft., one 2nd-level operative exploit, and one special ability.
CR 4: Trick attack +1d8, evasion, quick movement +10 ft., debilitating trick, and two 2nd-level operative exploits.
CR 5: Trick attack +3d8, evasion, quick movement +10 ft., debilitating trick, specialization exploit, and two 2nd-level operative exploits.
CR 6: Trick attack +3d8, evasion, quick movement +10 ft., debilitating trick, specialization exploit, and one 6th-level operative exploit.
CR 7: Trick attack +4d8, evasion, quick movement +10 ft., debilitating trick, uncanny agility, specialization exploit, and one 6th-level operative exploit.
CR 8: Trick attack +4d8, evasion, quick movement +10 ft., debilitating trick, uncanny agility, triple attack, specialization exploit, and one 6th-level operative exploit.
CR 9: Trick attack +5d8, evasion, quick movement +20 ft., debilitating trick, uncanny agility, triple attack, specialization exploit, and one 6th-level operative exploit.
CR 10: Trick attack +5d8, evasion, quick movement +20 ft., debilitating trick, uncanny agility, triple attack, specialization exploit, and one 10th-level operative exploit.
CR 11: Trick attack +6d8, evasion, quick movement +20 ft., debilitating trick, uncanny agility, triple attack, specialization power, specialization exploit, and one 10th-level operative exploit.
CR 13: Trick attack +7d8, evasion, quick movement +20 ft., debilitating trick, uncanny agility, quad attack, specialization power, specialization exploit, and one 10th-level operative exploit.
CR 14: Trick attack +7d8, evasion, quick movement +20 ft., debilitating trick, uncanny agility, quad attack, specialization power, specialization exploit, and one 14th-level operative exploit.
CR 15: Trick attack +8d8, evasion, quick movement +30 ft., debilitating trick, uncanny agility, quad attack, specialization power, specialization exploit, and one 14th-level operative exploit.
CR 17: Trick attack +9d8, evasion, quick movement +30 ft., debilitating trick, uncanny agility, quad attack, double debilitation, specialization power, specialization exploit, and one 14th-level operative exploit.
CR 19: Trick attack +10d8, evasion, quick movement +30 ft., debilitating trick, uncanny agility, quad attack, double debilitation, specialization power, specialization exploit, and two 14th-level operative exploits.
CR 20: Trick attack +10d8, evasion, quick movement +30 ft., debilitating trick, uncanny agility, quad attack, double debilitation, specialization power, specialization exploit, supreme operative, and two 14th-level operative exploits.

Cunning and swift, operatives are especially skilled and can cause foes to drop their guards, paving the way for devastating attacks.

Source

Alien Archive pg. 139

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