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Barghest
This snarling, canine beast pads forward on all fours, its slender front limbs looking more like hands than a wolf's paws.
Said to be fiendish relations of all Goblinoid races, the hateful barghests come to the Material Plane to feed. As they consume the bodies of innocents, they grow increasingly powerful. A Barghest eventually sheds its skin to transform into a greater Barghest, at which point it often seeks out a tribe of goblins or other creatures to rule.
Special Abilities
Feed (Su) Once per month, a Barghest can devour a nonevil humanoid's corpse as a full-round Action to gain a growth point. It gains a bonus equal to its growth point total on attack rolls, CMB rolls, Saving Throws, and Skill Checks. Its maximum Hit Points increase by 5 for each growth point it gains. For every 2 growth points, a barghest's Caster Level for its Spell-Like Abilities and its CR increase by +1. When a Barghest reaches 4 growth points, it sheds its skin and becomes a greater Barghest, losing all of its growth points (and bonuses) but gaining the stats presented on this page for a greater Barghest.