Fortitude +16, Reflex +19, Will +17
Athletics +20, Crafting +17, Medicine +19, Stealth +17
Bloodsense 60 feet Imprecise, Darkvision
Aklo, Common
Actions & Abilities
Claw
Damage: 3d8+8 Slashing, 1d8 Bleed
Bloodsense (Imprecise) 60 feet
A blood painter can detect exposed blood as an imprecise sense at the listed range, including from creatures taking Persistent Bleed Damage.
Easily Fascinated
When subject to a visual illusion with the incapacitation trait, the blood painter doesn't adjust their degree of success due to the incapacitation trait.
Dab
Requirements The blood painter is within reach of an enemy taking Persistent Bleed Damage.
Effect The blood painter touches the creature and applies blood to one of their four claws; the blood remains fresh for 1 minute. The target must succeed at a save or become with the blood painter.
Paint
Requirements The blood painter has fresh blood applied to a claw using Dab
Effect The blood painter expends the blood on one claw to paint an illusion with the efects of one of the following spells: , , or . The Paint action gains the traits of the spell it's reproducing, and the blood painter can Sustain these efects. They use a spell attack modifer of +20 and DC 28 for these efects, which are heightened to 5th rank.
If they have fresh blood applied to two or more claws, the blood painter can expend the blood on all of them to instead produce the effects of or .
Any effects produced by this ability have a +2 status bonus to attack rolls, damage rolls, saving throws, skill checks, and AC against the creature whose blood was used to Paint. That creature also takes a -2 status penalty to Perception checks and saves against them.
Spellcasting
DC 28
Creature Abilities
Bloodsense (Imprecise) 60 feet. A blood painter can detect exposed blood as an imprecise sense at the listed range, including from creatures taking Persistent Bleed Damage.
Easily Fascinated. When subject to a visual illusion with the incapacitation trait, the blood painter doesn't adjust their degree of success due to the incapacitation trait.
Dab. Requirements The blood painter is within reach of an enemy taking Persistent Bleed Damage.
Effect The blood painter touches the creature and applies blood to one of their four claws; the blood remains fresh for 1 minute. The target must succeed at a save or become with the blood painter.
Paint. Requirements The blood painter has fresh blood applied to a claw using Dab
Effect The blood painter expends the blood on one claw to paint an illusion with the efects of one of the following spells: , , or . The Paint action gains the traits of the spell it's reproducing, and the blood painter can Sustain these efects. They use a spell attack modifer of +20 and DC 28 for these efects, which are heightened to 5th rank.
If they have fresh blood applied to two or more claws, the blood painter can expend the blood on all of them to instead produce the effects of or .
Any effects produced by this ability have a +2 status bonus to attack rolls, damage rolls, saving throws, skill checks, and AC against the creature whose blood was used to Paint. That creature also takes a -2 status penalty to Perception checks and saves against them.
Source, license, and attribution
Source: Pathfinder Monster Core 2 (remaster-core-2026-08-10)
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