Warforged Scorpion

"You should not have come here, foreigner. Now, you will return what you have stolen and pay for your dishonor with your life." The drow priestess said as she slammed a metal staff against the ground three times. From the ruined tunnels of the ancient ziggurat, three massive scorpions began to come into view.

"Bah... we know of your poison tricks. A few well placed fireballs and your vermin will scatter.", the wizard shouted from over your shoulder.

"Oh, really now... will they?" the drow responded, curiously

The scorpions came into full few of the magelight and you could see that these beasts were not wearing plates, but were actually plated with adamantine. Mechanical claws snapped through the metal weapons left by explorers past; acid from the stinger leaving a clear line of corrosion on the stone floor. And it is times like this that you wished the wizard would keep his fool mouth shut.

Warforged Scorpion

CR 6

XP: 2,400

NE Large Construct (Living Construct)

Init: +3; Senses: Darkvision 60 ft, low-light; Perception +4

DEFENSE:

AC: 22, Touch 12, Flat-Footed 19 (-1 size, +3 Dex, +10 natural)

HP: 68 (8d10+32)

Fort: +6; Ref: +5; Will: +4

DR: 5 / adamantine

Defensive Abilities: Construct traits, Living Construct Traits

Resist: acid 10, cold 10, fire 10, sonic 10

OFFENSE:

Speed: 40 ft.

Melee: 2 claws +13 (1d8+6) and sting +8 (1d6+3 plus 1d6 acid)

Space: 10 ft.; Reach: 10 ft.

STATISTICS:

Str 22, Dex 17, Con 18, Int 4, Wis 14, Chr 1

Base Atk: +8; CMB: +14; CMD: 27 (+6 vs trip)

Feats: Improved Sunder, Power Attack, 2

Skills: Climb +8, Perception +4, Stealth +3

Languages: Does not speak, but understands Drow and Giant

SPECIAL ABILITIES:

Acid Spray (Su): Once per day, as a standard action that does not provoke, the warforged scorpion can spray a 30 cone of acid from its stinger. This does 8d6 points of acid damage, Reflex save DC 29 for half. This saving throw DC is Constitution based.

Adamantine Natural Weapons (Ex): The natural attacks of the warforged scorpion are considered adamantine for the purposes of damage reduction.

ECOLOGY:

Environment: Any

Organization: Solitary

Treasure: Standard

Role: Combat

Source: SoX, pg. 85

The warforged scorpion is an example of one of the warforged concepts that still exist from the age of the giants. Modeled after the natural predators found in the jungle depths of Xen'Drik, warforged scorpions can still be found guarding sites of holy significance to the drow found there. As discovered first hand by Cannith explorers, capturing one of these warforged scorpions is far easier said then done. Oddly, it appears that the eons being left on their own have left a clear alignment shift unknown to most current warforged variants.