YETI

Camouflage. An immobile yeti is considered invisible in snow or ice until approached within 10 to 30 feet (1d3 * 10) unless a special surprise check is successful. The chance is based on the creature in the opposing group with the highest hit dice. The chance of spotting the yeti is 5% per hit die (d%; a roll equal to or lower than the chance equals success). Only one roll is allowed even if there are a group of yeti.

Fear Gaze. If the yeti surprises a creature, it will use a gaze attack and the selected individual, if it meets the yeti's gaze must make a Dexterity-Wisdom save vs Poison or be paralyzed with fear for 3 rounds (save avoids).

Hug. If a claw attack roll is successful and scores a natural 20, the defender is grappled (torso/hug) as an immediate action and takes an additional 2d8 cold damage per round. A yeti can automatically hug a helpless opponent (and will always choose to do so).

Vulnerability to Fire. Yeti take an additional 50% damage against fire effects.

Mysterious and rarely seen (save by victims), the yeti is a towering denizen of the loneliest and tallest mountain peaks. Those who dwell upon the lower reaches of such storied slopes whisper tales of “abominable snowmen” who come down from the heights to raid, taking livestock or even humans as prey and leaving behind only monstrous barefoot tracks in the bloodstained snow.

Although yeti stories are accurate in their portrayals of fierce, stealthy, and immensely strong creatures, they are not when it comes to ascribing the yeti’s temperament and source. They dwell in small tribes atop their distant mountains, where they are sheltered from contact with most other races. Those with violent or cruel natures are usually forced out of tribes to live lonely lives as exiles, and without the support of a tribe such yeti are often driven to raiding lowlander settlements, thus perpetuating the myth of the yeti as a demon made flesh.

Yeti are 8-ft. tall and 300-lbs. or more, ape-like with shaggy white fur. Their eyes are white to light blue and their claws are white unless stained by blood.