{ "ac": 16, "alignment": "CE", "breadcrumbs_spa": [], "category": "creature", "charisma": 0, "constitution": 2, "creature_ability": [ "Eat Book", "Nasty Ink", "Smear Text" ], "creature_family": "Gremlin", "creature_family_markdown": "[Gremlin](/MonsterFamilies.aspx?ID=58)", "dexterity": 3, "exclude_from_search": false, "fortitude_save": 6, "hp": 18, "hp_raw": "18", "id": "creature-1612", "image": [ "/Images/Monsters/Gremlin_Scrit.png" ], "intelligence": 2, "language": [ "Undercommon" ], "language_markdown": "[Undercommon](/Languages.aspx?ID=11)", "level": 0, "markdown": "[Scrit](/Monsters.aspx?ID=1612)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nScrits are short, spindly gremlins with gray or beige leathery skin and a coat of smeared ink on their fingers. They make themselves the nightmare of many scribes and librarians, as they delight in nothing more than destroying books, scrolls, artwork, and other records or writing. The oils on a scrit's skin smears ink and renders text—even magical writing— completely illegible. Once they have smeared every page of a book, scrits devour them whole, absorbing the contents the book used to hold. After eating books they find stupid or funny, scrits hold skits for other gremlins which mock the mortal authors for the amusement of the other fey.\r\n\r\n\r\n**[Recall Knowledge - Fey](/Rules.aspx?ID=563)**\r\n([Nature](/Skills.aspx?ID=10)): DC 16\r\n\r\n**[Unspecific Lore](/Rules.aspx?ID=563)**: DC 14\r\n\r\n**[Specific Lore](/Rules.aspx?ID=563)**: DC 11\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Scrit](/Monsters.aspx?ID=1612)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n**Source** [Pathfinder #169: Kindled Magic](/Sources.aspx?ID=94) pg. 82\n\n**Perception** +6; [darkvision](/MonsterAbilities.aspx?ID=12)\r\n\r\n**Languages**\r\n[Undercommon](/Languages.aspx?ID=11)\r\n\r\n**Skills**\r\n[Athletics](/Skills.aspx?ID=3) +5, [Acrobatics](/Skills.aspx?ID=1) +5, [Deception](/Skills.aspx?ID=5) +4, [Stealth](/Skills.aspx?ID=15) +7\r\n\r\n\r\n**Str** +1\r\n\r\n**Dex** +3\r\n\r\n**Con** +2\r\n\r\n**Int** +2\r\n\r\n**Wis** +0\r\n\r\n**Cha** +0\r\n\n\n\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n**AC** 16 \r\n\r\n**Fort** +6 \r\n\r\n**Ref** +9 \r\n\r\n**Will** +4 \n\n\r\n\r\n**HP** 18\n\n**Weaknesses**\r\n[cold iron](/Equipment.aspx?ID=375) 2\n\n\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n**Speed** 25 feet\r\n\r\n**Melee**\r\n\r\nsticky fingers +7 ([Agile](/Traits.aspx?ID=170), [Finesse](/Traits.aspx?ID=179)),\r\n**Damage** 1d4+1 piercing plus nasty ink\r\n\r\n**Primal Innate Spells** DC 16, attack +8\r\n- **Cantrips (1st)**\r\n[Prestidigitation](/Spells.aspx?ID=229)\r\n- **1st**\r\n[Grease](/Spells.aspx?ID=140)\r\n- **2nd**\r\n[Speak with Animals](/Spells.aspx?ID=293) (at will)\r\n\r\n**Eat Book** A scrit can consume a book after smearing its pages to absorb its contents (it gains no benefit from consuming a book with pages smeared by another scrit). For 1 day after consuming the book, the scrit can make [Recall Knowledge](/Actions.aspx?ID=26) skill checks on the book's subject with a +4 item bonus, and it can speak and understand the languages the book was written in. If it Eats another Book, it replaces the benefits of the previous Eat Book.\r\n\r\n**Nasty Ink** ([Poison](/Traits.aspx?ID=126)) A scrit's fingers are perpetually covered in smeared ink from the writing it's destroyed. This ink mixes with its skin oils to create a disgusting, sticky poison. **Saving Throw** DC 14 Fortitude; **Maximum Duration** 4 rounds; **Stage 1** 1d4 poison damage and [sickened 1](/Conditions.aspx?ID=34) (1 round)\r\n\r\n**Smear Text** The scrit rubs its fingers against one page of writing, smearing the text and rendering it unreadable. The scrit can smear and destroy magical writing such as a [_glyph of warding_](/Spells.aspx?ID=138) or a [_sigil_](/Spells.aspx?ID=286) by succeeding at a [counteract](/Rules.aspx?ID=371) check (using the scrit's spell attack modifier) against the caster's DC.\r\n\r\n\n\n", "name": "Scrit", "npc": false, "perception": 6, "rarity": "uncommon", "reflex_save": 9, "release_date": "2021-08-05", "resistance": {}, "search_markdown": "\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n**Source** [Pathfinder #169: Kindled Magic](/Sources.aspx?ID=94) pg. 82\r\n\r\n**Creature Family** [Gremlin](/MonsterFamilies.aspx?ID=58)\r\n\r\n\r\n**HP** 18\r\n\r\n**AC** 16\r\n\r\n**Fort** +6\r\n\r\n**Ref** +9\r\n\r\n**Will** +4\r\n\r\n**Perception** +6\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n\r\nScrits are short, spindly gremlins with gray or beige leathery skin and a coat of smeared ink on their fingers. 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They make themselves the nightmare of …", "summary_markdown": "Scrits are short, spindly gremlins with gray or beige leathery skin and a coat of smeared ink on their fingers. They make themselves the nightmare of …", "text": " Scrit Scrits are short, spindly gremlins with gray or beige leathery skin and a coat of smeared ink on their fingers. They make themselves the nightmare of many scribes and librarians, as they delight in nothing more than destroying books, scrolls, artwork, and other records or writing. The oils on a scrit's skin smears ink and renders text—even magical writing— completely illegible. Once they have smeared every page of a book, scrits devour them whole, absorbing the contents the book used to hold. After eating books they find stupid or funny, scrits hold skits for other gremlins which mock the mortal authors for the amusement of the other fey. Recall Knowledge - Fey (Nature): DC 16 Unspecific Lore : DC 14 Specific Lore : DC 11 Scrit Source Pathfinder #169: Kindled Magic pg. 82 Perception +6; darkvision Languages Undercommon Skills Athletics +5, Acrobatics +5, Deception +4, Stealth +7 Str +1 Dex +3 Con +2 Int +2 Wis +0 Cha +0 --- AC 16 Fort +6 Ref +9 Will +4 HP 18 Weaknesses cold iron 2 --- Speed 25 feet Melee Single Action sticky fingers +7 (Agile, Finesse), Damage 1d4+1 piercing plus nasty ink Primal Innate Spells DC 16, attack +8 - Cantrips (1st) Prestidigitation - 1st Grease - 2nd Speak with Animals (at will) Eat Book Three Actions A scrit can consume a book after smearing its pages to absorb its contents (it gains no benefit from consuming a book with pages smeared by another scrit). For 1 day after consuming the book, the scrit can make Recall Knowledge skill checks on the book's subject with a +4 item bonus, and it can speak and understand the languages the book was written in. If it Eats another Book, it replaces the benefits of the previous Eat Book. Nasty Ink (Poison) A scrit's fingers are perpetually covered in smeared ink from the writing it's destroyed. This ink mixes with its skin oils to create a disgusting, sticky poison. Saving Throw DC 14 Fortitude; Maximum Duration 4 rounds; Stage 1 1d4 poison damage and sickened 1 (1 round) Smear Text Single Action The scrit rubs its fingers against one page of writing, smearing the text and rendering it unreadable. The scrit can smear and destroy magical writing such as a glyph of warding or a sigil by succeeding at a counteract check (using the scrit's spell attack modifier) against the caster's DC. 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