Bendelex Psion

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A grotesque parasite, the Bendelex looks like a slug wrought of carbonated, bubbling blood. Bendelexes reproduce when consumed by mammalian hosts. They absorb nutrients from their host for a number of days, and when ready, they burrow out of the host’s stomach. Bulbous and saturated with nutrients from their host, the Bendelex then splits into two new worms, which seek to continue the cycle.

Psions

Some Bendelexes manifest mild psionic powers after burrowing through a creature who itself uses psionic magic. These Bendelexes are capable of exerting control over their host’s actions and even their thoughts to some extent, and they often cause their host to forget that the Bendelex was ever inside them after the fact.

Bendelex Psion
Monster Level: 4
Fine. Abominable Eldritch Beast (Psion)
STR	DEX	END	AWR	INT	CHA
-2	2	2	1	-3	3
	Ref: 12	Fort: 12	Ant: 11	Log: 7	Will: 13
Armor Rating 12			Immune Corrosive, Toxic
Hit Points 4			Vulnerable Blunt 3
Speed 10ft, Climb 10ft			Senses Blindsight 30ft
Skills (DEX) Sneaking +6; (INT) Evading +9; (CHA) Deceiving +4
Features
Feed. If the Bendelex has been consumed by a mammalian host in the last 24 hours, then that host must eat twice as much food to avoid risking Fatigue. This lasts for 2d4 days, whereupon the Bendelex can use its Psion feature and may choose to Hatch whenever it wishes. Cytokinesis. If the Bendelex has emerged from a mammalian host in the last 24 hours, it may split into 1d4 new Bendelexes. There is a 75% chance that one of the new Bendelexes is a Bendelex Psion. Hatch. If the Bendelex has been sufficiently nourished from its Feed feature, then it emerges from the host’s stomach, imposing the Bleeding 3d4 condition on the host. 1d4 minutes after the Bendelex hatches, the host magically forgets that it was ever infected. Casting Lesser Restoration or similar magic on the host will restore its memories. Psion. The Bendelex gains limited control of its host creature. It experiences each of the host’s physical senses. The Bendelex can cast Dominate Person on its host 1/Rest. Worm. The Bendelex can share spaces in combat with any creature that is Diminutive or larger, and can only attack creatures with whom it shares a space.
Actions
The Bendelex can MOVE and take ONE of the following actions.
Move. The Bendelex can move up to its speed.
Pseudopod. Reach 0ft Natural Weapon. +2 vs FORT. Hit: 4 (1d1d4+2) corrosive.