Fell Manticore

A Fell Manticore is a crossbreed of the common manticore and a displacer beast. Slightly smaller and leaner than a normal manticore, it is otherwise similar in appearance, except that its skin and fur are jet black, like a displacer beast. If three are encountered in a lair, the third will be a juvenile (roll % and adjust accordingly), as the juveniles fight amongst themselves until only the strongest of the litter remains.

A fell manticore has all of the usual abilities of the common manticore, including the ability to shoot spikes from its tail (6 per round, 24 spikes total; it can regrow two spikes per day). Each also possesses the light-warping qualities of a displacer beast, causing it to appear to be 3’ from its actual position, imposing a -2 penalty on opponents’ attack rolls and granting it a +2 bonus to saving throws.