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Elemental (Lightning)

Source Bestiary 2 pg. 116
This creature looks like a dark storm cloud, with sparks suggesting eyes and long sweeping arms charged with bolts of lightning.

  • Elementals do not breathe, eat, or sleep.
Languages Auran


Environment any (Plane of Air)
Organization solitary, pair, or gang (3–8)
Treasure none

Special Abilities

Metal Mastery (Ex) A lightning elemental gains a +3 bonus on attack rolls if its opponent is wearing metal armor, is wielding a metal weapon, or is made of metal (such as an iron golem).
Spark Leap (Ex) A lightning elemental gains a +10 bonus on bull rush, disarm, overrun, and trip attacks when it charges a creature against whom its metal mastery ability applies.

Creatures in "Elemental (Lightning)" Category

Elder Lightning Elemental11
Greater Lightning Elemental9
Huge Lightning Elemental7
Large Lightning Elemental5
Medium Lightning Elemental3
Small Lightning Elemental1

Elemental (Lightning), Small Lightning Elemental

Small Lightning Elemental CR 1

Source Bestiary 2 pg. 116
XP 400
N Small outsider (air, elemental, extraplanar)


hp 11 (2d10)
Fort +3, Ref +5, Will +0
Immune electricity, elemental traits


Speed fly 100 ft. (perfect)
Melee slam +5 (1d4 plus 1d3 electricity)
Special Attacks metal mastery, spark leap


Str 10, Dex 15, Con 10, Int 4, Wis 11, Cha 11
Base Atk +2; CMB +1; CMD 13
Feats Improved Initiative, Weapon Finesse
Skills Acrobatics +7, Escape Artist +6, Fly +12, Knowledge (planes) +1, Perception +5


Environment any (Plane of Air)
Organization solitary, pair, or gang (3–8)
Treasure none


Though most think of the Plane of Air as a vast expanse of clear sky, that plane also holds the power of the storm, including monstrous hurricanes larger than entire worlds and thunderstorms whose peals and claps can shatter stone. Whether lightning elementals are the by-product of common air elementals spending too much time near these electrically charged storms or are merely calved off like forgotten flurries, they are aggressive and almost suicidal in their willingness to leap into battle. They particularly enjoy attacking creatures that are made of metal and creatures that wear metal armor or wield metal weapons.

Many lightning elementals have a roughly humanoid shape, but some prefer animalistic shapes (particularly birds and dragons), and a few appear to be nothing more than large disembodied heads made of dark clouds with flickering lightning tongues. Regardless of the shape a lightning elemental takes, the air around the creature hums and throbs with the promise of electrocution and the tangy stink of ozone.