Reactive Strike

Any ability that would sever a greater chimera&#x27;s head (such as a critical hit with a <a href="/equipment/vorpal">Vorpal</a> weapon) severs one head at random. Losing a head doesn&#x27;t kill a chimera (as long as it has at least one head left), but it does prevent it from making Strikes with the lost head or using any abilities granted by the head.

Three-Headed

A greater chimera gains 2 extra reactions each round that it can use only to make Reactive Strikes. It must use a different head for each reaction, and it can&#x27;t use more than one on the same triggering action. If it loses one of its heads, it also loses one of these extra reactions.

Multiple Reactions

The greater chimera makes a Strike with each of its heads, each at a –2 penalty and targeting a different creature. These Strikes count as only one attack for the greater chimera&#x27;s multiple attack penalty, and the penalty doesn&#x27;t increase until after it has made all three attacks.

Three-Headed Strike

@Localize[PF2E.NPC.Abilities.Glossary.ReactiveStrike]

Any ability that would sever a greater chimera's head (such as a critical hit with a @UUID[Compendium.pf2e.equipment-srd.Item.Vorpal] weapon) severs one head at random. Losing a head doesn't kill a chimera (as long as it has at least one head left), but it does prevent it from making Strikes with the lost head or using any abilities granted by the head.

A greater chimera gains 2 extra reactions each round that it can use only to make Reactive Strikes. It must use a different head for each reaction, and it can't use more than one on the same triggering action. If it loses one of its heads, it also loses one of these extra reactions.

The greater chimera makes a Strike with each of its heads, each at a –2 penalty and targeting a different creature. These Strikes count as only one attack for the greater chimera's multiple attack penalty, and the penalty doesn't increase until after it has made all three attacks.

Greater Chimera