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Siphoning SpiritHazard 19

Legacy Content

Complex Haunt 
Source Book of the Dead pg. 69
Complexity Complex
Stealth +40 (trained)
Description A formless spirit drains life from the living, becoming progressively visible as its victims weaken.
Disable DC 48 Occultism or Religion (expert) to weaken the spirit; four total successes are required to disable the haunt
Sudden Siphon [reaction] (divine, necromancy, negative) Trigger A living creature passes within 15 feet of the spirit; Effect The invisible spirit latches onto the life essence of the living, dealing 4d10+20 negative damage to all living creatures within 60 feet (DC 41 basic Fortitude save). The haunt then rolls initiative.

Critical Success The creature is unaffected.
Success The creature takes half damage.
Failure The creature takes full damage and increases its drained value by 1, to a maximum of drained 4.
Critical Failure The creature takes double damage and increases its drained value by 2, to a maximum of drained 4. If the creature was already drained 4, it dies.
Routine (1 action; death, divine, necromancy, negative) The spirit inhales, siphoning the souls of the living and becoming more visible. Each creature within 60 feet takes 4d10+20 negative damage, with a DC 41 Fortitude save. If no creatures are within the area, the haunt moves up to 120 feet into the largest concentration of living creatures and then inhales.
Reset After 1 minute, the spirit is satiated, and the haunt deactivates as it returns to a resting state. Over the course of 1 hour, the spirit's siphoned life energy disperses and the haunt resets.