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Archives of Nethys

Archives of Nethys

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Zhi Hui

Before Zhi Hui arrived at what would become the Tan Sugi monastery, she lived as a nomad among the spirits of the Specterwood after being abandoned there to appease angry spirits by the villagers of a small, now long-forgotten village. Rather than succumb to monsters, Zhi Hui was instead discovered and raised by kami. She followed their guidance and achieved enlightenment at the age of 15 before setting out on her own to explore Specterwood. Years later, she heard the story of a grove of sugi trees that towered over the rest of the forest, with trunks as large as entire huts. Wondering how sugi trees could grow to such extremes, Zhi Hui set out to find the grove. It took her three more years to find the trees, for this part of Specterwood was wild and unexplored, but she knew she'd come across a place of immense significance even if she didn't yet know what it meant.

When Zhi Hui initially founded both the Tan Sugi monastery and Willowshore, she'd simply hoped to create a place where disciples of Sangpotshi could dedicate their lives to the pursuit enlightenment. The sugi grove instilled a sense of awe in her, and she discovered that a high concentration of spiritual energy caused the trees to grow abnormally large. She soon uncovered the grove's sinister secret—that a great evil slumbered beneath its roots and only the spiritual resistance of a heroic soul who had reincarnated as the tallest tree in the grove kept that evil from escaping its death. Following this discovery, she scoured the resources available to her and reached out to friends throughout Tian Xia before finally determining the nature of the evil. A nindoru demigod named Kugaptee was buried beneath the Great Sugi, and she dedicated herself to protecting the sugi trees that in turn protected all of the villagers from the fiend.

After Master Zhi Hui's passing, her spirit initially remained tied to the monastery to oversee the protection of the grove, but as her followers left or became corrupted, her spirit became trapped in Kugaptee's clutches as well. Now, she can do little to stop the events that unfold and are leading to a dire situation: Kugaptee's awakening.

Campaign Role

As the PCs purify statues in the monastery, Zhi Hui can answer more of their questions and cast spells on them; once all four statues are purified, she can cast spells and answer questions at will and can even aid in combat as long as the fight takes place in one of the encounter areas that contains a purified statue.

Recall Knowledge - Spirit (Occultism): DC 33
Recall Knowledge - Undead (Religion): DC 33
Unspecific Lore: DC 31
Specific Lore: DC 28

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Changes from being Elite are marked in red below.
NOTE: The +2 damage bonus to non-strike offensive abilities (+4 if the ability is limited, such as spells) is NOT factored in.

Elite Zhi HuiCreature 8

Legacy Content

Unique LG Small Ghost Incorporeal Spirit Undead 
Source Pathfinder #197: Let the Leaves Fall pg. 92
Perception +20
Languages Aklo, Common
Skills Acrobatics +17, Diplomacy +19, Medicine +19, Nature +17, Occultism +15, Religion +19, Survival +17
Str -5, Dex +4, Con +2, Int +4, Wis +6, Cha +6
AC 25; Fort +13, Ref +17, Will +19
HP 105 (negative healing, rejuvenation); Immunities death effects, disease, paralyzed, poison, precision, unconscious; Resistances all damage 5 (except force, ghost touch, or positive; double resistance vs. non-magical)
Rejuvenation (divine, necromancy) Purifying the four statues and defeating Xin Yue in Kugaptee's Grave below the Tan Sugi monastery allows Zhi Hui's ghost to fade.
Speed
Melee [one-action] ghostly hand +17 [+13/+9] (agile, finesse, magical), Damage 2d8+2+7 negativeDivine Innate Spells DC 27, attack +19 (+4 dmg); 4th life's fresh bloom, remove curse; 3rd heal (×3), remove disease; 2nd restoration, restore senses; 1st sanctuary; Cantrips (4th) divine lance, read aura, stabilize
Incarnate Skill [two-actions] (divination, divine) Zhi Hui peers into a willing creature's soul and searches through their past lives. That creature permanently trades proficiency rank from one skill they're currently expert in with a skill in which they're untrained, both of their choice. Zhi Hui can only perform this activity once per character.