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Factbound Nullifier

Designed to serve as devastatingly powerful foot soldiers against enemies with plentiful magic, facetbound nullifiers shear through magical effects as easily as they slice through flesh and bone. The pale lavender ellipsoid aeon stones they bear are sunk deep into their heads and surrounded by an ugly bruise.

Recall Knowledge - Undead (Religion): DC 39
Unspecific Lore: DC 37
Specific Lore: DC 34

Elite | Normal | Weak
Proficiency without Level

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

Weak Factbound NullifierCreature 14

Legacy Content

Rare NE Medium Undead 
Source Pathfinder #185: A Taste of Ashes pg. 84
Perception +25; darkvision
Languages Common, Necril
Skills Arcana +25, Athletics +29, Intimidation +25
Str +8, Dex +4, Con +6, Int +4, Wis +2, Cha +4
Implanted Stone A nullifier's aeon stone can't be Disarmed or removed until the nullifier is destroyed.
Items +1 resilient full plate, pale lavender ellipsoid aeon stone, +2 striking halberd
AC 36; Fort +24, Ref +20, Will +22; +2 status to all saves vs. magic
HP 285 (negative healing); Immunities death effects, disease, paralyzed, poison, unconscious
Always Ready The nullifier gains an additional reaction each round that can be used only for Defensive Dispel.Attack of Opportunity [reaction] The nullifier can also make attacks of opportunity against concentrate actions to Cast a Spell, and it disrupts that action on any hit, not just a critical hit.Defensive Dispel [reaction] (abjuration, arcane) Trigger The nullifier is the target of a spell; Effect The nullifier attempts to counteract the triggering spell, with a counteract modifier of +27. This can be used only on spells that target the nullifier, not area spells that don't have targets. If it succeeds, it counteracts the spell for all targets, if other creatures were targeted in addition to the nullifier.
Speed 25 feet, fly 25 feet
Melee [one-action] halberd +28 [+23/+18] (magical, reach 10 feet, versatile S), Damage 2d10-2+16 piercing plus 2d10-2 forceMelee [one-action] fist +28 [+24/+20] (agile), Damage 2d4-2+16 bludgeoning plus 2d10 forceArcane Innate Spells DC 32 (-4 dmg); 8th dispel magic (×3); Cantrips (8th) detect magic, read aura
Field of Force A nullifier's melee Strikes deal an additional 2d10 force damage (already included in the Strikes above).Sever Spell [one-action] (abjuration, arcane, attack) Frequency once per round; Effect The nullifier makes a melee Strike against a target. If the attack hits, the nullifier attempts to counteract a spell or magical effect on the target (of the nullifier's choice), with a counteract modifier of +27. The target is temporarily immune to Sever Spell for 24 hours.

All Monsters in "Facetbound"

NameLevel
Facetbound Cascader16
Factbound Nullifier15

Facetbound

Source Pathfinder #185: A Taste of Ashes pg. 84
Inspired by the work of the Azlanti and their obsessions with aeon stones, certain necromancers strive to tap into those curious magical items to create undead with powerful abilities. A facetbound is created from a living being with an aeon stone surgically attached to their skull who is killed in a specific, secret ritual. Each facetbound must bear a single aeon stone, and this stone determines the powers the facetbound wields (in place of the normal powers of the implanted stone).

Sidebar - Additional Lore Azlanti Heritage

The creation of a facetbound is difficult for several reasons, not least of which is the cost of the necessary aeon stones. Even so, creators sometimes fail even when they replicate the process exactly. Some researchers posit that the most successful cases are those in which the subjects have at least some Azlanti ancestry