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Egarhowl

Souls of beasts and animals that return as palinthanos manifest as ghostly, bestial undead of pure hunger and instinct. They appear as somewhat indistinct monstrous creatures, regardless of what they were in life.

Recall Knowledge - Undead (Religion): DC 41
Unspecific Lore: DC 39
Specific Lore: DC 36

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EgarhowlCreature 17

Rare Medium Incorporeal Palinthanos Undead Unholy 
Source Pathfinder #206: Bring the House Down pg. 86
Perception +31; darkvision, scent (imprecise) 30 feet
Skills Acrobatics +32
Str -5, Dex +7, Con +0, Int -4, Wis +6, Cha +0
AC 38; Fort +25, Ref +32, Will +29
HP 235 (void healing); Immunities death effects, disease, paralyzed, poison, precision, unconscious; Resistances all damage 15 (except force, ghost touch, or vitality; double resistance vs. non-magical)
Reaction Reversal Since an egarhowl appears to move backwards in time and the results of its actions manifest slightly out of sync, its manipulate or move actions and Strikes don't trigger reactions normally. Whenever a reaction would be triggered by an egarhowl in this way, the reacting creature must attempt a DC 11 flat check. On a failure, their reaction does not trigger.Predestined Defeat [reaction] (occult) Trigger The egarhowl rolls initiative; Frequency once per day; Effect At the start of combat, an inverted, reversed explosion of spiritual and void energy implodes in a 30-foot emanation centered on the egarhowl—a reversal of the creature's spiritually explosive death. All creatures in the area take 6d8 spirit damage (DC 35 basic Fortitude save); creatures that fail this save are also slowed 1 for 1 round as time seems to distort around them.
Speed fly 30 feet
Melee [one-action] jaws +32 [+27/+22] (finesse, magical), Damage 3d12+8 piercing plus 3d6 spirit and rabid rageMelee [one-action] claw +32 [+28/+24] (agile, finesse, magical), Damage 3d8+8 slashing plus 3d6 spiritRabid Rage (emotion, mental, occult) An egarhowl's bite transmits its supernatural fury. A creature bitten by an egarhowl must attempt a DC 36 Will save. They then become temporarily immune to rabid rage for 24 hours.
Critical Success The creature suffers no ill effects.
Success The creature is filled with anger and becomes slowed 1 for 1 round as they waste some of their time shrieking and raving on their turn.
Failure As success, but slowed 1 for 1 minute.
Critical Failure As failure, but the creature is also confused for as long as it is slowed.

All Monsters in "Palinthanos"

NameLevel
Echosyvne18
Egarhowl17

Palinthanos

Source Pathfinder #206: Bring the House Down pg. 86
When a cosmic event like Godsrain disturbs all that exists, the River of Souls sometimes flows backward for a brief moment, literally, from the shockwave. Unwilling and confused souls that are forced back far enough can have the agonizing experience of enduring death in reversed time. Some of these souls manage to re-enter the river once the flow returns to normal, but those who are stranded on the metaphorical shores of the living can become palinthanos: powerful undead born from their reversed demise who struggle futilely until their predestined banishment back to the River.

Sidebar - Additional Lore Backward Time

Palinthanos movements often feel counterintuitive to the senses, as if there is some invisible force from the unseen future acting upon them. For example, wounds created by palinthanos attacks tend to appear on bodies out of sync with the inflicting strike, manifesting a fraction of a section before the attack lands. Wherever they appear, it's as though two streams of time collide and flow opposite of one another, which the Universe does its best to make sense of.