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Spectral ArchersHazard 8

Legacy Content

Complex Haunt 
Source Pathfinder #177: Burning Tundra pg. 49
Complexity Complex
Stealth +28 (expert)
Description Ghostly soldiers wielding crossbows manifest within the towers that flank the gatehouse and rain bolts down upon intruders.
Disable DC 31 Intimidation (expert) to cow the archers into fleeing or DC 28 Religion (expert) to temporarily banish the spirits
Rain of Bolts [reaction] Trigger A creature attacks the graveknights in area G1 or enters the castle; Effect The haunt makes a spectral bolt Strike against the triggering creature, then rolls initiative.
Routine (1 action) The hazard fires one bolt at every creature in a 30-foot-by-30-foot area in front of the gate as 1 action. Because the spectral archers fire bolts continuously, the haunt can also use the Continuous Barrage free action (below) to fire bolts at each creature during that creature's turn.
Ranged spectral bolt +20, Damage 2d10+11 negative; no multiple attack penalty
Continuous Barrage [free-action] Trigger A creature in front of the gate finishes an action; Effect The haunt makes a spectral bolt Strike against the triggering creature.
Reset The haunt vanishes permanently if the graveknights are destroyed. Otherwise, it returns after 1 hour.