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Archives of Nethys

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PFS StandardSkulltaker

Swirling down from misty peaks and through howling mountain passes like an evil wind, the vortex of bones known as a skulltaker is a terrible manifestation of the delirium and agony experienced by doomed climbers and lost trailblazers just before they met their end. In some places, a skulltaker is also known as a saxra.

Recall Knowledge - Undead (Religion): DC 40
Unspecific Lore: DC 38
Specific Lore: DC 35

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SkulltakerCreature 18

Uncommon Huge Undead Unholy 
Source Monster Core pg. 314
Perception +15; darkvision, truesight
Languages Necril; Skeletal Lore languages
Skills Acrobatics +16, Intimidation +17, Religion +12, Skeletal Lore +12, Stealth +14
Str +8, Dex +6, Con +6, Int +2, Wis +8, Cha +7
Skeletal Lore (divine) A skulltaker taps into the memories of the creatures whose bones make up its body. This gives it the Skeletal Lore skill, which it can use to Recall Knowledge of any kind. In addition, it can speak and understand all the languages known by the creatures whose bones make up its body (typically including Common and the regional language of the skulltaker's home region). The skulltaker can use Skeletal Lore as the primary skill check for the collective memories ritual, and it can cast collective memories without secondary casters.
AC 24; Fort +13, Ref +15, Will +17; +1 status to all saves vs. vitality
HP 300 (void healing); Immunities bleed, cold, death effects, disease, paralyzed, poison, unconscious; Resistances piercing 15, slashing 15
Shard Storm (air, aura, divine) 10 feet. A cloud of bone shards surrounds the skulltaker. When a creature moves into the emanation or begins its turn there, shard storm deals 4d6 slashing damage and 4d6 void damage to the creature, with a DC 22 basic Reflex save. If the creature has resistance or immunity to void damage, or an effect that protects it against death effects, or an effect that protects it against the doomed or drained condition, the creature must first succeed at a DC 22 Will save or have all such benefits suppressed for 1 minute.
Speed 30 feet, fly 60 feet
Melee [one-action] jaws +17 [+12/+7] (deadly 2d12, magical, reach 10 feet), Damage 3d10+14 piercing plus 3d6 void and vitality drainMelee [one-action] claw +17 [+13/+9] (agile, deadly 2d12, magical, reach 15 feet), Damage 3d6+14 slashing plus 3d6 void and vitality drainRanged [one-action] bone javelin +15 [+10/+5] (magical, thrown 100 feet), Damage 3d8+6 piercing plus 3d6 voidDivine Innate Spells DC 22; 8th desiccate (×2), execute (×2), punishing winds (×2); Constant (6th) truesight
Rituals DC 22; 7th collective memories (see Skeletal Lore)
Bonetaker (divine) Whenever a creature dies within 60 feet of a skulltaker, the skulltaker draws a portion of the creature's bones into its shard storm. The creature must succeed at a DC 22 Will save or rise as a skeletal champion in 1d4 rounds. These skeletal champions are controlled by the skulltaker.Splintered Ground [one-action] (concentrate) The skulltaker causes splintered bones to erupt from all solid surfaces in a 100-foot emanation, except for surfaces of worked stone. A creature moving through the bones takes 10 piercing damage and 10 void damage for every 5 feet of movement. The first time each round a creature takes piercing damage from these splintered bones, it must succeed at a DC 22 Reflex save or take a –10-foot circumstance penalty to all Speeds for 10 minutes, or a –15-foot circumstance penalty for 24 hours on a critical failure. The bones remain in place until the skulltaker uses this action again or the bones are manually removed, which takes 10 minutes for each 5-foot square.Vitality Drain (divine) When a skulltaker hits with a melee Strike, the target must succeed at a DC 22 Fortitude save or become drained 2 and doomed 1.

Sidebar - Additional Lore Skulltaker Insight

The cooperation of a skulltaker is a powerful asset, for this whirling mass of death retains the collective memories of the creatures whose bones form its body. Because mountain travelers come from far and wide, a skulltaker's knowledge is often vast, spanning a range of topics.