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Archives of Nethys

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Swift Guide

Swift guides are often among the first spirit guides to respond to threats, and they're said to move with such incredible speed that it's impossible to tell whether they're one or many until the battle is resolved.

Recall Knowledge - Beast (Arcana, Nature): DC 23
Unspecific Lore: DC 21
Specific Lore: DC 18

Elite | Normal | Weak
Proficiency without Level

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 Mirror WolfCreature 8

Medium Beast Incorporeal Spirit 
Source Howl of the Wild pg. 183 2.0
Perception +20; low-light vision, scent (imprecise) 30 feet
Languages Common; truespeech
Skills Acrobatics +17, Athletics +14, Intimidation +13, Stealth +21, Survival +19
Str +3, Dex +6, Con +2, Int +1, Wis +3, Cha -2
AC 26; Fort +16, Ref +21, Will +17
HP 137; Immunities disease, paralyzed, poison, precision; Resistances all damage 7 (except force, ghost touch, spirit, or vitality; double resistance vs. non-magical)
Visage Strike [reaction] Trigger A creature adjacent to the mirror wolf's visages damages mirror wolf's ally; Effect The mirror wolf teleports to the visage's spot, destroying the visage, and makes a jaws Strike.
Speed 35 feet
Melee [one-action] jaws +19 [+14/+9] (magical), Damage 2d8+2+8 force plus KnockdownPrimal Innate Spells DC 24 (+4 dmg); 3rd revealing light; Constant (5th) truespeech
Bond with Mortal (mental, primal) Frequency once per day; Effect The spirit guide spends 10 minutes to form a bond with a mortal creature. While the bond exists, the spirit guide increases their current and maximum Hit Points by 14, gains a +2 status bonus to their attack and damage rolls, and can communicate telepathically with the bonded mortal as long as the two beings are on the same plane. The spirit guide can only be bonded with one mortal at a time, and they can take this action again to end the bond or to form a new bond (which also ends the old bond). The bond also ends if the spirit guide or the mortal dies.
This bond strengthens the spirit guide's connection to the Universe. While bonded, the spirit guide loses the incorporeal and spirit traits, loses their immunity to disease, paralysis, and poison, along with their resistance to all damage, and changes their Strikes to deal the appropriate amount of physical damage (typically piercing or slashing) instead of force damage.Bonded Strike [two-actions] Requirements The mirror wolf is currently Bonded with a Mortal; Effect The mirror wolf makes a jaws Strike. If this attack hits, the bonded mortal can spend their reaction to Strike the same target.Lingering Assailant (illusion, visual) The mirror wolf attacks with such speed it leaves a visage of itself behind. When the mirror wolf Strikes, they leave behind a visage in an adjacent square. The visage is treated as an ally for effects such as flanking and pack attack. A visage has AC 10 and 1 HP and lasts for 1 round.Pack Attack The mirror wolf's Strikes deal 1d8 extra damage to creatures within reach of at least two of the mirror wolf's allies.Strafing Strike [two-actions] The mirror wolf makes a jaws Strike against a creature within range. The mirror wolf can then Stride and make a second jaws Strike against the same creature.

All Monsters in "Spirit Guide"

NameLevel
Cunning Guide1
Strong Guide10
Nimble Guide3
Swift Guide7
Sage Guide5
Guardian Guide14

Spirit Guide

Source Howl of the Wild pg. 182 2.0
Many of Sarkoris's fiercest defenders among the land's spirit guides died in the early throes of conflict against the demons spilling forth from the Worldwound. The mighty sunscale serpents from the family of guardian guides used to shed their light across the land, but their wings were among the first lights blackened by the hordes of the demon lord of locusts. The swift guides were first to the fray, and first to fall. With the Worldwound closed and the demons in retreat, some of these guides have returned once more, helping secure the borders of the Sarkoris Scar against demonic resurgence.