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Rune SentriesHazard 17

Unique Arcane Complex 
Source Pathfinder #220: Crypt of Runes pg. 28
Complexity Complex
Stealth +46 (expert)
Description Arcs of lightning arc flash from the eyes of the floating sentries.
Disable DC 45 Arcana (legendary) to turn the lightning back against the sentry, causing the head to plummet, or dispel magic (9th rank; counteract DC 36) to counteract the magic that empowers the sentry, causing it to plummet. Each sentry must be counteracted or destroyed separately.
Sentry AC 43; Fort +26, Ref +32, Will +35
Sentry Hardness 28, HP 110 (BT 55); Immunities critical hits, object immunities, precision damage
Entry Denied [reaction] (electricity) Trigger The PCs fail the Trial of Runes; Effect Each sentry whose question the PCs answered correctly crashes to the ground. A creature directly below a head when it falls takes 6d12+37 bludgeoning damage (DC 42 basic Reflex save). The 10-foot area beneath the head becomes difficult terrain. The hazard then rolls initiative.
Routine (6 actions) Each Rune Sentry grants the hazard 1 action; a Rune Sentry that’s plummeted or been disabled or destroyed reduces the hazard’s available actions by 1. On the hazard’s turn, all active Rune Sentries spend their action to use Lightning Arc.
Lightning Arc [one-action] (electricity) One creature (other than the peacock phoenix) within 60 feet of the sentry takes 3d12+19 electricity damage (DC 42 basic Reflex save). A target wearing metal armor or made of metal takes a –1 circumstance penalty to its save; if damaged, they are clumsy 1 for 1 round. A creature may only be targeted once by a lightning arc each round—any lightning arcs that go unused as a result of there not being enough targets instead restore 20 HP each to the peacock phoenix.
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