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Weak WatcherCreature 21
Rare Gargantuan MonitorSource Pathfinder #221: Into the Apocalypse Archive pg. 84
Weak Changes are marked. The -2 damage penalty to non-strike offensive abilities (-4 if the ability is limited, such as spells) is NOT factored in.
Recall Knowledge DC 47 (includes +5 from Rare) • Monitor (Religion)
Perception +41; greater darkvision, truesight
Skills Acrobatics +36, Arcana +37, Crafting +37, Jandelay Lore +40, Occultism +40, Religion +40, Sculpture Lore +37, Stealth +38 (+42 in ruins), Survival +37
Str +10, Dex +8, Con +10, Int +9, Wis +11, Cha +6
Apocalyptic Knowledge A watcher can attempt a Jandelay Lore check to Recall Knowledge about any world that has been destroyed or is on the precipice of destruction.
Speechless A watcher can’t speak aloud and must use writing, telepathy, or other methods to communicate.
AC 46 all-around vision; Fort +34, Ref +32, Will +38
HP 420, Regeneration 20 (deactivated by void); Immunities blindness, dazzled, controlled, prediction; Resistances force 20
Inconspicuous Mien (mental) Despite their size, a watcher’s role as an uninvolved observer of the Great Beyond causes most creatures to overlook and ignore them. A watcher is always undetected, and a creature must deliberately Seek to perceive them unless it succeeds at a DC 43 Will saving throw to perceive the watcher (usually as a free action at the start of an encounter). The watcher is automatically perceived by a creature they interact with, such as by attacking the creature or targeting it with a spell or effect.Stabilization Vulnerability Whenever a watcher’s teleportation effect is counteracted as it’s being activated, they become stunned 1.
Speed 40 feet, fly 60 feet
Melee [one-action] talon +38 [+34/+30] (agile, reach 20 feet), Damage 4d10-2+18 slashing plus Torn from TimeOccult Innate Spells DC 41, attack +33 (-4 dmg); 10th cataclysm, freeze time, teleport; 9th falling stars, vacuum; 7th interplanar teleport (at will), telekinetic haul; Cantrips (9th) detect magic, read aura, sigil, telekinetic projectile; Constant (9th) truesight, truespeech
Rituals DC 41 (-4 dmg); 8th control weather, freedom, imprisonment
Beacon of Jandelay (exploration, occult) The watcher spends 10 minutes erecting a glowing spire of pale yellow energy, marking an important site destined for an apocalypse for collection and preservation in the Apocalypse Archive. Whenever a watcher uses a teleportation effect to reach a Beacon of Jandelay, they don't need a locus and always arrive on target. A watcher can create a Beacon of Jandelay even while Out of Phase. If the watcher creates a new beacon, any previous Beacon of Jandelay they created vanishes.Mythic Ritualist (fortune) Although a watcher isn't a mythic creature, when they cast freedom or imprisonment, they attempt Occultism checks at mythic proficiency, and roll those checks twice and take the better of the two results.Out of Phase [three-actions] (occult, teleportation) Frequency once per day; Effect The watcher shifts themself out to desynchronize with reality, allowing them to observe a world without becoming caught in the world's events (including any apocalypses). While Out of Phase, the watcher is invulnerable to all damage and can't be targeted or affected by anything for 1 round, but they can't cast spells, activate items, or use actions that have the attack or manipulate trait. A watcher can Sustain this activity as long as they wish and automatically phases back in at the end of a turn in which they don't do so. A watcher can also Dismiss this activity as free action at the beginning of their turn.Torn from Time [free-action] (incapacitation, occult) Frequency once per round; Trigger The watcher's last action was to damage a creature with their talon Strike; Effect The creature's body grows numb, and it loses control of its muscles, entering a form of temporal hibernation. The creature must attempt a DC 43 Will save.
Critical Success The creature is unaffected.
Success The creature is slowed 1 for 1 round.
Failure The creature is slowed 1 with an unlimited duration and must attempt a DC 45 Will save at the end of each of its turns. On a failed save, its slowed condition value increases by 1 (or by 2 on a critical failure). A successful save reduces the slowed condition value by 1 (or by 2 on a critical success); the effect ends if this reduces the value to 0. A creature unable to act due to the slowed condition from Torn from Time becomes permanently paralyzed and enters a state of suspended animation in which they don’t age or require food or drink. A creature in this form of stasis remains aware of its surroundings and the passage of time, and if left in this state long enough, it might suffer extensive mental trauma at the GM’s discretion.
Critical Failure As failure, but the creature is initially slowed 2.
Creation And Destruction
The watchers share Jandelay’s fields with the Oliphaunt, herald of the apocalypse, a gargantuan beast that visits worlds on the eve of their annihilation to wreak havoc and destruction. Few scholars can agree if the watchers reach a doomed world first, creating beacons that call the Oliphaunt, or if the Oliphaunt instinctively knows when a world is on the brink of calamity and the watchers follow it as their apocalyptic guide. Fending off the Watchers
The Beacons of Jandelay, towers of energy erected by watchers to mark worlds on the eve of their apocalypse, are a terrifying sight for those who recognize their significance. Though the watchers are commonly understood as mere observers and recorders, some scholars theorize the watchers call the Oliphaunt from Jandelay themselves only after erecting their beacons and preparing to record the ensuing calamity. By repelling the watchers and destroying their beacons (which have AC 48, Hardness 40, and 380 HP) or countering the beacons with an effect like dispel magic, these scholars believe doomed worlds can be snatched from the jaws of ruin.
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