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Sluagh Reaper

Most sluagh are reapers: powerful killers subservient to their queen. After they collect souls on a hunt, they dutifully return their plunder to the queen. Though quite clever, they're inscrutable, lacking the whimsy and sociability that characterize many living fey. They do show merriment on occasion though, giggling as their claws draw closer to their quarry's throat.

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Weak Sluagh ReaperCreature 9

Uncommon Medium Fey Undead 
Source Feybound pg. 150
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 28 (includes +2 from Uncommon) • Fey (Nature), Undead (Religion)
Perception +19; greater darkvision, soulscent (imprecise) 100 feet
Languages Common, Fey, Necril
Skills Acrobatics +19, Intimidation +14, Stealth +21, Survival +19
Str +3, Dex +7, Con +3, Int +3, Wis +5, Cha +0
Soulscent (occult) The sluagh is aware of all doomed creatures, dying creatures, and creatures that died within the last hour within the listed range.
AC 27; Fort +15, Ref +19, Will +17
HP 155 (void healing); Immunities death effects, disease, paralyzed, poison, sleep; Weaknesses cold iron 10
Frightful Presence (aura, emotion, fear, mental) 30 feet, DC 24
Speed 25 feet, fly 30 feet
Melee [one-action] claw +21 [+17/+13] (agile, magical), Damage 3d6-2+9 slashingPrimal Innate Spells DC 24 (-4 dmg); 2nd invisibility; Cantrips (5th) figment
Ghostly Swoop [one-action] The sluagh reaper becomes incorporeal until the start of their next turn and Flies up to their fly Speed. While incorporeal, they are immune to precision damage and have resistance 10 to all damage (except force, ghost touch, or vitality); this resistance is doubled against non-magical damage. The sluagh reaper can't use Ghostly Swoop again for 1d4 rounds.Sneak Attack The sluagh reaper deals an additional 3d6 precision damage to off-guard creatures.Steal Soul [two-actions] (occult) The sluagh reaper touches a dying creature or a creature that died within the past hour. If the target is a dying creature, it must attempt a DC 26 Fortitude save; on a failure, its dying value increases by 1 (2 on a critical failure). If the target is dead, the sluagh automatically imprisons its soul in a small, grimy sack that keeps stolen souls fresh. The sack is magically locked. Any sluagh can open it without difficulty, but any others must Pick the Lock (DC 33) or use dispel magic (5th level; counteract DC 30). A creature can Interact to empty an unlocked sack, which frees the souls but doesn’t return them to life. While a soul is imprisoned, it can’t be brought back to life by any means short of a wish ritual or similar magic. The sack can hold 12 souls at a time. Sluagh reapers typically attempt to deliver the souls to a queen sluagh so she can devour them.
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NameLevel
Queen Sluagh18
Sluagh Reaper10

Sluagh

Source Feybound pg. 150
A soul about to leave its physical body gives off a peculiar scent, usually unnoticed by mortal creatures. The undead fey called sluagh, however, can smell and track down its location with frightening ease. Unlike most fey, sluagh are undead, possessing strong connections to the energy of death and mortal souls. Sluagh collect the souls of those close to death and bring them to feed their queen.

Most sluagh appear bald-headed, with rounded ears, sharp teeth, glossy black eyes, and scrawny bodies. Their rib cages show through their skin, which is translucent and soft as velvet.

Sluagh can become ghostly and incorporeal for brief periods, using this power to stalk their prey to great effect. Sometimes the glimpse of a sluagh is mistaken for a ghost sighting.

Sidebar - Related Creatures Fallen of the Wild Hunt

The wild hunt is both a group of inexplicable fey and the name for the contest where they track their prey. The riders of the hunt create a group of pure chaos, solely focused on the thrill of the chase. One legend among fey is that the first sluagh arose when a member of the wild hunt dueled a mortal and the two struck simultaneous killing blows. The mortal's soul polluted the fey's like a blemish in a ruby, causing the fey to be reborn already dead.
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