Eremite

Creature 20
  • Medium
  • fiend
  • unholy
  • velstrac
Perception
+34 painsight; greater darkvision, truesight 5 feet
Languages
Common, Diabolic, Shadowtongue, Telepathy 100 feet
Skills
Athletics +33, Deception +38, Diplomacy +36, Intimidation +40, Medicine +36, Religion +34, Stealth +36, Torture Lore +36
Str +9, Dex +6, Con +7, Int +6, Wis +6, Cha +10

Telepathy 100 feet (aura, magical, mental)

Painsight (divine) A velstrac automatically knows whether a creature it sees has any of the Doomed, Dying, and Wounded conditions as well as the value of those conditions.

AC
45; Fort +37, Ref +32, Will +34; +1 status to all saves vs. magic
HP
375; Immunities cold, fear effects, nonlethal attacks; Weaknesses holy 20, silver 20

Regeneration 25 (Deactivated by Holy or Silver)

Ignore Pain An eremite's actions can't be disrupted due to damage or Strikes (such as Reactive Strike).

Paralytic Perfection (aura, divine, fear, incapacitation, mental, visual) 30 feet. When a creature ends its turn in the aura, it feels compelled to offer pieces of its own flesh to the eremite. The creature must succeed at a DC 40 Will save or become Paralyzed for 1 round.

Speed
30 feet, fly 50 feet

Melee ◆ jaws +39 (magical, unholy), Damage 2d6 persistent bleed plus 4d8+19 piercing plus Exquisite Pain

Melee ◆ claw +39 (agile, magical, unholy), Damage 3d6+19 slashing plus 2d6 persistent bleed plus Exquisite Pain plus Improved Grab

Divine Innate Spells DC 42, attack +34; 9th seize soul, blessed boundary, shadow blast, harm, heal; 7th interplanar teleport (to the netherworld or the universe only), planar seal, warp mind, shadow blast, translocate (at will); Cantrips (1st) stabilize; Constant (9th) truesight

Evisceration ◆ (attack) Requirements The eremite has a creature Grabbed or Restrained

Effect The eremite excises flesh or bone from a creature they've grabbed or restrained. The target takes 6d10 persistent bleed damage.

Exquisite Pain ◆ An eremite's knowledge of pressure points and pain centers is unsurpassed. A creature hit by an eremite's melee Strikes must succeed at a DC 40 Fortitude save or be Stunned 2 (Stunned 4 on a critical failure). A creature that critically succeeds is temporarily immune for 24 hours.

Focus Gaze ◆ (concentrate, divine, fear, mental, visual) The eremite stares at a creature they can see within 30 feet. The creature must immediately attempt a Will save against paralytic perfection. In addition, if the creature was already Paralyzed, on a failed save, its unnatural longing causes it to become Doomed 1. After attempting this save, the creature is then temporarily immune to Focus Gaze until the start of the eremite's next turn.

Graft Flesh ◆ Requirements The eremite holds a piece of flesh they collected via Evisceration

Effect The eremite attaches the stolen flesh to themself. They either regain 100 Hit Points; reduce the value of their Clumsy, Drained, Enfeebled, or Stupefied condition by 3; or reduce the stage of any affliction affecting them by 3.

Shadow Traveler (divine) When an eremite uses Interplanar Teleport, they arrive at exactly their intended destination.

Improved Grab ◇

Source: Pathfinder Monster Core 2

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