Penanggalan

Creature 5
  • Medium
  • aberration
  • tanggal
Perception
+11; darkvision
Languages
Aklo, Common
Skills
Athletics +12, Deception +14, Intimidation +12, Midwifery Lore +9, Stealth +14
Str +3, Dex +5, Con +2, Int +0, Wis +2, Cha +5
AC
22; Fort +9, Ref +16, Will +11
HP
85; Weaknesses slashing 5

Spewing Bile When the penanggalan takes slashing damage, the wound spews bile on adjacent creatures, dealing 2d10 poison damage (DC 19 basic Fortitude save).

The penanggalan loses their spewing bile and penanggalan bile abilities until the end of their next turn.

Speed
0 feet, fly 40 feet

Melee ◆ proboscis tongue +15 (finesse), Damage 2d6+5 piercing plus Penanggalan Bile

Melee ◆ entrails +13, Damage 2d4+5 bludgeoning plus Grab

Constrict ◆ 2d4+3 bludgeoning, DC 21 basic Fortitude

Elongate Tongue ◆ The penanggalan's tongue extends, the membrane stretching and becoming translucent. Until the end of the turn, the penanggalan's proboscis tongue Strikes have a 10-foot reach, and any target is Off-Guard against the Strike unless it has a Perception DC of 22 or higher or the ability to precisely sense invisible things.

Penanggalan Bile (disease) A victim's drained condition decreases by 1 per month

Saving Throw DC 19 Fortitude

Stage 1 Drained 1 (1 week)

Stage 2 Drained 2 (1 week)

Stage 3 Drained 3 (1 week)

Stage 4 dead

Ride Corpse ◆◆◆ (concentrate, polymorph) The penanggalan inserts their entrails into their humanoid body, allowing them to appear as and move about like a normal human. The body has 10 Hit Points and the same defenses as the penanggalan.

When the body is destroyed, the penanggalan is ejected unharmed. The body becomes a corpse, and if it's neither controlled by the penanggalan nor stored in an alchemical vat, it decays as normal.

Grab ◆

Source: Pathfinder Monster Core 2

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