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RevenantCreature 6


MediumUndead
Source Pathfinder Monster Core
Perception +14 (darkvision, sense murderer)
Languages Any One Spoken In Life By Their Murderer (typically Common)
Skills Athletics +15, Intimidation +14
Str +5, Dex +3, Con +4, Int +0, Wis +3, Cha +2

AC 23; Fort +14; Reflex +13; Will +17;
HP 115 (void healing)
Speed 25 feet
Immunities bleed, death effects, disease, paralyzed, poison, sleep
Resistances Physical 5

Claw One Action +17 (+13, +9) to hit (agile, unarmed) 2d8+5 Slashing

Sense Murderer (occult, scrying)

A revenant knows the direction of their murderer (as long as both are on the same plane), but not the distance.

Self-Loathing (emotion, mental, visual)

If a revenant sees their own reflection or any object that was important to them in life, they must attempt a DC 25 will save.


Critical Success The revenant is unaffected and can no longer be affected by that reflection or object in this way.

Success The revenant is distracted by self-loathing and becomes Slowed 1 for 1 round.

Failure The revenant becomes Fascinated by the source that triggered their self-loathing and does everything they can to destroy it until the end of the revenant's next turn.

Critical Failure The revenant becomes Immobilized as long as the source of their self-loathing is apparent, until they're attacked, or until they see their murderer.

Undying Vendetta (emotion, occult)

If the revenant's murderer dies, the revenant is immediately destroyed. A revenant that can't sense their murderer must attempt a DC 11 flat check once every 24 hours to avoid becoming Immobilized and Prone; they immediately rise again once they can sense their murderer. A murderer who becomes undead does not trigger the revenant's destruction until the murderer is finally destroyed. The revenant gains a +2 status bonus to checks and DCs against their murderer.

Void Healing

A creature with void healing draws health from void energy rather than vitality energy. It is damaged by vitality damage and is not healed by vitality healing effects. It does not take void damage, and it is healed by void effects that heal undead.

Baleful Shriek Two Actions (auditory, emotion, fear, incapacitation, mental)

The revenant wails horribly. Each creature within a 60-foot burst must attempt a DC 23 will save. Regardless of the outcome of their saving throw, affected creatures are then immune to Baleful Shriek for 1 hour. The revenant's murderer never improves their degree of success due to this ability's incapacitation trait.

The revenant can't use Baleful Shriek again for 1d4 rounds.


Critical Success The creature is unaffected.

Success The creature is Frightened 2.

Failure The creature is frightened 2 and Paralyzed for 1 round.

Critical Failure The creature is Frightened 3 and paralyzed for 1d4 rounds.

Constrict One Action

(2d6+5) bludgeoning, DC 24 fortitude


The monster deals the listed amount of damage to any number of creatures Grabbed or Restrained by it. Each of those creatures can attempt a basic Fortitude save with the listed DC.

Grab One Action

Requirements The monster's last action was a successful Strike that lists Grab in its damage entry, or the monster has a creature Grabbed or Restrained


Effect If used after a Strike, the monster attempts to [/act grapple] the creature using the body part it attacked with. This attempt neither applies nor counts toward the creature's multiple attack penalty.

The monster can instead use Grab and choose one creature it's grabbing or restraining with an appendage that has Grab to automatically extend that condition to the end of the monster's next turn.


Revenants are obsessed, undead stalkers who arise from their own murders and are driven by only one thing: revenge against their killers. The common wisdom is that revenants arise only from individuals who have been utterly betrayed or abandoned to die a grueling death, but even then, such victims might not rise from their graves. In other cases, revenants might even rise from what might legitimately be considered an accident if the revenant doesn't understand the full circumstances of their demise. In such cases, it doesn't matter that the "murderer" may not have intended to kill, for revenants understands no pity and can never forgive. Revenants have little memory of their lives other than anything they might need to recall in order to achieve their goal of vengeance.


Traits

Common

Anything that doesn't list another rarity trait (uncommon, rare, or unique) automatically has the common trait. This rarity indicates that an ability, item, or spell is available to all players who meet the prerequisites for it. A creature of this rarity is generally known and can be summoned with the appropriate summon spell.

Undead

Once living, these creatures were infused after death with void energy and soul-corrupting unholy magic. When reduced to 0 Hit Points, an undead creature is destroyed. Undead creatures are damaged by vitality energy and are healed by void energy, and don't benefit from healing vitality effects.