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Dybbuk

Creature 15 (uncommon) — incorporeal, spirit, undead, unholy

The discorporated spirits called dybbuks arise from souls denied respite in the afterlife, often because they committed some great transgression in life. These spirits are said to cling to life through possessing victims to escape the punishment awaiting them in the afterlife. Only by trapping, cowing, or destroying such spirits can a mortal hope to drive them back. Dybbuks, who are most often the spirits of men, hide within possessed victims. Their targets of possession are usually young women

Source: pathfinder-monster-core

Perception +27
Skills acrobatics +28, deception +31, diplomacy +27, intimidation +29, stealth +28
Str
-5
Dex
+7
Con
+0
Int
+1
Wis
+6
Cha
+8
AC 35 Fort +21 Ref +28 Will +29
HP 175
Immunities death-effects, disease, paralyzed, poison, precision, unconscious, bleed
Resistances all-damage (except force, ghost-touch, spirit, vitality) 10
Speed 0 feet, fly 50 feet

Offense

Melee Ghostly Hand +28, Damage 3d10+14 void plus 2d6 spirit

Abilities

Telepathy 100 feet (aura, magical, mental) — Telepathy
At-Will Spells — At Will Spells
Frightful Presence (aura, emotion, fear, mental) — 30 feet. DC 33 Will Frightful Presence
Void Healing — Negative Healing
Malevolent Possession (incapacitation, mental, occult, possession) — The dybbuk attempts to possess an adjacent corporeal creature. This has the same effect as the Possession spell (DC 34 Will) with an unlimited duration, except since the dybbuk doesn't have a physical body, they aren't Unconscious, and aren't Paralyzed when the effect ends, though they take 5d6 spirit damage if the body is knocked unconscious or killed. If the dybbuk took control of the target with Malevolent Possession, when the dybbuk departs, the target has only incoherent memories of the interval it was possessed.

Spells

Dominate (rank 6)
Never Mind (rank 6)
Rewrite Memory (rank 4)
Chilling Darkness (rank 3)
Telekinetic Maneuver (At Will) (rank 2)
Fear (rank 1)
Fear (At Will) (rank 1)
Telekinetic Projectile (rank 1)

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