Sorcerous Skull Swarm
Creature 14 (rare) — swarm, undead, unholy
Pre-Remaster content. May include legacy alignment.
The act of creating a demilich sometimes goes horribly awry, leaving behind a shattered remnant of a once-mighty spellcaster constantly leaking eldritch energies. The ruined spirit animates a cloud of debased copies of itself, glittering with cracked crystals in crude imitation, and it hungers constantly for the magical energies denied it in its corrupted immortality. Some of the spellcaster's personality remains in the swarm, albeit usually unnaturally split between the skulls. As a consequenc
Source: pathfinder-bestiary-3 (Pre-Remaster)
Perception +24
Skills acrobatics +26, arcana +28, occultism +28
Str
-3
Dex
+6
Con
+4
Int
+8
Wis
+4
Cha
+5
AC 34
Fort +22
Ref +26
Will +26
HP 190
Immunities bleed, death-effects, disease, paralyzed, poison, precision, swarm-mind, unconscious
Resistances bludgeoning 6, cold 12, electricity 12, fire 12, piercing 12, slashing 12
Weaknesses area-damage 12, splash-damage 12
Speed 0 feet, fly 40 feet
Abilities
Constant Spells — Constant Spells
+1 Status to All Saves vs. Magic —
Swarm Mind — Swarm Mind
Boneshard Burst — When a sorcerous skull swarm is reduced to 0 Hit Points, it erupts in an explosion of foul energy and bone fragments in a 30-foot burst, dealing 3d12 piercing plus 3d12 void{3d12 piercing damage and 3d12 void damage} (DC 34 Reflex save).
Consume Spell —
Void Healing — Negative Healing
Siphon Magic (arcane, illusion, mental) — The sorcerous skull swarm saps magic from nearby creatures. Any creature with the ability to cast spells (including innate spells) in the swarm's space takes 15d6 mental damage (DC 34 Will save); on a failure, the creature is also Stupefied 2 (Stupefied 3 on a critical failure).
Swarming Gnaw — Each enemy in the swarm's space takes 5d8 piercing damage (DC 34 Reflex save).
Spells
Spell Turning (rank 7)
True Seeing (Constant) (rank 6)
Dispel Magic (At Will) (rank 2)
Detect Magic (rank 1)
Mage Hand (rank 1)
Telekinetic Projectile (rank 1)
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