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Wendigo

Creature 17 (uncommon) — beast, cold

Pre-Remaster content. May include legacy alignment.

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Wendigos are incarnations of the fears of starvation, loneliness, and fatal exposure to cold weather. They haunt the frozen expanses of the world.

Source: pathfinder-bestiary (Pre-Remaster)

Perception +32; darkvision, infrared-vision 60 feet
Languages aklo, common, jotun; telepathy 1 mile
Skills acrobatics +32, athletics +33, deception +29, intimidation +33, nature +28, occultism +29, religion +28, stealth +30, survival +30
Str
+8
Dex
+7
Con
+9
Int
+6
Wis
+5
Cha
+6
AC 40 Fort +32 Ref +30 Will +26 +1 status to all saves vs. magic
HP 315 (regeneration 30 (deactivated by cold iron))
Immunities cold, fear-effects
Weaknesses cold-iron 10, fire 15
Speed 0 feet, fly 100 feet

Offense

Melee Jaws (cold, magical, reach-10, unarmed) +33, Damage 3d10+12 piercing plus 2d6 cold
Melee Claw (agile, cold, magical, reach-10, unarmed) +33, Damage 3d8+12 slashing plus 2d6 cold plus Grab

Abilities

Telepathy 1 mile (aura, magical) — A monster with telepathy can communicate mentally with any creatures within the listed radius, as long as they share a language. This doesn't give any special access to their thoughts, and communicates no more information than normal speech would.
Heatsight 60 feet (primal) — Heatsight is a precise sense that sees heat signatures.
+1 Status to All Saves vs. Magic
Regeneration 30 (Deactivated by Cold Iron) — This monster regains the listed number of Hit Points each round at the beginning of its turn. Its Dying condition never increases beyond Dying 3 as long as its regeneration is active. However, if it takes damage of a type listed in the regeneration entry, its regeneration deactivates until the end of its next turn. Deactivate the regeneration before applying any damage of a listed type, since that damage might kill the monster by bringing it to Dying 4.
Dream Haunting — A target that fails its save against the wendigo's Nightmare is exposed to wendigo torment.
Howl (auditory, concentrate, fear, incapacitation, mental, primal) — Frequency Three times per day

Effect The wendigo unleashes a forlorn howl that can be heard up to 1 mile away. Any creature that hears the howl must succeed at a DC 38 Will save or be Frightened 1. Any creature that critically fails and is within 120 feet of the wendigo is instead Frightened 3, and is also Fleeing for 1d4 rounds (or until it's no longer frightened, whichever comes first).

A creature frightened by a wendigo's howl still naturally recovers from its fright but can't reduce it below frightened 1 in this way until 1 hour has passed or magic is used.

Whether it succeeds or fails its save, a creature is then temporarily immune to that wendigo's Howl for 24 hours.
Ride the Wind (air, concentrate, primal) — A creature forced to Ride the Wind along with the wendigo is exposed to wendigo torment. The target can attempt a new Will save each round to return to normal, though it immediately becomes corporeal and begins falling if it succeeds.
Wendigo Torment (curse, mental, primal) — A creature affected by wendigo torment can't recover beyond stage 1 until it has been restored to full HP.

Saving Throw DC 38 Will

Stage 1 Stupefied 4 (1 day)

Stage 2 As stage 1 (1 day)

Stage 3 The creature searches for an individual of its own ancestry to kill and devour. It then becomes affected by Migration and sprints into the sky so fast that its feet burn away into jagged stumps. As the creature wind walks into the sky, it is replaced by a new wendigo over 2d6 minutes.

Wish, similar magic, or a 9th-rank Resurrect ritual can return the victim to life. The new wendigo remains even if the victim is resurrected.
Grab
Primal Innate Spells DC 38, attack +30
8th Wind Walk (At Will)
4th Nightmare (see Dream Haunting)

WORKS WELL WITH

AnvilAERIALOccupies the party's attention while the wendigo isolates a target with Ride the Wind from above.
ShadeAERIALStrikes fear-affected targets the wendigo has softened with its Howl and torment.

PUNISHES

✖ clumping✖ low Will✖ standing still
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