pathfinder-2-sqlite-MIRROR/data/monsters/herecite of zevgavizeb.yaml

ability_mods:
  cha_mod: 7
  con_mod: 5
  dex_mod: 4
  int_mod: 1
  str_mod: 6
  wis_mod: 4
ac: 30
ac_special: null
alignment: CE
automatic_abilities:
- action_cost: Reaction
  critical_failure: null
  critical_success: null
  description: null
  effect: The herecite warps the caster's prayers into a sacrilegious echo praising
    the evils of its own deity. The triggering caster must succeed at a DC 29 Will
    saving throw or their spell is disrupted and their action wasted.
  effects: null
  failure: null
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Perverse Prayer
  range: null
  raw_description: '**Perverse Prayer** [Reaction] (__auditory__, __divine__, __evil__)
    **Trigger** A creature within 30 feet uses the Sustain a Spell action to sustain
    a divine spell or the Cast a Spell action to cast a divine spell with a verbal
    component; **Effect** The herecite warps the caster''s prayers into a sacrilegious
    echo praising the evils of its own deity. The triggering caster must succeed at
    a DC 29 Will saving throw or their spell is disrupted and their action wasted.'
  requirements: null
  success: null
  traits:
  - auditory
  - divine
  - evil
  trigger: A creature within 30 feet uses the Sustain a Spell action to sustain a
    divine spell or the Cast a Spell action to cast a divine spell with a verbal component
description: 'Secreted away in the dark corners of unnamed libraries, necromancer''s
  dens, and heretical scriptoriums, obscure texts describe a horrifying ritual that
  combines sacrifice and suffering to create a powerful undead being known as a herecite.
  These monsters, stripped of personal will or desire, are born into the service of
  an evil god whom they worship unerringly and untiringly, often in spite of any opposing
  religious leanings they may have had in life. Every herecite harbors an unquenchable
  self-hatred because it was defiled by such a foul resurrection—a rage it turns outward
  in an attempt to rob others of their faith and lives.




  Herecites often outlast the cults that create them. Stranded herecites are drawn
  to others of their kind, even if they are dedicated to different evil deities, and
  when brought together they perform rites to magically bind themselves in a group
  known as a cabal. While cabal members share enhanced magic and defenses, induction
  into a cabal appears to hold even deeper significance for herecites. The presence
  of others of their kind with whom they can pray—in verses warped to venerate wicked
  gods—seems the only solace these tormented beings can find in undeath. Such a fellowship
  of sorrow is nigh unbreakable, as many an overzealous crusader has discovered far
  too late.




  Customarily found within heavily modified temples to the pantheon of gods they collectively
  worship, herecites act in service to their creators or as protectors of unholy ground.
  High priests of different evil gods may even trade herecites among themselves, allowing
  their minions to form cabals strengthened by their varied faiths. A lone herecite
  cut off from its creators—often because it is the sole remnant of a destroyed temple
  or its master has perished—may wander far and wide in search of a cabal to join.
  Other times, the herecite seeks out a place sacred to the deity it worshipped in
  life. Whether motivated by a desire for contrition or vengeance, the end result
  of this baleful pilgrimage is always the desecration of the holy site and the slaughter
  of its congregants, who may in turn rise as lesser forms of undead.




  **__Recall Knowledge - Undead__ (__Religion__)**: DC 29'
hp: 200
hp_misc: negative healing
immunities: null
items:
- +1 striking spiked gauntlet
languages:
- Common
- Draconic
- Infernal
level: 10
melee:
- action_cost: One Action
  damage:
    formula: 2d4+10
    type: piercing
  name: unholy spiked gauntlet
  plus_damage:
  - formula: 1d6
    type: evil
  to_hit: 22
  traits:
  - agile
  - free-hand
name: Herecite of Zevgavizeb
perception: 20
proactive_abilities:
- action_cost: Three Actions
  critical_failure: null
  critical_success: null
  description: null
  effect: The herecite is in a cabal of three or more members, two of which are within
    60 feet and have used Cabal Communion within the last round
  effects: null
  failure: null
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Assault the Soul
  range: null
  raw_description: '**Assault the Soul** [Three Actions]  (__concentrate__, __divine__,
    __evil__, __necromancy__) **Requirements** The herecite is in a cabal of three
    or more members, two of which are within 60 feet and have used Cabal Communion
    within the last round; **Effect** The herecite casts __bind soul__, __spirit blast__,
    or __spiritual epidemic__ (DC 31). Once a herecite has used this ability (whether
    or not it was successful), the cabal must wait 24 hours before one of its members
    can use Assault the Soul again.'
  requirements: null
  success: null
  traits:
  - concentrate
  - divine
  - evil
  - necromancy
  trigger: null
- action_cost: Two Actions
  critical_failure: null
  critical_success: null
  description: With murmurs and chants, the herecite casts its consciousness toward
    the other members of its cabal. For 1 round, it senses what other members are
    sensing, knows their thoughts, and knows their exact location.
  effect: null
  effects: null
  failure: null
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Cabal Communion
  range: null
  raw_description: '**Cabal Communion** [Two Actions]  (__auditory__, __concentrate__)
    With murmurs and chants, the herecite casts its consciousness toward the other
    members of its cabal. For 1 round, it senses what other members are sensing, knows
    their thoughts, and knows their exact location.'
  requirements: null
  success: null
  traits:
  - auditory
  - concentrate
  trigger: null
- action_cost: Two Actions
  critical_failure: null
  critical_success: null
  description: Recalling the cruelty of the foul ritual that birthed it, the herecite
    curses an enemy with a fragment of its blasphemy. The herecite targets one creature
    within 30 feet, which must attempt a DC 29 Will save. On a failure, the creature
    is cursed. As long as the creature is cursed, any art object, symbol, or implement
    of religious significance in the creature's possession—such as a divine spellcasting
    focus, holy text, fetish, or rendering of a deity—becomes physically corrupted
    in a way that debases the deity's tenets (a depiction of __Shelyn's__ songbird,
    for example, might lose its beautiful plumage to reveal a hideous skeletal form
    beneath). While these items continue to function normally, the cursed creature
    is __stupefied__ 2 as long as it possesses an object corrupted in this fashion.
    The creature can cast off its corrupted objects to remove the stupefied condition,
    but any new religious objects it takes into its possession become similarly corrupted.
    The curse can be lifted by a __remove curse__ spell or by an __atone__ ritual.
    After a creature is targeted with this ability, regardless of whether it was affected,
    it becomes immune to herecites' Curse of Defiled Idols for 1 day.
  effect: null
  effects: null
  failure: null
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Curse of Defiled Idols
  range: null
  raw_description: '**Curse of Defiled Idols** [Two Actions]  (__curse__, __divine__,
    __evil__) Recalling the cruelty of the foul ritual that birthed it, the herecite
    curses an enemy with a fragment of its blasphemy. The herecite targets one creature
    within 30 feet, which must attempt a DC 29 Will save. On a failure, the creature
    is cursed. As long as the creature is cursed, any art object, symbol, or implement
    of religious significance in the creature''s possession—such as a divine spellcasting
    focus, holy text, fetish, or rendering of a deity—becomes physically corrupted
    in a way that debases the deity''s tenets (a depiction of __Shelyn''s__ songbird,
    for example, might lose its beautiful plumage to reveal a hideous skeletal form
    beneath). While these items continue to function normally, the cursed creature
    is __stupefied__ 2 as long as it possesses an object corrupted in this fashion.
    The creature can cast off its corrupted objects to remove the stupefied condition,
    but any new religious objects it takes into its possession become similarly corrupted.
    The curse can be lifted by a __remove curse__ spell or by an __atone__ ritual.
    After a creature is targeted with this ability, regardless of whether it was affected,
    it becomes immune to herecites'' Curse of Defiled Idols for 1 day.'
  requirements: null
  success: null
  traits:
  - curse
  - divine
  - evil
  trigger: null
ranged: null
rarity: Uncommon
resistances: null
ritual_lists:
- dc: 28
  misc: null
  name: Rituals
  spell_groups:
  - heightened_level: null
    level: 2
    spells:
    - frequency: null
      name: consecrate
      requirement: null
  to_hit: null
saves:
  fort: 19
  fort_misc: null
  misc: null
  ref: 20
  ref_misc: null
  will: 22
  will_misc: null
sense_abilities:
- action_cost: None
  critical_failure: null
  critical_success: null
  description: Multiple herecites can form a cabal to gain increased magical abilities
    and defenses. A cabal consists of two to five herecites. The ritual to form a
    cabal (or to welcome new herecites into an existing cabal) requires 24 hours of
    worship, prayer, and vile sacrifice, after which point the herecites become magically
    bound to one another. All herecites in a cabal gain the cleric domain spells granted
    by each individual herecite's deity, and each herecite's focus pool increases
    to 3 Focus Points. As long as the cabal exists, herecites in the cabal gain a
    +2 status bonus to Perception checks and fast healing 10. These benefits persist
    as long as the cabal consists of two or more herecites that remain within 1 mile
    of one another.
  effect: null
  effects: null
  failure: null
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Cabal
  range: null
  raw_description: '**Cabal** Multiple herecites can form a cabal to gain increased
    magical abilities and defenses. A cabal consists of two to five herecites. The
    ritual to form a cabal (or to welcome new herecites into an existing cabal) requires
    24 hours of worship, prayer, and vile sacrifice, after which point the herecites
    become magically bound to one another. All herecites in a cabal gain the cleric
    domain spells granted by each individual herecite''s deity, and each herecite''s
    focus pool increases to 3 Focus Points. As long as the cabal exists, herecites
    in the cabal gain a +2 status bonus to Perception checks and fast healing 10.
    These benefits persist as long as the cabal consists of two or more herecites
    that remain within 1 mile of one another.'
  requirements: null
  success: null
  traits: null
  trigger: null
- action_cost: None
  critical_failure: null
  critical_success: null
  description: 'A herecite is associated with one evil god and is always of the same
    alignment as that god. Whenever it wields its deity''s favored weapon, that weapon
    gains the __unholy__ rune. The herecite''s creators select two domains from their
    deity; the herecite can cast the domain spells and the advanced domain spells
    from those domains as cleric focus spells. The herecite can cast the deity''s
    other granted cleric spells as divine innate spells. Most herecites have 2 Focus
    Points in their focus pool. The herecite presented here is a herecite of __Zevgavizeb__.


    '
  effect: null
  effects: null
  failure: null
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Herecite Deity
  range: null
  raw_description: '**Herecite Deity** A herecite is associated with one evil god
    and is always of the same alignment as that god. Whenever it wields its deity''s
    favored weapon, that weapon gains the __unholy__ rune. The herecite''s creators
    select two domains from their deity; the herecite can cast the domain spells and
    the advanced domain spells from those domains as cleric focus spells. The herecite
    can cast the deity''s other granted cleric spells as divine innate spells. Most
    herecites have 2 Focus Points in their focus pool. The herecite presented here
    is a herecite of __Zevgavizeb__.


    '
  requirements: null
  success: null
  traits: null
  trigger: null
senses:
- Perception +20
- darkvision
- detect alignment (good only)
size: Medium
skills:
- bonus: 20
  misc: null
  name: 'Athletics '
- bonus: 23
  misc: null
  name: 'Intimidation '
- bonus: 22
  misc: null
  name: 'Religion '
- bonus: 19
  misc: null
  name: 'Zevgavizeb Lore '
source:
- abbr: 'Pathfinder #153: Life''s Long Shadow'
  page_start: 80
  page_stop: null
speed:
- amount: 30
  type: Land
spell_lists:
- dc: 28
  misc: null
  name: Divine Innate Spells
  spell_groups:
  - heightened_level: null
    level: 5
    spells:
    - frequency: null
      name: ravening maw
      requirement: null
  - heightened_level: null
    level: 3
    spells:
    - frequency: null
      name: crisis of faith
      requirement: null
    - frequency: at will
      name: harm
      requirement: null
    - frequency: null
      name: meld into stone
      requirement: null
  - heightened_level: null
    level: 2
    spells:
    - frequency: x3
      name: darkness
      requirement: null
  - heightened_level: null
    level: 1
    spells:
    - frequency: null
      name: ray of enfeeblement
      requirement: null
  - heightened_level: 5
    level: -1
    spells:
    - frequency: good only
      name: detect alignment
      requirement: null
  to_hit: null
- dc: 28
  misc: null
  name: Cleric Focus Spells
  spell_groups:
  - heightened_level: null
    level: 4
    spells:
    - frequency: null
      name: enduring might
      requirement: null
    - frequency: null
      name: nature's bounty
      requirement: null
  - heightened_level: null
    level: 1
    spells:
    - frequency: null
      name: athletic rush
      requirement: null
    - frequency: null
      name: vibrant thorns
      requirement: null
  to_hit: null
traits:
- Uncommon
- CE
- Medium
- Undead
type: Creature
weaknesses:
- amount: 10
  type: good