pathfinder-2-sqlite-MIRROR/data/monsters/will-o'-wisp.yaml

ability_mods:
  cha_mod: 2
  con_mod: 0
  dex_mod: 6
  int_mod: 2
  str_mod: -5
  wis_mod: 4
ac: 27
ac_special: null
alignment: CE
automatic_abilities:
- action_cost: None
  critical_failure: null
  critical_success: null
  description: 20 feet. A will-o'-wisp is itself naturally invisible, but glows with
    a colored light, casting bright light in the aura and making it visible.
  effect: null
  effects: null
  failure: null
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Glow
  range: null
  raw_description: '**Glow** (__aura__, __light__) 20 feet. A will-o''-wisp is itself
    naturally invisible, but glows with a colored light, casting bright light in the
    aura and making it visible.'
  requirements: null
  success: null
  traits:
  - aura
  - light
  trigger: null
- action_cost: None
  critical_failure: null
  critical_success: null
  description: A will-o'-wisp is immune to all spells except __faerie fire__, __glitterdust__,
    __magic missile__, and __maze__.
  effect: null
  effects: null
  failure: null
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Magic Immunity
  range: null
  raw_description: '**Magic Immunity** A will-o''-wisp is immune to all spells except
    __faerie fire__, __glitterdust__, __magic missile__, and __maze__.'
  requirements: null
  success: null
  traits: null
  trigger: null
description: 'Malevolent balls of colored light, will-o''-wisps haunt lonely marshes
  and forests where they lure unsuspecting travelers into danger. Will-o''-wisps can
  vary the color and illumination they shed, and delight in mimicking bobbing lanterns
  or distant fires to draw lost or disoriented travelers off of safe trails. They
  can extinguish their illumination entirely to become invisible, and they enjoy doing
  so once their victims are wholly lost and have realized that the bobbing light in
  the distance isn''t, in fact, leading them to safety. Even invisible, however, a
  will-o''-wisp rarely ventures far from its target, as it feasts upon the panic and
  dread felt by its victims.




  Beneath its glow, a will-o''-wisp''s body is a spongy ball approximately 1 foot
  in diameter and weighing less than 5 pounds. Although most will-o''-wisps are merely
  translucent, featureless orbs, gaining definition only in the shifting illumination
  they create, a few have dark mottling that makes them resemble a skull when viewed
  closely. Will-o''-wisps have no need for mundane nourishment, and in fact lack the
  ability to consume matter of any kind; they find all the sustenance they need in
  the terror of nearby creatures. For this reason, they like to work alongside undead
  that produce terror in their victims. Will-o''-wisps are long-lived, if not effectively
  immortal, and they have good memories. A cowed or defeated will-o''-wisp can be
  a good source of lore and information, though acquiring such cooperation from such
  a sinister monster is no easy feat.




  Will-o''-wisps inhabit desolate swamps and forests and are generally active at twilight
  and after dark. They are therefore reluctant to lead victims into immediately fatal
  areas such as deadfalls, but instead prefer hazards where their victims suffer over
  a long time, such as pockets of stale or poisonous air, patches of quicksand, and
  dens of bigger monsters. According to will-o''-wisps, different types of fear have
  subtle differences in flavor. The lurking dread in the pit of the stomach that gnaws
  at those who slowly become aware of the fact that they''re lost produces a much
  different taste than the sudden stark terror of imminent death in the face of a
  towering monster. Because of this, will-o''-wisps try to vary the ways in which
  they induce terror in their prey, to ensure they don''t tire of certain flavors
  of fear.




  **__Recall Knowledge - Aberration__ (__Occultism__)**: DC 22'
hp: 50
hp_misc: null
immunities:
- magic
items: null
languages:
- Aklo
- Common
level: 6
melee:
- action_cost: One Action
  damage:
    formula: 2d8+4
    type: electricity
  name: shock
  plus_damage: null
  to_hit: 17
  traits:
  - electricity
  - magical
name: Will-o'-Wisp
perception: 16
proactive_abilities:
- action_cost: One Action
  critical_failure: null
  critical_success: null
  description: null
  effect: An enemy is under a fear effect or __dying__ within 15 feet of the will-o'-wisp.
  effects: null
  failure: null
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Feed on Fear
  range: null
  raw_description: '**Feed on Fear**   (__concentrate__) **Requirement** An enemy
    is under a fear effect or __dying__ within 15 feet of the will-o''-wisp. **Effect**
    The will-o''wisp feeds on the creature''s terror. It regains 2d4 Hit Points, and
    if it has Gone Dark, its glow reignites. A will-o''-wisp can take this action
    only once per round.'
  requirements: null
  success: null
  traits:
  - concentrate
  trigger: null
- action_cost: One Action
  critical_failure: null
  critical_success: null
  description: The will-o'-wisp extinguishes its glow, becoming invisible. It can
    end this effect with another use of this action. If it uses its shock attack while
    invisible, the arc of electricity lets any observer determine its location, making
    the will-o'-wisp only hidden to all observers until it moves.
  effect: null
  effects: null
  failure: null
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Go Dark
  range: null
  raw_description: '**Go Dark**   (__concentrate__) The will-o''-wisp extinguishes
    its glow, becoming invisible. It can end this effect with another use of this
    action. If it uses its shock attack while invisible, the arc of electricity lets
    any observer determine its location, making the will-o''-wisp only hidden to all
    observers until it moves.'
  requirements: null
  success: null
  traits:
  - concentrate
  trigger: null
ranged: null
rarity: Common
resistances: null
ritual_lists: null
saves:
  fort: 10
  fort_misc: null
  misc: null
  ref: 16
  ref_misc: null
  will: 14
  will_misc: null
sense_abilities: null
senses:
- Perception +16
- darkvision
size: Small
skills:
- bonus: 18
  misc: null
  name: 'Acrobatics '
- bonus: 12
  misc: null
  name: 'Deception '
- bonus: 12
  misc: null
  name: 'Intimidation '
- bonus: 16
  misc: null
  name: 'Stealth '
source:
- abbr: Bestiary
  page_start: 333
  page_stop: null
speed:
- amount: 50
  type: fly
spell_lists: null
traits:
- CE
- Small
- Aberration
- Air
type: Creature
weaknesses: null