ability_mods:
  cha_mod: -5
  con_mod: 0
  dex_mod: 4
  int_mod: -5
  str_mod: 3
  wis_mod: 2
ac: 19
ac_special: null
alignment: N
automatic_abilities: null
description: 'Although the necrophidius is a mindless construct with no particular
  ability to comprehend the complexities of good or evil, these sinister-looking constructs
  are often crafted by evil or macabre creators seeking to imbue their guardians with
  a frightening aesthetic.




  Constructed from bones harvested from serpents and humans, a necrophidius is animated
  by occult magic, not unlife. Each necrophidius is built from the skeleton of a large
  snake, but its skull has been replaced by that of a humanoid creature. Some death
  cults or particularly cruel crafters seek out the skulls of specific individuals
  against whom they bear grudges to provide the head for their necrophidius. The final
  step of the construction is the alteration of the teeth and jaws to give the creature
  a more serpentine visage, complete with fangs.




  If a necrophidius''s creator dies, the construct follows the last series of commands
  it was given. If it cannot do so, the necrophidius aimlessly wanders the area near
  where it last served its creator and attacks any creatures it encounters. Some believe
  that those who know the secrets of a necrophidius''s origins can command it, provided
  its original creator no longer exists and no one else currently commands it. There
  are also a number of reports concerning strangely aware and intelligent necrophidiuses
  that roam with a purpose and track down or hunt specific living creatures they interpret
  as the targets of former assassination missions.




  **__Recall Knowledge - Construct__ (__Arcana__, __Crafting__)**: DC 18'
hp: 50
hp_misc: null
immunities:
- bleed
- death effects
- disease
- doomed
- drained
- fatigued
- healing
- mental
- necromancy
- nonlethal attacks
- paralyzed
- poison
- sickened
- unconscious
items: null
knowledge_checks:
  dc: 18
  skills:
  - Arcana
  - Crafting
languages: null
level: 3
melee:
- action_cost: One Action
  damage:
    formula: 1d10+3
    type: piercing
  name: jaws
  plus_damage:
  - formula: null
    type: necrophidic paralysis
  to_hit: 8
  traits:
  - agile
  - finesse
name: Necrophidius
perception: 9
proactive_abilities:
- action_cost: Three Actions
  critical_failure: As failure, but stunned 3.
  critical_success: The creature is unaffected and is temporarily immune for 24 hours.
  description: "The necrophidius sways, its serpentine form undulating and clattering\
    \ in a hypnotic rhythm. Each creature that witnesses the dance must attempt a\
    \ DC 18 Will save. \n\n"
  effect: null
  effects: null
  failure: The creature is distracted by the swaying, becoming stunned 1. After it
    recovers, it is flat-footed until the end of the necrophidius's next turn.
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Dance of Death
  range: null
  raw_description: "**Dance of Death** [Three Actions]  (__enchantment__, __mental__,\
    \ __occult__, __visual__) The necrophidius sways, its serpentine form undulating\
    \ and clattering in a hypnotic rhythm. Each creature that witnesses the dance\
    \ must attempt a DC 18 Will save. \n\n**Critical Success** The creature is unaffected\
    \ and is temporarily immune for 24 hours. \n\n**Success** The creature is unnerved\
    \ by the swaying and becomes __flat-footed__ until the end of the necrophidius's\
    \ next turn. \n\n**Failure** The creature is distracted by the swaying, becoming\
    \ __stunned 1__. After it recovers, it is flat-footed until the end of the necrophidius's\
    \ next turn. \n\n**Critical Failure** As failure, but stunned 3."
  requirements: null
  success: The creature is unnerved by the swaying and becomes flat-footed until the
    end of the necrophidius's next turn.
  traits:
  - enchantment
  - mental
  - occult
  - visual
  trigger: null
- action_cost: None
  critical_failure: null
  critical_success: null
  description: A living creature bitten by a necrophidius must succeed at a DC 20
    Fortitude save or become __paralyzed__. It can attempt a new save at the end of
    each of its turns, and the DC cumulatively decreases by 1 for each save attempted.
    A creature that succeeds at this save is temporarily immune to necrophidic paralysis
    for 24 hours.
  effect: null
  effects: null
  failure: null
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Necrophidic Paralysis
  range: null
  raw_description: '**Necrophidic Paralysis** (__incapacitation__, __occult__, __necromancy__)
    A living creature bitten by a necrophidius must succeed at a DC 20 Fortitude save
    or become __paralyzed__. It can attempt a new save at the end of each of its turns,
    and the DC cumulatively decreases by 1 for each save attempted. A creature that
    succeeds at this save is temporarily immune to necrophidic paralysis for 24 hours.'
  requirements: null
  success: null
  traits:
  - incapacitation
  - occult
  - necromancy
  trigger: null
ranged: null
rarity: Common
resistances:
- amount: 5
  type: bludgeoning
ritual_lists: null
saves:
  fort: 7
  fort_misc: null
  misc: null
  ref: 11
  ref_misc: null
  will: 9
  will_misc: null
sense_abilities: null
senses:
- Perception +9
- darkvision
size: Medium
skills:
- bonus: 9
  misc: null
  name: 'Acrobatics '
- bonus: 10
  misc: null
  name: 'Athletics '
- bonus: 9
  misc: null
  name: 'Stealth '
source:
- abbr: Bestiary 2
  page_start: 180
  page_stop: null
speed:
- amount: 25
  type: Land
spell_lists: null
traits:
- N
- Medium
- Construct
- Mindless
type: Creature
weaknesses: null