ability_mods: cha_mod: 8 con_mod: 9 dex_mod: 6 int_mod: 6 str_mod: 8 wis_mod: 6 ac: 44 ac_special: null active_abilities: - action_cost: None critical_failure: null critical_success: null description: A vrolikai can manifest a dagger-shaped blade of what looks like crystallized black flame in each of their four hands. These weapons function as +2 __greater striking__ __daggers__, although they fade away into nothingness 1 minute after a vrolikai no longer carries them. effect: null failure: null frequency: null maximum_duration: null name: Black Flame Knives range: null raw_description: '**Black Flame Knives** A vrolikai can manifest a dagger-shaped blade of what looks like crystallized black flame in each of their four hands. These weapons function as +2 __greater striking__ __daggers__, although they fade away into nothingness 1 minute after a vrolikai no longer carries them.' requirements: null saving_throw: null stages: null success: null traits: null trigger: null - action_cost: One Action critical_failure: As failure, but the creature increases the amount of drain by 2. critical_success: null description: The vrolikai focuses their death-stealing gaze upon a single target they can see within 30 feet. The target must immediately attempt a Fortitude save against death-stealing gaze. effect: null failure: The creature is affected by death-stealing gaze and becomes __drained 1__. If the creature was already drained 1 by the death-stealing gaze before attempting the save, a failed save increases the value of the drained condition by 1, to a maximum of drained 4. The vrolikai gains 10 temporary Hit Points, and the drained creature is temporarily immune until the start of the vrolikai's next turn. frequency: null maximum_duration: null name: Consume Death range: null raw_description: '**Consume Death** [One Action] (__concentrate__, __divine__, __necromancy__, __visual__) The vrolikai focuses their death-stealing gaze upon a single target they can see within 30 feet. The target must immediately attempt a Fortitude save against death-stealing gaze. **Success **The creature is unaffected. **Failure **The creature is affected by death-stealing gaze and becomes __drained 1__. If the creature was already drained 1 by the death-stealing gaze before attempting the save, a failed save increases the value of the drained condition by 1, to a maximum of drained 4. The vrolikai gains 10 temporary Hit Points, and the drained creature is temporarily immune until the start of the vrolikai''s next turn. **Critical Failure **As failure, but the creature increases the amount of drain by 2.' requirements: null saving_throw: null stages: null success: The creature is unaffected. traits: - concentrate - divine - necromancy - visual trigger: null - action_cost: Two Actions critical_failure: null critical_success: null description: The vrolikai attacks a single target with all of its black flame knives. The demon makes a black flame knife Strike. On a successful attack, the vrolikai deals the damage from a black flame knife Strike to the target, plus an additional 2d6 negative damage for every black flame knife they wield beyond the first (typically 6d6 extra damage). Even on a failed attack, the vrolikai deals the damage from one black flame knife to the target, though they still miss completely on a critical failure. On a critical hit, the victim becomes __drained 2__ as the focused attack drains pure life essence as well as damage. This counts toward the vrolikai's multiple attack penalty as a number of attacks equal to the number of black flame knives the demon wields. effect: null failure: null frequency: null maximum_duration: null name: Focused Flames range: null raw_description: '**Focused Flames** [Two Actions] The vrolikai attacks a single target with all of its black flame knives. The demon makes a black flame knife Strike. On a successful attack, the vrolikai deals the damage from a black flame knife Strike to the target, plus an additional 2d6 negative damage for every black flame knife they wield beyond the first (typically 6d6 extra damage). Even on a failed attack, the vrolikai deals the damage from one black flame knife to the target, though they still miss completely on a critical failure. On a critical hit, the victim becomes __drained 2__ as the focused attack drains pure life essence as well as damage. This counts toward the vrolikai''s multiple attack penalty as a number of attacks equal to the number of black flame knives the demon wields.' requirements: null saving_throw: null stages: null success: null traits: null trigger: null - action_cost: None critical_failure: As failure, but the creature also becomes confused for 1 minute. critical_success: The creature is unaffected. description: The sting of a vrolikai is mind-warping. A creature struck must attempt a DC 44 Will save. effect: null failure: The creature becomes stupefied 1. Further failed saves against mindwarping increase the condition value by 1, to a maximum of stupefied 4. frequency: null maximum_duration: null name: Mindwarping range: null raw_description: '**Mindwarping** (__emotion__, __enchantment__, __mental__) The sting of a vrolikai is mind-warping. A creature struck must attempt a DC 44 Will save. **Critical Success **The creature is unaffected. **Success **The creature becomes __stupefied 1__ for 1 minute. **Failure **The creature becomes stupefied 1. Further failed saves against mindwarping increase the condition value by 1, to a maximum of stupefied 4. **Critical Failure **As failure, but the creature also becomes confused for 1 minute.' requirements: null saving_throw: null stages: null success: The creature becomes __stupefied 1__ for 1 minute. traits: - emotion - enchantment - mental trigger: null - action_cost: None critical_failure: null critical_success: null description: A creature that dies while suffering drain from a vrolikai's death-stealing gaze rises as a __ghoul__ the next midnight. effect: null failure: null frequency: null maximum_duration: null name: Stolen Death range: null raw_description: '**Stolen Death** A creature that dies while suffering drain from a vrolikai''s death-stealing gaze rises as a __ghoul__ the next midnight.' requirements: null saving_throw: null stages: null success: null traits: null trigger: null alignment: CE automatic_abilities: - action_cost: None critical_failure: null critical_success: null description: When a non-demon ends its turn in the aura, it must attempt a DC 38 Fortitude save. If it fails, it becomes __drained 1__. effect: null failure: null frequency: null maximum_duration: null name: Death-Stealing Gaze range: 30 feet raw_description: '**Death-Stealing Gaze** (__aura__, __divine__, __necromancy__, __visual__) 30 feet. When a non-demon ends its turn in the aura, it must attempt a DC 38 Fortitude save. If it fails, it becomes __drained 1__.' requirements: null saving_throw: null stages: null success: null traits: - aura - divine - necromancy - visual trigger: null description: 'Unlike other demons, the dread vrolikai doesn''t form from a sinful soul—they instead manifest from a __nabasu__ once the nabasu finally satisfies their hunger and returns to the __Abyss__, and as such vrolikais suffer from no vulnerability associated with a specific sin. A vrolikai who survives this process and the period of vulnerability that follows gains great power and in time can claim large regions of the Abyss as their own domain. Also known as death demons, these murderous monsters often serve demon lords as executioners or assassins. **__Recall Knowledge - Fiend__ (__Religion__)**: DC 41' hp: 375 hp_misc: null immunities: - __death__ effects languages: - Abyssal - Celestial - Draconic - Necril - telepathy 100 feet level: 19 melee_attacks: - action_cost: One Action damage: - formula: 4d12+16 type: piercing - formula: 1d6 type: evil name: jaws to_hit: 38 traits: - evil - magical - reach 10 feet - action_cost: One Action damage: - formula: 3d4+16 type: piercing - formula: 2d6 type: negative name: black flame knife to_hit: 38 traits: - agile - chaotic - evil - magical - action_cost: One Action damage: - formula: 4d8+16 type: piercing - formula: 1d6 type: evil name: stinger to_hit: 38 traits: - evil - magical - reach 15 feet name: Vrolikai perception: 33 ranged_attacks: null rarity: Uncommon saves: fort: 34 fort_misc: null misc: +1 to all saves vs. magic ref: 31 ref_misc: null will: 31 will_misc: null senses: - darkvision - true seeing size: Large skills: - bonus: 37 misc: null name: Acrobatics - bonus: 33 misc: null name: Arcana - bonus: 35 misc: null name: Deception - bonus: 37 misc: null name: Intimidation - bonus: 33 misc: null name: Religion - bonus: 33 misc: null name: Stealth - bonus: 33 misc: null name: Survival sources: - abbr: Bestiary 2 page_start: '68' page_stop: null speed: - amount: 35 misc: null type: Land - amount: 50 misc: null type: fly spell_lists: - attack_bonus: null cantrips: null constants: - level: 6 spells: - misc: null name: true seeing dc: 43 focus_points: null misc: null spell_lists: - level: 9 spells: - misc: null name: massacre - misc: null name: power word kill - misc: null name: vampiric exsanguination - level: 7 spells: - misc: null name: paralyze - misc: null name: regenerate - level: 5 spells: - misc: at will name: dimension door spells_source: Divine Innate Spells - attack_bonus: null cantrips: null constants: null dc: 43 focus_points: null misc: null spell_lists: - level: 1 spells: - misc: null name: abyssal pact spells_source: Rituals traits: - Demon - Fiend weaknesses: - amount: 272 misc: null type: