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ability_mods:
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cha_mod: 5
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con_mod: 3
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dex_mod: 5
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int_mod: -2
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str_mod: 7
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wis_mod: 3
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ac: 30
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ac_special: null
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alignment: NE
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automatic_abilities:
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- action_cost: None
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critical_failure: null
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critical_success: null
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description: 5 feet, DC 29. Creatures beginning their turn in the area while the
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vrykolakas is in its true form are exposed to __bubonic plague__.
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effect: null
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effects: null
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failure: null
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frequency: null
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full_description: null
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generic_description: null
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name: Pestilential Aura
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range: null
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raw_description: '**Pestilential Aura** (__aura__, __divine__, __necromancy__) 5
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feet, DC 29. Creatures beginning their turn in the area while the vrykolakas is
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in its true form are exposed to __bubonic plague__.'
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requirements: null
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success: null
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traits:
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- aura
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- divine
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- necromancy
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trigger: null
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- action_cost: None
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critical_failure: null
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critical_success: null
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description: Vrykolakas all have the following vulnerabilities.
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effect: null
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effects:
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- action_cost: None
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critical_failure: null
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critical_success: null
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description: A vrykolakas is bound to the place of its death or interment. It
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must return to this location once per week and bury itself in the earth for
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24 hours, during which time it is __paralyzed__ and can be beheaded. If it is
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unable to return to this site, it is reduced to 0 Hit Points and attempts to
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use Feral Corruption; if this host animal can't return to the burial site before
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the possession effect ends, the vrykolakas is destroyed and the animal host
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returns to normal.
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effect: null
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effects: null
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failure: null
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frequency: null
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full_description: null
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generic_description: null
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name: Burial Site Bound
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range: null
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raw_description: '**Burial Site Bound** A vrykolakas is bound to the place of
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its death or interment. It must return to this location once per week and bury
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itself in the earth for 24 hours, during which time it is __paralyzed__ and
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can be beheaded. If it is unable to return to this site, it is reduced to 0
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Hit Points and attempts to use Feral Corruption; if this host animal can''t
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return to the burial site before the possession effect ends, the vrykolakas
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is destroyed and the animal host returns to normal.'
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requirements: null
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success: null
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traits: null
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trigger: null
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- action_cost: None
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critical_failure: null
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critical_success: null
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description: A vrykolakas that is beheaded can't use its Feral Possession, and
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a beheaded corpse cannot rise as a vrykolakas.
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effect: null
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effects: null
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failure: null
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frequency: null
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full_description: null
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generic_description: null
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name: Vulnerable to Decapitation
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range: null
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raw_description: '**Vulnerable to Decapitation** A vrykolakas that is beheaded
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can''t use its Feral Possession, and a beheaded corpse cannot rise as a vrykolakas.'
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requirements: null
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success: null
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traits: null
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trigger: null
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failure: null
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frequency: null
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full_description: null
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generic_description: null
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name: Vrykolakas Vulnerabilities
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range: null
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raw_description: "**Vrykolakas Vulnerabilities** Vrykolakas all have the following\
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\ vulnerabilities. \n\n * **Burial Site Bound** A vrykolakas is bound to the\
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\ place of its death or interment. It must return to this location once per week\
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\ and bury itself in the earth for 24 hours, during which time it is __paralyzed__\
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\ and can be beheaded. If it is unable to return to this site, it is reduced to\
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\ 0 Hit Points and attempts to use Feral Corruption; if this host animal can't\
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\ return to the burial site before the possession effect ends, the vrykolakas\
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\ is destroyed and the animal host returns to normal.\n\n * **Vulnerable to Decapitation**\
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\ A vrykolakas that is beheaded can't use its Feral Possession, and a beheaded\
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\ corpse cannot rise as a vrykolakas."
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requirements: null
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success: null
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traits: null
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trigger: null
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- action_cost: Free Action
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critical_failure: null
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critical_success: null
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description: null
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effect: 'Unlike most other undead, a vrykolakas isn''t destroyed when it reaches
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0 HP. Instead, it attempts to cast its spirit into an animal within 100 feet,
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which must attempt a Will save (DC 29). On a failure, the animal is possessed.
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This has the effects of the __possession__ spell, but it lasts a number of days
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equal to the vrykolakas''s level. This possession can''t be counteracted with
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magic (though __remove curse__ works against it normally).
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If the animal succeeds at its save, the vrykolakas can attempt to possess a different
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animal within 100 feet. If at any point an animal critically succeeds at its save
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or no animal is within 100 feet, the vrykolakas fails to possess anything and
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is destroyed.
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A vrykolakas possessing an animal seeks out its burial site (see Burial Site Bound)
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immediately, burying itself there. While the vrykolakas is in this state of recovery,
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its animal host is __paralyzed__, and beheading it destroys the vrykolakas and
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kills its host. Removing the curse destroys the vrykolakas and returns the animal
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to normal. After 1d4 days, if the vrykolakas hasn''t been destroyed, the animal
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dies and the vrykolakas rises in a new body that''s identical to its previous
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one, formed from the animal''s remains.'
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effects: null
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failure: null
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frequency: null
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full_description: null
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generic_description: null
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name: Feral Possession
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range: null
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raw_description: '**Feral Possession [Free Action]** (__curse__, __divine__, __incapacitation__,
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__mental__, __necromancy__, __possession__) **Trigger** The vrykolakas is reduced
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to 0 Hit Points, and an __animal__ is within 100 feet **Effect** Unlike most other
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undead, a vrykolakas isn''t destroyed when it reaches 0 HP. Instead, it attempts
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to cast its spirit into an animal within 100 feet, which must attempt a Will save
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(DC 29). On a failure, the animal is possessed. This has the effects of the __possession__
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spell, but it lasts a number of days equal to the vrykolakas''s level. This possession
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can''t be counteracted with magic (though __remove curse__ works against it normally).
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If the animal succeeds at its save, the vrykolakas can attempt to possess a different
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animal within 100 feet. If at any point an animal critically succeeds at its save
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or no animal is within 100 feet, the vrykolakas fails to possess anything and
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is destroyed.
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A vrykolakas possessing an animal seeks out its burial site (see Burial Site Bound)
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immediately, burying itself there. While the vrykolakas is in this state of recovery,
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its animal host is __paralyzed__, and beheading it destroys the vrykolakas and
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kills its host. Removing the curse destroys the vrykolakas and returns the animal
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to normal. After 1d4 days, if the vrykolakas hasn''t been destroyed, the animal
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dies and the vrykolakas rises in a new body that''s identical to its previous
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one, formed from the animal''s remains.'
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requirements: null
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success: null
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traits:
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- curse
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- divine
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- incapacitation
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- mental
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- necromancy
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- possession
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trigger: The vrykolakas is reduced to 0 Hit Points, and an __animal__ is within
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100 feet
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description: 'Vrykolakas masters are sinister shapechangers. They walk undetected
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among the living and prey upon them like a wolf among sheep, often leaving the corpses
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to rise as vrykolakas spawn.
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**__Recall Knowledge - Undead__ (__Religion__)**: DC 27'
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hp: 190
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hp_misc: negative healing
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immunities:
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- death effects
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- disease
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- paralyze
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- poison
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- sleep
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items: null
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languages:
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- Common
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level: 10
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melee:
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- action_cost: One Action
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damage:
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formula: 2d12+13
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type: piercing
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name: fangs
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plus_damage:
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- formula: null
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type: Drink Blood
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to_hit: 23
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traits: null
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- action_cost: One Action
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damage:
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formula: 2d8+13
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type: slashing
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name: claw
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plus_damage: null
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to_hit: 23
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traits:
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- agile
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name: Vrykolakas Master
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perception: 19
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proactive_abilities:
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- action_cost: One Action
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critical_failure: null
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critical_success: null
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description: A vrykolakas master can transform into a form resembling the body it
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had in life, with the effects of __humanoid form__ but with unlimited duration.
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It loses its fangs and claw Strikes but gains a +2 circumstance bonus to Deception
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checks to Impersonate in this form.
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effect: null
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effects: null
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failure: null
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frequency: null
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full_description: null
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generic_description: null
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name: Change Shape
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range: null
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raw_description: '**Change Shape** (__concentrate__, __divine__, __polymorph__,
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__transmutation__) A vrykolakas master can transform into a form resembling the
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body it had in life, with the effects of __humanoid form__ but with unlimited
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duration. It loses its fangs and claw Strikes but gains a +2 circumstance bonus
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to Deception checks to Impersonate in this form.'
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requirements: null
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success: null
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traits:
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- concentrate
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- divine
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- polymorph
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- transmutation
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trigger: null
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- action_cost: None
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critical_failure: null
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critical_success: null
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description: If a creature dies after being reduced to 0 HP by Drink Blood, a vrykolakas
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master can turn this creature into a __vrykolakas spawn__ by donating some of
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its own blood to the creature and burying it in earth for 3 nights. Such vrykolakas
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spawn are generally friendly to the vrykolakas that created them, but they are
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not under its control and typically wander off on their own rampage within 1d6
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days of their creation.
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effect: null
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effects: null
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failure: null
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frequency: null
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full_description: null
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generic_description: null
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name: Create Spawn
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range: null
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raw_description: '**Create Spawn** (__divine__, __downtime__, __necromancy__) If
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a creature dies after being reduced to 0 HP by Drink Blood, a vrykolakas master
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can turn this creature into a __vrykolakas spawn__ by donating some of its own
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blood to the creature and burying it in earth for 3 nights. Such vrykolakas spawn
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are generally friendly to the vrykolakas that created them, but they are not under
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its control and typically wander off on their own rampage within 1d6 days of their
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creation.'
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requirements: null
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success: null
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traits:
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- divine
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- downtime
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- necromancy
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trigger: null
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- action_cost: One Action
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critical_failure: null
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critical_success: null
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description: DC 29, The vrykolakas can cast __dominate__ at will as a divine innate
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spell that affects only animals. A creature that succeeds is immune to that vrykolakas's
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Dominate Animal for 24 hours. Destroying the vrykolakas ends the effect, but reducing
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it to 0 HP does not. A dominated animal takes a -4 circumstance penalty to saving
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throws against the vrykolakas's Feral Possession.
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effect: null
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effects: null
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failure: null
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frequency: null
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full_description: null
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generic_description: null
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name: Dominate Animal
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range: null
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raw_description: '**Dominate Animal** (__divine__, __enchantment__, __incapacitation__,
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__mental__) DC 29, The vrykolakas can cast __dominate__ at will as a divine innate
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spell that affects only animals. A creature that succeeds is immune to that vrykolakas''s
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Dominate Animal for 24 hours. Destroying the vrykolakas ends the effect, but reducing
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it to 0 HP does not. A dominated animal takes a -4 circumstance penalty to saving
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throws against the vrykolakas''s Feral Possession.'
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requirements: null
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success: null
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traits:
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- divine
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- enchantment
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- incapacitation
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- mental
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trigger: null
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- action_cost: One Action
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critical_failure: null
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critical_success: null
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description: null
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effect: The vrykolakas' last action was a successful fangs Strike
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effects: null
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failure: null
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frequency: null
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full_description: null
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generic_description: null
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name: Drink Blood
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range: null
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raw_description: '**Drink Blood** (__divine__, __necromancy__) **Requirements**
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The vrykolakas'' last action was a successful fangs Strike; **Effect** The vrykolakas
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sinks its fangs into that creature to drink its blood. This requires an __Athletics__
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check against the creature''s Fortitude DC. On a success, the creature becomes
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__drained 2__, and the vrykolakas regains 19 HP, gaining any excess HP as temporary
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Hit Points. Drinking Blood from a creature that''s already drained doesn''t restore
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any HP to the vampire, but it increases the creature''s drained condition value
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by 1. A vrykolakas can also consume blood that''s been emptied into a vessel for
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sustenance, but it gains no HP from doing so.
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The target creature''s drained condition value decreases by 1 per week. A blood
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transfusion, which requires a successful DC 20 Medicine check and sufficient blood
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or a blood donor, reduces the drained value by 1 after 10 minutes.'
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requirements: null
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success: null
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traits:
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- divine
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- necromancy
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trigger: null
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- action_cost: One Action
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critical_failure: null
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critical_success: null
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description: claw
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effect: The monster automatically deals that Strike's damage again to the enemy.
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effects: null
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failure: null
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frequency: null
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full_description: null
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generic_description: null
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name: Rend
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range: null
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raw_description: A Rend entry lists a Strike the monster has. **Requirements** The
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monster hit the same enemy with two consecutive Strikes of the listed type in
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the same round. **Effect** The monster automatically deals that Strike's damage
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again to the enemy.
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requirements: The monster hit the same enemy with two consecutive Strikes of the
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listed type in the same round.
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success: null
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traits: null
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trigger: null
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ranged: null
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rarity: Common
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resistances: null
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ritual_lists: null
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saves:
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fort: 19
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fort_misc: null
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misc: null
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ref: 21
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ref_misc: null
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will: 17
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will_misc: null
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sense_abilities:
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- action_cost: None
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critical_failure: null
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critical_success: null
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description: The presence of a vrykolakas master inspires savage creatures to crawl
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forth to do its bidding, including __rat swarms__, __wargs__, __werewolves__,
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and similar creatures. The vrykolakas master can give telepathic orders to these
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creatures within 100 feet, but they can't communicate back.
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effect: null
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effects: null
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failure: null
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frequency: null
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full_description: null
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generic_description: null
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name: Children of the Night
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range: null
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raw_description: '**Children of the Night** (__divine__, __enchantment__, __mental__)
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The presence of a vrykolakas master inspires savage creatures to crawl forth to
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do its bidding, including __rat swarms__, __wargs__, __werewolves__, and similar
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creatures. The vrykolakas master can give telepathic orders to these creatures
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within 100 feet, but they can''t communicate back.'
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requirements: null
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success: null
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traits:
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- divine
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- enchantment
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- mental
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trigger: null
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- action_cost: None
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critical_failure: null
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critical_success: null
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description: The vrykolakas moves at full Speed while __Tracking__.
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effect: null
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effects: null
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failure: null
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frequency: null
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full_description: null
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generic_description: null
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name: Swift Tracker
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range: null
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raw_description: '**Swift Tracker** The vrykolakas moves at full Speed while __Tracking__.'
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requirements: null
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success: null
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traits: null
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trigger: null
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senses:
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- Perception +19
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- darkvision
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size: Medium
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skills:
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- bonus: 19
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misc: null
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name: 'Acrobatics '
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- bonus: 23
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misc: null
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name: 'Athletics '
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- bonus: 19
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misc: null
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name: 'Deception '
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- bonus: 21
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misc: null
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name: 'Intimidation '
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- bonus: 21
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misc: null
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name: 'Stealth '
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- bonus: 17
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misc: null
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name: 'Survival '
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source:
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- abbr: Bestiary 2
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page_start: 276
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page_stop: null
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speed:
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- amount: 40
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type: Land
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- amount: 20
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type: climb
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spell_lists:
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- dc: 29
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misc: null
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name: Divine Innate Spells
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spell_groups:
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- heightened_level: null
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level: 5
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spells:
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- frequency: ×3
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name: vampiric touch
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requirement: null
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- heightened_level: null
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level: 3
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spells:
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- frequency: ×3
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name: fear
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requirement: null
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to_hit: null
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traits:
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- NE
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- Medium
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- Undead
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- Vampire
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type: Creature
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weaknesses: null
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