Path Maiden (Spring's Path)

Level 12

Creature· chaoticRareMediumRemaster

AC 31

HP 160 (void healing)

Speed 25 ft.

Fort +18

Ref +22

Will +24

Perc +22

Size Medium

Rare

chaoticevilincorporeal spirit undead unholy

Immunities bleed, death effects, disease, paralyzed, poison, precision, unconscious

Resistances all 5 (except force, ghost touch, vitality; double vs non magical)

Spells

Occult Innate Spells (DC 32, attack +24)

6th Phantasmal Calamity, Spirit Blast; 5th Illusory Scene, Wave of Despair; 4th Outcast's Curse, Translocate; Cantrips Figment, Know the Way, Light, Telekinetic Hand, Telekinetic Projectile

Languages common, empyrean, necril

Senses darkvision

Skills intimidation +24, deception +22, occultism +22, religion +22

Recall Knowledge occultism or religion DC 35

Attacks

Melee Apostate's Shroud +21/+17/+13(agile, finesse, magical)

Damage: 3d10+8 mental

Effect: path maiden corrupting doubt

Abilities

Telepathy 100 feetinteraction(aura, magical, mental)

A monster with telepathy can communicate mentally with any creatures within the listed radius, as long as they share a language. This doesn't give any special access to their thoughts, and communicates no more information than normal speech would.

Limited Flightinteraction

A path maiden has a fly Speed equal to her Speed but can't fly higher than 10 feet above the ground, and if she ends her turn above a nonsolid surface, she vanishes and rematerializes on the last space she occupied over solid ground and becomes Stunned 1.

+1 Status to All Saves vs. Vitalitydefensive

Imprisoning Gravedefensive(aura, divine)

30 feet. The soul of a creature that dies within the path maiden's aura is trapped within its corpse until its body spends 1 minute outside the aura. While trapped, the soul can't move on to the afterlife but can still be brought back to life or transformed into an undead creature.

Void Healingdefensive

A creature with void healing draws health from void energy rather than vitality energy. It is damaged by vitality damage and is not healed by vitality healing effects. It does not take void damage, and it is healed by void effects that heal undead.

Blasphemous Auraoffensive(aura, occult)

30 feet. When a creature in the aura uses a spell or ability with the healing trait, it must succeed at a Will save against the path maiden's spell DC – 3. On a failure, the amount of Hit Points restored by the spell or ability is halved. On a critical failure, the vitality energy becomes void energy, harming a living target instead of healing it.

Corrupting Doubtoffensive(emotion, mental, occult)

A creature damaged by the path maiden's hand Strike must succeed at a Will save to avoid becoming Slowed 1 for 1 round (Slowed 2 on a critical failure).

Description

Worshippers in Shenmen who devote their every breath to Pharasma only to defy the goddess with their last sometimes transform, upon death, into path maidens. The garments all path maidens wear are the last vestiges of their former faith, a permanent reminder of their disgrace.

Path Nomads

Path maidens almost always manifest in feminine forms. Those who manifest in masculine forms are instead known as path nomads. These undead have the same abilities but tend to travel more widely; they represent turning one's back on Pharasma's role as a prophet and manipulator of destiny than of her roles over birth and death.