Queen Sluagh

A creature with greater darkvision can see perfectly well in areas of darkness and dim light, though such vision is in black and white only. A creature with greater darkvision can see through even forms of magical darkness.

120 feet. DC 37 will A creature that first enters the area must attempt a Will save. Regardless of the result of the saving throw, the creature is temporarily immune to this monster's Frightful Presence for 1 minute. Critical Success The creature is unaffected by the presence. Success The creature is Frightened 1. Failure The creature is Frightened 2. Critical Failure The creature is Frightened 4.

The sluagh is aware of all doomed creatures, dying creatures, and creatures that died within the last hour within the listed range.

A sluagh queen knows any language of a creature whose soul they've devoured and can perfectly mimic its voice by attempting a Deception check to Lie, with a +4 circumstance bonus.

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.

The queen sends out shriek to all sluagh within 1 mile, summoning them to her. This typically calls 2d4 Sluagh Reapers. If the queen is facing foes strong enough to threaten her, these are likely too weak to pose a threat but can assist by fetching items or getting in enemies' way.

The queen touches a dying creature or a creature that died within the past 1 hour with her proboscis. If the target is dying, it must attempt a DC 41 fortitude save; on a failure, its dying value increases by 2 (3 on a critical failure). If the target is dead, the queen devours the soul. Unless the queen is destroyed, the target can't be returned to life through any means, even powerful magic such as Wish.

The queen sluagh becomes incorporeal until the start of their next turn, and Flies up to their fly Speed. While incorporeal, they are immune to precision damage, and have resistance 10 to all damage (except force, Ghost Touch , or vitality); this resistance is doubled against non-magical damage. After using Ghostly Swoop, the queen sluagh can't use it again for 1d4 rounds.

Requirements The queen has a creature Grabbed or Restrained with her proboscis

The queen devours a portion of the creature's soul and steals some of its ability. The creature takes 5d8 void damage (DC 41 fortitude save). The queen gains temporary HP equal to the total amount of HP the target loses, including any HP lost from being drained. Critical Success The creature is unaffected. Success The creature takes half damage and is Drained 1. Failure The creature takes full damage and is drained 1 and Doomed 1. The queen steals a spell slot or training. If she steals a spell from a prepared caster, she transfers the spell to herself; if she steals from a spontaneous caster, she gains a prepared spell of the appropriate rank and expends one of the creature's spell slots of that rank. If she steals training, she chooses Perception, attack modifier, or any skill. For 24 hours, she gains a +2 status bonus to that statistic and the creature takes a -2 status penalty. The queen can have any number of stolen abilities, but only one from each creature. Critical Failure As failure, but double damage.

Trigger The monster's last action was a successful Strike that lists Improved Grab in its damage entry, or the monster has a creature Grabbed or Restrained Effect If used after a Strike, the monster attempts to Grapple the creature using the body part it attacked with as a free action. This attempt neither applies nor counts toward the creature's multiple attack penalty. The monster can instead use Improved Grab as an action and choose one creature it's grabbing or restraining with an appendage that has Improved Grab to automatically extend that condition to the end of the monster's next turn.