Accursed Forge-Spurned
Level 15Attacks
Abilities
As long as its soul chain remains intact, the accursed forge-spurned can't be truly destroyed and rises again fully healed at the next sundown, even if its physical body was destroyed.
A creature that touches the accursed forge-spurned (including Grappling it or hitting it with an unarmed attack) takes 4d6 fire damage (DC 33 reflex save).
The accursed forge-spurned breathes a cloud of stinging soot, ash, and glowing embers. This can affect either a 30-foot area or a 20-foot area centered on the accursed forge-spurned and persists for .
Creatures that move into or start their turn in the area take 12d6 fire damage (DC 36 reflex save).
A creature that fails its save is also Blinded for 1 minute. Creatures within the cloud are Concealed, though not from the accursed forge-spurned.
The accursed forge-spurned
Requirements The accursed forge-spurned has used Forge Breath.
Effect The accursed forge-spurned re-inflates its flaccid lungs, enabling it to use Forge Breath again.
If a creature is slain by an attack from the soul chain and the accursed forge-spurned is able to retain the creature's corpse, it can bind the creature's soul into the soul chain (as Seize Soul) with a day of work at a forge and a DC 20 crafting check.
An individual whose soul is bound in this way can't be resurrected unless the soul chain is destroyed (Hardness 10, 40 HP, BT 20).
When the accursed forge-spurned critically hits a target with its soul chain , the chain leeches away a portion of the target's soul. The target must attempt a DC 36 fortitude save.
Critical Success The target is unaffected.
Success The target is Drained 1.
Failure The target is Drained 2.
Critical Failure The target is drained 2 and Stunned 2 from the pain.
This undead dwarf has gorged on suffering over the centuries, and in that time has grown immense himself, so that he is proportioned more like a giant than a dwarf.