Ghessa (5-6)
Level 7Attacks
Abilities
The target can't recover from the fatigued condition caused by black apoxia until the disease is cured
Saving Throw DC 24 fortitude
Stage 1 carrier with no ill effect (1 day)
Stage 2 Drained 1 and Fatigued (1 day)
Stage 3 Drained 2 and fatigued (1 day)
Stage 4 dead
When the kurobozu scores a critical hit with an unarmed attack, the target must succeed at a DC 23 fortitude save or be Slowed 1 until the end of its next turn.
When the kurobozu damages a living creature with an unarmed Strike, the target must succeed at a DC 25 fortitude save or become Stupefied 1 for 1 minute. Further damage dealt by the kurobozu resets the duration to 1 minute and increases the stupefied value by 1 on a failed save, to a maximum of Stupefied 4.
Requirements The kurobozu is adjacent to a living creature that is Paralyzed, Slowed, Stunned, or Unconscious
Effect The kurobozu leans over and sucks the breath from the target, who must attempt a DC 23 fortitude save. Regardless of the result, the creature is exposed to black apoxia and its breath reeks of carrion for 1 minute.
Critical Success The creature is unaffected.
Success The creature can't speak for 1 minute.
Failure The creature becomes Sickened 2 and can't speak fo
Frequency once per round
Effect The kurobozu makes two unarmed Strikes. If both hit the same creature, combine their damage for the purpose of resistances and weaknesses, and the target must succeed at a DC 23 fortitude save or be Stunned 1 (or Stunned 3 on a critical failure); this save has the incapacitation trait.
A monk who violated their monastic vows in life might arise after death to become an undead horror known as a kurobozu. These predators feast upon the breath of mortals, creeping on twisted limbs into bedrooms to steal the life from sleeping victims. This act of feeding leaves its mark on the victim in the form of a vile scent of rot on the victim's breath and a debilitating disease that eventually results in exhaustion and finally death.
Kurobozus retain echoes of their ascetic training, enabling them to suck the breath from debilitated foes in the midst of battle. Their malevolent cunning combined with ascetic discipline helps them concoct elaborate and lengthy schemes to enact their jealous revenge. Few kurobozus are convincing enough to persuade their onetime allies to break their own oaths, but this doesn't stop them from making the attempt.