Graveknight Captain

The graveknight's curse extends to their shield, or the graveknight's armor uses a portion of itself to produce a shield. The graveknight has a shield that uses the statistics of a Sturdy Shield of a level no higher than the graveknight's level – 1. The shield is quasi-independent of the graveknight and automatically protects the graveknight from harm. When the shield is raised, it automatically uses Shield Block to reduce the damage of the first attack against the graveknight each round without

When a graveknight is destroyed, their armor rebuilds their body over the course of days—or more quickly if the armor is worn by a living host. If the body is destroyed before then, the process restarts. A graveknight can only be permanently destroyed by obliterating their armor (such as with Disintegrate), transporting it to the Forge of Creation, or throwing it into the heart of a volcano.

The graveknight unleashes a 30-foot area of energy. Creatures in the area take 4d12 acid damage (DC 24 reflex save).

The graveknight can use this ability once every .

This curse affects anyone who wears a graveknight's armor for at least 1 hour

Saving Throw DC 24 will save

Onset 1 hour

Stage 1 Doomed 1 and can't remove armor (1 day)

Stage 2 Doomed 2, –10-foot status penalty to Speeds, and can't remove armor (1 day)

Stage 3 dies and transforms into the armor's graveknight.

Any weapon or unarmed attack the graveknight uses gains the effects of a +1 striking weapon and a caustic weapon rune.

The graveknight has access to the critical specialization effects of any weapons it wields.