Shisagishin
Level 12Attacks
Abilities
Creatures killed by an shisagishin are difficult to bring back to life or to animate as undead. The shisagishin automatically attempts to counteract any attempt to resurrect or animate as undead any creature that it has killed (counteract modifier , counteract level 6th). If the shisagishin who slew the creature is itself slain, the creature can be brought back from death or become undead normally.
Trigger A creature touches the disguised shisagishin or a coffin or other container the shisagishin has been placed into
Requirements Initiative hasn't yet been rolled, and the shisagishin is disguised as a corpse with Manifest Corpse Shell
Effect The shisagishin violently unfolds into their true form, shredding their decaying corpse shell, and attempts a claw Strike on an adjacent target before they roll initiative.
The shisagishin tucks their arms and legs into their body, drops Prone, and manifests a decaying and/or mutilated humanoid corpse around themself over the course of 10 minutes of concentration. The shisagishin can cause this corpse to appear to be the remains of a specific creature they've seen before by Impersonating that creature with Deception. Once their corpse shell has manifested, until the next time the shisagishin acts, they appear to be a corpse. They have an automatic result of 44 on D
The shisagishin's lantern face glows, causing the flesh of any number of creatures Grabbed or Restrained by them to swiftly begin to decay. Each of those creatures must attempt a DC 32 fortitude save.
Critical Success The creature is unaffected.
Success The creature takes 2d8 void damage.
Failure The creature takes 4d8 void damage and is Enfeebled 1.
Critical Failure The creature takes 6d8 void damage and is Enfeebled 2
The shisagishin takes delight in infiltrating a community and then disguising itself as the horribly decayed or mutilated remains of a loved one or adored public figure, only to spring to life in its true form during funeral services. A shisagishin epitomizes the cycle of decay giving rise to new life.
Handmade Habitats
A shisagishin prefers to roam areas already rife with conflict and potential accidents, but it will happily create such a location if needed. They might poison wells, introduce disease to healthy livestock, or even collaborate with corrupt humans if it means the freedom to kill. Cursed towns or haunted roads are sometimes the playground of such a shisagishin.