YureiLong black hair obscures the face of this pale woman. With each
motion, her body twitches and jerks.Yurei CR 12Source Bestiary 6 pg. 286
XP 19,200
NE Medium undead
Init +11; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +23DefenseAC 27, touch 22, flat-footed 15 (+7 Dex, +5 dodge, +5 natural)
hp 157 (15d8+90)
Fort +11, Ref +14, Will +16
Defensive Abilities channel resistance +2, evasion, flicker; Immune cold, undead traits; SR 23OffenseSpeed 40 ft.
Melee painful grasp +11 touch (12d6 plus sickened)
Special Attacks choking suffocation, face of death
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 10th; concentration +16)
Constant—blink, spider climb, water walk
At will—enter image
3/day—suffocation (DC 21)
1/day—mislead (DC 22), nightmare (DC 21)StatisticsStr 10, Dex 25, Con —, Int 14, Wis 21, Cha 23
Base Atk +11; CMB +11; CMD 33
Feats Combat Reflexes, Dodge, Improved Initiative, Iron Will, Lightning Reflexes, Mobility, Spring Attack, Step Up
Skills Acrobatics +22, Climb +18,
Intimidate +24, Perception +23,
Sense Motive +23, Stealth +25
Languages CommonEcologyEnvironment any land
Organization solitary, pair, or haunting (3–6)
Treasure incidentalSpecial AbilitiesChoking Suffocation (Su) When a yurei uses her suffocation spell-like ability, she causes something disgusting (such as a tangled clump of wet hair or a foul-tasting clot of rancid swamp mud) to manifest in the target’s throat. As soon as the victim succeeds at its saving throw against choking suffocation or the ability’s duration ends after 3 rounds, the victim coughs up the disgusting foreign matter in a horrific display and must succeed at a DC 23 Fortitude save or become nauseated for 1d6 rounds. The save DC is Charisma-based.
Face of Death (Su) As a full-round action, a yurei can expose her face to a single adjacent creature. The target must succeed at a DC 23 Will save or be stunned for 1d6 rounds. If the target is stunned by this effect, it must then succeed at a DC 23 Fortitude save or immediately die of fright. A target that succeeds at the initial save is immune to that particular yurei’s face of death ability for 24 hours. This is a mind-affecting fear effect, and the secondary effect is a death effect. The save DCs are Charisma-based.
Flicker (Sp) A yurei gains a +4 dodge bonus to her Armor Class on any round she moves at least 5 feet.
Painful Grasp (Su) A yurei’s touch inflicts horrific pain, dealing 12d6 points of untyped damage and sickening the target for 1d6 rounds. A creature can avoid the sickened effect with a successful DC 23 Fortitude save, but this does not reduce the damage. The save DC is Charisma-basedDescriptionWhen a person dies a violent death in the grip of extreme emotion, such as in a blinding rage or in overwhelming sorrow, she may return from the dead as a twisted and horrific undead creature known as a yurei. These restless spirits remain consumed by the emotional torment that pervaded their demise, and can feel a measure of peace only while causing other creatures to suffer as they did. To accomplish this, they haunt the people and places they knew in life in search of fresh victims for their painful grasp. Regardless of whether she received a proper burial or not, a yurei always appears dressed in the remnants of funereal clothing, with her face obscured by long black hair. Often, the restless spirit seems to be dripping wet or caked with mud or filth, or displays other distressing signs of neglect. Her body can also appear contorted or disjointed, reflecting the pain that twists her very existence. When a yurei uses nightmare, she typically creates dreams wherein the target is placed in the role of her murderer, so it may suffer her vengeance from beyond the grave.
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