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Combusted

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This creature's vestments are charred black and fused together, and its flesh is a raging inferno surrounded by greasy black smoke.

Combusted CR 3

XP 800
NE Medium undead (fire)
Init +1; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +1
Aura howl of agony (10 ft., DC 13), stench (DC 13, 10 rounds)

DEFENSE

AC 15, touch 11, flat-footed 14 (+1 Dex, +4 natural)
hp 32 (5d8+10)
Fort +2, Ref +2, Will +5
Immune fire, undead traits
Weaknesses vulnerable to cold

OFFENSE

Speed 30 ft.
Melee 2 slams +6 (1d6+3 plus 1d6 fire and combustion)
Ranged fire blast +4 touch (3d6 fire)
Special Attacks combustion, fire blast

STATISTICS

Str 17, Dex 13, Con —, Int —, Wis 12, Cha 13
Base Atk +3; CMB +6; CMD 17
Feats ToughnessB

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Combustion (Su)

Curse—slam; save Fort DC 13; onset immediate; frequency 1/round; effect 2d6 fire damage, which ignores fire resistance; cure 2 consecutive saves. A creature that falls below 0 hit points from this curse spontaneously combusts, dying instantly. The save DC is Charisma-based.

Fire Blast (Sp)

This ability functions as a kinetic blast from a 5th-level pyrokineticist.

Howl of Agony (Ex)

A combusted perpetually screams in agony, forcing each creature within 10 feet to succeed at a DC 13 Will save or be stunned with fear for 1d4 rounds. On a successful save, a creature cannot be affected by the same combusted's howl of agony ability for 24 hours. This is a mind-affecting fear effect. The save DC is Charisma-based.

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ECOLOGY

Environment any
Organization solitary or effigy (2–6)
Treasure none

Even scholars of the strange consider most tales of spontaneous combustion to be nothing more than urban legend. But those with deep knowledge of the occult know it is indeed possible for a person to feel a sudden fever come on, only to find the heat within her body rising to incredible levels until she bursts into flames and perishes, leaving behind only a charred corpse. The sudden and violent deaths of such individuals make it easier for dark powers to reanimate their bodies, and sometimes for the victims to return from the dead on their own.

Whatever the method of their return, these undead creatures—known as combusted—all suffer the telltale signs of their demise: their corpses continuously burn and their desiccated flesh is never fully consumed by the flames. Roiling clouds of smoke, thick with the stench of burning skin and hair, surround them at all times, and may reveal a combusted's presence from over a mile away. Potentially appearing at any location known to be a hot spot for undead, these shambling horrors frequently wander into nearby bodies of water in a futile attempt to extinguish the flames that took their lives.

A typical combusted stands the same height as the creature it was in life, but weighs less than half as much, since much of its matter has burned away.

Section 15: Copyright Notice

Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Occult Bestiary © 2015, Paizo Inc.; Authors: Josh Colon, John Compton, Paris Crenshaw, Adam Daigle, Eleanor Ferron, James Jacobs, Joe Homes, Mikko Kallio, Mike Kimmel, Ron Lundeen, Kate Marshall, Kalervo Oikarinen, Stephen Radney-MacFarland, and F. Wesley Schneider.