Skaveling
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| Skaveling | |
|---|---|
| (Creature) | |
| Type | Undead |
| CR | 5 |
| Environment | Underground |
| Alignment | |
| Source: Into the Darklands, pg(s). 50 | |
Skavelings are giant undead mobats created by the urdefhan to serve as mounts.[1]
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Appearance
Since they were originally mobats, a typical specimen has a wingspan of fifteen feet and weighed two hundred and fifty pounds when it was alive. However, they are easily distinguished from living mobats by their rotting flesh and glowing green eyes. [2]
Creation
Skavelings are a creation of the fiendishly evil urdefhan. Living mobats are raised on a special diet of fungus and humanoid flesh. The living creature is trained to serve the urdefhan. At the appropriate time, the creature is killed using a necromantic poison that causes it to rise as a ghoulish undead bat that remains loyal to its earlier training. The new undead is actually more intelligent than the original creature, becoming slightly brighter than the average orc.[2]
Abilities
The skaveling retains the mobat’s ability to temporarily stun foes with its screech. (Urdefhan are immune to this.) It also gains the ghoulish ability to paralyse its foes with its bite. Its bite can also transmit the dreaded ghoul fever. [2][3]
References
- ↑ James Jacobs & Greg A. Vaughan. (2008). Into the Darklands, p. 50. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-140-4
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Paizo Staff. (2010). Bestiary 2, p. 42. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-268-5
- ↑ Jesse Benner and Sean K Reynolds. (2011). Bestiary.The Thousand Fangs Below, p. Inside Back Cover. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-276-0
