Penanggalan
Pathfinder Remaster. Stats use the Pathfinder Remaster rules from Pathfinder Monster Core 2.
The Penanggalan is a Level 5 creature, with Armor Class 22 and 85 hit points. A severed head trailing a mass of internal organs, the penanggalan is a gruesome aerial hunter that detaches from its body to feed.
Stat Block
- Edition: Pathfinder Remaster
- Size: Medium
- Type: aberration
- Level: 5
- Armor Class: 22
- Hit Points: 85
- Speed: fly 40 ft.
- STR: 3
- DEX: 5
- CON: 2
- INT: 0
- WIS: 2
- CHA: 5
- Fortitude Save: +9
- Reflex Save: +16
- Will Save: +11
- Perception: +11
- Senses: darkvision
- Skills: Athletics +12, Deception +14, Intimidation +12, Stealth +14, Midwifery Lore +9
- Traits: aberration, tanggal
- Weaknesses: slashing 5
Abilities & Attacks
Spewing Bile. When the penanggalan takes slashing damage, the wound spews bile on adjacent creatures, dealing 2d10 poison damage (DC 19 basic Fortitude save). The penanggalan loses their spewing bile and penanggalan bile abilities until the end of their next turn. Constrict (1 action). 2d4+3 bludgeoning, DC 21 basic Fortitude save. The monster deals the listed amount of damage to any number of creatures Grabbed or Restrained by it. Each of those creatures can attempt a basic Fortitude save with the listed DC. Elongate Tongue (1 action). The penanggalan's tongue extends, the membrane stretching and becoming translucent. Until the end of the turn, the penanggalan's proboscis tongue Strikes have a 10-foot reach, and any target is Off-Guard against the Strike unless it has a Perception DC of 22 or higher or the ability to precisely sense invisible things. Penanggalan Bile (disease). A victim's drained condition decreases by 1 per month. Saving Throw DC 19 Fortitude save. Stage 1 Drained 1 (1 week). Stage 2 Drained 2 (1 week). Stage 3 Drained 3 (1 week). Stage 4 dead Ride Corpse (3 actions) (concentrate, polymorph). The penanggalan inserts their entrails into their humanoid body, allowing them to appear as and move about like a normal human. The body has 10 Hit Points and the same defenses as the penanggalan. When the body is destroyed, the penanggalan is ejected unharmed. The body becomes a corpse, and if it's neither controlled by the penanggalan nor stored in an alchemical vat, it decays as normal. Grab (1 action). Requirements The monster's last action was a successful Strike that lists Grab in its damage entry, or the monster has a creature Grabbed or Restrained. Effect If used after a Strike, the monster attempts to Grapple the creature using the body part it attacked with. This attempt neither applies nor counts toward the creature's multiple attack penalty. The monster can instead use Grab and choose one creature it's grabbing or restraining with an appendage that has Grab to automatically extend that condition to the end of the monster's next turn.
Common Questions
How much HP does a Penanggalan have?
85 hit points.
What level is a Penanggalan?
Level 5.
What is a Penanggalan's Armor Class?
AC 22.
How fast can a Penanggalan move?
Speed fly 40 ft.
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