Shoki
Pathfinder Remaster. Stats use the Pathfinder Remaster rules from Pathfinder Monster Core 2.
The Shoki is a Level 9 creature, with Armor Class 27 and 150 hit points. The shoki is a stoic guardian of the afterlife that collects souls clinging to the mortal world.
Stat Block
- Edition: Pathfinder Remaster
- Size: Medium
- Type: monitor
- Level: 9
- Armor Class: 27
- Hit Points: 150
- Speed: 25 ft.
- STR: 4
- DEX: 1
- CON: 4
- INT: 3
- WIS: 6
- CHA: 5
- Fortitude Save: +19
- Reflex Save: +14
- Will Save: +21
- Perception: +21
- Senses: darkvision, lifesense 60 feet
- Skills: Deception +20, Diplomacy +20, Intimidation +20, Occultism +16, Religion +19, Society +16, Stealth +14, Afterlife Lore +19
- Traits: monitor, psychopomp
- Immunities: death effects, disease
- Resistances: poison 10, void 10
Abilities & Attacks
Saving Throws: +1 status to all saves vs. magic Lifesense 60 feet. Lifesense allows a monster to sense the vital essence of living and undead creatures within the listed range. The sense can distinguish between the vitality energy animating living creatures and the void energy animating undead creatures, much as sight distinguishes colors. Constant Spells. A constant spell affects the monster without the monster needing to cast it, and its duration is unlimited. If a constant spell gets counteracted, the monster can reactivate it by spending the normal spellcasting actions the spell requires. +1 Status to All Saves vs. Magic Infuse Staff (divine). A shoki's staff becomes a +1 striking staff and is treated as if it were adamantine while the shoki wields it. A shoki's staff has Hardness 14 and HP 56 (BT 28) while possessed by the shoki and Hardness 5 and HP 20 (BT 10) while out of the shoki's possession. A shoki whose staff is taken or destroyed can infuse a new one with an hour of work. Shepherd's Touch. A shoki's Strikes affect incorporeal creatures with the effects of a Ghost Touch property rune and deal 2d6 void damage to living creatures and 2d6 vitality damage to undead. Soul Lock (2 actions) (divine, incapacitation). Requirements The shoki doesn't have a soul locked within their staff. Effect The shoki attempts to capture the soul of a creature on the brink of death: an undead creature, a creature with the dying condition, or a creature that died within the last minute. The target must attempt a DC 32 Will save with the following results. Critical Success The creature is unaffected and becomes temporarily immune to Soul Lock. Success The shoki's staff tugs at the creature's soul but doesn't trap it. If the creature is living, it becomes Doomed 1 (or increases its doomed condition by 1). If the creature is a corporeal undead, it becomes Enfeebled 2. If the creature is an incorporeal undead, it becomes Stupefied 2. The creature then becomes temporarily immune to Soul Lock for 24 hours. Failure The shoki captures the creature's soul in its staff. If the creature is living, it dies. If the creature is a corporeal undead, its body becomes an inanimate corpse. While the soul is locked in the staff, the target can't be returned to life or undeath or rejuvenate through any means, save for powerful magic, such a wish ritual. If the shoki's staff is destroyed or the shoki wills it, the soul is released. A shoki's staff can only hold one soul at a time.
Common Questions
How much HP does a Shoki have?
150 hit points.
What level is a Shoki?
Level 9.
What is a Shoki's Armor Class?
AC 27.
How fast can a Shoki move?
Speed 25 ft.
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