Skulltaker
Pathfinder Remaster. Stats use the Pathfinder Remaster rules from Pathfinder Monster Core.
The Skulltaker is a Level 18 creature, with Armor Class 42 and 300 hit points. The skulltaker is a towering architectural nightmare of bone that serves as a living archive of the dead.
Stat Block
- Edition: Pathfinder Remaster
- Size: Huge
- Type: undead
- Level: 18
- Armor Class: 42
- Hit Points: 300
- Speed: 30 ft., fly 60 ft.
- STR: 8
- DEX: 6
- CON: 6
- INT: 2
- WIS: 8
- CHA: 7
- Fortitude Save: +31
- Reflex Save: +33
- Will Save: +35
- Perception: +33
- Senses: darkvision, truesight 60 feet
- Skills: Acrobatics +34, Intimidation +35, Religion +30, Stealth +32, Skeletal Lore +30
- Traits: uncommon, undead, unholy
- Immunities: cold, death effects, disease, paralyzed, poison, unconscious, bleed
- Resistances: piercing 15, slashing 15
Abilities & Attacks
Hit Points: 300 (void healing) Saving Throws: +1 status to all saves vs. vitality Skeletal Lore (divine). A skulltaker taps into the memories of the creatures whose bones make up its body. This gives it the Skeletal Lore skill, which it can use to Recall Knowledge of any kind. In addition, it can speak and understand all the languages known by the creatures whose bones make up its body (typically including Common and the regional language of the skulltaker's home region). The skulltaker can use Skeletal Lore as the primary skill check for the Collective Memories ritual, and it can cast collective memories without secondary casters. 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. Vitality Shard Storm (air, aura, divine). 10 feet. A cloud of bone shards surrounds the skulltaker. When a creature moves into the emanation or begins its turn there, shard storm deals 4d6 slashing damage and 4d6 void damage to the creature, with a DC 40 basic Reflex save. If the creature has resistance or immunity to void damage, or an effect that protects it against death effects, or an effect that protects it against the doomed or drained condition, the creature must first succeed at a DC 40 Will save or have all such benefits suppressed for 1 minute. Void Healing. A creature with void healing draws health from void energy rather than vitality energy. It is damaged by vitality damage and is not healed by vitality healing effects. It does not take void damage, and it is healed by void effects that heal undead. Bonetaker (divine). Whenever a creature dies within 60 feet of a skulltaker, the skulltaker draws a portion of the creature's bones into its shard storm. The creature must succeed at a DC 40 Will save or rise as a Skeletal Champion in 1d4 rounds. These skeletal champions are controlled by the skulltaker. Splintered Ground (1 action). The skulltaker causes splintered bones to erupt from all solid surfaces in a 100-foot emanation, except for surfaces of worked stone. A creature moving through the bones takes 10 piercing damage and 10 void damage for every 5 feet of movement. The first time each round a creature takes piercing damage from these splintered bones, it must succeed at a DC 40 Reflex save or take a –10-foot circumstance penalty to all Speeds for 10 minutes, or a –15-foot circumstance penalty for 24 hours on a critical failure. The bones remain in place until the skulltaker uses this action again or the bones are manually removed, which takes 10 minutes for each 5-foot square. Vitality Drain (divine). When a skulltaker hits with a melee Strike, the target must succeed at a DC 40 Fortitude save or become Drained 2 and Doomed 1.
Common Questions
How much HP does a Skulltaker have?
300 hit points.
What level is a Skulltaker?
Level 18.
What is a Skulltaker's Armor Class?
AC 42.
How fast can a Skulltaker move?
Speed 30 ft., fly 60 ft.
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