Vanth
Pathfinder Remaster. Stats use the Pathfinder Remaster rules from Pathfinder Monster Core.
The Vanth is a Level 7 creature, with Armor Class 27 and 105 hit points. A vanth is a grim, vulture-headed psychopomp that serves as a tireless reaper of the realm of the dead and an enforcer of death's inevitability.
Stat Block
- Edition: Pathfinder Remaster
- Size: Medium
- Type: monitor
- Level: 7
- Armor Class: 27
- Hit Points: 105
- Speed: 25 ft., fly 40 ft.
- STR: 6
- DEX: 4
- CON: 2
- INT: 2
- WIS: 4
- CHA: 2
- Fortitude Save: +15
- Reflex Save: +13
- Will Save: +17
- Perception: +15
- Senses: darkvision, lifesense 60 feet
- Skills: Acrobatics +17, Athletics +17, Intimidation +15, Occultism +13, Religion +13, Stealth +17, Afterlife Lore +15
- Traits: monitor, psychopomp
- Immunities: death effects, disease
- Resistances: void 10, poison 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. +1 Status to All Saves vs. Magic Frightful Presence (aura, emotion, fear, mental). 20 feet. DC 22 Will save. A creature that first enters the area must attempt a Will save. Regardless of the result of the saving throw, the creature is temporarily immune to this monster's Frightful Presence for 1 minute. Critical Success The creature is unaffected by the presence. Success The creature is Frightened 1. Failure The creature is Frightened 2. Critical Failure The creature is Frightened 4. Reactive Strike (reaction). Trigger A creature within the monster's reach uses a manipulate action or a move action, makes a ranged attack, or leaves a square during a move action it's using. Effect The monster attempts a melee Strike against the triggering creature. If the attack is a critical hit and the trigger was a manipulate action, the monster disrupts that action. This Strike doesn't count toward the monster's multiple attack penalty, and its multiple attack penalty doesn't apply to this Strike. Infuse Weapon (divine). A vanth's scythe is its symbol of office and gains a measure of its personal power. This scythe becomes a +1 scythe and is treated as if it were adamantine while the vanth wields it. A vanth whose scythe is taken or destroyed can infuse a new one with an hour of work. Shepherd's Touch. A vanth'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. Vanth's Curse (2 actions) (curse, divine, misfortune). Frequency three times per day. Effect The vanth bestows a curse on a creature by touching it with its scythe. The creature must attempt a DC 25 Will save. Critical Success The target is unaffected and is temporarily immune to Vanth's Curse for 24 hours. Success The target feels a momentary shudder of doom and is Stupefied 1 for 1 minute by the distracting sensation. Failure The target becomes morose and glum as it accepts its own inevitable fate. For 1 hour, the target is Stupefied 2. Each time the target gains the dying condition, the stupefied condition value increases by 1, to a maximum value of Stupefied 4. Critical Failure As failure, but the effect is permanent.
Common Questions
How much HP does a Vanth have?
105 hit points.
What level is a Vanth?
Level 7.
What is a Vanth's Armor Class?
AC 27.
How fast can a Vanth move?
Speed 25 ft., fly 40 ft.
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