Ability

Jettison Cranium

(incapacitation, mental, negative) The cranium preserver ejects one of its preserved-head jars at a point within 100 feet. The jar explodes, and all creatures in a 10-foot burst must attempt a DC 28 Will save. Critical Success The creature is unaffected. Success The creature takes 2d8 mental damage and 2d8 negative damage. Failure The creature takes 4d8 mental damage and 4d8 negative damage. The discharged mental anguish released from the preserved head causes the creature to become confused for 1 round. Critical Failure The creature takes 8d8 mental and 8d8 negative damage. The discharged mental anguish released from the preserved head causes the creature to become confused for 2 rounds.

 

Ability

Occult Rituals

DC 29; 2nd create undead (mummies, skeletons, and zombies)

 

Ability

Slosh

Whenever the cranium preserver ends a Stride, the movement causes necrotic embalming fluid and preserved body parts to slosh about and spill from its central vat. Each creature adjacent to the cranium preserver when it finishes its Stride must attempt a DC 26 Will save. Critical Success The creature is unaffected. Success The creature takes 1d8 mental damage and 1d8 negative damage. Failure The creature takes 2d8 mental damage and 2d8 negative damage. Critical Failure The creature takes 4d8 mental and 4d8 negative damage. If the creature is alive, the preserved body parts sense the presence of a living creature and cling to it, causing the creature to become clumsy 2 for 1 round.

 

Ability

Undead Crafter

The cranium preserver knows one version of the create undead ritual for every four heads it has preserved (a typical cranium preserver has 12 preserved heads). The cranium preserver can use its heads to make separate rolls as both the primary and secondary casters of the ritual.

 

Offense

Melee

Circumstance: combat round (melee)

cranium remover +23 [+18/+13] (deadly d12, sweep), Damage 3d8+9 slashing

 

Offense

Ranged

Circumstance: combat round (ranged)

embalming fluid +21 [+16/+11] (range 120 feet), Damage 2d8+3 mental plus 2d8+3 negative

 

Trait

Construct

A construct is an artificial creature empowered by a force other than necromancy. Constructs are often mindless; they are immune to bleed damage, death effects, disease, healing, necromancy, nonlethal attacks, poison, and the doomed, drained, fatigued, paralyzed, sickened, and unconscious conditions; and they may have Hardness based on the materials used to construct their bodies. Constructs are not living creatures, nor are they undead. When reduced to 0 Hit Points, a construct creature is destroyed.

 

Immunity

death effects

disease

doomed

drained

fatigued

healing

necromancy

negative

nonlethal attacks

paralyzed

poisoned

sickened

unconscious

 

Language

any languages spoken by its preserved heads

Common

 

Perception

darkvision

 

Weakness

electricity 10

positive 10