Ephemeral Echo

This ghostly image of a sad-eyed young woman hovers suspended in the air. Her face never loses its mournful expression.

Ephemeral Echo (CR 7)

Medium Undead (Incorporeal)
Alignment: Neutral Evil
Initiative: +7
Senses: Darkvision 60 feet; Perception +12

Speed: 30 feet (while corporeal), Fly 30 feet (perfect)
Space: 5 feet

Defense

Armor Class: 20, touch 20, flat-footed 16 (+6 deflection, +3 Dex, +1 dodge)
Hit Points: 84 (8d8+48)
Saving Throws: Fort +8, Ref +5, Will +7
Channel Resistance +4, Incorporeal, rejuvenation
Immunity: undead traits

Offense

Melee: Incorporeal touch +9 (1d6 cold plus 1d4 Charisma damage) or 2 slams +13 (1d6+6) (while corporeal)
Reach: 5 feet

Special Attacks: bewitching gaze

Statistics

Str	Dex	Con	Int	Wis	Cha
-	16 (+3)	-	11 (+0)	13 (+1)	22 (+6)

Base Attack Bonus: +6
CMB +9 (+12 while corporeal)
CMD 26 (32 while corporeal)

Feats: Dodge, Improved Initiative, Weapon Focus (slam)

Skills: Fly +20, Intimidate +14, Perception +12, Sense Motive +10, Stealth +21

• Racial Modifiers: +8 Stealth

Languages: Common

Special Qualities: corporeal form, stolen power

Special Abilities

Bewitching Gaze (Su)

1 point of Charisma drain, 30 feet, Fortitude DC 20 negates. The save DC is Charisma-based.

Corporeal Form (Su)

Whenever an ephemeral echo deals Charisma damage to a creature, it absorbs a portion of its victim's anguish and becomes more real. It loses the incorporeal subtype and gains a Strength score equal to its Charisma score. Its deflection bonus to AC becomes a natural armor bonus, and its incorporeal touch attack is replaced with two slam attacks. The ephemeral echo loses its fly speed and gains a land speed of 30 feet. These changes last for 1d4 rounds or until the ephemeral echo takes any Charisma damage, whichever comes first. The third time in a day an ephemeral echo deals Charisma damage, its corporeal form lasts for 24 hours or until it takes Charisma damage, whichever comes first.

Rejuvenation (Su)

Each ephemeral echo is tied to a unique fetter-some event, location, or object that reminds it of the sadness of its former life. Resolving this fetter (by consecrating the location or destroying the item, for example) destroys the ephemeral echo permanently. If the echo is physically injured or killed but its fetter remains unresolved, the echo rejuvenates fully in 1d10 days.

Stolen Power (Su)

Whenever an ephemeral echo deals Charisma damage or drain, it gains a +2 profane bonus on attack rolls, damage rolls, saving throws, skill checks, and ability checks until the end of its next turn. The echo also gains 5 temporary hit points that last for 1 hour.

Ecology

Environment: Any
Organization: solitary
Treasure: NPC gear


Miserable remnants of souls who died in despair, ephemeral echoes are restless spirits who felt powerless or heartbroken at the moment of their death. They roam the Material Plane, lingering near a fetter they recognize as meaningful to them in life or death.

Ephemeral echoes gain power and become corporeal as they sap the strength of personality from their victims, until their incorporeal menace becomes a dangerously tangible threat.

Ephemeral echoes exhibit a combination of jealousy and hatred for the living, whom they see as unfairly blessed with the continuation of their lives and potential. They generally attack those who demonstrate a particularly vibrant personality.

Upon borrowing their victims' will to take material shape, ephemeral echoes savagely attack the living in a flurry of brutal blows and violent sobs.