Ubashki Swarm
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Ubashki Swarm (CR 2)
Tiny Undead (Swarm)Alignment: Neutral Evil
Initiative: +3
Senses: Darkvision 60 feet; Perception +5
Speed: 30 feet
Space: 10 feet
Defense
Armor Class: 15, touch 15, flat-footed 12 (+3 Dex, +2 size, +0 natural)Hit Points: 19 (3d8+6)
Saving Throws: Fort +3, Ref +6, Will +3
half damage from weapons, swarm traits
Immunity: undead traits
Offense
Melee: swarm +7 (1d6 plus distraction and disease)Reach: 0 feet
Special Attacks: Distraction (DC 13)
Statistics
| Str | Dex | Con | Int | Wis | Cha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 (-3) | 17 (+3) | - | 2 (-4) | 10 (+0) | 15 (+2) |
CMB -
CMD -
Feats: Lightning Reflexes, Weapon Finesse
Skills: Climb +5, Perception +5, Stealth +15 Languages:
Special Abilities
Disease (Ex)
Ubashki Fever: Injury; save Fort DC 13; onset 1d3 days; frequency 1/day; effect 1d2 Str damage and 1d2 Wis damage; cure 2 consecutive saves. A creature afflicted by ubashki fever develops unsightly splotches and sores all over its body that persist until the disease is cured. The save DC is Charisma-based.Ecology
Environment: Warm DesertsOrganization: solitary, pair, or nuisance (3-5 swarms plus 1 ubashki lynx)
Treasure: none
Perhaps no beasts were trusted into the afterlife so much as felines, however, who were almost without exception buried alongside deceased pharaohs or at the very least inscribed into their burial chamber walls. Those cats that rose from the dead- either because of the foul magical energies of a pharaoh's crypt or thanks to the necromantic magic of a restless undead pharaoh herself-were known as ubashki.
Ubashki were prized for being stealthy, agile, and preternaturally perceptive sentries that made for effective spies and watch guards for the tombs of Osirian god-kings. Emperors often filled their crypts with the bodies of strangled and mutilated cats before they themselves were entombed, believing that a feline's suffering in life would translate to strength in undeath.
Whether or not such theories were true is up for debate, but those felid creatures that did rise from death with their masters were indeed beasts to be reckoned with, and a sizeable pack of the mummified things could very well spell the end for would-be tomb raiders. Ranging from tiny housecats to desert-roaming mountain lions, the feline enshrined with a deceased pharaoh varied in type depending on the predilections of its master, but all were known to be significantly more powerful than their living iterations.
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