Caller in Darkness
This roiling horror appears to be a swirling vortex of darkness and screaming, ghostly faces.
CR: 9 XP: 6,400
CE Large undead (incorporeal)
Init: +11 Senses: darkvision 60 ft. Perception: +22
Aura: unnatural aura (30 ft.)
Defense
AC: 20, touch 20, flat-footed 12 (+3 deflection, +7 Dex, +1 dodge,, –1 size)
hp: 97 (13d8+39)
Fort: +7 Ref: +11 Will: +10
Defensive Abilities: incorporeal
Immune: undead traits
Weaknesses: sunlight powerlessness
Offense
Speed: fly 60 ft. (good)
Melee: incorporeal touch +15 (6d6 plus consume mind)
Space: 10 ft. Reach: 10 ft.
Special Attacks: consume mind, wrap in despair
Psychic Magic: (CL 10th; concentration +12) 12 PE—aversion (2 PE, DC 15), emotive block (3 PE, DC 16), greater oneiric horror (4 PE, DC 17), mind thrust VOA (5 PE,, DC 18), paranoia (2 PE, DC 15), telempathic projection (1 PE, DC 14)
Statistics
Str: — Dex: 25 Con: — Int: 15 Wis: 14 Cha: 17
Base Atk: +9 CMB: +13 CMD: 27 (can’t be tripped)
Feats: Ability Focus (wrap in despair), Alertness, Combat Reflexes, Dodge, Improved Initiative, Skill Focus (Intimidate, Stealth)
Skills: Fly +5, Intimidate +25, Knowledge (arcana) +18, Perception +22, Sense Motive +22, Spellcraft +18, Stealth +21
Languages: Abyssal, Common
Ecology
Environment: any
Organization: solitary
Treasure: incidental
Description
Consume Mind (Su) Whenever a caller in darkness hits a creature with its incorporeal touch attack, or begins its turn occupying the same space as a creature, it drains away a portion of that creature’s mind, inflicting 1d4 points of Wisdom damage. This is a mind-affecting effect, but not a negative energy effect. If the caller in darkness reduces a living creature’s Wisdom score to 0 in this way, it absorbs that creature’s mind, killing it. The caller in darkness gains psychic energy equal to the creature’s HD and access to all of the creature’s memories. A creature whose mind is absorbed in this way cannot be resurrected until the caller in darkness is slain, unless the caster first uses a wish or miracle to free the creature’s mind.
Wrap in Despair (Su) Any living creature that begins its turn occupying the same space as a caller in darkness must succeed on a DC 21 Will save or be overwhelmed by crippling depression for 1d4 rounds. Affected creatures are unable to take any action. Adjacent allies can offer words of encouragement as a standard action to grant the creature a new saving throw. If the creature succeeds on a saving throw granted in this way, it is immune to the caller in darkness’s wrap in despair ability for 24 hours. Creatures with Intelligence scores of 2 or less are immune to this effect. This is a mind-affecting, emotion, and fear effect. The saving throw DC is Charisma-based. A caller in darkness grows from the psychic remains of a creature with psychic sensitivity that died a violent death, its restless spirit compelled to visit upon others the horrors that it suffered before dying. As more and more minds are absorbed, it grows, and the original spirit is lost in the swirling mass of hatred, confusion, and despair.