Skullsoul

Aura: strong necromancy


CL: 18th


Slot: none


Weight: 8 lbs.


Source: Ultimate Equipment

Description

This grim, alabaster figurine is the size of a human skull with an elaborately sculpted base. The Skullsoul is inert until it is bonded with a living creature. It then becomes a powerful and never-questioning companion. The Skullsoul functions as a demilich (Bestiary 3 66) without the devour soul, rejuvenation, telekinetic storm, and torpor abilities, and with a hardness of 10. It is under the complete control of whoever bonds with the skull. Bonding with the Skullsoul is a ritual that takes 24 hours to perform, and doing so is an evil act. Paladins and good clerics who do so become ex-paladins and ex-clerics respectively. If they wish to atone, they must intercede with their deities (expending 2,500 gp in rare incense and offerings) and must promise to contain the skull.