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This biped has a
skeletal face and skin color in stark contrast between bone-white and a shadowy
black. Immaterial crows peel away from the creature’s midsection, revealing its
spine.
Crow Wraith CR 14
XP 38,400
N Medium fey
Init +7; Senses low-light vision; Perception +27
DEFENSE
AC 28, touch 18,
flat-footed 20 (+7 Dex, +1 dodge, +10 natural)
hp 199 (21d6+126)
Fort +13, Ref +19, Will +15
Defensive Abilities
evasion, improved uncanny dodge; DR
10/silver; Immune cold,
mind-affecting effects
OFFENSE
Speed 40 ft., fly
60 ft. (average)
Melee unarmed
strike +22/+17/+12 (2d6+6)
Special Attacks
death attack (DC 22), sneak attack +8d6, stunning fist (5/day, DC 23)
Spell-Like Abilities
(CL 20th; concentration +25)
1/day—summon swarm (corvid swarm only; use
stats for bat swarm)
STATISTICS
Str 22, Dex 25, Con 23, Int 14, Wis 17, Cha 20
Base Atk +15; CMB +21; CMD 39
Feats Canny
Tumble[ACG], Combat Expertise, Deflect Arrows, Dodge, Improved Feint, Improved
Unarmed Strike, Mobility, Spring Attack, Stunning Fist, Vital Strike, Weapon
Focus (unarmed strike)
Skills Acrobatics
+31 (+35 to jump), Bluff +29, Climb +18, Escape Artist +31, Fly +18, Knowledge
(religion) +18, Perception +27, Sleight of Hand +31, Stealth +31, Swim +18
Languages Aklo,
Common, Sylvan; speak with animals
(corvids only)
SQ corvid empathy
+25, hide in plain sight, murder form
ECOLOGY
Environment any
land
Organization
solitary
Treasure standard
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Corvid Empathy (Ex)
This ability functions as a druid’s wild empathy, except it only works on
corvids. A crow wraith is treated as a 20th-level druid for this ability.
Death Attack (Ex)
A crow wraith can perform a death attack as a 10th-level assassin.
Hide in Plain Sight
(Su) A crow wraith can use the Stealth skill even while being observed. As
long as it is within 10 feet of some sort of shadow, it can hide itself from
view in the open without having anything to actually hide behind. The crow wraith
cannot hide in its own shadow.
Murder Form (Su) Once
per day, as a standard action, a crow wraith can transform itself into a swarm
of incorporeal crows. Its updated stats are included below. The crow wraith can
remain in this form for up to 1 minute (returning to its normal form requires a
standard action), but the transformation takes a toll on it, causing it to
become fatigued for 1 hour afterwards.
Summon Swarm (Sp)
When a crow wraith summons a corvid swarm with its spell-like ability, the
swarm gains the wraith’s damage reduction (for cases where weapon damage may
apply) and immunity to cold.
Crow Wraith (murder
form) CR 14
XP 38,400
N Medium fey (incorporeal, swarm)
DEFENSE
AC 23, touch 23,
flat-footed 15 (+5 deflection, +7 Dex, +1 dodge)
Defensive Abilities
evasion, incorporeal, swarm traits; DR
10/silver; Immune cold,
mind-affecting effects
OFFENSE
Speed fly 60 ft.
(perfect)
Melee swarm (5d6
plus 1d4 Cha drain and distraction)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 0 ft.
Special Attacks
distraction (DC 26)
STATISTICS
Str —, Dex 25, Con 23, Int 14, Wis 17, Cha 20
Base Atk +15; CMB —; CMD —
Crow wraiths are unusual fey who are harbingers and bringers
of death. They are created from the corpses of fey nobles fed to crows or other
corvids. This bridge between life and death gives them a strangely balanced morality
and allows them to usher fey, regardless of their affiliation, to their ultimate
reward. They also serve as assassins for the fey courts, usually targeting mortals
who have grievously offended fey nobles or represent a persistent obstacle to fey
noble schemes. In rare cases, crow wraiths assassinate other fey, but this only
occurs for grave breaches of contract.
Crow wraiths possess incredible physicality as well as the
ability to dissolve into a swarm of ghostly corvids—crows, primarily, but
ravens are a popular choice, while more flamboyant crow wraiths choose blue or
green jays. They prefer to retain their corporeal, humanoid forms when carrying
out assassinations, mostly because they enjoy the satisfaction of a well-placed
nerve strike that incapacitates or outright kills their targets. Additionally, when
they kill quarry in their murder form, the corpses are disfigured in an unnatural
way, prompting more scrutiny by investigators looking into deaths wrought by crow
wraiths. All the same, crow wraiths leave tokens of their claims of accountability
for their murders, usually in the form of large white feathers held by their
victims.
The wraiths fundamental ties to corvids grants them a rapport
with the birds, and they often use corvids to scout targets or sites where they
plan to carry out their deeds. Crow wraiths sometimes take favorite crows as
companions. When engaged in pitched combat, they send the crows away to protect
the birds. They have an innate ability to summon a swarm of corvids, but they
only do so to create distractions when they face certain defeat against resolute
foes.
A typical crow wraith stands just over 6 feet tall and weighs
150 pounds.
