Dirge Piper
A shambling zombie trails a constant mournful piping from its exposed guts, its dirge grinding the living down into lingering dread.
A shambling horror that trails a constant, mournful piping from the bile and air trapped in its exposed guts, the dirge piper drives the living to terror with every wheezing note.
In play
Piping Dirge (auditory, aura, emotion, enchantment, fear, mental, occult) 30 feet. Living creatures that enter the aura or start their turn within it become frightened 1 and can't reduce their frightened value below 1 while within the aura.
Its gut lash Strike (reach 10 feet) deals 1d10+5 bludgeoning plus Grab.
Level 3
Perception +8 · Senses darkvision · Languages Common, Necril; (can't speak any language) · Skills Athletics +10, Performance +10
| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +5 | -3 | +4 | -3 | +0 | +1 |
| AC | Fort | Ref | Will |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | +11 | +4 | +7 |
HP 95 · Immunities death effects, disease, paralyzed, poison, unconscious · Weaknesses positive 10, slashing 10
Speed 25 feet
Abilities
- Putrid Blast [Two Actions] (Evocation, Occult, Sonic) The dirge piper expels air and bile in a trumpeting blast from its exposed guts. Each non-zombie creature within a 30-foot emanation takes 4d6 sonic damage (DC 20 basic Fortitude save).