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Soulbound Shell

CR 12.00 Construct N Medium

This white statue of a bald human is marbled with glowing green veins of energy.

Description

A soulbound shell is the perfected version of a soulbound mannequin, allowing the soul to retain its spellcasting.

A soulbound shell is constructed from marble, a 5,000 gp gem for the soul focus, and the soul of a willing spellcaster of at least 12th level who dies at the culmination of the creation process and animates the stone shell.

Ability Scores

STR

DEX

CON

INT

WIS

CHA

Combat Stats

HP: 132 (15d10+50)
AC: 26, touch 11, flat-footed 25 (+4 armor, +1 Dex, +11 natural)
Speed: 30 ft.
Init: +1
Melee: mwk dagger +17/+12/+7 (1d4+1/19–20)
BAB: +15
CMB: +16
CMD: 27
Fort: +5
Ref: +6
Will: +7
DR: 10/adamantine and magic
SR: 23

Special Qualities

Soul Focus — The soul bound to the shell lives within a gem inside its chest. As long as this soul focus remains intact, it can be used to animate another shell, at the same cost as creating a new soulbound shell, and retains its personality and memories. A soul focus has hardness 8, 12 hit points, and a break DC of 20.

Feats

Combat Casting, Craft Construct, Greater Spell Focus (conjuration), Improved Iron Will, Iron Will, Skill Focus (Spellcraft), Spell Focus (enchantment), Spell Focus (enchantment), Toughness

Special Abilities

Combat Casting from Feat

You get a +4 bonus on concentration checks made to cast a spell or use a spell-like ability when casting on the defensive or while grappled.

Greater Spell Focus from Feat

Add +1 to the Difficulty Class for all saving throws against spells from the school of magic you select. This bonus stacks with the bonus from Spell Focus.

Improved Iron Will from Feat

Once per day, you may reroll a Will save. You must decide to use this ability before the results are revealed. You must take the second roll, even if it is worse.

Iron Will from Feat

You get a +2 bonus on all Will saving throws.

Skill Focus from Feat

You get a +3 bonus on all checks involving the chosen skill. If you have 10 or more ranks in that skill, this bonus increases to +6.

Spell Focus from Feat

Add +1 to the Difficulty Class for all saving throws against spells from the school of magic you select.

Spell Focus from Feat

Add +1 to the Difficulty Class for all saving throws against spells from the school of magic you select.

Toughness from Feat

You gain +3 hit points. For every Hit Die you possess beyond 3, you gain an additional +1 hit point. If you have more than 3 Hit Dice, you gain +1 hit points whenever you gain a Hit Die (such as when you gain a level).

Skills

Craft (sculptures) +20, Disguise +16, Knowledge (arcana) +20, Knowledge (engineering) +20, Perception +15, Spellcraft +26, Use Magic Device +16

Spells

wizard spells prepared:

6th—Beast Shape IV, 6th—Disintegrate, 5th—Cloudkill, 5th—Dominate Person, 5th—Passwall, 4th—Black Tentacles, 4th—Fire Shield, 4th—Shout, 3rd—Fly, 3rd—Lightning Bolt, 3rd—Stinking Cloud, 2nd—False Life, 2nd—Glitterdust, 2nd—Hideous Laughter, 2nd—Make Whole, 2nd—Mirror Image, 1st—Charm Person, 1st—Expeditious Retreat, 1st—Grease, 1st—Mage Armor, 1st—Unseen Servant, 0—Acid Splash, 0—Detect Magic, 0—Mage Hand, 0—Read Magic

Details

Type: Construct
Alignment: N
Size: Medium
Environment: any land
Organization: solitary or workshop (1 plus 2–8 other constructs)
Treasure: standard (mwk dagger, other treasure)
Senses: darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +15
Languages: Aklo, Common, Draconic
Source: Bestiary 4

Sources Used in This Record

33 House/Core

Uses feat: Combat Casting (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Greater Spell Focus (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Improved Iron Will (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Iron Will (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Skill Focus (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Spell Focus (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Spell Focus (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Toughness (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Beast Shape IV (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Disintegrate (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Cloudkill (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Dominate Person (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Passwall (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Black Tentacles (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Fire Shield (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Shout (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Fly (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Lightning Bolt (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Stinking Cloud (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: False Life (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Glitterdust (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Hideous Laughter (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Make Whole (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Mirror Image (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Charm Person (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Expeditious Retreat (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Grease (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Mage Armor (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Unseen Servant (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Acid Splash (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Detect Magic (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Mage Hand (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Read Magic (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.

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