| Mod | Save | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| STR | 12 | +1 | +1 |
| DEX | 17 | +3 | +3 |
| CON | 12 | +1 | +1 |
| Mod | Save | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | 10 | +0 | +0 |
| WIS | 14 | +2 | +4 |
| CHA | 16 | +3 | +5 |
Incorporeal Movement. The corrupted palefawn can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. It takes 5 (1d10) Force damage if it ends its turn inside an object.
Tar-Slick Bones. A creature that touches the palefawn or hits it with a melee attack while within 5 feet of it takes 3 (1d6) Necrotic damage from the toxic, tar-like substance coating its skeletal frame.
Unhallowed Aggression. The corrupted palefawn inherently senses living creatures within 120 feet and attacks them on sight. Creatures that have completed the Rite of the Virorian Ascendency are immune to this hostility; the palefawn treats them as non-hostile entities and will not attack unless provoked.
Light-Stealing Aura. The corrupted palefawn absorbs ambient light. Bright light within a 20-foot radius centered on the palefawn becomes dim light, and dim light becomes nonmagical darkness.
Gores. Melee Attack Roll: +5, reach 5 ft. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) Bludgeoning damage plus 7 (2d6) Necrotic damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature and the palefawn moved at least 20 feet straight toward it immediately before the hit, the target takes an extra 3 (1d6) Bludgeoning damage and has the Prone condition on a failed DC 13 Strength saving throw.
Black-Tar Mire (Recharge 5–6). The palefawn secretes a wave of viscous, necrotic sludge around itself. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 13, each creature within 10 feet of the palefawn. Failure: 10 (3d6) Necrotic damage, and the creature's Speed is halved until the end of its next turn. Success: Half damage only.
Description
A corrupted palefawn is a tragic perversion of the ethereal underworld guide. Where pure palefawns gleam with pearlescent light, corrupted ones absorb all light around them, covered in a matte, pitch-black hide that seems to swallow illumination. Exposed portions of its skeletal frame are continuously dripping with a thick, tar-like substance that burns living flesh on contact.
Driven by a warped instinct, corrupted palefawns actively hunt the living rather than guiding the dead, striking out at any warm soul that enters their territory. The only exception to this violent drive are those beings who have completed the sacred or profane Rite of the Virorian Ascendency—to whom the corrupted palefawn yields, recognizing them as masters or fellow constructs of the same dark alignment.
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