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Witchfire

CR 9.00 Undead CE Medium
Bathed in sickly green flames, this insubstantial specter of a beautiful young woman floats just off the ground.

When an exceptionally vile hag or witch dies with some malicious plot left incomplete, or proves too horridly tenacious to succumb to the call of death, the foul energies of these wicked old crones sometimes spawn incorporeal undead known as witchfires. These ghostly creatures appear much as they did in life, although the grotesque undead energy that births them makes them appear young and attractive and wreathes their insubstantial bodies in a powerful aura of sickly green flame, a ghostly fire referred to as “witchflame” in local legends.

Strings of will-o'-wisps are often found in the immediate vicinity of witchfires and are typically led by the undead, leading scholars to speculate that the creatures feed off of a witchfire's flames and fury.

Witchfires occasionally join or subjugate existing hag covens (see page 167 of the Pathfinder RPG Bestiary). A hag coven that includes a witchfire gains the following additional coven spell-like abilities: 3/day—blight, create undead, fire storm (DC 21), nightmare (DC 18), waves of exhaustion (DC 20). All abilities function at CL 9th, and save DCs are based on a Charisma score of 16. The use of these abilities functions identically to other coven abilities. Such covens must have at least one living hag, as covens of three witchfires gain no coven-related abilities.

STR
-
DEX
22
CON
-
INT
17
WIS
16
CHA
25
HP
115 (10d8+70)
AC
24, touch 24, flat-footed 17 (+7 deflection, +6 Dex, +1 dodge)
Speed
fly 50 ft. (perfect)
Init
+10
Melee
incorporeal touch +13 (8d6 fire plus witchflame)
Ranged
witchflame bolt +13 (8d6 fire plus witchflame)
BAB
+7
CMB
+13
CMD
31
Fort
+10
Ref
+11
Will
+10

sound mimicry (animal noises)

Bluff +17, Fly +14, Intimidate +20, Knowledge (any two) +13, Perception +16, Sense Motive +16, Stealth +19

spell-like abilities:
(CL 9th; concentration +16)

At will-dancing lights, disguise self, ghost sound (DC 17), invisibility, pyrotechnics (DC 19), ray of enfeeblement (DC 18)

1/day-summon (level 4, 2 will-o'-wisps 50%)

Details
Type
Undead
Alignment
CE
Size
Medium
Environment
any swamps or woodlands
Senses
darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +16
Languages
Auran, Common, Giant
Source
Bestiary 2