Monster Trove: Old Fears and Hungry Things
Vetala
Medium
About
A vetala occupies a corpse without becoming it. It hangs in burial trees, speaks in riddles through dead mouths and enters another body the moment its present vessel is made unusable.
Stats
HP
180
AC
18
DR
3
Attacks
2
Attack:
3d10+5, 3d10+5
Save Rolls
Quick
4
Tough
4
Mind
7
Default Save TN (based on HP): 7
Traits
Alignment:
Impartial Vile (Schemer)
Intelligence:
Exceptional (15-16)
Magic Resistance:
+4 to saves against spells
Special Attack
Borrow the Living: one creature within 30 ft makes a Mind save; on a failed save the vetala possesses it for 1d4 rounds. The victim may repeat the save at the end of each turn. Corpse Claws: necrotic and slashing, melee 5 ft, +6 to hit, 3d10+5, twice each round.
Special Defense
Body Is Only a Door: reducing the corpse to 0 HP expels the vetala but does not destroy it. For 1 round it appears as a shadow with AC 13, DR 0 and no attacks; if not trapped inside a prepared circle or struck by divine magic, it enters the nearest corpse and returns with full HP.