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__NOTOC__ {{author |author_name=Sulacu |date_created=July 13, 2009 |status=Pending }} [[Image:Sand Devil.jpg|right|thumb|277px|A revenant.]] {{3.5e Monster Classic |monster=Revenant |size=Medium |type=Undead |subtypes=Evil, Semi-Corporeal |hd=16d12+16 |hp=120 |init=+2 |speed=40 ft. (8 squares), [[Hover (3.5e Creature Ability)|hover]] 40 ft. (good) |ac=25 (+3 [[SRD:Dexterity|Dex]], +4 [[SRD:Natural Armor|natural armor]], +8 ''profane'') |touch=21 |flat=22 |bab=+8 |grapple=+15 |at=''+1 [[SRD:Unholy|unholy]] [[SRD:Bastard Sword|bastard sword]]'' +16 melee (1d10+8/19-20 plus 2d6 against [[SRD:Neutral Good|good]]) |full_at=''+1 [[SRD:Unholy|unholy]] [[SRD:Bastard Sword|bastard sword]]'' +16/+11 melee (1d10+8/19-20 plus 2d6 against [[SRD:Neutral Good|good]]) |space=5 ft. |reach=5 ft. |sa=[[#Dust Vortex|Dust vortex]], [[#Spell-Like Abilities|spell-like abilities]], [[#Swarm|swarm]] |sq=[[SRD:Blindsight|Blindsight]] 60 ft., immunity to [[SRD:Electricity Effect|electricity]], [[#Regeneration|regeneration]] 10, [[Semi-Corporeal (3.5e Creature Subtype)|semi-corporeal traits]], [[#Spirit Entity|spirit entity]], [[SRD:Undead Type#Traits|undead traits]] |fort=+7 |ref=+7 |will=+14 |str=25 |dex=17 |con=โ |int=12 |wis=14 |cha=19 |skills=[[SRD:Concentration Skill|Concentration]] +23, [[SRD:Listen Skill|Listen]] +9, [[SRD:Spellcraft Skill|Spellcraft]] +20, [[SRD:Spot Skill|Spot]] +10 |feats=[[SRD:Alertness|Alertness]], [[SRD:Exotic Weapon Proficiency|Exotic Weapon Proficiency]] ([[SRD:Bastard Sword|bastard sword]])<sup>B</sup>, [[SRD:Great Fortitude|Great Fortitude]], Improved Toughness<sup>[[Complete Warrior|CW]]</sup>, [[SRD:Iron Will|Iron Will]], [[SRD:Power Attack|Power Attack]], [[SRD:Spell Penetration|Spell Penetration]] |env=Underground crypts and ruins |org=Solitary or burial (2-4 plus 2-4 [[SRD:Greater Shadow|greater shadows]]) |cr=11 |treas=None |align=Always [[SRD:Neutral Evil|neutral evil]] |adv=17-48 [[SRD:Hit Dice|HD]] ([[SRD:Medium Size|Medium]]) |la=โ }} ''This horrible creature howls like malignant crypt winds, and oozes a smell of death through its porous form. A whirlwind of biting dust swirls around it, eroding the very life of those that venture too close.'' Revenants are the spirits of the evilest and most horridly ambitious of mortals, given form by their wretched undying desires. Appearing as grey or ochre-skinned humanoids, a large amount of sand and dust has been accrued and compacted into a grotesque semblance of its former self. Revenants stand about 6 feet, and weigh 180 pounds. === Combat === Above all else, revenants wish to live again, to supplant their transitory body moulded from grayed dust for a real, living form. Their torture is in knowing but being unable to accept that they are forever doomed to take this cursed shape, and as such harbour towards any living creature a vile, envious hatred that defies description. A revenant's natural weapons and any weapons it wields are treated as [[SRD:Neutral Evil|evil]]-aligned for the purpose of bypassing [[SRD:Damage Reduction|damage reduction]]. This includes its [[#Swarm|swarm]] damage. A revenant's ''+1 [[SRD:Unholy|unholy]] [[SRD:Bastard Sword|bastard sword]]'' is a product of its vile animus and is destroyed when the revenant is dispersed or destroyed. '''{{Anchor|Dust Vortex}} ([[SRD:Supernatural Ability|Su]]):''' As a [[SRD:Move Actions|move action]], a revenant can create a whirlwind of dust around its body that extends in a 10-foot radius and lasts for one [[SRD:Round|round]]. The dust vortex may be sustained for more than one round, but this expends a move action every round, meaning that the revenant can only take a single [[SRD:Move Actions|move-equivalent]] or [[SRD:Standard Actions|standard]] action every turn while it is active. A revenant can not make weapon attacks whilst in vortex form. Those caught within the vortex are damaged as per the revenant's swarm attack (see [[#Swarm|below]]) as the dust particles eat away at their very flesh and attempt to subsume it into its own physical form. For every round of direct exposure to the vortex, a living creature must make a DC 18 [[SRD:Saving Throw#Fortitude|Fortitude]] save or be [[SRD:Ability Drain|drained]] of 1 point of [[SRD:Constitution|Constitution]]. '''[[SRD:Regeneration|{{Anchor|Regeneration}}]] ([[SRD:Extraordinary Ability|Ex]]):''' [[SRD:Acid Effect|Acid]], positive energy effects, spells with the [[SRD:Good Effect|Good]] or [[SRD:Light Effect|Light]] descriptor and ''divine'' damage sources (such as from the ''[[SRD:Flame Strike|flame strike]]'' spell) deal normal damage to a revenant. Due to its semi-corporeal nature, a revenant cannot lose any limbs, as any physical injuries are insubstantial to their dust and sand-formed body. When a revenant's total [[SRD:Nonlethal Damage|nonlethal damage]] exceeds its total [[SRD:Hit Points|hit points]], it is partly dispersed and effectively [[SRD:Stunned|stunned]] until its [[SRD:Regeneration|regeneration]] reduces [[SRD:Nonlethal Damage|nonlethal damage]] back to below its total hit points. Needless to say, a revenant is not immune to nonlethal damage from its regeneration. '''[[SRD:Spell-Like Ability|{{Anchor|Spell-Like Abilities}}]]:''' At willโ''black sand''<sup>[[Sandstorm|Sand]]</sup> (DC 17), ''soul of the waste''<sup>[[Sandstorm|Sand]]</sup>; 3/dayโ''[[SRD:Dispel Magic|dispel magic]]'', ''wall of sand''<sup>[[Sandstorm|Sand]]</sup> (DC 18); 1/dayโ''[[SRD:Chain Lightning|chain lightning]]'' (DC 20), ''choking sands''<sup>[[Sandstorm|Sand]]</sup> (DC 19), ''mummify''<sup>[[Sandstorm|Sand]]</sup> (DC 20). [[SRD:Caster Level|Caster level]] 11th. Save DCs are [[SRD:Charisma|Charisma]]-based. '''{{Anchor|Swarm}} ([[SRD:Extraordinary Ability|Ex]]):''' Revenants bear many traits attributed to [[SRD:Swarm Subtype|swarms]]. Comprised of countless miniscule particles of sand and dust that accrete into a humanoid shape, a revenant is immune to all weapon damage, although it is not immune to the added energy damage from a special weapon enhancement such as [[SRD:Flaming|flaming]]. When in its [[#Dust Vortex|dust vortex]] shape, a revenant has a [[SRD:Swarm Subtype|swarm]] attack that deals 4d6 damage. A revenant in dust vortex form does not gain a [[SRD:Swarm|swarm]]'s Distraction [[SRD:Special Attacks and Special Qualities (Creature Statistic)|special attack]]. Unlike swarms, a revenant never takes increased damage from area effect spells. '''Spirit Entity ([[SRD:Extraordinary Ability|Ex]]):''' A revenant's body is held together by the effort of a controlling soul that can only be exorcised or destroyed with a few powerful spells or under certain special conditions. If brought to 0 [[SRD:Hit Points|hit points]] by other effects, even those that bypass its [[SRD:Regeneration|regeneration]], the revenant is merely dispersed for 2d6 minutes only to return afterwards with its [[SRD:Hit Points|hit points]] restored. The traditional method of destroying a revenant is finding the remains of the person the soul belonged to in real life. When confronted with a piece of its shed mortal coil, it becomes vulnerable to final death and can be destroyed normally by effects that bypass its regeneration. Otherwise, only a ''[[SRD:Wish|wish]]'' or ''[[SRD:Miracle|miracle]]'' will be able to lethally damage as well as permanently destroy a revenant. [[SRD:Turn or Rebuke Undead|Turn undead]] is effective against a revenant, but if targeted by a turning effect strong enough to destroy it, it is dispersed instead. It is possible to entrap a dispersed revenant using the ''[[SRD:Soul Bind|soul bind]]'' spell in conjunction with a bottle of ''unholy water''<sup>[[Spell Compendium|SpC]]</sup>. This imbues the unholy water with the essence of the revenant's rotted spirit, turning it in an utterly black liquid known as ''blackshadow elixir''. When ingested or used as element in a magical trap, the blackshadow elixir bestows 2d4 [[SRD:Negative Level|negative levels]] (3 uses). If the victim of the elixir dies from level loss, its soul will be forcibly removed from the body and will turn into a newly born revenant in 1d4 days. When drank by an [[SRD:Undead Type|undead]], it grants permanent [[SRD:Fast Healing|fast healing]] 5. When the elixir is applied to a weapon with at least a +1 enhancement, that weapon permanently gains the [[SRD:Unholy|unholy]] enhancement. The market price for a bottle of blackshadow elixir is 16,000 gp. ---- {{3.5e Monsters Breadcrumb}} [[Category:3.5e]] [[Category:User]] [[Category:Monster]]
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