Vilderavn Herald

Perception +35, greater darkvision; true seeing

Languages Aklo, Common, Infernal, Sylvan; tongues

Skills Acrobatics +34, Athletics +36, Deception +35, Intimidation +37, Heraldry Lore +33, Society +33, Stealth +36, Warfare Lore +33

Str +10, Dex +7, Con +6, Int +6, Wis +6, Cha +8

AC 44; Fort +31, Ref +36, Will +33

HP 375; Immunities curses, death effects, drained, fear; Weaknesses 

 20

Aura of Disquietude (aura, emotion, fear, mental) 30 feet, DC 35. As frightful presence, plus a creature frightened by the aura becomes suspicious: it doesn’t count any other creature as its ally, and it can’t Aid or flank. On a critical failure, the creature also can’t be a willing target for harmless or helpful magic. The vilderavn can activate or deactivate this aura using a single action, which has the concentrate trait.

Attack of Opportunity

Speed 40 feet, fly 120 feet

Melee greatsword +36 (magical, versatile P), Damage 4d12+16 slashing plus bloodbird

Melee jaws +36 (magical), Damage 4d8+16 piercing plus bloodbird

Melee talon +36 (agile, magical), Damage 4d8+16 slashing plus bloodbird

Occult Innate Spells DC 41; 8th 

, ; 5th  (at will), ,  (at will),  (at will); Constant (6th) , 

Bloodbird (curse, occult) A creature hit by a vilderavn’s melee attack becomes cursed, taking 2d6 persistent bleed damage that’s difficult to stanch: the DC to stop the bleeding using Administer First Aid is 35, and healing the creature to full HP doesn’t automatically end the bleeding. Removing the curse ends the bleeding.

Change Shape (concentrate, occult, polymorph, transmutation) The vilderavn takes on the shape of a wolf or dire wolf, a wolf-raven hybrid, or its raven knight form: a Small or Medium humanoid in black full plate carrying a greatsword. The vilderavn can use its jaws attack only in a form that has a wolf’s head, its talon attack only in a form that has raven talons, and its greatsword only in raven knight form.

Souleater (necromancy, occult) If the vilderavn kills a humanoid target with a critical hit using its jaws Strike, it rips out and devours the target’s heart and soul as part of the attack. While the target is dead, the vilderavn can Change Shape into the target’s form, gaining a +4 status bonus to Deception checks to impersonate the target. If magic would resurrect the creature, the caster must succeed at a DC 38 counteract check to extract the target’s soul from the vilderavn; otherwise the spell fails.