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Crawling HandCreature -1

NE​Tiny​Undead​
Source Pathfinder Bestiary 2
Perception +5 (lifesense 30 feet, tremorsense (imprecise) 30 feet)
Languages Common, (can't Speak Any Language)
Skills Athletics +5, Stealth +6, Survival +2
Str +1, Dex +3, Con +0, Int -4, Wis +0, Cha +0
AC 12; Fort +2; Reflex +5; Will +2;
HP 8 (negative healing)
Speed 30 feet (climb 30 feet)
Immunities death effects, disease, paralyzed, poison, unconscious, visual
Claw One Action +7 (+3, -1) to hit (agile, finesse) 1d4+1 Slashing
Tremorsense (Imprecise) 30 feet

Tremorsense allows a monster to feel the vibrations through a solid surface caused by movement. It is an imprecise sense with a limited range (listed in the ability). Tremorsense functions only if the monster is on the same surface as the subject, and only if the subject is moving along (or burrowing through) the surface.

Lifesense 30 feet

Lifesense allows a monster to sense the vital essence of living and undead creatures within the listed range. The sense can distinguish between the positive energy animating living creatures and the negative energy animating undead creatures, much as sight distinguishes colors.

Negative Healing

A creature with negative healing draws health from negative energy rather than positive energy. It is damaged by positive damage and is not healed by positive healing effects. It does not take negative damage, and it is healed by negative effects that heal undead.

Grip Throat

A Medium or smaller creature that is Grabbed by the crawling hand has difficulty speaking and must spend an extra action to perform any action with the verbal trait.

Mark Quarry

A crawling hand can be assigned a quarry by anointing the hand with a drop of the intended quarry's blood. If the hand ever has no quarry, it automatically gains the next creature it damages as its quarry. The hand gains a +1 circumstance bonus to Perception checks when it Seek its quarry, to Survival checks when it Tracks its quarry, and damage rolls when it Strikes its quarry.

Grab One Action

Requirements The monster's last action was a success with a Strike that lists Grab in its damage entry, or it has a creature grabbed using this action.

Effect The monster automatically Grabs the target until the end of the monster's next turn. The creature is Grabbed by whichever body part the monster attacked with, and that body part can't be used to Strike creatures until the grab is ended. Using Grab extends the duration of the monster's Grab until the end of its next turn for all creatures grabbed by it. A grabbed creature can use the Escape action to get out of the grab, and the Grab ends for a grabbed creatures if the monster moves away from it.

Typically, crawling hands are formed when severed appendages are endowed with a crude sentience by evil necromantic energies that turn them into tireless killers. Yet crawling hands can also arise spontaneously, usually when a creature loses an appendage in a place rife with necromantic energy or with a connection to the Negative Energy Plane.

A crawling hand formed from the appendage of a Medium creature is quick and agile, skittering in the shadows until it can strike its prey.

Traits

Common

Anything that doesn't list another rarity trait (uncommon, rare, or unique) automatically has the common trait. This rarity indicates that an ability, item, or spell is available to all players who meet the prerequisites for it. A creature of this rarity is generally known and can be summoned with the appropriate summon spell.