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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 5523417" data-attributes="member: 57383">Paper Ghost Working DraftGohei P'oh (Paper Ghost)Tiny ConstructHit Dice: 1d10+3 (8 hp)Initiative: +5Speed: Fly 20 ft. (4 squares, average)Armor Class: 17 (+5 Dex, +2 size), touch 17, flat-footed 12Base Attack/Grapple: +0/+3Attack: Slam +7 melee (1d6-1)Full Attack: Slam +7 melee (1d6-1)Space/Reach: 2½ ft./0 ft.Special Attacks: Attach, erase, suffocateSpecial Qualities: Alternate form, blindsense 20 ft., construct traits, darkvision 60 ft., hungry paper, low-light visionSaves: Fort +0, Ref +5, Will +0Abilities: Str 8, Dex 20, Con –, Int 3, Wis 11, Cha 11Skills: Listen +2, Spot +2Feats: Ability Focus (breath drain), Toughness (B), Weapon Finesse (B)Environment: AnyOrganization: SolitaryChallenge Rating: 2Treasure: NoneAlignment: Any evil (same as creator)Advancement: 3-6 HD (Tiny)Level Adjustment: —A single page of paper drifts around the room, as if caught in a breeze.  But what should be a pleasant floating motion seems purposeful and  malign.  It pauses in front of you, and begins folding itself into a different  shape...Gohei p'oh, also called paper ghosts, are a minor spirits bound into a  piece of paper, that act as servitors and guards for evil arcane  spellcasters. They will obey any simple command given them by their  creator, fighting to the death if called too. Gohei p'oh are stupid  beings who cannot understand any task more complex than guarding a room,  delivering a message, or spending a night hiding in a room and then  returning home. If ordered to do something beyond their limited mental  powers, a gohei p'oh usually indicates its incomprehension and does  nothing. Paper ghosts are weak warriors but make excellent spies and sentries,  since they're easy to overlook when lying doggo in their default form -  who heeds a stray piece of paper? These malevolent pieces of origami can fold themselves into difference  forms to perform their duties; each form has its own powers. The most  common forms are listed below. Some gohei p'oh may be able to assume  different or additional forms. Gohei p'oh cannot speak, but can understand all the languages known to their creator. A typical gohei p'oh is about 11 inches by 14 inches in sheet form, their weight is negligible.COMBATA gohei p'oh will follow whatever combat tactics its creator orders it  to perform. If simply told to "attack", a gohei p'oh usually uses the  attack(s) of  whatever form it happens to be in. Its default "sheet of  paper" form  attacks by trying to attach itself to an opponent's face  and drain their  breath. Gohei p'oh have enough self-determination to change form during a fight,  if that would  give it a tactical advantage (provided their orders  allows them that  flexibility). They prefer to change form when not in  melee, since they're unable to fight when refolding themselves.Alternate Form (Su): A gohei p'oh can fold its body into a number of different forms. Changing to an alternate form is a full-round action. It can change forms at will, as often as it desires.Dove FormSpeed: Fly 60 ft. (12 squares, perfect)Attack: Paper-cut +7 melee (1d6-1)   Full Attack: 2 paper-cuts +7 melee (1d6-1)  Special Attacks: Erase Feats: Ability Focus (breath drain), Flyby Attack (B), Toughness (B), Weapon Finesse (B) Pinwheel FormSpeed: Fly 20 ft. (4 squares, average) Attack: Airblast +7 ranged touch (1d4)    Full Attack: Airblast +7 ranged touch (1d4)  Special Attacks: Erase, airblast Feats: Ability Focus (breath drain), Hover (B), Toughness (B), Weapon Finesse (B) Airblast (Su): When in pinwheel form, a gohei p'oh can attack with a scouring blast of  wind, dealing 1d6 points of damage in a 10-foot line (Reflex DC 10  half). The save DC is Constitution-based.Box FormSpeed: Fly 10 ft. (2 squares, average) Attack: Swallow +7 touch (special)   Full Attack: Swallow +7 touch (special)  Special Attacks: Erase, ethereal swallowFeats: Ability Focus (breath drain), Toughness (B), Weapon Finesse (B) Ethereal Swallow (Su): Once per day, a gohei p'oh in  box   form can attempt to "swallow" a single opponent (or an unattended    object). The gohei p'oh needs to hit the target with a 5 ft. ranged    touch  attack. The target must succeed at a DC 10 Will save, or be   pulled   "inside the box" and transferred to the Ethereal Plane at a   point   contiguous with the gohei p'oh's location. Targets transferred  to the Ethereal Plane remain there for 1d4+1 days,  and then return to  the Material Plane at their original location. Alternatively, a  gohei  p'oh   can become ethereal by  "swallowing itself" and turning inside  out,   the gohei p'oh can then "swallow itself" again to return to the  Material Plane at its original location, but must remain on the Ethereal   Plane for at least a   day. The save DC is Charisma-based.Attach (Ex): If a gohei p'oh hits with its default form's slam  attack, it automatically plasters itself over the opponent's face and  begins to draining its victim's breath (see Breath Drain, below). An  attached gohei p'oh is effectively grappling its opponent. The gohei  p'oh loses its Dexterity bonus to AC and has an AC of 12, but holds on  with great tenacity. gohei p'oh have a +12 racial bonus on grapple  checks (already figured into the Base Attack/Grapple entry above). An attached gohei p'oh can be struck with a weapon or grappled itself.  To remove an attached gohei p'oh through grappling, the opponent must  achieve a pin against the gohei p'oh.  Breath Drain (Su):  A gohei p'oh can drain life force by absorbing a victim's breath,  dealing 1d4 points of Constitution damage in any  round when it begins  its turn attached to a victim (Fort DC 12 for half damage). The gohei p'oh can feed off this drained  breath (See Feeding Dependency). The save DC is Charisma-based.Erase (Sp): A gohei p'oh can erase magical or mundane writings  from a page or two of paper, parchment, or similar surfaces. This  functions just like an erase spell (CL 3rd), except it has a range of 1 foot.Hungry Paper (Ex): Unlike standard constructs, gohei p'oh need to eat.  Gohei p'oh feed on writing or life-energy using its Erase and Breath  Drain special attacks. A gohei p'oh can eat up to 4 days' worth of  "food" before becoming sated; it needs 1 page of writing or 1 point of  Constitution to sustain itself for 1 day. The gohei p'oh loses 1 hit  point for every day it goes hungry. If it loses all its hit points the  gohei p'oh is destroyed. A gohei p'oh can regain hit points lost due to  starvation by extra feeding on a 1:1 ration (e.g. if it feeds on 3 pages  or Con points it recovers 3 hp). A gohei p'oh can heal damage at the same rate as a living creature. A  gohei p'oh can not heal its injuries while it has hit points lost from  starvation. The Heal skill has no effect on gohei p'oh, but a DC15 Craft  (origami) or Decipher Script check can provide Long-Term Care to a damaged gohei p'oh, allowing it to recover from damage at twice the normal rate.CONSTRUCTIONA gohei p'oh is created from a sheet of the finest parchment or silk  paper. Pages from a book of evil lore are written upon this sheet in  rare inks. The materials cost 100 gp. Creating this sheet of paper  requires a DC 13 Craft (calligraphy) or a DC 13 Craft (papermaking)  check.  After the page of evil lore is prepared, it is animated through an  extended magical ceremony that requires a specially prepared library or  workroom,  similar to an alchemist's laboratory and costing 500 gp to  establish. If  the creator is personally constructing the creature's  body, the  building and ceremony can be performed together. Up to four  gohei p'oh can be created simultaneously as part of the same ceremony,  simply combine the cost of materials. As the ceremony is performed the  writing upon the sheet of paper slowly fades, disappearing entirely as  the gohei p'oh is animated. A gohei p'oh with more than 2 Hit Dice can be created, but each additional Hit Die adds +2,000 gp to the cost to create.  CL 5th; Craft Construct, blink, erase, gust of wind, caster must be evil and at least 5th level; Price — (never sold); Cost 2,100 gp + 156 XP.</blockquote>

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