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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 5863546" data-attributes="member: 57383">Flying Spirit Working Draft, Mark 2Kyokotsu (Crazy Bones Flying Spirit)Medium Undead (Spirit) Hit Dice: 2d12+4 (17 hp) Initiative: +3 Speed: Fly 40 ft. (8 squares, perfect) Armor Class: 15 (+3 Dex, +2 deflection), touch 15, flat-footed 13 Base Attack/Grapple: +1/+2 Attack: Claw +4 melee (1d4+1) Full Attack: 2 claws +4 melee (1d4+1) Space/Reach: 5 ft./ 5 ft. Special Attacks: Create spawn Special Qualities: Immune to turning, rejuvenation, squeeze, undead traits, unholy toughness Saves: Fort +0, Ref +3, Will  +4 Abilities: Str 13, Dex 16, Con —, Int 6, Wis 12, Cha 15 Skills: Hide +13, Intimidate +8, Listen +6, Move Silently +9, Spot +6 Feats: Stealthy, Weapon Finesse (B) Environment: Ruins and underground Organization: Solitary or madness (2-8) Challenge Rating: 1 Treasure: None Alignment: Always evil, usually chaotic Advancement: 3-6 HD (Medium); 7-9 HD (Large) Level Adjustment: —  A human skull floating in the air atop a sheet-like translucent figure, vaguely manlike in outline. A pair of bony hands at the end of fluttering, sleeve-like arms.No legs, no feet, the body-sheet just trails away to mist. Shards of decaying bone can be glimpsed inside its body and limbs. A kyokotsu, meaning "Crazy Bones", is an undead spirit that occasionally  forms from a forgotten corpse. Its cursed existence drives it to attack  living mortals. They are usually encountered near wherever they died -  somewhere a corpse can lie undiscovered, such as the bottom of a well or  the overgrown bank of a little-used mountain trail. Most kyokotsu are  solitary, but there are very rare cursed places where groups of crazy  bones roam, killing those they encounter. These are usually based around  sites where a family of evil doers was murdered and left to rot. A kyokotsu is typically the same size as it was in life, but weighs only  a few pounds. Particularly powerful crazy bones may grow to be twice  the height of a human. A kyokotsu can speak whatever languages it knew in life (usually  Common), but generally voice nothing but nonsensical shrieks and  bloodthirsty cackling, since they're as crazy as their name suggests.  CombatKyokotsu delight in surprising victims. They can spring upon their  opponents by appearing out of small holes and tiny cracks. Crazy bones  fight with claws. A kyokotsu is an erratic fighter with little or no  sense of tactics. They typically fight to the death, chasing after  opponents who try to flee, but might fly away and hide at the slightest  sign of opposition, or hover in the air screaming insults and laughter  at a retreating enemy. Create Spawn (Su): Any humanoid slain by a kyokotsu becomes a  kyokotsu if the victim's remains are abandoned. The victim becomes a  normal kyokotsu at midnight on the first anniversary of its death. It is  not under the control of any other kyokotsu, and does not possess any  of the abilities it had in life. The victim will not become a kyokotsu  if the corpse is buried, destroyed (usually by cremation), or if a  simple funerary prayer is spoken over the remains - the latter requires a  DC 10 Knowledge (religion) check. Furthermore, a kyokotsu can not form  from a corpse that has been   affected by the turn undead special ability  or any spell that weakens  undead or protects against decay or evil, such as hallow, gentle repose, or protection from evil.Rejuvenation (Su): A kyokotsu is difficult to destroy permanently through simple combat. A "destroyed" will kyokotsu restore itself from its bones on the anniversary of its (original) death with a successful  level check (1d20 + HD) against DC 16. Any action that would counteract a kyokotsu's Create Spawn ability (see above) can be used to prevent a kyokotsu's rejuvenation. Squeeze (Su): A kyokotsu   can squeeze through seemingly   impossible portals. As a move action, a kyokotsu   can pass through an   opening as if it were a Diminutive creature. A kyokotsu   must end its   movement in a region large enough to hold a Diminutive creature, but it can   take no actions other than movement unless it is in an area large enough   that a Diminutive creature could normally squeeze through.Unholy Toughness (Ex): A kyokotsu   gains a bonus to its hit points equal to its Charisma modifier × its Hit Dice. Skills: A kyokotsu has a +4 racial bonus to Hide and Intimidate checks.</blockquote>

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