Starburned Zombie

Starburned Zombie (CR 37)

Pure Evil - Medium - Undead (Outsider)

Lore:	Know (Religion)
72		92
Basic DC		Full DC

Initiative

68

Perception:
78	+68
Passive	Active

Ambush:

6+

on a d20

• Lore Notes: If check fails, identifies as a Salt Zombie
• Ambush Notes: Starburned Zombies are amazing ambushers, able to remain still for decades, waiting to spring out.

Senses:

• Standard Senses
• Low-Light Vision
• Darkvision 300 ft.
• Precise Hearing 150 ft.
• Lifesense 150 ft.

Movement Types:

• Walk 150 ft.
• Greater Climb 150 ft.
• Brachiating 150 ft.
• Greater Teleport 50 ft.

Defense

AC

65

Man Def

75

Monster Health
5,659	2,829	79
Hit Points	Bloodied	Hit Dice

Saving Throws
Fort:	+36
Refl:	+41
Will:	+41

Strong Against:

• (Mindless) Immune (no effect): all mind-affecting effects (charms, compulsions, fear, morale effects, patterns, and phantasms)
• (Undead 1) Immune (no effect): diseases (infected, diseased, blighted), poisons (tainted, poisoned, blighted), ability damage (dilution, damage, drain), and essence damage (suppression, omission, destruction)
• (Undead 2) Immune (no effect): bleeds (bruised, bleed, ruptured), fatigued, exhausted
• (Undead 3) Immune (no effect): magical sleep (drowsy, sluggish, asleep), paralyzed, stunned
• (Undead 4) Immune (no effect): any effect that requires a Fortitude save (unless the effect also works on objects, or is harmless)

Weak Against:

Offense

Size:	Medium
5 ft.		10 ft.
Space		Reach

To-Hit

+51

Man Off

+63

Action

0

Points

Standard Attack (Melee):

• 1x Starburned Zombie Bite +51 (6d10+127/x2)
  as mutilation (physical, rare)
  plus Zombie Rot

Full Attack (Melee):

• 1x Starburned Zombie Bite +51 (6d10+121/x2)
  as mutilation (physical, rare)
  plus Zombie Rot
• 2x Starburned Zombie Claws +51 (6d6+56/18-20 x2)
  as flensing (physical, rare)
  plus Immolation of the Stars

Standard Attack (Ranged):

Full Attack (Ranged):

Siege Damage: Not siege capable

Statistics

—

STR

—

DEX

—

CON

—

INT

—

WIS

—

CHA

Skills:

• Perception: 68
• All other skills: 58 (no ranks)

Languages:

Feats:

Special Abilities

Starburned Zombie

Zombies are corpses, brought back to horrifying unlife through necromantic ritual, having been killed by other zombies, or dying on desecrated ground. While brains may be their preferred food, zombies are happy to eat any living (or recently dead) flesh. Most zombies are shambling undead horrors which mindlessly seek the flesh of the living. But a large minority of zombies develop into far worse things, their undead flesh warping and corrupting with eldritch terrors, seething with eerie, unworldly, corposcent.

One of the absolute facts of zombies is their utter mindlessness. Zombies are defined by their utter lack of sentience, their simple mindless hunger fueling their unstoppable staggering advance.

Except for Starburned Zombies. Some zombies have wandered into the Outer Dark, or drifted into the Silver Sea, or slogged through the middens of Hell, and have been exposed to such eerie, unnatural emanations that they have grown, or been infested by, sentient spirits of cannibalistic murder. This is not unheard of, for example, Janissary Skeletons are also possessed of intelligence far beyond what they rightfully should possess, but Starburned Zombies are different.

Janissary Skeletons have no memory of their flesh, and are all inhabited by competent, martially-skilled killer spirits.

Starburned Zombies are aflame with corpse-light, and the minds that have taken root in their decaying skulls are...astonishingly jolly. Starburned Zombies make Ogres seem kind, but there is no denying that they have a weirdly pleasant demeanor and a strangely upbeat view of their existence. Some of them faintly recall their days of life, but many do not. Compared to most zombies they are mental giants, and they have an uncomfortable and deadly cunning, although they are not clever in most affairs.

Starburned Zombies delight in being 'zombie-like', shambling about groaning of brains, and then adroitly unlocking a door to fall upon a foe who though they were safe, laughing all the while. Starburned Zombies burn with hideous corpse-light, dancing eldritch flames, and woe betide the adventurer who catches alight from their corposcent embrace. Starburned Zombies have sharp senses, and are far faster and more capable than most lesser zombies.

Beware the attack of Starburned Zombies. Just because they are jolly, does not mean they will spare you.

Combat Tactics

Out of Combat

Rewards

XP: 104,960,000

Treasure: Sellable Goods worth 4,337,313 gp.

Weight: 370 lbs.     Volume: 14.8 cu. ft.

Optional Treasure Rules: Roll a d20 on Table 1 below once per encounter (NOT per creature). Any items discovered are in addition to the normal treasure for the encounter.

Table 1: Remnant(s) Found
1 - 10	Nothing Found
11 - 14	1 Languid Remnant (tier 1)
15 - 17	1 Pale Remnant (tier 2)
18 - 19	1 Bright Remnant (tier 3)
20	Roll on Table 2
###	Nothing to see here!
###	Or here. Move along.

Table 2: Remnant(s) Found
1 - 5	3 Languid Remnants (tier 1)
6 - 10	3 Pale Remnants (tier 2)
11 - 14	1 Intense Remnant (tier 4)
15 - 17	1 Blazing Remnant (tier 5)
18 - 19	1 Vital Remnant (tier 6)
20	Roll on Table 3
###	Or here. Move along.

Table 3: Remnant(s) Found
1 - 5	3 Bright Remnants (tier 3)
6 - 8	3 Intense Remnants (tier 4)
9 - 11	3 Blazing Remnants (tier 5)
12 - 14	3 Vital Remnants (tier 6)
15 - 17	1 Prime Remnant (tier 7)
18 - 19	1 Mythic Remnant (tier 8)
20	1 Empyrean Remnant (tier 9)