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lairs within and animates the corpse of a Medium humanoid
creature. The myriad spiders that make up the husk exist only
to feed the heart spider. A heart spider separated from the hive
will not survive for long, as the hive is its only protection.
Hive Intelligence (Ex): The husk is in reality a colony
of spiders controlled by the heart spider. So long as the heart
spider lives, the husk has a hive mind, giving it an Intelligence
of 6. Destruction of the heart spider or the husk results in the
hive’s dispersal.
Husk Spider Swarm (Ex): As a free action a swarm of
diminutive flying spiders swarm from the husk’s body. The swarm
has the following statistics: HD 8d8+8; hp 44; Init +4; Spd
10 ft., climb 30 ft., fly 30 ft. (good); AC 18, touch 18, flatfooted
14; Base Atk +6; Grp —; Atk/Full Atk Swarm (2d6
plus poison); Space/Reach 10 ft./0 ft.; SA distraction, poison;
SQ darkvision 60 ft., immune to weapon damage, swarm traits,
tremorsense 60 ft., vermin traits; SV Fort +6, Ref +2, Will +2;
Str 2, Dex 19, Con 12, Int —, Wis 10, Cha 2; Skills Climb +8,
Hide +4, Listen +4, Move Silently +4, Spot +4.
Fire Vulnerability (Ex): The husk’s dry, parched flesh
causes it to take double damage from fire attacks unless a save is
allowed for half damage. If the husk succeeds in a save attempt
it takes half damage; if it fails it takes double damage.
Poison: Injury, Fortitude DC 15, initial and secondary damage
1d6 Str. The save DC is Constitution-based.
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Shared Hit Points (Ex): A husk shares its hit points with
any swarm it can produce. Thus, if the husk suffers 20 points
of damage the swarm it produces will only have 24 hit points.
Legends & Lore
CoMMoN: None.
UNCoMMoN: The husk is a rarely seen form of walking dead.
RARE: The husk is not undead. It is in fact a colony of spiders
that inhabits and animates a human corpse.
obSCURE: The husk is controlled by a “queen” spider of
sorts that lives within its chest cavity. Destroy the queen, and
you destroy the husk.
Treasure
The husk’s host’s body may have small items of wealth
adorning it, depending on the wealth of the individual in life.
Hooks
The PCs have set up camp when a husk attacks them. This
husk has more in mind than feeding however. The heart spider
within is gravid with enough eggs to create husks out of the
entire party!
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