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Fukuranbou
Medium Undead
Hit Dice: 8d12 (52 hp)
Initiative: +3
Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares), climb 15 ft. (3
squares)
Armor Class: 17 (+3 Dex, +4 natural),
touch 13, flat-footed 14
Base Attack/Grapple: +4/+5
Attack: Intestine stem +8 ranged (1d8+1
plus Charisma damage)
Full Attack: 6 intestine stems +8 ranged
(1d8+1 plus Charisma damage) and claw +3
melee (1d4)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft. (15 ft. with intestine
stems)
Special Attacks: Charisma damage, curse
of the rotten gut, improved grab
Special Qualities: +4 turn resistance,
darkvision 60 ft., intestine crawl, undead traits
Fukuranbou are hideous ugly humans with
splotchy skin, matted hair, and a prominent belly.
Ironically, fukuranbou are corporeal undead born
of the spirit of vanity: people who spent their
lives focused on personal beauty and little else.
Though they are clearly grotesque, fukuranbou
still consider themselves the paradigm of beauty,
displaying their fleshy belly proudly, either
completely naked or covering only their genitalia.
Combat
A fukuranbou can hide its intestine stems within
itself as a free action (they can hide all or none—the
creature cannot hide some stems and reveal others).
The flesh molds around the stems, masking them
completely from sight. Characters may make a
Spot check (DC 20) to observe a slight rippling of
the belly from time to time, as if something were
slithering about within. Releasing the intestine stems
is a standard action that does not provoke attacks of
opportunity. As the fukuranbou looks like a normal
(albeit extremely ugly) human when hiding its stems,
it often attempts to ally with a party of adventurers,
posing as a powerful and important dignitary. If
given an opportunity, the fukuranbou will try to split
the party, teaming up with the most charismatic party
member for a later attack.
A fukuranbou’s distended belly contains
a dozen prehensile intestine stems, each ending
in a foul-smelling many-toothed mouth with a
lolling, discolored tongue. As many as six of these
disgusting appendages can strike each round, with
a range of up to 15 feet.
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Saves: Fort +2, Ref +5, Will +6
Abilities: Str 12, Dex 17, Con —, Int 14,
Wis 10, Cha 6
Skills: Balance +13, Bluff +8, Climb +9*,
Concentration +10, Diplomacy +0, Disguise
–2 (+0 acting), Escape Artist +9, Hide +9,
Intimidate +0, Listen +8, Move Silently
+9*, Spot +8, Use Rope +3 (+5 bindings)
Feats: Combat Reflexes, Dodge,
Multiattack B , Weapon Focus (intestine stem)
Environment: Any land and underground
Organization: Solitary or clique (1
fukuranbou plus 2-4 ghouls)
Challenge Rating: 5
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Always chaotic evil
Advancement: 9-16 HD (Medium)
Level Adjustment: —
Charisma Damage (Su): Living creatures
hit by a fukuranbou’s intestine stem attack suffer
1d2 points of Charisma damage. Creatures
grappled by a fukuranbou instead suffer 1d4
points of Charisma damage every round for each
attached intestine stem. A creature reduced to
Charisma 0 by a fukuranbou is unconscious. Each
point of Charisma damage restores 2 hit points to a
wounded fukuranbou. Such hit points cannot raise
the creature’s hit points above its original total.
Curse of the Rotten Gut (Su): Supernatural
disease—intestine stem, Fortitude DC 13,
incubation period 1 day, damage 1d6 Con. The
save DC is Constitution based.
The unsettling curse, delivered by the
fukuranbou’s hideous tongue, is a magical disease
that conveys the nauseating sensation of hundreds
of undulating worms crawling within the victim’s
stomach. Unlike normal diseases, curse of the
rotten gut continues until the victim reaches
Constitution 0 (and dies) or is cured. Each day after
the first, on a failed save, an afflicted creature must
immediately succeed on another DC 13 Fortitude
save or take 1 point of Constitution drain.
An afflicted creature that dies under the curse
of the rotten gut will arise as a ghoul in 1d4 days.
Casting protection from evil on a body before the
end of that time averts the transformation (but does
not cure the disease).
Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, a
fukuranbou must hit with an intestine stem attack.
It can then attempt to start a grapple as a free action
without provoking an attack of opportunity. If it