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Winterwight Human-sized and of a deathly blue color, this long-taloned skeletal creature is partially encased in jagged sheets of ice. Winterwight CR 17 Source Bestiary 2 pg. 283 XP 102,400 CE Medium undead (cold) Init +10; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +27 Aura cold (10 ft.) Defense AC 32, touch 16, flat-footed 26 (+6 Dex, +16 natural) hp 270 (20d8+180); fast healing 10 Fort +15, Ref +14, Will +16 Defensive Abilities channel resistance +4; DR 15/bludgeoning and good; Immune cold, undead traits; SR 28 Weaknesses vulnerability to fire Offense Speed 30 ft. Melee bite +30 (2d8+15 plus blightfire), 2 claws +30 (2d6+15 plus blightfire) Special Attacks rend (2 claws 2d8+22) Spell-Like Abilities (CL 17th; concentration +26) Constant—air walk At will—cone of cold (DC 24), dimension door, greater dispel magic, sleet storm, wall of ice 3/day—polar ray 1/day—control weather Statistics Str 40, Dex 23, Con —, Int 11, Wis 18, Cha 29 Base Atk +15; CMB +30; CMD 46 Feats Blind-Fight, Combat Reflexes, Critical Focus, Greater Vital Strike, Improved Initiative, Improved Vital Strike, Lightning Reflexes, Power Attack, Staggering Critical, Vital Strike Skills Acrobatics +26, Intimidate +32, Perception +27, Stealth +29 Languages Common Ecology Environment any cold land Organization solitary, pair, or incursion (3–6) Treasure standard Special Abilities Aura of Cold (Su) Winterwights are surrounded by a 10-foot radius of deathly chill. Any creatures within this area during the winterwight’s turn takes 2d10 points of cold damage. All creatures of the cold subtype within this area (including the winterwight) are treated as having fast healing 10. Blightfire (Su) Whenever a winterwight damages a creature with a bite or claw, the wound erupts with tongues of black fire. For the next 5 rounds, the victim must make a DC 29 Fortitude saving throw at the start of its turn or take 1d6 points of Constitution drain. The winterwight gains 10 temporary hit points each time the creature fails a saving throw against blightfire. A creature cannot be affected by more than one instance of blightfire at a time. The save DC is Charisma-based. Description The winterwight is an undead horror born from the coldest depths of the negative energy plane. Infused with the dark, cold magic that permeates this realm of death, the winterwight takes the form of a skeleton coated in armor of jagged ice. Though it resembles an ordinary skeleton from a distance, the winterwight’s frame is much sturdier than the average humanoid’s, its frozen armor intertwining with its bone structure to form an incredibly hardy chassis. Sometimes called hatewraiths because of their insatiable lust for suffering, these frozen horrors are often found in areas that suffer from magical cold or frozen climates. Winterwights are 7 feet tall and weigh 250 pounds.

Winterwight

Human-sized and of a deathly blue color, this long-taloned skeletal creature is partially encased in jagged sheets of ice.

Winterwight CR 17

Source Bestiary 2 pg. 283
XP 102,400
CE Medium undead (cold)
Init +10; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +27
Aura cold (10 ft.)

Defense

AC 32, touch 16, flat-footed 26 (+6 Dex, +16 natural)
hp 270 (20d8+180); fast healing 10
Fort +15, Ref +14, Will +16
Defensive Abilities channel resistance +4; DR 15/bludgeoning and good; Immune cold, undead traits; SR 28
Weaknesses vulnerability to fire

Offense

Speed 30 ft.
Melee bite +30 (2d8+15 plus blightfire), 2 claws +30 (2d6+15 plus blightfire)
Special Attacks rend (2 claws 2d8+22)
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 17th; concentration +26)
Constant—air walk
At will—cone of cold (DC 24), dimension door, greater dispel magic, sleet storm, wall of ice
3/day—polar ray
1/day—control weather

Statistics

Str 40, Dex 23, Con —, Int 11, Wis 18, Cha 29
Base Atk +15; CMB +30; CMD 46
Feats Blind-Fight, Combat Reflexes, Critical Focus, Greater Vital Strike, Improved Initiative, Improved Vital Strike, Lightning Reflexes, Power Attack, Staggering Critical, Vital Strike
Skills Acrobatics +26, Intimidate +32, Perception +27, Stealth +29
Languages Common

Ecology

Environment any cold land
Organization solitary, pair, or incursion (3–6)
Treasure standard

Special Abilities

Aura of Cold (Su) Winterwights are surrounded by a 10-foot radius of deathly chill. Any creatures within this area during the winterwight’s turn takes 2d10 points of cold damage. All creatures of the cold subtype within this area (including the winterwight) are treated as having fast healing 10.

Blightfire (Su) Whenever a winterwight damages a creature with a bite or claw, the wound erupts with tongues of black fire. For the next 5 rounds, the victim must make a DC 29 Fortitude saving throw at the start of its turn or take 1d6 points of Constitution drain. The winterwight gains 10 temporary hit points each time the creature fails a saving throw against blightfire. A creature cannot be affected by more than one instance of blightfire at a time. The save DC is Charisma-based.

Description

The winterwight is an undead horror born from the coldest depths of the negative energy plane. Infused with the dark, cold magic that permeates this realm of death, the winterwight takes the form of a skeleton coated in armor of jagged ice.

Though it resembles an ordinary skeleton from a distance, the winterwight’s frame is much sturdier than the average humanoid’s, its frozen armor intertwining with its bone structure to form an incredibly hardy chassis. Sometimes called hatewraiths because of their insatiable lust for suffering, these frozen horrors are often found in areas that suffer from magical cold or frozen climates.

Winterwights are 7 feet tall and weigh 250 pounds.

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