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 "markdown": "<title level=\"1\" pfs=\"\">[Sthira](/Monsters.aspx?ID=1419)</title>\r\n\r\n<row gap=\"medium\">\r\n\r\n<column gap=\"medium\" flex=\"1 1 400px\">\r\n\r\nThe Wall of Heaven claims many intrepid climbers. Some such travelers come seeking fortune. Others seek enlightenment. Many, however, find only an icy death. With no means for a proper burial, many of these unfortunate souls remain abandoned to the ice, their bodies becoming macabre guideposts along mountain trails.\n\n Through means unknown, the most willful of these frozen travelers reanimate to seek vengeance upon the living for their denied burial. Such creatures, called sthiras, are composed of multiple bodies or body parts frozen together into one horrific monstrosity.\r\n\r\n<column gap=\"tiny\">\r\n**[Recall Knowledge - Undead](/Rules.aspx?ID=563)**\r\n([Religion](/Skills.aspx?ID=13)): DC 42\r\n\r\n**[Unspecific Lore](/Rules.aspx?ID=563)**: DC 40\r\n\r\n**[Specific Lore](/Rules.aspx?ID=563)**: DC 37\r\n</column>\r\n\r\n</column>\r\n\r\n<column gap=\"medium\">\r\n<image src=\"/images/Monsters/Sthira.png\" />\r\n</column>\r\n\r\n</row>\r\n\r\n<title level=\"2\" right=\"Creature 20\">[Sthira](/Monsters.aspx?ID=1419)</title>\r\n\r\n<traits>\r\n<trait label=\"Uncommon\" url=\"/Traits.aspx?ID=159\" />\r\n<trait label=\"NE\" url=\"/Rules.aspx?ID=95\" />\r\n<trait label=\"Large\" />\r\n<trait label=\"Cold\" url=\"/Traits.aspx?ID=27\" />\r\n<trait label=\"Undead\" url=\"/Traits.aspx?ID=160\" />\r\n</traits>\r\n\r\n<column gap=\"tiny\">\r\n\r\n<row gap=\"tiny\">**Source** [Pathfinder #168: King of the Mountain](/Sources.aspx?ID=87) pg. 87</row>\n\n**Perception** +33; [darkvision](/MonsterAbilities.aspx?ID=12)\r\n\r\n**Languages**\r\n[Common](/Languages.aspx?ID=1); (can't speak any language)\r\n\r\n**Skills**\r\n[Athletics](/Skills.aspx?ID=3) +39\r\n\r\n<row gap=\"medium\">\r\n**Str** +9\r\n\r\n**Dex** +2\r\n\r\n**Con** +10\r\n\r\n**Int** -5\r\n\r\n**Wis** +0\r\n\r\n**Cha** -2\r\n</row>\n\n**Items**\r\n_+3 [greater striking](/Equipment.aspx?ID=280) [greatsword](/Weapons.aspx?ID=24)_\r\n\r\n</column>\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n<column gap=\"tiny\">\r\n\r\n<row gap=\"medium\">\r\n**AC** 45 \r\n\r\n**Fort** +39 \r\n\r\n**Ref** +27 \r\n\r\n**Will** +33 \n\n</row>\r\n\r\n**HP** 475\r\n([negative healing](/MonsterAbilities.aspx?ID=42))\n\n**Immunities**\r\n[cold](/Traits.aspx?ID=27), [death](/Traits.aspx?ID=40) effects, [disease](/Traits.aspx?ID=46), [mental](/Traits.aspx?ID=106), [paralyzed](/Conditions.aspx?ID=28), [poison](/Traits.aspx?ID=126), [unconscious](/Conditions.aspx?ID=38)\n\n**Weaknesses**\r\n[fire](/Traits.aspx?ID=72) 20\r\n\r\n**Freezing Death** ([aura](/Traits.aspx?ID=206), [cold](/Traits.aspx?ID=27), [evocation](/Traits.aspx?ID=65), [primal](/Traits.aspx?ID=134)) 20 feet. A creature that starts its turn in the aura takes 6d6 cold damage (DC 42 [basic](/Rules.aspx?ID=329) Fortitude). If the creature is [grabbed](/Conditions.aspx?ID=20) or [restrained](/Conditions.aspx?ID=33) by the sthira, it takes one degree of success worse than it rolled.<br />**[Attack of Opportunity](/MonsterAbilities.aspx?ID=3)** <actions string=\"Reaction\" /> <br />**Frozen to the Touch** ([cold](/Traits.aspx?ID=27)) A creature that damages the sthira with an [unarmed](/Traits.aspx?ID=199) attack, tries to [Grapple](/Traits.aspx?ID=184) it, or otherwise touches it takes 6d6 cold damage (DC 42 [basic](/Rules.aspx?ID=329) Fortitude).\r\n\r\n</column>\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n<column gap=\"tiny\">\r\n\r\n**Speed** 25 feet\r\n\r\n**Melee**\r\n<actions string=\"Single Action\" />\r\n_greatsword_ +38 ([Magical](/Traits.aspx?ID=103), [versatile P](/Traits.aspx?ID=200), [reach 10 feet](/Traits.aspx?ID=192)),\r\n**Damage** 3d12+15 slashing plus 2d6 cold and frostbite\r\n\r\n**Melee**\r\n<actions string=\"Single Action\" />\r\nfist +38 ([Magical](/Traits.aspx?ID=103), [reach 10 feet](/Traits.aspx?ID=192)),\r\n**Damage** 3d8+15 bludgeoning plus 2d6 cold, frostbite, and [Improved Grab](/MonsterAbilities.aspx?ID=27)\r\n\r\n**Primal Innate Spells** DC 39, attack +31\r\n- **Cantrips (10th)**\r\n[Ray of Frost](/Spells.aspx?ID=245)\r\n- **9th**\r\n[Polar Ray](/Spells.aspx?ID=224) (×2), [Storm of Vengeance](/Spells.aspx?ID=313) (hail only each round), [Wall of Ice](/Spells.aspx?ID=364)\r\n- **10th**\r\n[Massacre](/Spells.aspx?ID=186)\r\n\r\n**Frostbite**   A creature that takes cold damage from a sthira's Strikes or aura must attempt a DC 42 Fortitude save. A creature that already has [persistent cold damage](/Conditions.aspx?ID=29) from frostbite ignores this effect. <br />**Critical Success** The creature is unaffected, and is temporarily immune to this ability for 1 hour. <br />**Success** The creature is unaffected. <br />**Failure** The creature takes 3d6 persistent cold damage. <br />**Critical Failure** As failure, but the creature is also [drained 1](/Conditions.aspx?ID=10).\r\n\r\n**Create Sthira**  ([Primal](/Traits.aspx?ID=134), [Necromancy](/Traits.aspx?ID=117)) When a creature dies while it has [persistent cold damage](/Conditions.aspx?ID=29) from the sthira's frostbite, the creature rises as a sthira in 24 hours. If the creature is [grappled](/Traits.aspx?ID=184) by the sthira when it dies, the dying creature becomes permanently fused with the sthira instead. In this case, the sthira immediately recovers a number of Hit Points equal to the half the dead creature's maximum Hit Points.\r\n\r\n</column>\r\n\r\n<aside>\r\n<title level=\"2\" noclass=\"true\" icon=\"/images/Icons/Sidebar_2_AdditionalLore.png\">Other Sthiras</title>\r\n\r\nMountaineer stories warn of sthiras that have incorporated the bodies of powerful non-humanoids and have even more terrifying abilities as a result, ranging from the capacity to cast spells, exhale gouts of ice, or even fly.\r\n</aside>",
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 "rarity": "uncommon",
 "reflex_save": 27,
 "release_date": "2021-07-07",
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  "Athletics +39"
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  "Pathfinder #168: King of the Mountain pg. 87"
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 "source_group": "Fists of the Ruby Phoenix",
 "source_markdown": "<row gap=\"tiny\">[Pathfinder #168: King of the Mountain](/Sources.aspx?ID=87) pg. 87</row>",
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  "Storm of Vengeance",
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 "summary": "The Wall of Heaven claims many intrepid climbers. Some such travelers come seeking fortune. Others seek enlightenment. Many, however, find only an …",
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 "text": " Sthira The Wall of Heaven claims many intrepid climbers. Some such travelers come seeking fortune. Others seek enlightenment. Many, however, find only an icy death. With no means for a proper burial, many of these unfortunate souls remain abandoned to the ice, their bodies becoming macabre guideposts along mountain trails. Through means unknown, the most willful of these frozen travelers reanimate to seek vengeance upon the living for their denied burial. Such creatures, called sthiras, are composed of multiple bodies or body parts frozen together into one horrific monstrosity. Recall Knowledge - Undead (Religion): DC 42 Unspecific Lore : DC 40 Specific Lore : DC 37 Sthira Source Pathfinder #168: King of the Mountain pg. 87 Perception +33; darkvision Languages Common; (can't speak any language) Skills Athletics +39 Str +9 Dex +2 Con +10 Int -5 Wis +0 Cha -2 Items +3 greater striking greatsword --- AC 45 Fort +39 Ref +27 Will +33 HP 475 (negative healing) Immunities cold, death effects, disease, mental, paralyzed, poison, unconscious Weaknesses fire 20 Freezing Death (aura, cold, evocation, primal) 20 feet. A creature that starts its turn in the aura takes 6d6 cold damage (DC 42 basic Fortitude). If the creature is grabbed or restrained by the sthira, it takes one degree of success worse than it rolled. Attack of Opportunity Reaction Frozen to the Touch (cold) A creature that damages the sthira with an unarmed attack, tries to Grapple it, or otherwise touches it takes 6d6 cold damage (DC 42 basic Fortitude). --- Speed 25 feet Melee Single Action greatsword +38 (Magical, versatile P, reach 10 feet), Damage 3d12+15 slashing plus 2d6 cold and frostbite Melee Single Action fist +38 (Magical, reach 10 feet), Damage 3d8+15 bludgeoning plus 2d6 cold, frostbite, and Improved Grab Primal Innate Spells DC 39, attack +31 - Cantrips (10th) Ray of Frost - 9th Polar Ray (×2), Storm of Vengeance (hail only each round), Wall of Ice - 10th Massacre Frostbite A creature that takes cold damage from a sthira's Strikes or aura must attempt a DC 42 Fortitude save. A creature that already has persistent cold damage from frostbite ignores this effect. Critical Success The creature is unaffected, and is temporarily immune to this ability for 1 hour. Success The creature is unaffected. Failure The creature takes 3d6 persistent cold damage. Critical Failure As failure, but the creature is also drained 1. Create Sthira (Primal, Necromancy) When a creature dies while it has persistent cold damage from the sthira's frostbite, the creature rises as a sthira in 24 hours. If the creature is grappled by the sthira when it dies, the dying creature becomes permanently fused with the sthira instead. In this case, the sthira immediately recovers a number of Hit Points equal to the half the dead creature's maximum Hit Points. Other Sthiras Mountaineer stories warn of sthiras that have incorporated the bodies of powerful non-humanoids and have even more terrifying abilities as a result, ranging from the capacity to cast spells, exhale gouts of ice, or even fly. ",
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