# Bhut >[!rimg]+ > ![[Placeholder2.png]] > >[!debug]+ > >bite: 1d6 (×2) > >Melee/Ranged: +3/+7 > >Secondary: -2/+2 > >Multiattack: +1/+5 > >M/R_PA: +3/+7 > >2nd/PA: -2/+2 > >MA_PA: +1/+5 > >Itterative: 1 > > xDmg:: Str: +0; Str2: +0; StrOH: +0; StrPA: +0; StrPA2H: +0; StrPAOH: +0 > > xDCs:: Str: 12; Dex: 16; Con: 12; Int: 14; Wis: 11; Cha: 17 > > xFeat:: 3/3 (0) <div class="grid-container"><div class="MON">Bhut</div> <div class="CR">CR 9 (6,400 XP)</div> <div class="SOU">Fiend Folio pg. 20</div> <div class="SYS">Dungeons & Dragons 3.5</div></div> NE Medium Undead (incorporeal, spirit) **Init** +4 **Senses** darkvision 60 ft.; **Perception** -1 #### defense **AC** 19, 19 touch, 15 flat-footed (+5 deflection, +4 Dex) **hp** 48 (5d8+25) **Fort** +6, **Refl** +5, **Will** +3 **Feint** 12, **Demoralize** 14 **Defensive Abilities** incorporeal **Immune** undead traits **Weakness** vulnerable to earth #### offense **Speed** fly 50 ft. (perfect) **Melee** incorporeal bite +10 (1d12/19-20/x3 plus poison) **Space** 5 ft., **Reach** 5 ft. **Special Attacks** dreadful appearance #### statistics **Str** —, **Dex** 19, **Con** —, **Int** 14, **Wis** 9, **Cha** 20 **BAB** +3, **CMB** +3, **CMD** 22, **TA** +3, **RTA** +7 **Feats** [[Dodge]], [[Mobility]], [[Spring Attack]] **Skills** Bluff +10, Diplomacy +10, Disguise +13, Fly +20, Intimidate +13, Perception -1, Survival +4 **Languages** Common, Necril **SQ** augmented critical, corpsetheft #### special abilities ### Augmented Critical (Ex) An bhut's bite attack threatens a critical hit on a 19-20 and deals ×3 damage on successful critical hit. ### Corpsetheft (Su) As a full-round action, a bhut can possess a dead humanoid body of any size. The body animates immediately and is under the bhut's full control. The animated body retains the bhut's Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores, alignment, base attack bonus, hit points, saving throws, level and class. The animated body's bite attack can deliver the bhut's poison. In all other ways it is treated as a Juju Zombie. As long as the bhut inhabits the body, it is not affected by its earth vulnerability, nor does it gain the benefits of its augmented critical or dreadful appearance abilities. Bhuts make excellent use of their Bluff and Disguise skills in this state to make the animated body appear to be alive. If the animated body is reduced to 0 hit points, the bhut must exit the body and return to its incorporeal form; any damage done to the animated body is not transferred to the bhut's incorporeal form. ### Dreadful Appearance (Su) Anyone within 30 feet of a bhut must snake a Fortitude save (DC 19) or take 1d6 points of Strength damage. A victim can be affected only once by a specific bhut's dreadful appearance, but the effects of failing to save against multiple bhuts are cumulative. ### Earth Vulnerability (Su) A bhut cannot abide contact with earth or stone when in its incorporeal state, and it cannot pass through such matter without taking 3d6 points of damage per round. Stone weapons deal full damage to bhuts, even if they are not magical. ### Poison (Su) Bite—Injury; save Fort DC 14; frequency 1/round for 6 rounds; effect 1d4 Wisdom damage; cure 2 consecutive saves. The DC save is Constitution-based. ### Spawn (Ex) Anyone reduced to 0 Wisdom by bhut poison lapses into a coma and dies in 1d4 hours unless the poison is neutralized. A humanoid creature slain in this manner rises as a bhut with the next sunset. #### ecology **Terrain** Any land **Organization** Solitary, covey (2–5), or colony (6–24) **Treasure** Standard **Advancement** 9–24 HD (Medium) The bhut is a foul undead creature that lurks in remote areas and masquerades as the living in a most unusual manner. A bhut spends much of its time possessing a humanoid corpse. When forced from its host, the ghostly bhut is a terrifying sight that con-sists of a humanoid head with red, feral eyes, a mouth full of dagger-like teeth, and a roiling, half-formed body of sickening black smoke and dank red mist. A bhut comes into being when a humanoid dies a sudden, violent death in a remote region. Bhuts harbor a festering hatred of the living, and they wander the wilderness preying on travelers and pilgrims. ### Combat A bhut avoids combat if it does not have a body, and when it has a body it prefers to slay its enemies through subterfuge and surprise. Nevertheless, a bhut is a terrible and accomplished menace in combat.