# Forsaken Shell >[!rimg]+ > ![[Placeholder2.png]] *Roiling and coiling, this long, slender creature snakes forward. At fi rst, it does seem like a snake, if strangely wide and looseskinned, but an instant later the creature is revealed for what it is—an evacuated but horribly animate humanoid skin that continues to slither onward in an unmistakably aggressive manner.* <div class="grid-container"><div class="MON">Forsaken Shell</div> <div class="CR">CR 6 (2,400 XP)</div> <div class="SOU">Libris Mortis pg. 100</div> <div class="SYS">Dungeons & Dragons 3.5</div></div> CE Medium Undead **Init** +1 **Senses** darkvision 60 ft.; **Perception** +14 #### defense **AC** 17, 11 touch, 16 flat-footed (+1 Dex, +6 natural) **hp** 50 (9d8+9) **Fort** +3, **Refl** +6, **Will** +6 **Feint** 16, **Demoralize** 19 **Immune** undead traits #### offense **Speed** 30 ft., burrow 15 ft. **Melee** slam +11 (1d6+7 plus grab) **Space** 5 ft., **Reach** 5 ft. **Special Attacks** create spawn, constrict (1d6+7) #### statistics **Str** 21, **Dex** 13, **Con** —, **Int** 11, **Wis** 10, **Cha** 10 **BAB** +6, **CMB** +11, **CMD** 22, **TA** +11, **RTA** +7 **Feats** [[Alertness]], [[Improved Initiative]], [[Lightning Reflexes]], [[Power Attack]], [[Toughness]] **Skills** Climb +17, Perception +14, Stealth +13, Swim +14 **Languages** Common (cannot speak) #### special abilities ### Create Spawn (Su) Creatures killed by a forsaken shell slough their skins after 1d4 rounds. These sloughed skins are new forsaken shells under the killer's control. These forsaken shells do nor possess any of the abilities they had in life. #### tactics Forsaken shells prefer to strike from secret against lone prey. However, even forsaken shells, despite their lack of form, can feel the need to exact vengeance upon someone who has harmed or merely threatened other forsaken shells, especially its spawn. When this happens, they become implacable enemies, willing to attack even large groups of opponents. #### ecology **Terrain** Any **Organization** Solitary, gang (2–4), or mob (2–4 plus 5–10 zombies) **Treasure** Standard **Advancement** 10–27 HD (Medium) Forsaken shells are what they appear to be—the empty skins of past victims, purged of their bloody and visceral former contents. The loose skins possess an amazing strength and elasticity, driven by necromantic élan and a predatory nature that cannot be denied. This creature’s ability to strip a skin from a victim and animate new versions of itself is terrible enough, but far worse is the accidental discovery of the creature’s depredations before uncovering the creature itself. When a forsaken shell skulks into a new area, it seeks to hide the evidence of its predation in out-of-the-way places such as little-opened closets or beneath piles of discarded supplies. Still, sometimes a telltale finger or toe peeking out from the obscuring barrier leads to the discovery of tangled, skinless bodies of fellow friends or family, their dead eyes reflecting their last silent screams. Forsaken shells weigh about 20 to 30 pounds.