# Skin Kite >[!rimg]+ > ![[Placeholder2.png]] *A knot of flaccidly flapping membranes kites through the air, now drifting with the currents, now stooping swiftly through the air toward you.* <div class="grid-container"><div class="MON">Skin Kite</div> <div class="CR">CR 3 (800 XP)</div> <div class="SOU">Libris Mortis pg. 119</div> <div class="SYS">Dungeons & Dragons 3.5</div></div> NE Tiny Undead **Init** +4 **Senses** darkvision 60 ft.; **Perception** +3 #### defense **AC** 16, 16 touch, 12 flat-footed (+4 Dex, +2 size) **hp** 18 (4d8) **Fort** +1, **Refl** +5, **Will** +5 **Feint** 14, **Demoralize** 15 **Immune** undead traits #### offense **Speed** 10 ft., fly 40 ft. (average) **Melee** touch +9 (1d4) **Space** 2 1/2 ft., **Reach** 0 ft. **Special Attacks** attach, steal skin #### statistics **Str** 10, **Dex** 19, **Con** —, **Int** 4, **Wis** 12, **Cha** 10 **BAB** +3, **CMB** +5 (+18 grapple while attached), **CMD** 15, **TA** +5, **RTA** +9 **Feats** [[Alertness]], [[Weapon Finesse]] **Skills** Fly +15, Perception +3 #### special abilities ### Spawn (Ex) When a skin kite has absorbed 4 points of Charisma (through its steal skin ability; see below), it can spawn a new skin kite as a full round action. ### Attach (Ex) If a skin kite hits a Small or larger creature with a melee touch attack, it melds with the opponent's skin. An attached skin kite is effectively grappling its prey. Skin kites have a +12 racial bonus on grapple checks to maintain its grapple on a foe once its attached. An attached skin kite can be struck with a weapon or grappled itself-if its prey manages to win a grapple check or Escape Artist check against it, the skin kite is removed, though the attached creature takes 1d6 damage. ### Steal Skin (Ex) If a skin kit starts its turn with a creature attached, it steals portions of its foe's skin, absorbing them directly into itself. This deals 1d4 points of Charisma damage and heals the skin kite 5 hit points. Any excess hit points are wasted. #### tactics A skin kite attacks by landing on a victim and melding a portion of its undead membrane with its victim’s skin. #### ecology **Terrain** Cold hills **Organization** Solitary, pair, or flock (5–8) **Treasure** None **Advancement** — Skin kites are undead creatures made up of the stolen skin of past victims. They feed on the skin of living beings, replenishing their own constantly rotting skin, as well as using new skin as spawning material for new skin kites. No two skin kites appear the same. They display a range of different colors, depending on the creatures from which they were harvested. Many skin kites have rotting clumps of hair or fur, unintended additional trophies from past victims. A skin kite has no body, only a wingspan, which is about 5 feet. It weighs about 5 pounds.