# Slaymate >[!rimg]+ > ![[Placeholder2.png]] *This pale creature resembles a human child with slug-white skin. Its black eyes are too knowing for their size, and its too-wide mouth is home to rot and ruin.* <div class="grid-container"><div class="MON">Slaymate</div> <div class="CR">CR 2 (600 XP)</div> <div class="SOU">Libris Mortis pg. 122</div> <div class="SYS">Dungeons & Dragons 3.5</div></div> LE Small Undead **Init** +1 **Senses** darkvision 60 ft.; **Perception** +10 **Aura** pale (10 ft.) #### defense **AC** 16, 12 touch, 15 flat-footed (+1 Dex, +4 natural, +1 size) **hp** 26 (4d8+8) **Fort** +3, **Refl** +4, **Will** +5 **Feint** 20, **Demoralize** 15 **Immune** undead traits #### offense **Speed** 20 ft. **Melee** bite +5 (1d4+1 plus pale wasting) **Space** 5 ft., **Reach** 5 ft. **Special Attacks** pale aura, pale wasting #### statistics **Str** 12, **Dex** 12, **Con** —, **Int** 11, **Wis** 13, **Cha** 15 **BAB** +3, **CMB** +3, **CMD** 14, **TA** +5, **RTA** +5 **Feats** [[Alertness]], [[Lightning Reflexes]] **Skills** Intimidate +9, Perception +10, Sense Motive +10, Stealth +10 **Languages** Common #### special abilities ### Pale Aura (Su) A slaymate produces an invisible aura in a 10-foot radius around itself. Any creature within the aura that uses a metamagic feat on a spell from the school of necromancy can prepare or use the spell as if it took up a spell slot one level lower than what the metamagic necromancy spell would normally require. ### Pale Wasting (Su) Disease—slam; *save* Fort DC 14; *onset* 1 day; *frequency* 1/day; *effect* 1d6 Con and 1d6 Str; *cure* 2 consecutive saves. The save DC is Charisma-based. #### tactics #### ecology **Terrain** Any **Organization** Solitary or pairbond (1 3rd-level necromancer plus 1 slaymate) **Treasure** None **Advancement** 5–8 HD (Small) Slaymates are undead creatures given a semblance of life when a guardian’s betrayal, either outright or through negligence, leads to death. A slaymate’s appearance is a weird and twisted reflection of the form it had in life. Slaymates are highly prized by necromancers, and thus are rarely encountered alone, but instead are found in the presence of evil spellcasters and others who dabble in necromancy. Many a slaymate can be found riding, papoose style, on the back of a necromancer who values the slaymate’s special abilities. A slaymate is about the height and weight of an eight-year-old human child.