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Archives of Nethys

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Ijda (Forgetful Nindoru)

Ijdas are creatures of forgetfulness. Born from souls who were once enlightened but then renounced it and their role in the cycle of reincarnation, they curse the futility of their existence and find pleasure in leading others to the same fate.

Ijdas appear as towering humanoids, their bodies constantly bursting with nindoru butterflies. Their arms are overly long and so broken as to writhe more like tentacles, affording them an unsettling combat style with greater reach than most large creatures enjoy. They wear clothing and capes made of moldy straw and wield broken swords whose shattered blades still float roughly in place. Their most unsettling features are their complete lack of heads; instead, where a head should be sits a wicker cage filled with a writhing cloud of butterflies. Yet still, they see, hear, and speak without issue, as if their heads remained in place.

Formed without heads or even brains, an ijda's mind is shared among the flocks of butterflies in their head cages or bursting from their bodies, and as each of these insects escapes and fades away, these forgetful fiends lose another potential thought. Unable to learn new things, any actions they take stem from memories etched into their souls or directives they blindly follow from other nindorus or creatures they've come to accept as superiors. Their movements, words, and reactions are all conducted via a type of muscle memory based on how their souls believe they should respond to their external stimuli. As a result, most now serve as brutal guardians since their forgetfulness also prevents them from being able to sleep.

Recall Knowledge - Fiend (Religion): DC 27
Unspecific Lore: DC 25
Specific Lore: DC 22

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IjdaCreature 6

Rare Large Fiend Nindoru Unholy 
Source Season of Ghosts (Hardcover) pg. 332
Perception +15; darkvision
Languages Aklo, Common, Necril
Skills Athletics +16
Str +6, Dex +2, Con +5, Int -2, Wis +2, Cha +0
Items broken katana
AC 23; Fort +15, Ref +13, Will +12
HP 100; Immunities death effects, emotion effects, fatigue, sleep; Resistances mental 5, void 5; Weaknesses silver 5
Aura of Forgetfulness (aura, mental, occult) 30 feet. A creature that begins its turn in the aura finds it difficult to recall memories or to focus on what it's currently attempting to accomplish, and must attempt a DC 21 Will save. Critical Success The creature is unaffected and is temporarily immune to aura of forgetfulness for 24 hours. Success The creature is unaffected. Failure The creature is slowed 1 until the end of its next turn, as it has trouble remembering what it intended to do and spends extra time on its turn trying to recall what it had planned to do. Critical Failure As failure, but slowed 2.Soul Shred Creatures killed by a ijda are difficult to bring back to life or animate as undead. The ijda automatically attempts to counteract any attempt to resurrect or animate any creature that they've killed (counteract modifier +14, counteract rank 3). If the ijda who slew the creature is slain, the creature can be brought back from death or become undead normally.
Speed 30 feet
Melee [one-action] broken katana +17 [+12/+7] (deadly d8, magical, reach 15 feet, two-hand d10, versatile P), Damage 2d6+8 slashing plus 1d6 mentalOccult Innate Spells DC 24, attack +16; 3rd phantom pain, shatter; 2nd item facade, stupefy; 1st sure strike; Cantrips (3rd) daze
Manifest False Memories [two-actions] (aura, concentrate, emotion, mental, occult) The ijda releases a cloud of red nindoru butterflies from their body, each of which carries a false memory that infects those they brush against. All non-nindoru creatures within 10 feet of the ijda must attempt a DC 21 Will save. The ijda can't Manifest False Memories for 1d4 rounds.
Critical Success The creature is unaffected.
Success The creature is stupefied 1 by the deluge of false memories until the end of its next turn.
Failure The creature is stupefied 1 and confused until the end of its next turn.
Critical Failure The creature is stupefied 1 and confused for 1 minute. It can attempt a new save at the end of each of its turns to end the effects.Ruin Wielder When a Ijda wields a broken nonmagical weapon (typically a katana), they don't take any of the disadvantages of the weapon being broken. While the ijda wields it, the weapon becomes a +1 striking weapon that deals an additional 1d6 mental damage on a successful hit.

All Monsters in "Nindoru"

NameLevel
Akashti (Sobbing Nindoru)10
Argyrzei (Headless Nindoru)13
Guhdggi (Wandering Nindoru)5
Ijda (Forgetful Nindoru)6
Kagekuma (Lurking Nindoru)8
Meokdan (Hungry Nindoru)2
Shisagishin (Crooked Nindoru)12
Sojiruh (Shrieking Nindoru)4

Nindoru

Source Season of Ghosts (Hardcover) pg. 328
Nethys Note: This page contains HUGE SPOILERS for the Season of Ghosts Adventure Path. Read ahead at your own risk.

When an evil mortal soul that has been reincarnated multiple times is wrenched from the cycle of souls and corrupted, it can undergo a horrific transformation into a fiend known as a nindoru. A force for entropy and the breaking of cycles, nindorus are hideous creatures whose bodies often appear distorted, who wield weapons that have been shattered yet still function, and whose true face is often hidden from view. They display traits one might expect to see in an undead creature, such as decaying flesh or broken bones, yet nindorus are very much still alive.

Each nindoru epitomizes the fracture of a specific cycle, be it one from the natural world or from societal traditions. To nindorus, nothing is more delicious than the consumption of a creature who has reincarnated multiple times, with those who are theoretically about to ascend to true enlightenment presenting the tastiest meal. Those slain by a nindoru are themselves torn from the cycle—the lucky ones move on to the Boneyard for judgment, but many are instead corrupted to form more of these horrific fiends.

Followers of Sangpotshi find nindorus to be particularly abhorrent and count them among the greatest threats imaginable. Most commonly found in regions of the world where the reincarnation cycle is strongest, nindorus are, like rakshasas, associated most strongly with the Universe and not one of the unholy planes of the Great Beyond.