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Archives of Nethys

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Shisagishin (Crooked Nindoru)

The shisagishin takes delight in infiltrating a community and then disguising themself as the horribly decayed or mutilated remains of a loved one or adored public figure, only to spring to life in their true form (a many-limbed humanoid with a hollow head that glows from within like a lantern) during funeral services. A shisagishin epitomizes the cycle of decay giving rise to new life.

Recall Knowledge - Fiend (Religion): DC 35
Unspecific Lore: DC 33
Specific Lore: DC 30

Elite | Normal | Weak
Proficiency without Level

Changes from being Weak are marked in red below.
NOTE: The -2 damage penalty to non-strike offensive abilities (-4 if the ability is limited, such as spells) is NOT factored in.

Weak ShisagishinCreature 11

Rare Medium Fiend Nindoru Unholy 
Source Season of Ghosts (Hardcover) pg. 336
Perception +20; darkvision
Languages Aklo, Common, Necril
Skills Acrobatics +23 (+25 to Escape), Deception +22, Intimidation +20, Occultism +19, Stealth +23
Str +4, Dex +7, Con +4, Int +3, Wis +4, Cha +6
AC 31; Fort +20, Ref +23, Will +18
HP 194; Resistances void 10; Weaknesses silver 10
Burst From Death [reaction] (attack) Trigger A creature touches the disguised shisagishin or a coffin or other container the shisagishin has been placed into; Requirements Initiative hasn't yet been rolled, and the shisagishin is disguised as a corpse with Manifest Corpse Shell; Effect The shisagishin violently unfolds into their true form, shredding their decaying corpse shell, and attempts a claw Strike on an adjacent target before they roll initiative.Reactive Strike [reaction] Soul Shred Creatures killed by a shisagishin are difficult to bring back to life or animate as undead. The shisagishin automatically attempts to counteract any attempt to resurrect or animate any creature that they've killed (counteract modifier +21, counteract rank 6). If the shisagishin who slew the creature is slain, the creature can be brought back from death or become undead normally.
Speed 40 feet
Melee [one-action] claw +23 [+19/+15] (agile, deadly d6, finesse, magical), Damage 3d8-2+7 slashing plus 1d6 mental and GrabOccult Innate Spells DC 30, attack +22 (-4 dmg); 6th vampiric exsanguination; 5th illusory scene, vision of death; 2nd blood vendetta (at will), item facade; Cantrips (6th) daze, figment, message
Manifest Corpse Shell (concentrate, occult) The shisagishin tucks their arms and legs into their body, drops prone, and manifests a decaying and/or mutilated humanoid corpse around themself over the course of 10 minutes of concentration. The shisagishin can cause this corpse to appear to be the remains of a specific creature they've seen before by Impersonating that creature with Deception. Once their corpse shell has manifested, until the next time the shisagishin acts, they appear to be a corpse. They have an automatic result of 44 on Deception checks and DCs to pass as a corpse.Spread Decay [one-action] (occult) The shisagishin's lantern face glows, causing the flesh of any number of creatures grabbed or restrained by them to swiftly begin to decay. Each of those creatures must attempt a DC 30 Fortitude save.
Critical Success The creature is unaffected.
Success The creature takes 2d8 void damage.
Failure The creature takes 4d8 void damage and is enfeebled 1.
Critical Failure The creature takes 6d8 void damage and is enfeebled 2.

Sidebar - Additional Lore Handmade Habits

A shisagishin prefers to roam areas already rife with conflict and potential accidents, but they'll happily create such a location if needed. They might poison wells, introduce disease to healthy livestock, or even collaborate with corrupt humans if it means the freedom to kill. Cursed towns or haunted roads are sometimes the playground of such a shisagishin.

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.