Bright Walker
CREATURE 9Those who encounter calignis quickly learn that their deaths involve burning out instead of bleeding out. At times, this dramatic immolation is denied to a caligni, so they arise as a bright walker. Tied to caligni society, these creatures don't understand that their glow damages and repels living calignis. Despite their name, these undead don't walk; they instead float a few inches above the ground.
A creature with greater darkvision can see perfectly well in areas of darkness and dim light, though such vision is in black and white only. A creature with greater darkvision can see through even forms of magical darkness.
When a bright walker is reduced to 0 Hit Points, they flash out in a burst of light, obtaining the blazing end they were denied at death. This blaze deals 10d6 fire damage (DC 25 basic Reflex save) to creatures within 20 feet.
Creatures who fail this save are also Dazzled for 1 minute (Blinded for 1 minute on a critical failure).
30 feet. The bright walker sheds bright light. Any creature that starts its turn in the aura must attempt at a DC 24 Fortitude save.
Critical Success The creature is temporarily immune for 24 hours.
Success The creature is Dazzled for 1 round.
Failure The creature is Blinded for 1 round.
Critical Failure The creature is blinded for 1 hour.
The bright walker suppresses their light aura for 1 round, reducing it to a faint, ghostly glow of dim light.
A creature with void healing draws health from void energy rather than vitality energy. It is damaged by vitality damage and is not healed by vitality healing effects. It does not take void damage, and it is healed by void effects that heal undead.
A bright walker can't fly higher than 1 foot above the ground. If they fly higher than this distance, they fall but don't take any damage from falling.
Creatures who are Dazzled or with Light Blindness find this flare particularly painful; such a creature's save result is one degree of success worse than the result it rolled.