Velicarn (Death Coach)

Lifesense allows a monster to sense the vital essence of living and undead creatures within the listed range. The sense can distinguish between the vitality energy animating living creatures and the void energy animating undead creatures, much as sight distinguishes colors.

30 feet. A living creature that enters the area must succeed at a DC 33 Will save or gain the Doomed 1 condition. A critical failure increases this condition to Doomed 2. Regardless of the result of the saving throw, the creature is temporarily immune to Velicarn's aura of doom for 1 minute.

Velicarn harbors deep feelings of shame and anger about his heritage, and a PC can capitalize on this to insult him or to distract him as follows.

Insult Velicarn The PC attempts a DC 30 Intimidation check to Demoralize Velicarn. On a critical success, he's also Slowed 1 by his anger for 1 round. If he's also already Off-Guard as a result of being distracted, he takes 6d6 mental damage (DC 30 basic Will save) on a success (12d6 mental damage on a critical success).

Distract Velicarn The PC attempts a DC 28 Deception check to Feint Velicarn. On a critical success, he's also slowed 1 by his anger for 1 round. If he's also already slowed as a result of being insulted, he takes 6d6 mental damage (DC 30 basic Will save) on a success (12d6 mental damage on a critical success).

A PC can toss Velicarn's Cursed Coin, or the Fortune's Coin it becomes after it's uncursed, at the death coach as an Interact action whenever Velicarn is within 30 feet. Doing so causes the coin to vanish in a sudden flash. The coin is destroyed, and Velicarn must attempt a DC 35 Will save (DC 37 Will if the coin is no longer cursed) with the following results.

Critical Success Velicarn is Off-Guard until the start of his turn.

Success Velicarn takes 5d6 spirit damage and is off-guard until the start of his turn.

Failure Velicarn takes 10d6 spirit damage, is off-guard until the end of the PC's next turn, and is Stunned 1.

Critical Failure Velicarn takes 20d6 spirit damage, is off-guard for 1 minute, and is Stunned 3.

If Velicarn is reduced to 0 Hit Points, the Black Coach and the two fiendish horses that drive it vanish immediately, and Velicarn transforms into a dullahan armed with a +2 greater striking astral battle axe. He falls Prone in a space of his choice previously occupied by the death coach and is Slowed 1 for 1 round. As soon as he ends a round without the slowed condition, he transforms back into a death coach and regains 100 healing Hit Points. Only by destroying him in his dullahan form before this (typically 2 rounds, unless his slowed condition is extended) can he be truly put to rest.

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.

Large or smaller, incorporeal wheel, DC 36 basic Reflex

The monster Strides up to double its Speed and can move through the spaces of creatures of the listed size, Trampling each creature whose space it enters. The monster can attempt to Trample the same creature only once in a single use of Trample. The monster deals the damage of the listed Strike, but trampled creatures can attempt a basic Reflex save at the listed DC (no damage on a critical success, half damage on a success, double damage on a critical failure).