The Hungry Dead (CR 10)

The Hungry Dead CR 10

XP 9,600
Notice Perception 25 (to hear the rising whispers and slobbering grunts of the hungry dead);
hp 20; Trigger touch; Reset automatic (24 hours)

EFFECT

To observers, the haunted character suddenly begins thrashing wildly, as if dozens of invisible hands were tugging and pushing him about the room. At the same time, bloody wounds from invisible teeth appear across the victim’s body. The haunted character perceives that he has suddenly been surrounded by a dozen emaciated but fantastically strong dwarves, all of whom are attempting to eat him alive. The ghosts make 10 attack rolls against the PC at a +15 bonus; each hit deals 2d6+7 points of damage and threatens a critical hit on a 19–20. A character reduced to –10 hit points by these bites is torn apart so that nothing remains but a red skeleton draped in his gear.