Choking Hands (CR 4)

Source Pathfinder #43.

Whether lingering embodiments of lynched serial stranglers or the traumatic psychic manifestation of a hysterical public, these dangerous spectres lurk in dark alleyways seeking vengeance on the living.

XP 1,200
CE persistent haunt (15-ft.-by-30-ft. alleyway)
Caster Level 4th
Notice Perception DC 20 (to see coalescing vapor)
hp 18; Weakness tricked by hide from undead; Trigger proximity; Reset 1 day

EFFECT

This spirit manifests as a pair of spectral skeletal hands that latches around the throats of its victims. This +4 touch attack duplicates a vampiric touch spell each round, and the temporary hit points gained feed the haunt’s own hit points, making the entity harder to dismiss the longer it strangles.

DESTRUCTION